CHORD MELODY

In this video I share with you my arrangement of “My Foolish Heart” by Victor Young. In the past I would have gone straight for an archtop to play this, but I just love the way this sounds on my Strat….. Check it out and let me know what you think....  PDF & AUDIO...

A few weeks back I posted a lesson in which I demonstrated 4 ways of playing the head to Blue Monk by Thelonius Monk. If you dug it, you’ll love this week’s video. That’s because in it I do the same for another well known jazz blues, this time by the great Duke...

In this jazz guitar lesson I teach you 4 ways of playing the head to a well known jazz blues standard: Blue Monk by Thelonius Monk. I’m including something for all levels of players, and since I am going to show you 4 chord melody versions, you can even experiment by...

If you enjoyed my recent fingerstyle arrangements of “Cantaloupe Island” and “Watermelon Man” by Herbie Hancock, here’s another funky 60’s Blue Note classic I think you’ll enjoy. This one’s by Horace Silver from his album under the same title: “Song For My Father”. It...

A few weeks back I posted a fingerstyle chord melody arrangement of a Herbie Hancock’s ...Cantaloupe Island. I know a lot of you really enjoyed it and requested more in that funky 60s style. So as a follow up, in this weeks lesson I want to teach you another classic...

This lesson features a solo guitar arrangement of Herbie Hancock’s “Cantaloupe Island”. If you know the tune, originally recorded in the mid 60’s, you’re probably aware that it was released again in the 90s as a remix and instantly became a hit among newer...

I don’t know about you, but playing music is one of the precious gifts that has kept me sane during this long pandemic. It is also the one thing that brings me peace and refuge from the political madness that we have been witnessing in the USA where I reside. After...

In this lesson I'd like to teach you not one, but actually 3 chord melody arrangements of  "Misty"...a super popular standard by Erroll Garner! Regardless of what level you're at as a jazz guitarist, if you've always wanted to learn this piece, here's a great...

 I'm happy to share with you another lesson based on a Standard that due to its rich and distinctive harmony, has become a must in every jazz musicians repertoire. As you know I'm referring to "Stella by Starlight" written by Victor Young for the 1944 film, "The...

In this video I bring you the final in a 6-part Series on minor jazz blues. For this lesson I also bring you the 3rd of 3 John Coltrane minor blues included in this series. In the past weeks I've featured "Equinox" and "Blue Train"  which you should definitely check...

In this video I bring you the 5th in a 6-part Series on minor jazz blues. For this chord melody lesson I'd like to teach you a very popular and fairly easy one written by Earl Hagen:"Comin' Home Baby".PDF & AUDIO DOWNLOAD: The 6 Minor Jazz Blues Files can be...

This is the 4th in a 6-part Series on minor jazz blues. For this lesson I bring you the 2nd of 3 tunes in this series written by John Coltrane... "Blue Train" originally recorded on his classic Blue Note album also titled "Blue Train". This one like Equinox which we...

Just posted the 3rd in a 6-part series on minor jazz blues! For this lesson I bring you the easiest of all of them: "Chitlins Con Carne" by guitarist Kenny Burrell from his album, "Midnight Blue". So if you are new to jazz guitar, this is a great one to start out...

This is the 2nd in a 6-part Series on minor jazz blues. For this lesson I bring you 1 of 3 tunes in this series written by none other than John Coltrane... "Equinox" originally recorded on the album "Coltrane's Sound". This one like most of Trane's minor blues is in...