Recorded and mastered at Jimmy’s house in Philadelphia, the 2007 CD release of Maplewood Avenue captures jazz guitar ace Jimmy Bruno in top form. Backed up by Tony Miceli (vibes) and Jeff Pedras (acoustic bass), the nine track CD presents an intimate portrait of a guitarist thoroughly devoted to the jazz guitar idiom. Regarding his new studio trio, Bruno adds, ‘Like me, both Jeff and Tony are listening musicians. It is very easy to play with those guys because they both have great ears and know how to use them. We start playing any type of free-type music, we could follow each other perfectly.’ Bruno is also currently on the cutting edge of guitar education with his online venture, the Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute with the guitarist further adding, ‘I tell you the truth, the state of jazz guitar instruction in the world is just awful. So much bad information! There are literally hundreds of method books and mode and scale books. Hundreds of instructional videos and DVDs. And hardly any students are learning to play jazz guitar, to improvise. I really want to change this. I have been teaching guitar my whole life, and I know what actually works, what is important, what is not important. Using the power of the internet, I am finally getting a proper, proven method out there. Now, instead of teaching 22 private students like before, I am teaching hundreds and more—from 40 countries. And I have a huge number of guitar teachers studying on the site. So finally, we're going to see to great guitar players coming up. The only problem is the site is nearing capacity!’ www.jimmybruno.com

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