Chord Soloing: Session I - Wes Montgomery’s Chord Approach [3 Weeks]

Ben Sher·
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·INTERMEDIATE·Live Semester Course·3 lessons
Wednesday Sessions: March 2, 9, & 16. Wes completely revolutionized the possibilities harmonically for playing chord in a melodic context. He superimposed moving harmonies into  stagnant places harmonically within songs and chord progressions. In this three week course Much of his ideas for doing this can be found in Barry Harris’s approach. In this class Prof. Sher will unravel that, show the specific chord voicing that Wes used, present examples and help students to develop this technique in their own playing. He’ll also present a transcription of Wes playing Round Midnight, which features an almost symphonic eight bar chord solo on the bridge! This is a three week section.

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Lessons

  • Ben Sher: Session II76
  • Wes Montgomery’s Chord Approach: Session I4469
  • Wes Montgomery's Chord Approach: Session III3773

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Ben Sher
Mike’s Master Classes is proud to welcome Ben Sher to our roster. Ben is a veteran New York jazz guitarist, one of the most stylistically diverse musicians around. “Fluent in the classic jazz guitar tradition of Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino, Ben also draws from the great Brazilian guitar tradition” and is known for Brazilian Jazz Recordings on BGI Records; TudoBem, Please Take me to Brasil, and Tempestarde”. But Ben also plays in numerous other jazz styles, from gypsy jazz, to jazz fusion. He has recorded and toured in a wide variety of musical situations: from performing with cabaret star Ute Lemper at the Montreuex and Istanbul Jazz festivals, with the avant grade swing Knitting Factory group Ball-in-the -Jack at the Berlin and North Sea Jazz festivals, to being the featured artist at LeClub in Moscow and the Blue Note in Fukuoka Japan, and many other top venues. Ben is currently a Professor at Berklee College of Music and Kutztown University.