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Here’s my own fingerstyle arrangement of the lovely jazz standard by Jimmy Van Heusen. More…
B flat Jazz Blues. An etude looking at the use of the third when playing arpeggiating lines.… More…
A cue composed by John Williams for the 1960s t.v. show Time Tunnel. This cue is entitled "To the Tunnel" from the first episode, "Rendezvous with Yesterday." I'm interested in the planing minor triads… More…
Bebop style Major 2-5-1 Lick over CMaj7 More…
Preview of "Exercise 5" from my education book "Jazz Studies - Your Way into Jazz!"… More…
Preview of "Exercise 4" from my education book "Jazz Studies - Your Way into Jazz!"… More…
A peek at "Funk Etude #3" from my new etude collection.… More…
Jordan Klemons - playing a series of dyads derived from triad pairs over an AminMaj9 chord. Based on melodic triads... E major and F# diminished.… More…
This transcription (PDF with tab & notation), music xml, iRealPro Files is free on :… More…
Here's one of the Etudes from my e-Book "Jazz Etudes Over Typical Cadences, Vol II". This one focuses on playing over the Modal interchange dominant minor chords.… More…
Antoine played a great set in the Studio LDC "Jazz Live" concert two days ago, and this little improvised bit struck me as particularly beautiful.… More…
Pat Martino is one of the first jazz guitarists I got into. I recommend his Linear Expressions book. This solo is full of great lines too More…
This example shows how classically influenced phrasing can apply to jazz. The contrary motion implies the G major chord the line resolves to, definitely an idea to steal and develop in one's own personal… More…
The "Getz/Gilberto" record is an absolute classic and was a massive commercial success, even going so far as to win the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965 (!). We all know "The Girl From Ipanema", but,… More…
Here is a new smooth jazz backing track in F major! More…
This is the preview of "Stimy" from my education book "Jazz Studies - Your Way into Jazz!" It's a song form based on "Misty" with a solo transcription.… More…
This is the preview of "Rhythm & Changes" from my education book "Jazz Studies - Your Way into Jazz!" It's a song form based on "Rhythm Changes with a solo transcription.… More…
Great chorus on a jazz blues in F. Check out which notes Freddie Hubbard lands on each chord. You can clearly here the changes. Mostly targeting the 3rds and 7ths More…
This is the preview of "Rhythm & Changes" from my education book "Jazz Studies - Your Way into Jazz!" It's a song form based on "Rhythm Changes with a solo transcription.… More…
This is the preview of "Rhythm & Changes" from my education book "Jazz Studies - Your Way into Jazz!" It's a song form based on "Rhythm Changes with a solo transcription.… More…
From Dylan's "Modern Times" record featuring Denny Freeman and Stu Kimball. Great etude for getting your triad chops together and understanding some advanced harmonic concepts in a non-jazz setting. The… More…
Here’s my latest fingerstyle arrangement for YouTube, the classic jazz standard. More…
Here’s my own fingerstyle arrangement of this great jazz standard. More…
Sonny Rollins Solo on »Almost Like Being in Love« (in Concert Key). (»Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet«, Prestige 1953) More…
A very cool phrase to sequence that fits nicely under the fingers. The performer is Olivier Kikteff from the gypsy-jazz group Les Doigts de l' Homme. More…
Super-fast and “outside” intro here from Jonathan. I could definitely see using this in a gypsy-jazz setting. More…
