Im trying to learn in my 70’s

His VHS tape entitled, "No nonsense guitar" was a secret magic stone for budding Jazz guitarists.

His 5 scale shapes totally turned me into a pretty good jazz guitar player and I owe Jimmy a debt of gratitude.

@utube9000

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I had success with that as well. It's funny, those 5 scales are not really that different from the common scales that everyone knows (and which are taught at Berklee) but the way Jimmy presents them and thinks of them make a lot of sense. They offer a solid blueprint for the guitar.

@ledaswan5990

Жыл бұрын

Howard Roberts taught me the 5 scale shapes in the 70’s. They are the foundation of everything I play to this day. I wonder if they’re the same as Jimmy’s.

@southisaac

Жыл бұрын

Where can someone learn these nowadays?

@salvatormundi5184

8 ай бұрын

Yes please share it with us !

@timd1111

7 ай бұрын

@@salvatormundi5184 his no nonsense dvd

Someone else Commented that Jimmy Bruno is a Living Legend. That's absolutely true. Lets Remember their are other Living Legends that are fortunately still with us. Kenny Burrell, George Benson, John Pisano among others. Also, and Jimmy talked about this, their isn't just One Way to Learn Jazz, their also isn't just One Way to Teach Jazz. Ultimately you have to find the way that works for you. Thanks.

@lowellcalavera6045

Жыл бұрын

😂 Relax

@michaelstevens8

Жыл бұрын

@@lowellcalavera6045 I'll try to.

@tychoshea

Жыл бұрын

I was so grateful to have caught Herbie down in New Orleans this past May… what a treat to see him still shredding keytar

@michaelstevens8

Жыл бұрын

@tychoshea Over the past approximately 10 years I've had the pleasure of seeing Live Performances by Jimmy Cobb, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and others. The Best part was having the opportunity to Talk to them for a moment after the show and Thank Them for what a big inspiration and influence they are to Me and so many others.

@MetaphysicalMusician

Жыл бұрын

As in Life

Jimmy, you sound and look great. I'm glad you're back.

@shawnmann9491

Жыл бұрын

Did he quit smoking?

Jimmy 'Clooney' Bruno Best teacher for no bullshit guitar jazz on YT

Thank you Bruno.

Jimmy we know that anyone who can play the standards can play anything else in the world but jazz players are the most humble of all musicians.

Jimmy is a treasure trove of wisdom

God bless you Mr Bruno!

I miss his online school. Learned a lot there. His 5 shapes are an absolute MUST

@bobtaylor170

3 ай бұрын

He has Bruno online school here on KZread.

I took a couple of lessons from this man and believe me he is a genius, teaching method is like no other, and my favorite player of all time.

So inspiring,thank you.

Good to see you back !!!

I enjoyed this video very much, thanks!

Love you, Jimmy!

awesome discussion, thanks!

Wow, this is fantastic, thank you Jimmy, for your clarity and great history lesson

This is refreshing and encouraging thank you for sharing!❤

This is wonderful.

Thank you again, Jimmy. Great insightful tips in the world of jazz guitar.

Great performance 👏👏👏thanks for sharing from Miami

Great insights from Jimmy!!

Such a great storyteller. Thanks for the vid

There he is! Brilliant and all Jimmy, class act and great guy.

What beautiful playing! Thank you Jimmy and everyone who helped make this video. 🎶💕👍

Love Jimmy Bruno! Learned good stuff from his videos! God bless him. 👍🏼😎🙏🏼🎼🎶🎵🎸🎵🎶🎼

This man is one of the last greats and he is a genius

@evuono

Жыл бұрын

True man!

@axeman2638

Жыл бұрын

Such a shame he is not more widely known, even more now that he is one of the very few of his generation left.

@joshferguson9703

Жыл бұрын

@@axeman2638 agreed his playing is on par with Pass Green Kessel and Wilkins

@anotherbahamianguitarplayer

Жыл бұрын

​@@joshferguson9703 its not on par with wes

@joshferguson9703

Жыл бұрын

@@anotherbahamianguitarplayer it’s better than Wes imo

Good night, Jimmy. All the time you are talking about Joe and Pat , I’m thinking, man, He’s fortunate. I remember you when I started playing guitar. At the beginning level, no one would teach me or share, how to play a major scale. I couldn’t get it. As I got better, the same would happen. So at the time my girlfriend had a clarinet, so during summer school I went to learn how to read. The year that followed I learned to read guitar music so well that I bucked into one of the most influential person of my life who was part of the Broadway road show, and needed a guitar player that could read. I couldn’t play a lick, but I was broke. Committed 2 minor mistakes, and was hired. That musical director showed me how to be a professional musician. To this day, haven’t found someone who knows or can play Pensativa. Smile. Thanks for your introspection. Very rewarding.

Just wanted to say thank you Jimmy. These lessons are pure gold, really appreciate you spreading the word to us youngsters.

Jimmy. For what it's worth, this video, for me, is one of your best. Thanks

Appreciate hearing Jimmy’s thoughts.

I’m sooooo glad you addressed the circle of whatever. I appreciate it very much. I thought I was the only one who was confused by the intervallic label but to hear you as a jazz great mention what you mentioned, I feel more normal as a human being and as an American English speaker.

Wow, I really dig the idea of colors. I've been trying to wrap my head around the idea of chords for a while but as a trumpet player - and a beginner - it just doesn't click. But seeing chords as colors is a whole new ball game.

Bravo Mikey!

So great…

Hi Jimmy I so enjoy your videos I learned to play jazz a totally different way. I was fortunate enough to hang out at the original Birdland. They had a peanut gallery for kids under 18. For the price of a cake you could watch and listen to the greatest jazz players in world. Besides the cycle of 4ths in scales and arpeggios I learned the rest from the masters at Birdland. And years later I had the good fortune to play with a lot of them

@effsixteenblock50

Жыл бұрын

Hey Dom! Hope you're doing well. I used to hang out at RMMGJ - that's where I know you from. Too bad that Lord Valve guy was allowed to ruin it for everyone.

Jimmy's a great teacher. So many players sound like they studied way too long... but don't play anything moving. Jimmy knows how to make play with feeling. I love that he has synesthesia. I have been seeing music in colors since I was a kid. It made it easy to play by ear. Hearing and visuals and together made it natural to hear notes going up or down. Anyway, Jimmy is the real deal. I still have his oldest instructional video; wish I had something to play it on. Blessings Jimmy! And thank you!

Knowing all these musical relationships and pulling out melodies and harmonies is just such an amazing encyclopedic knowledge of tones and intervals. The ear of jazz players just baffles me. Being a rock player, I realize the difference is discipline and PRACTICE. Doing everting in all 12 keys all the time....wow. I ready an article from a great guitar player, I forget who......he said something to the effect of...."there are no short cuts. You have to put in the time." Amen brother.

Jimmy. It's not just your technical ability that makes me like your playing, but the fact that you have an incredible style. I'm a HUGE Pat Martino fan. I don't much care for Hank Garland's style, but he was great. I can play lead to just about anything, but I need more work with those crazy @ss jazz chords. But, anyway, peace man. You and Pat are my all-time favorites.

Excellent

I've got you by 6 years. Learned guitar pretty much the same way. Keyboard @ 8, guitar @ 11, alto @ 13. All this contributed to playing melodically which is another reason 'I can't buy a job'! (chuckles) Nice video.

Wow, what an interesting man. I really enjoyed that.

so good great sound wow

Great musician !

Love him!

"and something else.." love it!

I call them "Grips" as well. I came up with that term because I was "Grappling with Grappelli" trying to learn Jazz Violin. It's nice to know that after all these years that I'm finally on the same page as Joe. I had a great guitar teacher: Tim Hayden who was a hometown guy that studied at Berklee. He took me through all the Berklee guitar books but taught me Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery using Chord diagrams with each lick dotted out. I still prefer this to written music because I could see where the Half Steps occurred, instead of having to memorize where they were in the scale.

Garota de Ipanema! Viva o Brasil! Congrats!!!👏👏👏

Before i learn a jazz solo, i also learn it in parts and then improv. Once i get all the parts down, then i play the whole thing. The few times, it will be wrong, but i keep refining ot until i get it perfect. That's how i learned Donna Lee.

Legend. Privileged to have learned from the great JB

What. A. Tone❤

Legend..

Miss those old morning shows--coffee-cigarettes and the news.

@jjsbluz6081

Жыл бұрын

Used get up @ 5am San Diego for the early Bruno Rant, Take it or leave it what you see is what you get, not just no nonsense Guitar, no nonsense real McCoy 😾

@wittvonwitt4403

4 ай бұрын

Me to! The Bruno rant...

@bobtaylor170

3 ай бұрын

He has Bruno online school on KZread. But I agree, those daily morning videos were priceless.

@dtoad5576

22 сағат бұрын

Can we still do the those ? Daily Bruno videos

Just a minute into it… I’ve been a life long learner and guitarist. I learned by ear and then early internet tabs.. heavy metal stuff.. and shredders.. I always wanted to play jazz… and at 38..I can say I can… and KZread is a gem to refresh and learn from the guys I could only hear on records

@dtoad5576

22 сағат бұрын

Amen

Great

Nice to hear Al Stauffer's name come up- important teacher from Phila.

Thanks, Jimmy. There is so much insight in this video!

Never forget Diorio. He was a master. I love his guitar playing.

AL STAUFFER!! I was wondering if you were going to mention him, such a big influence on many of us. I studied from him as well but didn’t really know Jimmy except hearing him play in Philly. Great player 🙌🏼🙌🏼 ~ John Benthal

@2tallB

Жыл бұрын

He was a jazz bassist but taught improvisation for players of all instruments.

@jjmohn9204

Жыл бұрын

Loved Al & always saw him w/another Sandoli Virtuoso Gr-8, Chuck Anderson, who is still performing and producing nice albums. Didn't find out 'till a recent High School reunion that in addition his Jazz expertise Chuck taught Marley guitarist Al Anderson. God bless & Cheers!

@2tallB

Жыл бұрын

@@jjmohn9204 yeah, I studied from Chuck. Great teacher for technical stuff, Al was actually a better jazz teacher tho. Michael Sembello (session guy, composer of’Maniac” fame) also studied with Chuck.

You ok in Canada with all the wild fire? You are a very good player and teacher thanks.

Admitting he has musical kinesthesia at about 6:09 Maybe this is most important ❤❤❤

YEAHHH

선생님 항상 건강하셔야되요❤❤❤

I took lessons from a guitarist Dan Bennon from Bloomfield New Jersey he grew up in the 1930s and he was an old man when he taught me guitar in the 70s 60s and he said there was no books on guitar back then his guitar wasn't even electric when he started so the guitarist that you hear from anything below the 70s really didn't have great instruction they would have to learn their craft by listening to the recordings they had in one book on guitar technique it was by Mel Bay. that's where you could learn the chords and it was weird because all his chords most of them do you had to skip the A string.

@grantgre

Жыл бұрын

because they didn't have a codified way of playing the guitar that's why he's talking about grips on the guitar and basically it sounds like they just had a little structure. that they learned and they put them together piecemeal randomly somehow to come up with a decent presentation. Which is what I learned how to do. Playing chords is totally different than soloing. And to put notes together when you solo all over the fretboard you need to try to start somewhere my piecemeal solution was to start on the fifth fret usually because that would utilize most of the fretboard that is accessible. Duh in the middle. And then I learned how to play in keys specifically songs that were in certain keys.

@grantgre

Жыл бұрын

So, in other words, early guitar players had to master their own technique from scratch, which is crazy if you think about it. Because all the other instruments had textbooks, etc., but not for jazz guitar. Even if you studied classical guitar at the time, I gather that the technique was totally different. Improvisation was also a challenge, and there was no solution for it either. But now, with places like Berklee College of Music, etc., young guitarists sound really good technically, but they sometimes lack that emotional feel which I hope experiences will somehow touch their technique. A classic example of a great guitarist, who I'm not sure if he was totally self-taught, is Pasquale Grasso. He has fantastic technique and fantastic emotional presence."

@m3ntalcollid3r

Жыл бұрын

​@@grantgre any advice in learning to improv in this way? And if I do learn from records what's a good way to implement the material in my own playing?

@grantgre

Жыл бұрын

@@m3ntalcollid3r i'm not sure of what way you're saying but all I can tell you is that you have to make an emotional decision and intellectual decision to try to play what you're hearing other players play. And once you make that emotional commitment because it's going to be a lot of work and you're gonna have to try that practice. Bruno was talking about basically he learned by practicing little licks and you can hear that and his playing if you hear him. And I think that most guitars have their set of licks, some are more sophisticated than others and or more complicated to pull off technically. But one so-called riff would you need to just play a scale in whatever key he would like to try to play the scale that say see starting on the third fret, then you would like to play it in on the fifth fret, then you wanna play it on the eighth fret and so on until you can basically play that scale at any position on the fretboard. That should get you started. Then play a tune that's in C and play that scale over the tund and see what fits and where they don't and try to use a different scale or a different note on that particular chord that clashes Dont study the modes and all that stuff it's it's too complicated and it takes you away from learning the fretboard because it's it's too much for a beginner. I think the goal of improvisation should be to play and present yourself with an instantaneous in the moment creation which is unique to you and also surprising to the listeners such that they think the music is interesting. Because after all if you play the same Alex are the same tune over and over again it gets boring . You may have practice same thing 1 million times but when you play it out and in that moment it may sound fresh and creative. People like Wes Montgomery develop their technique which was highly unusual at the time nobody played like that and therefore when you heard him it sounded so fresh and so beautiful because it was musical. And melodic. you should listen to the Wes you should listen to Bruno you should listen to Ed Bickert, Jim hall Pat Metheny, George Benson Joe Pass, Johnny Smith, Chuck Wayne, Hank Garland, Billy Bauer, Tony Mottola. Charlie Christian, Charlie Parker etc. Kenny Burrell, Jimmy ponder miles early miles and late miles. I learn to know what you like and try to expose yourself to other musics that you don't necessarily have heard like the great Brazilian guitarists Guinga etc like I said this is an Ocean that you can jump into.

@bobfurlani3314

Жыл бұрын

I also took lessons from Dan Bennon in Bloomfield NJ for about 4 months back in 1980. I still have some of the lessons. Incredible chord melody player. A real taskmaster to be sure. Old School.

He's a fine guitarist.

Amazing to hear him speak about learning with joe pass and tal farlow. Legend speaking about legends, gotta learn from the greats

Your the shit jimmy. Thanks for this

❤️

I don't claim to be an expert but I know what I like. 😊 I think a young guitarist who is getting into jazz would do well to pick his 7 or 8 favorite players and listen to everything they ever played. But, I ALSO think it's good to listen to vibe and clarinet players as well. And maybe take a few lessons with a lounge type pianist to learn how they comp in the background to support a singer. I wish I could turn the clock back 50 years and take my own advice.

Toller Werdegang...toller Mensch..... großartig

is handy when everybody around speaks the language you want to learn.

I noticed several guitarists that know theory, but they basically learned it on their own, and/or came up with their own language for it. Like Allan Holdsworth had his own way to write most of the theory.

Kenny Burrell is my all time favorite.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Just remind me please, what Jimmy said about Django?

Hello Long Island - - from JOE MONK up in Heaven !

🎸💎🎵😎👌

Brilliance....coming from a brilliant guy.

How refreshing to watch a great player showing people the ‘human’ way the guitar is learned, rather than the’99 things you schmucks out there all suck at’ approach.

I could spend MONTHS learning from him from sunup to sundown

@3:00

Wow. Know songs in all 12 keys. Holy sh t.

Learn songs and the words. Then sing cool stuff between the vocal phrases. Sing the string parts on romantic songs and I believe your playing won’t sound like student-stuff

Jazz is a great yet at the same time a funny idiom. It’s not like classical music. Classical guitar is perfection. Jazz is wild

Don't go nowhere... I'll be right back.

u practiced... i'm sure❤

yoghurt or cottage cheese? smooth yoghurt is in tune within one cent, has a compensated bridge & compensated nut. cottage cheese is bumpy and has straight nut with compensated bridge. you are out of tune at least 5 cents with a straight nut=cottage cheese. bumpy feel

i'd like to hear him play Stella by Starlight in all 12 keys

@brunoonlineschool7527

Жыл бұрын

i can do that one in my sleep.. i played for many years for female singers

@grantgre

Жыл бұрын

@@brunoonlineschool7527 well maybe you know this why did George Benson always play Stella in G ? I think back in the day a lot of players played it in the key I don't know why and I don't know why they played in B flat now?

@brunoonlineschool7527

Жыл бұрын

@@grantgre G is the original key of stella.. that would put horn players in A if your a tenor player.. so they play it in Bb which is C for them

@grantgre

Жыл бұрын

@@brunoonlineschool7527 there's nothing like experience as best teacher! By the way I saw you at all Birdland this week fantastic show! I'm putting my money where my mouth is baby

@Muzikman127

Жыл бұрын

Is this comment a reference to something?

Forget Coletrain and Davis. I started my ear training with Ornette Colman, a shear disaster.

"minor sounding activity" hahahaha

Sadowski guitars

its Einstein

Remarkable especially, since in the 1960s Jazz was not the thing.

All 12 keys? Does he not realize there is 30 keys in music?

If you didnt learn from Django you didnt learn

@FenceThis

10 ай бұрын

well, Django left this world 2 months prior to J B entering it..

Didn't Jimmy say his dad Jimmy Sr. used to beat him with a strap if he didn't learn a new scale each day?

Good advise! "Imitate, assimilate to innovate" said Walter Bishop Jr. I have been studying jazz guitar for 5 years now and just focusing on Trumpet (Lee Morgan mostly), Sax and Trombone, that is the only stuff I have picked up. I have not studied one note from a guitarist and I think my playing has benefited enormously because of it. Don´t take my word for it, here is an example of me faking my way through Giant Steps with my ears kzread.info/dash/bejne/nJitycdyYqjXpdY.html

@effsixteenblock50

Жыл бұрын

Just learn to navigate it. It's not as difficult as people say.

@StiffDogson

Жыл бұрын

@@effsixteenblock50 You are right, I guess I knew it, kind of, when I played it i.e. the 3 keys. I´m doing the navigation now both scale vise and arpeggio style. Thanks man :)