The Style of a Jazz Solo is about how the notes are used in melodies and against the chords.
John Coltrane and Lester Young are mostly playing the same notes, and they are more similar than different. Yet if you listen to Jazz, they are worlds apart.
In this video, I am going to take a phrase from Lester Young, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Joe Henderson and then compare how they improvise in their solos.
This will give you a clear picture of why these styles sound so different and also some ideas on what and how to work on your own playing to sound the way you want to.
I am curious what you guys think!
Content:
0:00 Intro
0:12 4 Solos From Different Styles
0:27 Working on knowing different Styles of phrasing and improvising
0:41 #1 Lester Young – All Of Me
0:52 Analysing Lester – Melodies on top of the chords
2:15 Example #1 Slow
2:37 #2 Charlie Parker – Anthropology
2:41 Bebop – Forward motion and Harmony
3:50 Example #2 Slow
4:00 #3 John Coltrane – Take The Coltrane
4:08 Painting on a Chord Progression – Abstraction on a Blues
5:36 Example #3 Slow
5:54 #4 Joe Henderson – Solid
6:07 Hardbop – New Melodies and Old Blues
7:38 Example #4 Slow
7:56 What Do You Think Is The Difference between the Styles
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