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ii-V of the day: Chris Potter – 4.27.11 April 27, 2011

Tweet It’s been a lot of days since the last ii-V, but I came across a good one in an old transcription I did several years ago. This ii-V was played by Chris Potter on Easy to Love from his 1995 album, Pure. I like this one because it’s mostly diatonic except for that little [...]

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ii-V of the day: Charlie Parker – 10.2.10 October 2, 2010

Tweet I’m back! After a nice trip to LA and a few days of catching up, I’m ready to get back with the ii-Vs. I haven’t mentioned this before, but I am transcribing these ii-Vs as I present them. I don’t have a big notebook or anything that I just pull from. I get up [...]

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ii-V of the day: John Coltrane – 9.24.10 September 25, 2010

Tweet Today’s ii-V come from John Coltrane‘s I Hear A Rhapsody solo from his 1957 Lush Life album. The phrase starts on A7(b9), which is VI(b9) in the key of C. The line starts on that (b9), Bb, moves chromatically down to the 7th (G), and then descends down the arpeggio before resolving to the [...]

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ii-V of the day: Rich Perry – 9.23.10 September 23, 2010

Tweet Today’s ii-V comes from one of my favorites, Rich Perry. It’s taken from his I’ll Remember April solo from his album At The Kitano 1. Unlike other ii-V’s I’ve posted to this point, this one has VI(b9) (A7(b9)) which would resolve back to ii (Dmin7). If you played this line over a ii-V-I that [...]

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ii-V of the day: Dick Oatts – 9.22.10 September 22, 2010

Tweet Today’s ii-V was played by Dick Oatts on Blues for Alice on Red Rodney’s 1988 One For Bird Album. This line looks and sounds like something that could have easily come from Charlie Parker. You can definitely hear that influence. Blues for Alice is a 12-bar blues usually played in F. The chord progression [...]

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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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ii-V of the day: Oscar Peterson – 9.20.10 September 20, 2010

Tweet Today’s ii-V comes courtesy of Oscar Peterson from his Au Privave solo from his Nigerian Marketplace album, recorded live at the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival. The ii-V starts with a 3-note pickup of a descending A Major triad, the dominant of Dmin7. Once we’re in the Dmin7 measure. We have scalar motion from the [...]

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ii-V of the day: Dexter Gordon – 9.19.10 September 19, 2010

Tweet Today’s ii-V comes from Billie’s Bounce from Dexter Gordon’s album Billie’s Bounce. It was recorded live in 1964 at Montmartre in Copenhagen. There is a series of recordings called Dexter in Radioland. Billie’s Bounce is the 7th and final recording in that series. This particular track clocks in at just over 17 minutes, so [...]

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ii-V of the day: Joe Farrell – 9.18.10 September 18, 2010

Tweet Today’s ii-V was played on flute by Joe Farrell on Spain from Chick Corea’s 1972 Light As A Feather album. Today we have the first double-time ii-V of the day. Don’t let that scare you away – the line makes a lot of sense and I think it’s pretty accessible. Just think of it [...]

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ii-V of the day: Sonny Rollins – 9.17.10 September 17, 2010

Tweet Today’s ii-V was taken from Sonny Rollins‘ Tenor Madness solo from the 1956 Tenor Madness album. This ii-V has a 2 1/2 beat pickup although it would still sound good without it. The first three beats of the Dmin7 measure contain a pretty common piece of bebop vocabulary. That’s followed by an enclosure of [...]

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