C Jam Blues is a jazz standard composed in 1942 by Duke Ellington and performed by countless other musicians, such as Django Reinhardt, Oscar Peterson, and Charles Mingus.

It was also known as “Duke’s Place“, with lyrics added by Bill Katts, Bob Thiele and Ruth Roberts.

This is a simple 12-bar blues with an extremely easy melody, which makes it a great tune to learn early on.

In this lesson “C Jam Blues” we study articulation, motif development, transposing in all 12 keys, swing feel exercises, bass line, and the 4 levels of improvisation.