How Do I Play a Jazz Blues?

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

4.8 • 536 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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In this episode, Brent talks about the nuances of jazz blues, responding to a listener's query about the differences between traditional 12-bar blues and its jazz counterpart. With clear explanations and musical demonstrations, he breaks down the chord progressions and structural variations characteristic of jazz blues, offering valuable insights for jazz musicians of all levels. From the basic 12-bar format to more complex evolutions like the bird blues, Brent provides a comprehensive over...

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0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:53.1	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, what's going on, everybody?
0:54.4	Brent here from Learned Jazz Standards.
0:55.7	Welcome to another episode of the Learned Jazz Standards podcast.
0:58.9	I'm here answering your jazz and music questions five days a week to help you have more fun than ever playing music and to shorten the learning curve in your jazz journey.
1:08.8	Today, we have a great question from Rob Miller. Let's give it a listen.
1:13.4	Hi, Brent. This is Rob Miller from Philadelphia. My question is about jazz blues form.
1:20.1	I'm familiar with 12 bar blues, but I really don't know what the differences are between that
1:25.4	form and a jazz blues. Thanks in advance.
1:29.9	Really good question, Rob. Okay, so a jazz blues is definitely a little bit different than what we call a regular traditional 12 bar blues.
1:39.1	But let's start there for anyone, well, just to get everyone on the same page, first of all, but of course, for anyone
1:45.1	who does not know what a 12 bar blues is. But quickly, before I even talk about that, actually,
1:51.7	a couple of weeks ago, or a week or two ago, we talked about the blues in general, right?
1:56.1	And I made a little reference to Robert Johnson, right? And we talked about Robert Johnson for a second.
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