Not letting a quarantine stand in his way, Ron Carter has been creating and releasing some exceptional online content lately. One of these gems is an 11-minute 35-chorus walking bassline performance of “C Jam Blues” ...
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The 2020 version of an extensive collection of jazz bass transcriptions is out today and is free to download.
Progressive Jazz Bass Repertoire is the second version of an annually updated ...
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This is the handout that accompanied my 2019 presentation at the Association for Popular Music Education conference in New York City.
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Augmented Chords and Harmonic Minor in Davy Mooney's "Wrinkles"
While playing through a tune for an upcoming tour (“Wrinkles” by guitarist Davy Mooney) I was really taken by a particular sequence of harmonies centering on a Gbma7#5 chord. This ...
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Tips for The High School Jazz Audition
For the last several years I have been asked to assist in the audition process for the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Jazz program. I’ve seen hundreds of auditions and it’s striking how it’s a similar learning curve ...
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