Learn how to use the blues scale in a chord-specific manner on tunes. Play-along & PDF in the EXTRAS

Learn how to practice the diminished scale on the tune, Summertime.

My personal insight into Dexter Gordon's cadenza on You've Changed from the Swiss Nights album. Be sure to download the PDF in the EXTRAS file for the written transcription.

Learn to practice tunes using rhythmic templates for developing time and phrases. In this lesson, we'll apply a number of rhythmic templates using a play-along track to the standard, Autumn Leaves. This method can be applied to any tune. Download the EXTRAS folder for a play-along track and writt...

This is the video play-along for Rhythmic Templates and Tunes. A play-along track is included in the downloadable EXTRAS folder

Based on a transcription of my solo by a fellow subscriber in the introduction to the lesson on But Not For Me, this lesson identifies inflection techniques I use in my solos.

We'll explore the blues stylings on 6 licks from Stanley Turrentine's solo on Summertime taken from the album, Up At Minton's. I'll reference points in the recording you can find on YouTube as we dive into various aspects of the way he plays things. No transpositions of the licks are provided, si...

Learn about the phrasing techniques: Call & Response, Point Up-Point Down, Sequencing, and Theme & Development. I use play-along tracks based on the blues and sections from Take the A Train, Blue Bossa, and Recorda-me to demonstrate and explain these phrasing techniques. You can use your voice or...

A phrasing demo to go along with the lesson.