Blues by Five- Miles Davis

If you’re a Miles fan, you’re in for a treat! In this lesson lesson in which I teach 2 choruses of his classic solo on “Blues by Five” off the “Cookin’” album.

This is an ideal introduction to the concept of phrasing for the beginning jazz student. In addition, since it’s over a 12 bar blues, it’s short and to the point. But regardless of its simplicity and brevity, it also happens to be a masterclass in how to swing as well as how to use space between your lines. So even if you’re not quite a beginning jazz player, I’m sure you too can learn from it!

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The Easy Miles Blues Solo Files can be downloaded for $6.50 (buy me a cup of coffee?). Your contribution is much appreciated, as it helps support the site and allows me to keep investing the long hours required to produce these lessons. The download includes: a PDF of the transcription with both regular notation and TAB, MP3s of the transcription and backing track, and a Band in a Box file .