Learn Jazz Guitar

I thought I’d share this excellent video of jazz guitarist George Benson playing the tune, “Take 5″ on the Tom Snyder show sometime in the 80s.  This is only the second video I’ve seen of him playing this song.  There are some great shots of his right hand technique and some amazing lines. His timing, [...]

I thought I’d share this video with everyone.  I was pretty shocked when I came across it. It’s an old performance by Norman Brown at GIT(the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles).  Norman studied there in 1983-84. According to Musiciansguide.com, “In 1984, Brown joined the Musician’s Institute of Hollywood as a staff instructor, having completed the [...]

I just wanted to turn you guys on to a jazz guitarist that is local and well known in my area, Oakland, CA. Many of you may be unaware of who he is but Calvin is such a good player that I felt I had to let you know about his playing. He’s been around [...]

Check this out:
Learn Jazz Guitar directly from George Benson
Jazz Guitar tips from the man himself!
Enjoy,
Leon

Many of you may not have heard of Nick Colionne. He’s a smooth jazz guitarist that plays in a similar style to that of Norman Brown and George Benson. Check him out at www.nickcolionne.com.  But I would say that in some ways, he’s much more influenced by Wes Montgomery than Norman.
I recently stumbled across an [...]

Here are few videos of Bireli Lagrene, an amazing European jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1980s. He is mostly known for his mastery of the Django Reinhardt gypsy jazz guitar style. But as you can see below, he has mastered the straight-ahead bop style as well.  Here’s what Wikipedia has to say [...]

I’m a real big fan of Latin jazz and it’s great to hear awesome jazz guitarists like George Benson play in this style. Here are a few videos showing him play 3 Latin tunes in a smooth jazz guitar style: Brazilian Stomp, Affirmation and El Mar.
1. Brazilian Stomp, a tune he recorded with Earl [...]

For those of you interested in smooth jazz guitar, at the end of this post is a YouTube video of Norman Brown playing live at the 2007 All Star Smooth Jazz Cruise. I’ve seen Norman play live many times and he’s an amazing performer. His style is similar to George Benson but with less of [...]

I recently came accross the following You Tube video of an all-star line up playing Chick Corea’s tune, “Spain”.
Chick Corea – KeyboardsHubert Laws – FluteBill Watrous – TromboneGeorge Benson – GuitarStanley Clarke – BassLenny White – Drumsand introduced by Quincy Jones.
Great Stuff! Check it out!
Leon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RHzCQIvMyo

Technorati : jazz guitar

I noticed two different videos on Youtube recently of George Benson playing the song “Wekend in L.A.” – a great R&B tune that he recorded in the 80’s. What really struck me about the videos was not necessarily the simlarity of the arrangements. Many times a jazz artist will play the same arrangements of tunes [...]