Great share guys!
Tomo
Kurt Schubert
Sunil
I love Ben Webster & Colman Howkins very much!
My karate teacher made 3 of 60 mintues casette tapes.
1) Jazz Standard Medium tempo
2) Jazz Standard Ballad
3) Jazz Standard Blues
Included
Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Kenny Burrell, Barney Kessel, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Pat Martino, George Benson and more.
In order to learn jazz, less material (3 records at most) and listen them everyday!
Hope you find those 3 ultimate albums or 3 records work great takes from many records.
Those 3 cassette tape became a great source of my jazz language.
Tomo
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Jeffrey Croteau
Clay
Linda M Tucker
Sunil
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LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Clay
Sunil
Kurt Schubert
Tomo Fujita
Thanks Tomo! That’s great advice listen to only 3 but every day. Thanks!
My pleasure Jeff! My case is not only 3 albums but 3 0f 60 mins casette tapes. 3 hours of great jazz blues, jazz standards and jazz ballads. I listened those everyday then he asked me which player do you like? I answered "JOE PASS" Untill that point he didnot recommend to listen anyone specific so he really made me to make up my mind. Because he told me that "First influence is super important and it will lives your inside forever whether like or not! That's why he this 3 tapes as a test.
Tomo
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Clay
Sunil
I love this Tomo.
Thank you.
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Clay
Tomo Fujita
My pleasure Sunil!
Tomo
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Clay
Sunil
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Clay
Sunil
Tomo Fujita
I always love Ben Webster's phrasing (space!) Beautiful. Listen just one song!
Tomo
Sometime, I feel, music can slow time down and bring a bit of peace to the mind. Love this, thank you Tomo.
Thinking of phrasing and space, and time.
Kurt Schubert
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Tomo Fujita
Clay
Love how horns can do dynamics within a note - he has some really nice dotted half notes at the end of some of the phrases. Not sure how to emulate on guitar except by volume swells?
Kurt Schubert
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Tomo Fujita
Clay
My pleasure! One point I was really studying among Ben Webster, Coleman Hawklins and Johnny Hodges! I have learned about "Feel" "Space" All about phrasing!
Amazing dynamics! These really influenced my picking attack and picking volume! Even volume swell... cannot express Saxphones "Breathe" before each phrases. So amazing!
Tomo
Kurt Schubert
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Clay
A very unique sound.
Never heard of him.
Tenor sax is great.
-LaVoy
Kurt Schubert
Kurt Schubert
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Clay
Kim Sun Ho
Sunil
Guitar + vocals is so good... I don't remember where I heard it from, but it's said that later in his life, the only live shows TG would do was a duet with a woman vocalist, lol!
The comping in this tune is so full and yet supports the vocalist so well, a real magic trick
Wow - that's so true Sun Ho. Really busy comping, but doesn't smother anything. I love her voice.
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Kim Sun Ho
Tomo Fujita
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Tomo Fujita
Clay
Any Tuck Andress fans here? He's one of my favorites. I studied with him in the mid to late 80s after being referred by my music store guitar teacher (Jerry Cortez - current TOP guitarist). Learned a lot from Tuck. My guitar life was changed for good after learning from him.
I have this old video of Tuck and Patty from an old TV show around the same time. Below is the link to an unlisted video on my YT channel. Incredible guitar work.
oh wow!! you studied with Tuck Andress! that's so cool.. thank you so much for sharing the video
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Clay
Tomo Fujita
Sunil
super cool!! welcome!
tuck was my intro to jazz guitar.
my first guitar teacher, was a jazzer/classical/rocker player in the bay area, i think he took a year of lessons with tuck before he blew up.
rich passed away in oct '24. he was a genuinely great guy. i was his first classical guitar student.
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Clay
Tomo Fujita
Glad you liked the video. Yes, I studied with him for a few years in the Bay Area when I lived there. Great teacher. I wanted to be good enough to play Earl Klugh type music. My main instrument was a nylon string guitar. Learned a lot.
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Clay
Tomo Fujita
Sunil
awesome ace. i just knew about him through what rich told me during our lessons. looking forward to your guitar journey here.
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Clay
Tomo Fujita
Again, another great player I have never heard of.
-LaVoy
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Sunil
Kim Sun Ho
Clay
Tomo Fujita
Fan now - thanks for introducing. Had to look him up, and just watched a beautiful version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow by him. Really impressive.
LaVoy Thomas Ragels
Tomo Fujita
Sunil
Kurt Schubert
Tomo Fujita
I know I’m really late to the party, but Jens Larsen recommended the wes Montgomery wynton Kelly trio album “smokin’ at the half note “ on a video . I am listening right now. Oh my God , this is so great .
That album is so fantastic!
Tomo Fujita
Classic live album from Wes! And Full House!
Tomo
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Tomo Fujita