Par BENEDETTO PLAYERS. To those who have never attended a Benedetto Players concert you are about to experience a magical and musical evening with Jimmy Bruno, Jack Wilkins, Adrian Ingram, Andy Mackenzie, Gerry Beaudoin, Frank Vignola, and Howard Alden. The size of the room lends itself to the ambiance that the Benedettos are seeking- an intimate setting where they can converse with friends and appreciate the talents of this select gathering of musicians. They play jazz because it is in their soul, displaying a depth of feeling and virtuosity that is unsurpassed in any genre of music. This is a 'must have' video for any aficionado of great guitars and great jazz guitar players. 83-minute. / Jazz - Concert/Documentary / Accessoire / Guitare

The idea for this book series is to give instrumentalists the opportunity to practice solo improvisational techniques while playing along to rhythm tracks of keyboards, guitar, bass, drums/percussion in various different Latin styles including Calypso, Mambo, Salsa, Songo, Bossa, Guaracha, Samba and Latin-Blues. The 24 grooves totalling over 200 riffs/phrases and play-a-long tracks consists of a variety of tempos and keys. Each groove has a variety of riffs to learn that are generally 4 or 8 measures in length. It would be beneficial if you could memorize these riffs so that you can experiment using different permutations of the riffs as well as being used as a starting off point for one's own improvisations. Each riff has been recorded with a rhythm track with each style having an extended play-a-long track, around 3 minutes in length, recorded without the solo part so you can practice the riffs that you have learned. Also, these musical phrases or riffs may be interchanged from one groove to another and should be learned in as many keys as possible. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Etude / Guitare

Par VIGNOLA FRANK. On his 12th CD as a leader, guitarist and native New Yorker Frank Vignola demonstrates his remarkable versatility while paying affectionate tribute to the Great American Songbook. With Joe Ascione on drums, Tom Kennedy on bass, and Corey Christiansen on rhythm guitar, Vignola Plays Gershwin features fresh interpretations of 14 classic tunes. / Jazz - Concert/Documentary / Accessoire / Guitare

If you've learned the basics on guitar, you are probably eager to learn some songs. The First 50 series is for you! This book provides a combo of chords and lyrics for the most popular songs beginners want to strum on acoustic guitar. Includes: American Pie - Blowin' in the Wind - Daughter - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Hey, Soul Sister - Home - I Will Wait - Losing My Religion - Mrs. Robinson - No Woman No Cry - Peaceful Easy Feeling - Rocky Mountain High - Sweet Caroline - Teardrops on My Guitar - Wonderful Tonight - You're Still the One - and more. / Guitare

Learn to play finger picking style - fast! Easy Pickings Dylan lets you play some of this legendary artist's greatest songs, finger picking style. It's easier than you ever thought possible with Easy Pickings, the exciting new way to master the technique. The music in this book doesn't use standard notation. Instead, a combination of chord boxes and crosses on the strings illustrate the picking pattern. So Easy Pickings Dylan lets you build your skills really fast as you work through the songs. You'll soon become expert and on the way you'll have learned how to play some of Bob Dylan's all-time classic songs! / Guitare

Starting where his Serious Jazz Practice Book left off, guitar legend Barry Finnerty has created another woodshed classic for all jazz soloists, showing how to become a better improviser by melodically mastering the individual chords used in jazz, how they connect with each other, and how they are used in various song forms. Sections of the 200-page book focus on all the possible uses and harmonic functions of a single note, how to achieve melodic command of all the possible extensions and alterations of chords and variations of common chord progressions, the practical application of the harmonic knowledge presented in the first part of the book, and featuring a wealth of melodic examples using all the chords and progressions previously learned. / Methods & Tutors / Recueil / Guitare

The composer says: For years, my fellow guitarists have been asking me to compose a solo classical guitar piece that reflects that most American of musical styles'the blues. Their prodding was the motivation for Periwinkle Memories; the inspiration for the piece, however, really came from a maestro of extraordinary skill, and a teacher of even more extraordinary patience, Elias Barreiro, my guitar teacher at the University of New Orleans. I have always tried to emulate in my performances the beauty of his interpretations, and to fuse in my compositions the power and emotion of the blues. The name, Periwinkle Memories was a serendipity. I was struck by the light purplish-blue hue of the periwinkle, and soon learned the history of the funnel-shaped flower (Vinca minor.) Though it now grows wild in parts of the United States it is native to Australia, some consider it an invasive weed, most admire its extraordinary beauty. Common herbicides won't kill it. The periwinkle is too vigorous and hardy for that. And now it is not merely a begrudged part of the American landscape, it is a vibrant part of the American landscape, elegant, stubborn, and nearly native. Like the blues. And like that young recalcitrant student Maestro Barreiro worked so hard to mold so many years ago. Ogden Nash said, 'One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.' Periwinkle Memories is a celebration of Maestro Barreiro, and of both facets of that adage in me. Carlos Barrientos was born on June 25, 1954 in Tela, Honduras. He began his formal music studies at the National Music Conservatory in Guatemala City, Guatemala C.A. His training with Maestro Elias Barreiro, Director of Guitar Studies at Tulane University, was supplemented with Master Classes with Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, Juan Mercadal, Michael Newman, Tommy Tedesco and Carlos Barbosa-Lima. He studied composition under the tutelage of Dr. Jerry Sieg, University of New Orleans, and Dr. Roy Johnson, Florida State University. He consulted with Michael D. Martin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, Albany State University, Albany, GA in the creation of a recordings library that reflects Western Art Music and American Jazz for the students at Albany State University. The New York Premiere of the First Movement of his Second Guitar Sonata was dedicated to and performed by Classical Guitarist Maestro Carlos Barbosa-Lima in 2003 at Carnegie Hall. At the request of U.S. Senator Bob Graham one of his compositions, Si Tu Te Vas (If You Go Away), was included on a recording to promote The Everglades Trail. In 2004, at the American Church in Paris, France the World Premiere of his Romance for Flute and Guitar was performed by the award-winning Serenade Duo, flutist Michelle LaPorte and guitarist Gerry Saulter. He has performed with such legendary musicians as Herbie Mann, Donald Byrd and Debbie Reynolds, led an on stage Renaissance Trio in a University of New Orleans production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and played incidental music for their production of Bertold Brecht's The Good Woman of Sichuan. He has performed Carulli's Guitar Concerto in A, Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story and Marvin Hamlish's A Chorus Line with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL, and with the Southern Art Music Ensemble, a Jazz/Latin Fusion Sextet, including an Honors Convocation in Atlanta for Mr. Ted Turner. He has been a guest performer with the Albany State University Jazz Ensemble at The Fletcher Henderson Jr., Macon and Atlanta Jazz Festivals, and played the banjo in the Albany State University /Albany Symphony's co-production of George Gershwin's Opera Porgy and Bes

Par GORDON ANDREW D.. Get your solo playing up to scratch and discover a wealth of riffs and moves with Andrew D. Gordon's guide, complete with a CD of grooves to jam with! The book is intended as an improvisational tool, providing you with a generous range of riffs and phrases, groups into Rock, Funk and Blues styles. The CD tracks are supported by chord sheets, so you'll know where you are straight away - just learn the riffs, switch on the CD and jam. Soon you will be constructing full solos, based upon the riffs you've learned, but full of your own personal style and approach. There is no better way to learn to solo than by jamming, and this book and CD offers everything you need to getstarted. / Niveau : 3 / Etudes et exercices / Etude / Guitare

This ground-breaking book/CD package will show you (or your students) how to use the major and minor blues scales to improvise meaningful solos without having to first master all the scales and chords of a tune. Essential for beginners, perfect for intermediate students, and even useful for professional players to hone their skills on this crucial and often neglected part of the jazz language. The accompanying CD by author Dan Greenblatt and his quartet of swinging, New York jazz musicians shows how each exercise should sound and it also gives the student numerous play-along tracks to practice with. Includes great transcriptions from Miles, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, Oscar Peterson, Dave Sanborn, Michael Brecker and many more, showing how the Blues Scales are actually used in various styles of jazz. Includes: step-by-step exercises to get beginning students able to quickly solo using the two basic Blues Scales; extensive dictionary of classic major and minor Blues Scale phrases; help with transposing the ideas learned into other keys; pppendices for advanced players showing how the masters of jazz use the Blues Scales in their own playing. Available in C, Bb, Eb and Guitar versions. 88 page text, plus CD. / Methods & Tutors / Etude / Guitare

Do you feel you've learned enough fingerstyle technique to start playing some real tunes? If so, this is the book for you. 50 must-know songs, including: Blackbird - The Boxer - Dust in the Wind - Fire and Rain - Greensleeves - Hell Hound on My Trail - Is There Anybody Out There? - Julia - Puff the Magic Dragon - Road Trippin' - Shape of My Heart - Tears in Heaven - Time in a Bottle - Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - The Wind - and more. / Guitare

Par BOSMANS ARTHUR. Although Belgian composer Arthur Bosmans (1908 - 1991) was born in Brussels, he lived most of his life in Brazil, having gained Brazilian citizenship in 1953. He first moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1940 in order to conduct the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra. Later, he became the chair of composition and conducting at the Music School of the University of Minas Gerais State in Belo Horizonte. He composed two works for solo guitar, the most famous of which is this suite entitled Brasileiras, consisting of five movements: Ponteio, Modinha, Batukada, Toada and Sorongo.Although Belgian composer Arthur Bosmans (1908 - 1991) was born in Brussels, he lived most of his life in Brazil, having gained Brazilian citizenship in 1953. He first moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1940 in order to conduct the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra. Later, he became the chair of composition and conducting at the Music School of the University of Minas Gerais State in Belo Horizonte. He composed two works for solo guitar, the most famous of which is this suite entitled Brasileiras, consisting of five movements: Ponteio, Modinha, Batukada, Toada and Sorongo./ Répertoire / Guitare

Maximo Diego Pujol est né le 7 décembre 1957 à Buenos Aires. Sa formation inclut des études de guitare auprès de Horacio Ceballos et Miguel Angel Girollet et des cours de perfectionnement et d'interprétation avec Abel Carlevaro, Antonio de Raco, Léo Brouwer et Wolf Scheib. Parallèlement il travaille l'harmonie et la composition avec Leonidas Arnedo.Entre 1981 et 1989, il obtient de nombreuses récompenses dont cinq premiers prix en tant que guitariste et compositeur, notamment le prix de composition au Carrefour Mondial de la Guitare en Martinique en 1986. Il développe une intense activité pédagogique et réalise des master classes en Amérique du Sud, Europe, Asie et Océanie.Son oeuvre reflète fortement l'héritage musical de son pays, particulièrement le langage du tango forgé par Astor Piazzolla. Ceci est évident aussi bien dans ses premières oeuvres spontanées que dans celles conçues plus tard par une pensée formelle académique. / Guitare / Lemoine