Mickey Baker's Jazz Guitar
Sheet Music Book
By Mickey Baker

This was my first jazz guitar book, and i got hold of this in 1982,and looking at the books up to this date, i still regard this at a top jazz-guitar book. It is so systematical and M.Baker takes you to a higher level if you follow...

what he says in the book. I was a rockguitar player, but when i played some jazz from that book in pauses of gigs, they got big eyes and was impressed. Fun. It helped me to get in love with jazz, and thats most importen i guess...!!

I just purchased this along with Jazz Books 1 & 2. These are all excellent books. What I did not realize was that Purchasing ALL 3 was not necessary. The newest (Blue One, this one) called "Mickey Bakers Jazz Guitar" is an updated version which totally combines everything from Books 1...

& 2 and at the same time clarifies some of the notation. Great book and if you are a fan of his method you can save money by just ordering this newest update.

It is worth noting that this book is basically a duplicate of the Ashley Publications Complete Course In Jazz Guitar book 1 and 2, so you should buy this one or those two books, but not both.

I first tried this book when I was 23. My main training guitar book at the time was Bill Leavitt's "A Modern Method for Guitar" Vol. I, and I ocasionally browsed other things. "Jazz Guitar", by Mickey Baker, gave me some answers, and nearly inmediate reward. I didn’t...

do a lot of practice with it, I never even tried the lead guitar section, but I practiced the chords, and tried to understand them. I got the idea on how those jazz chords worked, why they were called in those ways, and how to use them, and it definitely took me to a different level, giving me a good foundation to understand other books I used afterwards, and without a lot of effort, to be honest.. I play music as a living all year around. I usually do 6 or 7 gigs a week. For years I played in a good number of bands, released records, and played on TV. I'm 50 years old now, so it's rained a bit since I first tried this book. I'm glad to see it's still around.

i'm a mickey baker collector. he must be more revalued and more attention by critic and collectors. fine book and i think more work about instructional material biography ,methods,video and all remastered discography on great storic guitarist m.baker.