Jim Loessberg

"On Green Dolphin Street" is a popular song written in 1947 by Bronislau Kaper with lyrics by Ned Washington. The song was composed for the film, Green Dolphin Street and became well known as a jazz...

E9th tab with CD Jim Loessberg presents 15 of his favorite licks to get out of a I chord and into a IV chord. All of it is provided in various tempos and keys.

"All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was written for the musical Very Warm for May (1939), where it was introduced by Hiram...

'Au Privave' is an early bebop standard by Charlie Parker. Jim Loessberg teaches the song as a single string melody and then teaches the chord prgression in the key of F for C6th pedal steel...

"Billie's Bounce" and "Now's The Time" "Billie's Bounce" also known as "Bill's Bounce", is a 12 bar blues in the Key of F jazz composition written in 1945 by Charlie Parker. It was dedicated to...

"Blues for Alice" is a jazz standard composed by Charlie Parker. It is noted for its rapid bebop blues-style chord voicings and complex harmonic scheme which is a fine example of what is known as...

'Body and Soul' is a popular song written in 1930 by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton and Johnny Green. Rising quickly to popularity, Libby Holman introduced it in the revue Three's a Crowd...

"Cherokee" (1938) is a jazz standard written by Ray Noble and recorded over the years by many jazz musicians and singers, including Charlie Parker, Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra, The Count Basie...

'Dewey Square' is a Charlie Parker composition based on 'Oh, Lady Be Good!' by George and Ira Gershwin.  Jim Loessberg teaches the melody, then the chords for C6th pedal steel in the key of...

'Four' An up-tempo bebop jazz standard by Miles Davis, taught as a single-string melody with an occasional chord punctuation on C6th pedal steel. The basic chords and ...

"Groovin' High" is an influential 1945 song by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The song was a bebop mainstay that became a jazz standard, one of Gillespie's best known hits and,...

"Here's That Rainy Day" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1953. It was introduced by Dolores Gray in the Broadway musical Carnival in Flanders...