We'll be playing here on December 1st.

Quoted: Boxley's is a Jazz, Blues and Live Music Club in Downtown North Bend, Washington featuring great food, great wines and the best of the Northwest's musicians performing live @boxleys five nights a week; Wednesday through Sunday with 2 sets of music every night.

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I'm channeling some Wes Montgomery here.

Quoted: Jay Roberts and Rob Dickerson play "Four on Six" by Wes Montgomery at the Roberts Music Institute.

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I'm WAY over my head here. But it was fun anyway.

Quoted: Jay Roberts and Rob Dickerson play "Scrapple from the Apple" by Charlie Parker at the Roberts Music Institute.

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Here's a video of our band playing a Chick Corea tune at the Robert's Music Institute in Seattle. The intro is kinda slow but keep watching...it picks up a lot.

This tune took forever to nail down because it's pretty fast and there are tons of breaks. Our drummer and bass player are awesome, the rest of us are just along for the ride.

Tons of Band In A Box files for jazz standards.

I just put together a new website for the Seattle jazz guitar society using Wordpress. Check it out.

These guys do all kinds of great stuff. Feeding homeless jazz guitarists...dirty string exchange programs...etc.

Quoted: A non-profit organization that supports jazz guitarists in the Seattle and surrounding areas. We sponsor clinics by your favorite guitarists, monthly jazz jam sessions, and provide a great place to network and improve your playing.

Quoted: When comping you want your chords to flow smoothly from one to another, instead of bouncing around on the guitar neck.

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My teacher's on the left. Our band is playing Spain these days too...but not as well.

Quoted: Ben Lacy and Jay Roberts playing Chic Corea's Spain. These guitar virtuoso's go to town! Performed 3/15/08 at Roberts Music Institute in Bellevue, WA. 98005

Interesting reading if you are thinking about modding a tube amp for better jazz tone.

Quoted: This web page describes some experiments on a Fender Amp. The focus of these experiments was for clean guitar sounds only.