Challenge The Masters: Guitar: Instrumental Album

Flatpicking Guitar has taken an interesting journey since its inception first with Maybelle Carter then Don Reno Doc Watson and Clarence White. Younger players who began by listening to the original masters have melded thoseinfluences with other styles including blues swing classical and even various world music styles.When first listening to Doc Watson and Clarence White Barry Solomon was particularly attracted to their use of swing andjazz licks and phrasing and their choices of songs straight from the Tin Pan Alley and Great American Songbook.Tunes like Limehouse Blues All of Me and Honeysuckle Rose were exciting challenges toexplore after becoming comfortable with bluegrass and fiddle tunes. Barry always thought that bluegrass and jazz were a wonderful combination and the most gratifying challenge has been to create arrangements that meld both stylesin a tasteful and exciting manner.Titles presented in Volume 2 include: The Way You Look Tonight All of Me Oh Baby and Limehouse Blues. Accompanying audio tuition is included.

Turn the first page of THE FUNKMASTERS and you enter a domain of unrivaled musical feeling and groove as you become acquainted with names like Jab'o Starks Bernard Odum Clyde Stubblefield Sweet Charles Sherrell Bootsy Collins jimmy Nolen Country Kellum and the rest of the legendary bassists guitarists and drummers who ignited the Godfather of Soul's records and live shows of over three decades. Twenty-three James Brown classics have been transcribed broken down into individual lessons and meticulously re-created on two one-hour CDs' for drums bass and guitar. Also included is a full history of the James Brwon band along with rare photos. THEFUNKMASTERS will inspire and enlighten you as your groove takes new direction and finds primeval levels of rhythm you never knew were possible. It will challenge your musicianship your sense of time and most of all your soul. Are you bad enough to handle it'