• How High The Moon Song

    One of the most popular medium up swing tune among jazz musicians.

    Composer
    Morgan Lewis
    Lyricist
    Nancy Hamilton
    Form
    A-B-A-C
    Style
    Medium Up Swing

    updated on Mar 27, 2016

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  • Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Album

    recorded by Charles Mingus in 1960

    Album art work of Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus by Charles Mingus

    Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus

    Musicians

    • Eric Dolphy
    • Ted Curson
    • Charles Mingus
    • Dannie Richmond

    Tracks

    • Folk Forms, No. 1
    • Original Faubus Fables
    • What Love?
    • All The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was ...

    Remarks

    • Chordless

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Cherokee Song

    Cherokee Analyze Sheet

    One of the most popular jazz standard songs which are played very fast in jam session. Written by Ray Noble.

    Composer
    Ray Noble
    Lyricist
    Ray Noble
    Form
    A-A-B-A
    Style
    Swing

    updated on Sep 3, 2015

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  • Getz/Gilberto Album

    recorded by Stan Getz & João Gilberto in 1963

    Album art work of Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz & João Gilberto

    Getz/Gilberto

    Musicians

    • Astrud Gilberto
    • João Gilberto
    • Stan Getz
    • Antônio Carlos Jobim
    • Sebastião Neto
    • Milton Banana

    Tracks

    • The Girl From Ipanema (Garôta de Ipanema)
    • Doralice
    • Prá Machucar Meu Coração
    • Desafinado
    • Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
    • and more....

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Bye Bye Blackbird Song

    Bye Bye Blackbird analysys sheet

    One of the most popular tune among jazz musicians. Written by Ray Henderson.

    Composer
    Ray Henderson
    Lyricist
    Mort Dixon
    Form
    A-B-C-A'
    Style
    Medium Swing

    updated on Mar 20, 2016

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  • Return Of The Headhunters! Album

    recorded by The Headhunters in 1997

    Album art work of Return Of The Headhunters! by The Headhunters

    Return Of The Headhunters!

    Musicians

    • Bennie Maupin
    • JK
    • Herbie Hancock,Patrice Rushen
    • Paul Jackson
    • Michael Clark
    • Bill Summers
    • Herbie Hancock,Mark Goodman
    • N'Dea Davenport
    • Tre Hardson
    • Herbie Hancock
    • Bill Summers,Bruce "Gypsy" Millstein
    • Billy Childs

    Tracks

    • Funk Hunter
    • Shank It
    • Watch Your Back
    • Frankie And Kevin
    • Premonition
    • and more....

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Interplay Album

    recorded by Bill Evans in 1962

    Album art work of Interplay by Bill Evans

    Interplay

    Musicians

    • Freddie Hubbard
    • Jim Hall
    • Bill Evans
    • Percy Heath
    • Philly Joe Jones

    Tracks

    • You And The Night And The Music
    • When You Wish Upon A Star
    • I'll Never Smile Again [Take 7]
    • Interplay
    • You Go To My Head
    • and more....

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Pat Metheny Quote

    Always be the worst guy in every band you're in.

    updated on Jun 3, 2017

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  • Matthew Garrison Album

    recorded by Matthew Garrison in 1999

    Album art work of Matthew Garrison by Matthew Garrison

    Matthew Garrison

    Musicians

    • Karina Braunstein,Sabina Sciubba
    • David Gilmore
    • Adam Rogers
    • Scott Kinsey
    • Matthew Garrison
    • Ben Perowsky
    • David Binney
    • Pete Rende
    • Elie Katz
    • Arto Tuncboyacian
    • Adam Rogers,Mordy Ferber
    • Gene Lake
    • Amit Chaterjee
    • John Arnold
    • Karina Braunstein
    • Arto Tuncboyaciyan

    Tracks

    • Family
    • Groovetune
    • Shapeless
    • Dark Matter
    • Manifest Destiny
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • Duo

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Bolivia Album

    recorded by Gato Barbieri in 1973

    Album art work of Bolivia by Gato Barbieri

    Bolivia

    Musicians

    • Gato Barbieri
    • John Abercrombie
    • Lonnie Liston Smith
    • J.F. Jenny Clark
    • Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
    • Airto Moreira
    • Stanley Clarke~J.F. Jenny Clark
    • Gene Golden~James Mtume
    • Stanley Clarke
    • James Mtume
    • Moulay "Ali" Hafid

    Tracks

    • Merceditas
    • Eclypse~Michellina
    • Bolivia
    • Ninos
    • Vidala Triste

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Ray Brown Musician

    Ray Brown

    One of the jazz bass legend between bebop era and modern era. Also one of the pioneer of jazz cello. He is known as a sideman, a band leader and an educator. His style bases on very basics so his bass lines are used to study basic bass lines very widely.

    Birth Name
    Raymond Matthews Brown
    Born
    October 13, 1926
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
    Died
    July 2, 2002
    Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

    updated on Oct 25, 2015

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  • Wynton Kelly Musician

    Wynton Kelly

    Birth Name
    Wynton Charles Kelly
    Born
    December 2, 1931
    Brooklyn, New York
    Died
    April 12, 1971
    Toronto, Canada

    updated on Jan 21, 2017

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  • Chord Inversion Theory

    2nd Inversion

    Technically, this is not jazz theory. This is classical music theory.

    • 1st Inversion
    • 2nd Inversion
    • Notation
    • Function

    updated on Jun 30, 2015

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  • Jazz For Joy Album

    recorded by Various Artists in 1996

    Album art work of Jazz For Joy by Various Artists

    Jazz For Joy

    Musicians

    • Shirley Horn
    • Ron Blake
    • Nicholas Payton,Roy Hargrove
    • Don Sickler
    • Mark Whitfield
    • Stephen Scott
    • Christian McBride
    • Billy Drummond
    • Jesse Davis
    • Roy Hargrove
    • Betty Carter
    • Abbey Lincoln
    • Nicholas Payton

    Tracks

    • The Christmas Song
    • Frosty The Snowman
    • Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
    • Those Soulful Jingle Bells
    • Christmas Cheer
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • Solo
    • Duo

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Minor Tonality Theory

    Basics about Minor Tonality; Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor. Especially about scales and chord category.

    • Diatonic Chord and Diatonic Scale
    • Diatonic Chord Function
    • Classification By Frequency Of Use
    • Parent Scale

    updated on Aug 22, 2015

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  • Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Vol. 2 Album

    recorded by Gerry Mulligan in 1953

    Album art work of Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Vol. 2 by Gerry Mulligan

    Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Vol. 2

    Musicians

    • Gerry Mulligan
    • Chet Baker
    • Carson Smith
    • Larry Bunker

    Tracks

    • My Old Flame
    • Love Me Or Leave Me [Alt Take]
    • Love Me Or Leave Me
    • Swinghouse [10" LP Take]
    • Swinghouse [12" LP Take]
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • Chordless

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Standard Influence Album

    recorded by John Tropea in 2003

    Album art work of Standard Influence by John Tropea

    Standard Influence

    Musicians

    • Lou Marini
    • John Tropea
    • Chris Palmero
    • Anthony Jackson
    • Steve Gadd
    • Nicki Parrot

    Tracks

    • Sandu
    • How Insensitive (Insensatez)
    • It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
    • Full House
    • Sir Richard
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • Duo
    • Solo

    updated on Apr 6, 2023

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  • Ben Williams Quote

    My motto has always been to “stay ready” so you never have to “get ready.”

    updated on Aug 30, 2015

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  • In A Sentimental Mood Song

    One of the most popular Duke Ellington's ballad tunes among jazz musicians.

    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Lyricist
    Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz
    Form
    A-A-B-A
    Style
    Ballad

    updated on Aug 23, 2016

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  • Diatonic Chord Theory

    Basics of Diatonic Chord: chord category, voice leading and functions.

    • Function
    • Tonic
    • Sub dominant
    • Dominant
    • Sub Function

    updated on Aug 22, 2015

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  • Yesterday & Today Album

    recorded by Toots Thielemans in 1946,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1958,1961,1965,1966,1968,1969,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1982,1984,1985,1989,1991,1995 & 2001

    Album art work of Yesterday & Today by Toots Thielemans

    Yesterday & Today

    Musicians

    • Oscar Toussaint
    • André Gijssens
    • Jean Robert,Pol Clark
    • Robert De Kers
    • Toots Thielemans
    • Herni Segers
    • Fernand Fontaine
    • Jackie Tunis
    • Francis Coppieters
    • Jean Warland
    • John Ward
    • Sven Stiberg
    • Reinhold Svensson
    • Thore Jederby
    • Anders Burman
    • Billy Desmedt
    • Jean Hundstadt
    • Rudy Frankel
    • Harry Reser
    • Dick Hyman
    • Cal Tjader
    • George Shearing
    • Al McKibbon
    • Bill Clark
    • Candido
    • Catalino Rolon
    • Hank Jones
    • Doug Watkins
    • Art Taylor
    • Billy Byers,Chauncy Welsch,Santos Rossu,Urbie Green
    • Al Cohn,Al Epstein,Zoot Sims
    • Danny Bank
    • Barry Galbraith
    • George Aarvanitas
    • Roland Lobligeous
    • Philippe Combelle
    • J.J. Johnson
    • McCoy Tyner
    • Richard Davis
    • Elvin Jones
    • Francy Boland
    • Jurgen Ehlers
    • Joe Harris
    • Clark Tery,Joe Newman
    • Bob Brookmeyer
    • Gary McFarland
    • Bob Busnell
    • Grady Tate
    • Mel Lewis
    • Phil Bodner
    • Bucky Pizzarelli
    • Phil Kraus
    • George Duvivier
    • Bucky Pizzarelly,Toots Thielemans
    • Herbie Hancock
    • Ron Carter
    • Ronnie Zito
    • Elis Regina
    • Roberto Menescal
    • Antonio Adolfo Saboia
    • Jurandir Duarte
    • Wilson Das Neves
    • Hermes Contesini
    • Svend Asmussen
    • Khell Ohman
    • Stefan Brolund
    • Ed Thigpen
    • Quincy Duke,Valerie Simpson
    • Ernie Watts,Phil Woods
    • Hubert Laws
    • Cat Anderson
    • Dennsi Budimir
    • Dave Grusin,Georg Duke
    • Eddy Louiss
    • Ray Brown
    • Dennis Budimir
    • George Duke,Quincy Jones
    • Joop Scholten
    • Rob Franken
    • Victor Kaihatu
    • Evert Overweg
    • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
    • Bruno Castellucci
    • Ferdinand Povel
    • Ary Jongman
    • Eddie Engels,Fons Diercks,John Bannet,Wim Kat
    • Bertil Voller
    • Eef Albers
    • Ruud Bos
    • Rob Langereis
    • Rob Meyn
    • Gerry Niewood
    • Lou Marini
    • Ron Cuber
    • Lew Soloff,Marvin Stamm
    • Dave Taylor,Tommy Mitchell,Wayne Andre
    • Steve Khan
    • Dave Grusion
    • Tony Levin
    • Kjell Ohman
    • Roman Dylag
    • Petur Ostlund
    • Louis Van Dijk
    • Dee Daniels
    • Kevin Mulligan
    • Michel Herr
    • Evert Verhees
    • Sivuca
    • Richard Silveira
    • Luiz Avellar
    • Luizao
    • Paulo Braga
    • Ohana
    • Marc Johnson
    • Mulgrew Miller
    • Rufus Reid
    • Lewis Nash
    • Shirley Horn
    • Charlse Ables
    • Steve Williams
    • Bert Meulendijk
    • Jurre Haanstra
    • Ruud Jacobs
    • Eddie Conard
    • Kenny Werner

    Tracks

    • Jazz Band Ball
    • Crazy Bop
    • It Had To Be ''Bird''
    • Nalen Boogie
    • Red Devils Boogie
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • Drumless
    • 4 tb
    • 3 ts
    • Strings
    • Big Band
    • Solo
    • Duo
    • Bassless

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Red Garland Musician

    Red Garland

    Red garland is one of the legend bebop pianist, who popularized a block chord piano style. Also well known as a pianist of Miles Davis quartet.

    Birth Name
    William McKinley Garland, Jr.
    Born
    May 13, 1923
    Dallas, Texas
    Died
    April 23, 1984
    Dallas, Texas

    updated on Jan 21, 2017

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  • Beautiful Love Song

    Beautiful Love Analyze Sheet

    One of the most popular minor key jazz standard songs in jam session. Written by Victor Young, Wayne King & Egbert Van Alstyne.

    Composer
    Victor Young, Wayne King & Egbert Van Alstyne
    Lyricist
    Haven Gillespie
    Form
    A-B-A-C (A-B-A-B’)
    Style
    Swing

    updated on Dec 4, 2015

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  • Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise Song

    One of the most popular minor key jazz standard songs. Written by Sigmund Romberg.

    Composer
    Sigmund Romberg
    Lyricist
    Oscar Hammerstein II
    Form
    A - A - B - A
    Style
    Swing

    updated on Mar 20, 2016

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  • On The Corner Album

    recorded by John Patitucci in 1989

    Album art work of On The Corner by John Patitucci

    On The Corner

    Musicians

    • Judd Miller
    • John Beasley
    • David Witham
    • John Patitucci
    • Dave Weckl
    • Michael Brecker
    • Vinnie Colaiuta
    • Chick Corea
    • Al Foster
    • Jay Oliver
    • Alex Acuna
    • Alfie Silas,Howard McCrary,Phyllis St. James,Rick Riso
    • Eric Marienthal
    • David Witham,John Beasley
    • Paul Jackson, Jr.
    • Kirk Whalum

    Tracks

    • On The Corner
    • Avenue "D"
    • Venetian Moonlight
    • A Better Mousetrap
    • Vaya Con Dios
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • Chordless

    updated on Apr 6, 2023

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