What are you listening to?
I've been enjoying Oscar Peterson, particularly enjoy his comping and chord melody. I hear the voicings from the first lesson in Rich's fingers style course in it.. granted he has 10 fingers to make chords with (and I swear a couple toes sometimes)
Just watching the first lesson in the Finger style arrangement course without a guitar even in hand, has me excited about the coming days! I can see how quickly this will change the game for me! Great instruction!
ARCHIVE.ORG has been building a collection of old 78 recordings. You can find old recordings of Charlie Christina, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, Mike Jackson, Duke, Dizzy, and the list goes on. I have this filtered by jazz but you may want to explore other options. Some of these are kinda fun to listen to. Give it a try
https://archive.org/details/georgeblood?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Jazz%22
what amp do you all like for jazz? Seems like the Henriksen Bud is the best in breed, not quite ready to shell out > 1k at this point though. My tube amp sounds great, but too heavy to haul around. Maybe one of the Quilter power blocks and a small cab?
Sweet 16 I bought from Rich is scheduled to arrive today... I feel like Darren McGavin (sp?) in Christmas Story doing a jig and singing "Tonight, tonight, hot-damn it's coming tonight"
Anyone use strap locks on their archtop? If so, what kind?
What's everyone working on these days? I started the Fingerstyle Playing and Arranging course. I'm also working on Rich's arrangement of Little Surfer Girl. (new guy here)
Hi Rich, I'm working on the tune "A Smooth One." It's primarily G7, C7, F. The G7 throws me off. I know I can play F and C7. I'm sure I can play Dm. But a friend of mine to me this song is Fm. I know the major issue is that G7 has a B in it. What are your thoughts on playing thru this sequence?
