Matteo Mancuso burns

[pamosmusic]

Neither have you statistically, that site is mostly bots now. More machine than man, bitter and twisted .


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Statistically I haven’t been on Facebook since 2017.

and also statistically, what if I told you I knew a couple of those sixty year olds personally.

[Christian Miller]

Allan..Political and facts in the same sentence..really.

yes crime is down..unless..YOU are being mugged..robbed..stabbed or shot..then suddenly crime just went up 100%

No, in that situation, crime is still down overall.

This is how numbers work.

You might not feel that way, but it doesn’t alter the data.


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[Christian Miller]

Statistically I haven’t been on Facebook since 2017.

and also statistically, what if I told you I knew a couple of those sixty year olds personally.

If you want to feel really depressed, watch this

Or Battlestar Galactica.

One is a grim, dark science fiction dystopia and the other one involves cylons.


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[Mick-7]

+1 for the Dave Creamer shout-out. Would love to hear more about that.

Please see this thread I just started: Dave Creamer Exercises

[sgcim]

Disinformation, violent crime is way down.

Conservative media is telling you otherwise to scare you.

U.S. violent and property crime rates have plunged since 1990s, regardless of data source | Pew Research Center

This isn’t political, these are facts about reality.

I was kidding around. Geesh, talk about no sense of humor.

[AllanAllen]

I was kidding around. Geesh, talk about no sense of humor.

Parroting propaganda isn’t funny.

[sgcim]

Parroting propaganda isn’t funny.

Okay, let me explain my post again.
I realized that Matteo is a an excellent jazz player, after thinking that he was something else. I live in NY. Excellent players like Matteo,and Pasquale
make it difficult for mere mortals such as I to get a jazz gig, hence I jokingly exaggerated the conditions in NY, jokingly making it seem like I'm scaring them back to Italy, where they belong.

[jameslovestal]

Okay, let me explain my post again.
I realized that Matteo is a an excellent jazz player, after thinking that he was something else. I live in NY. Excellent players like Matteo,and Pasquale
make it difficult for mere mortals such as I to get a jazz gig, hence I jokingly exaggerated the conditions in NY, jokingly making it seem like I'm scaring them back to Italy, where they belong.

If one has to explain their joke, it clearly isn't very funny.

[AllanAllen]

Okay, let me explain my post again.
I realized that Matteo is a an excellent jazz player, after thinking that he was something else. I live in NY. Excellent players like Matteo,and Pasquale
make it difficult for mere mortals such as I to get a jazz gig, hence I jokingly exaggerated the conditions in NY, jokingly making it seem like I'm scaring them back to Italy, where they belong.

Oh yeah, like when Frank V. says he's going to break Pasquale's fingers. I bet it would have come off in person.

[wintermoon]

Oh yeah, like when Frank V. says he's going to break Pasquale's fingers. I bet it would have come off in person.

Frank needs to be more original.
I believe Jim Hall once said something like "I spent an entire afternoon in San Francisco trying to catch Wes Montgomery's thumb in a car door"

[AllanAllen]

Frank needs to be more original.
I believe Jim Hall once said something like "I spent an entire afternoon in San Francisco trying to catch Wes Montgomery's thumb in a car door"

Good banter is hard to come up with. When you find something that works hold onto it.

[Cunamara]

Good banter may be impossible on the Internet.

Is it just me, or is this place blowing up a lot more often than usual?

[Peter C]

No, it's not just you Cunamara. The need for moderation here is at times painfully obvious and some of the posts could be extremely off-putting for a first time visitor, which is counterproductive for webmaster Dirk, n'est-ce pas?

I for one would definitely trust you to fulfil that function, btw

[kris]

Fantastic, what a talent. He's fast yes, but also very musical.

A very talented young man.
He plays the guitar with great energy and musicality.
Right hand technique - it is number 1 in the world.
Best
Kris

[AllanAllen]

No, it's not just you Cunamara. The need for moderation here is at times painfully obvious and some of the posts could be extremely off-putting for a first time visitor, which is counterproductive for webmaster Dirk, n'est-ce pas?

I for one would definitely trust you to fulfil that function, btw

If you think there needs to be moderation, then shoot Dirk a message and volunteer.



Edit: Grabbed the wrong quote the first time.

[mr. beaumont]

Ok, I submit that his solo on this is lyrical -

I like it. It's very composed, which I guess is setting off the jazz police...they hear some of the harmony and demand it be jazz. I don't really think Mancuso gives a fuck about making those people happy.

[sgcim]

If one has to explain their joke, it clearly isn't very funny.

So I should give up my dream of being crowned the "Clown Prince" of jazz guitar?

[bediles]

So I should give up my dream of being crowned the "Clown Prince" of jazz guitar?

Don't let us crush your dreams. Never change.

parasocial interaction's are weird (or whatev we're doing here on the message board)

[jameslovestal]

So I should give up my dream of being crowned the "Clown Prince" of jazz guitar?

No reason to give up on your dream. Just work on your execution.

(hey, I had the dream of playing like Jimmy Raney for over 40 years and that is what I do).

[wintermoon]

No reason to give up on your dream. Just work on your execution.

(hey, I had the dream of playing like Jimmy Raney for over 40 years and that is what I do).

shouldn't your user name be jameslovesjimmy?

[jameslovestal]

shouldn't your user name be jameslovesjimmy?

Yea, it should be now. For the first few decades when I was getting into jazz guitar, I would tend to listened to Tal's 50s work more than anyone else, but in the last 10 - 15 years I listen to Jimmy more than anyone (and mostly his 70s and 80s recordings).

[wintermoon]

Yea, it should be now. For the first few decades when I was getting into jazz guitar, I would tend to listened to Tal's 50s work more than anyone else, but in the last 10 - 15 years I listen to Jimmy more than anyone (and mostly his 70s and 80s recordings).

well, maybe send Dirk a name change request

[wintermoon]

Well I'm certainly jealous.
Wes and MM never had to worry about fishing picks out of the dryer.

[Christian Miller]

I live in a weird little musical bubble of course, listening to players who are known to a few thousand people worldwide. So I can end up sounding very gate keepery if I’m not careful. It’s not that, it’s just that I find these players super interesting personally.

Reinier Baas springs to mind. Easily the most original guy I’ve heard in jazz guitar for a decade and a highly original writer too. OTOH Tom Ollendorf’s pianistic approach is utterly ludicrous and he plays with my mates and lives down the road. (Not to mention the players who go deep into the tradition.)

Most modern guitar virtuosos sound a bit like Guthrie tbh. He’s probably the most widespread influence for instrumental fusion and rock players now in their 20s and 30s. He reminds me a bit of Eric Clapton in the 70s or Steve Lukather in the 80s that he’s kind of like the stylistic reference for ‘rock guitar’ for the relevant era.

The sound of ‘Good Guitar Playing’ if you like.

There are a few rock players who have managed to bust out of this pervasive style. In modern rock/prog music Tim Henson springs to mind. All the kids are playing his stuff at the school I teach at. Even quite young kids get his musical aesthetic in a way they don’t with older players. It’s striking - they LOVE him.

He’s the next guy, Gen Alpha’s EVH. Skibidi Rizz, or something.

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[sgcim]

No reason to give up on your dream. Just work on your execution.

(hey, I had the dream of playing like Jimmy Raney for over 40 years and that is what I do).

I got that "Clown Prince" from late night TV commercials back in the 1980s, when we had a club date band that all stayed up late and just made fun of late night TV commercials. They had a commercial for a Polka Record containing 24 of the top Polka Hits of All Time.
One of the songs was done by the "Clown Prince of Polka Music".
I told the guys that since I couldn't be the Clown Prince (whatever that is) of Polka, my new dream was to become the Clown Prince of Jazz.

We used to play music from these cheesy late night TV commercials on our gigs, including the song from the Roll and Roaster commercial in Brooklyn. This led to our band invading the restaurant on a late Saturday afternoon in between gigs on a "double header" (two gigs on one day), and playing the Roll and Roaster song from the commercial, and our keyboard player leading the startled people in the restaurant
in a sing along of the Roll and Roaster song.
The people started singing along , and gave us a standing ovation, while everyone was laughing hysterically. Here's that great masterwork: