![]() In 2017 I began thinking about the core aspects of what Ted taught that I really loved. I did my best and a lot of love and long hours went into that project. (You can learn all about that project here, /album/chord-alchemy-a-students-tribute-to-ted-greene-solo-jazz-guitar,) It was my attempt to interpret several of his challenging solo guitar arrangements. ![]() The first tribute CD that I recorded was made not long after Ted had passed away. The studies that I did with Ted, and how I have applied that to my own playing over the last 40 years, have completely shaped the way that I play guitar, I believe in the best possible ways. I am basically a Blues guitarist, who happens to also love Jazz, and has spent his life exploring harmony and the application of advanced harmonic principles on the guitar. Ted always encouraged me to follow the "path less travelled", and I do my best to honor that here. In "tribute" for me means, as best I can, playing and utilizing everything I have learned from Ted, and integrating that into my own "voice", not imitation or mimicry. ![]() I am simply a devoted student who believes that what Ted taught and created deserves to be maintained, performed and developed. ![]() I want to begin by stating clearly that: I am not in any way shape or form a solo guitarist, or even a musician anywhere near the level of where Ted was. This is my second CD that I have produced in tribute to my teacher and my friend Ted Greene. For Once in My Life, a Tribute to Ted Greene ![]()
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