Product Details

• Actors: Bruce Buckingham
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hal Leonard Corp
• DVD Release Date: August 1, 2003
• Run Time: 61 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000A1HUE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,315 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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: 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! 61 minutes.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good licks, clearly demonstrated, May 22, 2006

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Brent Progecene - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 50 Licks Jazz Style DVD (DVD)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars To the point!, February 9, 2009

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Robby Lovato "chevato" (Utah) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 50 Licks Jazz Style DVD (DVD)

This is a straight forward dvd that gets right to the point. It is shown real time and slow motion with clear and concise finger movement. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn some awesome jazz licks in a relatively short amount of time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Menu Throwback, March 23, 2005

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Kris Carlson (Fenton, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 50 Licks Jazz Style DVD (DVD)

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. lmao