Les Wise: Legendary Guitarist & Master Teacher | The Riff Raff Podcast #55
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In this interview I chat with Les Wise about his early days in New Orleans and the scene, moving to Hollywood and to start teaching at GIT under Howard Roberts, accelerated learning techniques, a famous book that was used by a lot of jazz greats, his contribution and back story to the legendary "TEN" book, and much much more!
LES WISE BOOKS! Jazz Improvisation for Guitar📚 32-page method covering melodic improvisation, substitutions, altered tensions, and includes online audio. Bebop Licks for Guitar: A Dictionary of Melodic Ideas for Improvisation📚 One of his best-known books with over 800 bebop licks in standard notation and TAB. Jazz Solos for Guitar (REH Pro Licks)📚 Features transcribed solos and stylistic analysis of players like Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Pat Martino, and Barney Kessel.
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