Scofield/Stern Style Fusion Lick!

Some of my favorite guitarists ever are Jazz fusion players like John Scofield and Mike Stern and the lick I show you here is inspired by their way of playing. It’s my own lick but reeks of Jazz fusion.

I think it’s healthy to bring licks and ideas from other genres into Gypsy Jazz and this is an example of just that.

You can use this over a minor tonality and it will sound great. It’s very guitaristic and involves some hammer ons and pull offs but you can see clearly what’s going on when I play it real slow note by note. I also talk about the tension created when playing a major 3rd (in this case a B natural) over a minor chord. This is something I do a lot and it can kind of sounds awful but if you pull the right face and it rocks!

Check it out and let me know what you think!