Joe Pass: The Blues Side Of Jazz
by Arlen Roth
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DVD Cover Information
Actor: Joe PassDirector: Arlen Roth
Brand: Hot Licks
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 61 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 14025095
Studio: Hot Licks
Product features:
- See the music and tablature on screen as it's being playedAll right- and left-hand techniques are shown in close up and with helpful split-screen effects to make learning easySlow motion segments with standard pitch soundArtist biographySelected discographySuggested listeningBooklet with music examples included
Movie Reviews of Joe Pass: The Blues Side Of Jazz
Movie Review: Took me to the next level
Summary: 5 Stars
I find I usually can't learn from videos. They spend 10 minutes tuning, then usually either go painfully slowly or else just teach licks, tab style, and you mater the lick and it is only useful to you if you arte playing that exact song. That's a shame because the videos are usually very limited in time duration and cost a lot of money.
Pass's video is different. He assumes you're serious and know a few things about guitar already. Get in tune before you hit play.
Pass takes us through a dizzying array of "changes" but never leaves the I IV V blues progression and never deviates from key of G Major. It is up to the student to transpose this stuff and use it elsewhere. The only melody present is what Pass makes up off the top of his head, and only as a point of reference.
This is awesome, as it keeps the attention where it should be for the sake of this subject, playing the blues. Any blues. I would say it's a lesson in practical ":changes" you can use in millions of different numbers, AND a lesson in how to think like a jazz man while playing or accompanying others.
I find I am still digesting this video, coming back to it a couple of times a week for more insight. There is tons of material here. It's one thing to get a world-class jazz man to spend an hour with you explaining how he thinks while he plays, another to get him to explain it to you over and over for weeks until you get it.
And that's the beauty of this video. It's like spending a semester with one of the great teachers in the world and for cheap money. This video has changed and will continue to change how I play. It is the least money I have ever spent to become a better musician.
HINT: Don't let his amazing technique fool you; you do not have to be an advanced student to profit from this lesson. If you can play a I IV V blues in G you are ready for this tape. Just be prepared to spend a lot of time pausing because Pass does not waste time carefully spelling and showing each chord; he leaves it to you to pause the show and figure it out. This is actually a very good thing. Time is money. Here you get raw guitar action, not some guy basically reading you the text book.
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The booklet is useless, by the way, the print is so tiny you can't see it at all.
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