With over 40 years of experience as a performer recording artist and instructor Joe Diorio has worked with such jazz luminaries as Sonny Sitt Eddie Harris Ira Sullivan Stan Getz Horace Silver and Anita O'Day. In this DVD Joe discusses and demonstrates his techniques of composing and building solos with motifs along with many unique patterns for major and minor II-V-I progressions. Joe also includes his system for expanding your chord vocabulary to help you develop more contemporary and exotic chord changes. His inspiring solos will give you a rare look at jazz from one of the world's greatest players. DVD special features include: a preview of HerbEllis: Swing Jazz Soloing and comping a preview of Joe Pass: Jazz Lines and a DVD-Rom with the complete video formatted for computer and i-Pod.
