Larry Coryell: Jazz Guitar Paperback – Audiobook, January 1, 1998

Larry Coryell is a jazz guitar name that I grew up with. In the 70's when I was a teenager learning jazz guitar I would read his articles in Guitar Player magazine. Records (yes, vinyl), by anyone other than Top 40 artists were not so readily available where I lived at that time so I didn't have the opportunity to hear him play. His educational contributions were my only exposure to the man.He was then, and is now, a great jazz guitar teacher.I found this book a pleasure to play: the examples and tunes are challenging enough to help most players grow. Anyone with less than say, 2 years experience playing jazz guitar would be best advised to steer clear of this one. It is fairly advanced. I think late intermediate - early advanced. The student should at least know their Major and minor scales in the 5 basic positions and have a similar knowledge of chords and comping. You should read music.If it is within your reach, however, I would go for it. It is by accepting greater challenges that we grow. Have fun.

I love the way Larry breaks down complex musical ideas.

Mr. Coryell is a genius, obviously. This book is for anyone who wants to learn from such a player. I'd also recommend getting some of the albums as well, such as "Spaces," "Spaces Revisited," and "Live in Chicago," the power trio album. This book will take awhile to actually absorb. That's a good thing, meaning that you're getting more for your money.

Material is great but no audio files like the physical book has kind of kills it

The Book is very good for the advanced guitarplayer who wants to learn more about Improvisation and Jazz, esapecially in the beginning.

Product did not deliver completed. It is without the book CD.

Larry Coryell is one of the most gifted guitarists alive. Throughout his career he has shared his thoughts and ideas on his playing and his approach to solving problems or issues particular to jazz interpretation and improvising that he was dealing with. I don't think his contributions to the educational world are for beginners. This book is for an intermediate to advanced player. Providing you have some experience and knowledge under your belt, Larry's tips are fantastic and above all useable right away in your playing. I've admired his work for 25 years and this offering is another great piece of work, added to many others, that Larry has produced. His acoustic albums Standing Ovation and European Impressions (which I think is partially available on the Tributaries CD) are seminal works for me and even after twenty years bear repeated listening for more amazing things created by this master.

One aspect has to be initially pointed out, the materials in this book are on intermediate/advanced level, they are not for beginners. The 12-bar blues (totally five pieces) in the first two chapters are not the basic 3-chord blues, they are reharmonized in a sophisticated manner, and basically, there is no explanation for the reharmonization. It is thus assumed that the player has a solid understanding in jazz harmony and a good rhythmic sense (especially for the unaccompanied solo guitar pieces), they are necessary in order to execute the pieces that Larry demonstrated on the CD tracks.

And excellent Jazz Tutor book - brilliant development, straightahead blues up to advanced soloing and comping concerts. Has so many great news for examples to back up what is in the book

Dies sind 94 Seiten Noten mit Demo-CD, in denen Larry Coryell Beispiele liefert, wie er persönlich bestimmte Aspekte des Jazz umsetzt.Sein Weg ist individuell und interessant. Es ist aber nicht sicher, dass jeder daraus Rezepte ableitet, wie er selbst mit Jazz umgehen kann.Neben der CD liefert das Buch Noten und TABs. Wobei die Notenkenntnisse sehr hilfreich sind.Bereits das erste Stück (ein Jazz-Blues) bestimmt das Einstiegsniveau des Buches. Der Titel enthält einen Walkingbass plus mehrstimmige Akkordergänzungen. Hier wie in vielen Beispielen ist Finger-Pickingtechnik von Vorteil, denn Coryell liebt in diesem Buch Akkorde, in denen Leersaiten vom Anschlag ausgespart werden.Er beschreibt seinen Weg als Musiker , auf dem er Blues und modale Skalen aus Schallplatten heraus hörte und nachspielte. Er zeigt Akkordfolgen auf, wobei er vorzugsweise bis auf den Grundton fast alle anderen Töne erhöht oder erniedrigt und dadurch zu so langen Akkordbezeichnungen kommt, dass er die Namen schon mal in drei Ebenen übereinander schreiben muss, damit die Namen überhaupt noch in einem Takt erwähnt werden können (Seite 32, 2. Takt). Er bietet CD-Tracks an, wo er abwechselnd die Akkorde und die Linien spielt, damit der Schüler mit ihm gemeinsam üben kann. Er versucht dem Schüler ein Gefühl dafür zu geben, wann er die modalen Skalen aus den Akkorden heraus einsetzen kann. Er zeigt auf, wie er selbst Arpeggien nutzt. Das Lehrheft verwandelt sich immer mehr in eine in Notenschrift gegossene Unterrichtsstunde über die Arbeitsweise von Larry Coryell. Eine Einzelstunde vom Meister persönlich, bei der man jedoch leider keine Fragen stellen kann. Und viele Schüler hätten eine Menge nachzufragen. Voraussetzungen: gutes Englisch, fortgeschrittene Gitarrentechnik nach Noten und TABs, Kenntnis der Harmonielehre, Coryell lieben.

For hubby, Vince.

私の尊敬するジャズ＆フュージョン・ギタリストの巨匠、ラリー・コリエルの書いた教則本ということで一も二もなく買ってみた。予想どおり、最初の譜例「ブルースの基本」からして、なかなかモダンなコード進行が使われている点では大変参考になる貴重な資料であると感じた。しかし、最大の問題は、これを踏み台にして、いかにして自分の感覚を生かした新しい奏法やサウンド（または作品）を生み出すか?!ということだ。喩えてみれば、優秀なスポーツカーのようなもので、それなりの性能は備えているものの、「どこを、どのように走れば最高に楽しいか？」までは教えてくれないし、そういう機能や運転感覚が車に付属しているものでもない。この教則本はあくまでも踏み台であることを肝に銘じたい。