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All musicians need to thoroughly learn their scales, chords, intervals and various melodic patterns in order to become complete musicians. The question has always been how to approach this universal task. Guitar legend Barry Finnerty (Miles, The Crusaders, Brecker Bros., etc.) provides in this book a rigorous practice regime that will set you well on the road to complete mastery of whatever instrument you play. Endorsed by Randy Brecker, Mark Levine, Dave Liebman, etc.
The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century
Starting where he left off with his "Serious Jazz Practice Book," guitar legend Barry Finnerty has created another woodshed classic for all jazz soloists. Recording artist with Miles Davis, the Brecker Bros., etc., Barry shows 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. Endorsed by Joe Lovano, Hubert Laws, Mark Levine, etc.
A funny, twisted, deep, down, and decadent semi-autobiographical novel from noted jazz guitarist Barry Finnerty, set in New York City in 1994. "I took all the craziest shit I could remember that happened during my 25 years living, playing, struggling, and partying there," says Finnerty, "and condensed it all into a few months. Most of it is fictionalized, but certain parts - such as the stuff with Miles Davis, the Crusaders, the Brecker Bros, and Jaco Pastorius - actually did happen."
Miles discusses his life and music from playing trumpet in high school to the new instruments and sounds from the Caribbean.
Funk used to be a bad word. That was then. Now, funk is a pervasive style of music that has earned its rightful place alongside such other aural American art forms such as folk, blues, jazz and rock 'n roll. What's more, for those who free themselves, funk is a positive state of consciousness that brings together mind, body and soul in a quasi-spiritual experience of mesmerizing intensity. It took quite a while for funk to gain the respect it deserves. As with most other American music forms of the 20th century, funk remained a predominantly black phenomenon until the white public caught up and embraced it some 20 years after the fact. It had to survive the psychedelic 1960s, the disco 1970s...
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On the jazz guitar and jazz guitarists
Interviews med George Martin, Arif Mardin, Abraham Laboriel, Joe Zawinul, John Scofield, Branford Marsalis, Quincy Jones, Aerosmith, Paula Cole m.fl.