Hi Mikko! Thanks so much for mentioning the "PENTATONIC KHANCEPTS" book - it's always wonderful to learn that someone has enjoyed it and taken away some useful information. Wishing you the best of everything, now and always!!! Happy New Year in 2023 too!!! - Steve
Steve this book opened me up to the power of pentatonics. It would be great if you did some video tutorials on this, and your Chord Khancepts material: more people need to hear about your approach.
I engraved that Steve Khan book for Warner Bros and had several conversations with/Steve. He was always super cool and very concerned with the information and the way it was presented. I use some of these ideas all the time. They are very useful and sound great. Highly recommend this book.
Couldn''t agree more. This book and Chord Khancepts as well are probably a few of the most astonishing learning material for modern guitar; endless lessons are inside those books. Great!!!!!
Man, great video!! You say many of the same things I tell my students after my many years of playing to help them make leaps in their improvements. Wisdom sprinkled in naturally!! Well done!! 👋👋👋
Mikko, your absolutely right about the difference between Jerry Bergonzis Pentatonic book vs. Steve Khans Pentatonic book. Bergonzis book is mostly about Superimposing Pentatonic Scales, other than the familiar Minor Pentatonic. Khans book is about Superimposing using primarily the Minor Pentatonic Scale. What's great about Improvising using Pentatonic Scales is that depending on the Pentatonic Scales that your using, it's almost like a 5 note Arpeggio, so its easy to imply a chord. At the same time it has more fluidity, like a Scale. Its in that sweet spot between a 3 or 4 note Arpeggio, and a 6 or more note Scale. Also you can apply any Language you want with a Superimposed Minor Pentatonic Scale, not just Blues Phrases, although you can do that also. There are 2 other Pentatonic Books worth mentioning. Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation by Ramon Ricker and Wisdom Of The Hand by Marius Nordal. Thanks.
Steve khan eyewitness records are just outstanding for me , really innovative in sounds , guitar , textures and interplay !! Listen to them It is funny because I identified myself this mixo penta but never dig into how using it in jazz context Your video and Steve music give me a good kick to resume this search Brgds and thx for your very nice video
Bought this book many years ago and it has become an embedded part of my thinking. Steve's solo at the end of Steely Dan's Glamour Profession' is a good place to hear how great this approach can be. His solo albums are underrated in the jazz guitar community. He also has an awesome website.
Hi Mikko. I've been away from the computer for awhile and was happy to see you covering Pentatonic Khancepts by Steve Khan upon my return. You really gave a good idea of how Pentatonic Khancepts can help ones playing without giving it all away. I like how you pointed out the differences between the book and Jerry Bergonzi's Pentatonics volume. I've just started digging into Bergonzi's Hexatonics (vol.7). Very interesting and thorough. Thanks again for all you do. It's really appreciated. BTW Steve Khan's website is full of great information worth checking out imho... especially the Khan's Korners sections. It also has descriptions of all of the books he's released over the years with links to purchase them. I have all but the most recent one and find them all to be top notch publications.
I bought this book in the mid 90s when I worked in Germany. It was also the early days of email and the Internet so I emailed Steve about the book and got a reply from him. The contact continued for a while and he invited me to one of his gigs when his Latin Jazz band, Caribbean Jazz Project(?) played in Stuttgart. A very nice bloke. There is also his first book Contemporary Chord Khancepts. I must dig out the Pentatonic book again
It's great when you review books that you find, that have important material, and then you share it with the world.This is a college level course. Thanks again foe another fine tutorial. BTW- I bought the Garrison Fewell book that you reviewed, and I'm working my way through it.
Very interesting video. I find with this kind of pentatonic playing you have to know if you're actually looking to chase that pentatonic jazz sound before you put the time into it. It won't ever sound like bebop, and I think that sometimes frustrates people when they learn it. But it has its own sound, and mid period John Coltrane is an obvious example
This is fantastic stuff. Too bad I already have enough in my learning backlog for the next few hundred years. Btw, what you play in 17:58 does NOT SOUND TERRIBLE! :D It sounds completely awesome. I'm also into electronic music and I like to listen to arpeggiators etc.
Hi Mikko, Steve's pentatonic book and his chord book transformed my playing when I got back to playing jazz about 20 years ago. I was fortunate to take a few lessons from Steve. I'm enjoying your video reviews of books. It has inspired me to go back and revisit ones that I have. When someone has only 1-2 hours of practice and is a more advanced player like myself, how do you suggest getting ideas into your playing? I recently have been taking Tim Miller's course. There is so much there which inspires other studies, that I probably will have to drop it for a few months, just to work on ideas. It took a long time to get Steve's book into my playing. I still have to revisit the ideas from time to time. Steve Khan's album are ones that I think all guitarists should check out.
Hi Mikko! Thanks so much for mentioning the "PENTATONIC KHANCEPTS" book - it's always wonderful to learn that someone has enjoyed it and taken away some useful information. Wishing you the best of everything, now and always!!! Happy New Year in 2023 too!!! - Steve
Thank you, Maestro.
Super Bouquin Steve, je viens d'acheter chord khancepts aussi. C'est top.
@@karimgandoura6124 Thanks so much Karim! Really happy that you're enjoying this book!!! Alll the best, Steve
Steve this book opened me up to the power of pentatonics. It would be great if you did some video tutorials on this, and your Chord Khancepts material: more people need to hear about your approach.
I engraved that Steve Khan book for Warner Bros and had several conversations with/Steve. He was always super cool and very concerned with the information and the way it was presented. I use some of these ideas all the time. They are very useful and sound great. Highly recommend this book.
Couldn''t agree more. This book and Chord Khancepts as well are probably a few of the most astonishing learning material for modern guitar; endless lessons are inside those books. Great!!!!!
Man, great video!! You say many of the same things I tell my students after my many years of playing to help them make leaps in their improvements. Wisdom sprinkled in naturally!! Well done!! 👋👋👋
Mikko, your absolutely right about the difference between Jerry Bergonzis Pentatonic book vs. Steve Khans Pentatonic book. Bergonzis book is mostly about Superimposing Pentatonic Scales, other than the familiar Minor Pentatonic. Khans book is about Superimposing using primarily the Minor Pentatonic Scale. What's great about Improvising using Pentatonic Scales is that depending on the Pentatonic Scales that your using, it's almost like a 5 note Arpeggio, so its easy to imply a chord. At the same time it has more fluidity, like a Scale. Its in that sweet spot between a 3 or 4 note Arpeggio, and a 6 or more note Scale. Also you can apply any Language you want with a Superimposed Minor Pentatonic Scale, not just Blues Phrases, although you can do that also. There are 2 other Pentatonic Books worth mentioning. Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation by Ramon Ricker and Wisdom Of The Hand by Marius Nordal. Thanks.
Steve khan eyewitness records are just outstanding for me , really innovative in sounds , guitar , textures and interplay !! Listen to them
It is funny because I identified myself this mixo penta but never dig into how using it in jazz context
Your video and Steve music give me a good kick to resume this search
Brgds and thx for your very nice video
Bought this book many years ago and it has become an embedded part of my thinking. Steve's solo at the end of Steely Dan's Glamour Profession' is a good place to hear how great this approach can be. His solo albums are underrated in the jazz guitar community. He also has an awesome website.
Yes I just listened to his Monk-medley. Very good 😎👍
Hi Mikko. I've been away from the computer for awhile and was happy to see you covering Pentatonic Khancepts by Steve Khan upon my return. You really gave a good idea of how Pentatonic Khancepts can help ones playing without giving it all away. I like how you pointed out the differences between the book and Jerry Bergonzi's Pentatonics volume. I've just started digging into Bergonzi's Hexatonics (vol.7). Very interesting and thorough. Thanks again for all you do. It's really appreciated. BTW Steve Khan's website is full of great information worth checking out imho... especially the Khan's Korners sections. It also has descriptions of all of the books he's released over the years with links to purchase them. I have all but the most recent one and find them all to be top notch publications.
I bought this book in the mid 90s when I worked in Germany. It was also the early days of email and the Internet so I emailed Steve about the book and got a reply from him. The contact continued for a while and he invited me to one of his gigs when his Latin Jazz band, Caribbean Jazz Project(?) played in Stuttgart. A very nice bloke. There is also his first book Contemporary Chord Khancepts. I must dig out the Pentatonic book again
Oh cool so it's older than I thought? My edition says 2001 or something. Now I have to check out that other book as well 😃
Thanks for the lesson. Another great book around this topic is Bruce Saunders - Jazz Pentatonics Advanced Concepts.
Interesting. Gotta check it out 🤓👍
It's great when you review books that you find, that have important material, and then you share it with the world.This is a college level course. Thanks again foe another fine tutorial. BTW- I bought the Garrison Fewell book that you reviewed, and I'm working my way through it.
Another great book is "Blues Scales (essential tools for jazz improvisation)" by Dan Greenblatt. There is C-instrument and Bb-instrument version.
Superb as always Mikko.
Very interesting video. I find with this kind of pentatonic playing you have to know if you're actually looking to chase that pentatonic jazz sound before you put the time into it. It won't ever sound like bebop, and I think that sometimes frustrates people when they learn it. But it has its own sound, and mid period John Coltrane is an obvious example
This is fantastic stuff. Too bad I already have enough in my learning backlog for the next few hundred years. Btw, what you play in 17:58 does NOT SOUND TERRIBLE! :D It sounds completely awesome. I'm also into electronic music and I like to listen to arpeggiators etc.
You should take a look on Ramon ricker Book one for the pentatonic and the fourth scales.
Hi Mikko,
Steve's pentatonic book and his chord book transformed my playing when I got back to playing jazz about 20 years ago. I was fortunate to take a few lessons from Steve. I'm enjoying your video reviews of books. It has inspired me to go back and revisit ones that I have. When someone has only 1-2 hours of practice and is a more advanced player like myself, how do you suggest getting ideas into your playing? I recently have been taking Tim Miller's course. There is so much there which inspires other studies, that I probably will have to drop it for a few months, just to work on ideas. It took a long time to get Steve's book into my playing. I still have to revisit the ideas from time to time. Steve Khan's album are ones that I think all guitarists should check out.
Steve Khan ..NICE..I Have Chord Khancepts book
😎👍
Yes, motivic is a word 😎
When are you going to publish a solo standards book master Mikko?
Can you do a book review on Tim millers new book creative fretboard please!
@@douglaslemus1726 I have the book but I haven't played through it yet 🤷♂️
wow，new book
Yes
What's this?? What?! A book I don't already have??