Pat Martino – Both Sides Now
I just watched this video this morning and wanted to share it with you. I’ve been a fan of Pat Martino’s music for many years and more recently have several times had the amazing goo
January 03, 2012
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Some Useful Ear-Training Tools on the Web
Greetings Faithful Readers! Every once in a while, I stumble upon some great tools on the web, so it would be selfish of me not to share them with you here. Today we’ll take a look at some grea
December 19, 2011
Learning to Sight-Read Chords on the Guitar
This question came up on the rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz newsgroup and I realized as I was answering it, that it would be a valuable post for many guitar students. Here’s how I’ve taugh
June 06, 2011
Joe Diorio Intervallic Lick
Here’s a nice intervallic lick that I think you’ll enjoy. I transcribed it from an album by Joe Dioro called “Bonita.” It’s from the song “Talla Sunshine –
October 21, 2010
Learning from the Masters
I receive a lot of questions from students about how to make their solos sound more like “jazz” and usually it emerges that they either haven’t listened to enough music, or aren̵
September 18, 2010
McCoy Tyner Style Dominant 7th Phrase
Here’s a lick I learned from my friend, pianist Burt Eckoff. I heard him play phrases like this often when we worked together in the 1990s. I’m pretty sure that he picked it up from liste
May 04, 2010
Dizzy Gillespie Whole-Tone Lick with Chromatics
Here’s a great lick that I heard Dizzy Gillespie play over “A Night in Tunisia” years ago. It’s based on a whole-tone scale in descending thirds with chromatics filling in bet
April 18, 2010
Pentatonics Descending in Major 3rds
In last week’s post, we looked at a lick that was based on Pentatonic Patterns ascending in Whole-Steps. This time we’re in 3/4 time and the Pentatonics are descending in Major 3rds. Down
January 30, 2010
Pentatonics Ascending in Whole-Steps
Recently I saw some interesting videos of a technique employed by Kurt Rosenwinkle and others using pentatonic scales ascending in whole-steps. The pattern builds and releases tension as it moves thr
January 20, 2010
Long Form Cmaj7 Lick
Here’s a line on Cmaj7 that moves up the neck quite nicely. You’ll notice that I’m intentionally avoiding the 4th finger, opting instead for a 1st finger stretch. Doing this actually
April 10, 2009
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