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Our own David L. turned me on to Ben Monder's solo guitar playing earlier this year. I love the way Ben uses dissonance and his arrangements are really cool too.
I'm just wondering if anyone knows of other players playing solo guitar in this dissonant/spacey style?
Here's one of my own dissonant efforts from a few months ago but I've written more since ( though I'm not 100% happy with them yet).
https://youtube.com/shorts/bhRLrHUa5u8?feature=share
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12-06-2021 12:54 AM
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Thanks for sharing. I like your playing.
After listening to Monder’s rendition of My One and Only Love, I thought you might enjoy Bill Frisell: NYGF Red Sofa Concert:
Hopefully the link is usable (I’m on a mobile app).
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Originally Posted by osloutah
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One of the early pioneers of dissonant/free jazz guitar playing:
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Originally Posted by Liarspoker
It was conceived and made as a collaboration between the film maker Bill Morrison and Bill Frisell, who did the awesomely atmospheric soundtrack.
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Marc Ribot for sure. Miles Okazaki released an incredible CD set of ALL of Monk's tunes for solo guitar...a must have. As mentioned, Bill Frisell has a poetic mastery of tonal music that uses chromaticism, dissonance and space to create surprizingly compelling solo work as well as beautifully crafted. James Emery of the String Trio of New York plays only his D'Aquisto New Yorker unamplified and very edgy melodies conveyed through that beautiful acoustic tone. Peter Bernstein is a master of modern harmony and he's got an acoustic solo sensibility in all he plays. Joe Morris is a great player, teacher and has a take on playing that's all his own, but I don't know what he's done as an unaccompanied soloist. And don't forget the grandaddy of us all: Jim Hall.
Last edited by Jimmy blue note; 12-06-2021 at 11:52 PM.
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Liberty Ellman might interest you.
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Originally Posted by curbucci
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You may like to check out our own forum member:
- Jakub Zolubak Trio - Live at JazzState
Album is out on the usual streaming platforms now. Very frisellesque.
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Originally Posted by Liarspoker
Here's the player who dominated the solo guitar scene when Bill Frisell was first making his mark:
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12-07-2021, 06:28 AM #13joelf Guest
Not to nit pick the OP too much, but when you say 'dissonant' do you maybe mean 'harmonically adventurous' or fresh'?
'Dissonant' is often wrongly used to describe anything that rubs the ear in an unexpected way. I once recorded a tune in a friend's home studio. He was a rocker and used to major or 7th chords, right? I was playing some 2nds, at times off a tritone he wasn't used to hearing. We were editing something and to indicate the right spot to edit he said 'you know, where you use your dissonance'. Wrong, b/c what I was doing was CONsonant in the the context of the piece, which had those intervals in it from the jump.
If you were writing or blowing, say, on a tune that had all quartral harmony and you suddenly threw in thirds that would be dissonant to the piece.
A harmonic language to use can be anything we want---long as it's consistent. Things that break that consistency stick out like sore thumbs and are----dissonant.
And now I'll listen at the provided links and enjoy those harmonically adventurous solo players! LOL...Last edited by joelf; 12-07-2021 at 06:59 AM.
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12-07-2021, 06:36 AM #14joelf GuestOriginally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Originally Posted by joelf
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12-07-2021, 09:06 AM #16joelf Guest
One player who really has the conjunes to take it out and stick to his guns, and is also very grounded in 'regular' playing, is Dom Minasi. He doesn't get much love here, but that may be b/c he's not too well-known beyond NY. I've known and have admired him for years...
And to show him taking it 'in' (When Joanna Loved Me was when he was on Blue Note years ago):
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Originally Posted by joelf
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Thanks for all your recommendations. They are appreciated very much. I'll go through them all.
Please keep posting if you can recommend any other players
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Originally Posted by joelf
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Originally Posted by Sam Sherry
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Originally Posted by Liarspoker
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