Jazz Lesson: Learning Jazz Improv from Kenny Dorham, Part II

Here’s a quick study for your practice session: Trumpeter Kenny Dorham plays a solo in the middle of Joe Henderson’s iconic “Recorda Me” (The solo starts at 2:20 above). You can get some serious mileage out of Kenny’s approach to Henderson’s changes if you slow down and manipulate his solo ideas. Feel free to download […]
Jazz Lesson: Learning Jazz Improv from Kenny Dorham, Part I

Here’s a quick study for your practice session: Trumpeter Kenny Dorham plays a solo line in the middle of the jazz classic “Mack The Knife” (The line starts at 0:57 above). You can get some serious mileage out of your own lines by borrowing and manipulating fragments from Kenny’s lines. Feel free to download the […]