Table of Contents

CURRICULUM LESSONS

Lesson 1: The Beginning of the Blues 1

Lesson 2: Jelly Roll Morton 4

Lesson 3: The Pentatonic Scale 7

Lesson 4: Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong 10

Lesson 5: Ahmad Jamal 13

Lesson 6: Big Band 16

Lesson 7: Grooving 20

Lesson 8: Latin Rhythms 24

Lesson 9: Miles Davis 27

Lesson 10: Herbie Hancock 31

Lesson 11: “Captain” Walter Dyett 34

Lesson 12: The Next Generation 37

SCALES AND MELODIC PATTERNS 41

Major 7th Scales 42

Dominant Scales 44

Minor Dorian Scales 46

Chromatic Scales 48

Major Pentatonic Scales 49

Minor Pentatonic Scales 51

Minor Blues Scales 53

Modes 55

Major 7th Melodic Patterns 56

Dominant 7th Melodic Patterns 58

Minor 7th Melodic Patterns 60

Major Pentatonic Melodic Patterns 62

Melodic Blues Patterns 64

Bebop Melodic Patterns 65

II-V-I Major 7th Melodic Patterns 67

HOW TO USE JAZZ RHYTHMS 69

Rhythm Sheet 70

APPENDICES

A. Jazz Is Here To Stay 72

B. Jazz Standards 73

C. Don Braden’s Jazz Theory Curriculum Outline 74

D. Answers to Lessons 76

E. Discography 77

F. Jazz Masters 78

GLOSSARY 84

REFERENCES 90