I am available for online lessons over Zoom, for all guitarists including beginners, and can specialize in jazz guitar technique and improvisation. Some of my qualifications are: 

  • Began teaching in New Jersey in 1975 at the studio "Musiclee Yours" in Maywood
  • Core approach to jazz guitar lessons came from private studies with Bob DeVos, and through in-depth studies of the major jazz guitarists
  • MA degree in music composition from Stony Brook University and BA in jazz studies and performance from William Paterson University
  • Studied jazz improvisation with master saxophonist Warne Marsh in New York in the 1980's and strive to incorporate this approach to teaching, self-published a book on these studies, "A Jazz Life"
  • Released three jazz CDs as a leader

Topics covered:

  • Guitar technique - commonly used jazz scales, arpeggios, picking and articulation
  • Jazz harmony/fingerboard harmony and technique
  • Improvisation
  • Jazz standards and repertoire
  • Ear-training
  • Transcription skills

All ages welcome, lessons are 40 minutes and include a personal summary video.  First lesson is a mutual interview at no charge.  

Please contact me through this site for scheduling or with any other questions, and good luck with your music!