CHARLIE PARKER BLUES LICK BREAKDOWN

In this tutorial, I break down a Charlie Parker blues lick and show you how he uses theme development, voice leading, and rhythm displacement to make a relatively easy lick sound really cool and interesting.

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[jackdolphy]

Nice job Scott. Always soo much to discover from CP. The distinction between different goal note approaches is spot on. Keep on keeping on bro.

[davidgraham]

Hey Scott g'day to you from Bath, UK. I am a dedicated advocate of jazz and the great jazz continuim. I think you really unpack and bring to life the essential elements in your videos. I am a jazz guitar player who will be learning forever and not knowing enough options...however I totally appreciate the nuggets I have gleaned from your channel. You have fantastic tone and technique BTW . Peace

[CliffieVanR]

Great explanation, Scott - I love this lick! I think an analysis of some of Dexter Gordon's solo on Blue Bossa would be cool.

[Shmurdiak]

Nice tutorial.
Hope to see
Junior Walker mind-blowing solos analysis

[harpbeat]

Nice video. Not a sax player, but I think i'm gonna try to play more charlie parker on my harmonica.

[Acidblood]

Thanks for the video Scott!! I'm also huge fan of Sonny Stitt if you're able to pick a lick from his huge catalogue! So many to choose from with Sonny Stitt, hard part is picking which one! Lol

[tenbroekjazz]

Great vid man, it would be cool to see a breakdown of some Brecker licks!

[robstevens]

Really nice break down of this lick! And pointing out the voice leading is not just the transition between bars, but also the goal notes. I played (i.e. improvised) a D (alto) blues for a sax teacher and he pointed out to me that it sounds better to switch between F# & F natural in each bar, like in this example. And the F natural in bar 4 gives some variety and, as you point out, a bluesy sound. I have been listening to Sonny Criss lately and if you do a similar tutorial on something from him it would be nice.

[timothygothra]

This is amazing and so helpful! I would love to hear a breakdown of Mike Phillips as well as Andrey Chmut — they have similar sounds/styles and and would love to hear your thoughts and some breakdowns!

[bhd]

Great job.. I agree about any Dexter ballad, or, how about Scott Hamilton's Autumn Leaves from East of the Sun?

[uriben-gal]

Excellent ! Thanks. Any interest in analyzing Charlie Rouse ?

[ricsexton]

Mike Phillips “will you stick with me” at the bridge