Remi Harris Soloing Etudes Book - any experience?

billyshakes

I saw a Remi Harris video of him doing a solo over a jazz standard and he had a link to a book of his. Looks like he's got 2 different volumes. Anyone have any experience with either of these? Reviews seem mixed. The constructive criticism seems to be that his etudes are at a very high tempo that might not be conducive for learning, but that his strategies for soloing seem sound.

Anyone have any experience with either volume and want to add more detail?

lucky

Disclaimer - both Remi and his publisher are mates but even allowing for bias, Remi is one hell of a player and his books are first rate.

Buco

I have his 100 gypsy jazz licks book. You can borrow it if you want. I sort of bought it just to give back since I learned stuff from his YT videos that I now use in my playing. I didn't go through the book much at all.

PS I should clarify that Remi's session is absolutely wonderful. But my comment in my last sentence is because it would take me several lifetimes for all 100 licks to become a part of my playing...

murrayatuptowngaller

I have a bad habit of buying printed and eBooks and not looking at them.

I have several of this publisher's (Fundamental-Change?) items, through Kindle. The audio downloads are available to Kindle purchasers also. They cost less and have no postage for delivery.

The only thing I find awkward is that the files for each book (that I have) use the same names (not surprising), like Example 1, Example 2, etc.

They recommend you download them to a computer, and obviously a clearly-named folder would be helpful. There is probably a way to keep things organized, but when I try to use them on another device, like a flash drive in the car,, the redundant names really mess me up.

Murray

Noto

I have all three books and have picked up new licks, phrases and ideas. Although I read music quite well, I like looking at the tab for ideas in different sections of the neck then I might usually play.

Remi mixes in some theory as well as his visualization method of melodic lines on different chord shapes.

I like his books.

BillDaCostaWilliams

I've picked up some useful phrases from the  100 gypsy jazz licks book and am still working through it.

quinng

I recommend checking out Ollie's stuff on JTC