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Russell Malone is an essentially self-taught swing and bebop jazz guitarist. He began working with Jimmy Smith in 1988, and went on to work with Harry Connick, Jr. and Diana Krall throughout the 1990s.
(from artist's site) - Beth Marlis is the current Department Head of GIT, and has been an instructor at GIT since 1987. She holds a Masters Degree in Music from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelors Degree in Music from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was a Vocational Honors graduate of GIT (class of '86)
While working her way up the musical food chain, Beth has performed with a wide range of artists including Harold Land, Brownie McGee, Louis Bellson, Helen Reddy, and many others. She has also been involved with various music videos, studio recording projects, and has composed a dozen film scores; while maintaining a career as a professional "sideman" in LA.
Beth is co-author (with Dan Gilbert) of the books: "Guitar Soloing" and "Advanced Guitar Soloing" published by MI/Hal Leonard. She also appears in the companion instructional video release: "Guitar Soloing".
Beth Marlis, Daniel Gilbert: Guitar Soloing (The Contemporary Guide To Improvisation) Composed by Beth Marlis, Daniel Gilbert. Instructional book and examples CD for guitar. With guitar tablature, standard guitar notation and instructional text. 160 pages. Published by Musicians Institute Press. (HL.695190) |
Beth Marlis, Daniel Gilbert: Advanced Guitar Soloing (The Professional Guide To Improvisation) Composed by Beth Marlis, Daniel Gilbert. Instructional book and examples CD for guitar and voice. With guitar tablature, standard notation, introductory text and instructional text. 94 pages. Published by Musicians Institute Press. (HL.695636) |
Guitar Soloing VHS Video. By Beth Marlis, Daniel Gilbert. Musicians Institute Press Video Series. Book & Video Package. Size 4.2x7.5 inches. 39 pages. Published by Musicians Institute Press. (695638) |
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The Joy of Flute and Guitar By Janet Marlow. For Guitar (Classical). Ensemble (mixed). Classic. Level: Intermediate. Book. Size 8.5x11. 40 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (20138) |
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Wolf Marshall is a unique hybrid. He is internationally acclaimed as both a guitarist and a celebrity educator. Through his many products, Wolf has gained an enormous worldwide following and status usually accorded only to "famed players" in "name bands," and has been listened to on his releases by more aspiring fretboard enthusiasts than most so-called guitar heroes.
Wolf has been rightfully nicknamed the "Rich Little of Guitar." He is the leading impressionist in the industry; emulating, on record, the styles of the greats with unerring accuracy. And not only does he perform the most challenging licks and tricks of players like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Johnson, Jeff Beck, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, and countless others on his best-selling book/CD packages, but he explains and demonstrates their special techniques and approaches to legions of guitar students and fans globally.
When the anesthesia wore off, Pat Martino looked up hazily at his parents and his doctors. and tried to piece together any memory of his life.
One of the greatest guitarists in jazz. Martino had suffered a severe brain aneurysm and underwent surgery after being told that his condition could be terminal. After his operations he could remember almost nothing. He barely recognized his parents. and had no memory of his guitar or his career. He remembers feeling as if he had been "dropped cold, empty, neutral, cleansed...naked."
In the following months. Martino made a remarkable recovery. Through intensive study of his own historic recordings, and with the help of computer technology, Pat managed to reverse his memory loss and return to form on his instrument. His past recordings eventually became "an old friend, a spiritual experience which remained beautiful and honest." This recovery fits in perfectly with Pat's illustrious personal history. Since playing his first notes while still in his pre-teenage years, Martino has been recognized as one of the most exciting and virtuosic guitarists in jazz. With a distinctive, fat sound and gut-wrenching performances, he represents the best not just in jazz, but in music. He embodies thoughtful energy and soul.
Born Pat Azzara in Philadelphia in 1944, ha was first exposed to jazz through his father, Carmen "Mickey" Azzara, who sang in local clubs and briefly studied guitar with Eddie Lang. He took Pat to all the city's hot-spots to hear and meet Wes Montgomery and other musical giants. "I have always admired my father and have wanted to impress him. As a result, it forced me to get serious with my creative powers."
He began playing guitar when he was twelve years old. and left school in tenth grade to devote himself to music. During Visits to his music teacher Dennis Sandole, Pat often ran into another gifted student, John Coltrane, who would treat the youngster to hot chocolate as they talked about music.
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Linear Expressions - Pat Martino Written by Pat Martino. For guitar. Format: instructional book. With standard guitar notation (no tablature), instructional text, introductory text and illustrations. Instructional and Jazz. 64 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Reh Book. (HL.70011) |
Pat Martino: The Best of Pat Martino (A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Guitar Styles and Techniques of a Modern Jazz Legend) Performed by Pat Martino, written by Wolf Marshall. For guitar. Includes instructional book and examples CD. With guitar tablature, standard notation, chord names, introductory text, guitar notation legend and accompaniment CD. Jazz. Series: Hal Leonard Guitar Signature Licks. 110 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.695632) |
Jazz - Pat Martino Written by Pat Martino. For guitar. Includes instructional book and examples CD. With introductory text, instructional text, standard guitar notation, guitar tablature and musical examples. Jazz and Improvisation. Series: REH Hotline Series. 16 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.70031) |
Pat Martino: The Early Years - Jazz Guitar Solos Transcribed by Steve Kahn, performed by Pat Martino. For guitar. Format: guitar solo songbook. With standard notation (no tablature), chord names, guitar chord diagrams and performance notes. Jazz. 48 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Warner Brothers. (WB.P0911GTX) |
Creative Force Pack 2 Videos Performed by Pat Martino. Edited by Tim Landers. REH video (NTSC video). Published by Warner Brothers. (REH849) |
Quantum Guitar: Advance Concepts Video Performed by Pat Martino. Edited by Tim Landers. REH video (NTSC video). Published by Warner Brothers. (REH879) |
Guitar Tips Jazz Guitar Video Performed by Joe Pass, Pat Martino. Edited by Tim Landers. REH video (NTSC video). Published by Warner Brothers. (VH0307) |
Pat Martino Creative Force 2-pak Performed by Pat Martino. Edited by Tim Landers. PAL-format video (will not work in U.S. VCRs) (PAL video). Published by Warner Brothers. (REH849PAL) |
Quantum Guitar: Analysis Of A Tune Video Performed by Pat Martino. Edited by Tim Landers. REH video (NTSC video). Published by Warner Brothers. (REH880) |
Pat Martino Creative Force Highlights Video Performed by Pat Martino. Edited by Tim Landers. REH video (NTSC video). Published by Warner Brothers. (REH852) |
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Steve Masakowski teaches Advanced Jazz Harmony and Theory, Jazz Guitar and directs the Jazz Guitar Ensemble at the University of New Orleans.
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Jazz Ear Training Learning to Hear Your Way Through Music. Taught by Steve Masakowski. For Guitar (All). Improvisation. Private Lessons Series. Jazz. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 40 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (20420BCD) See more info... |
Bruce Mathiske
Mathiske Music
PO Box 291
Belmont NSW, Australia 2280
Phone: 1800 043 249
Phone: +61 2 49477443 (outside Australia)
(from artist's site) - This Virtuoso, who picked up the guitar at the age of seven, is one of Australia's musical superstars. That early ten hour a day practice regime has given Mathiske a rock solid technique that is simply quite dazzling.
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(from artist's site) - I like to I think of myself as an extremely versatile guitarist. I first got interested in music when I was 14 years old. I had a good friend by the name of Jimmy Fisher who played the guitar. He suggested I buy a Bass Guitar so that I could join his band so I did. I played Bass for a short time and then switched to the Drums. All through my high school years I had mainly played the Drums. Although I was never that good, playing the drums was my life until one day when my friend Chuck asked me to go to a concert to see Joe Satriani. At the time I had never heard of Joe Satriani or had heard any of his music. The night of the concert came and I was so blown away by Satriani's guitar playing I sold my drums the next day and bought a guitar. I became obsessed with the guitar right away and it just took over my life!
Scott McDevitt was born just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972.He grew up in Malvern, PA and attended Penn State University at the age of eighteen.
After graduating with a BS in Civil Engineering in 1995, Scott moved west to Portland, Oregon to seek a new way of life. He worked as a Geotechnical (Soil) Engineer in Portland for seven years, obtaining a professional engineering license and a Masters Degree.
Scott began playing guitar at the age of 15, concentrating on 60's and 70's rock and folk music. In college he helped form and played lead guitar in the Greenfield County Fair, which covered bands like the Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones. During this time, he was introduced to the music of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Charlie Parker. This sparked a taste for jazz that flourished and developed over the following years. Looking for a new challenge, Scott began to study jazz guitar in his free time with some private teachers in the Portland area. He found that learning the jazz language was not a part time endeavor. In 2002, he left his engineering job to formally study jazz at Portland State University under pianist Darrell Grant and guitarist Jerry Hahn.
In 2004, Scott left PSU with a better understanding of music and a firm jazz foundation. He helped form two groups, the High Tone Jazz Guitar Duo, and the Urban Quartet, which currently perform regularly at clubs, restaurants, and private parties around the Portland area. In addition to his performance schedule, Scott also teaches private guitar lessons at Artihoke Music in Portland.
Scott McDevitt was born just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972.He grew up in Malvern, PA and attended Penn State University at the age of eighteen.
After graduating with a BS in Civil Engineering in 1995, Scott moved west to Portland, Oregon to seek a new way of life. He worked as a Geotechnical (Soil) Engineer in Portland for seven years, obtaining a professional engineering license and a Masters Degree.
Scott began playing guitar at the age of 15, concentrating on 60's and 70's rock and folk music. In college he helped form and played lead guitar in the Greenfield County Fair, which covered bands like the Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones. During this time, he was introduced to the music of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Charlie Parker. This sparked a taste for jazz that flourished and developed over the following years. Looking for a new challenge, Scott began to study jazz guitar in his free time with some private teachers in the Portland area. He found that learning the jazz language was not a part time endeavor. In 2002, he left his engineering job to formally study jazz at Portland State University under pianist Darrell Grant and guitarist Jerry Hahn.
In 2004, Scott left PSU with a better understanding of music and a firm jazz foundation. He helped form two groups, the High Tone Jazz Guitar Duo, and the Urban Quartet, which currently perform regularly at clubs, restaurants, and private parties around the Portland area. In addition to his performance schedule, Scott also teaches private guitar lessons at Artihoke Music in Portland.
Pat Metheny was born in Kansas City on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually young age. Metheny first burst onto the international jazz scene in 1974. Over the course of his three-year stint with vibraphone great Gary Burton, the young Missouri native already displayed his soon-to-become trademarked playing style, which blended the loose and flexible articulation customarily reserved for horn players with an advanced rhythmic and harmonic sensibility - a way of playing and improvising that was modern in conception but grounded deeply in the jazz tradition of melody, swing, and the blues. With the release of his first album, Bright Size Life (1975), he reinvented the traditional "jazz guitar" sound for a new generation of players. Throughout his career, Pat Metheny has continued to re-define the genre by utilizing new technology and constantly working to evolve the improvisational and sonic potential of his instrument.
Metheny's versatility is almost nearly without peer on any instrument. Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich to Ornette Coleman to Herbie Hancock to Jim Hall to Milton Nascimento to David Bowie. He has been part of a writing team with keyboardist Lyle Mays for more than twenty years - an association that has been compared to the Lennon/McCartney and Ellington/Strayhorn partnerships by critics and listeners alike. Metheny's body of work includes compositions for solo guitar, small ensembles, electric and acoustic instruments, large orchestras, and ballet pieces, with settings ranging from modern jazz to rock to classical.
Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here: Live In Japan [DVD](1995) DVD
Extraordinary guitarist and producer Pat Metheny, along with his eight-piece band, throw down a brilliant live performance in Japan as they rip through a rollicking set of their Grammy Award-winning jazz fusion. Songs include "And Then I Heard," "Here to Stay," "Scrap Metal" and "Farmer's Trust," among others. 110 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English 5.1; song access.
Pat Metheny: Speak Of Now: Live In Concert [DVD](2003) DVD
Jazz guitar master Pat Metheny is joined by an all-star group that includes keyboardist Lyle Mays and bass and cello expert Steve Rodby to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pat Metheny Group. "Last Train Home," "Proof," "Scrap Metal" and others get the deluxe PMG treatment. 100 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, DTS 5.1.
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(Bob Miles) Creator and host of Miles of Music (formerly World of Guitar) cable accesses television show.
Bob Miles is best known as the creator and host of "The World of Guitar" television series. The series focused on blues and jazz guitarists. During the series Bob has played with or interviewed such legends as Pat Martino, Les Paul, Bucky Pizzarelli, Sal Salvador, Gene Bertoncini, Bob Benedetto, Jimmy Bruno, and Arlin Roth to only name a few.
As a guitarist, Bob has recorded and been asked to accompany on many CD's. Bob has also been a contributing writer/reviewer for Jazz Improv Magazine and has been interviewed for many leading music magazines such as 20th Century Guitar, and Jazz Improv.
Bob brings a unique perspective to the show as a accomplished guitarist himself. Bob is able to interview many guests on their level as a musician. Bob creates a level of comfort with guests who are more comfortable on stage rather in front of a camera.
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Site was create in emory of Joe Monk.
There are a lot of nice handwritten by Joe Monk, arrangements available on the site.
"The first time I worked with Wes was for a recording session at the Tsubo Club on San Francisco Bay. We played, just like we'd play in a club, with an audience, like crazy, with no other idea than to take off musically." - Johnny Griffin
Has to be considered one of the top three, if not top, jazz guitarists of this century. No guitarist that has come after Wes has not been influenced by him one way or the other.
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(from artist's site) - Jazz guitarist Clay Moore is a rare find on today's jazz scene – a unique voice that strengthens and expands the jazz idiom with sensitivity, clarity, and uncompromising integrity. Clay's warm, expressive tones and impeccable phrasing have been delighting U.S. and international audiences for over 20 years.
| George Gershwin: The Gershwin Collection For Solo Guitar (Howard Morgan) Composed by George Gershwin (1898-1937), arranged by Howard Morgen, edited by Aaron Stang. Guitar solo book (no lyrics) and accompaniment CD for guitar. With standard guitar notation, guitar tablature and introductory text. 80 pages. Published by IMP. (AP.0272B) See more info... |
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Concepts: Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar Written by Howard Morgan. Instructional book for guitar. With standard guitar notation (no tablature), fingerings, instructional text, black & white photos and illustrations. Series: Howard Morgen Fingerstyle Jazz Series. 188 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.TPF0088) See more info... |
Mark was Born in Arkansas, but during his childhood saw a lot of the world because his parents were career military. The desire to serve his country was strong in Mark because he also chose to follow a military career in the U.S. Army from which he eventually retired, and then continued to serve in a reserve capacity.
He began playing guitar when he was 11, first learning to emulate the playing of BB King. Later he played in school bands and was part of R&B and Jazz bands. Through the support of his family members he kept faith with his music.
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| 21st Century Pro Method - Jazz Guitar - Swing to Bebop (Book/CD) Written by Doug Munro. Instructional book (spiral bound) and examples CD for guitar. With guitar tablature, standard notation, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, instructional text and introductory text. 140 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.0388B) See more info... |
| The 21st Century Pro Method: Jazz Guitar -- Bebop and Beyond By Doug Munro. Guitar Method or Supplement. 21st Century Pro Method. Spiral-Bound Book & CD. 136 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (0609B) See more info... |
| Jazz/Blues Improvisation Performed by Doug Munro. Homespun Tapes (Instructional). Video cassette. Size 4.7x8 inches. Published by Homespun Video. (641154) See more info... |
| The 21st Century Pro Method: Jazz Guitar -- Organ-Trio Blues By Doug Munro. Guitar Method or Supplement. 21st Century Pro Method. Spiral-Bound Book & CD. Published by Alfred Publishing. (0758B) See more info... |
(from their site ) Guitarist/producer Ron Murray has been a professional in the music business for nearly 40 years. His latest CD release is Romanza, on the Whaling City Sound label, which has received excellent reviews and airplay across the U.S. and Canada.
As a free-lance guitarist, he has appeared on stages from Boston, Mass. to Cordoba, Spain, as a soloist and with groups as large as the Boston Pops. He has accompanied vocalists of many styles, from Sergio Franchi and Johnny Mathis to Jon Hendricks and Rebecca Parris, including stints with Robert Goulet in Man Of La Mancha and Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly!. As a classical/flamenco soloist, he has played hundreds of concerts, as well as restaurant and nightclub dates, wedding ceremonies and corporate dinners. Currently a first-call contractor for the Mohegan Sun Hotel And Convention Center, Ron assembles groups from jazz trios to 10-piece dance and show bands, writing customized arrangements for corporate clientele. He has also arranged and recorded guitar parts for new Broadway shows, and works the Boston-New York axis with occasional runouts to Florida, Canada and the West Coast, playing both the nylon-string acoustic and conventional electric guitars, with MIDI connections to a guitar synthesizer when warranted.
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Paul Musso is a senior instructor and Coordinator of Guitar Studies at the University of Colorado at Denver. He has been with U.C.D for sixteen years teaching fretboard theory, guitar ensembles, music theory, improvisation and applied guitar studies. Mr. Musso is a freelance guitarist and has performed throughout the Colorado area in many diverse musical settings including The Colorado Symphony, The Boulder Festival Orchestra, The Aspen Music Festival and The Westcliff Jazz Festival. Paul is the author of several Mel Bay jazz guitar books including"Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar/Teaching Your Guitar to Walk.," and has contributed to the publication Fingerstyle Guitar. Paul currently lives in Denver where he maintains a career playing guitar in straight-ahead jazz and solo guitar settings.
Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Teaching Your Guitar to Walk. By Paul Musso. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Solos. Jazz. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 60 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (95376BCD) |
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