Jazz Backing Track for Improvisation Practice

A piece called "Elle" by Garrison Fewell, taken from
"Jazz Improvisation for Guitar - A Melodic Approach" by Garrison Fewell from Berklee Press.

Chord progression is:

|4 bar intro of Amin7(9)|
|A-7(9)|%|%|%|
|Eb-7(9)|%|%|%|
|D-7(9)|%|%|%|
|Bb-7(9)|%|%|%|

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[0MrRib0]

hehehe,

Its really weird to play over this unless your theory is TIGHT,

which mine is not of course.

Its like, each chord has its OWN scale D;

;o

i wish i could instantaniously know what scale to use just by looking at the chord haha ;/

[funnyguy1321]

Haha Garrison Fewell was one of my teachers at Berklee. Hes kind of an ass but hes cool.

[ivanxmahya]

Dear uploader, do you have Remembering J.P (larry carlton-lee ritenour) backing track? I'm hopeless in finding it. Has anyone know anything.? please reply. thanks.

[luvisacigarette8]

So many ways to solo over. I started with everything Phrygian (B Phrygian, F Phrygian, E Phrygian & C Phrygian) b/c that 9th can be emphasized in each chord. A Aeolian (4 bars), F Phrygian (4 bars), E Phrygian (4 bars), Bb Dorian (4 bars) is mad fun. Great post!

[tytlfamily]

Hey, Great backing track, just posted a video. Thanks for putting this track up, it's awesome!

[Jethroguitarist]

@TherussianorphanII you're probably right but then again this is jazz, play whatever sounds good

[TherussianorphanII]

@Jethroguitarist I think that Amin7(9) would go better with A dorian, E minor, B Phrygian, or D Mixolydian.

[czgibson]

There must be loads of ways to solo over this judging from what people have said. Here's the first way that occurred to me:

After the intro:

C major - 4 bars (Am is chord vi)

Db major - 4 bars (Ebm is chord ii)

C major - 4 bars (Dm is chord ii)

Db major - 4 bars (Bbm is chord vi)

[shunae86]

wow, nice track, i soloed Am9 - G major, Ebm9 - Db major, Dbm9- C major, and Bbm9- Ab major~ sounded amazing~

[CaramelMarshmallow]

@bnapoleonc123 If an E Phrygian has the same notes as A minor, why would you even bother with the Phrygian? Would that just put an emphasis on notes other than the tonic, 3rd, and 5th of A minor?

[TheBonfish]

i soloed over it with a mix of an E major and a B blues very nice!