Studies) "Cirque du Soul" "Lady Di" "Dark Streets & Shadows" (from Film Noir—Four Scenes) "Wheelman" (from Film Noir—Four Scenes) "Femme Fatale" (from Film Noir—Four Scenes) "Heater" (from Film Noir—Four Scenes) "Requiem for a Fallen Artist" "Frankenstein Meets The Jazzman" (from Four Monsters) "The Raven Vanishes" (from Four Monsters) "Mad Love" (from Four Monsters) "The Fly" (from Four Monsters) "Winedark Sea" Dedicated to JoAnn Falletta. Jazzotica (three-movement suite) "Study No. 1" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) "Study No. 2" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) "Study No. 3" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) "Study No. 4" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) "Study No. 5" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) "Study No. 6" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) "Study No. 7" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) "Study No. 8" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) "Study No. 9" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) "Study No. 10" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) "Study No. 11" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) "Study No. 12" (from 12 Semi-Simple Jazzy Studies) Night Cats (three-movement suite) Jazz guitar instructional books All Blues for Jazz Guitar—Comping Styles, Chords & Grooves, 1997. Book/CD set. All Blues Soloing for Jazz Guitar —Scales, Licks, Concepts & Choruses, 1999. Book/CD set. All Blues Scale for Jazz Guitar—Solos, Grooves & Patterns, 2000. Book/CD set. All Solos & Grooves for Jazz Guitar—Position Studies, Scales & Patterns, 2001. Book/CD set. All Intros & Endings for Jazz Guitar—Bebop, Swing, Latin, Ballads, 2003. Book/CD set. Shapes, Patterns & Lines for Jazz Guitar, 2007. Book/CD set. Comping Standards for Jazz Guitar, 2014. Book/CD set. Awards and honors Grammy Award nomination (1994), Best Album Notes Achievement Certificate (1994) from the San Francisco chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, presented to Jim Ferguson for his achievement in the recording of The Complete Riverside Recordings Maggie Award for Best Instructional Column (1989) for Jim Ferguson's column Fundamentals in Guitar Player Maggie Award for Best Instructional Series (1988) for Jim Ferguson's Master Series in Guitar Player Mills College Alumnae Scholarship (1989) "Romantico y Allegro Ritmico" (1992) by Jorge Morel, dedicated to Jim Ferguson "Chinese Metronome" (2009) by Charles Postlewate, dedicated to Jim Ferguson References External links Official site 1948 births 20th-century American guitarists American classical guitarists American instructional writers American jazz composers American jazz guitarists American male guitarists American music educators American music journalists American writers about music Composers for the classical guitar Guitarists from Ohio Jazz writers Journalists from