by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Standards
Master “Minor” Rhythm Changes As you most likely know, back in 1930 George Gershwin wrote “I Got Rhythm” based on the major I-VI-II-V progression which is the basis for hundreds of standards, as well as the initial portion of what jazz musicians refer to...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Standards
“Tenderly” – Chord Melody If you enjoy jazz ballads, here is my chord melody arrangement of a classic…”Tenderly” written by Walter Gross and Jack Lawrence in 1946. If you’re not familiar with it, be sure to check out the...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Standards
I Fall In Love Too Easily – Chord Melody If you like ballads, please check out this chord melody arrangement of “I Fall in Love Too Easily” written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. It was originally introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1945 film, Anchors Aweigh and...
by Richie Zellon | Charlie Parker, Jazz Standards
Moose The Mooche This is the third video in the Charlie Parker for Guitar series! And for this lesson I’ve picked one of the many tunes Bird wrote over the chords to “I Got Rhythm”, a progression commonly referred to as “Rhythm Changes”. It’s called “Moose The...
by Richie Zellon | Charlie Parker, Jazz Standards
Yardbird Suite – Charlie Parker for Guitar This is the second in a series of Charlie Parker compositions that I recently started teaching. Previously I posted a lesson on “Ornithology”, which as most of you know is a great bebop melody over the changes to “How...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Standards
“Ornithology” – Charlie Parker for Guitar Sorry, the YouTube video has been removed due to copyright restrictions. This is the first in a series of Charlie Parker compositions I will be teaching in the coming months. I believe these pieces are...
