The Groove and Soul Standards Volume 1 collection of backing tracks features some of the best (and most played) contemporary repertoire. Students should take note that the melodies to these songs are primarily pentatonic scale based and the improvised solos from the original recordings are often built on a solid foundation of pentatonic scale material and vocabulary.

There’s no better way to develop fluidity and fluency when improvising than by practicing a variety of patterns and rhythms over chord sequences.