View Poll Results: What is the best available book on swing comping?
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Charlton Johnson, Swing and Big Band Guitar
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Paul Howard, Guitar Roots: Swing!
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Hal Leonard, Swing Guitar Essentials
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Ranger Doug, Rhythm Guitar the Ranger Doug Way
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Some Other Title (-please mention it below)
1 20.00%
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Originally Posted by monk
Very good review, Monk. I had already bought it yesterday from an eBay dealer, but this makes me glad I did. The way I look at books is this: if I learn ONE *good* thing from it, it was worth it. This book sounds good, but I know at the same time that I know this kind of stuff pretty well... so I'm hoping for that one good thing - LOL! Probably will get *many dozens* of things I don't know. I'm only now beinning to realize what a genius Mel Bay was, and what an arranger, esp. with his solo plectrum guitar pieces. Where would I be without the guy?
At the Mel Bay site, beside this book, is this one (Ronny Lee):
And Fareed Haque mentions in one of his TrueFire courses how he used (among other resources) this very book. Chet and (was it Tommy E.?) wrote and sang an ode to the Mel.
So everybody say a "Hail Mel Bay."
"Hail."
Haha.Last edited by Kojo27; 10-07-2014 at 11:44 AM.
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10-07-2014 11:41 AM
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Kojo mentioned the song Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel did for Mel Bay. Here it is. (It's so funny to hear the intentionally bad solos after each chorus.)
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Reviving a dead thread, but I wanted to share a fairly recent resource for others. Amazon.com: Jazz Swing Guitar (Guitar: Jazz Swing) (0888680039950): Jon Wheatley: Books
I have worked through Charlton Johnston's book and I strongly agree that it is a great way to work yourself into shape and learn all inversions. The book I linked above is a bit less systematic in its approach and exercises, but it features many examples that help to reinforce the 'language' of swing. Strongly recommended.
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