Early Jazz and Swing Styles for Guitar
@Dean7887 · Guitar · United Kingdom
We want to use our channel to highlight some of the amazing musicians from the 30s and 40s, focusing on early jazz guitarists such as George Van Eps and Carmen Mastren.
A lovely intro by Carmen Mastren and Wellman Braud on this Hoagy Carmichael classic. More…
There's so much to learn from this classic Allan Reuss solo!… More…
Such a fantastic display of technique and musicality by the amazing Mel Powell. The way he takes over from Benny Goodman's solo is so seamless and his arpeggiated finale is sublime! … More…
A wonderful introduction performed by Benny Goodman and Dick McDonough. More…
We had a lot of fun transcribing this one. In the first half of the solo it was interesting to see how George Van Eps approached adapting the melody to suit his plectrum technique. More…
Ray Nance's iconic solo on Take the 'A' Train. More…
Allan Reuss delivers an absolutely gorgeous introduction to this well-known standard. More…
This is a beautiful solo arrangement of Sugar, by Erik McIntyre. I was really impressed when I stumbled across Erik's performance. He plays with such sensitivity and creates such a wonderful tone with… More…
This is such a great solo by George Van Eps. The last few bars were rather tricky to hear what he was doing, so this is the best we can do for now! We'll probably come back to this one in a few month's… More…
Another great intro from the legendary George Van Eps. More…
Here is a wonderfully melodic solo with some really hip ideas. I particularly like the whole tone phrase in bar 9 and the altered notes over the G7 chord in bar 11. … More…
I was absolutely blown away when I first heard this amazing solo by George Van Eps. So many great ideas and performed with such amazing fluency! More…
A really fun solo from Dick McDonough. His trademark open string licks wouldn't sound out of place on a modern country record and brings to mind players such as Ray Flacke and Brad Paisley. More…
Carmen Mastren sets up the All Star Band with this delightful little introduction! More…
A mini masterpiece from the wonderful George Van Eps. More…
Another chord solo but this time on an amplified guitar. Herb Ellis has a great story about this solo for anyone interested. Here's a link to the interview. The anecdote starts around 14 minutes in:… More…
A well crafted solo from the fantastic Allan Reuss. More…
Another wonderful chordal solo by Carmen Mastren. More…
A fantastic sax solo that says so much in just 8 bars!… More…
Here's a nice introduction by Carl Kress. Unfortunately the recording seems to be flat, so you'd need to retune if you wanted to play along with it. More…
A wonderful and melodic solo from Lou McGarity, as well as a fantastic vocal performance by Peggy Lee. More…
Here's a short and sweet introduction to Indiana, by the great George Van Eps. George had such an articulate right hand plectrum technique.… More…
This is one of our favourite solos by the brilliant Carmen Mastren.… More…
A nice two bar introduction to the Hoagy Carmichael song I Get Along Without You Very Well. Discogs lists the guitarist as Dan Perri? More…