There was a documentary a while ago on 1959 as the year that changed jazz for ever. It focused on Miles’ Kind of Blue, Brubeck’s Time Out, Mingus’ Ah Um and Coleman’s Shape of Jazz to Come. Of course, jazz…
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1959 and All That
Tagged with: Ah Um, Brubeck, Coltrane, Giant Steps, Kind of Blue, miles, Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Shape of Jazz to Come, Time Out
Posted in b) Harmony & Comping, e) Rants & Ramblings
Posted in b) Harmony & Comping, e) Rants & Ramblings
A Shaw Thing – Connecting Pentatonic Scales
Mention pentatonics in jazz and people will probably immediately think of Coltrane and McCoy Tyner. They might also think of trumpeter Woody Shaw, who developed pentatonic playing to an incredible level. Woody’s kaleidoscopic approach involved zipping across multiple tonalities on…
Tagged with: Coltrane, jazz, McCoy Tyner, Pentatonic scale, practice, Woody Shaw
Posted in a) Soloing Scales & Modes
Posted in a) Soloing Scales & Modes
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