In May 2008 Bucky Pizzarelli came to Toronto to play at the Heliconian Club. After the gig he kindly agreed to give me a lesson the following morning at his hotel. Here's the first 15 minutes or so. The guitar is a mid-1940's L50 which we traded back and forth during the lesson. In this part we were working on straight acoustic rhythm. His message (repeated often): "Lighten up!"
I wanted to share this as a tribute to the memory of this charming and generous guitarist. Please ignore my flubs!
A belated thanks for this gem you shared with us. Bucky comes across as such a friendly and warm person, in addition to being the master we all know he was. You were lucky to have this opportunity of meeting him!
I think MM is more interested in playing rock-fusion than jazz.
He plays his game at a high level.
He often plays with rhythm sections that are funkier than real jazz.
He is young and likes to...
Cool line. I suppose there comes a time when we realise what seemed like inviolable rules at one point are more like guidelines - which doesn’t mean it wasn’t useful to follow them.
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I didn’t say it was wrong, I’m saying that I’ve never come across someone give someone’s playing on a straight feel tune as an example of their ability to swing.
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It's a very distinctive right hand technique, isn't it? He discusses his right hand in some detail in this video interview with Rick Beato. It doesn't seem to be exactly a classical guitar technique...
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Excellent videos, just the ticket.
But I think you're supposed to tell the OP how they were made. Just a mobile phone or something more complicated? That's why we're here, you know.
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