Building Solo Lines from Cells (Spiral)

Based on an earlier guitar method book, Building Solo Lines from Cells makes Randy's deep knowledge of jazz available to players on any instrument. This is a practical method for developing the ability to create convincing jazz solos in a wide variety of playing situations II-V-I progressions, Coltrane changes, turnarounds, etc. etc. A thorough approach to mastering your instrument, the book takes actual lines recorded by the jazz greats and then slices them up into small cells that can be re-combined into longer lines to fit almost any harmonic situation. This enables the player to improvise his or her own solos that sound just as interesting and melodic as the masters, without resorting to simply copying them. An invaluable resource for the serious musician!

Randy Vincent began his career in Florida and moved to the San Francisco Area in 1980. Since then, he has divided his time between performing and teaching. Among the many musicians with whom he has performed and recorded are: Joe Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hutcherson, Jim Rothermel, Mel Martin, Benny Barth, Mel Graves, Bennett Friedman, Larry Baskett, Peter Welker, Chris Amberger, George Marsh, Smith Dobson, Bill Watrous, George Cables, Tony Dumas, Akira Tana, Billy Childs, Bob Sheppard, Steve Smith, Harold Jones, Bob Badgley, Ernie Watts, Warren Gale, Herb Pomeroy, Sylvia Cuenca, Jared Gold, Dan Wilensky, the Bay Area Jazz Composers’ Orchestra, the New Oakland Jazz Orchestra, Dave Eshelman Jazz Garden Big Band and The Turtle Island String Quartet. He plays on a regular basis with many local musicians throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed at numerous jazz festivals such as Monterey Jazz Festival, Mount Hood Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Telluride Colorado Jazz Festival, Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Space Coast Jazz Festival, North Coast Jazz Festival, Fairfax Jazz Festival, Benicia Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, Sacramento Jazz Festival, Cotati Jazz Festival, Jazz on the (Russian) River, Harvest Festival, San Miguel de Allende Jazz Festival in Mexico, and at the Hollywood Bowl for Dizzy Gillespie’s 75th birthday celebration. Randy has taught jazz guitar at Sonoma State University (in Sonoma County, California) since 1981 and also taught at California Jazz Conservatory and currently teaches at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. and has conducted clinics throughout the U.S. While on tour with Joe Henderson, he taught at Taller de Musicos in Madrid, Spain. Randy’s students include Julian Lage, the young prodigy who appeared on the 2000 Grammy Awards show. Julian has toured worldwide with the Gary Burton Quartet, and is featured with Gary on his most recent two recordings. Randy has also taught Dave McNab, who has worked with Shelby Lynne and has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman; and Liberty Ellman, who works on a regular basis with Greg Osby and Henry Threadgill.