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Frank Vignola talks about Birdland’s Guitar Night...

Scott Henderson/JGT interview

Learning to play with a singer

Favorite Jazz guitarist book

palm muting techique

The recent biography on guitarist Bill Frisell was a good read. Comprehensive indeed.

Favorite Jazz guitarist book

I'm an artificial person. It suits me.

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast

Jeez, that's a Reverb sales price! I think that the days of finding deals on anything other than budget or fixer-upper guitars at Good Will online are probably over. You can still get great deals...

1960? Guild capri at Goodwill $2,852.96

No lives matter; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlk7o5T56iw All notes matter; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf0dcMH4N5U

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

I wonder how segregated the majority of white jazz musicians were off-the-books? (by off-the-book I mean outside of who could be in their bands, what clubs they could play in and other aspects of...

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

The Johnny Smith bio Moonlight in Vermont is a great book.I wish someone would do a Joe Pass bio. Not a jazz guitarist but the Steve Lukather book The Gospel According to Luke is a great read.

Favorite Jazz guitarist book

I was going to say Sally's Blues but I don't thinks its blues changes. So, I nominate Blues March, or Mr PC.

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Heritage 550 normally uses 2 solid parallel braces they might add 2 small braces to this general configuration. They never used kerfed bracing to my knowledge on any guitar and the last kerfed braced...

Would you spend $5k for a Gibson Farlow if serial number was partially scratched out?

I think he meant kerfed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Would you spend $5k for a Gibson Farlow if serial number was partially scratched out?

What is scarfed bracing I have never heard that term used to describe the inside bracing on a guitar?

Would you spend $5k for a Gibson Farlow if serial number was partially scratched out?

Here is measures 1-16 of the tune, played a bit on the stiff side.

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

Figures ... techno was always artificial already, and doesn't exactly require (a lot of) intelligence? :boing: :boing: :boing: shreddin'

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast

Around 2007 I received a call from a DJ friend of mine that had a Jazz Morning show on the local University radio station. He explained there was a vocal teacher at the Uni that was looking for a...

Learning to play with a singer

Wow, what a lovely version of that song. I am not familiar with that singer, but will definitely listen to her more. Lots of great examples of accompaniment there from Pasquale, and what a...

Learning to play with a singer

I think it's going to be great for performers. Not so great for people that write music in a traditional way. I'm in a techno duo and AI won't effect us at all. We like funky middle eastern techno.

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast