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Originally Posted by teleman3726
Damn - now they tell me !!
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02-18-2017 10:22 AM
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Al is a legend. I think you were very fortunate to be able to spend time with him.
Joe D
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Al has been an admirer of the Django style since the beginning of his career, probably earlier, he's said in many interviews how much Django was an influence on his style. During his appearance on David Letterman in the 70's, which is on YouTube he talks about it.
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Originally Posted by gunksman
Oh, and Al came out in an all white suit while Larry and Birelli were in jeans and t-shirts. Yea, Al was the showman but Birelli was the far better guitar player.
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Originally Posted by jameslovestal
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I really appreciate Dimeola's chops and longevity, but haven't been inspired to try to cop anything from him for 35 years. His work is more performanced based, rather than creative to me. Impressive, and certainly worthy of respect, but it doesn't draw me in for repeated listening. Certainly an important player, though.
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Originally Posted by yebdox
He's stated in interviews that jazz is not a creative music, so he doesn't play it. This is a common attitude of many fusion players.
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Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
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Originally Posted by sgcim
At the same time, if he did say that about jazz, I can see where he is coming from. Playing the same standard tunes on the same archtop guitars... I'm doing it too, but I recognize there is not much creativity in it. Same old, same old.
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just for info sake, abercrombie, scofield and frisell are all older than dimeola!...abercrombie already had solo albums, when al joined rtf in 1974..at 19!!...scofield followed (with recordings) soon after...frisell the late bloomer
all really different players though, too
cheers
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Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
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Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
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Originally Posted by sgcim
I'd like to see that concert (clip?) - my money is on that his phrasing is not really adhering to the strict traditional jazz rules, but with his skill and knowledge set pitiful it was not in any level.
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