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I’m listening to Grant Green and Kenny Burrell, but was curious about any other “essential” jazz blues albums I can plug into Spotify. With this course focusing on the blues, I thought it would be a good way to help my ear.
Any favourites?
I would say in addition to Kenny Burrell and Grant Green, also anything where Wes Montgomery and Barney Kessel play the blues. No specific album titles come to mind. Just do a search for their names in conjunction with “blues”. However, don’t just listen to blues, but bebop in general (especially Charlie Parker, Dizzy, early Miles.
The only reason the blues form is being used here is because it is very economical (eg. 12 bars) and we can start out introducing one chord type at a time. This simplifies matters and allows us to focus more on the various “approach note” concepts and specific rhythms. These 2 latter concepts are what we should be listening for and really getting down, in preparation to eventually apply them to any chord type over larger structures…
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