![]() Here’s a video I did on 3 main blues forms you see come up often in jazz. You’ll find that different blues heads sometimes have different changes. There is, of course, a basic I-IV-V blues, but jazz musicians add a variety of different substitutions and additions to the progression. The other great thing about the blues in a jazz context, is there are many variations of the chord progressions. Spend a lot of time on the blues and you are guaranteed to have an unfair advantage with all the rest of jazz improv! In fact, I often suggest to jazz beginners to learn a blues first. The blues has so much to teach us about jazz harmony. ![]() ![]() It’s important for every jazz musician to know a good handful of blues heads, and even variations on the typical 12 bar form. The blues has always played a central role in jazz music from the very beginning and is without a doubt one of the most important forms in jazz.
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