The 6 EASIEST Blues Heads You MUST KNOW

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Jay Metcalf shows us the 6 easiest jazz-blues melodies that are essential to learn and how to learn them.
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[@davidwood351]

I met “Bags” at the Baked Potato in the LA area in 1981. He came to our table and chatted kindly during his break. I love his album, Bags and Trane.

[@ralfbettker-cuza7432]

Very easy as well: Chitlins Con Carne by Kenny Burell (Tenorsax Stanley Turrentine). And really groovy.

[@lylecrawford2794]

Great sound Jay! A few notes with great sound and rhythm is better than many notes without.

[@voltagestorm1787]

A few more really easy ones: Freddie Freeloader, Work song, One for Daddy-o, sack o woe But most people don't like adderley tunes for some reason so only freddie freeloader

[@sidneiramalho]

OMG! So good to see something relatively easy at least once LOL So refreshing Jay. Thank you for that.

[@leeindustries6540]

Ill add that tune to my practice

[@beckyn9338]

This is great, Jay. I wish someone had told me which songs to learn when I first started learning jazz. And btw, your BetterTrax are the BEST backing tracks out there. Hands down. They are AMAZING and SUPER FUN to play with! 😊 Thanks for the discount today!

[@ramonfw]

My favourite is Blues Walk by Lou Donaldson (btw loved the Soul Station over there)

[@harmonicaplayer100]

That was awesome! You made it so simple! Thanks!

[@akitikallc6161]

A great list and a wonderful explanation...I especially like the way a beginner can play C-Jam Blues from the day !.

[@pavelpatsenkov]

Thanks a lot, Mr Metcalf. It's a very interesting tutorial.

[@puravidajazz6048]

You're a great educator Jay 😎👍🎷

[@ronhowe5933]

Excellent stuff Jay for budding beginners and buddiing improvisors. Fundamentals on I-IV-Vs and with blues turnarounds ... and pentatonics. And as you say, it gets them going at open mics and jams at an early stage. Less notes more rhythm! 😁 Set their roots and they will grow indepenently.

[@heardat2007]

I love the way u teach us

[@RyanGilcrest]

Ive been loving your videos Jay. I’m coming back to the saxophone from a 15 year hiatus and based on your recommendations I got a Jean Paul Tenor sax and one of your burnin mouth pieces and I love both! Thanks!

[@bettersax]

Great to hear!

[@Stevecollinsclear]

this is GOLD - thanks Jay : much respect ❤

[@Edu_ribeiro]

You rock Jay!!! Thanks for sharing. 😊

[@ilachow]

Thanks Jay. Very helpful.

[@herbbaasch885]

Sister Satie, Mercy Mercy Mercy, Work Song, Coming Home Baby. Easy jam tunes. Don't forget Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.

[@davidwood351]

Anything by Horace Silver!

[@raseshgandhi6702]

Beautiful information

[@jimcurrie]

Jay I play blues music all the time, but I have to play with music.

[@suddxyn]

Can you do a video on ghost tonguing?

[@dimitree2860]

Any suggestions for intermediate / hard Blues? Ideally something which has sheets on musescore or youtube.

[@jorymil]

Blues for Alice. Gerkin for Perkin. The Eleventh Hour. Vierd Blues.

[@normalizedaudio2481]

I just play the counter melody. You guys play the head.

[@lupedeanda3401]

how can I find the new Tenor sax that just came in this year or where can I find them ?

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Here's a link to the BetterSax Classic Tenor geni.us/saxophones

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[@Cubsfan122112]

what is your neck strap?

[@Dionysus66]

It’s for holding up the saxophone

[@voltagestorm1787]

@@Dionysus66he meant brand 💀💀

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@@voltagestorm1787 ;)

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[@jorymil]

Every session has its own few that seem to get called a lot. Billie's Bounce and Au Privave seem to be popular in my area. Back at the Chicken Shack was a favorite a few years back. Watermelon Man is a popular one not listed here, though I would cheerfully not play it again for a decade. Blue Monk and Straight, No Chaser get called a ton. Better know those, probably even more than C Jam or Bags' Groove. Go to the session once, be prepared to lay out a bunch, then go home and learn the ones that got called. But don't practice a list of tunes in a vacuum: go jam _now_.

[@ralfbettker-cuza7432]

Yes!