David Baker has written three books on how to play bebop. This review will take a look at volume two.
The book begins with a preface that traces the beginning of bebop.
The book is divided into the following 8 chapters:
- The Use of the II,V7 Progression in Bebop
- The III, VI, II, V Progression in Bebop
- The Major Chord
- The II, V7 Progression in Minor
- The Cycle in Bebop
- The Use of the Turnback in Bebop
- Other Important Formulae in Bebop
- A New Approach To Constructing Bass Lines Based on the Bebop Scales
Chapter 8 is followed by an appendix entitled “A List of Essential Bebop Tunes for Memorization”.
The author includes a 101 bebop era II, V7 patterns in chapter 1.
Chapter 2 consists of a list of songs that contain the III,VI,II,V patterns followed by 100 III,VI,II,V patterns.
Chapter 3 contains 101 major patterns.
Chapter 4 provides a number of II,V7 patterns in Minor.
Chapter 5 provides a number of Cycle patterns.
Chapter 6 includes a number of turnback ( or turnaround ) patterns.
Chapter 8 begins by stating that the blues and “I Got Rhythm” chord changes occur most often in bebop and perhaps in all of jazz. The chapter lists several different formula and a list of songs that use the same formulae.
Chapter 9 provides a discussion on constructing bass lines using the bebop scale.
If you are serious about the bebop scale – this book should be in your library.
