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There was one part where I did a progression, and I said Cm7, but meant Cmaj7! You may not notice, but if you do, now you know what I meant!

Here's a short clip of Blue in Green that I recorded on an M55 from 1968 that I picked up last year. It still needs some tweaking here and there with the dampening system, but it's a lot better than what it was. It was in pretty bad shape when I got it. The bars from this time period were beautiful. They speak so quickly and sound great.

VW Lesson
Rhythm Changes Oleo Exercises by Tony Miceli

Scales: Mixolydian and Lydian Dominant Scales, all 12 keys.
Tunes: Oleo, I Got Rhythm, Cottontail, Anthropology, Moose the Mooch, Wail.
Assignment: Pick a rhythm changes tune to learn. 1st chorus play the melody, 2nd chorus comp through changes using a mixture of open and close voicings.3rd chorus, improvise a solo.
Additional Material on Rhythm Changes;

VW Lesson- Practicing the Blues by Tony Miceli

Scales: Minor Blues Scales (1,b3,4,b5,5,b7) in all 12 keys

Tunes: Blue 7, Straight No Chaser, Sandu, Billy’s Bounce, Bessie’s Blues, Au Privave.

Assignment: Pick a blues from the above choices, one you don’t already know, or would like to know better. State the melody, then play root notes on the first beat and improvise through the form as demonstrated in the video lesson.

Additional Blues Material;

VW Lesson: Check out Open and Closed Voicings” by Tony Miceli“

In addition make sure you can play the following:
Scales: Lydian Scales (4th mode of major) in all 12 keys.

Tunes: Someday My Prince Will Come, Soul Eyes, Minority, Recordame, Softly as in a Morning Sunrise.

Assignment: (record and post the following IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW)