DVD

Bass Player magazine calls Flea a trend setter and thrash-funk icon ... whose thumb has been infectiously influential on many young bassists. This innovative funk purveyor of the Red Hot Chili Peppers presents an introspective and live performance improvisation with Peppers drummer Chad Smith in this DVD hosted by River Phoenix. Flea discusses the theories, philosophies, styles, sounds and techniques he uses when performing in the style he's famous for: slapping, plucking, thumping and popping, bringing together rock, funk, punk, jazz and Latin like never before. 55 minutes.

The most virtuosic blues King, big bad Freddie was a spectacular guitarist as well as a first-rate singer and accomplished songwriter. As a transplanted Texan who moved to Chicago in the '50s, Freddie rubbed shoulders with the likes of Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Magic Sam. Freddie's vast repertoire of blues classics offers cool hooks, hot solos, and foot-tapping rhythms for the contemporary electric guitarist. In this DVD, Host Duke Robillard (Roomful of Blues, Fabulous Thunderbirds) gives invaluable insights into the style of this legendary guitarist. He takes you through a select group of Freddie's greatest songs (Hideaway San-Ho-Zay The Stumble Sen-sa-shun) lick by lick, revealing the inner workings of this master musician. Rare performance footage is also included as a special bonus! 54 minutes.

No matter what style of guitar you play, you will love this DVD! This DVD helps viewers think like musicians. Using familiar tunes, Fred Sokolow teaches the movable fretboard patterns all the pros use. Guitarists will learn how to solo and play back-up in all keys, all over the fretboard play movable chords and chord progressions play chord-based licks and arpeggios jam or play melodies with the blues box and with pentatonic and major scales and much more. The accompanying booklet comes complete with easy-to-follow notation and diagrams which correspond exactly to the DVD. 62 minutes.

This jam-packed CD/DVD pack features a standard audio CD of the original A&M recording of The Age of Steam as well as a DVD with over four hours of content, including: a master class a documentary a Dolby Digital stereo and surround sound mix of the original recordings and interviews with several participants in that recording (Bob Brookmeyer, Roger Kellaway, Tom Scott and Stephan Goldman). The DVD also includes the sheet music for each composition on the recording, including the parts for each instrument, which can be printed out from a PC.