The Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary
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    In May 2008 Bucky Pizzarelli came to Toronto to play at the Heliconian Club. After the gig he kindly agreed to give me a lesson the following morning at his hotel. Here's the first 15 minutes or so. The guitar is a mid-1940's L50 which we traded back and forth during the lesson. In this part we were working on straight acoustic rhythm. His message (repeated often): "Lighten up!"

    I wanted to share this as a tribute to the memory of this charming and generous guitarist. Please ignore my flubs!

    Bucky20080525-Part 1.mp3
    Last edited by pcjazz; 04-13-2020 at 04:23 PM. Reason: corrected length

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    Thank you for the fly-on-the-wall experience.

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    For some reason only the first 15 or so minutes of the 40 I had intended to post showed up. Here's the next chunk:
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    So great!

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    pcjazz,
    Thanks so much for posting this. I really enjoyed listening to it. Got any more?

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    A belated thanks for this gem you shared with us. Bucky comes across as such a friendly and warm person, in addition to being the master we all know he was. You were lucky to have this opportunity of meeting him!
    Last edited by radiofm74; 09-24-2022 at 06:11 AM.