Freddie Freeloader, Miles’s Solo, Part 1

from: Swing and Jazz Mandolin with Joe K. Walsh

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Learn to play swing and jazz melodies and classic solos from jazz legends like Lester Young, Miles Davis, and Django Reinhardt, as well as swing mandolinists like Tiny Moore and Jethro Burns. For each song, you’ll learn the melody and a solo, along with tips on technique, phrasing, and improvisation.

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Django’s solo on the original 1937 recording of “Minor Swing” is spectacular. You’ll learn the first 32 bars of the solo (two choruses). Joe walks you through the first chorus in this video.

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Freddie Freeloader, Miles’s Solo

Freddie Freeloader, Miles’s Solo, Part 1

Freddie Freeloader, Miles’s Solo, Part 2

Freddie Freeloader, Miles’s Solo, Part 3

Freddie Freeloader, Miles’s Solo, Part 4: Play-Along Track

Freddie Freeloader, Miles’s Solo, Part 1

In the next two lessons, you’ll explore some blues vocabulary in Bb, using the Miles Davis tune “Freddie Freeloader” from Kind of Blue. In this lesson, you’ll learn three choruses of Miles’s solo and in next month’s lesson, you’ll learn part of pianist Wynton Kelly’s solo. Joe walks you through the first chorus of Miles’s solo in this video.

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