Incredible Jazz Guitar

[rdgrimes]

Herb Ellis / Joe Pass "Seven, Come Eleven"

Available on CD, SACD and even LP.

[toobwacky]

ZREMEN
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Cheers......herki the cat

That's some interesting technical information that I was completely oblivious to. Although it's obvious from listening to the True Blue CD that sound quality is important to Whitfield.

Got any interesting tid-bits about the guitar?

Thanks herki the cat!!!!!

[toobwacky]

These are some of my favourite guitar albums

John Scofield - Loud Jazz, Stillwarm, Electric outlet, This meets That, Out like a light, Shinola

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I'm a BIG Scofield fan too. My favorite albums are Hand Jive (another of my all-time favorite albums)

and Uberjam

which is just incredibly innovative. Weird at times, but it's a thrill to hear an album where the artist has such an original vision and both the artistic virtuousity and technical prowess to pull it off.

[JSF13]

The best CD recording of Wes' is the "Goin' Out of My Head" remaster...listen to that on a decent stereo...it's just amazing. I just picked up "A Night at the Vanguard" with the Kenny Burrell Trio...cool as h e l l. I listened to a lot of Charlie Christian, Grant Green, Tal Farlow, Jim Hall, Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts, Kenny Burrell, George Benson and Johnny Smith growing up...but mostly it was Wes.

Sounds a lot like my education.

Here's another vote for Jim Hall.

Here's a little track with Chet Baker,Ron Carter and Steve Gadd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLO7B...eature=related

[laurie]

First I read Matt Schofield (from Manchester), he is worth to listen to.

Look at YouTube and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Schofield
"Matt Schofield (born 21 August 1977)[1] is a UK blues guitarist and singer whose music blends blues with rock and funky jazz rhythms. His band, The Matt Schofield Trio, play their own material, which is a blend of blues, funk and jazz, along with covers of blues classics"
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Peter

I've never heard of matt Schofield - thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to look out for him.

[laurie]

I'm a BIG Scofield fan too. My favorite albums are Hand Jive (another of my all-time favorite albums)

and Uberjam

which is just incredibly innovative. Weird at times, but it's a thrill to hear an album where the artist has such an original vision and both the artistic virtuousity and technical prowess to pull it off.

Toobwacky, the amazing thing about John is that he always stays innovative - his music never seems to get stale, he always sounds fresh even after 3 decades, he has a great gift of combining harmonies, melodies with off centre beats and riffs.

And he's played so many styles of jazz including blues, funk, gospel influence, fusion, ECM type chamber jazz, straight ahead - amazing musician.

Plus he did the Ray Charles tribute in 2005 with singers like Dr John.

[rdgrimes]

"Oscar Peterson Trio, Live at the Blue Note" With Herb Ellis, Ray Brown.
CD, Telarc.


"Johnny Frigo with Bucky and John Pizzarelli: Live from Studio A in NYC"
Hybrid SACD, Chesky


"Joe Pass Virtuoso"
Pablo, Hybrid SACD and CD, there are actually 3 or 4 separate CD releases with this title, numbered 2 3 and 4.

[sba2]

This guy is interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt


This guy is superb:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1bor_Szab%C3%B3

& was an inspiration for Carlos Santana

[Ducatista47]

"Joe Pass Virtuoso"
Pablo, Hybrid SACD and CD, there are actually 3 or 4 separate CD releases with this title, numbered 2 3 and 4.

Virtuoso is very interesting to me. Pass had been through it all. Fame, the love of his peers, much recording, and a terrible battle with heroin. At this late stage he rethought his art and switched from full body F-hole electric to acoustic. He sounds like a beginner in a way, being new to the instrument, but he was so phenomenally talented and experienced that it is a unique experience to listen to these recordings. The music is the sweetest struggle I ever heard. I picture it like seeing Cezanne "struggling" with the creation of modern art through oil painting.

This guy is interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt

"Interesting." That is funny. It is like saying the Sun is bright. Django is on every Jazz player's top five list, often #1. But I don't doubt that most Americans have never heard of him.

Here is another monster of guitar you might never have heard of. Baden Powell. All he was, according to Wiki, was " widely regarded as the greatest Brazilian guitarist of all times." If you like video, put this in your pipe and smoke it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0YooGnESSg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiv47...eature=related

He reminds me of Joe Pass here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8tyy...eature=related

Some are not feeble shadows of themselves at the end of their lives: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQ1b...eature=related

Good Luck finding it, but Samba Triste from 1989 is a good one. http://loronix.blogspot.com/2007/11/...iste-1989.html

His take on "Bahia" is a revelation of subtlety, beauty and power. But everything here is top notch.

Off topic (sorry, Krunchy!), but this is a hard act to follow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBMe9...eature=related Some parts of the World have pop princesses much more talented than ours. Brazil gets her and we get Madonna and Mariah Carey. BTW, I'm in love... This next is such a cultural twister that the last minute had my brain circling the drain, but still in love. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwRJT...eature=related Those chirping string harmonics are like her vocals. I thought Eddie Van Halen was a master at right hand techniques, but look at her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arYSs...eature=related

Clark

[sba2]

Clark,

I like your musical taste. I just finished watching the Baden Powell and Badi Assad videos. WOW! A big sigh here. That made my day.

Thanks again for the links.

Scott

[Steve K]

Lee Ritenour Wesbound

[midlife]

I had a Lee Ritenour lp, don't remember the title, but it was the one with "You Got Me Smilin" on it. Good lp.

[16hz lover]

You should not miss Vic Jurris- one of those real MONSTERS of jazz guitar who never had the fame to go with his talent. You can find his playing on some of the great Barry Miles LP's, like " Fusion Is "

Of course, you should obviously be aware of Al DeMiola

[Doctor_Electron]

HOWARD ROBERTS !

http://www.utstat.utoronto.ca/mikevans/hroberts.html

[whizzer]

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Is this Denny's older brother from right here in Maine?