Kind of Blue is the best selling jazz album of all time. And rightfully so. All Blues is a late night favorite for some, it certainly is...

Jerry Bergonzi taught us to play jazz with his series of books on pentatonics, bop scales and four note structures. He also composes a...

The tune In Your Own Sweet Way was composed by Dave Brubeck, but most people have heard it first by the Miles Davis Quartet. In 1956...

We all know Afro Blue from Coltrane's genius live albums. Dianne Reeves rearranged the tune in a more contemporary form and it's...

I grew a little bit tired of the old Metheny group songs, thinking maybe they didn't age well. Then I heard a Gilad Hekselman rendition...

In 2011, John Scofield releases the album Moment's Peace. It's essentially a ballad album with Larry Goldings on organ and piano, Scott...

Scott LaFaro was the bass player who featured on Bill Evans' legendary Village Vanguard sessions. Though only two years before he played...

Written in 1929 by Rodgers and Hart, With a Song in my Heart. I loved the tune already, but a certain Kenny Werner version reminded me of...

In 1993, Mike Richmond releases his New Blues Album. An All star cast, featuring Kenny Werner, Bruce Forman, Adam Nussbaum and Jerry...

On the Crescent album, Coltrane plays this haunting ballad, Wise One. The harmony is not complicated. Every effort goes into the depth of...

I already expressed my love for the music of my compatriot Toots Thielemans. This tune was written for a wonderful movie called Turkish...

Featured on the Nefertiti album is the gorgeous ballad Fall, a tune by Wayne Shorter. It has all the harmonic intricacies of his music...