If we took an Em-A7-D (II-V-I) progression and decided to jazz it up with 7ths and extensions, we might well start with this Em9 chord. The F# (9th) is our highest note. I mention this because the ...

Wiring out his chords crazily, he finds rare dissonances ... enfolds so many things I admire from them and the reason I fell in love with jazz guitar in the first place. A beautiful collaboration ...

This repository contains a corpus of symbolic chord progressions similar to those found in jazz fake books such as the Real Book. The progressions are mainly from jazz standards, but also include some ...

Malone takes a more traditional, straight-ahead, bop-tinged approach to jazz guitar, favoring a rich, mellow tone and combining Grant Green-esque horn-like melodies with subtle chord sequences.

Interpret melody and demonstrate ability to improvise over the chord changes (or ... on the same tune (comping for guitar and piano, walking lines for bass, ability to use sticks and brushes for drums ...