by Richie Zellon | Charlie Parker, Jazz Improvisation
Charlie Parker’s Use of 8ve Displacement- Part 2 It is a known fact that if you want to master jazz improvisation you must first study the bebop idiom which is at the core of modern jazz. And to do so, you won’t find a better source than the music of one of its...
by Richie Zellon | Charlie Parker, Jazz Improvisation
Charlie Parker’s Use of 8ve Displacement – Part 1 It is a known fact that if you want to master jazz improvisation you must first study the bebop idiom which is at the core of modern jazz. And to do so, you won’t find a better source than the music of one...
by Richie Zellon | Chick Corea, Jazz Improvisation
Chick Corea – Bessie’s Blues Solo On February 9, 2021, I was saddened to learn that Chick Corea, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all times, had passed. So I decided to dedicate this lesson to his memory by transcribing the first 3 choruses to...
by Richie Zellon | Miles Davis
Easy Miles Blues Solo If you’re a Miles fan, you’re in for a treat! In this lesson lesson in which I teach 2 choruses of his classic solo on “Blues by Five” off the “Cookin’” album. This is an ideal introduction to the concept of phrasing for the beginning jazz...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, John Coltrane
Countdown Chord Melody Transcribed from video: I recently posted a chord melody arrangement and harmonic analysis of “Tune Up” by Miles Davis. Well, it so happens that John Coltrane was the saxophonist on the recording of that tune. About a decade later he...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Miles Davis
Solar – Chord Melody This is the first in a series of lessons I’ve entitled “Standards for Jazz Guitar”. In them I first teach you the main single line melody to a chosen standard, followed by a detailed harmonic analysis. After this I...
