ISBN 9781619116375. 8.5 X 11 inches.

This book and online video package brings together Jeff Linsky's Mel Bay Artist Series Video, Latin Guitar Jazz, with music for all the pieces in notation and tablature. There are some direct transcriptions, but there are also arrangements of the pieces and analysis of Linsky's style, his techniques and his approaches to certain musical problems. Jeff Linsky is one of the finest guitarists on the contemporary jazz scene. He is well respected for his polyphonic solo guitar improvisation and for his fun and lively compositions. Just Jazz Guitar Magazine has commented, In this collection of Linsky originals, you will hear plenty of imagination, melodic and harmonic inventiveness and sheer joy. Jeff's ability to create memorable melodies and dazzling improvisation is a joy to experience. Includes access to online video.

Akikaze no Kyoku (and#31179;and#39080;and#12398;and#26354;), written by Japanese musician and composer Mitsuzaki Kengyo in the first half of 19th century, is an important work in the sokyoku (koto music) repertoire. Mitsuzaki invented a novel tuning for this piece while also incorporating both the danmono (Edo period instrumental koto music) and kumiuta (song cycle) genres. This arrangement for guitar simulates the sonic effects of the koto and features the opening the six dan (movements) of the piece, which serve as the introduction to the song cycle. 9-page score with tablature.

This is aflamenco guitar arrangement of Malagueña, a piano piece written by Cubanpianist/composer Ernesto Lecuona. It was originally adapted for soloSpanish/Flamenco guitar by Carlos Montoya in 1961 and is widely believed tohave been originally written for the guitar. The fact that Lecuona wrote thepiece in the style of Spain is likely what makes the Spanish guitar arrangementfeel like it belongs to the instrument. Another reason for its association withSpanish guitar is the fact that the main melody from the piece was notLecuona?s invention but was taken from the ?Malagueña? flamenco form,originating out of Málaga, Spain, in the 19th century. ?Malagueña,? and themelodic lines associated with it, is one of the traditional styles ofFlamenco/Andalusian music. This rendition is ?in the style of Sabicas,? aSpanish Gypsy guitarist who is considered by many to be one of the finest flamenco sologuitarists of his time. Lecuona?sMalagueña is typically found as a solo piano piece in the key of C# Phrygian,whereas on the guitar, (as is the case with this arrangement) it is normallyarranged in E Phrygian.