In addition to the above studies, Ted had all of his students learn 38 bebop hea

ds, a list he compiled himself and played every night before bedtime. (I play th
em every morning before breakfast.) In his Jazz Improvisation class, every music
ian was required to learn all 38 of these bebop heads
drummers would have to pla
y them on either piano or vibraphone in one semester s time.
Here s the list. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Technology being what it is
today, it s nice to make a playlist of all of these tunes to have them all in one
spot, then play along.
Airegin
Anthropology
Au Privave
Bebop
Budo
Ceora
Cheryl
Con Alma (as a chord melody)
Confirmation
Cookin at the Continental
Daahoud
Dat Dere
Dewey Square
Dig
Donna Lee
Four
Freedom Jazz Dance
Giant Steps (as a chord melody)
Gingerbread Boy
Groovin High
Half Nelson
Jordu
Joy Spring
Little Willie Leaps
Milestones (old)
Moment s Notice (as a chord melody)
Oleo
Opus de Funk
Ornithology
Parisian Thoroughfare
Prince Albert
Quicksilver
Room 608
Scrapple from the Apple
Sippin at Bell s
Trichotism
Vierd Blues
Yardbird Suite