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My Thanksgiving mix flipped to Duke's CD "Swing." Oh my gosh, it's been awhile... -
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Check out his Pee Wee Crayton lesson 'Blues After Hours'
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Bruce
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Johnny's Blues Solo, Second Chorus
There's a story I heard about Bix where the publisher was trying to get a transcription of him playing "In a Mist", but Bix couldn't stop himself from improvising every time he got...
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charlie
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Johnny's Blues Solo, Second Chorus
Love it! Thanks Duke
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stevieboy
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Johnny's Blues Solo, First Chorus
The ii-V licks at the end of the solo chorus, you gave us those in a previous lesson, forget which one but they stuck with me and I've really adapted those in my playing, very cool...
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Bruce
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Johnny's Blues Intro Breakdown
Just a thought -- if you teach us both parts, on the jam track maybe do one part then the other, so we could try playing both parts with you? It would also be an interesting...
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Bruce
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Johnny's Blues Intro Breakdown
Wow, what a great challenge. I'm going to have fun with this! Thanks Duke!
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Slim
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Johnny's Blues Intro Breakdown
Related question, Duke:
In trying to find Johnny's Blues on line to listen to, I stumbled on Jonny Hodges-the Complete Verve Small Sessions. Now, one of my all time...
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charlie
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Johnny's Blues Intro Breakdown
Beautiful!!! I’ve been waiting for this lesson ever since I saw you do a duo version with Paul : ) Thanks Duke!
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Don
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Blues After Hours Improvisation and Soloing
This a great song and lesson. Are these alternate improvs available in soft copy to download?
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