THE CROSSROADS Pt5 Familiar Ideas, Unfamiliar Places

we’ve seen in previous months, the connections between the musical approaches adopted by blues and jazz guitar players are often greater than the differences. There are huge amounts of crossover, in terms of note selection, rhythmic phrasing and even technique, all shared across the wide range of related genres broadly falling under the umbrella of blues and jazz. The intention of this month’s article is to explore these connections further and shine a light on the musical potential of playing familiar musical ideas in unfamiliar places to create new and often unexpected, modern sounding ideas, the kind you might hear in the playing of modern blues and jazz artists, such as Robben Ford, Oz Noy, Scott Henderson and many more. learning process when you can make clean and clear associations between material that you are familiar with, and any area that you are looking to nurture or develop. A