Jazz for the Electric Blues Guitarist – Adrian Ingram

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Product Description

Jazz For The Electric Blues Guitarist provides a valuable lesson for those who wish to introduce sophisticated jazz lines and more advanced chord concepts into their playing. This information-packed lesson takes the player on an exciting journey from the basicjazz blues progression to advanced chord substitution. Turnarounds and chord families, together with further elaborations and inversions are also discussed, in an easy to understand way, which will spice up your blues playing in no time. As the DVD unfolds, Adrian Ingram reveals the secrets of jazz substitution and improvisation, showing how the fundamental concepts can be used to lift your blues playing onto a higher plateau. Coloristic devices, such as Charlie Christian’s worry notes and Wes Montgomery’s octaves are also discussed. A detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. DVD is region 0, playable worldwide.

Review

Some videos let you cop the best bits of a style by showing you a few trademark licks or phrases. Not these two. If you enlist in Adrian Ingrams jazz boot camp, you re expected to get deep, soldier! In Essentials of Jazz Guitar, Ingram crams several month s worth of theory lessons into the first ten minutes. It s great stuff, but a little overwhelming-most will need to refer to the included booklet to keep up. If you can be patient, however, you ll be rewarded with clear explanations and useful applications. Ingram details chord construction, extensions, and substitutions, and de-mystifies the Roman numeral system. (You ll never fear the leader barking out changes from the bandstand ever again.) It s good material presented in a clear manner by a good teacher. Think of it as Jazz Guitar 101. Jazz for the Electric Blues Guitarist is designed to help players make the musical jump from Buddy Guy to Robben Ford. In this video, Ingram takes the tried-and-true I-IV-V blues progression and expands upon it with different chord voicings, turnarounds, and passing tones-all designed to get you from down-home to uptown. He also illustrates the use of non-blues scale notes in blues solos so you can painlessly add spice to what you already know. (You ll also get some insights on the styles of Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery.) The accompanying booklet is full of good information, although there are a few misnamed chords and other typos. Ingram proves himself to be a monster player, a good teacher, and a benevolent taskmaster, and everything adds up to a video you can revisit many times over and still find new stuff. Very cool. –Guitar Player

Jazz for the Electric Blues Guitarist is designed to help players make the musical jump from Buddy Guy to Robben Ford. In this video, Ingram takes the tried-and-true I-IV-V blues progression and expands upon it with different chord voicings, turnarounds, and passing tones-all designed to get you from down-home to uptown. He also illustrates the use of non-blues scale notes in blues solos so you can painlessly add spice to what you already know. (You ll also get some insights on the styles of Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery.) The accompanying booklet is full of good information. Ingram proves himself to be a monster player, a good teacher, and a benevolent taskmaster, and everything adds up to a video you can revisit many times over and still find new stuff. Very cool. –Guitar Player Magazine

These lessons are for intermediate to advanced players who already understand how to play in the style of B.B. King but want to add a jazzier flavor to their sound. Beginning by explaining the Roman Numeral system used for most jazz charts, Ingram starts off with a standard jazz blues progression, introducing the new chord shapes and substitutions as tools to practice with until the students get it under their fingers. The next lesson covers a number of really sweet-sounding turnarounds that are soooo smooooth! The lesson on passing chords ends with his Passing Chord Blues and will inspire players to start sticking those babies in all over the place (careful!). Ingram uses Wes Montgomery’s Cariba to cover chord types and inversions and explains how Wes (and many others) improvised via minorization of dominant chords. Substitutions, scales, octaves and other jazz techniques are demonstrated and explained in context. The further one delves into the tape, the more progressively complex Ingram gets, and he will take you as far as you want to go into the jazz side. –Blues Access

About the Actor

Adrian Ingram is widely recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the jazz guitar. He has written extensively about the history, players, styles and instruments of the genre. As an educator, he has served as guitar specialist for Birmingham Education Authority (1975-1981) and Lecturer in jazz and popular music at Huddersfield Technical College (1981-82). Following this he taught for thirteen years as senior lecturer in jazz guitar at the prestigious Leeds College of Music (1982-1995). Adrian has an MA in music performance and an Master of Philosophy in music education. He studied music education with professor John Paynter OBE (York University) and the guitar with Barney Kessel and Howard Roberts. He was elected both Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and Fellow of the College of Preceptors (FColl.P) in 1987 for outstanding contribution to music education. Adrian also holds advanced diplomas in classical guitar performance and instruction and has attained Dept. of Education and Science s “qualified teacher” status. His books include definitive biography of jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, and The Gibson L5, Its History and Players (Centerstream Publishing). Adrian has produced a wide range of educational material e.g. Modem Jazz Guitar Technique (Hampton), Cool Blues and Hot Jazz (Warner Bros.) and a suite tracing the history of jazz guitar: Jazz Guitar Cameos (Mel Bay Publications, Inc.). He is also the authorized biographer of luthier Robert Benedetto. Adrian has written countless magazine articles and columns. He is a regular columnist and consultant for Guitarist, music and reviews editor for Just Jazz Guitar, and contributes to Classical Guitar, 20th Century Guitar, Vintage Guitar Classics, Vintage Guitar and Guitar. His international reputation as a player and teacher was consolidated by clinics and workshops at major festivals (New York, Arlington, Cork, Philadelphia etc.). Adrian also performs with leading jazz musicians with whom he has made a variety of recordings, and participated in radio and TV broadcasts. He is featured on the first jazz guitar DVD with guitarist John Pisano Live at Wakefield Jazz (Mel Bay Publications, Inc./String Jazz).