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 | Miles Davis
Miles-So What Live In 1959 Miles Davis recorded what was to become the best selling album in jazz history…Kind of Blue. Through this recording he also introduced the world of music to modal jazz. A few weeks after the historic studio recording, Miles taped a...
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...
