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O.k. so the chords are down below… but please read this first!

First of all, Music is a language and Jazz is a dialect of the language. In order to really understand it, you must listen listen listen and speak it (sing a long before you can play it).

It doesn’t matter if you know all the chords in the world, if you don’t know how to play them in the right style (dialect)

Start by listening to some (starting from earliest to today)

Scott Joplin

Tunji Sowande

Louis Amrstrong

Ella Fitzgerald

Duke Ellington

Count Baise

Charlie Parker

Dizzy Gillespie

Thelonious Monk

John Coltrane

Miles Davis

J.J. Johnson

John Coltrane (Again)

Charles Mingus

Herbie Hancock

Kieth Jarett

Dave Holland and the Dave Holland Quintet

Robin Eubanks

Chris Potter

Joshua Redman

Roy Hargrove and the RH Factor

Now for the chords!
(if you want to hear these chords go here:
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id92_en.html )

I’d recommend going there anyway to help train your ear!

I’ll put all of these chord in “C” so you’ll need to transpose

Basic Chord Types

Major written C
C E G

Minor written C- or cmin
C Eb B

Diminished written Cdim
C Eb Gb

Augmented written C+ or C aug
C E G#

Major 7 written Cmaj7 or with a triangle instead of maj
C E G B

Dominant 7 written C7
C E G Bb

minor 7 written C-7 or cmin7
C Eb G Bb

Half Diminished 7 Cdim7 or C (circle with a line through it) 7
C Eb Gb Bb

Fully Diminished 7 C (circle)7
C Eb Gb Bbb

Ok then there’s extensions….b9,9,#9, 11,#11 etc

the numbers refer to there step in the scale so

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
C D E F G A B C D E F G A

So you could build a C7b9 chord like
C E G Bb Db

One of my favorite chords is a Minor 9/11

C Eb G Bb D F

Chord Progessions:

THere are some common chord progressions. I’ll show you a few:

Here’s a basic 12 bar blues chord progression

Chords needed:
C7 – C E G Bb
F7 – F A C Eb
G7 – G B D F

(each slash mark is a beat… 4 beats in a measure. I’ve separated the measures so you can see it easier)

C7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
F7 C7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
G7 F7 C7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

12 Bar blues with a ii V at the end

Chords needed:
C7 – C E G Bb
F7 – F A C Eb
D-7 – D F A C
G7 – G B D F

C7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
F7 C7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
D-7 G7 C7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Here’s the typical blues played in jazz

Chords needed:
C7 – C E G Bb
F7 – F A C Eb
F#DIM7 – F# A C Eb
D-7 – D F A C
G7 – G B D F
A7 – A C# E G
Amin 7 – ACEG

I’ve separated the beats out more because there more chords

C7 F7 C7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
F7 F#dim7 C7 A7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
D-7 G7 C7 A-7 D-7 G7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Here’s a complete chord dictionary
http://www.geocities.com/mecmirror/magicpiano.html

Here’s some more changes

ii V’s
http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/ms-primer-5-2.html#TwoFive

Rhythm Changes
http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/ms-primer-5-2.html#RhythmChanges

For more changes I’d suggest Jamey Aebersold
http://www.aebersold.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc
or purchasing the real book
http://www.amazon.com/Real-Book-Hal-Leonard-Corporation/dp/0634060384

Good Luck! Jazz is a challenging, yet rewarding endevour… one that takes a lifetime to master, but learning one aspect of it one week will change your perception of music forever and enhance your musical experience! So, I know this is a lot of information, but one step at a time and enjoy each step. Just because it can take a lifetime doesn’t mean you can’t begin to enjoy playing it now!

Even though I am a professional jazz musician, I am still practicing, still working on getting better… I always will.