Fingerstyle Jazz Guitarists Contacts?

[elixzer]

I love fingerstyle common to Classical, Flamenco, and certain types of Fingerpicking Blues guitar playing.
I am wanting to know if possible of all the guitarists who do 'Jazz' who use fingerstyle. I am sure I don't have to explain the term, but just in case some dont know--it is meaning using the thumb, and fingers, and not using a pick

As bonus if you could link a video of player playing your favourite piece would be good also.

[derek]

Joe Pass played fingerstyle mostly, except when he went into a solo, he would grab a pick, same with Jody Fisher. Tuck Andress is exclusively a finger style player. Lenny Breau would play fingerstyle, but like Chet Atkins, often employed a thumbpick.

Gene Bertoncini, the late Charlie Byrd, Ken Hatfield, Jeff Lynski, and the late Antonio Jobim are all nylon string fingerstylists. Martin Taylor is fingers only for solo stuff also I believe.

[elixzer]

It was just watching the great playing of Tuck Andress thaty reminded me I wanted to inquire about this question here. Thanks

[amusiathread]

Roland Dyens is a nylon string guitarist who does some jazz inspired classical pieces, and also plays some standards. He's a pretty amazing composer and player.

YouTube - Roland Dyens - A Night in Tunisia

YouTube - Roland Dyens - Fuoco (Libra Sonatine)

[elixzer]

WOW Thanks for introducing me to Roland Dyens, what a great musician. Love the way he also uses percussion on guitar. The video I saw of Tuck Andress also had him doing some great percussive techniques.

[MackBolan]

- Tom Crook(Tuck Andress guitar teacher)
Earl Klugh (classical nylon string)
Scotty Anderson (jazz/country mix with thumbpick and fingers on a tele)
Ted Greene (jazz/classical with bare fingers on a tele)
Michael Sagmeister (pick/with fingers on electric,mostly with comping).

[Uli]

YouTube - Teacher's Lounge - Jody Fisher

[elixzer]

Originally Posted by Uli

YouTube - Teacher's Lounge - Jody Fisher

What he says he does is exactly what I am wanting. It is the feel to NOT particularly 'do a song' but to be able to play what you are feeling. This may start foolin round and then you find some theme and you explore. So I was very excited to hear this...LOL I just realized that I was so excited hearing that that I forgot to look at his fingerstyle lol

Are you familiar with what he means about 'step by step'?? Ie., in the video he says he believes you should learn music in ordered steps. What order of importance does he advise I wonder?

[derek]

Originally Posted by elixzer

What he says he does is exactly what I am wanting. It is the feel to NOT particularly 'do a song' but to be able to play what you are feeling. This may start foolin round and then you find some theme and you explore. So I was very excited to hear this...LOL I just realized that I was so excited hearing that that I forgot to look at his fingerstyle lol

Are you familiar with what he means about 'step by step'?? Ie., in the video he says he believes you should learn music in ordered steps. What order of importance does he advise I wonder?

Yes. I have spent a week studying with Jody the past 6 years in the summers, and have had a number of 2 hour privates with him also. In addition, I have most all of his books.

He was speaking in general terms about learning jazz guitar, so reading, chord construction, major scale and modes, 7th chord arps, etc.

With regard to his step by step method on getting to where you can play CM like he does, he has a comprehensive process that I mentioned recently on another CM thread, but here are the steps.

• Divide the fretboard into 6 regions. Frets 1-5, 5-9, 9-12, then the first 4 adjacent string sets, the inside 4, and bottom 4.
• Learn the melody in all 6 regions
• Write out every possible chord change for each chord in the tune in each region. This is a VERY comprehensive step, and will take some time. I found I had 25-35 shapes for each chord in each position. This includes extentions, and altered chords. There will be some shape overlap between regions.
• You can also work your lines in each region.
• Work the tune in each region, using the above material. Spend time on each region.

The finished product will allow you to play a tune anywhere on the neck, and differently each time. I did this with ATTYA, and it took me 2 months, though I didn't spend as much time working out in each region as I should have. I can play that tune all over the place, and differently each time thru.

Jody says that each time you do this with a new tune, the time it takes grows shorter, and pretty soon you have such a backlog of voicings, that really you only need to work the melody, as the chords will be there for you from the other tunes. Hell of a process, but that is Jody.

[Gambrosius1984]

Here are a few of my favorite fingerstyle guitarist.

Oscar Aleman-
YouTube - Oscar Aleman
YouTube - Oscar Aleman : 'RUSSIAN LULLABY'

Charlie Byrd-
YouTube - Charlie Byrd plays "Jitterbug Waltz"

Laurindo Almeida-
YouTube - Laurindo Almeida with The Modern Jazz Quartet

[elixzer]

WOW Gambrosius1984 That is an amazing collection of fingerstyle styles of great music there. I went through many emotions listening and watching. I had never heard of Oscar Aleman before, and the films you picked were so cool
He has such a warm sound...beautiful!

Charlie Byrd, I was engrossed. I also experienced this strange perception. It was when the bass player comes in. I suddenly thought how strange it is this guitar playing on these strings. Its hard to describe, it was like i was seeing the playing with mathematics and organic mystery.........told you

And the last one, Laurindo Almeida, ....superb. I absolutely love Brazillian music, and this guy --the way he plays looks utterly effortless. Also I thought the quirky old English jazz setting was also really cool lol. The guy presenting said it like it IS!

[Gambrosius1984]

I'm glad I was able to give you a little inspiration with these choices. All the ones listed above on this thread are wonderful fingerstyle guitarist as well. Oscar is a beast at fingerstyle, if you hear him play "Whispering" solo it is amazing, and then it also makes for great single note soloing, which he felt gave him an edge over his contemperary and friend Django Reinhardt (who is my personal fav). His sound is interesting because he usually played a national tricone steel guitar or Macaferri (Like Django's). Charlie is just plain beautiful and Laurindo as you said, superb.

I left out a very important guitarist who literally invented the 7 string guitar. He was an inspiration to every guitarist that listened to him play, including all the greats from the past and present. Career Spanned from the 30's-90's.

George Van Eps-
YouTube - George Van Eps and Howard Alden - Night and Day
YouTube - George Van Eps

Enjoy

[amusiathread]

Love the Charlie Byrd stuff. I've been pursuing fingerstyle, it's quite a challenge, and seeing good players like this is very encouraging.

[Jazzyteach65]

Jeff Linsky is a good friend of mine. He's also a TREMENDOUS fingerstyle player that fuses latin and bop brilliantly. He studied under Joe Pass and Jim Hall among others. He used to have a column in guitar mags everywhere and has countless accolades.

Also Lenny Breau did some no-pick stuff
Jeff Linsky on Yahoo! Music
Jeff Linsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
YouTube - Jeff Linsky- Craviola

[Jazzyteach65]

Originally Posted by derek

Joe Pass played fingerstyle mostly, except when he went into a solo, he would grab a pick, same with Jody Fisher. Tuck Andress is exclusively a finger style player. Lenny Breau would play fingerstyle, but like Chet Atkins, often employed a thumbpick.

Gene Bertoncini, the late Charlie Byrd, Ken Hatfield, Jeff Lynski, and the late Antonio Jobim are all nylon string fingerstylists. Martin Taylor is fingers only for solo stuff also I believe.

Derek, I'm actually good friends with Jeff, he's always coming to Vegas from Cali to do shows. He is a VERY humble and cool guy. As a matter of fact, whenever I hear he's in town, I call him (his wife ALAWYS answers) to see if we can talk music.

[derek]

Originally Posted by Jazzyteach65

Derek, I'm actually good friends with Jeff, he's always coming to Vegas from Cali to do shows. He is a VERY humble and cool guy. As a matter of fact, whenever I hear he's in town, I call him (his wife ALAWYS answers) to see if we can talk music.

Nice. I have his book/dvd. Excellent playing. He did an interview a couple of years or so back for JJG, and he really came across as a cool guy.

[Jazzyteach65]

Originally Posted by derek

Nice. I have his book/dvd. Excellent playing. He did an interview a couple of years or so back for JJG, and he really came across as a cool guy.

He just recorded with a violinist in Hawaii. It's probably going to be TREMENDOUS.

He once told me a funny story about how when he played a guitar festival with Jim Hall in South America, they were playing a modal Calypso piece in D, and his guitar started to feed back the notes "a" and "c." He said that Jim Hall was like always, so intently focused on playing, that the little devil on Jeff's shoulder told him to play an "e" and turn up the volume, which would create a loud a- arp over the D. He did it, the audience laughed and Jim looked over funnily.

[randalljazz]

YouTube Video

[elixzer]

LOVED his playing! Is he still going?

[amusiathread]

Originally Posted by randalljazz

That's some damn fine playing!

[randalljazz]

Originally Posted by elixzer

LOVED his playing! Is he still going?

latest on kevin:

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[Jazzyteach65]

Would you consider Regi Wooten fingerstyle? I've ALWAYS wanted to hear him play a fusion tune

YouTube - Regi Wooten Clinic - HQ

YouTube - Victor & Regi Wooten

[elixzer]

He is great! I am unplugged and usually prefer that but watching that makes me want to run out and buy one. Really cool

[elixzer]

I LOVE this guy!

Bola Sete - Tour De Force (Dizzy Gillespie)



It is cool to see how his whole body goes into playing, beautiful to watch. Amazing guitarist!

[cosmic gumbo]

Maybe not traditional, but John Abercrombie and Jeff Beck make me want to use my fingers.

[elixzer]

This guy is a cool guitarist!
Romero Lubambo

[dblfatstrat]

Mick Goodrick.

YouTube - Pat Metheny & Mick Goodrick - Meditation [HD]
YouTube - Jerry Bergonzi Quartet - 'Cerebellem' (excerpt)

[elixzer]

Really cool, thanks ) I was so into the second one and it cuts off