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...
I just learned about the moises app from the playing-with-recordings thread. I used it to split apart some steely dan and earth, wind & fire. It’s been a really cool experience over the last couple...
With a totally stellar lineup, his solo at Mingus's Carnage hall concert stands out.
He'd tour the college circuits and his concerts always featured a Q&A from the stage during intermission. His...
OK so my phone really doesn't like the formatting of the tab. I had to read this on a computer...
In a word no, not for the fast stuff, 16th triplets at 120 and so on. And even for the slower...
I have both in my Heritage H535 LTD the neck is AlNiCo 5 , the Bridge 2 . both seymour duncans . Great combo as the warmer 2 softens the bridge a bit to a for me more usable tone.
So, Christian, without delving into Allan's phrasing, which of course is important because it affects how the lines will be fingered, I would normally stick to standard scale fingerings. Will this...
So do I. No clue how that will work without any further explanation. Also the out of focus picture makes it hard to understand.
Sorry to say that, but I think many here are curious to see how you...
I would not call it a warm rounded tone either. It sounds like a guitar directly into mixing console with no preamps or anything and all EQ flat. If that's how it sounds through the amp and that's...
Great sound here. Playing isn’t too shabby either… I have some doubt if it’s really the first time he played it. The action seems to be much lower than typical factory spec. Anyway, I love this tone....
This is some footage of one of his jazz gigs at a Holiday Inn. They subbed for Murph and the Magictones when they hit the road w the Blues Brothers....:cool:
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I've never used anything other than a Fender 358 Medium. (don't know how many millimetres thick that is). I must be a weirdo since I've never given anything else a serious go. When I was working I...
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