Posts Tagged ‘Bebop’
Whenever the term formulaic improvisation is mentioned with Bebop, I habitually try to close my eyes and visualize myself standing in front of the LEGO Imagination Centre in the Mall of America, suddenly an excited six-year-old again, overwhelmed by the limitlessness of what these tiny LEGO building blocks can construct. A LEGO Tyrannosaurus, a LEGO pancake, or even a LEGO duplication of Coleman Hawkins stature in the downtown Saint Joseph,...
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Chromatic Transposition of II-V-I Bebop Lines This project is designed to meet the demands of intermediate to advanced jazz saxophonists as they establish the dexterity of their sight-reading skill in all key signatures. The standard ii-V-I jazz lines of the bebop era are transposed chromatically, covering the full register of a saxophone to extend the technical flexibility. Although the project is designed specifically for jazz saxophonists, it can be used...
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