Jazz Trumpet Licks

We all know Donna Lee is a fun yet fast jazz standard to improvise over. Ryan Kisor takes this trumpet challenge to the next level with plenty of triplets in low and high ranges. As always with Ryan Kisor, he likes to take patterns outside the box which means there are some nice licks to […] Read the rest of this entry…

Here’s a Jazz lick that I took from a Kenny Dorham solo on “Donna Lee”. I like to play over 2-5-1s or on two bars of a dominant chord that leads to the one (like on the bridge of rhythm changes). Here is a sample played of the Jazz lick played over Donna Lee: How […] Read the rest of this entry…

You’re going to love this Jon Faddis Jazz trumpet solo on Donna Lee. If you want to get right to the Jon Faddis trumpet solo, skip ahead on the video to 1:40 . I’m not saying the sax player isn’t worth listening to, I’m just trying to save some of your time as these are […] Read the rest of this entry…