I have a hard time relating to modern jazz

[christianm77]

I like fast, I don't like too damn out

I thought you would have got the reference - Chuck Berry (via the Beatles)

[Hep To The Jive]

I thought you would have got the reference - Chuck Berry (via the Beatles)

Sure, of course I did, I'm just updating it, for the subject at hand.

[Pierrot]

This has a very euphoric feeling to me. I love it.

Amazing music, even if technically and conceptually it's much more simple than the quartal approach of the OP.

[christianm77]

It's not easy to play technically.....

[Pierrot]

Of course not, in fact this guy plays very well, and with great musicality, which is, at least for me, much more important than a monster technique.

[christianm77]

Have you tried to play that piece? String skipped clean cross picking is as hard as anything I heard in the OP clip.

[christianm77]

Great technique is not always something you can hear right away.

[Pierrot]

Sorry, not interested in this kind of debates.
Sorry also if I said anything unconvenient, english is far from beeing my mother tongue so it's often difficult for me to get the exact nuance.
And,... both guys are excellent musicians and amazing guitarists, each one in his genre.

[christianm77]

I think it's worth pointing out. "Technique is control" Segovia.

Guitarists often use words technique and technical to indicate display or impressive sounding stuff. In fact that's not what it is. It can be used to that aim, but that Chico thing is HARD. Not saying the OP is easy either, but music that sounds 'technical' is usually.... undercooked music in my experience.

I mean, a Bach Sonata is technically difficult, but if you are thinking about the technique, the performance has failed.