Robin D. G. Kelly's Thelonious Monk: The Life & Times of an American Original---to me one of the truly stellar jazz biogs.
Anything by David Hajdu; especially Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life and his biog on Nat Cole. (I've also corresponded w/him and he seems truly nice).
Frank Buchman-Moller's You Just Fight for Your Life---the Story of Lester Young. (All the Pres biogs are worth reading).
Art Pepper's autobiog (written with Laurie Pepper); and Miles (written with Quincy Troupe) are self-gratifying and hampered by loads of BS, but I've read them both numerous times. Pepper is a spellbinding raconteur, and his insight into other musicians' work is interesting to read (if his comments about his own 'genius' are slightly delusional). Miles talking about music has been great food for thought.
The Benson book was mentioned. One thing that cracked me up: some poetic justice. I knew Eddie Diehl for years, and he had a bug up his ass about Kenny Burrell. It had to do with a record date where he was sent home and replaced by Kenny b/c the company wanted a 'name'. He neither ever forgot nor stopped bad-mouthing Kenny's playing til it came out of your ears. I guess it's SOMEWHAT understandable. Eddie WAS one of the best, and a truly good-hearted guy underneath it all. We're all sensitive, and rejection---perceived or real---can really hurt.
Anyway, in George's book when he got the call to go with McDuff he was to replace Eddie. His comments---and they were respectful---were (paraphrasing): '(Eddie) was a formidable musician----not on the level of Kenny Burrell...., but he definitely could play'. Eddie was still alive when that came out. I hope he read it---it MAY have shut his mouth. I doubt it though---shutting Eddie's mouth about ANYTHING, especially guitar players he was jealous of (their stature in the biz, not their playing), was a tall order. But I had quite a chuckle over that one...
There is some analysis and an etude here which may be useful.
It refers to tenor sax key so in the text the chords are often described a whole tone up, but the etude has a concert version.
The...
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Campellone Standard Series 17? Inch – Natural – 2024 | Acoustic Music
I have a 16" thinline...
I definitely shift this way, which I’m 99.9% certain it’s an artifact of all the classical I played.
Then again Holdsworth is not my wheelhouse … I’m out here transcribing Clifford Brown like a...
It took me one minute to find this on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io0LOuCzySo
I would call that a "full, warm, round" on a strat.
I mean no offense or criticism. I didn't say...
I know we all hear things differently, but considering that's a strat that is definitely "warm and round." Maybe what you are looking for is more like Wes Montgomery? "Jazz mud". Altho Wes isn't...
I love Rahsaan. Great music with a lot of humor. I just read that his performance on the Ed Sullivan Show was supposed to be a mellow cover of a Stevie Wonder song and then that - live for millions...
Believe it or not, I got pretty damn closed with my standard Tele (no HBs) through a Korg G3 multifx and a Musicman 65RP! I was Paul Kossoff! That was 30 years ago. Now I use an LP std but I don't...
I’m all for portability and ease of set-up. Lately I’ve been obsessing over the concept of guitar straight to amp (no pedals) but that is another story. But often I think to myself are we making a...
Regarding the OP and the Gambale (not baritone) tuning, I guess you could just discard the bottom (E) string and move strings 5-2 (A-B) down one place, as already suggested. That's going to give you...
Blond Campellone 17" Standard (New)
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