Tune Based Lessons
These lessons are centered on a specific tune. I guide you through the entire composition, providing insights into the harmony and various approaches to soloing and comping.
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Beatrice - Tune Based
I love this tune! In this lesson I discuss several ways of dealing with Major 7th chords including triad pairs, pentatonics and the relative minor. Many examples have been transcribed including a 6 chorus solo.
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Moanin - Tune Based
The Bobby Timmons classic hard bop tune. Tons of linear material on the pdf.
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You Don't Know Lesson What Love Is - Tune Based
One of my favorite tunes to play. In this lesson, I take an in depth look at the tune from beginning to end discuss topics like the tritone substitution, the I diminished chord, chromaticism, chord scale relationships and much more. I also have notated many comping ideas in the included 10 page P...
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Sugar - Tune Based
In this lesson I show you how to utilize hip blues language over typical jazz chord changes. I also dig harmonically deeper and show you interesting ways of dealing with this soulful tune.