How to Play Straight Ahead Jazz

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For me personally, as a long time player, but new to jazz and theory, I’m not interested in any sheets that just list the name of a chord. I gotta have the chord diagram showing the fingering. It would be great if it also showed a few different spots on the FB where you could play the same chord.. Without that I’d have to constantly look them up in a book and write them down with a diagram stamp….which seems to be the norm for all the people selling jazz studies on YT. This is a very slow process, and could be argued that it would instill the information. I think that if you’re going to take the time to build the course, why not go the extra step and put in the diagrams? Much less frustrating for the student. If this is ever created, I’ll be happy to pay for it.

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I was lucky enough to sit in on a jam session with Cecil. He was nothing but encouraging and at the time I wasn’t feeling very confident about my playing being a very new jazz player. I later ran into him around a year later after my chops had improved and he remembered me and that just made my day. Such a humble guy and great player!

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This is the most I've learned about jazz from one video and I'm 2 minutes in

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Sorta wish I studied with this guy when I was at Berklee. This is the stuff I’ve been wanting to learn all along

[@gitarmats]

Such solid lines! Really cool!

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This is the best explanation of music I have ever seen. Simply amazing!

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[@vspaulding1]

Just what i want to learn:) Thank You Cecil

[@davidlee6442]

Bravo! Thank you for the very informed and informative in depth look at the historical and functional language that makes this music come alive. I've seen so many students who want a sound, want the excitement of a living solo and are given solos to copy without any functional or aural context. So it becomes a finger exercise. Your approach not only shows where your perception comes from, but also presents a lexicon for anyone to apply in their own approach. Nice!!!

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I'm not really a jazz player, but I love music theory. Anyway, this material was so well presented, and the persona is so likeable, that I both liked and subscribed.

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[@robertjacksonnuages]

hi CECIL,an excellent lesson is so many ways.....what hit me most was the way you played 8th notes in the slow tempo...so many teachers when they get to 'slow tempos' they bounce the 8th notes eg...1st and last of triplets..da...de da....de dah etc...instead of the 'straight 8ths the way u [and joe ,wes] play them ....loved ur concerts ......bob jackson ...new zealand....

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[@MicCostanzo]

Cecil channeling his inner Pat Martino in the intro. Love it 😍

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Pro-level content and really clearly explained and demonstrated. Not for beginners, but if you are ready for this level, you won't find better teaching. Respect!

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CALM, CLEAR, and CONCISE. Well done! I will subscribe. Thank you.

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Fantastic, and I love the large-headstock Strat.

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[@Jamestele1]

I just got your 25 Hard Bop Etudes. Now my Jazz playing will get much closer to my goals. Awesome. I knew there was a "missing piece" and now I can start to color it in.

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[@weyde1]

His method of instruction is far superior to many of the others whose videos appear on youtube. For some of the others whose videos appear regularly on KZbin, it's difficult to tell exactly what points they're trying to get across. Gonna check him out.

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Love your style and ideas, man! That sound is perfection.

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The intro was enough to understand i can learn a lot from this dude

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[@marblelee]

This lesson is so amazing.

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[@johnpandolfino8663]

Amazing that you could think about and organize these runs and play them at the same time..... I'd be crippled ......👌👍👏💪😎🔥🇺🇸 unless of course you rehearsed them before hand

[@michaelgottlieb9083]

Not really into soloing (yet...maybe... never🙃) I love the chord changes.

[@Samstagnachmittag]

This video is a gift. Thank you for these beautiful pieces and your thorough yet clear analysis! I understand about a third of it, which is gods work.

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[@KimchiSpringRoll]

May I play some softbop instead thou?

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[@mogret7451]

Thats a pretty sweet jazz tone a bit old school. 😀

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trying to learn this, liked and subbed!

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great presentation . 4 on 6 by Wes is very important to guitar!

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[@davidhession1913]

Cecil, I first saw you on Hunter McCay's When Pigs Won't fly recording, and its always fun to see where you pop up!

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This was wonderful thankyou.

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[@ric2play]

Great stuff...what's the opening progression?

[@obus4186]

The deflat major pivot that was thrown in there, does that come from advanced theory or just something thats proven useful but not anything to do with key of Bb Major, G minor?

[@OIP_1]

oh yeah this is the good stuff. thanks! it's a few steps above where i'm at so a fantastic challenge and learning experience as well.

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[@JSustain]

Oh man...! I got this set of lessons and it had so many of my favorite songs! And his playing is just what I am after. I highly recommend this set of songs, backing tracks, and videos! I have some very big plans for 2023, now!

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[@yrgmicah]

how do u get this tone

[@adriyanmusic]

After 1st 4 notes I decided to subscribe 🎸 The thing is I'm a rock and folk guitarist and I cannot understand how can I create shapes and improvisation 😀

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Great. Great video

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Incredible.

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[@BourdeoixEterno]

Cecil has such effortless control over the guitar, I’m a bass player but love listening to him nonetheless!

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Why is hard bop "hard"? What's the meaning of hard here?

[@tagskinner778]

Nice! Great lines!

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What Brand guitar do you use? Website Link Guitar shop please. Thank you

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salut . merci beaucoup monsieur

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Eccellente spiegazione 👍

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[@ric2play]

Should I get the Bb tuning or Concert for guitar?

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sir can i get the backing track

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I am learning a lot with your materials. Thanks a lot !

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Love the tone on that strat

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[@SecretSauce8]

are there a lot of double time lines like the one you played on song for my father? and is that particular line you played in the book?

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[@bluenoise153]

Enjoying your improvisations and explanations ... regarding the Lester Young style phrase discussed at the end the "Stable Mates" example, it sounds like a musical quote from "Mares Eat Oats" (a.k.a. "Mairzy Doats"), which is apparently from about 1943 vintage, and also a reference to horses, maybe?

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song for our Father

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Playing jazz on a strat is cool

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11:15

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This pink guitar is Burning 🥰🥰

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How do you make a strat sound like that? Love it

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Great lesson! The Lester Young course is an old New England song: O mares eat oats and does eat oats And little lambs eat ivy A kid'll eat ivy, too Wouldn't you?

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Good catch !!!

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Great playing and explanation. 🙂👌🤓

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[@smoothsavage2870]

With a title like "Hard Bop", you'd think that the artists in this sub-genre would be doing the opposite of slow tempo music.

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im 49 seconds into the video and have already subscribed lol god damn that was some intro

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This is great thanks! But how do you practice improvising with this stuff?

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[@ber334]

Divide the lines into one or two measure segments. Start with segments you like or are easier for you. Now take a segment and use it in another tune or blues. If your segment falls under a d-7 to G7 chord change then thats what your looking for when you move it to a different song.

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@@jazzlessonvideos i hope that other videos of Cecil's style will come soon thank you for your job

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Hie folks😍🖐,l'm new hear just bumped into this video l don't know how😉🙃😇.Well as a beginner in jazz l'm completely taken aback by this awesome loaded tutorial.Most jazz tutors have failed maybe l'm just dull but hopefully here l've found my new home!.l will cram first then play in required speed and study later!🙈.

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Is there any place where we can see the full list of songs covered?

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Airegin Along Came Betty Blues Bye Bye Blackbird Four on Six Fried Bananas Hi-Fly If I Should Lose You If I Were A Bell Invitation Jeannine Joy Spring Lazy Bird Midnight Blue Moanin’ Nica’s Dream Remember Rhythm Changes Song For My Father St. Thomas Stablemates Strollin’ This I Dig Of You Willow Weep For Me Work Song

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[@shaolin1derpalm]

I think when I said bebop when I first listened to jazz I meant hard and post pop.

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Did you ever live in New Orleans?

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Amazing tone, though I don't believe jazz players are necessarily always consiencious of phrases as much as those dissecting them

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[@kevinskuhagen2120]

I love the analysis of the lines, but if you’re thinking all that when you’re playing I’m doomed 😂 I can learn the lines and know the theory, but can’t pull it out at light speed! Incredible stuff.

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[@vinisilva_guitar]

Thinking all that when you're playing is impossible. He plays what he hear from memory with all the vocabulary he learned by listening the greats, praticing, transcribing, etc.

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I assume it’s daunting if your truly improvising over something you’ve never heard and just have the chords charts. If you know the tunes and have played around with them it’s all good.

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And to think when I was a kid I thought u could only play jazz guitar on an Gibson ES 175. LOL

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I imagine whatever jazz guitar classes that get offered in Heaven will be very similar to this.

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[@kukumuniu5658]

How about harmonic Major/ionian b6? Why there is nothing about how use this in real music? No songs,videos,nothing... harmonic Major is very interesting for several reasons firstly, we have a few rootless dominants in it not only in the seventh degree (but these roots are nondiatonic,what opportunities does it give us?) second, we have several different tonic chords for one scale degree (on few degrees,not all) if we omit the rule of 3rd chord construction. For example C harm Major,iii degree we have chords: e,g,b - minor chord e,a-flat,b - Major chords for the same scale e,a-flat,c- augmented chord 3 chords for one scale what scale is this?Minor or Major? Minor phrygian,Major phrygian and augmented phrygian? or dimminished phrygian scale? Because we have b2,b3 and b4... Harmonic minor was created to solve the problem of natural minor - ok melodic minor was created to solve the problem of harmonic minor - ok who,when and what for create harm Major? (if noone use it,even for teaching)

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Súper BOP

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great

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[@travelingman9763]

Very indepth silo line concepts. How about showing chord voice leading concepts To me, chords are scales stacked. Singing lines with soulful mastery of rhythms as you know. Some will ever learn to "dance" because they think unimportant and we know who are/where the master singers and dancers!

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Sounds great, but not sure enough of what you are explaining. My ears tell me that it's great tho.