HUGE shout-out to Grammy-nominated Nathan East for hitting 4…

Yes, 4 of Billboard‘s BEST OF 2014 lists, with his debut solo album!

Nathan’s self titled album is also nominated for the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at The GRAMMYs!!

Imagine practicing playing on this beauty AND getting personalized feedback from Chuck Loeb of Fourplay to help you play your best!

Every person who signs up will be entered to win this guitar…Click Here to Register!

Designed for lovers of the classic “EL FIVE”, the LS-17 offers the following features:

• 17″ body
• 2-3/4″ body depth
• 5 ply laminate flame maple construction
• 25.5″ scale
• Ebony fingerboard with 1-11/16″ nut width
• Ebony bridge and tailpiece
• Ivoroid Binding
• Nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Black hardware
• Custom wound vintage PAF style pickup with black cover
• Hardshell case

ArtistWorks and Sadowsky Guitars are excited to celebrate the launch of Chuck Loeb’s Online Jazz Guitar School with such a gorgeous example of instrumental craftsmanship as this archtop Sadowsky LS-17. Imagine learning jazz guitar DIRECTLY from Chuck Loeb on this major league masterpiece. Its incredibly beautiful aesthetic combines with a well-deserved reputation for playability to make this an ideal instrument for both the expert and the beginner. Must be 18 or older to enter.  Ends August 31st, 2014.

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Over the course of his 35-year career, Nathan East has worked with the crème de la crème of the music world: Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, Randy Newman, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones – and, of course, Eric Clapton, with whom he’s recorded and toured with since 1985.

Which more or less explains why it’s taken the bass legend so long to finally record his very own solo album. “It’s a good excuse – I’ve been busy!” East says with a laugh. “Between the bands I’ve been in, the tours I’ve been on and the records I’ve cut, it’s been difficult to sneak my own thing in there. But once I found a block of time last year, I booked Ocean Way Studios in LA, got the band in and recorded as many tracks as we could.”

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Click above to enter for your chance to win a signed…

…Yamaha BB1024X Bass…

…TC Electronic BG250-112 Bass Combo…

…plus a copy of the new self-entitled CD Nathan East!

Check out Chuck Loeb’s new online Jazz Guitar School!

One of the most important things in Jazz Guitar is being able to improvise. To pull off a good solo, you need to know which key and scales work with the backing chords. What can be confusing when learning jazz guitar is that there are a variety of patterns and locations to play the same scale. It’s important to know the most efficient way of finding the right notes for the desired key from anywhere on the neck as you move around.

The way to do this is to learn the geography of the fretboard and understand how the notes relate to each other – which brings us to what Chuck Loeb refers to throughout his jazz guitar lessons as “The 6 Positions.”

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Join world-renown guitarist Chuck Loeb in the SmoothJazz.com Studio with Sandy Shore on Saturday, August 10 @ 10am PDT for the World Premier of SILHOUETTE on Shanachie Entertainment.

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Preparing for the tour with Toto!

(Simon Phillips, Nathan East, Steve Lukather, Amy Keys, Steve Porcaro, Mabvuto Mavuto, David Paich, and Joeseph Williams)
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