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videos ate certainly worth looking at i you want ro pursue this ste. The line shows
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‘Beyond The Blue Horizon’; Robben Ford ~ Handhl Of
Blues and Myc Mie’ Frank Gamble ~ ‘Live! and "The
Bese of Frank Gamba’ Brett Garsed ~ ‘Quid Pro Que
and Exempt; Scott Henderson ~"Tial Tech With Gary
Wills and Vial Tech Tones Alan Holdsworth ~The
Staen Men Of Tan’ andMeral Fatigue’ John MeLavghin
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and, tas of the tine, trasenpion. Whether is his zen fusion work
with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, his han influenced lies with Shai, is jaz tr
(featuring drummer extraondinaire Deans Chambers atl Joey DeFrancesco on
Hammon), or his Sp igs with AI DiMeola and Paco De Laci, hes a
rise su that sick would be just as appr
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work well witha semi-acoustc ~ but it really is up to
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and made is recording debut a just 19 with (avant-garde keyboardist) Paul Ble
and legendary juz bait Jaco Pastorius. His style i alway’ istanty recog
and he enjoys freeform soos tat take the listener on a musical journey thats always
intriguing, Metheny particulary likes to take motifs and ide
the neck, soT stuck one such example in BAR 5
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