14/12/2023

Jamming on Sunny with Samson

This is a very common tune for players who are starting to get in touch with jazz since the chords are simple enough to understand and improvise on using pentatonic language (as Samson demonstrates!). The rhythm is also very easy to get in to from bossa comping to full-on funk it up! The challenge is to take a balance between playing pentatonic notes and adding in the occasional chord tone to show the chord changes, sounding more complex by following chromatic tones. We also play a slightly different turnaround at the end of every chorus - nothing beats a descending bass line!

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