Workshop Series Chick Corea Classics

One of the foremost personalities in the world of Jazz Guitar Larry Coryell has played against the best and here presents an insight into his distinctive and fluid approach.From bebop heroes Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus to fusion superstars Chick Corea and John McLaughlin Coryell's guitar playing has graced the recordings of the hottest stars in Jazz making him a guitarist of huge reputation and respect. In this three-part DVD series Coryell analyses his own Jazz perspective providing an empirical method of solo and chord improvisation.Volume three includes:Sweep picking back picking hybrid-picking triplets and applying thesetechniquesBrazilian-orientated rhythm techniquesChords and basslines using just the fingersComping on Coltrane's Giant StepsHow to solo over Giant Steps using harmonic 'shortcuts' and unauthodox changesReharmonization of the melody and the 'blowing' changesReharmonization ideas as applied to Mingus's Goodbye Porkpie HatThe defining characteristics of advanced improvisation

One of the foremost personalities in the world of Jazz Guitar Larry Coryell has played against the best and here presents an insight into his distinctive and fluid approach.From bebop heroes Sonny Rollins and CharlesMingus to fusion superstars Chick Corea and John McLaughlin Coryell's guitar playing has graced the recordings of the hottest stars in Jazz making him a guitarist of huge reputation and respect. In this three-part DVD seriesCoryell analyses his own Jazz perspective providing an empirical method of solo and chord improvisation.Volume one includes:Major scales all over the neckMinor diminished and whole-tonetonalitiesChromaticsAccents within picking patternsArpeggiosModes and intervalsBuilding an intellectual understanding between chords and scalesMovements between harmony and bassGoing beyond chord/scaleusageSingle-line improvising through changesChord substitutions