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A jazz piano lesson to help you learn Joe Henderson’s jazz standard “Isotope.”
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Learning jazz standards from The Real Book 0:00
Understanding Joe Henderson’s “Isotope” 1:02
Variations on the jazz blues 1:56
Chord substitutions used in “Isotope” 2:14
Analyzing the turnaround 3:33
Playing “inside” the chord changes 5:43
Avoiding the term “avoid notes” 6:20
Starting the tune, with a melodic left hand 7:04
Developing the tune’s final motif into the improvisation 7:47
Holding a sustained bass note, for contrast 8:07
Walking the bass 8:30
Breaking up the bass line, rhythmically 9:15
LH rootless chord voicings 9:42
A pianistic, chordal texture 9:54
Using some “down home” blues licks 10:21
Herbie Hancock-inspired rhythmic interplay between the two hands 10:30
Motivic development 10:55
Evoking Thelonious Monk during the improv 11:04
Block chords 11:12
2-handed jazz counterpoint 11:30
Returning to the tune’s melody 11:49
A playful ending 12:31
The Ellington/Monk/Taylor/Weston jazz piano tradition 12:41
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