Improvisation 101 'Night Train' James Brown

This classic James Brown tune features a contagious blues riff that is essential to know and perfect to study as it is loaded full of musical gems.

[davebettt]

Tremendous groove! You're making me grow as a musician in a way that no one else has ever done. Many thanks and keep going please!
Greetings from Italy

[bobblues]

I have had a long career as a jazz player, but it is absolutely based on my first 6-7 years playing R+B and
Blues and Soul and Funk. I am ever so grateful to have that foundation! It´s good you mention this connection and JB´s Night Train is a perfect starting place.

[JNMorgen]

Oh, great! Now this riff will be stuck in my head for the rest of the night.

Well done, sir.

[ivancastillo]

Congratulations Friend, very interesting.

[Polartrucker]

Hi Nick, thanks for sharing all the good stuff, I'm still busy with the triad pairs:) Just wanted to pop the same question again, does these pdfs come in bass cleff too?

[gregs]

Great stuff. Came here hoping for the harmonies of the two sax parts on the JB recording. OK. So in JB's key of Ab the riff in concert is top line (Eb-Eb... Ab B=Bb=Ab=Gb-Eb-Db-B-Bb... x2) lower line (C-C... Ab Ab=Gb=Eb=Db=B-Bb-Ab-Gb // B-B... Ab Ab=Gb=Eb=Db=B-Bb-Ab-Gb). Bluesy as fck.