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
Diatonic Chord Theory
Basics of Diatonic Chord: chord category, voice leading and functions.
- Function
- Tonic
- Sub dominant
- Dominant
- Sub Function
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
We Dig Cole Album
recorded by Charlie Shavers, Sam "The Man" Taylor, Urbie Green in 1957
We Dig Cole
Musicians
- Sam "The Man" Taylor
- Sol Yaged
- Charlie Shavers
- Urbie Green
- Buddy Weed
- Bob Haggart
- Cozy Cole
Tracks
- Begin The Beguine
- Just One Of Those Things
- I Love Paris
- Night And Day
- My Heart Belongs To Daddy
- and more....
Wynton Kelly Musician
- Birth Name
- Wynton Charles Kelly
- Born
- December 2, 1931
Brooklyn, New York - Died
- April 12, 1971
Toronto, Canada
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
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
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
Constellations Album
recorded by ChimyTina: Martina DaSilva and Dan Chmielinski in 2022
Constellations
Musicians
- Martina DaSilva
- Marquis Hill
- Dan Chmielinski
- Ken Kubota
- Andrew Renfroe
- Lucas Pino
- Joel Ross
- Grace Kelly
Tracks
- I Want To Be Happy
- As Praias Desertas
- Deep Night
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Twin Flame
- and more....
Remarks
- Chordless
- Drumless
- Duo
Canção Do Amor Demais Album
recorded by Elizeth Cardoso in 1958
Canção Do Amor Demais
Musicians
- Elizete Cardoso
- Nicolino Copia
- Herbert
- Gaúcho,Edmundo Maciel
- João Gilberto
- Antônio Carlos Jobim
- Vidal
- Juquinha
- Walter Santos
Tracks
- Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
- Serenata do Adeus
- As Praias Desertas
- Caminho de Pedra
- Luciana
- and more....
Remarks
- Strings
Pat Metheny Quote
Always be the worst guy in every band you're in.
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
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
DBIII Live At The Cotton Club Tokyo Album
recorded by Dean Brown in 2008
DBIII Live At The Cotton Club Tokyo
Musicians
- Dean Brown
- Bobby Sparks
- Will Lee
- Dennis Chambers
Tracks
- Take This!
- Solid
- Breaksong
- Up From The Skies
- Two Numbers
- and more....
Remarks
- Solo
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
Music’s The Only Thing That’s On My Mind Album
recorded by Jimmy Rowles & George Mraz in 1976
Music's The Only Thing That's On My Mind
Musicians
- Jimmy Rowles
- George Mraz
Tracks
- Music's The Only Thing That's On My Mind
- Miyako
- The Lady In The Corner
- Pretty Eyes
- Tom Thumb
- and more....
Remarks
- Duo
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
Christian McBride’s New Jawn Album
recorded by Christian McBride in 2017
Christian McBride's New Jawn
Musicians
- Marcus Strickland
- Josh Evans
- Christian McBride
- Nasheet Waits
Tracks
- Walkin' Funny
- Ke-Kelli Sketch
- Ballad Of Ernie Washington
- The Middle Man
- Pier One Import
- and more....
Remarks
- Chordless
Beach Samba Album
recorded by Astrud Gilberto in 1967
Beach Samba
Musicians
- Astrud Gilberto
- Hubert Laws,Seldon Powell
- Barry Galbraith,Marcos Valle
- George Devens
- Ron Carter
- Bobby Rosengarden,Claudio Slon,Grady Tate
- Alan Douglas,Dom Um Romao,Jack Jennings
- Ben Aronov,Warren Bernhardt
- Jule Ruggiro,Ron Carter
- Ben Aronov
- Toots Thielemans
- Astrud Gilberto,Marcello Gilberto
- Barry Galbraith, Marcos Valle
- Walter Wanderley
- José Marino
- Claudio Slon
- Bobby Rosengarden
Tracks
- Stay
- Misty Roses
- The Face I Love
- Parade
- Oba, Oba
- and more....
Remarks
- Strings
- Brass
Chord Inversion Theory
Technically, this is not jazz theory. This is classical music theory.
- 1st Inversion
- 2nd Inversion
- Notation
- Function
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
Brain Album
recorded by Hiromi Uehara in 2003
Brain
Musicians
- Hiromi Uehara
- Anthony Jackson
- Martin Valihora
- Tony Grey
Tracks
- Kung-Fu World Champion
- If...
- Wind Song
- Brain
- Desert On The Moon
- and more....
Remarks
- Solo
Wrapped Tight Album
recorded by Coleman Hawkins in 1965
Wrapped Tight
Musicians
- Coleman Hawkins
- Bill Berry
- Urbie Green
- Barry Harris
- Buddy Catlett
- Eddie Locke
- Snooky Young
Tracks
- Wrapped Tight
- Intermezzo
- Out Of Nowhere
- Indian Summer
- Red Roses For A Blue Lady
- and more....
Crossings Album
recorded by Red Garland in 1977
Crossings
Musicians
- Red Garland
- Ron Carter
- Philly Joe Jones
Tracks
- Solar
- Railroad Crossing
- Never Let Me Go
- Oleo
- But Not For Me
- and more....
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
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