Joe Diorio

[kris]

[docbop]

Joe is one of the more under appreciated guitarists ever.

[marcwhy]

Joe is The Man! Great guy, great player.

[fumblefingers]

The emcee said "You won't believe this... If you haven't heard it before its going to change the way you listen to music, and I guarantee that".

Now that is some major league hype right there, brother.


I guess he was speaking to an audience of wet behind the ears 18 year olds?

[goldenwave77]

Joe is The Man! Great guy, great player.

Diorio's phrasing is so fluid ....at times he almost sounds like a clarinet. (I love to listen to clarinet...A. Shaw, Kenny Peplowski, Pete Fountain)


Now I know this is out at Musician's Institute--founded by Howard Roberts. And I know HR wore those shades, as both these guys are doing... maybe there's something to it.

[Groyniad]

i worked my socks off on a joe diorio transcription thing when i was first starting to play. shiiiiiiigle me - that was a bad idea i think.

this makes me want to find more stuff by him. he's not worrying about 'over-playing' but - i think that's a very good thing in this case. incredibly clear hearing - lots of very well articulated sounds.

any of you guys who are so defensive about 175s like this (L4) sound? certainly it doesn't have the same nasal thing going on - maybe a slightly different nasal thing going on - but not the same one. sounds to me like he just needs to lighten up on the tone control a tad...

[Phil in London]

well, the sound is so-so imho, the piano much too dominant, the guitar too flat... but just my 5c.

can I ask - has this 'changed the way you listen to music'? I guess Joe may not have been too happy for that kinda intro...

[feral guitar]

love joe but they are more interested in fancy lines than hooking up rhythmically so it feels good...

[docbop]

Here's another from the GIT vault. When I was at GIT the library had a few videos of Joe and Pat playing, they know each other from when they friends were in Florida.

[logictweek]

Really fantastic video. I've been a Joe Diorio fan for a long time.

[Hyppolyte Bergamotte]

me also !
HB

[Flat]

My favorite Joe is his Jobim album. The man has such a beautiful, lyrical touch. I don't think anyone can play sweeter than this...

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Flat, that is beautiful.

[SamBooka]

I didnt get a chance to listen when it came out last month but if no one told me I would think Undercurrents era Jim Hall (I think he is even playing some of the same tunes)

[docbop]

I wish the albums Joe did for that Italian label would be re-released some great playing on thoses.

[kris]

This is interesting that Joe use long time only es-175.

[Hep To The Jive]

I always heard about Joe, instructional books, vhs, and stuff, but I think its the first time I've heard him playing. I like his technique, and some of his phrases are cool, even though some feel like he's secretly a metal shred player. But his tone seems dull to me. I guess it's an idea of many jazz players of a dull tone like that, but I can't get inspired by that. Of course it's a personal thing, IMO etc.

[docbop]

This is interesting that Joe use long time only es-175.

When I was at GIT in 80 Joe and a couple other teacher all got deals for Benedetto guitars. Within a month Joe was back to his 175. Later on I think Joe had a L4, but he always goes back to his 175.