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Excellent etude by Joe Giglio (http://www.joegiglio.com/) over the changes of “All The Things You Are.”… More…
A nice break here from Adrien, over “Cherokee.” More…
Love this rhythmic motif on from Mundell Lowe in a 1958 TV performance with Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz. The tune is “Half Nelson.” More…
Super out-there intro from Yannick with his band Minor Sing. More…
I’ve heard Benoit do this kind of thing often and decided to finally transcribe it! More…
An idea for a riff. Something about it made me think of honky-tonk piano music. :) More…
One of my all-time favorite Django moments. So beautiful, dissonant and exotic. I shamelessly play this each time I play “Troublant Bolero” on a gig. :) More…
So many great voicings and ideas in here from Adrien. More…
Simple but great turnaround during the head of “Some Like It Hot,” from the Barney Kessel album of the same name. Jimmie Rowles on piano. I included my own interpretation of the tab fingering here. More…
Here’s an exercise I came up with, inspired by a lick I heard from Adrien Moignard. All downstrokes! The melody kind of reminds me of “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.” :-) More…
I saw Peter Bernstein play in Amsterdam yesterday and filmed the whole show. There were plenty of great licks and ideas I’m itching to transcribe. Here’s a really nice line from Peter during “Take The… More…
A single blues chorus from “Take the Coltrane.” From my own video footage of his concert in Amsterdam on March 17, 2017. More…
Here’s my take on the Adrien Moignard double stop ideas I posted previously to my channel. More…
Made this one up, and I'm desperate to get it into my playing...But I can't seem to remember it! So I'm recording it here. More…
My first Soundslice cover. I love this lick by Pat Donohue and have been trying to get it into my playing. Works nicely as an intro or outro. More…
I love the contrast between the nice and simple motif at the start and the nasty lick at the end. From their album “Some Place New.” More…
I saw this in person at the Django Sur Lennon festival in Ireland on Sept. 28 and was grinning ear-to-ear during this fantastic scat/violin solo. I love Tcha’s phrasing and especially the call-and-response… More…
Love the phrasing and the sassy harmonics at the end! More…
I recently got turned onto Lucian Gray, a really tasteful player in Toronto. Here’s two choruses he played over a B flat blues. More…
From the 1945 recording by Harry James and His Orchestra with Kitty Kallen. It’s simple circle-of-fifths stuff but works as a nice melodic intro. More…
I recently discovered Venezuelan guitarist Juan Vidaurre and fell in love with this performance of Stardust. The musicianship is simply incredible. It has it all: beautiful chord voicings, crazy guitar… More…
Here’s a nice exercise Adrien taught at Djangofest Northwest 2018. Thanks to Paul Sommer for posting the YouTube video. More…
Adrien’s new album “Adrien Moignard Trio & Guests” has a great outro for “Oleo” — a transition into the riff from “Never Too Much” by Luther Vandross. Sort of a funk thing that comes out of nowhere and… More…
So beautifully dissonant I can barely stand it. From a 1951 recording. More…
From the 1959 album “Billy Taylor With Four Flutes.” More…
Here’s a new lesson Cecil Alexander posted to his YouTube channel: “In this video I show 2 concepts that I'm trying to integrate into my playing: Symmetrical Scales and playing voicings in a linear manner.… More…