Transcribed from Video:

For this lesson I picked 2 of my favorite living jazz guitar masters…George Benson on the bebop side and John Scofield on the post-bop side. Some might even call it old school and new school, side by side. Stylistically speaking, they sound so different on the surface, yet when you place there solos under the microscope you’ll be surprised to learn how much they have in common.

And to prove this point I have transcribed 1 chorus of each guitarist playing over the same up tempo blues progression in the key of F.  So next I am going to play each guitarists solo at a moderate tempo, trying to emulate their respective styles the best I can. After that I will break down and analyze each one. I’m Richie Zellon and I want to invite you to stick with me because you will be amazed as to what you will learn!  Listen to George Benson ‘s 5th chorus on his solo over Billie’s Bounce from his early album “Giblet Gravy”. (plays Benson solo)

Ok, full disclosure here. I can easily play a nice improvised solo over that progression, but believe me… it is an entire different matter to sight read the transcription at that tempo and get all the nuances down. I would have to practice it for a few days and I didn’t see the point of delaying this lesson. So I in fact recorded it in 4 measure segments to get it down. And that is the same thing I did for this next one which is even harder to get all the nuances. This is John Scofields 7th chorus of his solo on Trio Blues from the album “This Meets That”. (Plays Scofield Solo)

PDF & AUDIO DOWNLOAD:

The Benson & Scofield Blues  lesson download includes: 2 PDFs  with both regular notation and TAB, MP3s of the solos and 2 Band in a Box Files featuring each solo.

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