A very informative, entertaining and insightful read. Then to find out that he had been taught by none other than Tal Farlow…well, let’s just say I needed to find out more about Mark….and it only took 17 years…but here we are □ In this lengthy and very detailed interview, Mark opens up abut his thoughts on teaching, his chord solo concept, and of course his experience with Tal Farlow. He sent me his CD for review and I was struck with how mature and wonderful a player he was. I first became aware of Mark Capon back around 2004 when I first started the original Jazz Guitar Life. After you can walk down the street and whistle the song and know the lyrics you are ready to figure out how to play it.“ Mark Capon Granted a lot of these recordings were not very jazzy per se but it was still great music and because of the simplicity you could grasp the melody and chords much easier than hearing a jazzed up version. “ If I could do it all over again, after I heard Joe Pass play, I should have gotten simple vocal versions of the tunes he was playing by great singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, etc.
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