Larry goes "back to the roots" and gets down "to the bare basics" in this video lesson that demonstrates the early influences on his own blues-jazz evolution. He begins with the blues guitar techniques of T-Bone Walker and then to the two "Kings" (B.B. and Albert). This is followed by the more sophisticated blues/jazz realm of Wes Montgomery. The lesson finishes with some non-guitar but equally important blues influences from the legendary Miles Davis.
Specifics covered in the lesson are:
• The pentatonic scale and intervals.
• A transcription of a blues tribute to T-Bone Walker.
• Bending notes in the styles of B.B. and Albert King.
• Wes Montgomery's D Natural Blues.
• Miles Davis's All Blues with relevant "jazz minor" scales that take the music from the basics to the more complex.
66 minutes • Level 3/4 • Detailed tab/music PDF file on the DVD
