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Episode 19 – Improvising Over Just One Chord
London-based pianist and jazz piano tutor Tim Richards plays and talks about tracks featuring improvisation over unchanging harmony, with examples from a range of styles including blues, pop, soul, funk, Latin and jazz.
The selected tracks correspond with the SUGGESTED LISTENING from Chapter 1 (p. 36) of his book ‘Beginning Jazz Piano Pt 1’. published in 2021 by Schott Music.
PLAYLIST
1. Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy (1955)
2. Canned Heat – On the Road Again (1968)
3. Aretha Franklin – Chain of Fools (1967)
4. The Temptations – Papa Was a Rolling Stone (1972)
5. The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows From REVOLVER (1966)
6. The Meters – Cissy Strut From THE METERS (1969)
7. James Brown – Sex Machine (1970)
8. Cal Tjader – Alonzo From CAL TJADER PLUGS IN (1969)
9. Bud Powell – Un Poco Loco From THE AMAZING BUD POWELL (1951)
10. Horace Silver – Sister Sadie From BLOWIN’ THE BLUES AWAY (1959)
11. John Coltrane – Africa from AFRICA BRASS (1961)
12. Eddie Harris – Freedom Jazz Dance From THE IN SOUND (1965)
13a, 13b. Miles Davis – Miles Runs the Voodoo Down From BITCHES BREW (1969)
14. Herbie Hancock – Butterfly From THRUST (1974)
15. John Scofield – Polo Towers From ÜBERJAM (2002)
16. Esbjörn Svensson – The Message From GOOD MORNING SUSIE SOHO (2008)