Jazz Trumpet Licks

I heard Freddie Hubbard play this bebop lick over a ii V7 I on his Hub-Tones album. Sound sample played on trumpet: How to memorize in 12 keys: The entire beginning part of the lick is just a bebop scale. The lick starts on the tonic down to the b7th and up the scale until [...] Read the rest of this entry…

Here is an easy whole tone lick I got from a saxophone player I used to work with back in Japan. Here is a sound sample on trumpet: How to memorize the lick in 12 keys: Because it is a whole tone pattern based off using an augmented triad you’ll only need to memorize the [...] Read the rest of this entry…

I got this simple bebop lick from David Baker’s How to Play Bebop – Volume 1. Listen to a sample played on trumpet: How to learn the bebop lick in 12 keys: The easiest way to memorize this lick in 12 keys is to know that you are starting on the 3rd of whatever bebop [...] Read the rest of this entry…