One of the greatest (jazz) guitar players I know of is Mike Stern. He especially excels in Jazz-Fusion (most of his records are Jazz-funk-rock-fusion flavoured).
I also think he is at his best when he plays in other peoples bands, as a "side-man".
I once had a VHS video tape of a concert of the Brecker Brothers Band featuring Mike Stern on Guitar. Suddenly remembering this tape (that I lost) I made a search on Youtube, and yessss, it's there.
Just thought I would share this with you. Mike Stern plays one of his best solo's ever on this one! It's in two parts.
Brecker Bros Spherical:
Here is part one:
And here is part two:
Enjoy,
Hugo
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
The 2-5-1 (two five one) progression
The two five one progression and it's modes are the jazz equivalent to the blues changes and scale in blues.
Most jazz standards changes feature at at least one 251, most of them have more (in different keys).
So, in order to be at home improvising on jazz tunes one should master this chord progression quite well.
In order to accomplish this I created lessons on the 2-5-1 progression. This first lesson gives a brief explanation of the concept and offers two ways (positions) to play the chords and modes on the guitar:
Link to this first lesson
The second lesson walks through the 251 progression in 6 different keys:
Link to the 6 keys lesson
Mp3 backing tracks are provided for both lessons
Have fun,
Hugo
Most jazz standards changes feature at at least one 251, most of them have more (in different keys).
So, in order to be at home improvising on jazz tunes one should master this chord progression quite well.
In order to accomplish this I created lessons on the 2-5-1 progression. This first lesson gives a brief explanation of the concept and offers two ways (positions) to play the chords and modes on the guitar:
Link to this first lesson
The second lesson walks through the 251 progression in 6 different keys:
Link to the 6 keys lesson
Mp3 backing tracks are provided for both lessons
Have fun,
Hugo
Monday, October 02, 2006
Backing Tracks (Blues in A)
About backing tracks,
I just posted some new backing tracks on pego.be, the site I post my lessons on. They are all Blues backing tracks in the key of A and range in tempo from 65 to 95 bpm.
I created them a while ago but didn't find the time to convert and post them until now.
They where created with cubase SX3, DFHS Custom and vintage, a free organ VSTI called organized trio and a bass soundfont (my own samples I created myself), played through the free soundfont player VSTI sfz.
Here are the lessons with the free Blues in A backing tracks (they are at the bottom of the pages. You can play them with the integrated flash player or download the mp3's to your HD):
Hugo
I just posted some new backing tracks on pego.be, the site I post my lessons on. They are all Blues backing tracks in the key of A and range in tempo from 65 to 95 bpm.
I created them a while ago but didn't find the time to convert and post them until now.
They where created with cubase SX3, DFHS Custom and vintage, a free organ VSTI called organized trio and a bass soundfont (my own samples I created myself), played through the free soundfont player VSTI sfz.
Here are the lessons with the free Blues in A backing tracks (they are at the bottom of the pages. You can play them with the integrated flash player or download the mp3's to your HD):
Blues: the minor pentatonic scale (A fifth position)
Blues: the minor (A) pentatonic scale 8th notes
Have fun,Hugo
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