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"Jazz-Blues
Guitar Licks DVDs"
Dear Advancing Guitarist,
Welcome to the fascinating world of jazz-blues guitar
improvisation! The following DVDs, taught by some of the best contemporary
guitarists in the business, will teach you lots of incredible licks that you can
use when you improvise solos! You will also learn why these cool sounding jazz-blues
lines work over their respective chord progressions so that you can apply them
to any songs you're already playing! All of the great players learned lots of
licks and riffs when they were first starting out which enabled them to
eventually become great improvisers. If you want to be able to solo over any chord progression
and really shine at jam sessions, these are the jazz-blues guitar DVDs that our
customers tell us are their favorites!
*Important Tip* - Click on
the highlighted blue
links to find out more
about each featured guitarist!
Sheryl Bailey - 50 Essential Bebop Guitar Licks You Must Know! - DVD
Top recording artist, educator, composer, and
monster jazz guitarist Sheryl Bailey dug wide and deep into the bebop soundscape
to select the lines and approaches that comprise this essential vocabulary of
bebop phrases. You'll learn lines inspired by bebop giants such as Charlie
Parker, Joe Viola, Joe Pass, John Coltrane,
Pat Martino, Sonny Stitt, Cannonball
Adderley, Mike Stern, Dizzy Gillespie, Peter Bernstein, and many others!
"Learning licks from your favorite bebop players is key to understanding the
deeper harmonic nuances of the music. Organize your vocabulary of licks by
harmonic situations and then plug them into your solos. In time, you'll uncover
the harmonic and rhythmic shapes behind the licks and they'll become a part of
your own musical language. That's when you’ll really start improvising." As you
work through these 50 essential lines, you'll learn to apply the legendary "I've
Got A Banana" lick, minor 7th line cliche, chromatic below/diatonic above
approach, bebop scales, use of repetition, chord substitutions, chromaticism,
displaced rhythms, the 'micro-cosmic' bebop line, arpeggios, tensions, tritone
sub V7, symmetrical diminished, whole tone scale, augmented triads, 3-note
melodic embellishments, and many more bebop applications. All of the licks are
presented over a rhythm track and then broken down note-by-note,
technique-by-technique with a thorough explanation of the underlying harmony.
Everything is tabbed and notated, plus you get all of the rhythm tracks to
practice with by yourself. Guitar Lab's innovative learning systems employ a
hands-on approach where students "play" their way through the curriculum using
learning tools such as PIP video, practice rhythm tracks, and interactive tab
and notation, which allows the student to play along with the tab and notation,
at any tempo, without change in pitch!
(178 min)...........................................................................................Price - $24.95
Tom Wolfe - 50 Hard Bop Blues Guitar Licks You Must Know! - DVD
Wes Montgomery
is most widely known for the music he made during the 60's and for his signature approach for
improvisations, which usually began with single note passages, then an octave
solo section, finally culminating with a highly-charged chordal solo. His
seminal approach changed the landscape for ALL guitarists for ALL time. In this
collection, Tom Wolfe presents an extremely versatile vocabulary that not only
celebrates Wes Montgomery's contributions but also captures the stylings of the
blues and jazz guitarists that he influenced. Not only will Tom expand your
vocabulary, he will also reveal all of the underlying harmonic approaches and
techniques being applied: Major and minor blues scales, pentatonic applications,
applications for both the flatted and major 3rd, triplet ornamentations,
articulation, use of ghost notes, alternate fingerings, encapsulation, bending,
chromatic passing tones, ii-V lines, 6th intervals, octaves (of course!),
hemiola (the 3 against 4 feeling in a 4/4 time signature), tension and
resolution, color tones, pedal points, side-stepping, diminished voicings,
rhythmic intensity, syncopation, chordal soloing techniques and so much more!
All of the licks are presented over a rhythm track so that you can hear and
practice them in a musical context. Each performance is then followed by a
detailed breakdown of the line along with the techniques and harmonic approach
being employed to perform it. Everything is tabbed and notated, plus you get all
of the rhythm tracks to practice the lines with by yourself. Grab your guitar
and buckle up for this guided whirlwind tour back to the source of Hard Bop
Blues! Guitar Lab's innovative learning systems employ a hands-on approach where
students "play" their way through the curriculum using learning tools such as
PIP video, practice rhythm tracks, and interactive tab and notation, which
allows the student to play along with the tab and notation, at any tempo,
without change in Pitch!
(189 min)...........................................................................................Price - $24.95
Tom Dempsey - 50 Soul Jazz Guitar Licks You Must Know! - DVD
Let's do a little Soul Jazz collaborative filtering...
If you dig Benson’s playing on the recordings with Jack McDuff, then you
probably also dig Grant Green's work on His Majesty King Funk, which of course
means you’ve got Kenny Burrell's Chitlins Con Carne on one of your play lists
along with Wes Montgomery's Bumpin' On Sunset. Run all that through the filter,
take into consideration that you play guitar, and out pops a forgone conclusion
- you will majorly dig this collection of 50 Soul Jazz Licks You MUST Know
from Tom Dempsey! Soul Jazz grooves are wide open and great fun to play over
because the rhythmic and harmonic framework is relatively simple thereby
providing a highly improvisational landscape to work with. Tom dug deep into the
Soul Jazz monster guitarist roster for inspiration; Kenny Burrell,
Grant Green,
Wes Montgomery,
George Benson,
Pat Martino, Melvin Sparks,
John Scofield, Peter
Bernstein, Eric Kasnow, Mark Whitfield,
and Norman Brown are all paid homage to. All of the licks are first presented over a rhythm track for context, which is
then followed by a detailed breakdown of the line along with the techniques
being employed to perform it. Everything is tabbed and notated, plus you'll also
get all of the rhythm tracks to practice the lines with on your own. Guitar
Lab's innovative learning systems employ a hands-on approach where students
"play" their way through the curriculum using learning tools such as PIP video,
practice rhythm tracks, and interactive tab and notation, which allows the
student to play along with the tab and notation, at any tempo, without change in
pitch!
(134 min)...........................................................................................Price - $24.95
Tom Dempsey - 50 Jazz Masters Guitar Licks You Must Know! - DVD
Your mission, should you decide to accept it,
is to attempt playing any style of jazz guitar without copping inspiration and
lickage from the masters of the form. What?! This ridiculous notion will
self-destruct in ten seconds because that would unquestionably be an impossible
mission. The six-string giants of jazz not only inspire us, they have authored
the very vocabulary that we jazz guitarists quote to one degree or another in
our improvisations. Much thanks to Tom Dempsey and this collection of 50
Jazz Master Licks You MUST Know, you’re moments away from stoking your own
vocabulary with 50 timeless, ear-grabbing lines from the best in the biz! Tom
dug deep, wide and very selectively to take you on this learning adventure
across the fretboards of such jazz guitar luminaries as Charlie Christian,
Django Reinhardt,
Wes Montgomery,
Kenny Burrell,
Tal Farlow, Barney Kessel,
George Benson,
Grant Green,
Pat Martino,
John Abercrombie,
John Scofield,
Pat Metheny and many more!
You'll learn 50 highly versatile licks influenced by the
music of these masters. Tom will also demonstrate how to apply the material in
your own improvisations so that you can put the lines to work immediately. All
of the licks are presented over a rhythm track for context and then followed by
a detailed breakdown of the line along with the techniques being employed to
perform it. Everything is tabbed and notated, plus you get all of the rhythm
tracks to practice the lines over by yourself! Guitar Lab's innovative learning
systems employ a hands-on approach where students "play" their way through the
curriculum using learning tools such as PIP video, practice rhythm tracks, and
interactive tab and notation, which allows the student to play along with the
tab and notation, at any tempo, without change in pitch!
(153 min)...........................................................................................Price - $24.95
David Hamburger - 50 Jazz Blues Guitar Licks You Must Know! - DVD
David Hamburger's 50 Jazz-Blues Guitar Licks You Must Know cuts
right to the chase, offering up some of the baddest, boppingest, funkiest and
bluesiest ways to navigate through any shuffle, boogaloo, minor blues, or
jazz-blues chord changes. Hamburger digs deep into the '50s and '60s, when
labels like Blue Note, Prestige, and Riverside were serving up the funky,
down-home music of guitarists like Kenny Burrell,
George Benson,
Grant Green,
and Wes Montgomery - all of whom inspired some of the jazzed blues lickage in
this collection! Guitar Lab's innovative learning systems employ a hands-on
approach where students "play" their way through the curriculum using learning
tools such as PIP video, practice rhythm tracks, and interactive tab and
notation which allows the student to play along with the tab and notation at
any tempo without change in pitch!
(194 min)..........................................................................................Price - $24.95
Frank Vignola - 50 Jazz Guitar Licks You Must Know! - DVD
Jazz master Frank Vignola presents his hand-picked collection of 50 Jazz
Guitar Licks You MUST Know!, all of them integral elements of the jazz guitar
vocabulary for developing motifs and fueling original improvisations. Vignola
covers Minor and Major 7th motifs, chromatics, ii-V7 lines, minor vamps, jazzed
blues runs, shuffles, right and left-hand techniques, double-stops, melodic
development and picking approaches along with several of his own go-to favorites
from guitarists including Charlie Christian,
Barney Kessel,
Joe Pass, George
Benson, Django Reinhardt and
Wes Montgomery. This collection of versatile licks
will serve as your building blocks for taking your improvisational skills to the
next level. Get a grip on these 50 gems and you'll have the insight and chops to
develop evocative solos within any jazz style from bossa to bebop, funk to blues
to Gypsy jazz. Guitar Lab's innovative learning systems employ a hands-on
approach where students "play" their way through the curriculum using learning
tools such as PIP video, practice rhythm tracks, and interactive tab and
notation which allows the student to play along with the tab and notation at
any tempo without change in pitch!
(108 min)...........................................................................................Price - $24.95
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Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio
Patterns - Stacy McKee
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This unique book includes 300 jazz
guitar chord
formations and matching single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference format
that no one has ever done before!
Cross indexing makes
this manual
extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know
you
will find this
to be a
valuable, "must have" addition to your library. Stacy McKee was the
featured guitarist with "Les
Brown and The Band Of Renown" and for a limited
time only, we will include an exclusive copy of his book
FREE with
your first
order!
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Stacy McKee Chord Melody Solo Collection
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Never B#, Never Bb, Just B Natural,
Steven Herron
Peabody Conservatory trained guitarist,
performer and teacher
Django Reinhardt - Gypsy Jazz Guitar Innovator!
Compiled & Edited By
Steven Herron
Close to a half century
after his death, gypsy jazz guitar player Django Reinhardt still remains a
famous artist in the annals of jazz guitar! To this day, his scorching guitar
playing stands up to that of present day master jazz guitar players like Joe
Pass, Pat Martino, Tal Farlow and George Benson. Writer James Lincoln Collier in
his book "The Making of Jazz", referred to Django as "the most
astonishing guitar player in the history of jazz". When you consider the legions
of jazz guitarists he has encouraged, he may easily be!
His unprecedented method
of playing - combining European flavored licks and chords with jazz music
rhythms was unusual during his time. He was among the very first of the European
jazz musicians who could play the swing jazz feel the right way and he left a
historical footprint on the world of jazz guitar music. His major influence was
session guitar player Eddie Lang (the very first major jazz guitarist) and he
absorbed Lang's European based chordal approaches and took them one step
further.
Born Jean Baptise Reinhardt to LaBelle Reinhardt and Jean
Vees (his likely father) on January 23, 1910 in Liverchees, Belgium near the
French border line, Django was raised in real gypsy fashion - wandering around
in a caravan and living like a vagabond. Django did not go to school and was
illiterate - he could not read nor write. By age 14 he had actually turned out
to be a fixture on the Parisian club circuit and by age 18 he had cut his very
first record as a sideman, accompanying an accordion player on his banjo.
On November 2, 1928 personal disaster struck. Django heard a
faint sound and believed it was a rat playing around near his wagon. He took
hold of a lit candle, that unexpectedly fell from the candle holder onto a pile
of extremely combustible synthetic flowers that instantly burst into flames,
setting the entire wagon on fire. Django utilized a blanket to bring his wife
from the flaming wagon, but his exposed lower limbs and left hand were badly
burned. Because of the extent of his burns, physicians suggested cutting off
Django's legs, however he adamantly declined. He would later regain functional
use of both burned legs. His burned left hand did not have the same good luck
and his musical career was believed to be doomed.
Django was strong and determined however and plodded along,
trying to master the guitar again though still in the hospital. He finally
regained the ability to use his left hand thumb, index and middle fingers, but
not the total use of the 3rd and 4th fingers. Over a year later, he was able to
play guitar once again using his functional left hand fingers!
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