Par JOHNSTON RANDY. Filmé au Smithsonian Jazz Café, fait de Randy Johnston classiques s'envolent avec ses performances de ' Corps et âme, ' ' ici est que Rainy Day ' et ' Si jamais je laisserais vous. ' Le jazz times arrêtez jamais sur ce DVD de 12 piste classique. Le 18 mars 2005, avec son dernier CD approchant le pinacle du jazz graphique, Randy Johnston a capturé l'énergie du moment devant une maison emballé au Smithsonian Jazz Café de. Le bassiste Tom Pietrycha et le batteur Tony Leone rejoint Randy sur ce mélange grisant d'originaux et couvertures, y compris de John Coltrane ' Impressions 'et du Don Militello ' semble comme Times Are Changin'. Un professionnel chevronné avec plusieurs tournées mondiales dans le cadre de sa ceinture, Randy a joué et enregistré avec Lou Donaldson, Dr Lonnie Smith, personne de Houston, Etta Jones, Lionel Hampton, frère Jack McDuff, Warne Marsh, Lee Konitz, Joey DeFrancesco, Tom Harrell, Irene Reid, Rachid Ali et autres notables de jazz. Né à Detroit, Randy a étudié à l'Université de Miami avant movin... / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / Jazz - Concert/Documentary / Accessoire / Guitare

Guitarist educator and historian Stefan Grossman was a student of acoustic blues and gospel singer/guitarist Rev. Gary Davis. Beginning when he was 15 Stefan studied with Davis on weekends spending eight to ten hours at his house in Harlem absorbing all he could. While studying with Rev. Davis he met and studied with other country blues guitarists: Mississippi John Hurt Son House Skip James Mance Lipscomb and Fred McDowell.In the early 1960s Stefan formed the Even Dozen Jug Band (which also included such future luminaries as John Sebastian Steve Katz Maria Muldaur and David Grisman). In 1966 he worked with the alternate rock band the Fugs beforemoving to Great Britain in 1967. In 1969 he co-founded Kicking Mule Records with Ed Denson a label that showcased acoustic fingerstyle guitar. Many of these albums that Stefan produced during this period are finally being re-released on CD on his own label.From 1967 to 1987 Stefan Grossman lived in Great Britain and Italy and toured worldwide. He performed and recorded with John Renbourn for 15 years and they produced four albums together.Stefan's solo discography goes all the way back to 1966 when he recorded How to Play Blues Guitar with Rory Block (now released as Country Blues Guitar SGGW103). Since that time he has recorded over 30 solo albums and has written numerous books highlighting the playing of legendary bluesmen from the 1920s and 1930s.Nowadays Stefan divides his time between the USA and England. He continues to do concerts and workshops worldwide and remains one of the world's foremost authorities on acoustic blues guitar. The Guitar Artistry of Stefan Grossman brings together performances from 1965 to today. He performs solo with the Even Dozen Jog Band with John Renbourn as well as Duck Baker. In between the music Stefan weaves together the story behind his playing.An 87 page PDF booklet is included on the DVD. This details

Par WALKER N. / LONGWORTH J.. The Guitar Basics Repertoire book contains over forty pieces, offering a rich and varied mixture of folksongs from around the world ( Aura Lee, Sakura ), classical tunes (Bizet - March of the Kings, J. S. Bach - Minuet in G ) and popular film music (including themes from Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter), alongside evocative originals ( Falling Leaves, Havana Goodtime, Samurai Sword, Tudor Dance ) and established Guitar repertoire by Sor and Carulli. Designed both to consolidate the areas of study covered in Guitar Basics and present new topics in the fun but clear style of the popular method book, Guitar Basics Repertoire introduces accidentals, moving up the neck, two part music, arpeggios and plucked chords, as well as fun extended techniques that even a beginner can master. Guitar Basics Repertoire contains both solo and ensemble pieces, backing tracks for many of which are available below, and is the perfect companion to Guitar Basics whether being used for group teaching or to prepare students for graded examinations. Both solo and ensemble repertoire is included, with backing tracks and teachers' part for many pieces provided on the accompanying ECD./ Recueil / Guitare

Randy Vincent's 200-page complete guide to three-note jazz guitar voicings and related topics. For everyone from intermediate newcomers to jazz guitar up to very advanced players, the book develops a unique 'dynamic' concept of harmony where three independently moving lines team up to create beautiful harmonies that are valuable for comping, chord melodies and chordal jazz improvisations. Topics include: three-note 'shell' voicings and special derived comp voicings; complete triad review including all close and open inversions on all strings; triad applications such as 'slash' chords, upper structures, hexatonic triad-pairs and special 'hybrid' voicings; quartal and secundal voicings perfect for modal comping and soloing;and much, much more. Hundreds of examples in both music notation and guitar grids are included. / Methods & Tutors / Recueil / Guitare

Whether Guy Davis is appearing on Late Night TV programs or nationally syndicated radio shows in front of 25 000 people at Madison Square Garden or an intimate gathering of students at a Music Camp Guy feels the instinctive desire to give each listener his 'all'. His 'all' is the Blues.Guy can tell you stories of his great-grandparents and his grandparents their days as track linemen and of their interactions with the KKK. He can also tell you that as a child raised in middle-class New York suburbs the only cotton he's personally picked is his 'BVDs' up off the floor. He's a musician composer actor director and writer. But most importantly Guy Davis is abluesman. The blues permeates every corner of Davis' creativity.Throughout his career he has dedicated himself to reviving the traditions of acoustic blues and bringing them to as many ears as possible through the material of the great blues masters African American stories and his own original songs stories and performance pieces. In 1993 he performed Off-Broadway as legendary blues player Robert Johnson in Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil. He received rave reviews and became the 1993 winner of the Blues Foundation's ?Keeping the Blues Alive Award?. Looking for more ways to combine his love of blues music and acting Davis created material for himself. He wrote In Bed with the Blues: The Adventures of Fishy Waters -- an engaging and moving one-man show. The Off-Broadway debut in 1994 received critical praise from the New York Times and the Village Voice. Of Davis' live performance one reviewer observed that his style and writing ?sound so deeply drenched in lost black traditions that you feel that they must predate him. But no they don't. He created them.?These days Davis concentrates much of his efforts on writing and performing his Blues music. He has released nine albums for Red House Records all of which have garnered rave reviews and

Presented for the first time on DVD are the Acoustic Guitar stylings and songs of the legendary musician Phil Keaggy live in concert. Spanning 30+ years of his recording career Phil performs some of his timelessclassics and Guitar instrumentals.Recorded in Philadelphia in the fall of 2001 shortly after the tragic events of September 11th this concert was both an uplifting and moving experience delivered through Phil's uniquemulti-layered approach to performing on Acoustic Guitar.

Guitar Apprentice teaches you real hit songs in a rhythm game format by breaking them down into easy portions on multiple levels showing you exactly what and when to play. By watching the scrolling fret boards and playing as they drop in to place you'll never be lost or overwhelmed. On the first level you play only a chord or two. By the time you reach the highest level you're playing the entire song like the original recorded version. Grab any real guitar pop in a DVD and you're ready to rock even if it's the first time you've picked up a guitar! Every Guitar Apprentice DVD includes: 15 levels of play per song â?¢ easy colour-coded finger diagrams â?¢moving guitar necks show what's coming â?¢ strings light up to show you what and when to play â?¢ instruction on the fundamentals of playing guitar.

Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down-Eric Bibb was raised in the folk tradition the son of the folk singer Leon Bibb. Bibb?s uncle was the world-famous jazz pianist and composer John Lewis part of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Bibb was raised in a music-filled household as family friends in the 1950s and 1960s included Pete Seeger Odetta Bob Dylan and the late Paul Robeson who was named Eric?s godfather. Bibb got his first steel guitar at age seven and he got some advice from Dylan that he never forgot to ?keep it simple forget all that fancy stuff.? When he was 16 his father asked him to play guitar in the house band for his TV talent show Someone New.In 1970 Eric left New York City forParis where he met with guitarist Mickey Baker. There he began to focus on blues guitar and after moving to Stockholm he became enamored with prewar blues. A breakout performance at the 1996 London Blues Festival catapulted Eric to a higher level of visibility. Since then he has toured the world performing at concert halls and major festivals. He has toured with Robert Cray Keb Mo Corey Harris and even opened shows for Ray Charles.Eric earned a Grammy nomination for his collaboration (with Taj Mahal and others) on the children?s record SHAKIN? A TAILFEATHER. His album PAINTING SIGNS was recognized by New Age Voice as a Finalist for Best Folk Album of 2001. He joined Maria Muldaur and Rory Block to record the gospelflavored SISTERS & BROTHERS and then released FRIENDS a collection of duets with Taj Mahal Odetta and others. He has been nominated for many W.C. Handy Awards in a variety of categories. Eric?s rich and sensitive vocals and lyrics provide a perfect balance to his fine fingerpicking technique. Purveying a beautifully realized and deftly accomplished soulful folk-blues Eric has no problem blending various genres effortlessly melding a traditional rootsy American style with a subtle contemporary sensibility.

A superb set of pieces for Guitar by Betty Roe. Summer Suite is dedicated to Lance Brosnan and is a moving personal and dynamic work that encompasses slow solemn lament and the quickstep of hope.

Hip Licks for Guitar is designed to helpguitarists develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary (swing/bop/post-bop) that nails the changes and lays great on the horn. Think of Hip Licks for Guitar as a musical reference book, like a dictionary of great licks in all twelve keys, available when you need it. You can open the book to any page and just start playing. Special Features of Hip Licks for Guitar by Greg Fishman, featuring guitarist, Mike Allemana: ' 168 Hip Licks ' Each lick is unique and customized for each key. The C7 lick is different than the B7 lick, which is different than the Bb7 lick, etc. ' Slow Tempo and Fast Tempo Play-Along CDs are Included 2 Guitar CDs featuring master guitarist Mike Allemana playing the licks at slow and fast tempos PLUS: 2 Tenor CDs featuring author Greg Fishman playing the licks on tenor saxophone at slow and fast tempos, providing over four hours of play-along tracks. ' Hip Licks Nail the Most Popular Chord Progressions: - Major 7th, Dominant 7th, Dominant 7b9, Minor 7th, Minor 7b5, and Diminished 7th and Augmented 7th Chords - ii-7 / V7 / I Major (two and four-measure phrases) - ii-7b5 / V7b9 / i Minor (two and four-measure phrases) - Parallel Major to Minor Progressions - ii- ii-Maj7 / ii-7 V7 / I Maj7 (ii-7 / V7 / I Maj7 with moving 7ths) ' Modular Design ' The licks are self-contained, easily taken out of the book to be used in a wide variety of songs. ' Interactive Call and Response Format, perfect for ear-training and developing your musical memory. Each lick is played twice in a row on the Play-Along CDs, so you can hear the lick and then immediately play along. ' Twelve Key Approach ' Every CD track takes you through all twelve keys. ' Rhythm-Section-Only Tracks let you experiment with your own variations on the licks and improvise over a wide variety of harmonic settings. These tracks are also excellent backgrounds for practicing all of your chords and scales. ' Technique Builder ' Use Hip Licks for Saxophone as part of your daily practice routine to dramatically increase your technical command of the saxophone. Hip Licks for Guitar (Book and Four CD Play-along Set)