All Blues, from Miles Davis' Kind of Blue
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...
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- Oct 3, 2021
Loud-Zee, Jerry Bergonzi
Jerry Bergonzi taught us to play jazz with his series of books on pentatonics, bop scales and four note structures. He also composes a...
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- Sep 11, 2021
In Your Own Sweet Way, Brubeck
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...
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- Sep 11, 2021
Afro Blue, (M. Santamaria, arr. Dianne Reeves)
We all know Afro Blue from Coltrane's genius live albums. Dianne Reeves rearranged the tune in a more contemporary form and it's...
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- Sep 5, 2021
Last Train Home, Metheny (arr. inspired by Gilad Hekselman)
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...
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- Aug 21, 2021
Simply Put, John Scofield
In 2011, John Scofield releases the album Moment's Peace. It's essentially a ballad album with Larry Goldings on organ and piano, Scott...
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- Aug 15, 2021
Gloria's Step, Scott LaFaro
Scott LaFaro was the bass player who featured on Bill Evans' legendary Village Vanguard sessions. Though only two years before he played...
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- Aug 2, 2021
With a Song in my Heart, Rodgers and Hart
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...
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- Aug 2, 2021
Surprise Body And Soul, Mike Richmond and Jerry Bergonzi
In 1993, Mike Richmond releases his New Blues Album. An All star cast, featuring Kenny Werner, Bruce Forman, Adam Nussbaum and Jerry...
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- Jul 25, 2021
Wise One, Coltrane's great ballad
On the Crescent album, Coltrane plays this haunting ballad, Wise One. The harmony is not complicated. Every effort goes into the depth of...
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- Jul 11, 2021
Misty Red Beast (in Dutch: Het mistige rooie beest)
I already expressed my love for the music of my compatriot Toots Thielemans. This tune was written for a wonderful movie called Turkish...
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- Jul 11, 2021
Fall (Wayne Shorter)
Featured on the Nefertiti album is the gorgeous ballad Fall, a tune by Wayne Shorter. It has all the harmonic intricacies of his music...
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- Jul 11, 2021
Bill Evans B Minor Waltz
B minor waltz, as promised, is a waltz in B minor. ;) Yet, temporarily moving to Bb minor in the bridge. Bill's output in the seventies...
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- Jul 4, 2021
Blue in Green (on Kind of Blue)
1994, Cassandra Wilson releases her Traveling Miles Album. There are plenty of great songs on there, but I found her version of Blue in...
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- Jul 4, 2021
Sumother Song, Kenny Wheeler
Once again, a Kenny Wheeler tune. And, from the album Deer Wan, as I already have Peace for Five in this blog. I just love KW's tunes....
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- Jul 4, 2021
Dee's Dilemma, Waldron's great tune, Chet's great performance
Chet baker recorded the tune many times. Basically, it's a minor blues with a twist. The descending II-V's lead you away from the minor...
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- Jul 4, 2021
Horizontal Song (Jon Balke)
Jon Balke released the album Further in 1994. An album of different colors and styles, sometimes a little too free for me. But the first...
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- Apr 3, 2021
Why no weekly updates?
I started out wanting to share weekly updates. But then, things changed. There's not much personal stuff here on my website and that...
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- Apr 3, 2021
Sounding Good: 2 freely available Soundfonts for JazzStylezz
Sounding good with MIDI used to be hard. As long as synths and soundcards had a few MB's of samples, you sounded like a videogame at...
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- Feb 20, 2021
Peace for Five, Kenny Wheeler gem
The title is, as is often the case with Kenny Wheeler, a play with words: Peace for Five, Piece for 5, Peace 4 5... How I love some of...
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