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A great blues head. Love the way Bill Jennings played, and Brother Jack McDuff, well, what can you say?
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08-12-2019 09:10 AM
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This was a fairly popular recording. (Billy Butler on guitar)
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Richard Groove Holmes with Jimmy Ponder, a guitarist I dig so much!
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I could play that music all day and night, trading fours and never stop....one more time...one more, once...look, the kid is going for one more!...
Originally Posted by Alter
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Saw Joey DeFrancesco last month, great gig...
In the five years or so since I last saw him he's added Tenor Sax to his arsenal. I'm assuming he just watched someone play it & went & bought one. There's a video on you tube where he says the trumpet came easy because he'd watched where Miles put his fingers before he bought the horn.
My practise regime needs a shake up, maybe more watching where other guitarists put their fingers & less playing is the way to go...
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Joey D is amazing. Here he is with Frank Vignola. Originally Posted by dot75
About all the organ trio tracks in this thread: if I had to choose between bebop and organ trio sounds to listen to for the rest of my life, I would choose the later, hands down.
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The best of all possible worlds, Italy, Joey D, Martino, Sco, I doubt my ability to survive a whole gig of this ..
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More Martino with Joey D, from the 2001 "Live at Yoshi's" record. (There's another live at Yoshi's set by Pat, so if you're interested, make sure you buy the right one!)
(No video here, just audio.)
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Hammond organ killed Wes, for real!
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Absolutely essential for a keyboard player. I've owned a Hammond XK5 and Leslie Studio 12 for the past 2 years. This setup gets the groove on.
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The pop-era of Jazz had come to an end. But the electric organ and the electric guitar marched on, hand in hand, to conquer the world and we got acts like Deep Purple. There have been countless of guitar hero front men after Wes, the keyboard player was as often a sidekick. Remember that players like Jimmy Smith and Joey deFranseco are truly outstanding musicians, main acts, just like Wes and Sco. Putting these guys together draws a crowd. I believe the cooperation helped both Wes and Jimmy at the time. Originally Posted by ronjazz
The only front men you see in pop today are the singers. In the world of contemporary pop we're all sidekicks, so we better stick together.
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I heard this as a kid and was hooked on jazz. The richness of the musical expression is unsurpassed.
Take any musical element and follow it. For example, check out the just the volume modulation between the two. It's respectful, polite, and smooth. One fades while the other enters. Then follow the volume modulation during a single solo. Wes "talks" softly, then punctuates, falls back for moment, pushes forward, and eventually yields the space to Jimmy. He does the same.
The Hammond and L-5 are jazz soul mates.
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Also great playing blues together:
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My first jazz guitar teacher once told me that Jimmy Smith was underrated as an improviser because non-musicians dug him. Jimmy did incredible work, and a lot of it, without ever losing the groove. So much easier said than done! Originally Posted by JCat
Here's a story about Jimmy told by Russell Malone.
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For those who don't know anyone with a B3 to jam with, Aebersold has two volumes of standards featuring Joey DeFrancesco.
Volume 118 is called "Groovin' Jazz" Includes: Big Easy, Love For Sale, Laura, On Green Dolphin Street, How High The Moon, Fallin In Love With Love, 'Round Midnight, Softly As In A Morning Sunrise, I Can't Get Started, Bb Blues, I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You, East Of The Sun, Rhythm (Bb.)
Volume 123 is called "Now's the Time" and has Paul Bollenback on guitar. Includes: Now's The Time, Four On Six, The More I See You, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Lunch Portion, I Fall In Love Too Easily, Bye, Bye, Blackbird, Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You, Indiana, February 14th, Anthropology, Summertime, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, Slow Blues in Bb, Obama Nation
Other Aebersold volumes have an organ instead of a piano but these are the only two which can boast of Joey DeFrancesco.
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I don’t use BIAB much these days, but when I do, I tend to use the organ real tracks (recorded by Mike LeDonne). They are a lot more enjoyable to play along to than the piano tracks, which I often find too clunky and obtrusive.
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Great interview - thanks for posting that... Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
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Yes, one can easily hear the reason behind your being hooked. This music was like on a hot summers day viewing a beautiful brunette in a sultry red dress strollin' down the avenue. She's stopped you in your tracks. Your eyes locked upon her every high heeled step. Hooked! Stop embarrassing yourself, you're drooling all over the sidewalk! Originally Posted by Marty Grass
Jimmy and Wes were musical soul mates too...for sure!
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One of the greatest organ/guitar teams for the past decade or so...
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
Yeah, what a great interview. I love the story and the way Russel shares the moments with us. In less than ten minutes he gets down to the very core of what jazz is about; Connection and the meaning of being connected. Beautiful. Originally Posted by dot75
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These guys are connected. - connected to each other, connected to the moment, connected to the audience, connected to the legacy, language, culture, tradition and history. Connected by hearts and minds, by soul. Beautiful. Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
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