Jerry Hahn Complete Jazz Guitar Method

[Joe S.]

Did anyone go through the book: "Jerry Hahn Complete Jazz Guitar Method" published by Mel Bay ? If so, Is it a good method book ? I understand that this book is required study at leading universities that offer jazz guitar courses.The book appears to be complete[ jazz scales, arpeggios, improvisation, jazz single string studies, and chord studies in all inversions . . etc. . ].
However, I would appreciate your input and any other study material that you suggest that in your opinion is complete .
Thanks: Joe

[ksjazzguitar]

Hey,

I don't know about Hahn being "required study at leading universities," but I seem to remember it being pretty good. (Just as a side note, I own Jerry's old guitar, you can see it on the cover of his album Time Changes.)

People here have a love of the Micky Baker book. I'm fond of the old Leavitt "Modern Guitar" series, but that's more background information. I liked Steinel's Building a Jazz Vocabulary and for a general theory overview, it's hard to beat Levine's The Jazz Theory Book.

There are a lot of great books out there and I would say that you should at least look over all of them. But I still say that a good teacher is worth more than all the books put together.

Peace,
Kevin

[Joe S.]

Hi Kevin: You're right about a teacher. However, I have a pretty thorough background [ formal classical guitar lessons, writing arrangements, etc]. I'm pretty sure that I would make progress if I find and study a thorough jazz guitar method that doesn't cut corners.
I have the 3 Leavitt books .From the looks of book1, Leavitt doesn't really get into jazz. The book seems too elementary.I'll start book2 and take it from there.
Joe