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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:31 am
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I've felt like learning something new for a bit and want to learn some jazz...I find I learn better from a book than from the net...so can anyone suggest a good book on jazz guitar.

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No clue on a good book but from what I understand jazz is simply taking the the blues downtown using as many roads as you can.......................without getting lost.

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I have Joe Pass on Guitar from CPP Media and Warner Bros. I like Joe Pass's work so I gave this a try. Comes with a CD, too.

If I had it to do over again, I think I would have gotten a book centered on Wes Montgomery's music and technique. I think Joe was more old school while Wes was more of an innovator. Just my 2 cents.


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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:50 pm
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Hello Nicholsoni,

You may try "Mickey Baker's Jazz Guitar"
It expects you know a bit about music &
guitar playing and is definitly old school.
First printed in '55, Lot of good stuff there.

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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:32 am
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"The Jazz Standards Book" is the book. Black cover with a natural 2-pup jazzbox, if memory serves.

Feel the songs out the way the book presents them and then play them YOUR way.

"Moonlight Serenade" is a great starting point. Then do "Harlem Nocturne" for a while. And you can spend months finding fretboard variations on "Summertime," from "Porgy and Bess."

Best of fortune. Jazz is in this picker's opinion, one of the most cosmic-beautiful, limitless forms of music there is. Dig it.


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can you learn jazz? surely it comes from the soul? :wink:


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One of the best things around, and totally free. Several instructors at Interlochen highly recommend this.

http://aebersold.com/Merchant2/merchant ... =_HANDBOOK

You can download it now, or you can call and have them sent you a printed hard copy. Good stuff...


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telboyslapsteel wrote:
can you learn jazz? surely it comes from the soul? :wink:


You can get a college degree in Jazz. Can't get one in Blues or Rock.


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stratmansteve wrote:
telboyslapsteel wrote:
can you learn jazz? surely it comes from the soul? :wink:


You can get a college degree in Jazz. Can't get one in Blues or Rock.

Thats when you get a Music Degree and cover the base's.

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Personally, 'found the way into jazz was playing lounge and show tunes, then getting a wee bit more on-the-couch adventurous as the melodies and structures became familiar.

Oh, and listen to recordings. Sax makes a great parallel to guitar, so does clarinet and trumpet.


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