CONTEMPORARY BLUE NOTE PLAYERS

This next section shines a light on a collection of five modern players that have graced the Blue Note label, and we start things off with a typically slinky and

Eb bluesy move from John Scofield against the opening bars of an blues. We maintain the funky blues feel with the next phrase, courtesy of Kevin Eubanks

Bb. Bb, although here we’ve switched back to Staying in Bill Frisell puts the tritone (F-B) to good effect in this angular bluesy phrase, with our Julian Lage

Bb Bb-Db-Eb- Ab) repetitious idea combining Minor Pentatonic ( F- with a resolving Major 3rd (D) to provide a conclusive sense of tension and release. We round

Ab this section off with an Major idea using octaves inspired by Julian’s frequent musical duo partner, Nels Cline.

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