by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Ed Bickert
Ed Bickert’s Solo on Manha de Carnaval I recently posted a lesson teaching various chord melody segments by Ed Bickert, one of my all time favorite guitarists who sadly is no longer with us. As underrated as many of us feel he was, I was happy to learn from the...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
I’ll Be Home For Christmas Here’s my chord melody arrangement of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and I have to admit, I’ve never had so much fun improvising over a Christmas standard! I hope you will take a couple of minutes to check it out. You’re still in...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
Ed Bickert’s Chord Voicings In this lesson I explore the unique chord melody style of one of my favorite jazz guitarists whom I’ve always felt deserves much more recognition. I’m referring to the late Canadian guitarist, Ed Bickert (1932-2019) who not only...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Holiday Season
Let it Snow! Here’s a jazzy chord melody arrangement of a holiday season classic, which needless to say, I’m sure you’ve heard a gazillion times… “Let it Snow”. The beauty of these Christmas classics is that they were written by many of the same composers...
by Richie Zellon | Bossa Nova, Chord Melody
Desafinado If you like bossa nova, here’s my chord melody arrangement of the AC. Jobim classic… “Desafinado”. This one is full of gorgeous harmony and several interesting key modulations here! It is also said that he was partly inspired by the 2 initial...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
Killer Joe For this lesson, I have prepared a solo chord melody arrangement of saxophonist Benny Golson’s “Killer Joe”. And I’m dedicating it to the memory of my 3 favorite Jazz Joe’s: Joe Henderson, Joe Diorio and Joe Pass! In case you’re not familiar with this...
