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.
Indiana |
Indiana, Part 4: Soloing Prompts |
One way to practice soloing on a progression like the one in “Indiana” is to start with a simple idea and then modify that idea to fit the following chord changes. In this video, Joe shows you a couple of simple lines from the first few measures of Eddie Higgins’s and Ben Webster’s recordings of “Indiana” that you can modify to create your own solo.