I like the whole-tone sound, but it can get kind of boring and predictable (true of all the symmetrical scales, but especially the whole tone, since it has the most repetitive pattern . . . whole step, whole step, whole…

Okay, here's the first post . . . ready?

This is something I've been working on. It was inspired (somewhat secondhand) by George Garzone. Garzone has a whole triadic concept for improvising that I don't know a whole lot about…

Welcome to my blog!

The purpose of this blog is to share ideas for practicing jazz. I'm going to be posting things that I am practicing or practiced in the past and found useful. I teach as well, and some…