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Entrada Archtop Guitar
Scott Tarulli
Berklee Professor Reviews Lefty Entrada

See Attached Video Review by Scott Tarulli of Boston, MA

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Vol. 4 - Ticket To Improv
gerald mckinnon
volume four

Super excellent

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The Jazz Lines
Jack Marchewka
Just getting started

Worked though the first two lessons of the Jazz Lines book (more to go), but it opened a door for me. I’ve come to understand there is a difference between theory and harmony. This is about learning harmony. If you want to play jazz learn harmony.

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Vol. 4 Wave
Mike Sanders - Las Vegas, NV
One of Conti's Best Solo Lessons

All of the Robert Conti DVDs are top-notch, but this one takes the cake. He takes what some consider to be a harmonically complex tune and breaks it done into the simplest of terms. From here, the viewer is taken through the lesson a few measures at a time, with each concept explained in detail and with care. Once you have the lesson under your hands, you not only have an impressive solo but an increased vocabulary of lines to use on other songs and a better understanding of how to approve improvisation over any song. Great fun and well worth the effort. If you are new to improvisation, I recommend learning from a few of Conti’s “Ticket to Improv” DVDs first as you will internalize the lesson much faster and have a greater understanding of the concepts presented.

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Preferred Gauge Strings
Jack Marchewka
My choice of strings

For my Entradas. These strings came with my Entradas so I’m sticking with them. Live the wound 3rd string. Great tone and playability!

Chord Melody at Its Best!

This is a great DVD to start building your chord melody repertoire. Mr. Conti walks you thru the classic “Since I Fell for You” and provides you with several ways to approach the tune using a series of different chordal harmonic arrangements. Besides learning to play the song several different ways, Mr. Conti is at the ready with his famous “Off the Sheet” tips. These are items that not part of the regular lesson plan, but are sure to help take your chord melody playing to an even higher level. Of the Chord Melody arrangements, this is my personal favorite, but after finishing the DVD, I purchased ALL the other Chord Melody DVDs as I was so inspired to learn more.

The Jazz Quintet CD Review in Jazz Improv Mag.

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Robert Conti
ROBERT CONTI, THE JAZZ QUINTET,FEATURING MIKE WOFFORD-
Pinnacle Records PR-C09902.

Rotation: The Agony Of Ectasy; Hollywood And Sunset;  In Memory Qf; The Street Life Of South Philadelphia; The World Today; String Fever. PERSONELL: Robert Conti, guitar and all original compositions; Mike WoiTord, piano; John B. Williams. bass; Hcnnan Riley, so prano, alto, tenor sax and Outc; Jim Plank. percussion; Uew Mathews. co-arranger.
By Ethan Gutzeit

Robert Conti is awesome! His debut jazz recording “”The Robert Conti Quintet Featuring Mike WoiTord” is as viable today as it was when it was released in 1980.  The first tune “Rotation” is an up tempo swing tune that Conti eats alive with his blistering single note lines.  “‘The Agony Of Ecstasy” is a ballad with Herman Riley on Soprano saxophone playing the haunting melody punctuated by string arrangements and subtle comping by Wofford and Conti.  Conti adds some nice chord soloing and some single note material.  “Hollywood And Sunset” is a medium swing tune with another great Conti solo representing a Philadelphia guitar sound started by Pat Martino.  “In Memory Of” is a song Conti wrote aficr the passing of his father in 1979.  Conti lets Wofford take over and play this wonderlul ballad tune solo with a gentle touch.  “The Street Life Of South Philadelphia” is a 618 grooving tune with a vamping section followed by a turnaround for the form.  Conti shines on this original from the period.  “The World Today” is another soulful ballad penned by Conti.  He takes a great extended solo with much attention to taste.  Conti also shows his chops soloing with  octaves.  “String Fever” is an up tempo rllythm change-~ tune showcasing Conti talent on the timeless jazz from.

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