simonarberet
Verified buyer
12/24/25
Great jazz blues licks from jazz masters. The analysis that comes with each lick are also greats! I enjoy it.
Jazzed Blues
Contextual approach to jazz blues guitar phrasing and soloing
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Mark Stefani
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About this course
Mark Stefani, top-notch solo guitar player with a pedigree a mile long, is also one the most prolific and well-rounded guitar instructors we have the pleasure of working with.
Mark's interactive chord melody course, Chord Melody Cafe, remains at the top of our charts and his monthly lessons always rank in our top ten.
Jazzed Blues, another interactive video course from Stefani, focuses solely on developing a vocabulary of versatile jazzed blues phrases for use as solo building blocks. The course is ideal for intermediate to advanced players.
Most players are comfortable soloing over a wide variety of blues grooves but freeze up when things get a bit jazzed – Jazzed Blues fixes that. Here's how it works …
The lessons are organized into sets of versatile jazzed blues phrases.
The phrases are demonstrated in context against various jam tracks across several jazzed blues feels.
Each phrase is broken down note-by-note with fingerings and technical tips to help players nail the phrase.
Mark's interactive chord melody course, Chord Melody Cafe, remains at the top of our charts and his monthly lessons always rank in our top ten.
Jazzed Blues, another interactive video course from Stefani, focuses solely on developing a vocabulary of versatile jazzed blues phrases for use as solo building blocks. The course is ideal for intermediate to advanced players.
Most players are comfortable soloing over a wide variety of blues grooves but freeze up when things get a bit jazzed – Jazzed Blues fixes that. Here's how it works …
The lessons are organized into sets of versatile jazzed blues phrases.
The phrases are demonstrated in context against various jam tracks across several jazzed blues feels.
Each phrase is broken down note-by-note with fingerings and technical tips to help players nail the phrase.
What you'll learn
- Apply left hand staccato technique for articulation control
- Create rhythmic variation within a phrase using offbeat accents
- Anticipate chord changes melodically
- Adapt licks to fit chord progressions rather than playing them verbatim
- Recognize strong and weak tones in different registers
Release date: 05/08/2004 • 2h 36m runtime
Sample lessons
Set 1: Phrase A2
Set 1: Phrase B1
Set 1: Phrase B2
Set 1: Phrase C1
What's included
80 lessons • 24 charts • 13 Jam Tracks
Set 1: Phrase A1
Welcome to Jazzed Blues! Most players are comfortable soloing over most blues grooves but freeze up when things get a bit jazzed - this course will fix that. As you progress through the course, you'll build your vocabulary of jazzed blues phrases and learn how to string them together to form solos over jazzed blues feels. This first phrase is a very useful Kenny Burrell-like lick and a perfect example of a "three on four" repetition. Visit Kenny Burrell at http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx?aid=2696.
Set 1: Phrase A2
Welcome to Jazzed Blues! Most players are comfortable soloing over most blues grooves but freeze up when things get a bit jazzed - this course will fix that. As you progress through the course, you'll build your vocabulary of jazzed blues phrases and learn how to string them together to form solos over jazzed blues feels. This first phrase is a very useful Kenny Burrell-like lick and a perfect example of a "three on four" repetition.
Set 1: Phrase B1
This second phrase blends melodic tones with the "just add water" minor pentatonic scale, then features several slick double-stops as the lick weaves its way into a major blues feel. Also noteworthy is the use of hammer-ons and pull-offs. This great combination, based in the traditional bar position, is really two or three terrific licks in one. Tune into the last section of Video 2 where we start demonstrating how to connect and expand individual phrases into solos. Visit Mark Stefani at http://www.visionmusic.com/.
Set 1: Phrase B2
This second phrase blends melodic tones with the "just add water" minor pentatonic scale, then features several slick double-stops as the lick weaves its way into a major blues feel. Also noteworthy is the use of hammer-ons and pull-offs. This great combination, based in the traditional bar position, is really two or three terrific licks in one. Tune into the last section of Video 2 where we start demonstrating how to connect and expand individual phrases into solos. Visit Mark Stefani at http://www.visionmusic.com/.
Set 1: Phrase C1
Here's a third move to join with the first two phrases in this set and complete the cycle. This time the focus is on using "broken octaves" in combination with blues, first descending through the minor pentatonic scale, then ascending with the traditional, six-tone blues scale. Octaves were first popularized by jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, who passed the torch down to his younger disciples, like Burrell, George Benson, and a host of other fine jazz and blues guitar players.
Set 1: Phrase C2
Here's a third move to join with the first two phrases in this set and complete the cycle. This time the focus is on using "broken octaves" in combination with blues, first descending through the minor pentatonic scale, then ascending with the traditional, six-tone blues scale. Octaves were first popularized by jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, who passed the torch down to his younger disciples, like Burrell, George Benson, and a host of other fine jazz and blues guitar players.
Set 2: Phrase A1
In this next trio of phrases, the scene shifts to a funky, 12-bar blues context, with licks imitating the incomparable George Benson. With George it's all about phrasing and his fertile rhythmic imagination, as clearly shown in this superb, C minor pentatonic blues lick inspired from his mid-seventies recording period. Slides and solid vibrato complement this soulful, flexible blues cliche, executed in the standard bar position.
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Reviews
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leeofcalifornia
Verified buyer
12/24/24
Jazzed Blues
This is a valuable course. You can learn many jazz blues licks here to add to your lick repertoire, The commentary by Brad is very helpful.
jeff k.
11/23/22
Even after all these yrs!
Bought this probably more than a decade ago. I still steal a line or two from it. It's Brad Carlton, btw, playing and he is/was rock solid, a true master. He actually reinterprets some fingerings and he makes it work better.
jeff k.
11/23/22
one of the first TFs I ever bought
Bought this probably more than a decade ago. I still steal a line or two from it. It's Brad Carleton, btw, playing and he is/was rock solid, a true master. He actually reinterprets some fingerings and he make sit work better.
Charlie30252
Verified buyer
06/21/22
Awesome!
This lesson set me free! I'm off and running ... ~
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