Many guitarists are just now getting into doing solo gigs, partly for economic reasons: there aren’t many gigs these days for jazz groups, but a lot of bars and restaurants are willing to spring for […]
A recent lesson with a student prompted the broad question as to what to practice in terms of building a complete vocabulary for improvising. We listed some of the categories of study that are essentials […]
I recently attended a lecture on listening and came away with a number of perspectives on not only the importance of never to stop nurturing this art in life during personal conversations – but of […]
While I was in graduate school, I had to develop a method of learning all the tunes that were thrown at me at a daily basis. In an earlier post, I outlined a method I […]
Hey fellow Jazz Guitarists. I was browsing through some of the Jazz Guitar groups I belong to on Facebook and came across this post by fellow Jazz Guitarist Alex D’Önofrio. I had never chatted with […]
When I first started getting into Jazz – back in 1979 – I was immediately drawn to the classic quartet format of piano, bass, drums and guitar. And while I started getting into other larger […]
“I went to the University of Miami for a year and Queens College for a couple of years but I never graduated from anywhere. I haven’t really taken a guitar lesson since the age of […]
Sam Kirmayer is a Montreal based working Jazz Guitarist. In this interview he shares his musical upbringing, the genesis of his debut CD, and what it is like being a working Jazz musician. An insightful […]
“Experience has taught me that the problem was not so much my abilities as it was understanding what I needed to learn, and I have improved those aspects of playing a lot and will keep […]
“The guitar never changes. The player always does, depending on the day in most cases. I’ve dealt with crippling, near career-halting bouts of anxiety over the years and that’s significantly affected my playing. I still […]
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