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Count the strings on that classical...
Enjoy!
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04-11-2021 09:35 AM
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As much as I respect and admire John Pizzarelli for his playing, singing , his humor and general care for the genre THIS is not really reaching me ... the smooth flow of the original is gone, it's played here on a nylonstring guitar which has almost no sustain at all so the melody line just disappears ... with a song like this maybe some electronic enhancement/treatment with a tasteful reverb added would lift it up some ?
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I really do not know what to think about this, confusing
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Hi, DJ,
Nothing special here with JP that an intermediate Bossa Player couldn't play . . . and, someone needs to tell him he needs to tune his instrument before playing. That bothered me more than his performance.
Play live . . . Marinero
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I enjoyed it. His joy in the song comes through.
I don't need to be bowled-over every time and that song has never struck me as something Pat meant as a Mandatory Over-Bowler.
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It went nowhere with me he does not have it under control.
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Originally Posted by Sam Sherry
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It's a different interpretation is all. I liked it better than the original PM highly processed and studio-tricks-massaged recording, even if it was rougher. No reverb, cheap mic and camera, honest as all get-out.
Seems that JP has a whole album of PM tunes he just put out. Kudos to him for stepping out of his usual material and taking a risk.
And for something he's got complete control over:
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I'd like to hear some versions by our members. Maybe I'll call this one next time it's my turn in the Virtual Jam.
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Originally Posted by Marinero
As Wyatt Earp said to Ike Clayton, “You talk to much for a fighting man.”
Show us.
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I enjoyed it. It is more challenging than it looks.
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Just a piece of trivia: John and his father Bucky had an afternoon spot in a music festival in upstate New York back around 1986 or so. Nighttime headliner was Pat Metheny. Both acts were excellent.
I remember being amazed what John and Bucky could do with those 7-strings.
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Is the extra string low or high there? Often thought that a high A string would be more useful than a low B or whatever
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It is a low A string, one octave below the fifth string. George Van Eps worked that tuning out in the mid-30s (first tuning his six string from low A to the standard B, leaving off the high E) and had his Epiphone Deluxe converted with a new neck in 1938. He played that instrument until the 1960s when Gretsch made the seven string George Van Eps model.
Bucky P saw Van Eps playing that and promptly ordered one; it became his primary instrument I think until Benedetto made him a seven string. John P followed in Bucky's footsteps in terms of playing the seven string.
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Perhaps it's a character flaw, but I've tried and tried, and I simply cannot listen to Metheny. I just can't. JP isn't my favorite player, but I can listen to his music. I hope in vain to have it under that much control someday.
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It seems to me that it is not about who likes to play PM or JP more.
This is more about a reaction-impression after listening to a home video.
After a live concert of this artist, there may be quite different opinions.
That's why I don't like the internet.Therefore, I deleted my first comment.Last edited by kris; 04-12-2021 at 06:59 AM.
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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He certainly doesn't use a classical technique--very claw-ish. Also seems to use the flesh of his thumb.
(I myself learned classical technique early on but now doing something halfway between a more vertical position and clawing.)
Of course the only thing that matters is how it sounds. I think he's got a good sound on those recordings.
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