I thought I’d share this video with everyone. I was pretty shocked when I came across it. It’s an old performance by Norman Brown at GIT(the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles). Norman studied there in 1983-84. According to Musiciansguide.com, “In 1984, Brown joined the Musician’s Institute of Hollywood as a staff instructor, having completed the […]
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I recently came across the free electronic version of Jody Fisher’s Rhythm Guitar Encyclopedia. Just click the picture below to view the book and print any pages. Rhythm is the most important element of successful jazz guitar playing. So, the more you can incorporate a wide variety of rhythms in your playing, the better you
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I just wanted to turn you guys on to a jazz guitarist that is local and well known in my area, Oakland, CA. Many of you may be unaware of who he is but Calvin is such a good player that I felt I had to let you know about his playing. He’s been around
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Ok, I’m back — Helping you build your jazz vocabulary. Here’s a nice jazz guitar lick that can be played over a Dm7 chord. Also, try it over G7 or other chords in the key of C. To download the pdf chart for this lick just click below and sign up for my email
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Check this out: Learn Jazz Guitar directly from George Benson Jazz Guitar tips from the man himself! Enjoy, Leon
Jazz Guitar Tips from George Benson Read More »
In one of my previous articles, I discussed how important it is to develop a jazz vocabulary so that you actually start sounding like a jazz player instead of just playing up and down scales. I mentioned the importance of learning licks and phrases. But even if you know some licks, it can still be
Sing What You Play Read More »
Many of you may not have heard of Nick Colionne. He’s a smooth jazz guitarist that plays in a similar style to that of Norman Brown and George Benson. Check him out at www.nickcolionne.com. But I would say that in some ways, he’s much more influenced by Wes Montgomery than Norman. I recently stumbled across
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Here are few videos of Bireli Lagrene, an amazing European jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1980s. He is mostly known for his mastery of the Django Reinhardt gypsy jazz guitar style. But as you can see below, he has mastered the straight-ahead bop style as well. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say
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Just wanted to let you know that I added more jam tracks to the jam tracks section. I’ve updated the drums on all of the tracks. The tracks use a real sampled drummer. I must say it swings really hard for a machine. Very realistic. Click this link to go there directly: Jam Tracks The
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Recently, a visitor to my site asked me the following question: “My Instructor wants me to sit in with a group of guys at small gig. I don’t think i’m ready for this because I still make too many mistakes. I respect your wisdom so what do you think?” I’ve decided to answer this question
Getting Through Your First Jazz Guitar Performance Read More »
