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McCoy Tyner / Mike Brecker style pentatonic 2-5-1...

Tips for translating ideas from head to...

Nylon Strung Ken Parker - could interest some

Jimmy Raney - May 24, 1989 - WFPL Radio -...

Mr B program

Yeah he’s a great player and I’ve known him a really long time but we haven’t gotten a lot of opportunities to play together since I moved back to the area. When in doubt, most folks stay out of the...

It Could Happen to You at a recent gig

Uh … going fine? No one’s told me otherwise, anyway. I guess the implication here is that no one likes to listen to bebop? Or like .. maybe that dorks don’t get gigs? I don’t know. Dorks...

Bebop Technique

Stringswinger posted back in 2015 that "Two prototypes were made of this guitar. When Joe Died, his widow sent one back to Gibson (at their request, presumably in someone's private collection now)...

Did Joe Pass NOT care much for his Ibanez JP20??

Ogden Avenue PART SEVEN Jazz Phrasing for Beginners by Ear Over the next few days, repeatedly listen to the track Ogden Avenue. Then repeatedly listen to the phrases on the whole Ogden...

Jazz Phrasing for Beginners by Ear (' Jazz Phrasing for Beginners by Greg Fishman'.)

Just curious fellas! Don’t get me wrong I love Charlie Parker,Dizzy,etc. But how are the gigs going so far? Lol!

Bebop Technique

You'd see it eventually, it's inevitable. There are metals that don't corrode but they don't make guitar strings out of them. Not entirely, anyway. I don't know what would happen if they made...

Why do strings eventually sound dead?

Well, of course they do. You're just delaying the process, that's all :-)

Why do strings eventually sound dead?

Sorry, my fault. It was on Private, now it's Public. Try again!

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

McCoy Tyner / Mike Brecker style pentatonic 2-5-1 licks, legato, inside/outside I used to hear Brecker and Tyner play these kind of licks and was mystified for years. There are several things...

McCoy Tyner / Mike Brecker style pentatonic 2-5-1 licks, legato, inside/outside

As for FastFret, the only ingredient listed is white mineral oil. When it seems that there is no oil left, I just add some mineral oil. I don't expect to ever need to buy another can.

Why do strings eventually sound dead?

Where is that 1962 ES-175 today? Joe Pass Jr (Joe Pass' adopted son) told me that he believed John Pisano had it (and that it rightly belonged to Joe Pass Jr.). John Pisano denied having that...

Did Joe Pass NOT care much for his Ibanez JP20??

I'm not sure there is a single factor. I suspect several things contribute, including wear on the windings, perhaps corrosion, perhaps metal fatigue from vibration and perhaps from long-term...

Why do strings eventually sound dead?

That shape and design has inspired a lot of dreams and music. I requested more pics. So far only crickets though. Would love to see more of that guitar. They are beautiful.

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

Oh wow...I need to clear some time and listen to ALL of this...thank you so much for sharing.

Jimmy Raney - May 24, 1989 - WFPL Radio - Louisville, Kentucky

My go to for decades. One tin lasts a long time also.

Why do strings eventually sound dead?

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

Chord melody problem

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

Bebop Technique

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

A sign of the times - they can’t give this away…

What's The Answer?

Thoughts on Gabor Szabo? Was he a jazz artist or no?

Recording my acoustic updated with version with IRs.

Another way to look at the fingerboard

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES