Loren Schoenberg, director, National Jazz museum in Harlem, gives a mini tutorial on modal jazz and the way that Miles Davis changed jazz forever by improvising within a single scale, as in the album Kind of Blue, rather than jumping from chord to chord.
Stanford Lively Arts:
http://livelyarts.stanford.edu/
Event link:
http://livelyarts.stanford.edu/event.php?code=JAZZ
Stanford Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford
Yes, this is probably the best way to explain modal improvisation. Thank you.
catapsihopatu 1 year ago
god...what groove....godbless modal jazz XD
hartodeto63 2 years ago