Learn this Major/Dominant Chromatic Line used by most of the great jazz musicians.

Learn a common diminished scale pattern and the logic behind it.

This triplet based arpeggio lick can be used ascending and descending on major 7 & minor 7 chords.

Part 2 will include several videos that help you develop fluency and understanding of shared scales.

We'll begin our diminished scale journey with a practice routine for learning the scales.

This lick uses a dominant 7 arpeggio with blues neighbor tones. Multiple applications.

Lick #5 is based on a major blues scale. An excerpt from a Gene Ammons solo provides context.

This is the phrasing demonstration that goes with Quick Tunes #17 - How Insensitive.

This lesson focuses on the chord-to-chord vocabulary needed to solo on How Insensitive. Also look for I Play-You Play, Phrasing Demonstration, and "The Chords" videos in this set along with an EXTRAS folder including the play-along and written files.

Practice the chords from How Insensitive with the piano. Scale and arpeggios suggestions included. The "Lesson" video covers the chords in-depth with me playing examples.

Trade 8 bar phrases with me in this I Play-You Play portion of How Insensitive - Quick Tunes #17. Download the EXTRAS for the play-along and written files.

Let's trade 4's on a blues in A Flat concert. Play-along and PDF included in EXTRAS folder.

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

This is the I Play-You Play video that goes with Confirmation Bop Concepts, Part 4. Download the EXTRAS folder for the slow and fast play-along tracks and the written file.

Learn how to practice and include bebop scales and passing tones in your bop style solos. After working through the lesson, use the I Play-You Play video for practicing phrasing with all of the concepts covered to this point in the series. Be sure to download the EXTRAS folder for slow & fast pla...

Learn two of the sax solos' and concepts from the rock tune, Us and Them. It's not really a blues, funk, or R&B tune, but it's a classic rock tune I thought you might enjoy.

We'll explore basic minor 7 chords in this set. Download the EXTRAS for the piano-only tracks.

Explore the G minor 7th chord-suggested vocabulary in the video. Download the EXTRAS for PDF and piano play-along tracks.

This is the Phrasing Demonstration that goes with the lesson. Slow and Fast playalongs included with the downloadable EXTRAS.

Learn to solo on the jazz classic, Take The A Train. Be sure to watch the demonstration video and download the EXTRAS folder for the PDF and slow and fast playalong tracks. I'll add an I Play-You Play video in the next few days.

This is the I Play-You Play video for the Quick Tunes lesson on Take the A Train.

Explore various chords using some suggested vocabulary from the videos. We'll begin with dominant 7th chords, but I plan to add a variety of different types of chords over time. Download the EXTRAS for PDF and piano only files for your personal practice.

Explore the C dominant 7th chord-suggested vocabulary in the video. Download the EXTRAS for PDF and piano play-along tracks.

Learn how to harmonize a sax section using 5-part closed voicings. The lesson is based on an original composition of mine with an audio performance by the sax group at the university where I teach. Full score included with EXTRAS.