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
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
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
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
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
Beautifully Wild Album
recorded by Wild Bill Davison in 1974
Beautifully Wild
Musicians
- Wild Bill Davison
- Kenny Mason
- Don Reitan
- Jerry Rousseau
- Spider Ridgeway
Tracks
- Cherry
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
- Am I Blue?
- It's The Talk Of The Town
- Mean To Me
- and more....
Fields Of Gold Album
recorded by Terell Stafford in 1999
Fields Of Gold
Musicians
- Antonio Hart
- Terell Stafford
- Bill Cunliffe
- Kiyoshi Kitagawa
- Rodney Green
Tracks
- Hey, It's Me You're Talking To
- Minnesota
- Dear Rudy
- Ms. Shirley Scott
- Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)
- 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
Funk On A Stick Album
recorded by Paul Jackson in 2005
Funk On A Stick
Musicians
- Paul Jackson
- Jorge Raul Guerrero
- Char,Carl Lockett,Jerry Stucker,Patrick Scott Brady,Vernon "Ice" Black
- Rodney Franklin
- James Levi
- Jon Bendich
- Sandy Griffith,Babe Hanna
- Tony Adamo
- Ernie Watts
- Jim Copley,Paul Van Wageningen
- Herbie Hancock
- Mike Clark
- Bill Summers
- Paula Johnson
- Patrick Scott Brady
- Bruce Steinberg
Tracks
- Warning
- Funk On A Stick
- Hey Lou
- Funky Fingers
- Everything You've Got
- and more....
Remarks
- Solo
- Duo
Very Tall Album
recorded by Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson in 1961
Very Tall
Musicians
- Milt Jackson
- Oscar Peterson
- Ray Brown
- Ed Thigpen
Tracks
- On Green Dolphin Street
- Heartstrings
- Work Song
- John Brown's Body
- A Wonderful Guy
- and more....
Isfahan Album
recorded by Jimmy Rowles in 1978
Isfahan
Musicians
- Jimmy Rowles
- George Mraz
Tracks
- Marjo
- Black Butterfly
- It Might As Well Be Spring
- How Deep Is The Ocean? (How High Is The Sky)
- Voices Deep Within Me
- and more....
Remarks
- Duo
- Arco
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
Schizophrenia Album
recorded by Wayne Shorter in 1967
Schizophrenia
Musicians
- James Spaulding
- Wayne Shorter
- Curtis Fuller
- Herbie Hancock
- Ron Carter
- Joe Chambers
Tracks
- Tom Thumb
- Go
- Schizophrenia
- Kryptonite
- Miyako
- and more....
Ben Williams Quote
My motto has always been to “stay ready” so you never have to “get ready.”
Pat Metheny Quote
Always be the worst guy in every band you're in.
A Caddy For Daddy Album
recorded by Hank Mobley in 1965
A Caddy For Daddy
Musicians
- Hank Mobley
- Lee Morgan
- Curtis Fuller
- McCoy Tyner
- Bob Cranshaw
- Billy Higgins
Tracks
- A Caddy For Daddy
- The Morning After
- Venus Di Mildew
- Ace Deuce Trey
- Third Time Around
In New York Album
recorded by Joel Xavier & Ron Carter in 2004
In New York
Musicians
- Joel Xavier
- Ron Carter
Tracks
- Silence
- Happiness
- Dream
- Moments
- Maria
- and more....
Remarks
- Duo
The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live Album
recorded by Billie Holiday in 1995
The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live
Musicians
- Gilbert Millstein
- Billie Holiday
- Roy Eldridge
- Coleman Hawkins
- Kenny Burrell
- Tony Scott
- Carson Smith
- Chico Hamilton
- Al Cohn
- Buck Clayton
- Carl Drinkard
Tracks
- Reading From The Lady Sings The Blues #1
- Lady Sings The Blues
- Ain't Nobody's Business (If I Do)
- Reading From The Lady Sings The Blues #2 (Trav'lin Light)
- Reading From The Lady Sings The Blues #3
- and more....
Remarks
- Speech
Wynton Kelly Musician
- Birth Name
- Wynton Charles Kelly
- Born
- December 2, 1931
Brooklyn, New York - Died
- April 12, 1971
Toronto, Canada
Waller Album
recorded by Mark Lewandowski in 2016
Waller
Musicians
- Liam Noble
- Mark Lewandowski
- Paul Clarvis
Tracks
- Lulu's Back In Town
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead... Susannah
- Jitterbug Waltz
- Blue Because Of You
- Fair & Square In Love
- and more....
Diatonic Chord Theory
Basics of Diatonic Chord: chord category, voice leading and functions.
- Function
- Tonic
- Sub dominant
- Dominant
- Sub Function
BD Music Presents Don Byas Album
recorded by Don Byas in 1941,1942,1944,1945,1943,1946,1947,1949,1951,1952,1953,1958 & 1954
BD Music Presents Don Byas
Musicians
- James Rushing
- Earl Warren
- Tab Smith
- Buddy Tate,Don Byas
- Jack Washington
- Al Killian,Buck Clayton,Ed Lewis,Harry Edison
- Dicky Wells,Eli Robinson,Robert Scott
- Freddy Green
- Count Basie
- Walter Page
- Joe Jones
- Don Byas
- Buck Clayton
- Freddie Green
- Jo Jones
- Charlie Shavers
- Clyde Hart
- Slam Stewart
- Jimmy Parker
- B.G. Hammond,Earl Bostick
- "Hot Lips" Page
- Al Lucas
- Jack Parker
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Trummy Young
- Oscar Pettiford
- Shelly Manne
- Joe Thomas
- Johnny Guarnieri
- Billy Taylor
- Cozy Cole
- Eddie Safranski
- Denzil Best
- Erroll Garner
- Harold West
- J.C. Heard
- Jean Bouchety[OR Ted Sturgis]
- Buford Oliver
- Johnny Hodges
- Remo Palmieri
- Billy Strayhorn
- Chubby Jackson
- Sonny Greer
- Don Bya
- Jean Bouchety
- Hubert Rostaing
- Peanuts Holland
- Tyree Glenn
- Jean-Jacques Tilche
- Jean-Jacques Tilché
- Jack Diéval
- Lucien Simoens
- Armand Molinetti
- ,Jean-Jacques Tilché
- Jean Bouchéty
- Bernard Peiffer
- Roger Paraboschi
- Ted Sturgi
- Maurice Vander
- Jean-Pierre Sasson
- Jacques "Popof" Medvedko
- Benny Bennett
- Art Simmons
- Joe Benjamin
- Bill Clark
- Martial Solal
- Pierre Michelot
- Pierre Lemarchand
- Mary Lou William
- Alvin Banks
- Gerard "Dave" Pochonet
- Beryl Booker
- Elaine Leighton
- Bonnie Wetze
Tracks
- Harvard Blues
- Royal Garden Blues
- Sugar Blues
- What Do You Want With My Heart
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
- and more....
Remarks
- Big Band
- Arco
- Duo
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
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