• Pat Metheny Quote

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

    updated on Jun 3, 2017

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  • Halleloo-Y’-All Album

    recorded by Red Garland in 1960

    Album art work of Halleloo-Y'-All by Red Garland

    Halleloo-Y'-All

    Musicians

    • Red Garland
    • Sam Jones
    • Art Taylor

    Tracks

    • Revelation Blues
    • I'll Never Be Free
    • Everytime I Feel The Spirit
    • Halleloo-Y'-All
    • Back Slidin'

    updated on Apr 5, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Mustang Album

    recorded by Donald Byrd in 1966

    Album art work of Mustang by Donald Byrd

    Mustang

    Musicians

    • Sonny Red
    • Hank Mobley
    • Donald Byrd
    • McCoy Tyner
    • Walter Booker
    • Freddie Waits

    Tracks

    • Mustang
    • Fly Little Bird Fly
    • I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
    • Dixie Lee
    • On The Trail (From "The Grand Canyon Suite")
    • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Kind Of Brown Album

    recorded by Christian McBride in 2009

    Album art work of Kind Of Brown by Christian McBride

    Kind Of Brown

    Musicians

    • Steve Wilson
    • Warren Wolf
    • Eric Scott Reed
    • Christian McBride
    • Carl Allen

    Tracks

    • Brother Mister
    • Theme For Kareem
    • Rainbow Wheel
    • Starbeam
    • Used 'Ta Could
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • Arco
    • Duo

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Trombone For Two Album

    recorded by J.J. Johnson in 1955

    Album art work of Trombone For Two by J.J. Johnson

    Trombone For Two

    Musicians

    • J.J. Johnson
    • Kai Winding
    • Dick Katz
    • Paul Chambers
    • Osie Johnson

    Tracks

    • The Whiffenpoof Song
    • Give Me The Simple Life
    • Close As Pages In A Book
    • Turnabout
    • Trombone For Two
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • 2 tb

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Slow Drag Album

    recorded by Donald Byrd in 1967

    Album art work of Slow Drag by Donald Byrd

    Slow Drag

    Musicians

    • Sonny Red
    • Donald Byrd
    • Cedar Walton
    • Walter Booker
    • Billy Higgins

    Tracks

    • Slow Drag
    • Secret Love
    • Book's Bossa
    • Jelly Roll
    • The Loner
    • and more....

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • The Great American Songbook Album

    recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1931,1933,1930,1929,1932,1947,1957,1958 & 1955

    Album art work of The Great American Songbook by Louis Armstrong

    The Great American Songbook

    Musicians

    • Lester Boone
    • George James
    • Albert Washington
    • Zilner Randolph
    • Louis Armstrong
    • Preston Jackson
    • Mike McKendrick
    • Charlie Alexander
    • John Lindsay
    • Tubby Hall
    • George Oldh,Scoville Johnson
    • Albert "Budd"
    • Ellis Whitlock,Zilner Randolph
    • Keg Johnson
    • Teddy Wilson
    • Bill Oldham
    • Yank Porter
    • Marvin Johnson
    • Les Hite
    • Charlie Jones
    • George Orrendorff,Harold Scott
    • Luther Graven
    • Joe Bailey
    • Bill Perkins
    • Henry Prince
    • Lionel Hampton
    • Theodore McCord
    • Bobby Holmes
    • Castor McCord
    • Ed Anderson
    • Henry Hicks
    • Lavert Hutchinson
    • Bernard Addison
    • Joe Turner[OR Buck Washington]
    • Willie Lynch
    • Albert Nicholas,Charlie Holmes
    • Teddy Hill
    • J.C. Higginbotham
    • Lonnie Johnson
    • Eddie Condon
    • Luis Russell
    • Pops Foster
    • Paul Barbarin
    • Peanuts Hucko
    • Bobby Hackett
    • Jack Teagarden
    • Dick Carey
    • Bob Haggart
    • Sid Catlett
    • Trummy Young
    • Edmond Hall
    • Billy Kyle
    • Arvell Shaw
    • Barrett Deems
    • Mort Herbert
    • Danny Barcelona
    • Barney Bigard[OR Edmond Hall]

    Tracks

    • Stardust
    • I've Got The World On A String
    • Memories Of You
    • I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
    • When Your Lover Has Gone
    • and more....

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Mosaic Album

    recorded by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers in 1961

    Album art work of Mosaic by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

    Mosaic

    Musicians

    • Wayne Shorter
    • Freddie Hubbard
    • Curtis Fuller
    • Cedar Walton
    • Jymie Merritt
    • Art Blakey

    Tracks

    • Mosaic
    • Down Under
    • Children Of The Night
    • Arabia
    • Crisis

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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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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  • 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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  • Nothing Will Be As It Was… Tomorrow Album

    recorded by Flora Purim in 1977

    Album art work of Nothing Will Be As It Was... Tomorrow by Flora Purim

    Nothing Will Be As It Was... Tomorrow

    Musicians

    • Flora Purim
    • Raul De Souza
    • Patrice Rushen
    • Larry Nash
    • Byron Miller
    • Leon Chancler
    • Reggie Lucas
    • George Duke
    • Jay Graydon
    • Airto Moreira
    • Flora Purim,Josie James
    • Al McKay
    • Toninho Horta
    • Hugo Fattoruso
    • Ringo Thielman
    • OPA
    • Ernie Watts,Fred Jackson
    • Wagner Tiso
    • Dorothy Ashby
    • Ivory Stone,Julia Tillman Waters,Maxine Willard Waters
    • UNKNOWN
    • Jaco Pastorious

    Tracks

    • You Love Me Only
    • Nothing Will Be As It Was ~ Nada Sera Como Antes
    • I'm Comming For Your Love
    • Angel
    • Corre Niña
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • Strings

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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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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  • Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music Album

    recorded by Cecil Payne in 1961

    Album art work of Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music by Cecil Payne

    Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music

    Musicians

    • Cecil Payne
    • Clark Terry
    • Duke Jordan
    • Ron Carter
    • Charles Persip

    Tracks

    • Cool Blues
    • Shaw 'Nuff
    • Cheryl
    • Bongo Bop
    • The Hymn
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • Arco

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Ring Dem Vibes Album

    recorded by Lionel Hampton in 1976

    Album art work of Ring Dem Vibes by Lionel Hampton

    Ring Dem Vibes

    Musicians

    • Michel Attenoux
    • Gerard Badini
    • Claude Gousset
    • William Mackel
    • Lionel Hampton
    • Raymond Fol
    • Michel Gaudry
    • Sam Woodyard
    • Dany Doriz,Lionel Hampton
    • Reynold Mullins

    Tracks

    • Ring Dem Bells
    • Seven Come Eleven
    • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
    • Blue Lou
    • Psychedelic Sally
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • 2 vib

    updated on Apr 5, 2023

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  • Sounds… And Stuff Like That!! Album

    recorded by Quincy Jones in 1978

    Album art work of Sounds... And Stuff Like That!! by Quincy Jones

    Sounds... And Stuff Like That!!

    Musicians

    • Chaka Khan,Nick Ashford,Valerie Simpson
    • David T. Walker
    • Richard Tee
    • Michael "Lily" Boddicker
    • Anthony Jackson
    • Clark Spangler
    • Steve Gadd
    • Ralph MacDonald
    • Luther Vandross,Patti Austin
    • Eric Gale
    • Charles May,Patti Austin
    • Herbie Hancock
    • Harry Lookofsky
    • Patti Austin
    • Tom Scott
    • Gwen Guthrie,Luther Vandross
    • Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson

    Tracks

    • Stuff Like That
    • I'm Gonna Miss You In The Morning
    • Love, I Never Had It So Good
    • Tell Me A Bedtime Story
    • Love Me By Name
    • and more....

    Remarks

    • Choir
    • Strings

    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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