by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Ed Bickert
Ed Bickert’s Solo on Manha de Carnaval I recently posted a lesson teaching various chord melody segments by Ed Bickert, one of my all time favorite guitarists who sadly is no longer with us. As underrated as many of us feel he was, I was happy to learn from the...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Kenny Burrell
“Smile” – Chord Melody & Kenny Burrell Solo Kenny Burrell meets Charlie Chaplin? Not exactly… Nonetheless, he recorded an incredible rendition of “Smile”, Chaplin’s beautiful composition for his 1938 film, “Modern Times”. And in this week’s...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation, Jim Hall
Deconstructing Jim Hall In this lesson I explore the style of one of the most influential jazz guitarists of the latter half of the 20th century. And I’m referring to Jim Hall who has often been called “the father of modern jazz guitar”. I started out...
by Richie Zellon | George Benson, Jazz Improvisation
Blue Bossa – George Benson Solo Hope you had a chance to check out my recent lesson on harmonizing “Blue Bossa” using the 6th diminished concept associated with Barry Harris. As a follow up, I decided to transcribe one of my favorite improvised solos over Blue...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation, Pat Martino
18 Bebop Licks by Pat Martino If you’ve been keeping up with my videos, you’ve probably watched some of my 18 Bebop Licks lessons. So far I’ve featured and analyzed 18 licks by Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery and Grant Green. And by popular request, this is my 4th...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation, Pat Martino
What Pat Martino Taught Me! Last week I was very saddened to hear that one of the of jazz guitar passed away. I’m referring to Pat Martino (1944-2021) who will not only be remembered as a major influence guitarists worldwide, but also as a wonderful human being to...