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Back to SearchEpisode 270: Lick of the Month: Sam Dillon’s Pentatonics
Welcome back to another lick of the month episode. This week, while we give you time to practice your triad patterns, we are going to look at a line …
5 years ago
Episode 269: Triad Workout Part 2
This week we continue our study of triads and how to develop a firm understanding of every key and how they lay on our respective instruments. In thi…
5 years ago
Episode 268: Triad Workout Part 1
This month we are going to talk about some of the most valuable exercises I have studied in my younger years that, I believe, gave me the technique, …
5 years ago
Episode 267: Tune of the Month: Bluesette
Welcome to the conclusion of our series on Rhythmic Flexibility! We finish off this series with an etude over the amazing composition by Toots Thiele…
5 years ago
Episode 266: Lick of the Month: Joe Pass on Bluesette
This week, we take a look at one of the hippest lines I've come across in a while. Joe Pass plays an incredible phrase combining rhythmic and harmoni…
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 265: Developing Rhythmic Flexibility Part 4
This week we finish up our series on rhythmic flexibility with a simple exercise that is deceivingly hard. We are going to practice playing 3 over 4 …
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 264: Developing Rhythmic Flexibility Part 3
This week we continue our series on playing more interesting and engaging rhythmic material. In episode one of this series, we looked at an exercise …
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 263: Tune of the Month: All Of Me
This month we take a look at the classic jazz standard, All Of Me, and use some of the concepts we have been discussing in the past couple of episode…
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 262: Lick of the Month: Sonny Stitt on All Of Me
This week we feature Sonny Stitt playing over the classic jazz standard, All Of Me. This 8 bar excerpt really embodies many of the topics we have bee…
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 261: Developing Rhythmic Flexibility Part 2
Welcome back! This week we take a look at the same exercise from last episode but challenge ourselves to do it with a real rhythm section. At first, …
5 years, 2 months ago