Henry Johnson's Jazz Expressions
Henry Johnson's Jazz Expressions
.MP4, AVC, 600 kbps, 960x540 | English, AAC, 128 kbps, 2 Ch | 2h 57m | +20 Charts (.pdf), 9 Jam Tracks (.mp3) | 1 GB
Instructor: Henry Johnson
.MP4, AVC, 600 kbps, 960x540 | English, AAC, 128 kbps, 2 Ch | 2h 57m | +20 Charts (.pdf), 9 Jam Tracks (.mp3) | 1 GB
Instructor: Henry Johnson
Video Masterclass for the Jazz Guitarist
Jazz is a ‘many splendored thing’ powered by innovation, imagination, and extraordinary virtuosity. While masters of jazz guitar were inspired in their early years by other players, each also brings something new and individual to the table thus compounding the splendor of the form.
Henry Johnson is one such master. Old enough to have been privileged to have played, toured and recorded with many legends of jazz, Henry is also still young enough to bring fresh energy and creative approaches to the evolving art of jazz improvisation.
Henry’s debut album, You’re the One, won a five-star rating from Downbeat magazine, was nominated for a Grammy, and was described by a JazzTimes review as “a thoughtful piece of work which may well become a jazz guitar classic.” Henry has recorded a number of other albums and has recorded and performed with luminaries such as Ramsey Lewis, Vanessa Ruben, Richie Cole, Nancy Wilson, and Dizzy Gillespie, among others.
”I started playing guitar at a very early age – mostly gospel and R&B – but when I started listening to the music of Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, and George Benson, I knew immediately that was the direction I wanted to go myself. In addition to my own solo recordings, I’ve been fortunate to be able to work, tour or record with many giants of jazz like Jack McDuff, Freddie Hubbard, Ramsey Lewis, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turrentine, and Joe Williams to name just a few. Over the years, I’ve developed my own sound and playing style that I’m excited to share with you here in Jazz Expressions.”
Henry organized Jazz Expressions into two sections. In the first section, he presents some of the concepts and techniques that are characteristic of his approach to jazz: Visualizing the Fretboard, Chord Shapes & Inversions, Inversions & Areas of Activity, Improvising with Chord Colors, Using Octaves, Phrases Not Scales, The Blues, Rhythm Drives the Solo, Listening to the Band & Comping, The Thumb & the Pick, Dom7 as a Parent Chord, Chord Progressions, and Sing Your Melodies.
In the second section, Henry guides you through a series of performance studies, in a variety of styles and keys to help illustrate how to apply the concepts covered in the first section. Henry will first perform the study over a backing track and then break it down explaining the underlying techniques and harmonic approaches.
Swing Blues - ”This is a blues in F, where we'll be looking at some things like rhythmic displacement and different chord colors where we'll be using 3rds and some double stops.”
Shuffle Blues - ”This is a C shuffle blues. In the first part, we'll be comping chords. In the second part, we'll be using octaves, applying what we talked about in the first section of the course.”
Funk Groove - ”In this performance study, I’ll perform an original funk tune in the key of Eb that has some blues licks thrown in. What you'll notice is that the rhythm has changed here to make it funky.”
Bossa Groove - ”This is a bossa nova groove in Ab. There's a lot of chords to keep track of, so definitely make use of your chart on this one. We'll start out using octaves, then the next chorus I'll play single notes with more simple, thematic material. On the last chorus, we'll be wandering free!”
Ballad Groove - ”This performance study is a ballad performance in the key of G. We're going to start with a single note solo, and then move into octaves. I’ll demonstrate what's supposed to happen when you play a ballad, and how you should think about time.”
ii V I Standard - ”In this performance study, we're going to be doing a chord progression in Bb based on the changes to "I Got Rhythm". We'll start with single note ideas, then I'll move to octaves, and then into even more complex melodies and rhythms that we can explore.”
Henry also includes 3 bonus performances for your listening and learning pleasure: Bonus Funk Groove Performance, Bonus Minor Funk Groove Performance, and Bonus ii V I Standard Performance
All of the key examples and performance studies are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop and/or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, Henry includes all of the backing tracks for you to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar and let’s inject a little splendor in our own playing with Henry Johnson!
”I started playing guitar at a very early age – mostly gospel and R&B – but when I started listening to the music of Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, and George Benson, I knew immediately that was the direction I wanted to go myself. In addition to my own solo recordings, I’ve been fortunate to be able to work, tour or record with many giants of jazz like Jack McDuff, Freddie Hubbard, Ramsey Lewis, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turrentine, and Joe Williams to name just a few. Over the years, I’ve developed my own sound and playing style that I’m excited to share with you here in Jazz Expressions.”
Henry organized Jazz Expressions into two sections. In the first section, he presents some of the concepts and techniques that are characteristic of his approach to jazz: Visualizing the Fretboard, Chord Shapes & Inversions, Inversions & Areas of Activity, Improvising with Chord Colors, Using Octaves, Phrases Not Scales, The Blues, Rhythm Drives the Solo, Listening to the Band & Comping, The Thumb & the Pick, Dom7 as a Parent Chord, Chord Progressions, and Sing Your Melodies.
In the second section, Henry guides you through a series of performance studies, in a variety of styles and keys to help illustrate how to apply the concepts covered in the first section. Henry will first perform the study over a backing track and then break it down explaining the underlying techniques and harmonic approaches.
Swing Blues - ”This is a blues in F, where we'll be looking at some things like rhythmic displacement and different chord colors where we'll be using 3rds and some double stops.”
Shuffle Blues - ”This is a C shuffle blues. In the first part, we'll be comping chords. In the second part, we'll be using octaves, applying what we talked about in the first section of the course.”
Funk Groove - ”In this performance study, I’ll perform an original funk tune in the key of Eb that has some blues licks thrown in. What you'll notice is that the rhythm has changed here to make it funky.”
Bossa Groove - ”This is a bossa nova groove in Ab. There's a lot of chords to keep track of, so definitely make use of your chart on this one. We'll start out using octaves, then the next chorus I'll play single notes with more simple, thematic material. On the last chorus, we'll be wandering free!”
Ballad Groove - ”This performance study is a ballad performance in the key of G. We're going to start with a single note solo, and then move into octaves. I’ll demonstrate what's supposed to happen when you play a ballad, and how you should think about time.”
ii V I Standard - ”In this performance study, we're going to be doing a chord progression in Bb based on the changes to "I Got Rhythm". We'll start with single note ideas, then I'll move to octaves, and then into even more complex melodies and rhythms that we can explore.”
Henry also includes 3 bonus performances for your listening and learning pleasure: Bonus Funk Groove Performance, Bonus Minor Funk Groove Performance, and Bonus ii V I Standard Performance
All of the key examples and performance studies are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop and/or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, Henry includes all of the backing tracks for you to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar and let’s inject a little splendor in our own playing with Henry Johnson!
Henry Johnson's Jazz Expressions
