How to Use Thelonious Monk Clusters to Create HIP Phrasing in Your Jazz Improvisation

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It's common to play a line that starts on the tension chord and end on the resolution chord. But a hip phrasing technique to create variance and unpredictability in your jazz solos is to END your phrases on the TENSION (dom7).

A great way to end your phrase on the tension is with these "Monk Clusters" (3+#11). Check out how it is used here over the E7 G#+A#.

This was from a special Bijan Taghavi Trio performance at the Ravenscroft in Scottsdale, AZ. To watch the full cut, CLICK HERE.