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
Art Pepper + Eleven Album
recorded by Art Pepper in 1959
Art Pepper + Eleven
Musicians
- Art Pepper,Charlie Kennedy
- Richie Kamuca
- Bob Enevoldsen
- Med Flory
- Al Porcino,Jack Sheldon
- Dick Nash
- Vince De Rosa
- Russ Freeman
- Joe Mondragon
- Mel Lewis
- Art Pepper,Bud Shank
- Bill Perkins
- Art Pepper,Herb Geller
- Jack Sheldon,Pete Candoli
- Charlie Kennedy
- Art Pepper
- Bud Shank
Tracks
- Move
- Groovin' High
- Opus De Funk
- 'Round Midnight
- Four Brothers
- and more....
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
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
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
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
Diatonic Chord Theory
Basics of Diatonic Chord: chord category, voice leading and functions.
- Function
- Tonic
- Sub dominant
- Dominant
- Sub Function
Saturday Night At The Blue Note Album
recorded by Oscar Peterson in 1990
Saturday Night At The Blue Note
Musicians
- Herb Ellis
- Oscar Peterson
- Ray Brown
Tracks
- Kelly's Blues
- Nighttime
- Love Ballade~If You Only Knew
- You Look Good To Me
- Old Folks
- and more....
Remarks
- Drumless
Ben Williams Quote
My motto has always been to “stay ready” so you never have to “get ready.”
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
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
Chord Inversion Theory
Technically, this is not jazz theory. This is classical music theory.
- 1st Inversion
- 2nd Inversion
- Notation
- Function
La Enciclopedia del Jazz, Vol. 1 Album
recorded by Various Artist in 1949,1960,1947 & 1948
La Enciclopedia del Jazz, Vol. 1
Musicians
- Sonny Rollins
- J.J. Johnson
- John Lewis
- Gene Ramey
- Shadow Wilson
- Kenny Dorham
- Leonard Gaskin
- Max Roach
- Sonny Stitt
- Nelson Boyd
- Teddy Edwards
- Benny Bailey
- ,Emanuel Brooks
- Addison Farmer
- Roy Porter
- Emanuel Brooks
- Duke Brooks
- Ernie Henry
- James Moody
- Cecil Payne
- Dave Burns,Elmon Wright
- Hen Gates
- Teddy Stewart
- Art Blakey
- Chano Pozo
Tracks
- Audobon
- Don't Blame Me
- Elysee (Elysses)
- Opus V
- Hilo
- and more....
The Ten Shades Of Blues Album
recorded by Richard Bona in 2010
The Ten Shades Of Blues
Musicians
- Richard Bona
- Nandini Srikar,Shankar Mahadevan
- Bob Reynolds
- Michael Rodriguez
- Marshall Gilkes
- Niladiri Kumar
- Satyajit Talwalkar
- Vivek Rajgopalan
- Frank Mc Comb
- Grégoire Maret
- Obed Calvaire
- Sylvain Luc
- Jean-Michel Pilc
- Christian Howes
- Bailo Baa
- Jojo Kuoh
- Ryan Cavanaugh
- Bert Van Den Brink
Tracks
- Take One
- Shiva Mantra
- Good Times
- M'Bemba Mama
- Kurumalete
- and more....
Remarks
- Overdub
The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album Album
recorded by Kenny Dorham in 1960
The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album
Musicians
- Charles Davis
- Kenny Dorham
- Tommy Flanagan
- Butch Warren
- Buddy Enlow
Tracks
- Stage West
- I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande)
- Delilah (Theme From Samson And Delilah)
- Butch's Blues
- Stella By Starlight
- and more....
The Way I Really Play Album
recorded by Oscar Peterson in 1967
The Way I Really Play
Musicians
- Oscar Peterson
- Sam Jones
- Bobby Durham
Tracks
- Waltzing Is Hip
- Satin Doll
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
- Sandy's Blues
- Alice In Wonderland
- and more....
Jazz At The Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set Album
recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in 1949,1953 & 1954
Jazz At The Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set
Musicians
- Norman Granz
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Hank Jones
- Ray Brown
- Buddy Rich
- Charlie Parker
- Flip Phillips
- Lester Young
- Roy Eldridge
- Tommy Turk
- Herb Ellis
- Raymond Tunia
- J.C. Heard
Tracks
- Introduction
- Robbin's Nest (Just When We're Falling In Love)
- A New Shade Of Blues
- Old Mother Hubbard
- I'm Just A Lucky So And So
- and more....
Wynton Kelly Musician
- Birth Name
- Wynton Charles Kelly
- Born
- December 2, 1931
Brooklyn, New York - Died
- April 12, 1971
Toronto, Canada
Equinox Album
recorded by Red Garland in 1978
Equinox
Musicians
- Red Garland
- Richard Davis
- Roy Haynes
Tracks
- It's All Right With Me
- Hobo Joe
- Equinox
- Cute
- Nature Boy
- and more....
The Big Beat Album
recorded by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers in 1960
The Big Beat
Musicians
- Wayne Shorter
- Lee Morgan
- Bobby Timmons
- Jymie Merritt
- Art Blakey
Tracks
- The Chess Players
- Sakeena's Vision
- Politely
- Dat Dere
- Lester Left Town
- and more....
Playing Changes Album
recorded by George Coleman in 1979
Playing Changes
Musicians
- George Coleman
- Hilton Ruiz
- Ray Drummond
- Billy Higgins
Tracks
- Laura
- Ceora
- Moment's Notice
Pat Metheny Quote
Always be the worst guy in every band you're in.
Confirmation Album
recorded by Tommy Flanagan in 1977 & 1978
Confirmation
Musicians
- Tommy Flanagan
- George Mraz
- Elvin Jones
Tracks
- Maybe September (Theme From "The Oscar")
- Confirmation
- How High The Moon
- It Never Entered My Mind
- Cup Bearers
- and more....
Remarks
- Duo
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