Episode 249: Great recordings With Frequently Used Scales

Last week I talked about modes used in jazz. Modes are really nothing more than a scale. This week I’ll talk about some other scales, and play tunes that illustrate that scale.

I talk about the bebop scale, diminished scale, various minor scales, the blues scale, and the whole tone scale. And play tunes by Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver with Bill Henderson, John Coltrane, Karen Plato, Sonny Rollins, John Stetch, David Baker,, Charlie Parker, and JJ Johnson.