RIP Joe Negri. 99, Jazz Legend

[58flame]

I knew this day would come. It still sucks.

Thank you Joe, for inspiring me to play. Thank you for talking to me so many times and listening to me say thank you. Thank you for all the music. Thanks for all the live performances I got see.

Thanks for being Handyman Negri.

Thanks for being an awesome human being.

Love you Babe.

[nyc chaz]

Very sad news,great guitar player and one of the nicest cats you could ever meet.Strangely,just yesterday i was saying to a friend that he and Kenny Burrell were the last of an era.RIP Joe.

[mr. beaumont]

Like probably many people my age, Joe was the first person I heard playing jazz guitar. He made it look so fun.

Rest in Peace.

[sgcim]

He's joining Johnny C. in heaven.
RIP.

[wintermoon]

He's joining Johnny C. in heaven.
RIP.

[58flame]

2 absolute monsters.

Here's some more recent Joe. I love him so much.

[Bob_Ross]

I grew up in Pittsburgh PA from age 0 - 10, and I have this vague-but-visceral recollection of meeting Joe Negri at some point during those early childhood years, but I can't recall what the circumstances might have been. At the time I was well aware of Joe strumming his guitar on the Mr. Rogers TV show, but it wasn't until many years later that I realized what a skilled jazz player he was.

RIP, Pittsburgh icon.

[nicolin]

I wish I could find his book, "A Common Sense Approach to Improvisation for Guitar" as it seems to be pretty interesting, but it is nowhere to be found, in any form whatsoever !

RIP

[58flame]

I wish I could find his book, "A Common Sense Approach to Improvisation for Guitar" as it seems to be pretty interesting, but it is nowhere to be found, in any form whatsoever !

RIP

I have it, signed by Joe.

[nicolin]

Great ! Any idea where it is to be found these days ?

[stringmann]

I love the pleasure reflected in his face as he plays these beautiful songs. Since he was in pittsburgh, Is the Benedetto that he's playing one Bob made for him in Stroudsburg perchance?

[58flame]

Great ! Any idea where it is to be found these days ?

One of these days I’ll scan it to pdf for you.

[58flame]

I love the pleasure reflected in his face as he plays these beautiful songs. Since he was in pittsburgh, Is the Benedetto that he's playing one Bob made for him in Stroudsburg perchance?

He had 3 Benedettos. A G/B Artist Award that was a gift from Bob Schultz at Fender, a custom bravo Bob made for him, and an Andy. He traded the Guild Benedetto AA he got as a gift to Bob for the Bravo. Joe told me he didn’t like the neck on it. Bob sold the AA on reverb later. Joe also had a Heritage Golden Eagle. The Bravo, Andy, and Golden Eagle are all with his children.

Someday I will find that Guild. It’s out in the wild. It should be in a museum in Pittsburgh.

[andrew]

The local PBS affiliate just released a very nice 25 minute documentary about him. Lots of footage of him from the '60s playing his D'Angelico.

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

The local PBS affiliate just released a very nice 25 minute documentary about him. Lots of footage of him from the '60s playing his D'Angelico.

Besides the great music, there’s a lot of info in this one. I watched it yesterday and was fascinated with his path as a guitarist. I didn’t know anything about his early years, and the entire story is pretty amazing. He also had a wonderful sense of humor.

[andrew]

Besides the great music, there’s a lot of info in this one. I watched it yesterday and was fascinated with his path as a guitarist. I didn’t know anything about his early years, and the entire story is pretty amazing. He also had a wonderful sense of humor.

Yep. I think I may have told this story elsewhere, but I met him quite a few times and even got to learn a few things from him at some summer workshops he hosted. He really liked me because our parents were from the same part of Italy. He would speak Italian with me and he taught me a few Italian swear words that I never heard from my family.