Great Guitars of Jazz

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Herb Ellis, the late Tal Farlow, and Charlie Byrd exemplify the breadth of American jazz. These elder statesmen of the guitar shared well over a century of combined knowledge and experience with styles covering a vast spectrum of the music, from straight-ahead swing and be-bop to bossa nova and beyond. The thread that bound these radically different players was their debt to Charlie Christian, the first electric jazz guitarist and the common inspiration for their lifelong dedication to musical excellence. Billed as the Great Guitars, a performance by this remarkable group offered a crash course in the history of jazz guitar. Selection include: Seven Come Eleven; Angel Eyes; and many more.

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historical document.......2003-07-24

that is a document of three legends of the jazz guitar but this should have been recorded at least 10 years before it was done, while they were still able to play decently.

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Only 25 minutes of rehashed material, this should be given away free to help sell the original DVDs
Another thrown together piece of trash

Learn Jazz Guitar with 6 Great Masters
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Manufacturer: Hot Licks
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ASIN: B000BM7Z0A
Release Date: 2005-11-15

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LEARN JAZZ GUITAR WITH 6 GREAT MASTERS!
With a new introduction by Woody Mann
Jazz and blues guitarist Woody Mann learned from the legendary Rev. Gary Davis and then played and recorded with Son House, Bukka White and John Fahey. He has performed throughout the world, recorded over a dozen CDs, and is an internationally renowned guitar teacher.

Six great lessons from the masters of Jazz Guitar:
Lesson 1: Joe Pass-on jazz chord substitution for blues, plus chord embellishments
Lesson 2: Emily Remler-on swing, comping, guidetones, and the Charleston rhythm
Lesson 3: Brian Setzer-on unique blues chord substitutions and jazz chord comping
Lesson 4: Duke Robillard-on Charlie Christian style, swing phrasing, single-note blues/jazz and passing tones
Lesson 5: Tuck Andress-on walking basslines, chords and true independence
Lesson 6: Joe Beck-on how to work on common tones, chord voicings, and chord melodies

You'll never miss a note!
-You see the music and the tablature on screen as it's being played!
-All right- and left-hand techniques are shown in close-up and with helpful split-screen effects to make learning easy
-Slow motion segments with standard pitch sound
-Artist biographies
-Suggested listening
-Booklet with music examples included

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Only 25 minutes of rehashed material, this should be given away free to help sell the original DVDs.......2006-12-31

I think it was a good idea to put together some of the highlights from the original DVDs of these players. This could have been great. However, they did a really poor job putting these together and they were very cheap about it --the instructional part of the video is just over 25 minutes of content. That sucks! Most of the original videos are at least 45 minutes. They could have expanded this quite a bit more and made it worth buying.

The actual content is good, though I think that Brian Setzer's segment should not have been in this "Jazz Guitar" DVD, but rather in a blues/rock DVD. He was definitely out of place after Joe Diorio and Emily Remler. Regardless of the content, this DVD is just a sampler and should be about 5-10 bucks max, or free to help sell all the original content --most of which I own/have seen and it is very good. That they want to charge as much as a full length DVD makes this a total rip off.

Another thrown together piece of trash.......2006-04-04

This video producer thought they could squeeze musicians by slapping together parts of other videos. Steer clear this series is pure trash.

Learn Jazz Guitar Chords With 6 Great Masters!

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slapped together - VERY short
This will really expand your imagination and vocabulary

Learn Jazz Guitar Chords With 6 Great Masters!
Starring: Learn Jazz Chording With 6 Great Masters
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ASIN: B000BM7Z28
Release Date: 2005-11-15

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LEARN JAZZ GUITAR CHORDS GUITAR WITH 6 GREAT MASTERS!
With a new introduction by Woody Mann
Jazz and blues guitarist Woody Mann learned from the legendary Rev. Gary Davis and then played and recorded with Son House, Bukka White and John Fahey. He has performed throughout the world, recorded over a dozen CDs, and is an internationally renowned guitar teacher.

Six great lessons from the masters of Jazz Guitar:
Lesson 1: Sal Salvador-on basic progressions, I-vi-ii-V theory, harmonic families, and substitution
Lesson 2: Joe Pass-on chord voicings, substitution, chromatic movement and harmonic choices
Lesson 3: Mundell Lowe-Freddie Green style, 2, 3 & 4-note chording, and modern jazz comping
Lesson 4: Charlie Byrd-on "dark" chord voicings and diatonic movement
Lesson 5: Emily Remler-on Brazilian Bossa Nova comping, independent thumb and syncopated 4-against-3 rhythm
Lesson 6: Tal Farlow-on using bebop harmonies and chords in a blues sequence

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slapped together - VERY short.......2006-04-04

39 minutes for 6 segments. once you figure in transitions that is 5 minutes per segment. And the segments are pretty thin. A bit of info on substitutions. The tabs book is VERY thin and very little of the video is transcribed. Try Jimmy Bruno's No Nonsense Jazz Guitar it has a fat tabs book, is way longer, and it fits together instead of just throwing parts of several videos together like this piece of trash.
Over all a RIP OFF

This will really expand your imagination and vocabulary.......2006-03-24

If you are tired of playing the same stuff and hearing yourself play the same stuff. You should get this DVD. It really expanded the way I thought about chords and showed me some new ideas of how to approaching chording differently. Joe Pass will blow your mind! The DVD can get a little irritating on some parts, because some of the musicians don't have diagrams that go along with what they are demonstrating. So get your pause finger ready. It is well worth it. It brought me out of a musical rut. You might be able to make some musical connections with this DVD. Give it a try.

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