One of the very best ways I’ve improved my improvising over the years has been through transcribing great licks. I can’t even tell you how many hours I’ve poured into unearthing famous solos from some […]
IF you’re like a lot of people you’ve inherited this idea from society that if we’re having fun then we’re not learning or achieving. That learning and being productive aren’t enjoyable, they’re hard work – […]
Last week I showed how to play the Kenny Barron voicing how about below. Here you can hear me play these voicing with my Band Blues Embassy C G D / Eb Bb F And […]
Free Composing Software The best part is, you don’t have to spend a ton of money. In fact, you don’t have to spend any money at all. There is a great notation software program called […]
Here I will focus on three funk scales Two of the scales are must have that you can use when soloing and practicing improvisation.I like funk tunes because they often use only a few repetitive […]
Do you want to sharpen your blues piano skills . Blues is one the few piano styles apart from jazz allows total creative freedom within a 12 bar construct.You can reshape the rhythms and melody […]
Now, Free Jazz arose in the 1960s during the Civil Rights movement, so as African-American people were fighting for freedom on the street, they were also fighting for freedom in music. So even the name […]
Hello and welcome to a NewJazz theory lesson. In this video we will learn some simple but very useful jazz piano exercises. These exercises will help us a great deal when improvising jazz and modal […]
The Blues is one of the most common forms in jazz music and is essential to know for a competent jazz musician. The tradition of jazz is steeped in the blues and certainly evolved from […]
Autumn Leaves Bio: Autumn Leaves was composed by the Hungarian-French Composer Joseph Kosma with lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert. Its original title is “Les Feuilles Mortes” which means “The Dead Leaves.” American songwriter Johnny Mercer […]