Mulgrew Miller – Thinking Out Loud (From the album “Hand In Hand”) [LOTW #83]
This is a great maj#5 line to use to spice up major 7th chords. You can use this line over all major 7th chords and especially to end 2-5-1’s. Mulgrew is just using a major scale but adding a #5 into the mix instead of a natural 5. He then comes down with some other […]
Mulgrew Miller – On Green Dolphin Street (From the album “Young At Heart”) [LOTW #82]
Here is a nice pattern type of line you can use for runs. In the first measure he starts his run off by outlining an F7sus chord over the Eb maj7 chord. From here he plays somewhat of an A pentatonic but is leaving out the root. This gives certain colors over the Dmaj7 chord. […]
Mulgrew Miller – I Remember You (From the album “Wingspan”) [LOTW #81]
Mulgrew Miller starts this one of with the Eb7 Bebop scale but quickly defers to some extensions by going to the b13, the note B, jumping to the 3rd, then going #9, b9, Gb then E. In measure 2 he resolves to the fifth of the Abmaj7 chord and plays a diatonic pattern which he […]
Mulgrew Miller – If I Should Lose You (From the album “Live At The Kennedy Center, Vol. 1”) [LOTW #80]
Here is a nice solo break Mulgrew Miller uses over a dominant 7th chord. He starts on the #11 and runs down the altered scale until he gets to the second measure. At this point he has a nice skip pattern he uses to get back in to the altered scale at the C natural […]
Mulgrew Miller – If I Were A Bell (From the album “Live At Yoshi’s Vol. 1”) [LOTW #79]
Mulgrew Miller made a huge impact on jazz history. He will be forever remembered. Here is a nice line over a 2-5-1. He uses the same pattern over both the two chord and the five chord. He goes from the b9 to the #9 to the 3rd then back down to the natural 9, b13 […]
Chick Corea – Tones For Joan’s Bones (From the album “Number Two Express”) [LOTW #78]
I love how this line starts. It is such a cool sound over a dominant chord. If you’re thinking in terms of F7, he starts on the natural 13, the note B then moves to the b7 ,#9, 5th then root. Its a nice fourth pattern that can be used in lots of different ways. […]
Chick Corea – Autumn Leaves (From the album “Rendezvous In New York”) [LOTW #77]
Here is a fingering pattern from Chick Corea, used in Autumn Leaves. In this line Chick is repeating a 4321, 4321, fingering pattern and selecting certain notes to match up. I would say this line is more about a texture rather than focusing on specific notes. When you get to the level these pros are […]
Chick Corea – Matrix (Pt. 2, From the album “Now He Sings, Now He Sobs”) [LOTW #76]
I had to do one more from “Matrix” because you hear this pattern all the time and I’m sure you might have wondered what the heck that was that was being played. Well here it is! This line is truly just a technical exercise pattern. With some practice you’ll have it down in no time. […]
Chick Corea – Matrix (Pt. 1, From the album “Now He Sings Now He Sobs”) [LOTW #75]
We start our Chick Corea series today with a line from his famous album , Now He Sings Now He Sobs. Fantastic album everyone should check out. This tune “The Matrix” is a fast blues that Chick Corea wrote. This line is pretty simple yet sounds amazing. Over the II dominant chord Chick plays a […]
McCoy Tyner – Satin Doll (From the album “McCoy Plays Ellington”) [LOTW #74]
Here is a nice line from when McCoy was younger and recorded an all Ellington album. In this line McCoy is beginning to develop his sound using his pentatonics but it is definitely not as pronounced as when he is recording with Trane and by himself a some years later. This is a great line […]
