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Intuition and Studying
Blog from Ken's site jazztuition.com During the 1st week after starting Music College, as 1st Tenor Sax in the Big Band, I was confronted with a chord chart for me to use to improvise over a section in a Sammy Nestico tune, a week later. Most of the chord symbols seemed alien to me so I [...]
Complex Time Signatures – Introduction to the Concept of Pyramid Rhythms
Blog from Ken's site jazztuition.com Recordings of Ken improvising with these rhythms can be found here: 'Crooked Crooks Cracks' by Ken Stubbs video/score 'Lonely Together' by Ken Stubbs video/transcription 'Countdown' by John Coltrane video/transcription The inspiration for the development of what I have termed, Pyramid Rhythms, came mainly from 2 different sources. Pyramid Rhythms are [...]
What is Jazz?
Blog from Ken's site jazztuition.com What is jazz? Initially, for many reasons I shied away from using the word Jazz. It seemed to have been hijacked by so many different groups as being theirs that I lost sight of where the boundaries are and became even more confused. Consequently, it took a long time for me [...]