Improvisation

Tips for translating ideas from head to...

Nylon Strung Ken Parker - could interest some

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

Mr B program

Possible Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold Study Group...

Thanks for posting this.I downloaded all 3 parts and look forward to the other two if possible.Raney definitely deserves a lot more love than he gets.

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

Joe's story was that while he was at Synanon, he did not own a guitar. Synanon had a Fender solidbody which he was using for gigs (there are videos and the record Sounds of Synanon). A guy named...

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

I've heard that's the way and if you stick to it for a 5-10 years you'll be just fine.

Tips for translating ideas from head to instrument in real time

I can hear things that made organ clunky make the piano sing. Great articulation and timing on the head.

Mr B program

I've had this issue many times. Sometimes I just could not get it dialed out and the issue was a bright instrument. One time, however, I did notice that my high e string had noticeably higher action...

Cure for a weak high E string?

it did not come across as jazz police to me.

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

Why do strings eventually sound dead?In a word, corrosion.

Why do strings eventually sound dead?

Might be the best sounding nylon string archtop I've ever heard...but I still think my $700 Yamaha classical beats it in tone anyday. But I love that Parker is always trying things. He's a true...

Nylon Strung Ken Parker - could interest some

I've been playing jazz for many years. I'm at the point right now where I can come up with ideas/themes in my head (away from the instrument) over a song that I'm happy with ... say There Will...

Tips for translating ideas from head to instrument in real time

Actually, about 18.5" Commercially available, I think only the giant Stromberg was larger.

Any Levin Deluxe Owners Here?

Nothing macho about it for me. I had hip pinned 9 years ago and bladder did not wake up. Went home with catheter for a week way worse than the surgery and hip pinning. General anesthesia has greater...

Playing guitar with a broken clavicle

Ken Parker has a long continuing series called Archtoppery on YouTube, and his latest included that clip at the end of it. He explained his thinking and the history of that guitar, which he built...

Nylon Strung Ken Parker - could interest some

If you want an extended biog this isn't bad. https://www.dougpayne.com/bio2.htm

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

General anesthesia is safe and effective these days. Despite being given a terrible reputation by the media and police, fentanyl is a wonderful drug. When I was flying EMS, the med crew in the back...

Playing guitar with a broken clavicle

Totally worth learning a program (I use finale just because that's what i've been using for fifteen years at this point, but it's a dinosaur now). I would keep learning by hand though, just...

Bebop Technique

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

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

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