Otmaro Ruiz (Applying Scales for Jazz) – Videos 1, 2 & PDF Bundle

Otmaro Ruiz (Applying Scales for Jazz) – Videos 1, 2 & PDF Bundle

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Artist: Otmaro Ruiz
Length: Video 1 - 38:01, Video 2 - 37:25
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Description: This discounted bundle includes videos 1, 2 & the PDF from Otmaro Ruiz's "Applying Scales for Jazz" masterclass series.

Video 1: Building upon his "scales for jazz" masterclass series, Grammy-nominated pianist Otmaro Ruiz takes it one step further in this "applying scales for jazz" follow-up series. In this first part (1 of 2), Otmaro explains how to apply scales in a musical context by utilizing groupings, chord tones, customizations, extensions and more. If you want to start making music with your scale knowledge, this lesson is for you.
Topics Covered: Jazz, improvisation, using scales, intervallic improvisation, being musical, the importance of context, groupings, linear improvisation, customizing scales, using chord tones, creating drama, approach notes, extensions, resolving notes, etc.

Video 2: Building upon his "scales for jazz" masterclass series, Grammy-nominated pianist Otmaro Ruiz takes it one step further in this "applying scales for jazz" follow-up series. In this second part (2 of 2), Otmaro explains how to improvise in a musical context by utilizing the melody, intervals, triad pairs, chromaticism and more. If you want to start making music with your scale knowledge, this lesson is for you.
Topics Covered: Jazz, improvisation, using scales, intervallic improvisation, using the shape of the melody, being musical, slicing scales, inervals, triadic pairs, creating drama, using chromaticism, tension and release, combining intervals, etc.

PDF Info: This 6 page PDF includes the embedded notation from Otmaro’s “Applying Scales For Jazz” videos 1 & 2. It is not intended to be used without the videos. This is a supplemental PDF.

Otmaro Ruiz

Considered one of the most important jazz pianists in the current scene, venezuelan Otmaro Ruiz is known for its versatility and virtuosity. After working intensively in Venezuela with artists such as Soledad Bravo and Ilan Chester, Otmaro moves to Los Angeles in 1989 to join the group of great names of the jazz world such as Alex Acuña, Justo Almario y Abraham Laboriel, with whom still collaborates in diverse projects.

With an intense musical career, filled with concerts, workshops and recordings worldwide, Otmaro worked for 5 years with Dianne Reeves as a pianist and musical director. During this period, Otmaro participated in the recording project of her CD “In The Moment – Live in Concert”, which won the Grammy Award 2001. In that same year, Alex Acuna’s album “Acuarelas de Tambores, also with Otmaro’s collaboration, was nominated to a Grammy. His collaboration with Weston Woods Studios for the Scholastic Series of animated children videos have won important recognitions like the “2004 Audie Award” in the Children Production Category and Bronze Remi at the 2004 Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival (for the Soundtrack of “Chato and The Party Animals”); Otmaro also received a Life Time Special Award “International Exposure” from the Venezuelan National Artist’s Institute (for outstanding career in a foreign country). In 2012, Otmaro was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Musical Arts from Shepherd University. His work as an arranger was recognized by the American Academy of Recording Arts with a 2016 Grammy Nomination.

The long list of re-known musicians with whom Otmaro works, constantly confirms his versatility, proving that this jazz giant sails with ease in many different styles, from Straight-Ahead jazz to Pop-Rock, from the most authentic Salsa & Afro-Cuban to the most exciting Fusion, with unusual ability to express his own language both at the acoustic piano and in the electronic world of synthesizers. Among these amazing artists: John McLaughlin, Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval, John Patitucci, Paquito D’Rivera, Jing Chi, Nana Caymmi, Dori Caymmi, Akira Jimbo, Frank Gambale, Peter Erskine, David Weckl, Art Davis Quintet, Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, Alain Caron, Gino Vannelli, Tolu, Frank Morgan, Robben Ford, Vinnie Colaiuta and Jon Anderson.

Regarded as one of the most sought-after keyboardists for recordings in today’s scene, Otmaro is still able to dedicate time to teaching, scoring of movie sound-tracks and to the production of his works as a leader with original compositional material, captured in the CDs “Otmaro Ruiz plays Ryuichi Sakamoto”, “Distant Friends”, “Nothing to Hide”, “Latino” and in his most recent album “Sojourn”. Released in September 2008, Sojourn encompasses the rhythmic complexity, harmonic sophistication and melodic beauty of his most recent compositions, under the architecture of a constant equilibrium, and presented with his own quartet, with the talented Jimmy Branly (drums), Carlos Del Puerto (acoustic bass) y Ben Wendel (saxophones and bassoon). Currently, Otmaro is a Jazz Piano Faculty at University of Southern California (USC), at Shepherd University School of Music and is also invited frequently as a guest clinician at Los Angeles Music Academy (LAMA) and Musicians Institute (MI).

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