5 Reasons You Shouldn't Transcribe Jazz Solos

Back when I was in college, I studied with a great jazz guitarist in New York City named Steve Cardenas. Steve is a fantastic jazz musician, tours around the world with lots of different artists, and has recorded albums. In all senses of the word, a very accomplished musician and seasoned jazz player. In one of our lessons, one time, when I went up to his house in Brooklyn, he told me something that was slightly disturbing, at least to the way I was thinking about learning music and jazz a...