Beyond Basics Guitar

Beyond Basics Guitar Beyond Basics Guitar with Paul Shumsky offers personalized guitar instruction with over 40 years of teaching and performing experience.

Paul accepts students of all levels interested in jazz and improvisational styles like rock and blues. Guitar lessons are available via Skype as well as in-person at my studio in East Hartford, CT. This page is a place to share my musical thoughts and ideas, share posts with my students and the public.

Wow, rare video of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie playing Hot House at the 1951 Downbeat Awards!
03/01/2026

Wow, rare video of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie playing Hot House at the 1951 Downbeat Awards!

Broadcasted on the Earl Wilson Show 'Stage Entrance' on February 24 (or 25?), 1952. Charlie Parker Plays with Dizzy Gillespie in the Only Footage Capturing t...

This is a fantastic resource for jazz fans, jazz pros and students of jazz! Check it out!
11/01/2025

This is a fantastic resource for jazz fans, jazz pros and students of jazz! Check it out!

Hosted by booking agent Matt Fripp, Jazzfuel provides resources & done-for-you services for professional jazz musicians, plus curated articles for jazz fans.

07/04/2025
02/17/2025

Here's the original, innovative, jazz finger-tapper, the young Stanley Jordan (1990), with another amazing finger-tapping exhibition!

Wow, some folks are so darn creative and just decide to do things their own way!
01/22/2025

Wow, some folks are so darn creative and just decide to do things their own way!

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42 Appletree Drive
East Hartford, CT
06118

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Monday 6pm - 9pm
Tuesday 6pm - 9pm
Wednesday 6pm - 9pm
Thursday 6pm - 9pm

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