I’m often asked how I go about incorporating new ideas into my improvising. Here’s how.
Archives for May 2019
Diatonic Tensions: Why Some Notes Sound Good and Others Don’t
The natural 9th will give you trouble over two of these chords. Here’s why.
A Detailed Case Study in Copying a Solo from a Recording and Harvesting Material Inside It – Michael Brecker’s Solo on “Escher Sketch”
A deep-dive, nitty-gritty case study on how to break down an advanced solo, copy it in small doses and turn it into etudes, exercises, and vocabulary you can apply in your own unique ways.
Listening Lab: Erroll Garner, “The Way You Look Tonight”
This month’s transcription challenge is a masterful rendition by Errol Garner of this “must-know” standard.