by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation, Miles Davis
Miles’ Secret Solo Sauce Revealed! Have you ever wondered why Miles Davis is so revered as a jazz improviser and why so many musicians worldwide transcribe and study his solos? I just posted one of my all time favorite lessons in which I play 4 measure fragments...
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 | Courses, Jazz Improvisation
SLONIMSKY SYSTEM: 24 Permutations of a 4 Part Chord (Preview) What do John Coltrane, Allan Holdsworth, Freddie Hubbard and Frank Zappa among several other great music innovators have in common? That they all claim to have studied and practiced using Nicholas...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation, Jim Hall
Jim Hall’s “Bemsha Swing” Solo In this video lesson I teach a great solo by one of my all time favorite guitarists…Jim Hall! It’s off a 16 bar blues by Thelonious Monk entitled, Bemsha Swing. After playing the solo at tempo, I then teach...
