Jimmy Bruno Guitar Tab Books, Instruction DVDs, Chord Melody Solos, Arrangements, Lessons

    Jimmy Bruno was born in Philadelphia on July 22, 1953. Jimmy's father was a famous guitar player whose hit recording "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" with Frank Virtue and The Virtues racked up sales of 2 million copies! Needless to say, guitar music was alive and well in the Bruno home and having a professional guitarist for a father supplied the motivation for Jimmy to ultimately become a true jazz guitar virtuoso in every sense of the word.

    Jimmy Bruno started to play the guitar at the age of 7. Mainly self taught, with some help from his dad, he began performing with The Buddy Rich Band when he was only 19. Since that time Bruno has led a hectic career as a studio guitarist playing behind pop and jazz artists including Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Elvis Presley, Barbara Streisand, and B.B. King. He later on studied guitar with Tommy Tedesco and then went on to collaborate on Tedesco's book "The Anatomy Of A Guitar Player".

    A hard-driving bebop jazz guitar player, Jimmy Bruno plays consistently exciting solos in straight ahead settings. Since his dad was a guitarist and his mother was a vocalist, Bruno was surrounded by music - frequently playing his guitar eight hours a day! He worked with numerous famous orchestras playing behind artists like Frank Sinatra, Doc Severinsen, and Lena Horne and then worked for a long duration as a studio session musician in Los Angeles.

    Ultimately, Jimmy became tired with studio session work and despite the steady money chose never again to play music that did not interest and challenge him. He returned to Philadelphia in 1988, took a day job employed as a bartender, and played jazz in small clubs whenever he got the chance. After two years, he was back to being a full-time musician once again. He signed with the Concord Records label in 1992 and has since then proudly taped 13 record albums as a band leader.

    In addition to his work as the leader of his own trio, Jimmy Bruno has actually gone on to play guitar with Joe Beck, Bobby Watson, Jack Wilkins, Tal Farlow, Howard Alden, Christian McBride, Kurt Elling, and other significant names. In 2007 he opened the Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute which was an effective online service for jazz guitar students wanting to study with him personally through the worldwide web. He has likewise gone on to launch 3 extremely successful jazz guitar educational DVDs which consist of "No Nonsense Jazz Guitar", "Inside Outside Jazz Guitar" and "The Art Of Picking".

    Jimmy Bruno's technical command of the guitar is absolutely nothing short of amazing! Jazz guitar legend Johnny Smith has actually praised Jimmy as being one of the most exceptional jazz guitar players he has ever heard. Even when he is playing incredibly quick improvised solos he is always extremely melodic along with being creative. When Jimmy is playing solo jazz guitar by himself, he reaches the same level as Joe Pass did when Joe taped all of his "Virtuoso" albums. His walking bass lines, innovative re-harmonizations, and scorching single note lines have established Jimmy as one of the most exciting and impressive jazz guitarists to ever be recorded!

Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio Patterns - Stacy McKee - 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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