The 3 Guitarists I Wish I Checked Out As A Jazz Beginner!

As a Jazz Beginner, you often focus on developing specific skills, which is efficient and effective for some things, but you also want to learn from real music. There are a lot of stuff about rhythm and phrasing that are incredibly important and that you don't develop when you are practicing scales and arpeggios or analyzing songs.

If I Started Jazz Guitar In 2023 Then This Is What I Would Practice

I Wish I Had Checked Out This Guy! His solos are Jazz Guitar 101!

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Content:
00:00 Teaching Skills vs Teaching A Tradition
00:40 Solid Advice When Getting Started With Jazz
01:01 #1 The Father of Bebop?
03:16 #2 Sideman of A Giant
06:51 #3 The Shortcut To Bebop
09:09 Jazz Guitar 101 is this guy!
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My name is Jens Larsen, Danish Jazz Guitarist, and Educator. The videos on this channel will help you explore and enjoy Jazz. Some of it is how to play jazz guitar, but other videos are more on Music Theory like Jazz Chords or advice on how to practice and learn Jazz, on guitar or any other instrument.

The videos are mostly jazz guitar lessons, but also music theory, analysis of songs and videos on jazz guitars.

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[JensLarsen]

Recommend The Guitarists That You Learned From! 🙂

[turboist]

Jens, thank you for being there and all the great teaching!

[craigbrowning]

Circa 1947 the King Cole Trio took part in Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" festival (elements similar to Norman Granz'' JATP, the 1944 edition Nat also took part in with Les Paul on guitar), Louis Belson, Red Norvo and several horn players also took part in.

There's a version of "How High The Moon" where Oscar Moore takes two courses.

[EnriqueDominguezProfile]

Jim Hall on Undercurrent with Bill Evans.

[RCSmiths]

It's always a vital sign to have inspiration when you're starting out as a musician, especially in the jazz department! Cheers

[-Atmos]

Guthrie Trapp, Tom Bukovac & Oz Noy are pretty cool too .

[babybluesky]

Definitely find the observation between Hodges and Van Halen - I have found it useful to listen to all a wide variety of playing as I feel it elevates my learning of the instrument in general and how it's used, instead of necessarily focusing on one area really specifically

[DavidBriggs-id]

Hello Jens, Now I know that you are a mathematician I understand how you can easily see the underlying musical structures and motifs in diverse musical genres. You are so right to recognise this and I think it gives a deeper and more satisfying understanding and outlook on music as a whole. Thanks for all your great work. Regards David.

[MrMont-uekh]

Thanks Jens! As a jazz dabbler and fan of your channel - this is wonderful.

[DARKLYLIT]

Grant Green's tone is generally pretty "tinny"-sounding, which initially made me resist exploring him further...but he was truly an AMAZING player. I've learned Cool Blues and Miss Ann's Tempo and, particularly the second was NOT easy to learn. So many ideas for the toolbox! Tinny or not, the guy could seriously play.👌😎

[JazzgutsVGvanKampen]

Your annalyses is spot on, especially the fragments you dig out for further use over changes, like dim over dominant and maj7 arp over the mi7 chord, good video

[alanbralan]

Great video Jens, as a beginner this is exactly the video I need

[danielburttram]

So glad to hear Oscar Moore mentioned here. Thanks! His phrases were always so interesting to me and gave a special character to the King Cole Trio's sound. Another great sideman that was similarly overshadowed was Dave Barbour.

[MarsGuitarOfficial]

Agreed!!! Well explained!!! Thank you!!!

[ricklaino]

Informative lesson as usual Jens...!!!

[paulkoop]

"Yes, Barney Kessel did meet Charlie Christian. They were both from Oklahoma. Barney used to talk about meeting Charlie in interviews."
This from a guitarist friend that was a student of John LaChapelle (as was Larry Coryell) "that used to tell stories about all these guys."
John migrated from Wisconsin (where he played with a radio band when he was younger) to Richland, WA during the Manhattan project years. He was a mentor of many, including me, a keyboard player, and was the real deal, playing an L-5 wide hollow body, chord solos like the masters, his mentors like Joe Pass, etc. Again from my friend, "Yep, John played an acoustic L-5. He originally had an old deArmond pick-up attached, and then later had a Gibson Johnny Smith pick-up installed. He had a few flattops, etc., over the years, but that old L-5 (1940s?) was always his primary instrument."

[rolanddoucet]

I distinctively remember Barney Kessel talking about Christian in some guitar/jazz mag. How he had met him and I seem to remember that Christian had been jamming with somebody who was not good, and he put away his guitar, explaining that the played for pleasure, to learn, and to earn. That's what I remember of Kessel's story about spending some time with Christian.

[justdavebz]

Subscribed! This video had so much good information and the way you explained it, gives the information context. Glad I found this channel

[TLGElectro]

I love watching your videos, on YouTube and also Instagram. I don't read music, and i'm left handed, so trying to follow your demonstrations is quite tough, but I learn a little something almost every time I watch.
👍🏻

[belindadrake]

DEFINITELY I think NAT was a brilliant pianist. He’s underrated obviously because of his beautiful voice. Thank you again Jens. Have a great CHRISTMAS with your family! Man, thanks for all the hardworking information you put into your videos . I taught too, but had an accident which stopped me. I still play of course !!! Sometimes there’s a way around things!! 😃👊🏾🎸👍🏾🎅🎄