Oleo

11/28/23 • 52 min

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Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today, you will discover, learn, and play "Oleo" by Sonny Rollins. In this Jazz Piano Lesson, you will:

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Sonny Rollin's Bebop Tune "Oleo"
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Chords Changes, Harmonic Function, Melody, and Fingerings for "Oleo"
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Multiple patterns extracted from "Oleo" for developing classic jazz language to use when improvising
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Conclusion
Closing Comments
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Special Guest, Mike Steinel

It's time to discover, learn, and play jazz piano with Mike Steinel!
Mike Steinel is a jazz trumpeter, pianist, composer, arranger and novelist. An internationally recognized jazz educator, Mike is the author the highly acclaimed Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble and Building a Jazz Vocabulary. He has performed throughout the US, Canada and in Europe, Africa and Asia. He has, appeared as soloist at the MENC, IAJE, and JEN international conventions; and at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. He has recorded with the Rosewood Trio, the Frank Mantooth Orchestra, the Chicago Jazz Quintet and is a featured soloist on recent release by the Mike Waldrop Big Band (2015). He has performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Clark Terry, Don Ellis, Bill Evans, Zoot Sims, Jerry Bergonzi, and others. His most recent releases are Song and Dance on Origin Records (2018) and Saving Charlie Parker on Rosewood Audio (2022)
Mike served as Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas from 1987 to 2019. He founded and directed the UNT Jazz Combo Workshop for 25 years. Mr. Steinel has served as Co-Chair of the Jazz Advisory Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts. He holds a BME degree from Emporia State University and a MME degree from the University of North Texas.
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Jazz Improvisation Exercises, G Sounds

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Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today you will discover, learn, play Jazz Improvisation Exercises for Primary 'G' Sounds. In this Jazz Piano Lesson, you will:
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Jazz Improvisation Exercises
Learn
Developmental Arpeggio and Scale Patterns for Primary 'G' Sounds
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Five Arpeggio and Scale Patterns for the Primary 'G' Sounds of music (Major, Dominant, Minor, Half Diminished, Diminished)
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Question of the Week
Lesson Rationale
Exploration of Jazz Piano Skills
Conclusion
Closing Comments
Visit Jazz Piano Skills for more educational resources that include a sequential curriculum with comprehensive Jazz Piano Courses, private and group online Jazz Piano Classes, a private jazz piano community hosting a variety of Jazz Piano Forums, an interactive Jazz Fake Book, plus unlimited professional educational jazz piano support.
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Jazz Piano Skills - Oleo

Transcript

Dr. Bob Lawrence 0:32
Welcome to jazz piano skills. I'm Dr. Bob Lawrence. It's time to discover, learn and play jazz piano. Well, I hope everyone had a tremendous Thanksgiving last week. Have you all enjoyed some time off family and friends and of course some, some delicious food my family, we celebrate as we do always, every Thanksgiving with a traditional Texas turkey. Which, of course is a perfectly marbled ribeye steak. Cooked to perfection on the Big Green Egg. Served with traditional