Lick Of The Month

Each month (hopefully) we will feature a new lick or pattern for you to practice or add to your portfolio of things to play during improvisation. Oh, and if you have a lick, send it to me!!!

	January 2006 - by Curtis Swift Click here for documentation This lick highlights the use of the b9 and the #9. They are used constantly in jazz improvisation.

	February 2006 - by Curtis Swift Click here for documentation This lick Shows the use of the Diminished scale.

	March 2006 - by Randy Hunter Click here for documentation Smooth blues lick laid down by Randy Hunter.

	April 2006 - by Curtis Swift Click here for documentation Here is a classic Coltrane lick.

	May 2006 - by Curtis Swift Click here for documentation Here is a Art Pepper lick or a lick I pulled from a Art Pepper solo. With the b5, this lick would work well over a minor 7 b5 chord.

	September 2006 - by Tomas Trulsson Click here for documentation Here's a nice lick that is very useful for short II-V or common II-V turnarounds.

	October 2006 - by Tomas Trulsson Click here for documentation Here is a nice little minor lick that isn´t very hard to remember or play fast. Scale material then Double chromatic notes from below, scaletone from above.

	March 2007 - by Tomas Trulsson Click here for documentation Here is a nice little minor II-V lick that Hank Mobley played on the tune Recado Bossa Nova from the album Dippin!

	June 2007 - by Tomas Trulsson Click here for documentation A minor II-V lick derived from a solo by Sonny Stitt from the tune There is no greater love.

	October 2007 - by Tomas Trulsson Click here for documentation Here's a nice little lick that I took out of Jerry Bergonzi's solo on Just Friends from the album Standargonz.