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Minor Blues Soloing In Five Steps

Published: Wed, 10/18/23

But before all that – why "Minor Blues & Bebop" at all? Most often, we just kind of think of blues as "blues;" if we stop and think about it at all,…

Minor Blues Soloing In Five Steps

Published: Wed, 10/18/23

But before all that – why "Minor Blues & Bebop" at all? Most often, we just kind of think of blues as "blues;" if we stop and think about it at all,…

The Grilled Cheese Department

Published: Fri, 10/13/23

My browser home page currently defaults to presenting me with recommended articles to check out, including, as I write this, a story on how to make…

Next Workshop: Minor Blues & Bebop

Published: Wed, 10/11/23

I studied jazz in college, more or less, and lasted all of one semester in a graduate program in jazz composition before deciding both my proclivities…

Lingua Franca

Published: Fri, 10/06/23

But when I went to look it up, I couldn't find any version by a female singer; someone named Gordon Jenkins kept popping up instead. So I sprinted…

Deep Space

Published: Fri, 09/29/23

I used to haul my Emmons push-pull single-neck steel down to the East Village every now and then to play instrumental hillbilly boogie with Whit…

Chord Substitutions Workshop – Last Call!

Published: Fri, 09/22/23

It's sweet I will Repeat Just one more time The fact That I'm Presenting Chords As aimed Towards The minor Blues As jazzers Use Them: one by one And…

"Cosy Moments Cannot Be Muzzled!"

Published: Fri, 09/22/23

One more FAQ before tomorrow's workshop. A reader wrote in yesterday afternoon with this one: "Have you thought about writing shorter emails?" I guess…

Workshop FAQ: Beyond Cowboy Chords?

Published: Thu, 09/21/23

I'm not sure I know the e act definition of the word "entropy" but if I did I'm pretty sure I would be within my rights using it to describe the state…

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