One day, I'll regularly transcribe someone who's not Pat Metheny, but until that day, here's a gem of his as a sideman on a Michael Brecker record. This one is from Brecker's 1996 release "Tales From the Hudson". This absolutely
I have a Christmas gig coming up centered around the Charlie Brown Christmas album by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, so I thought I'd do a quick transcription this week to prepare. This one is Skating, and original by Vince with some really
I heard this one off of Roy Haynes' 1997 album "Te Vou". It features such talent as Christian McBride and Pat Metheny. While it's another simple little blues with a simple pentatonic melody, it just has that special something. While the
It looks like I'm finally back, folks. As my life finally settles back into a normal routine and I am back from the road, I'm happy to return to working on my real book project. I have a lot to do to make up for lost time! Anyway, here is a
I've been playing a little bit of gypsy jazz lately since I have a gypsy jazz gig coming up, and since the anniversary of Django Reinhardt's death in May 16th, I had been planning to post something related to him, however when I heard
McCoy Tyner and Michael Brecker together are unstoppable. When you have two players of their caliber playing together, you're in for a treat. The album that this tune is off of (Infinity) is a McCoy Tyner Trio record that features
Continuing with my real book project, is the title track off of Pat Martino's second album "Strings!". This is a tune that spoke to me very early on as I was beginning to get into jazz. Jazz can be simple and all about groove. There
I didn't mean to go a month without posting something, but things have been a little crazy lately. A good kind of crazy though. This craziness however has prompted me to start a new ongoing project. I've found myself without a
Nothing sounds more like Christmas to me than a swingin' jazz tune and something about the blues has such a good Christmas feel. So naturally when a player like Russell Malone steps up to bat on "O Christmas Tree", it doesn't take
It's so difficult to narrow down a singular "favorite" guitar player. However if I had to do so, 9 times out of 10, lately my answer would have to be Pat Metheny. He has such an extensive catalogue to his name, with collaborations from
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