One take

One song each from my faves.... https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41vFAlOUm2T9TdEjup2ozh?si=tfLm4pDZSe-8B3P5FilPFg

I've known Blue Bossa for decades. So I'm going to work on comping it with shell cords (which I'm just starting to discover thanks to teacher Marc}.

Hi, I am Mert- a newbie to jazz playing and I would like to express myself through playing the notes to convey feelings and stories as a storyteller I was but mostly in the literal form and visual one. But I think I want to explore the sound aspect as well. And I would like to be part of this community. Be inspired and to inspire.

This is my 1st video contribution to this community. I welcome your feedback on my guitar playing -- isn't that what this community is for?

A lot of people have said they were new to jazz so to help them... and all of us, I thought it would be a nice challenge for us to choose 3 of our favorite jazz artists. Only 3!!! So choose wisely! This will evetually make a list for people to go discover new players.

Hi Everyone. 50 Years old, been listening to jazz for years. Looking for some more consistency and good pathway to progress in my jazz guitar.

After posting the autumn leaves challenge, Rene told me it would be cool to do it with you guys. Here's what i suggest. Everybody interested works on the song and posts their result before the end of september. You can learn an arrangement, make your own, solo, just melody, just chords... whatever you feel will help you improve. We are here to help each other so i suggest that for one thing to work on we say 2 things we liked... we can also just like. That way we don't end up discouraging others. We are not all at the same level and we can all work on so many things. So if you're interested please respond in the comments... if there's only two of us we might decide to just not do it. https://www.skool.com/jazz-guitar-fellowship/autumn-leaves-720d6f5b?p=08df1637

My 1st guitar hero being Mark Knopfler, I've always played with no plectrum. But a few years ago, my manouche jazz teacher said "you have to play with a pick". I started to follow his advice, but so far I'm still a better player without a pick than with one. And in the jazz realm, I see conflicting advice. So, do you think one can play jazz guitar with no pick all the time? Or is there a music or context that requires using a plectrum? More broadly, what's your take on the pick/no pick issue?

This is my latest assignment in the accelerator, thought i would share it with you. https://youtu.be/Zn_mjdJfINo

Does anyone have any ideas on activities to do whilst away from a guitar for 2 weeks? Obviously listening to jazz and basic theory.....but any unique out of the box ideas?

I have played classical guitar for a few years. I was part of Classical Guitar Corner for the past 5, and I liked the fact that there was a structured curriculum. I was also part of Marc's online school, and I appreciated that he had organized the learning of jazz into a structured curriculum. i am currently working on the exercises that were part of Improv 101, and while I can play scales against a ii-V-I progression, they still just sound like scales. I am hoping to break through and make the leap to jazz in the near future.