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Today, 10:19 PM
All the best to big Mike. Friendships and good people eclipse guitars.
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Today, 10:14 PM
Re: Latin
There's absolutely too many styles for most to master, but a good jazz player should be able to play a bossa correctly at least...I hear...
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Today, 10:14 PM
I am sorry to hear about Mike's troubles and I hope he is doing as well as he can. I'm sure all of us want to send our best wishes to one of our...
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Today, 10:08 PM
At the time of the clips you posted they were, but that's a different band (with different personnel) than the original group that formed in 1967,...
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Today, 09:55 PM
The name doesn’t denote anything about the genre, but the appearance of its performers.
So there’s that wrong with it.
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Today, 09:55 PM
Definitely boogaloo.
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Today, 09:50 PM
So, more seriously. I have owned two Telecasters; my first one was/is a Squier Affinity which was about $200 new, no case. Even dead stock it was a...
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Today, 09:48 PM
Agree to disagree then. There’s unending minutia in every feel and genre. Impossible to master them all, better to know what tools will get the job...
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Today, 09:43 PM
But we are talking about jazz, not that there is anything wrong with blue-eyed soul.
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Today, 09:41 PM
There is no fret wear.
Probably @$200 fully insured via FedEx Ground from 16509.
No idea if anyone stuck another piece of paper inside the guitar...
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Today, 09:40 PM
Original sin? Does one man speaks for all the white jazz musicians who followed him?
Besides, their music was Sicilian ragtime. We would not...
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Today, 09:31 PM
Ahem? Because you have invented their motives, you are back to where you want to be.
In any case, the origins of jazz are as much Creole as...
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Today, 09:27 PM
Soft Machine are a jazz combo.
https://youtu.be/GbpCytikAEM
https://youtu.be/9gpaMTgBCx0
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Today, 09:24 PM
The Campellone Special 17 inch shows as sold on Reverb but is still for sale on Ebay.
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Today, 09:13 PM
By the way, the back of the headstock on that $3999 tal farlow...
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Today, 09:12 PM
Hard swing, light swing, businessman’s bounce, samba, bossa, 2nd Line, straight, various funk, R&B/ R&B, pop. But I never think in these kinds of...
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Today, 09:11 PM
This is what the OP asked:
"What is your opinion or experience for grooves that should be included for a well rounded jazz musician?"
Being...
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Today, 09:03 PM
Or you could just play a Bossa (probably Girl From Ipanema), nobody will know the difference and move on to the next tune.
OP isn’t going to play...
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Today, 09:01 PM
I do have an Acoustic Image amp that I pair with a Raezer's Edge speaker, but that would involve lugging an additional piece of equipment. Plus, my...
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Today, 09:00 PM
I really like a lot of the tones in this instrumental version of a Springsteen tune by Nathaniel Murphy at Chicago Music. I think it's a Seymour...
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Today, 08:57 PM
From what I have heard so far I consider him more a blues / rhythm & blues than a jazz player.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YOLc1DRzs0
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Today, 08:54 PM
That would be me, Hammertone, thank you for the background. All of my knowledge has come from this site--gratitude to all. I over-purchase /...
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Today, 08:53 PM
Hmmm, aren't these the 5 note chords that you didn't like earlier in the thread ( or was it the Rainy Day thread ).
I dunno. Like I said before I...
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Today, 08:50 PM
Hello everyone,
I thought I'd share a good resource I've been using to practice lately, both bass and guitar. It's an AI driven track splitter...
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Today, 08:48 PM
AFAIK Clarke played with brushes on a phone book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsp9MUjmC74
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Today, 08:42 PM
Alvin (Al) Schackman was Nina Simone's accompanist between 1957 - 2000. He's 90 years old.
I have been listening to Nina since the 1980s, my early...
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Today, 08:35 PM
I saw a Les Korn in there. Beautiful guitars, but if IIRC, they are iffy from example to example.
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Today, 08:29 PM
I saw Hedges solo on Bathurst Street Theatre break a string and change it without interrupting his first song. He was cursing the D'Addario company...
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Today, 08:22 PM
Boogaloo? :sorry:
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Today, 08:20 PM
Sad news about Big Mike. Getting old is a bitch and then we die. Play them guitars while you can!
He had quite a collection. If you want one of...
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Today, 08:15 PM
Not sure what Prog really means to everyone; to me it means hearing something I have not heard before (not derivative of something else, but still...
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Today, 08:05 PM
Wow! I love it!
AKA
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Today, 07:59 PM
Reminds me of the the saying that fishing lure makers catch more anglers than anglers catch fish.
AKA
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Today, 07:54 PM
Lucky man
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Today, 07:38 PM
If you're doing a standards gigs that may be a pretty good list.
But, a band could call tunes with specific grooves that aren't in that list.
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Today, 07:29 PM
Simplify. I play some tunes over and over for years because I love them. Then they drop out of my routine and I start forgetting. So I remember...
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Today, 07:27 PM
It literally started with THE FIRST jazz recording. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band’s leader claimed he invented the style of jazz and it had no...
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Today, 07:14 PM
You claim to speak for everyone else. You don't.
I had a good discussion with Bob Head that was informative.
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Today, 07:13 PM
Blues and bebop aren’t rhythms. Latin is basically covered by Bossa. :behindsofa:
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Today, 07:09 PM
I don’t see the point of playing music, or painting, or doing anything else unless you’re shooting for something good on some level. I don’t see the...
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Today, 07:07 PM
VA3UX here
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Today, 07:06 PM
Same as my Renaissance Custom; PE30xxxx... I cant make any sense of the serial number, other than it's a serial number.
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Today, 07:05 PM
A big Hi with love from BigMike
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Today, 06:59 PM
Change to Adobe terms & conditions outrages many professionals - 9to5Mac
reuters.com
reuters.com
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Today, 06:52 PM
I generally think the most promising creative use of AI is in coordination with human effort. I understand that in the chess world, the strongest...
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Today, 06:51 PM
For quite a while now, he generally plugs straight into a Mackie mixer. No amp. When does use an amp its often mentioned in the course of the video....
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Today, 06:42 PM
BigMike is now in a convalescent home. He sends his love to everyone. He was physically unable to sell his collection on his own.
A family member...
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Today, 06:40 PM
I'm fully expecting that one day the fine print in the TOS of those AI gadgets will state that the company behind them gets to own the copyright of...
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Today, 06:38 PM
And also … one might say the same thing about all those white blues musicians.
Except radio loved a white blues musician who could sell black...
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Today, 06:34 PM
Hammer, she’s a beauty! How’s the fret wear? You are in Toronto I’m in Miami- how does the shipping go…
very much in Love! 2008 not a Hutchins’...
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Today, 06:34 PM
No Blues or Bebop? Latin?
I'm thinking in terms of "groove" words for tunes on a set list...
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Today, 06:33 PM
Ahem … because they dispute it’s essential “blackness.”
and now we’re back.
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Today, 06:33 PM
Well, I will get my Zoom recorder going this weekend or try something else, just think I'd be dissatisfied with cell phone audio quality.
Arnold's...
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Today, 06:30 PM
I think maybe in your haste you forgot that we’re not talking about “blame.”
The question was about Tristano and whether his view of “environment”...
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Today, 06:25 PM
Same here, so I'd add that, if the OP and his wife are not already used to playing&singing together in other styles, it won't hurt to to watch some...
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Today, 06:24 PM
Hammer, she’s a beauty! How’s the fret wear? You are in Toronto I’m in Miami- how does the shipping go…
very much in Love! 2008 not a Hutchins’...
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Today, 06:19 PM
Wow that's a great deal, especially that 17".
Do you think it would be sacrilege to send that back to Mark to install a set-in pickup?
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Today, 06:18 PM
Thanks for everyone's opinions and sharing of knowledge. It's now a case of trying a few, but logistically not easy. It may take while. It may seem a...
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Today, 06:11 PM
Liarspoker: Sorry to hear of your nail mishap.
Regarding the issue of posting a work-in-progress to your YouTube channel, what I do is publish my...
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Today, 05:53 PM
I think that accompanying one's spouse would make the process of synching up easier than the usual I-was-asked-to-back-a-stranger scenario. (Assuming...
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Today, 05:53 PM
I doubt any white American jazz musician who shunned black company in the 1950s and 1960s would find any work. Jazz was a social medium. A musician's...
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Today, 05:47 PM
Here is a link to the store that bought Big Mike's collection:
https://www.butlermusic.com/
Sadly he did not give his fellow forum members a...
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Today, 05:44 PM
Not really about a specific guitarist or an autobiography, but a collection of interviews. He asks many of the same questions to each guitarist, so...
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Today, 05:40 PM
It also allows us to catch mistakes. I hear someone playing it and at some point it sounds different from mine, it prompts me to check my fingering....
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Today, 05:38 PM
Nicely done Lawson and thanks for posting!
Unfortunately my progress report is that I hurt my picking hand middle fingering this morning trying to...
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Today, 05:36 PM
It seems Big Mike has sold his collection to Butler Music (at least that is what the EBay ad proclaims) amd this one is a screaming deal:
M...
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Today, 05:36 PM
New England Public Radio: 'Scores of musicians made the trek to Tristano’s home in Hollis, Queens, over the years to study with him and attend the...
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Today, 05:36 PM
Johnny was a first class act I know. That said the time I visited his store I believe it was a Saturday, he admitted the night before he had more...
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Today, 05:31 PM
(I apologize if this is the wrong forum),
Copyright law doesn't protect AI. That's why. So, that's important if you intend on selling your music...
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Today, 05:27 PM
Yep, it's a great idea. I like the aspect of keeping momentum for the thread, and encouraging others to post. It can be daunting to get a whole...
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Today, 05:21 PM
I quoted from The Guitar in Jazz in another thread. I would recommend it to anyone. As the blurb says, "In a series of essays by some of jazz's...
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Today, 05:09 PM
Thanks. Can't wait to see yours!
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Today, 05:07 PM
All the study groups I ever participated in we posted progress reports because it kept the momentum for the group going. The Jimmy Raney group the...
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Today, 05:04 PM
I don't want this in the for-sale section I have zero to do with sale or anything but would like to see these go to someone who really wants them....
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Today, 04:50 PM
I had most of a Telecaster in parts, so I got a new MJT body and Biltoft Tele+5 pickups and finished it today.
The Flounder “Clamcaster”!
Sounds...
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Today, 04:47 PM
For the most part, you want to avoid voicings that share the same top note (unless you're setting up an entry point for the singer). Check out Julie...
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Today, 04:43 PM
It is too late now to get serious.
I'll think about it for a day.
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Today, 04:34 PM
Looks like they took down the Stern/Bruno video ...
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Today, 04:33 PM
Been watching demos for this one lately. I really liked it's plugged in tones. But really bummed it's a maple top instead of spruce like the...
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Today, 04:31 PM
Yes, we all have things that motivate us, and we all have things that dissuade and sway us that it's not worth the effort.
I have a lot of friends...
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Today, 04:30 PM
Lenny Breau
by Ron Forbes-Roberts
DG
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Today, 04:27 PM
Barney Kessel
by Maurice Summerfield.
DG
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Today, 04:25 PM
Thanks for the link! I've copied it over to the ongoing Guitar Night thread: Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series
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Today, 04:25 PM
Could be a reason my post made you think of that line..I studied with Ted.
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Today, 04:25 PM
Posted two days ago.
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Today, 04:24 PM
About a jazz guitarist? Peter Leitch's excellent autobiography 'Off the Books'.
About any musician? Robin DG Kelley's 'Thelonious Monk: The Life...
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Today, 04:18 PM
—> trade interest are DeArmond pickups , with you or me paying extra depending on the model (FHC, 1000, 1100, in any condition)
I have for sale an...
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Today, 04:14 PM
I have thought about that question a lot. It is easy nowadays to judge the people living under the criminal dictatorship in my country several...
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Today, 04:12 PM
Even using a wound 3rd the two barrels flanking the middle would still need to be compensated for really good intonation. This is the reason 6 saddle...
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Today, 04:08 PM
I can explain how I do it, more or less. It isn't a structured, 100% organized and logical approach. I'm answering your question about how I think....
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Today, 04:08 PM
Actually, you can do fine if you're able to play in the most common keys, the 12 keys approach is primarily a practice regimen rather than a...
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Today, 04:07 PM
https://youtu.be/X95uQcHkvSI?si=RUuugmPtpjMdEB7Q
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Today, 04:04 PM
This was bought recently from a member here by a friend who is quite knowledgeable and interested in archtops. He tends to buy interesting guitars...
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Today, 03:54 PM
Google "Ted Greene Telecaster" and the first line of the first result reads,
"With guitar, it is not always about setup, but about touch."
That...
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Today, 03:51 PM
To build on what I typed before, if you want a Jazz centered telecaster I would choose any Tele you can find with a good neck and proper body...
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Today, 03:49 PM
I agree that it is a question of courage and priority. E.g. Courage to lost some of their popularity. Courage to lose income because they lose...
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Today, 03:47 PM
I believe that's called "resting on your laurels."
The challenge, you will not stick with it if you do not enjoy it.
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Today, 03:45 PM
Here’s a mint condition Gibson L-4CES.
The expression "mint condition" is often abused by the guitar community. Every once in awhile something...
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Today, 03:44 PM
To me, a Telecaster is so great because it's cheap and easy to produce. For that reason, I really shy away from the expensive models. MIM Fender's,...
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Today, 03:43 PM
Or at least they could put it in the name so we’d know
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Today, 03:32 PM
BTW. I don't wanna be rude but "enjoy!", "have fun" are the worst kind of advice for such topic.
Well, rude it was.
But truly, "enjoy"... what?
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Today, 03:32 PM
Nicely done. I like your sound.
I never thought of submitting a "progress report". Maybe I will do the same. I'm pretty sure I'd be able to...
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Today, 03:30 PM
I think it is a question of courage and priority. The musicians I am talking about had a certain popularity otherwise I would not have read /...
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Today, 03:23 PM
So anyway, now that my reading comprehension skills have been fully displayed.
I think a lot of the guys were cool, and some of them were not.
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Today, 03:20 PM
If only there were a blues written specifically in the Key of C...
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Today, 03:16 PM
Clearly those white musicians you're referring too were not part of the solution, but should they be lumped together with the part of the problem...
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Today, 03:12 PM
I have not heard all of those brands, but of the ones I have listened to (through?) I would say the QSC 10 inch speakers are the best I have heard....
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Today, 03:07 PM
You might consider adding Bose to your list. You may also find the microphone selection is pretty important.
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Today, 03:05 PM
The Johnny Smith book is interesting and informative. It is not a critical assessment of JS in any way. Other than apparently drinking quite a bit...
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Today, 03:02 PM
I hate when people write negative things about someone after they pass without them being able to refute what is said.The worst was Stan Kenton's...
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Today, 02:59 PM
I guess in your haste, you didn't see that I also posted "I mean outside of who could be in their bands, what clubs they could play in and other...
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Today, 02:56 PM
Don't buy the Barney Kessel book, it's written by his bitter wife and reflects her attitude.
I read it and got rid of it.
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Today, 02:55 PM
I never fully understood why Ice MFin' T would play cops in TV series.
When you really challenge the system (and that is not a matter of colour of...
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Today, 02:52 PM
Chet Atkins L10 model
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Today, 02:52 PM
Sounds good, Lawson.... and I'm glad you didn't transpose it to a minor key. ;)
By the way, are we allowed to play these arrangements slowly and...
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Today, 02:51 PM
From Brad Mehldau's album 'Jacob's Ladder', one of three cuts based on "Cogs in Cogs" from Gentle Giant's "The Power and the Glory" (with Becca...
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Today, 02:50 PM
From Brad Mehldau's album 'Jacob's Ladder', his interpretation of "Starship Trooper" from "The Yes Album" (with Cécile McLorin Salvant):
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Today, 02:48 PM
I'm not blaming the musicians for society, that's backwards, they were born into the same problematic society as everyone else.
When you said "Did...
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Today, 02:48 PM
It is very interesting to listen to interviews with white musicians who were touring the South of the USA in the fourties and fifties with their...
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Today, 02:43 PM
Of course that is white privilege in a nutshell. But are you blaming the majority of white jazz musicians of the era for that? E.g. that white...
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Today, 02:38 PM
I am part of a trio (sometimes quartet when our bassist is in town) that performs mostly at senior living facilities, and an occasional porchfest or...
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Today, 02:37 PM
"jazz" is in the players fingers talent and attitude..the equipment is secondary
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Today, 02:34 PM
I've been wondering about the Johnny Smith book. Glad to hear it's good.
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Today, 02:20 PM
It is a sweet looking guitar in good shape though. Maybe it was someone from here and they will do a NGD. I am curious what it sounds like. I'm...
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Today, 02:20 PM
Do you also play/sing it together already? Asking because I have a hard time imagining that accompanying a singer in jazz is fundamentally different...
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Today, 02:17 PM
It ain't easy being a minority yo.
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Today, 02:13 PM
I don't think any one particular flavor of Telecaster is necessarily superior for jazz given the vast expanse of sonic terrain that is the genre.
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Today, 02:11 PM
Ok then!
Playlist link
Analysing standards progressions - YouTube
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Today, 02:10 PM
"Tim Buckley .... He was produced by Zappa at one point."
Yes, his last album, which was arguably his worst, but that was probably not due to...
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Today, 02:02 PM
So, white privilege in a nutshell. Any white guy could waltz right into Harlem and go into any club, you could not flip the scenario. Remember...
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Today, 01:53 PM
The recent biography on guitarist Bill Frisell was a good read. Comprehensive indeed.
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Today, 01:52 PM
I'm an artificial person. It suits me.
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Today, 01:47 PM
Jeez, that's a Reverb sales price! I think that the days of finding deals on anything other than budget or fixer-upper guitars at Good Will online...
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Today, 01:42 PM
No lives matter;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlk7o5T56iw
All notes matter;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf0dcMH4N5U
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Today, 01:32 PM
I wonder how segregated the majority of white jazz musicians were off-the-books? (by off-the-book I mean outside of who could be in their bands,...
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Today, 01:23 PM
The Johnny Smith bio Moonlight in Vermont is a great book.I wish someone would do a Joe Pass bio. Not a jazz guitarist but the Steve Lukather book...
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Today, 01:19 PM
I was going to say Sally's Blues but I don't thinks its blues changes. So, I nominate Blues March, or Mr PC.
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Today, 01:18 PM
Heritage 550 normally uses 2 solid parallel braces they might add 2 small braces to this general configuration. They never used kerfed bracing to my...
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Today, 01:09 PM
I think he meant kerfed.
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Today, 01:05 PM
What is scarfed bracing I have never heard that term used to describe the inside bracing on a guitar?
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Today, 01:04 PM
Here is measures 1-16 of the tune, played a bit on the stiff side.
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