| TRANSCRIPTIONS (Rhythms/Notes): |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 03a (swinging, qn=100) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 03a (swinging) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 03b (swinging, qn=100) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 03b (swinging) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 03c (swinging, qn=100) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 03c (swinging) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 03d (swinging, qn=100) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 03d (swinging) |
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| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 02a (non-swinging) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 02b (non-swinging) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 02c (non-swinging) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 02d (non-swinging) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 01a (non-swinging) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 01b (non-swinging) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 01c (non-swinging) |
| Transcribing: | Transcribing Rhythms - 01d (non-swinging) |
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| TRANSCRIPTIONS (Solos): |
| Bill Evans: | Waltz for Debby (qn=123) 2022 Goal |
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| Red Garland: | Play-along: Hey Now (Groovy!, 1957, qn=108) 2021 Goal |
| Red Garland: | Play-along: Hey Now (Groovy!, 1957, qn=128) 2021 Goal |
| Red Garland: | Hey Now (Groovy!, 1957, qn=84) 2021 Goal |
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| Red Garland: | A Foggy Day (piano solo only) (including before/after the Bass solo) (Red Garland "A Garland of Red", 1956; qn=160) (full audio) |
| Red Garland: | A Foggy Day (piano solo only) (including before/after the Bass solo) (Red Garland "A Garland of Red", 1956) (full audio) |
| Wynton Kelly: | If I Should Lose You (piano solo only) (Hank Mobley "Soul Station", 1960) |
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| JAZZ IMPROV PLAY-A-LONGS: |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long Blues in C (4 choruses w/guitar, qn=108) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long Blues in C (48 bars, qn=130) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long Blues in C (48 bars, qn=170) |
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| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 1 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars, qn=100) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 1 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars, qn=112) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 1 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars, qn=120)
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| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 2 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars, qn=100) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 2 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars, qn=112) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 2 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars, qn=120)
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| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 3 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars, qn=100) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 3 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars, qn=112) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 3 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars, qn=120)
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| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 4 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars, qn=100) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 4 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars, qn=120) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 5 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Trading with Jazz Rhythms, Set 6 in D min7 (D Dorian) (32 bars) |
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| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, 1st 3 lines (4x, qn=120) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, 1st 3 lines (4x, qn=140) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, 1st 3 lines (4x, qn=160) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, lines 4-6 (4x, qn=120) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, lines 4-6 (4x, qn=140) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, lines 4-6 (4x, qn=160) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, lines 7-9 (4x, qn=120) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, lines 7-9 (4x, qn=140) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, lines 7-9 (4x, qn=160) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, lines 10-12 (4x, qn=120) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, lines 10-12 (4x, qn=140) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's, lines 10-12 (4x, qn=160) |
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| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's (bass/drums only, qn=88) |
| Jazz Improv Pla-y-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's (bass/drums only, qn=108) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's (bass/drums only, qn=120) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's (bass/drums only, qn=140) 2021 Goal |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V-I's (bass/drums only, qn=160) |
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| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V#5-I's (piano/bass/drums, qn=88) |
| Jazz Improv Pla-y-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V#5-I's (piano/bass/drums, qn=108) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V#5-I's (piano/bass/drums, qn=120) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V#5-I's (piano/bass/drums, qn=140) 2021 Goal |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Play-a-long: ii-V#5-I's (piano/bass/drums, qn=160) |
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| Sample Tune and Solo: | Checkin' It Out (head, 1 solo chorus, head) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Checkin' It Out (qn=96) |
| Jazz Improv Play-a-Long: | Checkin' It Out (qn=120) |
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| 12-Bar Blues |
| 12-Bar Blues: | List of Blues Heads (sorted by title; can also sort by composer or concert key) *** |
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| TUNES (Current) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in C, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in Db, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in D, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in Eb, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in E, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in F, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in F#, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in G, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in Ab, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in A, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in Bb, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (in B, qn=120) |
| Jazz Play-along: | Take the A Train (all 12 keys, qn=120) |
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| Jazz Improv Play-along: | A Foggy Day (4 choruses, piano/bass/drums, qn=120) |
| Jazz Improv Play-along: | A Foggy Day (4 choruses, piano/bass/drums, qn=140) 2021 Goal |
| Jazz Improv Play-along: | A Foggy Day (4 choruses, piano/bass/drums, qn=160) |
| Jazz Improv Play-along: | Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (4 choruses, qn=120) |
| Jazz Improv Play-along: | Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (4 choruses, qn=140) 2021 Goal |
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| EXERCISES |
| Oscar Peterson: | Minuet No. 2 (qn=60) |
| Oscar Peterson: | Minuet No. 2 (qn=88) |
| Oscar Peterson: | Minuet No. 2 (qn=108) |
| Oscar Peterson: | Minuet No. 2 (qn=120) |
| Oscar Peterson: | Exercise No. 2 (qn=48) |
| Oscar Peterson: | Exercise No. 2 (qn=60) |
| Oscar Peterson: | Minuet No. 1 (qn=48) |
| Oscar Peterson: | Minuet No. 1 (qn=60) |
| Oscar Peterson: | Minuet No. 1 (qn=108) |
| Oscar Peterson: | Exercise No. 1 (qn=63) |
| Oscar Peterson: | Exercise No. 1 (qn=72) |
| Oscar Peterson: | Exercise No. 1 (qn=108) |
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| TECHNICAL ELEMENTS (with jazz play-alongs) - separate page |
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| PERSONAL RECORDINGS: |
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| LISTENING / MUSIC APPRECIATION: |
| Horace Silver (piano): |
Song For My Father *** |
| Miles Davis (trumpet), Bill Evans (piano): |
So What |
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| The Story of Jazz (1954): |
| Langston Hughes: | Beginnings (Introduction, Africa, The South, New Orleans, Jelly Roll Morton, Rags, Bunk Johnson, Scott Joplin, Louis Amstrong) (9:33) |
| Langston Hughes: | The Blues (Introduction, St. Louis, Ma Rainey, Perdido Street Blues) (6:53) |
| Langston Hughes: | Characteristics (A Break, A Riff, Boogie Woogie, Bix Biederbecke, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Dizzy Gillespie, Lenny Tristano, Teenagers, Mary Lou Williams) (15:08) |
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