August 20, 2010 in Jazz Standards
We are taking a quick break from the blues series today to break things up just a bit. The 2 week blues series will resume tomorrow.
This is a wonderful bossa nova tune by Antonio Carlos Jobim. It’s also known as “Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars,” which is the first lyric of the tune when sung in English. It was …
July 10, 2010 in Jazz Standards
Mediation is a nice bossa nova. I like the tune, but it’s connected to a painful experience for me. The first time it was called on me I was playing piano with trumpet player Carl Saunders at a jam session. I didn’t know the tune at the time (or a couple others he called), and I was pretty embarrassed. I’m …
June 12, 2010 in Jazz Standards
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 …
May 25, 2010 in Jazz Standards
Learn the Jazz Standard “Blue Bossa” by Kenny Dorham with the following resources:
Blue Bossa pdf
Blue Bossa C Instruments (.pdf)
Blue-Bossa-Bb-Instruments (.pdf)
Blue-Bossa-Eb-Instruments (.pdf)
Blue Bossa Play Along (Bossa, Easy)
Blue Bossa Play Along (Afro-Cuban-More Difficult)
Dexter Gordon plays Blue Bossa
Joe Henderson plays Blue Bossa
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