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Looking for some good solo jazz listening, preferrably new and different, above and beyond traditional standards. Improvised or composed makes no difference, just looking for some good, different solo guitar. Metheny's One Quiet Night was a good one for example. Looking for more of that. Suggestions?
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07-17-2012 01:53 PM
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ralph towner---time line
my favorite solo guitar disc of all time
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I have to say Tuck Andress "Reckless Precision"......maybe not "true solo jazz", but then again sometimes I can't stand the Joe Pass Solo albums, so what do I know.
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Ted Greene - "Solo Guitar." The only actual album he ever recorded. It blew away every conception I had about guitar playing in any style. A bit of good fortune, this website - a lot of recognition for Ted Greene and resources to explore his playing style.
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Maybe not what you are looking for, but these are some of my favorites:
- Johnny Smith - The Man With The Blue Guitar
- Cal Collins - By Myself
- Bill Harris - Bill Harris
- Barney Kessel - By Myself
- Barney Kessel - Solo
- George Van Eps - Soliloquy
- Kenny Burrell - Tenderly (Live Solo Guitar)
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Ron Eschete. 7-string master guitarist, exquisite, melodic player.
wiz
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i would have to say two of my teachers from GIT way back when...
Howard Alden and Ron Eschete
Howard was still a kid and kind of a loner, you'd hear this great guitar from the far corners of the building and go back and find Howard just sitting and playing between classes. Sometimes he'd show up in his barbershop quartet outfit if he had an afternoon gig and have his banjo or mandolin. You ought hear him play chord melody on a mandolin.
Ron Eschete is the nicest person you could ever want to meet and great teacher. Back then coffee houses were a big thing (pre-starbucks) and many had jazz singles and duo play and Ron popped up all the time at one and I would spend the night listening. I remember one night the Mr Sweep picking Frank Gamble showed up. He pulled out a Ibanez GB10 and played some great jazz with Ron, quite a night.
Two last players for my list Gene Bertoncini and Ralph Towner.Last edited by docbop; 07-18-2012 at 12:16 AM.
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Is "Barney Kessel - By Myself" a single track or an album? I only ask because I really love his "Solo" album and would like to hear more of the same.
Originally Posted by Eddie Lang
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Joe Pass..the virtuoso series...
Makes you either want to practice or give up trying..(but don't do that)..
It's not a race...it takes time to learn...nose to the grindstone...
time on the instrument...
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Nice idea for a thread, most of the suggestions are not really 'new' or 'modern' in a sense. Can anyone recommend some really modern solo jazz guitar? Sorry I don't have nothing to contribute
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Thanks for the recommendation, Mr.B. Not hip to that one. I used to have "Ana," which was cool but not enough jazz for my liking. Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Like a22 said, lots of good suggestions here, but nothing very modern or very far departed from tradition. Guess I was looking for something a bit more...edgy. or stylishly atonal (I guess Metheny's One Quiet Night isn't a great example of edgy, but I enjoy how unlikely some of it sounds). I'm not really after dazzling technical feats, either, just different. The kind of thing where you say "this isn't for everybody, but it's very interesting".
Any suggestions along those lines?
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Hi everyone. Greetings from Nigeria
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I hestitate to suggest this name in a thread that already contains Pat Metheny, as last time I did, I attracted some heat, but here goes:
John Etheridge: "I Didn't Know" and "Alone Live".
Not classic jazz, but slightly different and worth a listen or two.
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Marin Taylor is a master of solo jazz guitar.
I have his solo videos...only...:-(
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Ted Greene - Solo Guitar (1977)
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Djangoles, can't use the link from my phone right now, what's the artist and song? Otherwise, I can check it later from my computer.
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Laura Performed By Derek Bailey
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+1 Originally Posted by djangoles
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That's more like it. I really enjoy that dissonant stuff balanced with some consonant themes, but this is certainly worth further investigation. And if there's a Derek Bailey/Metheny hybrid lovechild out there, that might just be perfect guitar music as far as I'm concerned.
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@ Spalo, Originally Posted by Spalo
Although it is written in the liner notes of Barney Kessel's "Solo" album (Concord, 1981) that "this is the only unaccompanied solo recording Barney has ever made", that statement is not accurate...
While he was in Japan in 1977, BK recorded four excellent albums that were only released, I think, in Japan. Two are on the label called Trio, one is on Lob, and the other one, "By Myself", is on Victor (SPX-1042). All four of them worth looking for. (Two are trio albums -- guitar, bass, drums -- and one is trio + a female vocalist.)
Here is the track list:
Side A:
1. I Can't Get Started
2. Sometimes I'm Happy
3. Have You Met Miss Jones
4. That Old Feeling
5. Once I Loved
6. Blue Moon
Side B
1. Georgia On My Mind
2. Yesterdays
3. Stompin' At The Savoy
4. Watch What Happens
5. What A Diff'renceA Day Made
6. Samba De Orfeu
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Have you checked out Charlie Hunter yet? He recorded "8 string solo guitar" a few year back. Available through his webpage from what I recall. Originally Posted by amusiathread
More traditional, but very worthwhile listening to is Kenny Poole. Kenny played finger style on a regular 6 string de-tuned by a major 3rd to a low C. Some of the most tasteful solo playing that I have ever heard. Some fellow guitarists did a labor of love a year or 2 ago and produced a wonderful CD "Heritage" which is a selection of recordings from Kenny's weekly gig in a restaurant in Cincinnati. Fantastic playing by Kenny. Available through CDBaby.
Last, not least I'd like to mention Harry Leahey who played in Phil Woods band for several years. Harry made a solo record "Unaccompanied Guitar" shortly before his death in 1991. He was an outstanding solo guitar player and highly respected by his (better known) peers. This record is very hard to come by but some of the tunes have been posted on "the tube".
I hope that I was able to point you to something "new" and appealing with these 3 recommendations.
Cheers,
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Nice choice. Also, I'm delighted to see that there are other folks who appreciate Cal Collins's stuff. He made another solo record "Cross Country" that I like as well. Originally Posted by Eddie Lang
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Hmm, how about Bill Connors "Theme to the Gaurdian" or "Swimming with a hole in my Body"? Somewhat on the esoteric, meditative Originally Posted by amusiathread
side but certainly not traditional.
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You're right. Another excellent album. Cal is certainly among my favourite guitarists. Originally Posted by frogeye
You mentioned Kenny Poole above. Great player too. I am certain that you already know that he was in the line-up of Cal Collins's very first (Milestone) and very last (S'us Four) albums.
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