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Transcribed: Hank Mobley – Cattin’ November 7, 2010

Tweet Here is Hank Mobley’s solo from Cattin’ from The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley, Vol. 1. Cattin’ is a 12-bar blues in Bb. On Hank Mobley’s and Donald Byrd’s solos, there is a 16-bar tag added at the end. It’s 14 bars of a G pedal (F concert) It lands on C (Bb concert) [...]

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Videos: Mulgrew Miller – Advice for Young Jazz Musicians and Learning to Improvise October 27, 2010

Tweet Here are two videos of jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller speaking and answering questions at a master class. The basic point he makes in these videos is that you must actively listen to the music to understand it and to learn to play it. Good stuff from a master musician.
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Transcribed Lead Sheet: Cattin’ – Hank Mobley October 16, 2010

Tweet I’m working my way through Hank Mobley’s solos on The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley and this is the next installment of sharing that process. Cattin’ is a 12-bar blues in Bb written by Mobley. As you can see on the leadsheet, the 5th-8th measures have a note to play an improvised fill. On [...]

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Transcribed: Hank Mobley – There Will Never Be Another You October 9, 2010

Tweet I just finished writing out Hank Mobley’s solo on There Will Never Be Another You from The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley. I’ve been working on and learning this solo for a few weeks now and made sure I had it down in a really solid way before committing it to paper or even [...]

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ii-V of the day: Hank Mobley – 9.21.10 September 21, 2010

Tweet Today’s ii-V was played by Hank Mobley on There Will Never Be Another You from the 1956 The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley album. This album can be tough to come by. I could only find a Japanese import (expensive) when I was looking for it and ended up buying it because was about [...]

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