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Brad Mehldau lick on “Wonderwall”

by stevecrainmusic on September 21, 2015September 21, 2015

Brad Mehldau lick on Wonderwall Brad Mehldau covers the Oasis tune Wonderwall on his album Brad Mehldau Trio (Live). It’s a great arrangement, and settles in to a solo section basically on Em. For the first 24 bars of Brad’s solo he plays phrases that largely stay within the basic ‘harmonic rules’ for playing over […]

Keith Jarrett – great 8 bar phrase on “If I Were a Bell”.

by stevecrainmusic on June 24, 2015September 21, 2015

Keith Solo on If I Were A Bell I was listening to Keith’s “Live at the Blue Note” volume 3 recently and his solo’s opening phrase is just great. Let me show you why. First, dig the rhythmic repetition, and the anticipation of chord changes on to beat 4. His note choices in the odd […]

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