Pat Enz plays:Just Friends - Jazz Guitar Head and Solo M=260

A wonderful tune in A1 A2 form played by Charlie Parker, Barney Kessel and many others. Where as many musicians prefor to substitute the diminished chord by a II-V, I stay with diminidhed also for rehearsing purposes. Enjoy and comment.
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• parker
• kessel
• pass
• gordon

[MasonRazavi]

Great tone, great solo. Nice work!

[enzmusic]

@MasonRazavi Thanks a lot. Yeah, tone is so important. I constantly work on it and there's a big difference when playing without headphones I noticed.

[soraferret]

I assume you've probably already done all this though, since you posted the vid 2 years ago!

[enzmusic]

Yes and no. Thank you, it's all true. It's for me also a matter of practice, gig routine. I've noticed that my plaiying changes after about 2 hr's of live playing. That's when I start actually playing less, more laid back and with more melodic sense. I wished I was doing more live gigs. Playing with my Bassplayer is also more intense and gives me more routine. I'll check your vids. Cheers, Pat

[musicman9897]

gorgeous tone first off

i've been working my ass off on this tune for an audition and one thing i might advise is phrasing, maybe try to give it some more breathing space, kinda sounds like u just keep running on and on and on without any breath

nonetheless, ideas, harmonies, technique are great, really enjoyed this

[enzmusic]

Thanks for your input. I always consider things said in comments and you are right. I noticed that, by playing with the thumb the music breathes much more and lines are more melodic. Cheers, Pat

[chaz2wells]

Beautifully played..:-) such a lovely song

[michelleshihguitar]

@enzmusic

hi, what key are you playing, is it start from F7 chord on first note?

[cochi256]

great tone and phrasing ;) Were you soloing over chord tones or specific scales or modes?

[sri888]

love the bird lick at 1:46 ish Im a bass player and think you have a fine sense of time.

[vinyl55]

you are great! Bravo!!

[juaco39]

you are so brilliant jazz lines performer bu jus a couple of voicing make the perfection but you sounds great

[mctabla]

Great playing! And very nice woody sound. Could you tell me what guitar and pickup you're using here? Cheers!

[zana2piano]

now i think that's an jazz improvisation, all the way up and down through the module sounds, i'm pleased to hear music like this, rate 10