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12-20-2011, 08:23 AM
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| |  Bob Brookmeyer
Obviously not a guitarist, but I heard that Bob Brookmeyer had passed away. Bob Brookmeyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Condolences to family and friends - another one of the greats gone.  |
12-20-2011, 08:59 AM
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Another sad loss...
his records with jimmy raney and jim hall are some of the best guitar/horn albums i own...brilliant player, he will be missed. |
12-20-2011, 09:31 AM
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RIP
Another of the greats is gone.
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12-20-2011, 09:57 AM
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He was a fine trombonist, but he was even better as an arranger, composer, teacher, inspirator and band leader. He was in charge of our Danish Radio Big Band for one season some years ago. |
12-20-2011, 03:48 PM
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That's sad. I love his stuff with Jim Hall.
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12-30-2011, 02:34 PM
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Brookmeyer really knew what to do with guitar players. I still play his Brookmeyer & Guitars album with Jim Hall and Jimmy Raney as often as anything I own. |
12-31-2011, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by sweetpic  Brookmeyer really knew what to do with guitar players. I still play his Brookmeyer & Guitars album with Jim Hall and Jimmy Raney as often as anything I own. | I love that record. The music is inspired and swinging. I like very much Jimmy Raneys tone on the beat up old ES150 he used back then. Reportedly the guitar was in bad condition, but nevertheless sounded great. Jimmy Raney has later commented that the guitar was very hard to play. |
01-02-2012, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by oldane I love that record. The music is inspired and swinging. I like very much Jimmy Raneys tone on the beat up old ES150 he used back then. Reportedly the guitar was in bad condition, but nevertheless sounded great. Jimmy Raney has later commented that the guitar was very hard to play. | Agreed, Raney's ES150 tone is pretty much tops on my list of classic jazz tones. |
01-03-2012, 02:06 PM
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Thanks Oldane for the ES150 story. I haven't heard that before. Can yoy imagine Jimmy Raney finding something hard to play? It must have been a total wreck |
01-19-2012, 05:20 AM
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I loved Brookmeyer's stuff w/ Ed Bickert. Great stuff!!
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01-19-2012, 10:33 AM
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Sorry to hear this news..... I have a live double album he made with Jack Wilkins on guitar which is excellent
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01-19-2012, 03:41 PM
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Love the Jimmy Giuffre 3 stuff with BB. Bad ass.
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