The Music of Duke Ellington Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar

Guitar virtuoso/instructor Martin Taylor skillfully presents this fingerstyle jazz guitar class, using the nuances of other instruments--in this case, piano and horn lines of the great Duke Ellington--to forge new ideas on the guitar. Combining chords, melody, and basslines with dynamics, Taylor's fingerstyle jazz achieves a musical balance somewhere between guitar and keyboard, that is both, yet neither, at the same time. While lesser guitarists (myself included) can make even the simplest licks look like something akin to passing a gallstone, Martin Taylor makes the most complex and challenging arrangements look like a walk in the park. Aimed at advanced jazz guitarists, this master class also includes a 56-page booklet with the music notation in both standard and tab forms. Highly recommended. Aud: C, P. (C. Block)