


So, turn your speakers up, grab your axe, and start practicing with the play along below. You can start out with the slower tempo and work your way up to the fast tempo if you like. One of them is a nice and easy 100 beats per minute and the other one is 120 beats per minute. There are actually 2 different version with 2 different tempos. It features a swinging drum and bass accompaniment. The Herbie Hancock licks and chords, the Diana Krall licks and chords, and the Chick Corea licks and chords you learn my Jazz Masters Method DVD will work great over this jam track as well. If you need some chords to play on this tune you can check out this lesson on minor 7 flat 5 piano chords and this lesson on minor jazz piano chords. The only thing I ask is that you credit or provide a link back to the site. (Play Along tracks below.)įeel free to share this chart. You can download a pdf or click on the chart to open it in a new window. Here’s the chord chart and lead sheet to Summertime.It’s in the Key of D minor. Plus, it just feels good too! Summertime Chord Chart Having bass and drums behind us can free us up creatively and even rhythmically. Now I love playing solo jazz piano as much as anybody but there is just something really fun about playing with with a rhythm section accompaniment (either live or a backing track). I even included a lead sheet/chort chart so you can play the melody and the chords too! 🙂

So, to help you practice your jazz improvisation I created a free backing track for the famous jazz standard Summertime.

In order to best learn this language of jazz improvisation though we need to apply our licks and chords to songs and real pieces of music! Learning jazz licks and jazz piano chords is super important but we should always keep in mind that any chords or licks we learn are just individual pieces of the jazz ‘language’. (Summertime backing track, chord chart, and extra tips below. One of the main goals of this site is to consistently teach you how to improvise jazz on a higher level. Would you like jam on a Summertime backing track? Well, you’ve come to the right place!
