After having gone through quite a few of his classes, Tom's thoroughness and commitment to teaching comes as no surprise but this installment has the icing on the cake of specific examples by specific players. I was delighted to see Metheny's, Scofield's and Frisell's renditions of Lonely Woman, Secret Love and Days of Wine and Roses respectively. A fun one.
The choice of material works - Tom has a knack for picking good teaching examples. I am in. There is a lot of work here, as it should be. Nice one Tom.
This class is excellent. Tom's breakdown of the player's contributions to jazz guitar and analysis of the phrases is very useful. He is an excellent teacher and and a monster musician.
If you want to get to the roots of modern jazz guitar then this is it. Tom runs through some of the big names and players who have influenced todays modern players. The Bill Frisell analysis is fantastic.
I can't recommend this series highly enough! These videos are an EXTREMELY good value. The time and care that went into explaining and presenting this difficult material in a way that makes it accessible and easily digestible for the intermediate to advanced level jazz guitar player is obvious from the get-go. I have many Mike's Master Classes videos and I love them all, but Tom's Modern Jazz Guitar Series stands out as a model of what is truly possible in the quickly evolving world of guitar video instruction. Why the videos in this series don't cost twice what they do is a mystery to me (though I am surely not complaining!). Each one in the series is nearly 2 hours-long and comes with Tom's detailed, well-organized, easy to follow PDFs that cover virtually every note Tom plays. This series is astonishingly good and comes with my highest recommendation. Thanks Tom!
After getting the first installment of Modern Jazz Guitar, the value of Tom's presentation and research was such that I immediately bought his second class. After I work through these two, I plan on gradually working through his whole series. A treasure trove of ideas and an unbelievable value. Thank you Tom!
Tom gives a succinct and clear review of the "Forefathers" of modern Jazz guitar and some brief transcriptions, as well as some basics of playing that no one seems to talk about much.<br /> <br /> Very valuable and Highly recommended!<br />
Hats off to Tom for an outstanding class. I thought his teaching approach, class materials, and content were carefully thought out and expertly executed. For me this class was important in helping to understand where modern players got many of their ideas and strategies.
After checking out Modern Jazz Guitar 2, I just had to see what Tom had to offer in MJG 1. <br /> <br /> Modern Jazz Guitar 1 traces the origins of jazz guitar beginning with Charlie Christian and on down to Wes, Grant Green and Jim Hall. But rather than being a mere collection of licks, Tom zeroes in on some specific playing idiosyncracies of each player. And this is why this video so unique! <br /> <br /> The approaches of Metheny, Scofield and Frisell are also covered in MJG 1, providing the perfect jumping off point into the modern, outside playing concepts of Modern Jazz Guitar 2. <br /> <br /> And like Modern Jazz Guitar 2, a hefty multi-page pdf spells out every note Tom plays, making every lick and idea easy to follow.<br /> <br /> Clinton Carnegie<br /> www.theguitarcolumn.com