Here's a Youtube video of Pat Metheny playing Horace Silver's beautiful tune "Lonely Woman" in duet with bass player Charlie Haden. Pat plays an Ovation here.  The sound is not really good, but the music is... technorati tags:pat, metheny, charlie, haden, horace, silver, lonely, woman, jazz, guitar, ovation...

HI Guys, it's been a long time since my last post, I've been kind of busy. Here's a cool video of Mike Stern playing some shabby guitar live on Argentine radio. It's nice to hear even the great guitarists do sound like #$!@ sometimes. Click here for Mike Stern Licks... technorati tags:mike, stern, acoustic, guitar, jazz, blues...

Do you know these guitar licks that seem to go on forever? Well, here are 3 of them.  The first lick is one of mine, a good exercise to get some common chromatic patterns into your fingers. The second one is a Pat Metheny lick, that amazing solo break from Third Wind.  The third lick is one from Pat Martino. You can find all 3 of them here: Never Ending Jazz Guitar Licks technorati tags:jazz, gui...

I just published a new guitar lesson, a guest lesson by Matthew Warnock.  In this lesson you'll learn how to add chromatic notes to your scales and arpeggios.  Chromatic playings is an essential ellement of the jazz sound. The link to the lesson: http://www.jazzguitar.be/chromatics.html technorati tags:chromatics, chromatic, jazz, guitar...

Many aspiring jazz guitarists wonder how to get a good jazz guitar tone.  The key is getting the swing feel in your ears and fingers and getting the right gear.  In this article I made an overview of the guitar amps that are the most popular in jazz: How to Get a Jazz Guitar Tone: Guitar Amps technorati tags:jazz, guitar, amps...