He was able to play that stuff at the same speed that Kenny Burrell or Grant Green could play single-note lines.” Wait. It’s extremely difficult, and nobody was doing that. “You know, I love Grant Green,” says guitarist and instructor Mike Pachelli, plucking one of that celebrated guitarist’s riffs. Decades after his death, his keen ears and boundless imagination still bowl over jazz aficionados and newbies alike. But with the possible exception of Jim Hall, any jazz guitarist with an iota of self-awareness genuflects to him as the greatest to ever do it. ![]() ![]() He also strummed exclusively with his thumb, an idiosyncrasy that would make any music instructor run faint. Wes Montgomery, arguably its greatest guitarist, couldn’t read music, didn’t know theory, and didn’t understand his instrument’s electronics. ![]() If jazz seems too impenetrable and intimidating to get into, dig this.
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