June 18, 2010 in Blog, Learning Jazz
Here is part 3 of Brent Jensen’s Video series on learning tunes.
Brent Jensen’s Recordings
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Feel free to listen to some of this awesome material Brent recorded. He’s got some great stuff! It’s just fun to hear a sample of what he has recorded. Also, any purchases of these songs or albums made through this site will help Brent …
June 17, 2010 in Blog, Learning Jazz
Brent Jensen, Origin Saxophone Recording Artist and Professor of Jazz Studies at the College of Southern Idaho, tells us how he approaches learning tunes. This is his third video in the series (Part 1 has two parts). The original handout is also below as well as text and a .pdf document. Enjoy! Make sure to check out all of Brent’s …
June 16, 2010 in Solo Transcriptions
Transcriptions done by www.Learnjazzstandards.com
Miles Davis-So What
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(includes transcription)
Charlie Parker-Blues for Alice
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Sonny Rollins-St. Thomas
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Miles Davis-Freddie Freeloader-Submitted by Brent Vaartstra
Miles Davis Freddie Freeloader Solo
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June 16, 2010 in Jazz Originals, Jazz Standards, Swing Era & Dixieland
This is such a great standard when done right. However, “In a Mellow Tone” Don’t Mean a Thing, If It Ain’t Got that Swing! Listen to the way Dizzy and his group does it. What a burnin’ chart! I changed the way I do my play alongs today, and I’d like some comments. See if you like it better. I …
June 15, 2010 in Blog, Learning Jazz
Here’s the rest of the video Brent Jensen, Origin Records recording artist and Professor of Jazz, did to explain step one of his Seven Steps to Heaven handout on learning and mastering tunes. Enjoy!
Brent Jensen’s Recordings
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Brent has made some awesome recordings! It’s just fun to hear a sample of what he has recorded. Also, any purchases of …
June 14, 2010 in Blog, Learning Jazz
Brent Jensen, Professor of Jazz at the College of Southern Idaho and saxophone recording artist for Origin Records, has graciously done a handout for us explaining how to improve your improvisation. He also explains several of the steps in videos! Here’s Step 1 (A). Stay posted for more videos!
Brent Jensen’s Recordings
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Feel free to listen to some of …
June 12, 2010 in Jazz Originals, Jazz Standards, Latin Jazz
This is a great little jazz original by Lee Morgan. It’s in the Real Book, and is a great bossa nova, but it’s a bit tricky. The melody in the Real Book on measure 32 is correct, but they play it ONLY ON THE LAST TIME THROUGH. The first time through the head, the band plays a simpler version of …
June 11, 2010 in Jazz Originals, Jazz Standards
My Little Suede Shoes is a very catchy, lyrical tune. It’s one of the most accessible tunes Bird wrote. Many of his tunes had angular melodies that some people unaccustomed to bebop have a tough time following (not you or I, of course, but some listeners have a tough time with bebop. Try singing Donna Lee…). However, this is a …
June 10, 2010 in Jazz Recordings
Brent Jensen is the Director of Jazz Studies at the College of Southern Idaho. He is also an amazing saxophonist and recording artist for Origin Records. Here is his first of several upcoming guest posts by Prof. Jensen on our site.
Brent has websites you can go check out! I’ve included the links right under his post.
44 ESSENTIAL JAZZ …
June 9, 2010 in Jazz Standards
This jazz standard is the first tune on Miles Davis’ classic record, “Kind of Blue.” It’s the top jazz album of all time as measured by sales. It’s sold over 20 million copies, and still sells about 5,000 copies a week. And it was recorded in 1959. You should listen to it. A lot. It’s one of the most important …
