Mel Bay's new In the Pocket series presents three titles by Corey Christiansen for the intermediate to advanced jazz guitarist: Basic Jazz Rhythm Guitar: Comping in the Freddie Green Style; Playing in the Groove; and Quartal Harmony: Modern Jazz Comping & Voicings. The titles include a DVD video running from 45 minutes to over an hour neatly packaged inside a book-size (8.75" x 11.75") chart. The DVDs not only present teaching material, but also provide a play-along experience that will allow students to hear how to apply the material. The charts provide essential supplemental information in an easy-to-read format.

Quartal Harmony deals with guitar chord shapes and chord voicings that are built in 4ths rather than 3rds. This type of harmony is used by pianists and guitarists alike and utilizes voicings that can be used in many settings.

Playing in the Groove focuses on teaching guitarists economy of rhythm and harmony for accompanying in a band setting. It will demonstrate to jazz guitar students how to avoid over-playing in a small jazz group settings, and instead play tasty lines and chords that will impress any soloist.

Basic Jazz Rhythm Guitar: Comping in the Freddie Green Style presents a style every jazz guitarist needs to understand. Freddie Green was the guitarist for the Count Basie orchestra for decades and his sound and comping technique were defining aspects of this legendary group. Four-to-the-bar strumming, essential chord voicings and voice leading ideas are covered in this informative DVD and accompanying chart.