Writing a "Jazzy" lick, what is a good approach to choosing the changes?

[Timof2009]

I have a basic motif I want to use for it but I don't really know too much about building the harmony around it. I am thinking of setting it to a "Blues" progression but I am hoping for some more direction than "Its music man, do what ever you want". Thanks!

[Ott]

Would you mind sharing the lick with us? It'd help a lot. You probably want to learn about functional harmony though. Tonics, dominants, subdominants, leading tones, etc. You want to chain together these chords so that you end on the tonic.

https://youtu.be/eurOGIiArHI

https://youtu.be/SzZqwETn0Lw

[Timof2009]

Thanks for the Videos, I know most of the basic Theory around voicing and some basic progressions (Kinda like you were saying leading to the tonic, II-V-I) but to clarify what I mean: I know the general rules for building chords but I don't know common shapes other than triads stacked in thirds. I'll look at other compositions and I'll see everything but a nice triad stacked in thirds.

As for the lick:

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/242228/a6ceed82-a15f-4b10-81fc-fa0b6d63166b/hqdefault.jpg

[Ott]

Check out this channel, it's got tons of great theory lessons. Here's an overview of chord voicings.

https://youtu.be/qNff0NZiXC8

He also has a website: Free Jazz Piano Lessons
As for the lick, I like it. It's quite catchy. I don't have a piano in front of me, but from humming it I think a good place to start would be a IV on the third note and a I on the fourth note. See what chords lead into that well, and experiment with adding tensions.