Short Minor Line Series (LOTW #109)
Short Minor Line Series – Classic Approach (LOTW #108)
Here is a classic approach you’ll hear on a lot of solos. Very nice to have in your bag and very easy to learn! Enjoy!
Short Minor Line Series – Modern Approach (LOTW #107)
Here is a more modern sounding line to use and integrate. This is a great one because you can take this pattern and use the same movements over other chords or starting areas. For example start the pattern on the note D or C. Finally got my keyboard set up after moving. New office and […]
Short Minor Line Series – 9 to 9 (LOTW #106)
Easy minor 7th line here starting on the 9 and moving up chord tones back until you reach the 9. From there you can go a number of different ways. Enjoy!
Short Dominant Line Series – Sharp 11 (LOTW #105)
This dominant line includes the #11 in the line which makes for a nice color. It eventually resolved down to the fifth in some what of a delayed resolution. Experiment with adding the #11 in to your dominant lines in various ways.
Oscar Peterson Meets Louis Armstrong in “You Go To My Head” (LOTW #104)
Well this one just gets me, man oh man what a beautiful line for a ballad. Oscar starts off going down the Bb7 dominant bebop scale but uses a Tritone sub for the Bb7, turning it into an E7 which makes the G# the 3rd. He then proceeds up some chord tones, the 5th, 7th […]
How To Play Block Chords Like Bill Evans
In this blog we are going to examine how to play block chords, ala Bill Evans. Block chord soloing is when you harmonize a melody where all 4 or 5 voices are in rhythmic unison. The two most common forms of block chord soloing that we are going to examine are “locked-hands/double lead” and “drop […]
Jazz Piano School Ep. 127 – Bill Evans Transcription Analysis on Time Remembered Part 2
Here is part 2 of Bill Evans Time Remembered Analysis which finished up the last 8 measures of the melody.
The Creativity of Jelly Roll Morton – “The Father of Jazz”
When people talk about the origins of jazz, the name on everyone’s mind is the creator of ragtime piano, Scott Joplin. With such standbys as “The Entertainer,” “Sugar Cane Rag,” and “Maple Leaf Rag,” he came up with the makings of blues and swing which would eventually become jazz as we know it today. But […]
Jazz Piano School Ep. 126 – Bill Evans Transcription Analysis on Time Remembered
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