Hey friends- just dropping a note about an upcoming gig on August 4. Our church sponsors a quarterly “Jazz series” - really it’s pop and jazz - for the community. And this summer I was invited to play with the group. I’m playing: Blue Bossa, Summertime )both in the Essentials) and comping to Summer Breeze (Seals and Crofts) and Dance w Me. So I’ve put on hold the weekly videos- but will try to do something mid- week on one of these times. Today we had a practice- it was so much fun to play with professional musicians- I had such a great time - and it was just a rehearsal. Hope to have a video of the real thing in a week or so. Thank you!

Dear JGA friends, I have been absent for a few months, although I have been following some of the recorded videos of Marc-André's Q&A and Gabriel's Workshop. I have been participating in recent months in a combo formed at the Barcelona "Taller de Músics" (senior space) with whom I have just played my first gig (I am, in the dark, the third one starting from the left). It has been a formidable experience that I could not have done without everything I have learned in these two years here at JGA with Marc-André and many of you who have guided me. Thank you very much! We have played two pieces: Killer Joe (Benny Golman) and Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock). For being the first time (after fifty years!) that I have played with a group, I am quite satisfied. And this will continue... And I hope to get back to the classes and live meetings with you when the European schedules allow me!

This is the next step in my goal of incorporating the complex rhythms from Galbraith's comping book into my playing. Last week, I did a video on comping using Galbraith "Words and Phrases" and listed 9 examples that are used through the Comping studies (see video here https://www.skool.com/jazz-guitar/comping-practice-using-16-bars-of-autumn-leaves). For this practice routine, I put together 8 bar "sentences" that I found contained in several of the Galbraith studies. For the most part, these are combinations of the previous 9 "phrases". There are 8 examples - beginning with basic combinations of Charlestons on 1 and 1 & and gradually getting more complex. The last one (starting at 1:50) is multiple back to back Charlestons over all 8 bars - I'm not sure I pull this off so I'll keep it in my practice; You can see the examples in the attached pdf. I did 3 videos - the first uses guide tones which is the first step of my practice, the second used staple chords, and the third is my recording of Galbraith "Shiny" which is the first study in the Galbraith book. I've played Shiny forever, but I submitted it so that hopefully you could hear both the phrases and some of the sentences in the final study.

Hi everyone. Just dropping by to let you know that Wednesday's workshop - CM on There Will Never Be Another You - is now available. This is one of my favorite standards, and since I'm currently working on it, I decided to share the same arrangement I've built for my own practice. Hope you enjoy it, and happy shedding. 😎🎸 You can check it out by following this link: https://www.skool.com/jazz-guitar/classroom/1d6ddcc6?md=0ffa86686a8144fdb3c78cd36c54b934 Thanks, everyone who showed up: @Lawrence Szabo , @Richard Soukup

Sorry for the delay in getting these uploaded! Both are now live: Harmonic Roadmaps 2 - Minor Keys (Jul 1) 👉 https://www.skool.com/jazz-guitar/classroom/1d6ddcc6?md=a7ab74dcbb0747ac99bf2c3460a82765 Foundations of harmony in minor keys: chord functions, harmonic minor scale, and the cycle of fourths. Practical harmonic templates you can apply to jazz standards and comping right away. The Connector Method Part 2 (Jul 8) 👉 https://www.skool.com/jazz-guitar/classroom/1d6ddcc6?md=391462e44be04e7e859a4507d3ca88c6 A practical system for practicing Bert Ligon's outline 1 across the neck in five positions. Fretboard navigation, connecting chord shapes to melodic outlines, and building a more intuitive approach to making the changes in your improv. Check them out in the Classroom when you get a chance! Thanks to everyone who showed up live: @Philip Halton @Richard Soukup @Casey Childers @Kevin Gallagher @Lawrence Szabo and @Casey Childers .