COURSE Description: JAZZ IMPROV 1 prerequisite strongly encouraged. Students in this course will study intermediate improvisation skills. Ability to play major, minor and dominant 7 chords, blues, mixolydian, dorian and major scales is required. We will continue study of rhythm reading, jazz articulation, motivic development and composition. All students will compose music which will be the basis of our student composition concert in term II. All students will have a chance to work with a professional jazz musician in preparation for our annual jazz night concert. Private lessons highly encouraged.
Miles Davis Quintet, "Doxy"
Transcribe Miles Davis' trumpet solo from this YouTube link. Use the slow down feature when you run into trouble. Work on going beyond just notes and rhythms in your solo and imitating the phrasing, articulation, and other nuances.
Here is a playalong track. Use it for practicing: