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    ok going back a bit now ....
    did anyone ever see Kokomo ?
    i spent a few nights freaking out to this kinda thing



    I remember being drenched with sweat by the end of the evening , the audience going out of the club into the night steaming like lobsters

    incredible times
    thankyou Jim !

    ps i just crossover post with you Steve ! nice one

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    Thank you very much !!! one of my favorite groups.I used to wear that LP out Big Time!!! I see Jody Linscott on Congas. I believe she worked quite a lot for a while. What a Groove!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by grahambop
    A nice interview with Jim, with playing as well as talking:

    Ive probably watched this a dozen times since i first saw it a couple years ago. Seems like an eminently likeable guy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David B
    I think my introduction to Jim years ago was this clip from a 2006 gig at the 606 Club. A burning rhythm changes solo.



    A few quotes in there identified in the YouTube comments:
    0:00: Mona Lisa
    00:20 Yes, Sir That's My baby
    00:40 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
    00:47 Mama loves shortnin' bread (tenuous?)
    1:27 Sweet Georgia Brown
    1:40 If I were a rich man
    1:53 Flintstones (bridge) ???
    2:00 Let's fall in love
    That's Jim alright!

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    I found a new Jim Mullens today on YT with a newer version of Kokomo at the Half Moon in Putney a suburb of London where I first heard Jim Live! and had a pint with him.Must be a pretty good Live Music room for London Town! I wish I could post it but I havent quite learned how,yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steve burchfield
    I found a new Jim Mullens today on YT with a newer version of Kokomo at the Half Moon in Putney a suburb of London where I first heard Jim Live! and had a pint with him.Must be a pretty good Live Music room for London Town! I wish I could post it but I havent quite learned how,yet.
    Here you are Steve.


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    Thank you for posting. I am trying to learn how to do it myself. I have one person working with me over the phone.I am trying to share some cuts from the Monty Alexander album Rass with Ernest Ranglin. They cover some Al Greene songs jazz reggae style. Jim sounds great with Kokomo. My first really good guitar was a cherry red Gibson ES-355. Its nice to see another one.

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    There is a Great American guitarist named Scott McGill living near London and teaching at the London Academy of Music I think. Scott studied with Dennis Sandole for 10 years. Dennis also taught John Coltrane and Pat Martino. Scott teaches out of the Thesaurus of Scales by N.S. He has a video of him performing Prelude To A Kiss thats my favorite version on YT. When I lived in London I really liked Go West with Alan Murphy. I also really like Level 42. I like to put them on my home computer and sound system and play along. I was very impressed with how much live music London had.In Nashville my band opened for Andy Summers with Chad Wackerman on drums. Good drummer name huh? Used to play with Zappa and Holdsworth. Andy was really down to Earth and he and his band gave us a lot of encouragement to keep playing Fusion music. Its so nice to hear some Kokomo songs I have not heard in a long time.Jody still looks beautiful I used to have a secret crush on her! Bet I was not alone on that one. Glad when this Evil covid stuff is behind us.Thanks again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steve burchfield
    There is a Great American guitarist named Scott McGill living near London and teaching at the London Academy of Music I think. Scott studied with Dennis Sandole for 10 years. Dennis also taught John Coltrane and Pat Martino. Scott teaches out of the Thesaurus of Scales by N.S. He has a video of him performing Prelude To A Kiss thats my favorite version on YT. When I lived in London I really liked Go West with Alan Murphy. I also really like Level 42. I like to put them on my home computer and sound system and play along. I was very impressed with how much live music London had.In Nashville my band opened for Andy Summers with Chad Wackerman on drums. Good drummer name huh? Used to play with Zappa and Holdsworth. Andy was really down to Earth and he and his band gave us a lot of encouragement to keep playing Fusion music. Its so nice to hear some Kokomo songs I have not heard in a long time.Jody still looks beautiful I used to have a secret crush on her! Bet I was not alone on that one. Glad when this Evil covid stuff is behind us.Thanks again.
    Alan Murphy - super underrated guitarist... the pop Holdsworth. Died tragically young.

    I don't know Scott McGill. So many great players don't gig that much, they drift in and out of the scene, or do teaching gigs. I'd be interested to track him down as I'd love to learn more about Sandole's teaching methods...

    London is pretty great for music, all told. I do feel we live in the shadow of NYC when it comes to jazz, but who doesn't? That said, I think London is making waves with this South East London jazz thing that seems to have big crossover appeal.

    Chad Wackerman, my favourite example of nominative determinism. Imagine if he'd ended up on flute!

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    Quote Originally Posted by steve burchfield
    There is a Great American guitarist named Scott McGill living near London and teaching at the London Academy of Music I think. Scott studied with Dennis Sandole for 10 years. Dennis also taught John Coltrane and Pat Martino. Scott teaches out of the Thesaurus of Scales by N.S. He has a video of him performing Prelude To A Kiss thats my favorite version on YT. When I lived in London I really liked Go West with Alan Murphy. I also really like Level 42. I like to put them on my home computer and sound system and play along. I was very impressed with how much live music London had.In Nashville my band opened for Andy Summers with Chad Wackerman on drums. Good drummer name huh? Used to play with Zappa and Holdsworth. Andy was really down to Earth and he and his band gave us a lot of encouragement to keep playing Fusion music. Its so nice to hear some Kokomo songs I have not heard in a long time.Jody still looks beautiful I used to have a secret crush on her! Bet I was not alone on that one. Glad when this Evil covid stuff is behind us.Thanks again.
    I saw that video where Scott McG. talked about McCoy and Trane's use of minor pentatonic scales a minor 6th apart from each other, and while it sounds more interesting than that garbage that Benson does with minor pentatonics going up in minor 3rds, it didn't remind me of Trane and MCoy's lines.
    I checked with Peter Sprague, a Trane/McCoy/Chick specialist, and he said he never heard any examples of it in their music.
    Scott has that 'legendary' stiff forearm picking technique that Sandole taught, and while he seems to have phenomenal speed using it, it has a very thin sound on that video, probably because it sounds like he's using .008s on a solid body. He probably uses distortion to fatten up the sound when he's playing that guitar. I wonder how he sounds with at least .010s, .011s or .012s on it?

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    Jim's still going? Wow! Where can you go to listen to jazz in London (apart from Ronnie Scott's)?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vsaumarez
    Jim's still going? Wow! Where can you go to listen to jazz in London (apart from Ronnie Scott's)?
    Some listings here:

    jazzlondonlive – your complete jazz listings

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    There are 4 clips from what appears to be a "non-pub" this gig..
    This "Body and Soul" is so much fun! He quotes many standards during his solo..easy to lose count.
    I really love his feel and the shameless bends and vibrato technique.
    One of my fave clips of Jim! Checkout the other 3 clips on this channel if you are a fan!


    Eddie

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    I agree Scotts tone is not top notch,in fact as far as I can see hes not what I would call a proper jazz guitarist,but he seems to be an inspired player and teacher who delights in opening up the knowledge of music in many styles to his students. He is the first one Ive seen on YT teaching out of the Thesaurus of scales for guitar. I find his joy of sharing overcomes any shortcomings for me.I understand he lectures at some of the top music conservatories in Europe about some of the more modern areas of classical music. I dont know of anyone else like him and glad he is willing to share.

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    OH I use 11s Ha Ha !!!

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    This message is for Christian Miller . Scott was teaching at the Academy of Contemporary Music in London. I dont know if he does anymore,but I think they could give you info about how to contact him. I imagine he would be quite happy to have a student as good as you are! I think Scott lives in a small costal town in England now. I know he used to teach via the Skype method. Since he studied 10 years with Dennis Sandole,he would have quite a bit to share about his approach to music.Sandole wrote a book named Guitar Lore many years ago but I do not know if its still in print. My favorite part was a couple of pages on exotic scales. You can see Scott play Prelude To A kiss on YT and check him out as a teacher of theory. MTS Tyre is something related to Scotts biz,maybe look up on the internet. Its ironic I had to be in London to hear Tal Farlow live.Something like Frognell College ? He sure was a great player!!! Best wishs on your musical endeavors !!! If you drink have a pint of that delicious Guinness and remember Tals birthday was recently !!!

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    Im trying to post Scotts solo to prelude to a kiss. I go to YT copy info and then to reply on JGO and enter info into film icon. What am I leaving out?

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    Quote Originally Posted by steve burchfield
    Im trying to post Scotts solo to prelude to a kiss. I go to YT copy info and then to reply on JGO and enter info into film icon. What am I leaving out?


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    Quote Originally Posted by steve burchfield
    Im trying to post Scotts solo to prelude to a kiss. I go to YT copy info and then to reply on JGO and enter info into film icon. What am I leaving out?
    you don’t need the film icon, I have never used it.

    Just go to the youtube video page, click Share, click Copy, then start a post here and right click, then Paste, in the post here. (This will paste the copied youtube link here). Then submit the post. That’s it.

    The youtube video will appear here when you submit the post.

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    I am ready to try again.

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    Thank you so much the three people who helped me learn this !!! I HATE asking others for help on something I can do myself ,

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    Quote Originally Posted by steve burchfield
    That's the video I was talking about. Interesting player.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David B
    I think my introduction to Jim years ago was this clip from a 2006 gig at the 606 Club. A burning rhythm changes solo.



    A few quotes in there identified in the YouTube comments:
    0:00: Mona Lisa
    00:20 Yes, Sir That's My baby
    00:40 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
    00:47 Mama loves shortnin' bread (tenuous?)
    1:27 Sweet Georgia Brown
    1:40 If I were a rich man
    1:53 Flintstones (bridge) ???
    2:00 Let's fall in love
    I did the comment with the quotes but I just realised looking at another thread that I got a few wrong! The first quote is, of course, "South of the Border (down Mexico way)" and the Flintstones theme should be Shine on Harvest Moon I think.

    I swear that one of the comments on that video used to be "Someone call the fire department! Gramps is burning down the building" - used to make me laugh every time but I can't see it now... Still true though!

    p.s. the Denis Sandole references above (maybe one for Christian) - he definitely "taught" a lot of people but I think that was partly due to him being in the right place at the right time (Philidelphia, 50s/60s). Pat Martino has said in interviews that he didn't really take anything from him other than enjoying his company as a person (or something to that effect). I don't know as much about Coltrane but I think he figured out a lot more stuff by himself. There's an interesting article here on Sandole Dennis Sandole’s Unique Jazz Pedagogy