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Guitar Practice: Know Your Fretboard - section 1, Week 1
Lee Edgecombe with Frank Vignola at Jazz Guitar Workshop and Masterclass. Place your mouse (or Mouse pad) over the photo and click-on for the 1-Hour YouTube Learning Video from my personal collection featuring Frank Vignola. Set your practice time as follows: (1) On Monday - Follow the 1st_20-minutes for Practice; (2) On Wednesday - Follow the 2nd_20-minutes for Practice; (3) On Friday - Follow the last 20 minutes for Practice on your Guitar.
frank vignola, jazz guitarist
Vignola grew up on Long Island, New York. His father played accordion and banjo and his brother plays trumpet. When he was five, he picked up the guitar, learning from his father and from records by Django Reinhardt, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joe Pass, and Johnny Smith. At 12 he started on the banjo, and two years later he won a national championship in Canada. On Long Island, he studied guitar at the Cultural Arts Center. Early in his career, he went to used record stores to buy albums by musicians whose work he didn't know, so that he could study their music. In 1987, when he was 23, he formed the Hot Club Quintet, named after the Quintette du Hot Club de France. In the early 1990s, he was in New York City, playing in groups with Max Morath, Andy Stein, Herman Foster, Joe Ascione, and tuba player Sam Pilafian. He formed the Concord Jazz Collective with veteran guitarists Howard Alden and Jimmy Bruno. The roster of musicians he has worked with includes Leon Redbone, Ken Peplowski, Susannah McCorkle, Charlie Byrd, Joey DeFrancesco, Gene Bertoncini, Johnny Frigo, Bucky Pizzarelli, Wynton Marsalis, David Grisman, Jane Monheit, Mark O'Connor, and Donald Fagen. Also, refer to Wikipedia for additional information.
guitar practice: know your fretboard - section1, week 2
Lee Edgecombe and Pasquale Grasso at Jazz Guitar Workshop and Masterclass. Place your mouse (or Mouse pad) over the photo and click-on for the 1-Hour YouTube Learning Video from my personal collection featuring Frank Vignola from my personal video collection. Set your practice time as follows: (1) On Monday - Follow the 1st_20-minutes for Practice; (2) On Wednesday - Follow the 2nd_20-minutes for Practice; (3) On Friday - Follow the last 20 minutes for Practice on your Guitar.
Pasquale Grasso, Jazz Guitarist
Grasso grew up on a farm in Ariano Irpino in the Campania region of Italy. His parents were jazz and classical music lovers. Their father bought Pasquale his first guitar when he was five. In summer of 1998 Pasquale attended Barry Harris' jazz workshop in Switzerland. Pasquale became Harris’ guitar teaching assistant and has conducted workshops in Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Holland, and Slovenia. In 2015 he won the Wes Montgomery International Jazz Guitar Competition. On 17 September 2021 Sony Masterworks released his album of Duke Ellington covers, Pasquale Plays Duke, with bassist Ari Roland and drummer Keith Balla and guest vocalists Samara Joy and Sheila Jordan. The same year he appeared leading the trio backing Samara Joy on her album Samara Joy. On 15 February 2022 he performed on the Today Show with Samara Joy and appeared on her 2022 album Linger Awhile.
Guitar Practice: Know Your Fretboard - section 1, week 3
Lee Edgecombe and Ed Cherry at Jazz Guitar Workshop and Masterclass. Place your mouse (or Mouse pad) over the photo and click-on for the 1-Hour YouTube Learning Video from my personal collection featuring Frank Vignola from my personal video collection. Set your practice time as follows: (1) On Monday - Follow the 1st_20-minutes for Practice; (2) On Wednesday - Follow the 2nd_20-minutes for Practice; (3) On Friday - Follow the last 20 minutes for Practice on your Guitar.
Ed cherry, jazz guitarist
Edward E. Cherry Jr. (October 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and studio musician. Cherry is perhaps best known for his long association with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, with whom he performed from 1978 until shortly before Gillespie's death in 1993. Since that time, he has worked with Paquito D'Rivera, Jon Faddis, John Patton, Hamiet Bluiett, Henry Threadgill, and Paula West. He has recorded a number of albums as a leader.
Guitar Practice: Know Your Fretboard - section 1, week 4
Lee Edgecombe and Mike Stern at Jazz Guitar Workshop and Masterclass. Place your mouse (or Mouse pad) over the photo and click-on for the 1-Hour YouTube Learning Video from my personal collection featuring Frank Vignola from my personal video collection. Set your practice time as follows: (1) On Monday - Follow the 1st_20-minutes for Practice; (2) On Wednesday - Follow the 2nd_20-minutes for Practice; (3) On Friday - Follow the last 20 minutes for Practice on your Guitar.
Mike Stern, Jazz and Fusion Guitarist
Mike Stern (born January 10, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist. After playing with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he worked with drummer Billy Cobham, then with trumpeter Miles Davis from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1985. He then began a solo career, releasing more than a dozen albums. Stern was named Best Jazz Guitarist of 1993 by Guitar Player magazine. At the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in June 2007, he was given the Miles Davis Award, which was created to recognize internationally acclaimed jazz artists whose work has contributed significantly to the renewal of the genre. In 2009 Stern was listed on Down Beat's list of 75 best jazz guitarists of all time. He received Guitar Player magazine's Certified Legend Award on January 21, 2012.
