The Modern Jazz Quartet traces its origins to Dizzy Gillespie and his bebop big band. Filmed live in Germany, pianist and composer John Lewis, bassist Percy Heath, vibraphonist extraordinaire Milt Jackson and drummer Micky Roker (subbing for Connie...

Musicians Institute instructor Tom Kolb teaches licks in the styles of rock guitar masters such as Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, the Allman Brothers, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, Billy Gibbons,...

Eight compositions are performed by Phil Collins, including several from his own repertoire, arranged for a big band, as well as several from Buddy's original repertoire. Two great songs from Buddy's repertoire are performed by Steve Smith and two...

The sights and sounds of Christmas as never seen or heard before, featuring high definition views of the world’s most beautiful stained glass nativity artwork, holiday scenery, and churches. Two different soundtracks accompany these spectacular...

The DVD will help take your playing to the next level. Professor Anthony Vitti shares his proven method for improving the fundamental skills required to freely express yourself on the bass in many musical styles. The easy-to-understand exercises and...

This DVD will help take your playing to the next level. Professor Larry Finn shares his proven method for improving the fundamental skills required to lay down a strong groove in any style of music. It offers easy-to-understand exercises and...

Take your playing to the next level as Tomo Fujita shares his proven method for improving the essential skills required to play with other musicians and to freely express yourself on the guitar. This DVD includes easy-to-understand exercises and...

This DVD will help take your playing to the next level. Dave Limina shares his proven method for improving the fundamental skills required to build your harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic vocabulary. The DVD offers easy-to-understand exercises and...

This DVD offers easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations that can be applied to all levels and styles. These include: breathing/blowing exercises • tone/pitch exercises • technique exercises • melody/phrasing exercises •...

Musician, teacher, producer and songwriter Jamie Findlay presents in-depth instruction on acoustic fingerpicking. He demonstrates exercises to build technique in a variety of fingerpicking styles, such as folk, pop, country, blues and jazz. Jamie...

Rick Ruskin's remarkable style captures all the nuances of a band/rhythm-section and transforms the parts into amazing, in-the-pocket fingerstyle grooves like you've never imagined on a single guitar! Split-screen video format covers: right- and...

Jamie Findlay, one of the masters of contemporary acoustic guitar, has taught jazz guitar at USC and currently teaches at the Musicians Institute. In this in-depth presentation, he demonstrates and breaks down licks, scales and chords, and teaches...

Learn the trademark acoustic guitar parts behind the greatest songs in rock and pop! Includes 8 songs: Before You Accuse Me • Crazy on You • Drive • Dust in the Wind • Iris • More Than Words • Norwegian Wood •...

See Tony Smith knock the top off bass guitar! A true innovator, he has performed with Steve Morse, Average White Band, Grover Washington and Larry Carlton, to name but a few. In this incredible DVD, he takes viewers step-by-step through an array of...

Martinez reveals her revolutionary studies for Afro-Cuban rhythms, coordination, improvisation, and feel in this DVD. Includes: lessons and live band performances • hand percussion demonstrations • Mambo, Nanigo, Songo, and Mozambique...