by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation, Wes Montgomery
18 Bebop Licks by Wes Montgomery A few weeks ago I posted a lesson titled “18 Bebop licks by Charlie Parker”. Here is a video doing the same, only that with some Wes Montgomery transcriptions! In the Charlie Parker video I analyzed the makeup of 18 licks and showed...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
18 Bebop Licks by Charlie Parker If you want to grow your bebop vocabulary, you need to resort to its most respected source…Charlie Parker! And that is exactly what I did for this lesson. I carefully analyzed various Charlie Parker heads and extracted 18 licks which I...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
5 Practice Habits of Great Jazz Musicians by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation This post includes the 3 Part Series: “5 Practice Habits of Great Jazz Musicians”. Part 1 covers Habit 1: “Great Jazz Musicians Push The Envelope” and explains how...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
The Secret Bebop Rhythm Cell Revealed! When teaching rhythms in jazz improvisation there is an important 2 note rhythm cell that very, very few players seldom mention. Nonetheless, in this lesson I tell you all about it so you too can start using! And believe me when...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
Playing Bebop with String Bends If you’re like most guitarists who got into jazz coming from a rock-blues background, and you still play a solid body, you’ve probably entertained the question…”To bend or not to bend?” After all, string bending has been an...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
How To Learn A Jazz Transcription With No TAB So you got a copy of a great solo transcription by one of your favorites, but there’s no TAB! How do you begin to decide where to play it on the fretboard, what fingerings to use, and how to extract improvisational...
