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Lick Of The Week

LOTW 162: Oscar Peterson Solo Break Lick

LOTW 161: Bud Powell’s Whirlwind Signature Lick

LOTW 160: Bill Evans is a Master of Motivic Development

LOTW 159: A Slippery Solo Break by Keith Jarrett

LOTW 158: Jacob Collier’s Insane Melodica Solo on “Georgia on My Mind” (Pt. 2)

LOTW 157: Jacob Collier’s Insane Melodica Solo on “Georgia on My Mind” (Pt. 1)

LOTW 156: Oscar Peterson Begins “A Foggy Day” with this Stylish Solo Break

LOTW 155: Nat King Cole’s Scorching Turnaround on "Sweet Georgia Brown"

LOTW 154: The Nat King Cole Piano Slide Lick

LOTW 153: Aaron Parks’ Twisting Lines on “Old Milestones”

LOTW 152: Insanely Beautiful Intro By Shai Maestro

LOTW 151: Bud Powell Scorching Intro to “All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm”

LOTW 150: Eric Reed’s Nasty Triplet Solo on Monk’s “Evidence”

LOTW 149: Bill Evans' Opening Line from “Peri’s Scope”

LOTW 148: Classic Sonny Clark Lick

LOTW 147: The Must-Know Freddie Freeloader Piano Solo

LOTW 146: Keith Jarrett Shreds on “The Meaning of the Blues”

LOTW 145: The Oliver Nelson Lick

LOTW 144: Some Burning Modal Melodic Action by David Kikoski on Charlie Parker’s “Cardboard”

LOTW 143: Bill Evans Rips Through Solo Breaks on “Night and Day”

LOTW 142: Insane Brad Mehldau Line from Art of the Trio

LOTW 141: Greasy Benny Green Triplet Line

LOTW 140: Killing Post-Bop Jazz Piano Lick

LOTW 139: Herbie Hancock Sidestepping Post-Bop Lines

LOTW 138: Bill Evans Extended Chords Comping

LOTW 137: Early McCoy Tyner Line from Reaching Fourth

LOTW 136: Burning Oscar Peterson Lick

LOTW 135: Erroll Garner’s Swinging Lines on “I’ll Remember April”

LOTW 134: Keith Jarrett’s Ballad Stylings on “Danny Boy”

LOTW 133: Bill Evans Rubato Stylings on “Danny Boy”

LOTW 132: A Shifty Turnaround by Brad Mehldau on “It Might as Well Be Spring”

LOTW 131: Phineas Newborn Plays the Blues

LOTW 130: Sonny Clark’s Classic Improv Lines on “All of You”

LOTW 129: Quirky Polytonal Lick by Paul Bley on “All the Things You Are”

LOTW 128: Bill Evans' Swinging Two-Five Lick from “Peri’s Scope”

LOTW 127: Chick Corea’s Burning Lines from Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

LOTW 126: McCoy Tyner Rips Through Suspended Chord

LOTW 125: Red Garland Signature Blues Lick on “If I Were a Bell”

LOTW 124: Wynton Kelly Navigates Changes “On Green Dolphin Street”

LOTW 123: Brad Meldhau Tasty Lines on “Blackbird” by the Beatles

LOTW 122: Keith Jarrett Beautiful Melody on “Someday My Prince Will Come” Pt. 2

LOTW 121: Keith Jarrett Beautiful Melody on “Someday My Prince Will Come” Pt. 1

LOTW 120: Taylor Eigsti Sidestepping Pentatonic Lines

LOTW 119: Bill Evans Tricky Diminished Lines on “Israel”

LOTW 118: Slippery Herbie Hancock Lines from Four and More by Miles Davis Second Great Quintet

LOTW 117: Oscar Peterson Riff from “D. & E. Blues” Pt. 2

LOTW 116: Cool Oscar Peterson Lick from "D. & E. Blues" Pt. 1

LOTW 115: Keith Jarrett's Fiery Opening Line

LOTW 114: Bud Powell's Celia Lick

LOTW 113: Killin’ Diminished Line Using Chord Scale Above Approaches

LOTW 112: Short Diminished Line Series – Descending Scale

LOTW 111: Short Diminished Line Series – C Whole/Half Note Scale

LOTW 110: Short Diminished Line Series

LOTW 109: Short Minor Line Series

LOTW 108: Short Minor Line Series – Classic Approach

LOTW 107: Short Minor Line Series – Modern Approach

LOTW 106: Short Minor Line Series – 9 to 9

LOTW 105: Short Dominant Line Series – Sharp 11

LOTW 104: Oscar Peterson Meets Louis Armstrong in “You Go To My Head”

LOTW 103: Short Dominant Line Series – Minor 7th Line

LOTW 102: Short Dominant Line Series

LOTW 101: Short Dominant Line Series – Dominant 7th Line

LOTW 100: Short Minor 7th Line Series 6

LOTW 99: Short Minor 7th Line Series 5

LOTW 98: Short Minor 7th Line Series 4

LOTW 97: Short Minor 7th Line Series 3

LOTW 96: Short Minor 7th Line Series 2

LOTW 95: Short Minor 7th Line Series 1

LOTW 94: F Blues Lick

LOTW 93: Oscar Peterson – "It’s Only A Paper Moon"

LOTW 92: Oscar Peterson – "Cheek To Cheek"

LOTW 91: Oscar Peterson – "C Jam Blues"

LOTW 90: Benny Green – "Celia" (Pt. 2)

LOTW 89: Benny Green – "Just A Tadd" (Pt. 2)

LOTW 88: Benny Green – "Greens"

LOTW 87: Benny Green – "Decidedly"

LOTW 86: Benny Green – “Wiggin”

LOTW 85: Benny Green – "Celia" (Pt. 2)

LOTW 84: Benny Green – "Just A Tadd" (Pt. 1)

LOTW 83: Mulgrew Miller – "Thinking Out Loud"

LOTW 82: Mulgrew Miller – "On Green Dolphin Street"

LOTW 81: Mulgrew Miller – "I Remember You"

LOTW 80: Mulgrew Miller – "If I Should Lose You"

LOTW 79: Mulgrew Miller – "If I Were A Bell"

LOTW 78: Chick Corea – "Tones For Joan’s Bones"

LOTW 77: Chick Corea – "Autumn Leaves"

LOTW 76: Chick Corea – "Matrix" (Pt. 2)

LOTW 75: Chick Corea – "Matrix" (Pt. 1)

LOTW 74: McCoy Tyner – "Satin Doll"

LOTW 73: McCoy Tyner – "Pursuance"

LOTW 72: McCoy Tyner – "Blues On The Corner"

LOTW 71: McCoy Tyner – "Passion Dance"

LOTW 70: Herbie Hancock – "The Sorcerer"

LOTW 69: Herbie Hancock – "Witch Hunt"

LOTW 68: Herbie Hancock – "One Finger Snap"

LOTW 67: Herbie Hancock – "Seven Steps To Heaven"

LOTW 66: Herbie Hancock – "Dolphin Dance"

LOTW 65: Bill Evans – "Minority"

LOTW 64: Bill Evans – "Five" (Pt. 2)

LOTW 63: Bill Evans – "Five" (Pt. 1)

LOTW 62: Bill Evans – "Waltz For Debby"

LOTW 61: Bill Evans – "Beautiful Love, Take 2"

LOTW 60: Wynton Kelly – "Kelly Blue" (Pt. 2)

LOTW 59: Wynton Kelly – "On Green Dolphin Street" (Pt. 2)

LOTW 58: Wynton Kelly – "On Green Dolphin Street" (Pt. 1)

LOTW 57: Wynton Kelly – "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise"

LOTW 56: Wynton Kelly – "This I Dig Of You"

LOTW 55: Wynton Kelly – "Kelly Blue" (Pt. 1)

LOTW 54: Wynton Kelly – "Freddie Freeloader"

LOTW 53: Blues Series – Part 8 (Last 4 Measures)

LOTW 52: Blues Series – Part 7

LOTW 51: Blues Series – Part 6 (5-8)

LOTW 50: Blues Series – Part 5 (5-8)

LOTW 49: Blues Series – Part 4 (The IV Chord)

LOTW 48: Blues Series – Part 3

LOTW 47: Blues Series – Part 2

LOTW 46: Blues Series – Part 1

LOTW 45: Ballad Series – Part 5

LOTW 44: Ballad Series – Part 4

LOTW 43: Ballad Series – Part 3

LOTW 42: Ballad Series – Part 2

LOTW 41: Ballad Series – Part 1

LOTW 40: I Maj7 to IV 7 Turnaround

LOTW 39: 1-4-3-6-2 Turnaround

LOTW 38: Bluesy Oscar Peterson Lick

LOTW 37: Minor 1-6-2-5 Lick

LOTW 36: Pentatonic Turnaround

LOTW 35: I-VI-bVI-V Turnaround

LOTW 34: Diatonic Turnaround

LOTW 33: Basic Turnaround

LOTW 32: Tritone Substitution

LOTW 31: V7 Tritone