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Originally Posted by Sammo
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10-01-2010 10:27 AM
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Check out two fresh videos, Julian Lage and Frank Vignola.
Nuages:
Caravan:
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anybody knows what string gauges he uses , the one on his main archtop seem very dynamic a low gauge to my ears .
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11's on the archtop. Probably heavier on acoustics. The dynamicism comes from his playing and technique. Not the strings
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In the last few years Julian has developed focal motor dystonia in his left hand. He seems to have overcome it, but I wonder if that is not part of his switch to a Tele. I saw him a couple months ago, touring in support of "Arclight." Great show- Julian played a 50s Tele into what appeared to be a vintage tweed Princeton. The band was practically telepathic, some really riveting stuff.
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Julian's talent is just limitless i'm mezmerized by how he reached such a high level!!
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Julian is a great player - I was fortunate to see him in a performance with Martin Taylor. They each did a solo set, and then played the last few tunes of the evening together. Very tasteful performance, and, obviously not lacking in technique - a great guitar concert at the Savannah Music Fest several years ago...
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Just found this wonderful video of a yet unreleased song called Auditorium. It starts at around the 3 minute mark and Julian just blows that thing out of the park.
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Nice find!!! Man, do I LOVE the sound of his new Collings! I really want one, just not sure I could bring myself to write the check!
I notice he's sitting on a MityLite Flex One chair... best folding chair EVER, has been mentioned in the "chair/stool" threads here... I have a cheap Home Depot copy of it, and even the copy is awesome, most comfortable chair for playing I have ever found.
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This is one of my favorite duets; they also have a fantastic album together:
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Originally Posted by ruger9
I put it up for sale locally a few weeks ago.
I saw a video of Julian playing his signature Collings. It made me pull my DeArmond out and play it for a bit.
Needless to say, my guitar is no longer for sale - it has pretty much the features of his signature guitar - original USA DeArmond 2000 pickups (which the Ellisonic pickups were based on), the Bigsby bridge. Such an incredible tone - and like you, I don't have 8K to throw at another guitar.
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Originally Posted by grandstick01
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Another track from the album, called Chavez. This might push Auditorium off the top of my ranking this album's tracks. Incredible playing all around! I love how they all seem to be having so much fun, watch the band at around 1:50.
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The album version is on Apple Music now, and has Frisell on it.
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Saw this Pop up thanks to the algorithm.
Rhett has quite a broad following outside of Jazz circles.
This sort of exposure can only be good for Julian
His live video of Tributary commentated through the eyes of someone outside of Jazz Optics.
Cheers
M
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JL's playing on that tune brought this to mind:
"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple — that's creativity."
-- Charles Mingus
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I have to admit I have gone off Julian's playing a bit. Since "Arclight" and the live followup recording (which is my favorite of his) it seems that he's been stuck in a sameness- although a sameness that I would consider surrendering a body part or two to achieve. He has both technical fluidity and a flow of ideas that is just remarkable, but the clanging tone has worn thin for me. So I have more than a bit of cognitive dissonance about his playing. It seemed like there was a lot more variety in his projects before "Arclight" ("State Fair," collaborations with Critter, Cline, Hersch, etc.). I am going to check out the recording with Frisell, another player I have a lot of cognitive dissonance around. There was some remarkable stuff in that live duo set they did, which is on YouTube (and some stuff that didn't grab me).
I suppose the hallmark of a great artist in any medium is that they challenge to audience to keep up with them. You can't just paint the Mona Lisa or The Starry Night over and over. So Julian doesn't sound like he used to sound, and five years from now will sound different again.Last edited by Cunamara; 09-05-2022 at 03:21 PM.
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
That said, what we've heard so far from his new album is simply amazing to me. I feel like there is much more "sonic" variety than on Squint. If the album keeps this up, this is a strong album of the year contender for me.
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„Tributary“ is a lesson in dynamic guitar playing. Out of this world.
It is also an example for an unbelievable cool guitar tone. Amazing!
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I just listened to the album for the second time and it is really growing on me. On the first run I thought „more of the same, only with Frisell added“, but on the second run, there is so much more going on beyond the usual Lage- and Frisell-isms. Melodically, rhythmically and interplay-wise sublime. A joy to listen to!
BTW while the videos are fine, I strongly recommend listening to the actual album for Frisell‘s contribution.
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