🎶 Monthly Tune Study: “Blue Bossa” by Kenny Dorham 🎶
Hosted by Dr. Bob Lawrence | Jazz Piano Skills | Director, The Dallas School of Music
This month’s Jazz Piano Skills Tune Study features the timeless 1963 Kenny Dorham classic, “Blue Bossa.” Over three weeks, Dr. Bob Lawrence guides you through a structured study designed to help you Discover, Learn, and Play Jazz with confidence and creativity.
🗓️ Week One: Harmonic Analysis
Explore the form, chord changes, harmonic function, and common harmonic movement of Blue Bossa. Learn multiple voicing approaches—including block voicings, traditional shells, contemporary shells, and two-handed structures.
🗓️ Week Two: Melodic Analysis
Take a deep dive into the melody. Transcribe, notate fingerings, identify phrasing, and uncover target tones that define the unique sound and style of this bossa nova classic.
🗓️ Week Three: Improvisation Development
Discover how professional jazz musicians approach improvisation over Blue Bossa. Learn rhythmic and melodic vocabulary, examine chord/scale relationships, and develop improvisational fluency with arpeggio and scale motion.
🎧 Each week includes a dedicated podcast episode plus a LIVE Masterclass with Dr. Lawrence every Thursday at 8 PM CST.
📺 All masterclasses are recorded and available to Jazz Piano Skills Members—so you can watch, pause, and revisit them as often as you like.
🎹 It’s time to Discover, Learn, and Play Jazz.
It’s time to Discover, Learn, and Play “Blue Bossa.”
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