For this month’s meeting at the jazz-blues Crossroads, John Wheatcroft explains how we can add fire to our Pentatonic phrasing, courtesy the great Jimi Hendrix.
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Jimi Hendrix was among the most significant musicians of the last century. For many he was the ultimate electric guitarist, with an innate understanding of previous generations of guitar masters, along with a clear vision of how he could interpret this music in his own personal and dynamically charged way.
Jimi’s playing was bold, hip, at times brutal and at times sophisticated. Super creative, very very