Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar

it sound complete. I love his sense of improvisation – it
just works!”
Mann uses a low C and G tuning for “Gypsy Girl,” which
has a kind of Celtic melody but was also inspired, in part,
by a gypsy musicians he heard in Portugal. “Cat Burglar”
began years ago as just a riff in open G minor. Mann
originally recorded the tune with a tabla player for Takoma
Records, but the track was never released. Not one to let
an idea get away, Mann resurrected and reworked it for
“Stairwell Serenade,” and it closes the video.
The next record Mann wants to make will feature his
guitar in a jazz trio setting, although it’s a reasonably sure
bet that he won’t be cutting songs from any songbook other
than his own.
“That’s the whole thing in the jazz world, you’re solo
should be your solo,” he says. “It’s a journey.”

Jim Ohlschmidt