July 26, 2010 in Great American Songbook, Jazz Standards
This famous tune was made for a 1947 movie, “Green Dolphin Street,” and is known for switching back and forth between latin and swing feels, and for the pedal I underneath changing harmonies for the first 7 bars of the A section. The form is basically ABAB, with the second B being different than the first B. It’s a 32 …
June 25, 2010 in Jazz Standards
This is one of my favorite tunes, and it’s definitely my favorite play along I’ve created so far! It’s the most modern sounding of the play alongs, being very much jazz with a hint of hop-hop. I love it! Learn this tune. It has the same changes as So What, which makes sense because Trane was in Miles’ band. It’s …
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 …
