Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

I've heard it said that tone does not come from the guitar, it comes from the fingers. Clearly this man's soul is expressed in his fingers.

This is the goal!

Great blues player. My wife heard me listening to it this morning and said “yeah “ really nice.
Love the space you alluded to. And the tasty bends.

Great choice! I have the CD. Nice that Bernard Purdie, who plays with Tomo on the "Pure" album, is on drums here too.
David "Fathead" Newman producing and all saxophones. This is the last song on the album.
I will happily be deep listening this weekend.
Thank you Tomo.
Kurt

Yes Linda! What a great about Cornel Dupree is.... if you listen 10-20 seconds, you can tell ...that's Cornel Dupree! So this album was so important for me!

Thank you.

Tomo

You're very welcome Jiayang!

Tomo

I would love to post more amazing artists & amazing songs! There are a few albums that everyone really should know. Like... Donny Hathaway "Live" Album.

Thank you so much!
Right Place, Right Time was produced by my former manager so I didn't even say anything on mixing. Pure is amazing to have Steve Gadd, Will Lee... Bernard Purdie who played on Teasin' and Steve Jordan!

Tomo

Thank you for sharing these artist names! Donny Hathaway live will check this out.
Had no idea on Bernard Purdie also on teasin record and pure. Was just scrolling the list of famous artists and albums Steve Jordan was on and also Will Lee Steve gadd played with. Takes awhile to get to the bottom… That makes sense, right place right time sounds different than the other cds! A lot to study and listen this weekend. Been listening more than playing lately but then when I practice am so inspired

You're very welcome! This way, you can apply Ear Training & Essential theory and transcribe these songs. Song form, chord progressions, bassline, melody and chords.

My Pure album:
1,2,3, performed by Steve Gadd & Will Lee
4,5,6, performed by Bernard Purdie & Will Lee
7,8,9, performed by Steve Jordan & Will Lee

Please enjoy!
Thank you.

Tomo

Got it. Thanks! Ok great. I’m going to go through these. Also Gadson shuffle on blue sky really drawing me in. Love that tune too

Thank you!

James Godson played a few tunes on my Blue Sky album.
James Godson played with Bill Withers ...this song!

Thank you Markos!

Please enjoy it!

Tomo

So exciting!

Lucky you Jeffrey! Important addition to your library. Way to be kind to yourself. I love having a book in another language. That Etude book is pure gold! The CD alone is incredible. It is in the rotation here with his other albums we scored! Listening to great music inspires me when I play too!

Kurt
"Been listening more than playing lately but then when I practice I am so inspired"-Jeffrey

So happy to hear that Jeffrey!

Thank you!

Tomo

Thank you Kurt!

Those tunes were mostly first take!

I have practiced those over and over so I would remembered!
I decided to transcribe myself after that recording. It was a great decision.

Tomo

I got more records Sammi!

Joe Bonamassa too!