by Richie Zellon | Comping, Harmonic Cadence, Jazz Improvisation
This Chord Will Revitalize Your Standards! Did you know that there’s a seldom used chord, that when used in the right places will breathe new life to those overplayed Standards? It’s one the old beboppers didn’t know about . I heard it for the first...
by Richie Zellon | Comping, Harmonic Cadence, Jazz Improvisation
Phrygian Cadences What do tunes like Miles Davis’ “Nardis”, Wayne Shorter’s “Speak No Evil”, and Chick Corea’s “Spain” & “La Fiesta” have in common? That they all employ phrygian modal cadences,...
by Richie Zellon | Harmonic Cadence, Jazz Improvisation
Dorian Cadences: Comping and Soloing Made Easy This is the first in a 2 part series on Modal Cadences. In this lesson you will learn all about Dorian Cadences…what are they; how to identify them in many standards that you most likely already play; when and how...
by Richie Zellon | Miles Davis, Non-Guitar Transcriptions, V7 phrase
This 16th note based line was transcribed off Miles Davis’ “Live Evil” recording, off the track “What I Say”. It is exemplary of Miles’ use of chromaticism to create motion over a static dominant chord. In the video you will also...
by Richie Zellon | 4 bar Rhythm Changes phrases, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Pentatonics
In PART 2 of “How to Solo over Rhythm Changes using Pentatonics”, I demonstrate a simple yet effective way to jazz up both the minor and major varieties of this scale. This procedure consists of incorporating chromatic passing tones. To conclude, I show...
by Richie Zellon | Blues phrases, Miles Davis
This video teaches an arrangement of “All Blues” by Miles Davis, using the 8ve with 3rds technique associated with George Benson. [Content protected for Jazz Guitarists Series members...