Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
1) Kind of Blue -Miles Davis
Yes this is probably the number one selling jazz album of all time. Some say it IS the best jazz album of all time. Did you know that the musicians didn’t even rehearse for the recording session? Miles just showed up to the Blue Note session with some melodies and [...]
Best Jazz Albums of All Time – My Top 10 List
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
The Purpose of the Play What You Hear jazz guitar lesson program is to teach the student to, dramatic pause, to play what they hear.
Seriously, the author, Chris Standring, makes a great point that many guitarists learn to master the fretboard through visualizing shapes and patterns. The unfortunate result is that solos improvised in this [...]
Jazz Guitar Lessons Review – Play What You Hear by Chris Standring
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Everyone has their favorite style of music that really makes them come alive and no matter what genre is the one that you choose, there is no doubt that jazz music has the ability to delight and infuriate people the world over. Some people are unable to take to this form of music but many [...]
Jazz Piano Chords Make a Night Come Alive
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