John Scofield:Jazz Funk Guitar

John Scofield's distinctive style is a blend of jazz, funk, rock, blues and New Orleans music, combined with unsurpassed improvisational ability and melodic invention. John has recorded and played with jazz great Miles Davis, has appeared on numerous landmark jazz recordings and has distinguished himself as a composer and leader.

On JAZZ-FUNK GUITAR I, John's multi-faceted style is covered in depth as he discusses: intervallic ideas, chordal concepts, string-skipping, playing lines across the fingerboard, developing a personal sound. more

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From: Amazon
Posted: Sep-14-2007

For advanced players

This is just meant as a short comment, not a review..The video does not carry traits of the typical _instructional_ video. It's more talking about guitar and different solutions in jazz. Although everybody can learn something from it, I think it'll suit advanced players the best! It's a good...

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Posted: Aug-13-2007

Good...but not great

John Scofield is always good to watch...but the actuall interview and the information I could get from this instructional video are not as good as I expected. Still, the written booklet is very nice. I don't know if I would buy it again, though.

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Posted: Apr-09-2006

This DVD is an incredible lesson

John Scofield has played with Miles Davis and is an incredible guitarist. After watching only the first 20 minutes I learned a lot. The DVD shows Scofield playing with a band and then him giving a lesson. The way he explains harmony, how he applies it to the guitar and how he practices it is what...

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Posted: Nov-28-2005

A must for fans of Sco's "Blue Matter" period.

For those familiar with John's "Blue Matter" jazz/funk period, this DVD and Jazz Funk Guitar II are a must. I would argue with another reviewer here that there's actually good instructional value here. It's very hard to create a video lesson that's going to work for an individual, and Sco is best...

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Posted: Aug-19-2005

DVD Review

This DVD is okay with very little instructional value. The program is done in interview form with very little teaching. A bad DVD for someone who is trying to get into jazz-funk playing but probably resourceful for those familiar with the genre.

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