PRESS NEWS/BLOG
A blog posting some news related to press and random things. Any observation in any post is welcome.
Pensamientos #2
Por: Juan D Arango, 27 de Agosto de 2020 Hace unos días encontré en las redes sociales un post que me pareció algo condescendiente, pero sin duda alguna es una puerta que me [...]
Pensamientos #1
Por: Juan D Arango, 17 Mayo de 2020 Hace unos días me encontraba hablando con el amigo, hermano y gran músico Kike Harker sobre una serie de conversaciones que traen en mí un [...]
Interview with William Perez for Guitar Colombia blog
A couple of days ago, I had an interview with the master and friend William Perez. We were talking about my musical career and the current rig. William began with this blog as an [...]
New release of Aka Trio Vol.1 and Vol.2
Our album debut! comes double!! Vol.1 and Vol.2 Alongside Pedro Acosta and Kike Harker, on 2018 we decided to start a new project trio style. Having a strong influence of 1950´s BlueNote Artists such [...]
All about Jazz article talking about Jazz al parque 2018
Mark Holston made in All about jazz magazine a nice article talking about Jazz al parque 2018 where I had the honor to play alongside La Soledad Quinteto. VIEW ARTICLE
Talking about improvisation to El Espectador
Thank to the invitation of Inés Elvira , some toughts about improvisation. CLICK HERE
Interview at Jazzofilos talking about Improvisación sobre standards
An interview with Ana Maria Valenzuela at Javeriana Stereo Radio program called "Jazzofilos" talking about "Improvisacion sobre standards". HERE THE INTERVIEW more about the album BUY THE ALBUM HERE INTERNATIONAL STORE [...]
RECENT LESSONS /BLOG
Modern Melodic Lines Vol1 E-Book
As a matter of taste, the application of different concepts, has always been a great challenge in my research of the language. Such concepts include: lyricism (by lyricism, I refer to melodic [...]
Pentablues Spanish
Hola en el siguiente video quiero compartir con todos uds una apreciación sobre lo que es la importancia de la #9 y la b6 en la escala pentatónica para tener una [...]
Arpeggios #3 Diminished Scale
Hi, this lesson covers a very nice aspect of technique and playing. I think the use of "designed arpeggios" is a priceless tool in order to enrich the vocabulary in your playing and composition. Had [...]
Drops Spanish
Hola, la siguiente lección es una explicación detallada de como se arman los Drop 2, Drop 3 y Drop 2+3 en la guitarra. Cabe recordar que la investigación esta basada para acordes [...]
Licks 3 Hirajoshi and Pelog
Hi, this lesson covers some licks I wrote applying some extended arpeggios of the lesson ARPEGGIOS # 2 Hirajoshi pentatonic scale (1,9,b3,5,b6) Pelog hexatonic scale (1,b9,#9,3,5,b6) The Hirajoshi and Pelog scales are also very versatile [...]
Branford Marsalis Yes and No Transcription
Hi, this transcription is available for purchase. This one is the transcription of Brandford Marsalis "Yes And No" 3 heads solo from the album "Random Abstract". From minute 0:46 to minute 3:10 All the [...]
