The ‘Tetrachord’ – Part 1
May 8, 2019
An excerpt from Chris McNulty’s Vocalist As Complete Musician – VCM.
Read More…Examining Bill Evans’ Solo from ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’
January 4, 2019
An analysis of the Bill Evans solo on “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, from the Intermodulation album with Jim Hall on guitar.
Read More…Frank Caruso’s Improvisational Devices on ‘Without a Song’
September 5, 2018
Caruso’s rendition takes this composition and gives it a very different flavor, changing the key and feel of the tune.
Read More…“Maiden Voyage” and the Mixolydian Mode
May 7, 2018
When I have asked students, “What is the Mixolydian mode?” they usually tell me that it is the major scale where you flat the 7th.This would be the wrong answer, however. It is the mode within a major scale that starts on the 5th degree and the chord it would produce is the dominant 7th […]
Read More…Coming Into Your Own
January 15, 2018
In this article, we will hear from and see how some Jazz masters have journeyed through, and have had much to say about the process of “finding your own voice”.
Read More…Free Jazz, Harmolodics, and Ornette Coleman
November 30, 2017
By Stephen Rush A Definition of Harmolodics: The Shape of Jazz to Come Harmolodics is about race. It is about human equality. Equality of tones is about race. Consider this exchange from page 128: Stephen: This constraint on civilization and the constraint on music is going to cause an end to jazz? Ornette: I know […]
Read More…Approaching Altered Sounds
December 13, 2016
Using a one-octave major scale as a resource to introduce the “outside” sounds.
Read More…Road Map to Latin Jazz Style Interpretation
September 6, 2016
A step-by-step method for finding a more specific Latin style solution from the jungle of possibilities.
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