James Brown To Julliard, A Guitar Legend's Journey - Interview With Rodney Jones
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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In this episode of the Fret Dojo podcast, Ryan and Vin had the great privilege of talking to the legendary jazz guitarist and educator at The Julliard School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, Professor Rodney Jones.
Rodney has played with a who’s who of the music world, from Dizzy Gillespie to James Brown and has an amazing wealth of tips, lessons to inform and inspire any student of the guitar.
Key Lessons and Tips for Students:
On playing with greats like Dizzy - Make the bandleader comfortable; it’s not about flashy solos.
Getting session/TV gigs - Be a great reader; know different styles convincingly.
Mindset - Get inspired by greatness; uplift each other.
Practice - Apply what you learn to real tunes and playing.
Audition tips - Play blues with feeling; connect to your heart.
On improvement - Invest fully in yourself and your excellence.
Teachers - Absorb from those with real performing experience.
Where to find out more:
The Infinity of Things:
Rodney on Bandcamp: rodneyjones.ba...
Rodney’s RUclips Channel: / @soulmanifesto
Rodney’s Instructional Book ‘Hip Guitar Lines’ on Mel Bay:
www.melbay.com...
To contact Rodney, or for information on his courses, email: jazzguitarscholars@gmail.com
What are your thoughts?
What stood out or gave you something to think about (there’s a lot here!)?
Leave your comments below!
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ThankYou,Rodney,This is a Great interview as Always Speaking & Teaching the Real Deal of Life!💯🙏🏾💜🎸
Glad you enjoyed it
Good interview from a no nonsense person who spoke truths that I relate to!
Amazing player and human being with so many great insights. Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful interview, a wonderful artist, a truly unique player with his own voice on the instrument. The note choice is so unique with Rodney's playing. I really agree with his point that as guitarists we should not just practice scales and modes and arpeggios. I am trying to get beyond that to learning language and learning tunes because that is music. I think he also illustrated this idea with the fact that his teacher gave him a great line, and he practiced using it all over the place, over any type of chord. Great storyteller. If you can interview Bobby Broom, who is mentioned early on with Ed Cherry (my two favs), that would be just awesome.
Thanks for the tip. We plan to do a lot of podcasts this year and always looking for suggestions!
@@FretDojoone of Rodney’s former students Miles Okazaki is just exceptional, super avant garde, and gives a lot of interviews. Love his work in education as well.
Thanks for the great interview!
Great Interview, thank you for sharing:)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cool interview..
Glad you enjoyed it Sam. Rodney is a treasure trove of information and genuinely great guy!
@@FretDojo Yes, I took some classes with Rodney...