by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Fingerstyle
Joe Pass Fingerstyle Arpeggios I’ll never forget that day in 1974 when I walked into a record store in San Francisco. While sorting through the jazz section, I came across a newly released album titled Virtuoso by Joe Pass, a guitarist I had read about but had not yet...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
“Blue Bossa” Barry Harris Style In this lesson I show you how I take a standard in a minor key and harmonize the melody using the 6th diminished chord concept associated with the late Barry Harris. For this task I have chosen “Blue Bossa” by Kenny Dorham....
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
Billie’s Bounce If you’re not familiar with my music background, in my teens I was into rock and mainly blues for almost 10 years before getting into jazz and formally pursuing music studies. Who knows, this might be your case too as it is with many current jazz...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
Neo-Soul Jazz Chord Melody If from the title, “If Jimi Played Jazz” on the thumbnail, you’re wondering what on earth Hendrix has to do with jazz, please keep an open mind and read on… There are several unique clues in Jimi’s playing that lead us to imagine what...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
What A Wonderful World For my last post for 2022, in view of the crazy state of our world, I should have probably posted a chord melody for “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” (lol). But like John Lennon sang, “I’m a Dreamer”, and so I chose to end the year on a...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Holiday Season
Holiday Jazz Chord Melody This post features a download of all my Holiday Season chord melody arrangements for a special discount! Included are jazzy versions of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”, “Let It Snow!”, “Santa Claus Is Coming To...
