Mike's Master Classes

The Improv Style of Cannonball Adderley for Guitar

Mike Godette·
5.0 (4 reviews)·INTERMEDIATE·Harmony·1 lesson
$13.95
Sign in for member pricing →
Mike Godette presents a unique look at the improv style of Cannonball Adderley on Guitar. In this course, you can expect to expand on your improvisational concepts and have a better understanding of some of the devices that Cannonball Adderley uses in his improv through analyzing a variety of different licks from his solos. Mike takes 12 different licks from a variety of Cannonball Adderley solos and he breaks down and analyzes each lick one at a time and explains what sorts of intervallic and harmonic devices are being utilized in each lick. If you are looking to get more Cannonball Adderley sounds into your soloing, this is the lesson video for you!
  • Sub-topic 1: Improvisation
  • Sub-topic 2: ii V I licks
  • Sub-topic 3: Cannonball Adderley

Categories:

  • Harmony
  • Jazz Blues
  • Soloing
  • Standards
  • Theory
Course Details:
  • Title: The Improv Style of Cannonball Adderley for Guitar
  • Instructor: Mike Godette
  • Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
  • Running time: 62 minutes
  • 5 Pages PDFs Included

Course Content

Lessons

  • The Improv Style of Cannonball Adderley for Guitar3780

Reviews & Ratings

5.0
4 reviews
5
4
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
Graham Riach
Verified Purchase
11/28/2024

"Language Learning"

A great resource for learning some amazing jazz language and diving into Cannonball Adderley's style

Karel Vijfschaft
Verified Purchase
2/16/2024

good stuff

David Livolsi
Verified Purchase
1/26/2024

"Incredible amount of information!"

Mike is not only an incredible musician but has a down to earth and very direct way of explaining these examples so people can understand them. I purchased this lesson and have been learning a tremendous amount with these licks from the master Cannonball.

Duncan Herring
Verified Purchase
1/10/2024

"This is incredible stuff."

Wow! This is certainly incredible. Many jazz lovers agree that Cannonball Adderley was one of the great alto players. I know that some folks prefer bebop over the "hard bop" that happened in the 1960; however, Cannonball really does extend, amend, and carry on the bebop contribution that began with Charlie Parker. Mike has obviously studied Cannonball's music in great detail. One can really sense Mike's love for and devotion to this music in this video. In "The Inprov Style of Cannonball Adderley for Guitar" Mike shows all of the details of a faithful guitar version of 12 licks from Cannonball's music. This is just over one hour of intense instruction. Some students might absorb all of this material quickly, but, I must admit, that it is going to take me many hours of study to get all of the amazing details of a few of these licks under my fingers. I highly recommend this instructional video. Thank you, Mike.

Related Courses

About the instructor

Mike Godette →
Mike Godette is a guitarist and teacher out of the Southern Connecticut area. He received a BM in Jazz Studies from Western Connecticut State University with a focus on jazz guitar and has taught guitar for the past 16 years. Mike has always had a very wide range of musical influences and his playing is a unique blend of instrumentalist and composers such as Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Herbie Hancock, Booker Little, John Coltrane, Clifford Brown, Scott Henderson, Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield, Wes Montgomery, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Burt Bacharach & Brian Wilson. In addition to teaching, Mike also maintains an active youtube channel and performs regularly as a leader and sideman throughout the CT/NY area. He has played with artists such as Aaron Goldberg, Jimmy Greene, Gerald Veasley, John Stowell, and Myron Walden.