[jazzguitar] Re: Monnette Sudler
I think she was playing early in the year at Zanzabar Blue.
There must be a Philly Jazz web page out there.
Try Jimmy Bruno, he might know.
Bill
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Reeve, William D @ CSE <breeve@...>
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[jazzguitar] Re: Method Books
I would add:
Big Band Rhythm Guitar
Jim Ferguson - All Blues for Jazz Guitar. A basic introduction to rhythm
guitar with good exercises for beginners.
Charlton Johnson - Big Band and Rhythm Guitar
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Willie K. Yee, MD <wyee@...>
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Books
Hey, not to be a dick or anything, but a lot of guitarists need to get their
noses out of books. There is a book for every single thing out there. You
should really try to figure things out on
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Dolphy231@...
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[jazzguitar] Monnette Sudler
Does anyone have any recent information on Jazz guitarist Monnette
Sudler ?
She was originally from Philedelphia, and recorded an album on
Steeplechase in 1993 called Brighter Days For You.
Is she
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alisdair@...
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[jazzguitar] Re: Big Band Rhythm
Listen - I teach jazz band in a Community College. I tell guitarists to
catagorize the tunes. If it's "boom chuck" then it's downbeats all the
way. It all depends on the style (genre) that is being
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Don V Price <hothousejazz@...>
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#41
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[jazzguitar] Re: Big Band Rhythm
I'm in a similar situation, just starting to play with a
Community College jazz band - I've found that the following
can help:
1) Play only one chord per measure.
2) Simplify - play nothing more
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Rob Clark <robertclark@...>
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#38
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[jazzguitar] Method Books
I'd like to start putting together an FAQ for this list and think it
would be worth discussing Method Books, people have found useful in
their studies and why. If you can give the title and author and
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alisdair@...
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[jazzguitar] Pat Metheny Bright Size Life
For those of you with "The Real Book" did you know that it contains
five of the tracks from Pat Metheny's Bright Size Life Album:
Track1 Page 64 Bright Size Life
Track3 Page 143 Exercise #6 = Unity
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alisdair@...
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#36
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[jazzguitar] Re: jazzguitar digest
Thanks a lot everyone. I really can't tell you how much I learn from
everyone :) If it hadn't been for guitarists I've met (mostly on the
internet) I would never have gotten exposed to any music
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oracleelf@...
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#35
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[jazzguitar] Re: Pat Metheny Bright Size Life
I'm sure a lot of people know this about those
songs in the real book. It is interesting to note how they are called
exercises in the real book & you can tell how he used
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Tdystrings@...
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[jazzguitar] Re: Pat Metheny Bright Size Life
In a message dated 9/8/99 8:34:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
alisdair@... writes:
For those of you with "The Real Book" did you know that it contains
five of the tracks from Pat Metheny's
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Awseyler@...
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#39
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[jazzguitar] Re: Help a newbie...
Her's what I sent to "newbie" yesterday, and now I'm putting it out for the
list after reading some of the other comments. They are good comments, and
maybe this response with a slightly different
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Lan Mosher <ceolan@...>
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[jazzguitar] Re: jazzguitar digest
I can't adequately express how delighted I am to read the comments of the
young
guitarists (I'm assuming they're young, compared to me at 62), coming to the
aid of
this aspiring youngster. I've
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JHoopes930@...
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#34
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[jazzguitar] Re: jazzguitar digest
What you are going through is very common. Band directors don't usually
play guitar, and they have no idea that the stuff you a
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Clay Moore
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[jazzguitar] Re: Help a newbie...
VxFx gave you some pretty good advice. You've only been playing two years
and you
have miles to go. Take the guitar in the bathroom with you. When I was
younger, that's
the only place I could
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JHoopes930@...
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[jazzguitar] Re: PG Music stuff
Of course I didn't want to upset anyone with the term "fairly competent" to
describe
Oliver Gannon's playing. Actually the only playing I've hear him do was on
the Jazz
Guitarist Program. I'll
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JHoopes930@...
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[jazzguitar] Re: Help a newbie...
heres my formula to jazz guitar in high school for the wes montgomery
impaired. (it worked for me)
#1...When in doubt turn your guitar down and look like your playing (stare
intently at the music)
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VxFx@...
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[jazzguitar] Re: Help a newbie...
LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN. Listen to every jazz you can get. If you're in
the big band check out Count Basie especially. Pay real close attention to
Freddie Green on guitar. He "chuncks"
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Dolphy231@...
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#29
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[jazzguitar] Help a newbie...
Ok, here is my "stats." I'm a 2 year guitarist, and last year I
descided to take the plunge and attempt to make my High School's Jazz
Band (being this my senior year I thought "what the heck").
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oracleelf@...
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[jazzguitar] Re: Guitar Tabulature
jimm-@... wrote:
I have used Encore, FInale.. YOu are right, Finale is very difficult
but it is a great program. Encore is simple and works great.
Recently, I have been using cakewalk.
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jimmy@...
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#26
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