Monthly Archives: March 2015

Passos feat. Art Farmer

Check out this recording of “Passos” written by Fritz Pauer. the song is based on the chord changes to John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps.”

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I Got Rhythm

20 more! Constellation – Charlie Parker Dexterity – Charlie Parker Miles Davis – Denial Dizzie Atmosphere – Dizzy Gillespie The Flintstones Theme Cottontail – Miles Davis Passport – Charlie Parker and Dizzy Anthropology – Charlie Parker Lester Leaps In – Lester Young Oleo – Sonny Rollins Third Rail – Michael Brecker The Eternal Triangle – […]

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Rhythm Changes

Here are 20 songs based on the classic, “I Got Rhythm” chord progression: Seven Come Eleven – Benny Goodman Anthropology – Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie Crazeology – Charlie Parker Dexterity – Charlie Parker Moose the Mooche – Charlie Parker Steeplechase – Charlie Parker Tofu & Greens – Denzal Sinclaire The Eternal Triangle – Dizzy Gillespie Cotton Tail […]

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My Favorite Things Coltrane

I never listened to a lot of Coltrane, but he’s actually pretty good. What I liked about his solo is that he uses pretty simple ideas. His playing is not as cerebral as Miles, but he still shows some restraint in his technical displays. Listening to the solo, I got a strange feeling that the […]

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I got Rhythm Contrafacts: Syntax by JJ Johnson

I just love how JJ takes his ideas, connects them and develops them. I like how he uses runs functionally to move and develop ideas rather than just impress people by doing a lot of runs which I don’t like as much. Here’s the list of 20 other contrafacts and my sources. Sources: 1) wikipedia […]

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Robert Glasper and Esperanza Spalding

Robert Glasper and Esperanza Spalding are two amazing artists. Both are known for their ability to put their own twist on jazz music. “Afro Blue” was originally a song sung by Erykah Badu on Glasper’s album, but Esperanza does an amazing job with the vocals. Glasper does something really cool during his piano solo (4:46 […]

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Bill Evans I Should Care

This is Bill Evans’ take on I Should Care. For the melody, he doubles up his left and right hand, and he places chord tones between the octaves. The left hand doesn’t always follow the exact melody, and there’s a little bit of walking and counterpoint which add a nice feel. Around 3:55, he uses […]

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