The Diminished Whole Tone

Concept.

An original jazz improvisation method by

Lee O. “Mickey” Bass III

What is Jazz?

Jazz is:

An original American art form.

A cultural legacy of Black America.

The first national pop media genre.

The soundtrack of America from the „30s to the „60s.

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“Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.”

- Art Blakey

What is Bebop?

• Is a basic harmonic concept.

• Is an improvisational form like no other.

• Took standard tunes and improvised a melody

over the same chord changes.

• Is a platform for musicians to demonstrate their

creative ability.

• Took jazz from what you heard to what you

experienced.

Bebop:

“Bebop wasn‟t developed in any deliberate way.”

- Thelonious Monk

Late 1930s – Early 1940s: Earl “Fatha” Hines

Bebop Milestones

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1940s: Mary Lou Williams, Billy Eckstine

Late 1940s: Dizzie Gillespie, Charlie Parker

Late ‟40s - Early „50s: Miles Davis, John Coltrane

“It‟s taken me all

my life to learn

what not to play.”

- Dizzy GillespieCharlie Parker

Dizzy Gillespie

“Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to

hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But

she wouldn‟t consent to my having music lessons, for she feared I

might end up as she had done – unable to play except from paper”

- Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams:

The “Holy Mother of Bebop” – (click here).

Only major Jazz artist who lived through all the eras in the history and development of Jazz.

A prodigy, with perfect pitch and a highly developed musical memory by the age of four.

Mentor, teacher and friend to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.

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What is The Diminished Whole

Tone Concept?

The “Bebop Prayer Book”

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A shortcut to developing quality solos

Helps you learn what to play and where to play it

Helps you develop your own sound and style

The Diminished Whole Tone

Concept is HERE! The “Bebop Prayer Book” is

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