UNIT THREE Unity and Purpose



7 Trinity ii-V-I Voice-leading and Linear Improvisation


Page 184

EX. 7.20

Ella Fitzgerald “Tea for Two”

Doris Day “Tea for Two”


Page 185

EX. 7.21

Dexter Gordon tenor sax solo “Shiny Stockings”

EX. 7.22

Dexter Gordon tenor sax solo “Shiny Stockings”

EX. 7.23

Sonny Rollins tenor sax solo “Moritat (Mack the Knife)“

EX. 7.24

Ben Webster tenor sax solo “Honeysuckle Rose“

EX. 7.25

Chet Baker trumpet solo “Autumn Leaves“

EX. 7.26

Tommy Flanagan piano solo “Moritat (Mack the Knife)“

EX. 7.27

Marian McPartland piano solo “Jeepers Creepers“


Page 187

EX. 7.35

“Bye Bye Blackbird” turnaround

 

Page 188

EX. 7.38

“Mack the Knife” (Kurt Weill)

 

Page 189

EX. 7.39

Louis Armstrong trumpet solo “Mack the Knife“

EX. 7.40

Ella Fitzgerald vocal solo “Mack the Knife“


Page 191

IMPROVISE

 

LISTENING GUIDE

Sonny Rollins “Moritat (Mack the Knife)“ (Saxophone Colossus)

Ella Fitzgerald “Mack the Knife)“ (Live in Berlin)


Page 192

EX. 7.44

Johnny Griffin tenor sax solo “The Way You Look Tonight”

EX. 7.45

Dexter Gordon tenor sax solo “Blow, Mr. Dexter”

EX. 7.46

Paul Desmond alto sax solo “Pennies from Heaven”

 

Page 193

EX. 7.47

Miles Davis trumpet solo “Autumn Leaves”

EX. 7.48

J.J. Johnson trombone solo “Just Friends”


Page 194

EX. 7.49

George Coleman tenor sax solo “There is no greater love”

EX. 7.50

Dexter Gordon tenor sax solo “It’s you or no one”

EX. 7.51

Joe Henderson tenor sax solo “Recorda-me”


Page 195

EX. 7.54

Art Blakey drum solo “A Night in Tunisia”

 

Page 196

EX. 7.55

Cannonball Adderley/Miles Davis “Autumn Leaves”

Johnny Griffin “Autumn Leaves”

Frank Sinatra “Autumn Leaves”

EX. 7.57

Charlie Parker alto sax solo “Anthropology”

 

Page 197

EX. 7.58

“Perhaps” (Charlie Parker)

EX. 7.59

Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor (J.S. Bach)


Page 198

IMPROVISE


Page 200

EX. 7.61

Sarah Vaughan/Mel Tormé “Oh, lady be good!”

Sonny Stitt/Sweets Edison “Oh, lady be good!”

Ella Fitzgerald “Oh, lady be good!”


Page 201

EX. 7.62

Charlie Parker alto sax solo “Oh, lady be good!” 1946 (age 26)

EX. 7.63

Charlie Parker alto sax solo “Oh, lady be good!” 1940 (age 20)


Page 202

IMPROVISE

EX. 7.65

Lester Young tenor sax solo “Oh, lady be good!”

 

Page 203

EX. 7.69

Lester Young tenor sax solo “Oh, lady be good!”

 

EAR TRAINING

Lester Young tenor sax solo “Oh, lady be good!”

 

Page 204

IMPROVISE




 
 

8 Night Shift Minor ii-V-i, Modal Mixture, and the Altered Dominant


Page 208

EX. 8.4

“Summertime” (Gershwin/Heyward)

 

Page 211

EX. 8.17

Bob Brookmeyer trombone solo “My Funny Valentine”

 

Page 212

IMPROVISE


Page 215

EX. 8.36

Kenny Barron piano solo “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise”

 

Page 216

EX. 8.37

“Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise” (Romberg/Hammerstein)

 

Page 218

IMPROVISE

LISTENING GUIDE

Abbey Lincoln, vocals “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise”

Kenny Barron, piano “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise”

John Coltrane, soprano sax “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise”

Sonny Rollins, tenor sax “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise”


Page 220

LISTENING GUIDE

Ella Fitzgerald "Night and Day” (Cole Porter)

Bille Holiday “What is this thing called love” (Cole Porter)

Frank Sinatra "I love you" (Cole Porter)


Page 221

IMPROVISE


Page 225

EX. 8.75

Emily Remler guitar solo “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise”

 

Page 226

EX. 8.77

Miles Davis trumpet solo “So What”

 

Page 228

EX. 8.82

“Blue Bossa” (Kenny Dorham)

 

Page 232

IMPROVISE

 

LISTENING GUIDE

Joe Henderson, tenor sax “Blue Bossa”

Dexter Gordon, tenor sax “Blue Bossa”

Pat Martino, guitar “Blue Bossa”

Bobby McFerrin, vocals & Chick Corea, piano “Blue Bossa”




 
 

9 Next Level Bebop and Chromatic Linear Improvisation


Page 242

EX. 9.42

Dizzy Gillespie trumpet solo “All the Things You Are”

 

IMPROVISE


Page 243

EX. 9.47

“Giant Steps” (John Coltrane)

 

Page 244

EAR TRAINING

“Autumn Leaves” (Josef Kosma)

 

Page 247

IMPROVISE


Page 249

EX. 9.69

Don Byas tenor sax solo “I got rhythm”

EX. 9.71

Bill Evans piano solo “Someday my prince will come”


Page 250

EX. 9.72

Valaida Snow trumpet solo “I can’t give you anything but love”

 

Page 251

EX. 9.75

Lester “Pres” Young tenor sax solo “Shoe Shine Boy”

EX. 9.76

Coleman “Hawk” Hawkins tenor sax solo “Body and Soul”


Page 252

EX. 9.77

Sonny Stitt tenor sax solo “Avalon”

EX. 9.78

Kenny Burrell guitar solo “On the Sunny Side of the Street”

EX. 9.79

Vi Redd alto sax solo “All the Things You Are”

EX. 9.80

George Coleman tenor sax solo “Autumn Leaves”

EX. 9.81

Dexter Gordon tenor sax solo “It’s you or no one”


Page 253

EX. 9.82

Stan Getz tenor sax solo “Billie’s Bounce

EX. 9.83

Sonny Stitt tenor sax solo “Avalon”

EX. 9.84

Clifford Brown trumpet solo “Cherokee”

EX. 9.85

Clora Bryant trumpet solo “Makin’ Whoopee”

EX. 9.86

John Coltrane tenor sax solo “Crescent”


Page 254

EX. 9.87

“Take the ‘A’ Train” (Billy Strayhorn)

EX. 9.93

Ray Brown bass line “Take the ‘A’ Train”


Page 257

IMPROVISE


Page 258

EX. 9.109

Ray Nance trumpet solo “Take the ‘A’ Train”

 

Page 259

IMPROVISE




Conclusion


Page 265

SOLO SPOTLIGHT

Sonny Stitt tenor sax solo “Avalon”