Blue Bossa
Blue Bossa is one of the easier songs that beginning jazz players tackle.
PUBLISHED: Oct 1, 2011 • UPDATED: Feb 9, 2016 • VIEWS: 217 • LESSON CODE: UL430 •
Instruments: ukulele leadsheet ANY guitar Subjects: intermediate • beginner • jazz • standard • repertoire • bossa
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Blue Bossa is one of the easier songs that beginning jazz players tackle. It is an often called songs at jam sessions and has been played a million times. It is a some what easy song to memorize. However with its easy beginner status is can be challenging to put a different spin on it. And, that is exactly what we did on my How About More Uke? CD.
This lessons/song includes: Play-along Lead Sheet, Ukulele TAB of Melody, Melody and Chord Ukulele arrangement, example chords and scales for accompaniment and improv.
History
Blue Bossa is an instrumental jazz composition by Kenny Dorham (August 30, 1924 - December 5, 1972). It was introduced on Joe Henderson's 1963 album Page One. A blend of hard bop and bossa nova, the tune was possibly influenced by Dorham's visit to the Rio de Janeiro Jazz Festival in 1961. The tune has since been recorded numerous times by different artists, making it a jazz standard.
Blue Bossa
How About More Uke?
Release Date: December 2, 2015
Here is my new CD: How About More Uke? It is being officially released December 2, 2015. A collection of jazz standards, original compositions by myself (Curt Sheller), Chuck Anderson and Jim Beloff / Herb Otha. Featuring Curt Sheller: `ukulele, Eric Schreiber: bass and Ed Rick: drums.
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Blue Bossa - Premium Playalong Track
Traditional head chords with a different solo section.
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Blue Bossa - Lead Sheet for Play-along Track
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This is the lead sheet for the Blue Bossa premium play-along track. Key of Cm.
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Blue Bossa - Premium Play-along Track
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This is one of the jazz standards that all beginning and even seasoned players tackle. Key of Cm.
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Core Chords - The Big Six - Building a Solid Chord Foundation • Updated: Jan 23, 2020
Core Chords is a series of lessons for building your core, essential 4-part chords. These chords commonly called jazz chords, are really just 4-part chords used in a wide range of musical styles.
The Big Six chords include: Seventh 7, Major Seventh maj7, Minor Seventh m7, Half Diminished Seventh or Minor Seven Flat Five diminished 7 m7b5, Diminished Seventh o7 and Augmented Seventh +7. These six chords form a core set of chords.
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A Guide to Advanced Chords Series - Chord Building Chart
Updated: Dec 31, 2016
A handle dandy reference chart for building fifteen (15) basic triads and 4-part chords.
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Blue Bossa - Lead Sheet for Play-along Track
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This is the lead sheet for the Blue Bossa premium play-along track. Key of Cm.
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Blue Bossa - Premium Play-along Track
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This is one of the jazz standards that all beginning and even seasoned players tackle. Key of Cm.
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Blue Bossa - Road Map
Updated: Dec 31, 2016
Blue Bossa modulates to one additional key from the home key of Cm. In the common key of Cm that Blue Bossa is typically performed in it modulates between the keys of C minor and Db major. The key is remembering the triggers to get from one key center to the next.
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Blue Bossa - How About More Uke? CD - Curt Sheller Trio
Updated: Dec 31, 2016
From the How About More Uke? CD by the Curt Sheller Trio. Recorded at MorningStar Studios in East Norriton, PA Summer and Fall of 2015. Released December 2, 2015
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Harmonic Analysis for Scale and Chord Selection
Updated: Jan 1, 2003
Harmonic Analysis is the process used to determine the harmonic function of chords within a chord progression or song. A chord progression is defined as a sequence of chords, each chord has a root and is a particular chord type. The relationship of a chord's to a scale determines its function within that scale's tonality.
Core Ukulele Chords - The Big Six
Updated: Jan 1, 2003
Core Chords for Ukulele, The Big Six - From four F7 chord voicings or shapes, your can build your massive 4-part, a.k.a., “jazz” chord vocabulary. Beyond basic open position chords, basic movable form chords and a core set of 4-part chords. There are just too many chords shapes too memorize. Learning the principles of how chords are constructed and the ukulele fingerboard are the way to go. Then you can create more advanced chords like 9#11, 7#5-9, 13b5, 7+9 on the fly as needed.
Videos
Videos for Blue Bossa.
Blue Bossa - Curt Sheller and Pat Lentz
Pat Lentz and Curt Sheller have an impromptu jam on the standard Blue Bossa. Both guitars where built by Dale Unger of American Archtop.
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Blue Bossa - How About More Uke? CD
Blue Bossa - The Curt Sheller Jazz Trio from the How About More Uke? CD.
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Blue Bossa
A Curt Sheller Trio performance at the Berks Jazz Fest. Blue Bossa is an instrumental jazz composition by Kenny Dorham (August 30, 1924 - December 5, 1972). It was introduced on Joe Henderson's 1963 album Page One.
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