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The Sermon

November 7, 2008 By Graham English

The Sermon is a blues written and recorded in 1957 by jazz legend, Jimmy Smith. I haven't learned the complete melody yet but I thought I would take a stab at playing it from memory. After all, it's just an F blues. Watch on Vimeo The Sermon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: bebop, F, F blues, hammond, Hammond Organ, jazz, jazz organ, Jimmy Smith, organ, organ solo, walking bass

R.I.P. Max Roach

August 16, 2007 By Graham English

Max Roach, one of the original bebop drummers, died early this morning. He played with all the greatest jazz musicians: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis. I've personally spent many, many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Video Tagged With: bebop, death, jazz, musicians, videos, YouTube

Duke Jordan, 84, Jazz Pianist Who Helped to Build Bebop, Dies

August 13, 2006 By Graham English

Duke Jordan, a pianist whose work with the saxophonist Charlie Parker endures in the jazz canon, died on Tuesday in Valby, Denmark, a suburb of Copenhagen. He was 84, and he had lived in self-imposed exile from the United States since 1978, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose Tagged With: bebop, death, jazz

Music from 12-14-05b

August 3, 2006 By Graham English

[tag]Practicing[/tag] [tag]walking bass[/tag] and soloing over [tag]Bb[/tag] [tag]rhythm changes[/tag] on the [tag]Hammond[/tag] [tag]organ[/tag] at [tag]195bpm[/tag]. [tag]jazz[/tag] [tag]Perdido[/tag] [tag]bebop[/tag] [tag]organ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 195bpm, Bb, Bb blues, bebop, hammond, jazz, organ, organ solo, Perdido, Practicing, rhythm changes, walking bass

Music for 06-22-06b

June 22, 2006 By Graham English

I'm focusing on two things here. Hand interdependence and phrasing with little or no regard to pitch. So motion and rhythm basically. 205bpm. Very choppy. 1:35: Walking bass. We'll see how it goes... 2:45: Slowing it down because I'm not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 205bpm, acoustic bass, atonal, bebop, fast jazz, hand interdependence, jazz, LIVE, phrasing, piano, piano bass duo, piano solo, walking bass

Music for 06-22-06a

June 22, 2006 By Graham English

This is a warm up on a cool and dreary day. 0:56: Turn around into the blues in Bb. 75bpm. 1:57: Working on my hand interdependence here. 3:55: Charlie Parker's bebop classic Parker's Mood. I should memorize this solo better because it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 75bpm, acoustic bass, Bb blues, Bb7, bebop, blues, Charlie Parker, cool, Count Basie, dreary, jazz, LIVE, Parkers Mood, piano, piano bass duo, piano solo, walking bass

To All My Readers In UK And Ireland

February 4, 2006 By Graham English

Emily Chang just told me about "a free program that find gigs, tickets and tour dates using your iTunes Music Library." Can't wait to get bebop in the US. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: bebop, gigs, iTunes

Rollins tells what it takes to survive

January 13, 2006 By Graham English

Rollins tells what it takes to survive: Tenor saxophone legend Sonny Rollins, who at 75 has been nominated for a Grammy for best jazz instrumental solo, says people often ask him what goes through his mind when he's playing one of his celebrated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: bebop, grammy, improvisation, jazz

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