The ii-V-I: the most important progression in jazz
Jazz Harmony Handbook If you wanted to sum up all of jazz harmony in a single phrase, it would be:…
-
-
The Detroit School of Bebop: 4 pianists who changed jazz
There are times in jazz when a whole city works like an academy. Detroit in the 1940s and ’50s was…
-
Bud Powell: the philosophy of bebop piano in 6 lessons
“If I had to choose one musician for his artistic integrity, for the incomparable originality of his creation and the…
-
Jazz Phrasing & Articulation on Piano: What It Is and How to Practice It
What is jazz phrasing, and why does it matter more than scales? Many jazz students focus on scales, modes and…
-
Barry Harris’s teaching: lessons from the master
Barry Harris · NEA Jazz Master 1989 “I should really be teaching the teachers, not the students.” — Barry Harris,…
-
Jazz Pianists by Decade: 44 Albums Since 1930
Listening Guide · 1930 – Today “Jazz is learned with the ears first. Theory, voicings and scales start to make…
-
Thelonious Monk: 25 Pieces of Advice for Musicians (1960)
FROM STEVE LACY’S HANDWRITTEN LIST, 1960 “What you don’t play can be more important than what you play.” — Thelonious…
