Modern Jazz Improvisation-Part 1 is some really good class! It contains many kinds of approaching of imrovisation methods so it is very inventive and varied. It is also very well constructed and thoroughly thought-out. The explanations are detailed and clear. Very helpful are the written notes and the provided backingtracks making practising more effective. It is some serious and thoughtful stuff from a great musician who exactly knows what it is to learn and to really know something.
Another excelent class by Lippincott. He is a master at presenting material in a way that is at the same time very throrough and detailed, and concise. I am never left with doubts with any of his lessons, every thing is so clear.<br /> The material presented will keep you working for some time. I have a Master's degree in jazz and still find Tom's lessons very insightful. I use a lot of his concepts and ideas in my own teaching, even with beginner/intermediate students. I highly recommend it.
This is brilliant! Very inspiring and useful material, very clear. Tom Lippincott is great. Jo Savin
I have thoroughly enjoyed this lesson. It really opened my ears to the modern sounds and helped me understand how to acquire them. Do yourself a favor and get both classes in this series. Enough to shed on for the next few decades!
Another great lesson from Tom. This time it focuses on one modal tune "Inner Urge" and Tom gives you ideas on how to approach improvising over such a tune and also how to approach tunes with seemingly unrelated and complex chord changes. Loads of great ideas here.
An excellent intro into various approaches used in improvisation over modern progressions. Each example captures the essence of a specific concept. A huge eye opener for me, as I know it will be for you.<br /> <br /> One suggestion to improve all these lessons is to break everything down into small short videos, each covering a specific concept. This makes finding any topic in the discussion fast for the student, without having to scroll back and forth.
All you need to know about harmony and its development and application related to guitar is in this series in a very concise and organized way.
Really great breakdown of the options and choices for these types of modal tunes. To start with, it's made me look at Pentatonics in a totally new way. Highly recommended.