by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
The Most Useful Scale In Jazz If you had to pick just 1 scale to learn in order to use over most standards, what would it be? Some say the major scale or one of it modes such as the dorian or lydian. Others swear by the so called bebop scale. But if you had to use any...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
2 Steps To A Great Bebop Line Every now and then, do you feel like you’re just incessantly playing the same licks, scales and arpeggios without saying anything? Furthermore, do you sometimes feel like they don’t even sound jazzy? In this lesson I teach you a...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
Giant Steps using the Symmetrical Diminished I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been fascinated by the symmetrical diminished scale! And I know that this is also the case with so many jazz musicians we all look up to. For example, the late Pat Martino used the...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
Joe Diorio Tribute Lesson On February 2nd 2022, I was saddened to hear that we lost a great jazz guitar pioneer…Joe Diorio. As a result I have decided to dedicate this lesson to his memory and share with you a sample of his unique contribution to the ongoing...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
Blue Bossa – John McLaughlin Style Did you know that one of the primary ways in which great musicians incorporate new ideas such as licks into their vocabulary, is by first writing their own solos over a standard? As a matter of fact, the more they do this, when...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
18 Licks by John McLaughlin Whether or not you are a John McLaughlin fan, I’m sure you agree that he is an awesome musician! When I first heard him with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, I remember thinking he was from another planet (lol). And that’s because as a teenage...
