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Vic Juris-“Mel Bay presents Modern Chords: Advanced Harmony for Guitar”

5 Jan 20205 Jan 2020
Here's another recommendation: Vic Juris-"Mel Bay presents Modern Chords: Advanced Harmony for Guitar" One of the world's great jazz guitarists, Vic Juris shares his insight into the wonderful world of…
General Improvisation…

Vic Juris: “All That Jazz” DVD

4 Jan 20204 Jan 2020
Guitar World Magazine put out an excellent Vic Juris instructional DVD about 9 years ago that covered the following concepts: Chapter 1: Best of Both Worlds: Improvising with the Lydian-dominant…
General Improvisation…

Vic Juris “Songbook #2”

3 Jan 20203 Jan 2020
Today I am sharing my favorite Vic Juris album, "Songbook #2." To my ears-and I have contended this for many years-this is the greatest pure jazz guitar album of the…
General Improvisation…

Vic Juris, September 26, 1953 – December 30, 2019

2 Jan 20203 Jan 2020
Vic Juris Tribute Week I was so sad to hear of the passing of Vic Juris this morning. My thoughts are with his wife Kate, as well as his extended family. Vic…
General Improvisation…

Triad Pairs-“5 Minutes or Less” #1

11 Aug 201911 Aug 2019
Today, I am introducing a new weekly series entitled, "Triad Pairs-5 Minutes or Less." Here, I will teach you one concept every week in less than 5 minutes that will…
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Week #3: Archie Shepp/Horace Parlan-Goin’ Home

24 Jan 201514 Feb 2015
I had the chance to study with Archie Shepp for a several months in the fall of 1998. At the time I was just a young, inexperienced and generally petrified…
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Week #2: Fred Houn and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble-Tomorrow is Now!

17 Jan 201524 Jan 2015
*This record might be slightly hard to find but you can hear the whole thing on that App that makes money by not really paying musicians. Some years ago, I…
Jazz

From the Woodshed #4: Rhythm Changes: 3-note voicings for uptempo playing

2 Nov 20143 Nov 2014
The PDF for this lesson is here: From the Woodshed #4: Rhythm Changes: 3-note voicings for uptempo playing Many of the students I teach struggle with comping at fast tempos.…
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From the Woodshed #2: Autumn Leaves Voicings with Lines Etude

6 May 20148 May 2014
In the second edition of the Woodshed, I expand upon the first Etude. Here I am simply mixing up a series of single note lines and 3-note chord voicings featured…
Blues…

Lesson #26-35: A study on “Tenor Madness” by Sonny Rollins Part 1-10

3 Dec 201311 Feb 2015
PART 1 Click here for the PDF: Lesson #26: A study on "Tenor Madness" by Sonny Rollins Part 1 of 10 PART 2 Click here for the PDF: Lesson #27:…

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