Mixing Blues phrasing and melodies with Jazz chromaticism and harmony can give you some really great dom7th lines. In this lesson I am going to go over 5 examples and some exercises to help you get started exploring this.
Check out the first lesson on 5 Bb Jazz Blues licks:
If you want to explore more of what I do when soloing and how I mix jazz and blues you can check out this WebStore lesson. It contains a transcription and analysis of a 4 chorus solo and explain how the melodies are written and what melodic or harmonic devices are used.
You can download a PDF and read the article on my blog via this link: http://jenslarsen.nl/5-jazz-blues-licks-f/
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