Dr Molly Millar with a Doctorate in music, is the lead guitarist for Jason Mraz. She is also the lead instrumentalist in the Molly Miller Trio along with Jennifer Condos and Jay Bellerose out of Los Angeles.

@lookforthegood1

5 ай бұрын

my favorite guitarist and jason is my fav artist lol

@JayPhonomancer

2 ай бұрын

Wow Jennifer Condos and Jay Bellerose are a hell of a rhythm section to have in your band!

Molly Miller is a badass. All of her arrangements are awesome. Her original music is fantastic too. She's a musicians musician.

Molly Miller is one of my favourite guitar players, there's so much variety in her playing that it never gets boring. Her trio are incredible too.

I love Molly Miller. She is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Man, this is molly miller. She is a legend

One thing that I appreciate about Molly Miller is her continual ability to be a stylistic master, keep it very interesting, fun, engaged, and even in the complex movements, whimsical and accessible. She is a master of her craft and wonderfully original without relying on pyrotechnics to get her point across.

@andrelouis9422

9 ай бұрын

Nicely said as she is one complexed beast on the guitar...

@lookforthegood1

5 ай бұрын

best thing abbout her is her guitar face.

Top shelf LA pro guitarist and music educator, Molly Miller, DMA. She's fantastic.

I've been following Molly for a few years now. She's an extraordinary player, with a unique voice. Happy to see you showcasing her talents, Michael.

This is absolutely mind-bendingly insane talent. I can’t believe I haven’t even heard of Molly before!!??

OH NO!! Jazzy chords. Molly really nails this one. Grew up listening to the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, The Ventures, etc. Love this stuff.

Gotta love Molly. She clearly loves what she's doing and is incredibly talented at it. Thanks for featuring her.

I came upon your channel by accident and thought you did a really nice job of analyzing Dr. Millers work. I've been playing for six decades and have even managed to steal a living for a few of those years though more from the Steve Cropper side of the instrument. Her Doctorate is from USC and she is the Chair for guitar at The Los Angeles College of Music. While I like this she has some much cooler (in my humble opinion) original stuff out there with her trio and various other settings. No matter what she plays she makes it look easy though it obviously isn't.

Shades of Emily Remler , especially when she swings! Fantastic

Yep, I just went down the Molly Miller rabbit hole starting about an hour ago. She’s a monster of technique, soul, wit, rhythm and taste. But, sadly, not currently touring the East Coast! Sigh.

@aroe3896

2 ай бұрын

100% agree about not touring on the East Coast, except for ATL and NVL this spring. Wish she'd hit the Carolinas, ideally Raleigh or Durham

Molly's the BOMB!

Molly Miller is a music educator. She's great!

I could listen to the Doctor play all day. Her phrasing is fantastic and there's so much feel. St. George is probably my favorite jazz album.

Thank you for showcasing Molly Miller! I haven't heard of her before but I am an instant fan and will be looking for her work in the future.

Been following her for years. Love her playing.

tremendous effort Michael, at as best as this beginner can tell. Like you, I don't recall just how Molly M showed up in my feed, but the first item I clicked on was her duet with Adam Levy on an instrumental version of Buddy Holly's Everyday. Now she's on my bucket list to see playing live. And I enjoy the cover tunes she's posted.

Ha, I just watched her video and wondered if you had went through it, and sure enough you did! This is so damn good.

I saw her perform lead guitar with Mraz at the Wolf Trap outside of DC, and that was fun. But man, chord melodies are her bread and butter.

Gibson featured her in their “Riff Lords” series. She’s that good.

This video is so over my head as an old geezer trying to play the guitar (I just mastered Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie), but it is great to watch these two folks who are obviously experts in the craft. Why didn’t I start playing 50 years ago! Thanks for the video.

Micheal I have to say. I don't know music theory. I don't play guitar. I don't even play music of any kind. But I still really enjoy watching your videos! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm.

Dr Molly rules! Insane chops

Thanks Coach! I’ve been a closet chord melody Kid for a LONG time. This sounds GREAT! Def gonna follow this artist

That was amazing!!!

I think it's Dr Molly Miller

@Guitargate

11 ай бұрын

Is it?

She is amazing...great video

Thanks for introducing her to a new audience. I love jazz guitar. I’ll have to dig more into her catalogue.

This lady is amazing!

So good, so, so good.

Simply. She can play.

Molly Miller also teaches guitar. She is an advocate for the caged system on a well known guitar teaching site.

Bill Frisell does a wonderful cover of this song as well.

@al_bronzo

11 ай бұрын

Made me think of Bill Frisell right away too, tone wise she got into that area a bit too

Just discovered the Molly Miller Trio recently... she is great!

just in case you didnt find out, Molly Miller is the guitarist for Jason Mraz and has been for awhile

New-ish to this channel. This is now my favourite guitar channel. I don’t if anyone will see this comment but Michael needs to do a reaction video on Al Di Meola, specifically some of his electric guitar stuff but anything would be cool…

the video of her trio doing Spry live is insane as well

I dunno,Michael. For a Cat who ain’t a, “jazzer”, you do a really nice analysis and appreciation of this arrangement. Good on ya!

Dr Molly Miller to you !

People that can do that chordial magic got my complete envy, it sounds so beautiful yet if even attempt I feel so stupid. I have the attention span of a goldfish

Im sure you know who molly miller is with just a iddy biddy DOCTORATE in musick lol.. WOSH.. way above my head :)

2 parts Joe Pass, 1 part Barney Kessel, with a dash of Hendrix hammer-ons. Nothing not to love about that.

@andrelouis9422

9 ай бұрын

She def gives off a little Hendrix when she plays...

Just count 5 to sub dom 😊. Here we go, a new Dr. Molly music admirer! She's the real deal! You should listen to her trio ❤

Amusing to watch you critique and mark the style of the Dean of the Guitar Dept. at Berkeley.

Detta blir en bra dag. Jag fann plötsligt Molly Miller och hennes trio. Kolla deras version av Cat Stevens It’s a Wild World..

bro we need more radiohead reviews :DD

she is a butt kicker! 👍

Go listen to her cover of, “Wild World” RIGHT NOW 🗣️🗣️🗣️

I'm not a jazz person. That being said, I love what she did with this piece and how expressive and heartfelt she played it. Often times with jazz the players are very technical but lack emotion in their playing; Molly very smoothly brings a very emotive almost soulful style to the technicality that is jazz. I will have to check her out to see what else she does. Very nice.

@keihan5

7 ай бұрын

Lack emotion? You must be listening to the wrong kind of jazz musicians, hehe. Funk is also closely linked with jazz and, often, very emotive.

Bill Frisell

The most facially expressive guitarist I've ever seen...even more facial contortions than the late great Gary Moore....check out a vid of her playing with Jason Mraz...hilarious...as the other band members stew over her crazy antics. Love the Doc.

Hey I know you probably won’t see this and I’m sure you’re busy but I have a request if you can please break down “ black baldy stallion” by Robert earl keen it would mean the world to me man. My dad really wants me to learn it and there isn’t any tabs for any of the riffs and I really wanna give him a good birthday present and play it for him!!

@awkapp

10 ай бұрын

If you ever come across tabs for his version of “when the bluebonnets bloom” let me know and Ill see what I can do to help you find bbs!

Pretty sure I’ve seen Molly giving lessons for one of the bigger apps or something???

@Free_3.0

11 ай бұрын

Yes, she's on a few of them.

Whould love to se your reaction to an Iranian music by : Mohsen Yeganeh - Behet Ghol Midam ( I promise you ) Just in case ,there is English subtitle

Am I crazy? Or is this almost the exact chord progression from 'What a Wonderful World'?

She absolutely rips but it would be a hell of a time for a drummer trying to keep up with this *_*

@andrelouis9422

9 ай бұрын

Great point. IF there is one person up for the job it is her brother who plays drums. I am sure he is used to all of her complexities.

Molly is talented but bill Frisell did an outstanding version that’s hard to beat.

@LaChameriquetyville

10 ай бұрын

I came here to mention Frisell's version. I love how his take and Molly's intersect here and there. Dang, she's another one of those jerks that makes it looks so damn easy while they're just mellow-shredding.

@andrelouis9422

9 ай бұрын

I know nothing about music but Frisell version seems a little out of wack and jumbled and doesn't flow nearly as freely as Mollies BUT then again could be due to different styles and tastes or the fact that I know nothing about music.

@LaChameriquetyville

9 ай бұрын

@@andrelouis9422 That's kind of what he does. Sometimes, anyway.

Did what to what? (video please.)

when The Beach Boys are too spicy and you feel the need to strip it down to its base caucasity 😕

Sometimes less is more. Jazz and some of these arrangements is just a little much for me personally but she's obviously a better player than I will ever be

surprised she is using humbuckers for this song. Is that weird? can someone more knowledgeable explain why this is a good idea for such a song

@DODERINO_PUPPUCINO

11 ай бұрын

I would never do that, but she's making it work

@destroyerjazz

10 ай бұрын

A lot/most of jazz players use humbuckers

She's so fancy and tricky the melody is lost. Sounds like random chords.

@MidwestFarmToys

10 ай бұрын

Agreed. It's a bit much for me personally but to each their own

If this were a dude, no one would give it a second thought. I find her playing underwhelming given her level of study.

@roberthieber1

11 ай бұрын

Don’t be negative. This song was beautifully played. Music isn’t a competition

@dougdavis8986

11 ай бұрын

@roberthieber1 just my opinion. Everyone is raving about how amazing this is. It isn't. It's a great song played reasonably well.

@perpetualbystander4516

11 ай бұрын

If a man played exactly the same what she's playing you'd think it was great. 😒

@dougdavis8986

11 ай бұрын

@@perpetualbystander4516 lol, nope.

@MidwestFarmToys

10 ай бұрын

I agree 100%. I zoned out after a minute. After that it just got too busy and lost and sounded like she was just doing random runs and chords aimlessly. Better player than I could ever dream of, but playing stuff I'd never want to hear