Pat Metheny Quote
Always be the worst guy in every band you're in.
Wynton Kelly Musician
- Birth Name
- Wynton Charles Kelly
- Born
- December 2, 1931
Brooklyn, New York - Died
- April 12, 1971
Toronto, Canada
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
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
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
Bye Bye Blackbird Song
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
Red Garland Musician
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
Groovy Album
Basic bebop piano trio album by Red Garland.
- Released Date
- 1957
- Recording Date/Place
- Tracks 1 to 3
- August 9, 1957
- Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
- Tracks 4 & 5
- December 14, 1956
- Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
- Track 6
- May 24, 1957
- Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
- Track
- C Jam Blues
- Gone Again
- Will You Still Be Mine?
- Willow Weep for Me
- What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?
- Hey Now
Ben Williams Quote
My motto has always been to “stay ready” so you never have to “get ready.”
Cherokee Song
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
Jazzstandards.com Link
JazzStandards.com is a website which provides lots of information for jazz standards.
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
Chord Inversion Theory
Technically, this is not jazz theory. This is classical music theory.
- 1st Inversion
- 2nd Inversion
- Notation
- Function
Diatonic Chord Theory
Basics of Diatonic Chord: chord category, voice leading and functions.
- Function
- Tonic
- Sub dominant
- Dominant
- Sub Function
iReal Pro Other
One of the most popular app in jazz scene. This app includes almost everything which a musician want to practice.
JazzDisco.org Link
A data base site of a collector’s guide to jazz music CDs, DVDs, binary music file and vinyl records. The information includes the date of a musician’s birth and death, discography. Especially the information about an album is very detailed like a personnel date, recording date, studio etc.
mimiCopy Other
There are many music player app which has a lot of function to help transcribing. mimiCopy is my favorite app to transcribe. This app is not that expensive compared with other similar famous app and this has good enough function to transcribe.
Kelly Blue Album
The modern bebop jazz piano giants, Wynton Kelly's second album. He recorded his piano trio with Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb and his sextet with Nat Adderley, Bobby Jaspar and Benny Golson. Music are from blues style to hard bop style.
- Released Date
- 1959
- Recording Date/Place
- Track: 1,5,8
- Feb 19, 1959
- Reeves Sound Studios, NY
- Others
- Mar 10, 1959
- Reeves Sound Studios, NY
- Track
- Kelly Blue
- Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
- On Green Dolphin Street
- Willow Weep For Me
- Keep It Moving [Take 4]
- Old Clothes
- Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
- Keep It Moving [Take 3]
Beautiful Love Song
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
Ray Brown Musician
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
Jazz Database Site