5 ways to jam over a static ii V chord progression. Which ones do you use? This comes from this month’s BetterSax Studio unit on the Grover Washington Jr. tune Mister Magic. Every month, we dive into a new standard tune and explore ways to approach playing it. I find a big challenge in static harmony like this is coming up with melodic ideas and playing with a solid rhythm!
I’m playing on the soon-to-be-released BetterSax Session alto, which is a pro-level horn at an intermediate-level price ($2400). BetterSax Burnin’ 7 mouthpiece and BetterSax Jazz Cut Reeds.
