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The only jazz jam session in Bellingham:
Funky/Jazz Trio, Chico's Paradise:
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He later reflected that it was his love of corndogs that ultimately became his undoing. Those tender
morsels, oh so carefully wrapped in a deep fried golden brown batter mixture- who would have
known the little stick would be rooted so deeply in the dog section?
Exerpt from,
A story of a troubled young man who looks at things a bit differently.
Blues Licks
What's a lick? Licks are part of the language of music. Classical music has licks, rock, country, pop, and jazz
music have licks in them. Licks are like phrases that you hear every day. For example, if you see someone you
know and you say, "How's it going?" or, "Hey, what's up?", you are saying a phrase that has already been said
a million times, but it's still an OK phrase. You just have to know where and when to say it. Same with licks.
Oscar Peterson is the master of the jazz piano lick. He has a library of licks that jazz piano players around the
world have been copying for years, and as long as you play the licks in the right place, they are OK.
This is what a lick is. A musical statement that has been played a million times by everyone, but is still OK to
use when appropriate. In fact, sometimes you NEED to use them. If you are on a session or a gig and you are
playing Nat Cole's version of "Route 66", the people you are playing with are going to put in some basic licks
that Nat Cole used and you'll need to know them. The ending licks of blues tunes, the "Count Basie Ending",
licks that lead into different sections, bebop licks, latin licks- the list is endless.
Just remember- licks are a basic part of the jazz vocabulary and no matter how original you want to be, if you
want to work, gig, and session, you better know them.
The licks below are just a brief touch upon the ocean of what is available, and more will be put here as time
goes on. If you have some licks that should be included,
them to me and I'll put them up.
Note: Please listen to the MIDI file before playing these licks. The transcribing capability of my software did not
allow for some the exactness that I would have liked so the sheet music is slightly different than what I played.
Lick 1
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Lick 3
Lick 4
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Lick 6
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Are you one of those people who have put down a book on how to learn jazz in disgust because of how difficult it was to deal with
the countless chord inversions, voicings, symbols, and pages of stuff that you were expected to understand before you went to the
bathroom again? It doesn't have to be that difficult, and it shouldn't be that difficult. In this lesson we'll explore:
1. Chord Symbols
2. The Almighty 2-5-1
3. 2-5-1 Exercise
4. Learning a Tune
Newest Files:
• Alice's Wonderland, 02/21
• Bluesology, 02/21
• Fascinated, 02/21
• On Green Flipper Street, 02/21
• Improvisation, Jan 2001, 02/21
Now, some of you might say, "But, the BLUES is the root of jazz! Shouldn't that come first?" You would be correct. However,
before we get to the blues you need to know a few basic fundamentals that will be used throughout the journey to jazz.
Chord Symbols
It's important that we are eye to eye on chord symbols. Everyone has their favorite chord symbol style, and I'm no different. Here is
a little graphic that will show you the main symbols we'll be using for now. When you play them, play the chord letter in your left
hand as a bass note.
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