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Another great version of this tune:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWXqlJ0Zydc

-David

I was surprised to read today that Ian Coury, one of my favorite young bandolim players from Brazil, has a new course on Peghead Nation ("Brazilian Choro Mandolin with Ian Coury). I am looking...

Probably my favorite tune from this incredible album. I bought it at Stu Herrick's "Folkstore" in Seattle back in the early 1980s, probably not long after it was released. It blew my mind... still...

Another favorite of mine is Marco Ruviaro, a Brazilian player currently living in Italy. He's equally incredible on mandolin and 7-string guitar. Here he is on 7-string guitar with Vitor Casagrande...

Seeing this week's Mandolin Monday video with Ian Coury reminded me of two my favorite (relatively) recent youtube discoveries with Ian Coury playing two of my favorite K-Ximbinho pieces: "Ternura"...

Some nice playing here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxqPg7Gnq7o

Yay Tim! One of my favorite mandolin players and teachers. Haven't see you up here in Seattle recently... come on up!

-David

Mentioning Garrison Fewell reminds me of his guitar improv books. The titles are something like "Jazz Improv - A Harmonic Approach" and "Jazz Improv - A Melodic Approach". I had looked at the melodic...

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Hi John,

It's held at Ft Worden in Port Townsend WA.

-David

Way to go Mark! Similar story for me by the way. My 5th grade (or was that 6th grade?) music teacher told me (in front of the class) that I should sing more quietly or not at all. Devastating in...

Well, I have a lot of favorites that come in and out of rotation but currently I am getting a lot of mileage out of Don Stiernberg's "Swing 220". I never get tired of this one!

David

Unfortunately Fletcher is no longer in Seattle (as of at least 5 years ago). Too bad, his workshop used to be right across the street from where I work and he was a great resource and fun to visit....

p.s. I second the recommendation for "Getting into Gypsy Jazz Violin" by Martin Norgaard. Fantastic book.

Thanks for posting that Al. It was great playing and meeting so many fine players and fine people at Centrum. I want to say that it was particularly a pleasure to meet and play with Jake Schepps, the...

I am planning on starting Skype lessons again soon and I'm looking for suggestions for software to record the lessons with. I would be using an iPad or a Windows PC (with Logitech webcam) --...

I liked Austin's 2 point a lot as well, probably my fave of his instruments, but he also had a really nice F5 that had just been strung up a week prior to Wintergrass that was going to be a winner...

Another good word for these books and Don Julin. I got to hang with a bit at Wintergrass and he's a fun, easy to approach kind of guy.

I have both of his books and they are both worth getting!...

Here's one -- this should bring up some links to others as well.

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David

Obrigado Carlos!

Speaking of Waldir Azevedo and "Pedacinho do Céu", here is a version of this tune that I ran across recently that I really like.

-David

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Check out the errata for the book at http://jazzmando.com/errata_.shtml -- the Fm9 error is listed there among others!

-David

The book "Hal Leonard Mandolin Method" by Rich DelGrosso is very good too, and a mixture of styles. There is some tab at the very beginning to help with fingering but after that all of the music is...

Very nice Bruce, thanks for sharing!

-David

This looks like it could potentially be of interest to some here.....

Gary Burton is teaching a free course on Improvisation from Berkeley College of Music on Coursera:
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Check out the second half of this Austin City Limits from 1980 with Johnny Gimble, Tiny Moore, and Jethro Burns for various combinations of electric and acoustic mando jazz.

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-David...