The guitarist of the day is Baden Powell

The guitarist of the day is Baden Powell. Baden Powell, along with João Gilberto are perhaps the most beloved Brazilian guitarists of all time.  In 1962, Powell and Vinicius de Moraes began a collaboration that yielded some classics of 1960s Brazilian music. They sought  to transcend the then internationally fashionable bossa nova sound by mixing Afro-Brazilian elements with bossa nova, samba, and jazz. The best known results are the Afro-Sambas de Baden e Vinicius.

Guitar pieces such as Berimbau, Xangô, Simplesmente, Braziliense, Horizon, Consolação, Samba, Casa Velha, Lotus, Imagem, and Canto de Ossanha are standards. His playing meets the highest technical and aesthetic standards: his unique melodic solo guitar playing and control of Brazilian rhythms and ways of articulating them are a high water mark for Luso- and Latin American nylon-string guitarists. And that Brazilian right hand that I've heard called a "little miracle."

This version of A.C. Jobim's "One Note Samba" ain't your daddy's martini-swigging, best friend's wife-shagging One Note Samba:
Baden Powell 1967 Berlin Guitar Festival

Check out these amazing free transcriptions in notation and tab:
 http://www.brazil-on-guitar.de/tabs.html
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The year before his death. 1999.

The guitarist of the day is Jerry Reed

The guitarist of the day is Jerry Reed. One of the rare nylon-string players in country music (along with Willie Nelson), his discovery by guitarist/producer Chet Atkins put the Georgia picker on the map. Virtuosic cuts like "The Claw" continue to attract the attention of serious players. His "Guitar Man," covered by Elvis Presley and many others (including Tom Jones) put him in the popular music world of the 60s and 70s.  Jerry's duets with Chet Atkins (listen to "Muleskinner Blues") set a new standard for a super-accomplished Nashville sound. Humor and showmanship were also Reed trademarks and sometimes compromise his live performances. But, he was performing for the people--not guitar players like y'all. Listen to his chord intro and electric guitar accompaniment to "Georgia on my Mind" and you'll hear this good ol' boy on  the classic Hoagy Carmichael ballad--weep if you have to.  I miss Jerry Reed. I hope you do too.



Jerry on telecaster with Glen Campell on Gibson es335 in this version of "Guitar Man". Check out the original if you can.

The guitarist of the day is Carlos Santana

The guitarist of the day is Carlos Santana. The inventor and sole practitioner of a style. The original Latin role model for roles that do not exist. The tone, the style, the spirit. An American institution. I'm not crazy about his line of ties, but his musical line is a must-listen must-absorb for all aspirants-grasshopper.



The "Samba Pa' Ti" love guru:


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AMIGO MINI LESSON:
Carlos loves that dorian mode for minors. He uses it over minor sevenths and as a substitution for pentatonics. ex. A minor pentatonic = A dorian.

The guitarist of the day is Pat Martino

The guitarist of the day is Pat Martino. After suffering a brain aneurism he had to relearn how to play the guitar, so he's mastered it twice. He is unique among us in his commitment.  like Pythagoras, he is both mystic and scientist. His playing, while fairly complicated, is undergirded by an original approach to harmony based on the simplification of harmonic and melodic structures, and trust in the ear. Simplify and transcend is what I call it. The John Coltrane of the guitar, his harmonic superimpositions are off the charts, yet clear.

 "Sunny" is the first jazz tune I ever attempted. Here is Pat and special guest John Scofield's attempt:)




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PAT MARTINO LESSON:  minor substitutions over dominant #5 chords. 
* For rock guitarists "reducing to minor" may be especially useful since you may already know your minors (through pentatonics and dorian mode). Reducing to minor may open up other chord types and chord progressions to you.

The guitarist(s) of the day are Sonny Sharrock and George Benson

When Sonny first came to New York, he was super-intimidated because the very first live music he heard was a street jazz band with a teenager named George Benson playing guitar. He must have thought "does everyone in NY play like this--Geez!" It's a good thing they both stayed.





Was there ever a more relaxed or soulful guitarist than George Benson? It's how I play in my dreams; in the stream and dissolved in it. Thank you George.



Sat at 9:31pm ·

Santana tribute to Sonny (thanks to David Jones):