“When you play music you discover a part of yourself that you never knew existed.”
“Actually, I’m not interested in Zen that much, as a philosophy, nor in joining any movements. I don’t pretend to understand it. I just find it comforting. And very similar to jazz. Like jazz, you can’t explain it to anyone without [...]
In 1970, I was a young jazz guitar player working at RCA studios in New York. This particular date was a session for an album titled “Deirdre Wilson Tabac”. Sonny Casella was the visionary producer. From this album emerged a hit record called “I Can’t Keep from Cryin’ Sometimes”. Throughout the years, this recording has [...]
All About Jazz, the premiere jazz website is running a contest. You can enter by clicking on the following link :
When the contest ends on April 17th, five winners will be chosen to receive my new CD “Freefall” with the Chuck Anderson Trio on the Dreambox Media label.
So don’t forget to enter and take advantage [...]
Modular Phonetic Rhythm represents a significant advance in the teaching and application of rhythm. Eliminating many inefficient aspects of rhythm education, Modular Phonetic Rhythm streamlines the traditional educational approach, resulting in a reflexive reaction to rhythm.
Jazz guitarists have never had a way to organize the subject of rhythm in a way that would systematically benefit [...]
What is the jazz guitar style?
The easiest way to begin is to describe what is not the jazz guitar style. Power 5 chords, simple open chords, steady strums, static chord progressions, a lack of key modulations, heavy bending and vibrato, slinky thin strings, distortion, excessive volume, huge amplifiers … these are a few characteristics that [...]
Contrary to popular opinion, picking is the most difficult technical skill on the jazz guitar. Since the fingering hand is visually impressive, most guitar players think more and work harder on the fingering hand than they do on the picking hand.
Let’s break down picking into its most basic components. There are only 2 pick strokes [...]
Chuck Anderson’s new album ‘Freefall’ establishes him as a major force in jazz guitar.
Chuck Anderson is part of an elite group: world-class jazz musicians who focused their careers not on performing, but on passing the baton to others. Like the late Dennis Sandole and Charlie Banacos before him, Chuck spent his career focused on educating and mentoring students, many [...]
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