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Jazz Musicians

These lessons highlight the vast contributions, language, and music of the great jazz legends from Charlie Parker to Michael Brecker.

Michael Brecker Improvisation Techniques

How To Play Like Michael Brecker For Mortals

By Forrest

Jazz Musicians, Playing Techniques, Premium

Michael Brecker is one of the greatest saxophonists to arise after John Coltrane. Like Trane, he took the instrument places it had never gone before, adding new fingerings, effects, and extended techniques that made him seem like more than a man…… Superhuman. That’s the word that comes to mind when I think of Michael Brecker. …

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coltrane and miles

The Art of Playing One Chord: A Lesson with Miles & Trane

By Eric

Chords, Composition, Jazz Musicians

, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Modal

There are a lot of skills you need in jazz improvisation…Developing great ears, a knowledge of tunes, instrumental technique, and a mastery of jazz language… But there’s one question that gets to the heart of the matter for any soloist… Can you come up with interesting musical ideas over a single chord? Without the aid …

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Build Your Jazz Vocabulary

How to Build Your Jazz Vocabulary Fast

By Forrest

How to Practice Jazz, Jazz Language, Jazz Musicians

When you’re first starting out on your journey learning how to play jazz, you’ll typically come across two different camps of how to go about things… One camp believes that you need a lot of music theory, particularly scales and modes, along with an understanding of how modes are applied to chords. Many refer to …

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The Art of Jazz Phrasing: Six Secrets from Chet Baker

By Eric

Jazz Musicians, Playing Techniques, Premium

, Chet Baker

Beyond scales, music theory, and all those memorized licks lies something that gets to the core of what improvisation is all about – the art of crafting musical ideas. It’s what we often refer to as phrasing… The ability to take a tune, hear its melody, understand its chord progression, and then focus on that …

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Miles Davis Kind of Blue

Modal Jazz 101 – Tricks, Tips, & Approaches From Miles Davis

By Forrest

Composition, Jazz Musicians, Music Theory

, Miles Davis, Modal

Always searching for a new sound to explore and share with the world, jazz musicians are constantly trying to evolve and push the music forward, reaching for something different and exciting… And this is exactly how modal jazz came about. Legends like Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, and Miles Davis began exploring …

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Paul Desmond Take The A Train

Paul Desmond’s Secrets to Take The A Train

By Forrest

Jazz Advice and Tips, Jazz Musicians, Jazz Standards, Playing Techniques

, Beginner Tunes

Take The A Train is one of the most classic jazz standards you’ll ever come across. Composed by Billy Strayhorn, the tune quickly became the featured tune of The Duke Ellington Orchestra after his son Mercer Ellington found a draft of the tune in the trash… Clearly, Strayhorn was his own worst critic, so it’s …

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Kenny Garrett

4 Kenny Garrett Patterns to Get Outside on Rhythm Changes

By Forrest

Jazz Musicians, Jazz Standards, Playing Techniques, Premium

, Rhythm Changes

For a long time, patterns in jazz have been popular as a way for jazz improvisers to expand their improvisational toolkit. You see, patterns have a natural order to them that make them perfect for many jazz different improvisation applications. But every great musician uses patterns in their own unique way… Today, we’ll be looking …

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Learn the Secrets Behind This Crazy Freddie Hubbard Line

By Eric

Jazz Advice and Tips, Jazz Musicians

, dominant

There is a common saying in learning the art of jazz improvisation… “If you want to sound like your favorite player, don’t just copy them, copy their musical heroes.” The logic goes, that rather than just copying and reproducing a master musician’s solo note for note, you should also model their process of becoming a …

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Dexter Gordon Blue Bossa

12 Dexter Gordon Lines on Blue Bossa You’d Never Think Of

By Forrest

Jazz Language, Jazz Musicians, Jazz Standards

, Beginner Tunes, Minor

The jazz standard Blue Bossa is often referred to as a beginner jazz tune, but as you quickly find out as you start your journey into jazz, even these so-called “beginner” tunes are not easy to sound great on. Playing beautiful lines through the changes that connect and flow from one chord to the next …

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Sonny Rollins Workbook

The Sonny Rollins II-V Workbook: 8 Exercises from Pent-Up House [PDF]

By Eric

Jazz Advice and Tips, Jazz Musicians, Premium, Transcribing, Workbook

Sonny Rollins is one of those rare musical masters that seems to have it all figured out when it comes to improvisation. And if you’re a musician that’s been searching for the missing answers to improve your solos on the jazz repertoire, he’s the perfect player to study. …especially if you’re trying to develop your …

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Clifford Brown Workbook

The Clifford Brown Workbook: 11 Exercises on Joy Spring [PDF]

By Eric

Jazz Musicians, Premium, Workbook

Clifford Brown is one of those rare musicians that always seems to play the perfect solo. Every phrase is expertly crafted, every note is musical, and each idea is delivered with impeccable sound … If you’re sitting here like me, wishing you had even one of these qualites in your improvised solos, Clifford Brown is …

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Master All The Things You Are Part III: The Walkdown

By Eric

Jazz Musicians, Jazz Standards, Premium

All the Things You Are is one of the first tunes musicians learn when it comes to jazz improvisation. But unlike many players think, it’s not exactly an “easy tune” or something that only beginners should play… While each section poses unique challenges, the Final ‘A’ section contains essential musical concepts that every serious improviser must …

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