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A nice supplement to all those jazz theory books you bought.
While not a treatise on jazz re-harmonization, this video offers interesting insights into how one can modify well-known blues structures to obtain interesting music. On the tape Warren Bernhardt interviews Donald Fagen about song writing. Using several of his own songs, Fagen explains how he started from twelve bars blues and then extended the structure until he got something he liked. When he departs from the blues structure, he also offers alternatives to his choice. Fagen explains his thought process as an auditory exploration. Bernhardt jumps in to name the chords and the scales for the viewer. After discussing the structure, the two play the pieces as duets. Fagen plays an acoustic grand piano, while Bernhardt plays an electric. They switch instruments about two-thirds through the tape. The overhead camera lets you pick up some keyboard technique. Fagen keeps all his notes within an octave in each hand. For a change "Big Hands" Bernhardt does the same, so the music is playable by anyone willing to practice a bit. The tape comes with a songbook that has the chords and sheet music for the tunes discussed. If you want the inside track to playing "Peg" this is the tape.