July 2, 2010 in Learning Jazz
There are 3 important resources to help you learn tunes: recordings, fakebooks/chord charts, and play alongs. All three are helpful, if you understand their proper place. The following article deals with the place of each resource when you learn tunes.
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June 15, 2010 in 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 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 5, 2010 in Jazz Standards
This is such a great standard tune, written in 1930 by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields. At least, that’s what history tells us. Rumor has it that Fats Waller may have penned the tune and sold the rights, but who knows? At any rate, we know that it’s a great standard to blow over. This tune is done in many …
May 26, 2010 in Jazz Standards
One of the most popular standards of all time, All the Things You Are has some great changes that can be tough to navigate at first. Try checking out the roman numerals on this one to help figure out what is happening in this tune harmonically.
Brent Jensen features this tune is his VIDEO series “Seven Steps to Heaven” describing …
