Regular Price $14.95

Starring: Bruce Buckingham, 
Directed By:
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 1999
Studio: Hal Leonard
Format: Closed-captioned,  Color,  DVD-Video,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about 50 Licks Jazz Style

Product Description
Learn licks, turnarounds, bebop lines and more! Musicians Institute instructor Bruce Buckingham demonstrates the essential licks for the chords and progressions common to jazz II-V-I licks, turnaround licks, chromatic bebop lines, licks for altered chords and major and minor vamps, and more! He illustrates these licks in several styles, such as: swing, bossa nova, samba, swing 16ths, funky fusion and bluesy shuffles. With an accompanying instructional booklet, this DVD is a must for all jazz guitarists!

Customer Reviews for 50 Licks Jazz Style

Great licks needs better format
I agree with previous reviewer Kris. I wish there was a way to repeat licks like you can with most media players. But alot of cool jazz licks.50 Licks Jazz Style

Good licks, clearly demonstrated
This video features 50 jazz licks clearly demonstrated. The great thing about this DVD is that these are great sounding jazz licks without being over the top technique wise. Many jazz books and videos show licks that are just way to hard for the beginning to intermediate jazz player. Each lick is played slow and fast and the tab book matches the DVD extremely well. In response to the previous reviews about the format of DVD and it going back to the menu after each lick, I found after a while I like this format because once I got the lick under my fingers I could practice the lick and not have the DVD go far ahead and have to find my way back to where I was. Great DVD for learning a bunch of jazz licks.50 Licks Jazz Style

Not as expected
This dvd is not a bad dvd. There are some issues with each lick playing through & then having to go back to the main menu to repeat it or go to the next lick. The player on the dvd is very good, and I do like the way the earlier licks are shown slow & fast. What I don't like about the dvd is probably not a fault of the product, but a misperception on my part. I am a classic rock guitarist who has never played jazz before; I was expecting some entry level instruction along with the licks, which just is not there.50 Licks Jazz Style

Menu Throwback
The first thing I noticed about this DVD is that you don't have a choice to play the whole thing through. You get thrown back to the menu after each lick. So you need 3 hands to play along. One for the fretboard, one for the pick, and one for the DVD remote control.

The instuctional aspect of each lick is good for the first several licks. Bruce plays each lick a few times at different speeds, and you get a nice breakdown of the fingering also. Toward the the end of the lick register, he plays each lick at tempo, then kind of slow with no breakdown, then ofcourse, back the menu we go; and now I can't even grab the remote fast enough to get the next lick before, low and behold, I'm back at the menu.

Well, the licks are good anyway. Should have been called 50 Licks Remote Style. lmao50 Licks Jazz Style