Joe Lovano is a living legend. One of the most flexible, skilled, and genuine musicians in the world brings us our lesson for the week. This episode is based around one of his licks from his solo on Donna Lee. We see him using a variety of intervals in the second and third bar of…
This week we are going to learn about one of my favorite sounds ever: Harmonic Minor. This scale is amazing because it contains the flatted 6th in combination with the major seventh. This gives us a minor third in the actual scale which is unique among sounds we can use. Make sure you check out…
Welcome back! I have been checking out a lot of Herbie Hancock this week so I figured I would bring you a great pentatonic pattern from his solo over Tell Me A Bedtime Story. Pentatonics are an essential part of any improvisors arsenal and this pattern will serve you well in any situation that contains…
This week features an awesome technique to use from one of the greatest who ever played the jazz language. We are going to focus on techniques straight from the playing of the jazz masters for the next couple of months on the show. Listeners seem to like this kind of episode, and we are in…
This Lick of The Month is a great one! It comes from one of my favorite tenor players of all time, Joe Henderson. This is am interesting lick because it doesn’t follow our typical bebop blueprint. Joe teaches us how to play across changes and across the bar line by showing us his unique style…
This week brings us to learning an amazing sound you can use over major chords. The Lydian Mode is based off of the fourth degree of a major scale and is a quintessential improvisational device. In this episode we explain how the scale is derived and how, by using triads, you can utilize the Lydian…
