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08-01-2014 09:12 PM
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This really deserves a view... a great, informal and revealing video with some nice playing and fun discussion. Thanks for posting.
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Their two talking styles reflect perfectly their guitar styles - or maybe it's the other way round. A delightful video.
Was Bill playing through an old Gibson amp?
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Thanks, good stuff, Bill Frisell seems like a very laid back character.
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I was wondering what my hero Bill Moll was up to these days...
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The Joe Pass visiting Bucky and playing the 7 string and his frustration thereto correlates with what I heard.
My teacher tried to get Joe to play a 7 string, even lent him one of his guitars. Joe eventually returned it, saying it would take too much work, "relearning" and adjustment to learn to play 7 string. So, no v Eps for him.
Bill is is such a soft spoken guy. It was actually hard to hear him.
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That was John, Bill was playing through his Carr Sportsman.
Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop
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The comping Bill did on "Wine and Roses"… amazing how he connects to the music with counter point and harmonisation on the fly.
Last edited by vhollund; 08-05-2014 at 06:47 AM.
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Been a fan of both Bill and John for ages. At first, I imagined this would be a train wreck...Mr. Sensitive meets Mr. Super Ebullient. As was pointed out, you can sense this in their speaking styles. However, each guy is quite good at playing with big ears--to be expected at this level.
Bill is a super musician--a national treasure, in fact. His introspective playing is reminiscent of Jim Hall, but with his own style. John, who can really "sell" swing guitar, is ever-capable of playing great jazz.
This is a great video to have posted here. Thanks.
Great guitar tones, too.
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Frisell should stick to his solid body and f/x, he sounds like a fish out of water here, but his comping is nice.
Last edited by sgcim; 08-08-2014 at 07:47 PM.
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sgcim,
Interesting view...I thought Frisell sounded quite good, here. He plays understated lines, typically, when he ventures forth in mainstream jazz. I enjoy this and find it sensitive and something that pulls the listener into the music. Like the late Jim Hall, it seems to me that Frisell implies a lot of music with his space and intervals (as opposed to the use of full chords). He certainly doesn't comp like a big-band chord machine. Nor does he just blow bop lines like Parker. Don't kid yourself, though, both Frisell and the late Hall _know_ how.
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Usually when I listen to Frisell I hear hints of Hall, but here without the effects, loopers, etc., the depth of his playing and his debt to Jim Hall is really evident.
ISTR there is an interesting history to that guitar that Bill is playing. Oh wait, there it is at 8:00.
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I wish you were right. Now that Hall is gone, it would be nice if someone like Frisell was as skilled as Hall in playing standards on a 175 as Hall was, but I hear nothing here that represents that.
Listen to what he plays, and how he plays it. Major scales that don't swing, little blues/country licks that don't fit, and simply playing the melody, after it's already been stated at the beginning.
Frisell also made a live, double CD with his guitar teacher, Dale Bruning, and the same thing happened; just couldn't play the bag well at all.
If anyone, his teacher sounded a great deal like Hall, and played some brilliant solos.
However, Frisell comps very well for Bruning, and I enjoyed that CD a great deal.
That leads back to my original statement; he should stick to his interactive, solid body, f/x bag.
He's carved out his own style with that approach.
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Frisell seems to really confuse the jazz police.
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I completely understand and respect what your saying, and everyone has a right to an opinion, but I guess mine would simply disagree with yours. It feels as though you have an idea of what Bill should sound like instead of hearing what he has to offer. He isn't a conventional Jazz musician, but what he does works, and is no less or more than anyone else.
You mentioned the two albums with Dale Bruning, I love his playing on those recordings. As someone else stated, he and his lines are sensitive. This might be what you don't like and many others do. If that is the case that is fine, but after hearing someone like Benson play for a little bit, a player like Frisell is refreshing to hear and vice versa.
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Bill has always been one of my favourite players but as sgcin has stated "A fish out of water" on this occasion, he was totally out gunned by a superior exhibitionist!...I didn't get the point of the exercise really....L..
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and without the jazz police we'd wouldn't be safe in our jazz beds
i'm grateful for the hard work they do - its a tough job
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My dad can beat up your dad. :-)
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Gorgeous economy:
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The point of the exercise was to get two musicians together who love the music, love to play, seem to like each other, and see what they come up with. I enjoyed it. Originally Posted by larry graves
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Originally Posted by Greentone
...can't make out what brand of guitar that it is. Can someone help.
Beautiful guitar and great playing.
edh
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(Steve) Andersen in Seattle. Fantastic guitars. Originally Posted by edh
Since you liked the St. Louis Blues, you may aslo love this very touching interpratation of Embrasse Me that he did during the same visit (as SLB).
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Thanks, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it. Originally Posted by Groyniad
We're gonna run Frisell in on a 702a- unlawful use of an ES175 on a ii V progression.
That'll teach him to stop playing his Fender!
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Playing music for the joy of it seems to be a foreign concept for a lot of jazz guitarists. Originally Posted by KIRKP
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You don't have to make a recording to show your enjoying something? I take it You know a lot of jazz guitarists who find playing for the joy of it a foreign concept?......L.. Originally Posted by Jazzpunk
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