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Wynton Kelly on “Green Dolphin Street”
May 21, 2015
A seven measure line full of great bebop devices delived with a strong sense of swing.
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Leon Rhodes’ solo on “My Window Faces the South”
May 8, 2015
Rodes' solo contains pentatonic licks, the G whole tone scale, and bebop-inspired chord running
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Sonny Stitt On “Sonny’s Tune”
February 9, 2011
Saxophonist Sonny Stitt outlining a set of substitute triads on the first four bars of a blues in C
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Warne Marsh On “You Stepped Out Of A Dream”
February 9, 2011
Marsh's use of odd-group accenting is a common device of the Tristano school.
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Lee Konitz On “Out Of Nowhere”
February 8, 2011
Konitz’s line demonstrates surrounding chord tones with neighbor notes and chromatic approaches, a typical bebop device.
Bebop
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Improvising
Herbie Hancock On “Fee Fi Fo Fum”
February 8, 2011
Herbie ends his chorus on Shorter’s “Fee Fi Fo Fum” with this memorable triplet polyrhythm that is derived from rhythmic groups of four in B Lydian.
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