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An understanding of modal jazz requires knowledge of musical modes. In bebop as well as in hard bop, musicians used chords to provide the background for their solos. A song would start out with a theme, which would introduce the chords used for the solos. These chords would be repeated throughout the whole song, while the soloists would play new, improvised themes over the repeated chord progression. By the 1950s, improvising over chords had become such a dominant part of jazz, that sidemen at recording dates were sometimes given nothing more than a list of chords to play from. Crea… read more
An understanding of modal jazz requires knowledge of musical modes. In bebop as well as in hard bop, musicians used chords to provide the background for their solos. A song would start out with a theme, which would introduce the chords used for the solos. These chords would be repeated throug… read more
An understanding of modal jazz requires knowledge of musical modes. In bebop as well as in hard bop, musicians used chords to provide the background for their solos. A song would start out with a theme, which would introduce the chords used for the solos. These chords would be repeated throughout the whole song, while the soloists would play new, improvised theme… read more

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1 Play track So What (feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans) Miles Davis
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2 Play track Spiral John Coltrane
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3 Play track Early Summer Ryo Fukui
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4 Play track In A Silent Way Miles Davis
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5 Play track Shhh / Peaceful Miles Davis
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7 Play track Aisha John Coltrane
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