Hi jimmy. I am enjoying listening to you. I am a pianist living in Amsterdam and we just started the sessions at Bryan Leinwand's place. He's from Queens NY and we have Clarence Becton on drums. Clarence is 83 now and played with Woody Shaw, Thelonius Monk and Jon Hendriks.... so I hear a lot of stories and your way of telling stories reminds of this.... actually there was a young girl from Korea playing the guitar who told me to look for you here on YT..... Love your channel.... Greetings from Amsterdam.... Jens
Thanks a lot Jimmy Bruno, if somehow you get a chance to read the comments. Your life inspires me. I don't want so much in life than the music and be able to play as well as I can. Well, as I heard it in my mind.
Very interesting that he says you can put the melody note on the bottom or in the middle of a chord in a chord solo. I've always wondered about that since the other teachers always demonstrate putting it on top, although I've never heard them say explicitly that it has to be on top. If Jimmy Bruno says you can, that settles it for me.
Thank you for posting this intimate lesson and all your cool opinions on jazz guitar ...My fave subject. I have not heard you mention Lenny or Ted Greene .... My 1st jazz intro was Nuage from Django and Stephan ...then all the greats.. Its such an interesting form of music and from the prospective of guitar , its more challenging ... Great to hear and see you in this format . Cheers Alberta Dave
You are a wellspring of knowledge! Do you use shell chords when you play? What would you suggest I practice to get a good knowledge of chord progressions?
After I heard Paul Horn's Something Blue, it knocked off a bunch off my top list. I have your three you mentioned already...and forgot I had the Garland. Oh yeah. Great to play it again. Heck, it's on youtube, of course. Of course, early Konitz and Evans clears the table pretty quickly too. A top favorite album of mine is the soundtrack to Mickey One, with music by Eddie Sauter and Stan Getz.
Great stuff, once again! I worked as a transcriber for various companies and ended up doing a Joe Pass video transcription book right after he passed. I got a ton of info doing that, since his lines just make sense! Also, he would effortlessly float between keys so it really reinforced the benefit of practicing tunes in various keys. Besides, you get hired by singers more if you can do that, too! Going back and checking out Virtuoso again, after watching your video. Thanks again!
You mention in this or an earlier video that you took a side gig bartending for a couple years. Were you still practicing daily during that time? I've always tried to keep the fire alive for playing but my biggest setback is spending so much time working to make ends meet that i don't pick up the instrument enough to make any real headway.
What also comes to mind is the early Nat King Cole Trio, with Oscar, and then there was another guy who was tremendous....all on youtube... the Decca period.
Jimmy: Re Buddy Rich yeah I can see how it would be an unpleasant experience. "The Bus Tapes" are on TH-cam if you haven't seen them there. They were popular among comedians in Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David's circle. So much so that they wrote some of the lines into their scripts.
Jimmy you come off well in this format. Thanks for taking the time to make videos to help us learn.
Can’t tell you how much I enjoy this. Like we’re talking face to face. And I enjoy the stories you tell. Keep it up. Thanks.
Thanks Jimmy for taking the time to share this with us!!. Cheers!
Love these Q&A's. Also, any stories you can tell about you gigging career such as the Buddy Rich experience etc. are so cool to hear.
Hi jimmy. I am enjoying listening to you. I am a pianist living in Amsterdam and we just started the sessions at Bryan Leinwand's place. He's from Queens NY and we have Clarence Becton on drums. Clarence is 83 now and played with Woody Shaw, Thelonius Monk and Jon Hendriks.... so I hear a lot of stories and your way of telling stories reminds of this.... actually there was a young girl from Korea playing the guitar who told me to look for you here on YT..... Love your channel.... Greetings from Amsterdam....
Jens
Yes!!!! Mingus at Carnegie Hall is AMAZING!!!!!! and OP!
Thanks a lot Jimmy Bruno, if somehow you get a chance to read the comments. Your life inspires me. I don't want so much in life than the music and be able to play as well as I can. Well, as I heard it in my mind.
i so get practicing in your head... glad to hear it is a worthy thing...
Very interesting that he says you can put the melody note on the bottom or in the middle of a chord in a chord solo. I've always wondered about that since the other teachers always demonstrate putting it on top, although I've never heard them say explicitly that it has to be on top. If Jimmy Bruno says you can, that settles it for me.
Hi Jimmy its a pleasure listen you.Thanks.....
4:37 Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, nice going Jimmy!
Love this guy. And what a great player.
Great Jimmy.Please keep these Vlogs going.
One of the true greats.
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Jimmy, I'm really happy to have found your channel. Thanks for sharing your music wisdom, you are a legend! Cheers.
Need more of this Jimmy! Great answers!!!
Glad to see Spinal Tap is in Jimmy's DVD collection.
Man this is Awesome!!
Thank you for posting this intimate lesson and all your cool opinions on jazz guitar ...My fave subject. I have not heard you mention Lenny or Ted Greene .... My 1st jazz intro was Nuage from Django and Stephan ...then all the greats.. Its such an interesting form of music and from the prospective of guitar , its more challenging ... Great to hear and see you in this format . Cheers Alberta Dave
You are a wellspring of knowledge! Do you use shell chords when you play? What would you suggest I practice to get a good knowledge of chord progressions?
Wonderful stuff. Jimmy, you have the purest Philadelphia accent ever!
After I heard Paul Horn's Something Blue, it knocked off a bunch off my top list. I have your three you mentioned already...and forgot I had the Garland. Oh yeah. Great to play it again. Heck, it's on youtube, of course. Of course, early Konitz and Evans clears the table pretty quickly too. A top favorite album of mine is the soundtrack to Mickey One, with music by Eddie Sauter and Stan Getz.
1:10 "anything by Tal Farlow from the 50s". - now you're talkin' Jimmy x
Great stuff, once again! I worked as a transcriber for various companies and ended up doing a Joe Pass video transcription book right after he passed. I got a ton of info doing that, since his lines just make sense! Also, he would effortlessly float between keys so it really reinforced the benefit of practicing tunes in various keys. Besides, you get hired by singers more if you can do that, too! Going back and checking out Virtuoso again, after watching your video. Thanks again!
You mention in this or an earlier video that you took a side gig bartending for a couple years. Were you still practicing daily during that time? I've always tried to keep the fire alive for playing but my biggest setback is spending so much time working to make ends meet that i don't pick up the instrument enough to make any real headway.
hahahah shaken not stirred .... awesome insight and experience ..... enjoy these videos very much ! Thank you ;-)
Jimmy, love your glasses!! Very cool!
Jimmy when you say you practiced 6 hours a day, what did that consist of? just playing tunes? scales, arp etch? or just everything for 6hrs?
What also comes to mind is the early Nat King Cole Trio, with Oscar, and then there was another guy who was tremendous....all on youtube... the Decca period.
in school practice rhythm :) thats really fun
jazz faces. made me laugh...when i was young i use to pose my rock moves.
you can fret chord in alt tuning...it is good for you.
as in std tuning, one can visualize the roots thirds and fifths are... then........ a little BS goes a long way.
Jimmy: Re Buddy Rich yeah I can see how it would be an unpleasant experience. "The Bus Tapes" are on TH-cam if you haven't seen them there. They were popular among comedians in Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David's circle. So much so that they wrote some of the lines into their scripts.
1:46 wisdom!
17:40 hhaahha LMAO, so we have same hobby
I have a beard exactly like that, but I don't wear black, mostly earth tones.
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Love your transition bifocal glasses, what are those, where can I get some (bflatseventh@gmail.com)?
What happend to guitarist HOWARD Roberts?
Do you see the notes on the staff or just know the tones by ear?
Rock climbing is a good hobby for guitarists.
Thanks for sharing. Your new look scares me.
he's hairy