Music 84 Jazz Improvisation Resources

Bob Keller

ii-V Progressions in all Major Keys (Cells and MIDI files)

Various Handouts

• How to Improvise Jazz Melodies (.pdf)

• Roman Numeral Notation(.pdf) (6 slides per page)

• Jazz Harmony (.pdf) (2 slides per page)(6 slides per page)

• ii-V Progression(.pdf) (6 slides per page)

• Rootless Voicings (2 slides per page)

• Minor ii-V-i Progression(.pdf) (6 slides per page)

• Use and Abuse of Fourths (.pdf)

• 3-Note Voicings for F blues (.pdf) (6 slides per page)

• F Blues Movie(.pdf)

• Bb Blues Movie(.pdf)

• How To Key-Map a Tune

• Jamey Aebersold's Jazz Handbook (free, 55 pages)

Fall 2012 Tunes

• Listen Here
• Sonnymoon for Two
• Tenor Madness
• Blues in the Closet
• Little Sunflower
• Road Song
• Sister Sadie

• The Double Up
• Ceora
• The Sidewinder
• Something Cute

• Blues in the Closet
• Footprints
• Speak No Evil
• Adam's Apple

• Festive Minor

• Birdlike, 70% speed
• Crisis, 70% speed
• Dear John, 70% speed
• Dear John (original)
• Dear John (transcription of Freddie Hubbard's solo on "Bolivia")
• Dear John (Ingrid Jensen, trumpet, Virginia Mayhew, tenor)
• Dear John (Andrew Speight, alto)
• Pensativa, 70% speed
• Red Clay, in C minor
• Red Clay (original)
• On the Que-Tee (original), 70% speed
• Soul Surge (original)
• Mr. Clean (original)

Spring 2009 Tunes

• Moon Alley Play-along
• Moon Alley, played by Tom Harrell
• Moon Alley, played by Dmitiri Matheny
• Train Shuffle, played by Tom Harrell
• April Mist, played by Tom Harrell
• Little Dancer, played by Tom Harrell and John McNeil, trumpets
• Sail Away, played by Tom Harrell
• Angela, played by Tom Harrell
• Glass Mystery, played by Tom Harrell
• Because I Love You, played by Tom Harrell
• Buffalo Wings, played by Tom Harrell
• Suspended View, played by Tom Harrell
• Hope St., played by Tom Harrell

Fall 2008 Tunes

• Blue Train, 90% speed
• Moment's Notice, half speed
• Impressions, half speed
• Giant Steps, half speed
• Countdown, half speed
• 26-2, half speed

Fall 2007 Tunes

• Various audio tracks Groovin' High Solo using Impro-Visor
• Groovin' High Play-along (.mp3)
• Groovin' High Slower Play-along (.wav)
• Whispering (.mp3, the standard from which Groovin' High was derived)

Spring 2007 Tunes

• Nutty
• Bolivar Blues
• In Walked Bud
• Bye-Ya
• Think Of One

Fall 2006 Tunes

• Now's The Time
• Ornithology

Spring 2005 Tunes

• Solar
• It's Only a Paper Moon
• Half Nelson