Favorite Solos: Jimmy Brown (Senior Music Editor)

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  • 1) Led Zeppelin “Since I’ve Been Loving You” (live)
  • 2) Mike Stern with Miles Davis “Jean Pierre” (live)
  • 3) Led Zeppelin “Dazed and Confused” (live)
  • 4) Jimi Hendrix “All Along the Watchtower”
  • 5) Heart “Magic Man”
Jimmy Brown
Jimmy Brown

Over the past 30 years, Jimmy Brown has built a reputation as one of the world's finest music educators, through his work as a transcriber and Senior Music Editor for Guitar World magazine and Lessons Editor for its sister publication, Guitar Player. In addition to these roles, Jimmy is also a busy working musician, performing regularly in the greater New York City area. Jimmy earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies and Performance and Music Management from William Paterson University in 1989. He is also an experienced private guitar teacher and an accomplished writer.

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