Inside Improvisation, vol. 6: Developing a Jazz Language

Developing a Jazz Language, is the sixth volume of Jerry Bergonzi?s series, Inside Improvisation. Learning a language requires listening on many levels to the meanings, the sounds, the intentions, and the inflections or nuances of the language. The first chapters of this volume on learning the language of jazz focus on the prerequisites of chord scales, approach notes to chord tones and target notes, scale motives and sequences, and lines.

Part two qualifies improvisational techniques into three areas; melodic, harmonic and sonic (rhythmic devices are the focus of Vol. IV, Melodic Rhythms) and it is designed as a menu of soloing devices from which you can select your personal course of study. Over 100 specific devices are discussed and conceptualized so as to give the improviser more depth of expression and a greater well from which to draw ideas.

The CD contains twelve standard chord progressions, each played in two different tempos.

CONTENIDO:

Chord Scales
Chord Tones and Target Notes
Target Notes and Approach Notes
Scale Motives or Modal Sequences
Lines
Motivic Lines and Shapes
Harmonic Devices
Melodic Devices
Rhythmic Devices
Sonic Devices or Nuances
Conclusion