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13 March 2024
Chris Flory and Audra Mariel are this week's guests.
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03-14-2024 05:37 AM
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Anybody watch this? I still haven't seen last weeks, hard to find the time lately.
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I watched. I like Chris Flory's playing. He's a classic example of 3-finger playing, he keeps his pinky tucked in, and only uses it for chords when necessary. Not that it makes any difference, just an observation that it's possible to play very well without using one's pinkie. Audra Mariel is not my favorite singer, but nice enough.
As a side note, the Hot Club of Cowtown, with Whit Smith, is at Birdland tomorrow night, March 15, and will be livestreamed. I plan to watch that.
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I like Chris Flory's playing a lot. Not much time for TV, three gigs next week, 2 different groups. Which is a lot for me.... about 8 months ago I sat in at my first Jazz jam.
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
Some people are born with a short pinkie (like me) are forced to adapt the way you said Chris does by mostly using 3 fingers.
Doug
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I fucking love Chris. He's not a double-timer but, man, he has the tightest rhythm and the most lyrical solos. Oh and THE TONE. Flory's got the best tone of any jazz guitarist.
These are my, admittedly strong, opinions.
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Indeed! Originally Posted by Schwoop
I agree that at times it sounds like a guitar like his should sound (if it weren't played through what I seem to recognise as a guitar mike?). Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
But when I can't look at that poor old instrument with a pot installed through the top and can only hope this was done by the clueless original owner...
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Guitars are not holy relics, they're just pieces of wood with random other parts and pieces. I suspect (I have zero personal knowledge) that Chris has done what he feels he needs to do with the guitar to make it work for him, with no thought of ever selling it. That is a guitar mike on it. There are more elegant ways of mounting a volume control, but convenience of adjusting it on the fly during a gig may outweigh other considerations. I don't think he uses it acoustically all that often.
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Yeah Chris originally got the guitar as an acoustic. Prior to this he was playing an ES 150 and he has a funny story about how Benny Goodman hated that ES 150 and almost fired Chris and replaced him with Bucky just because of the guitar. so when he got it, it had no pick up and he originally put a rhythm chief but that one died and was replaced with what you see on it now. Chris has a really heavy right hand and so he just hated playing the guitar with a guard. that’s why he had to put the volume pot directly on the top. I can tell you from experience as I’ve played this guitar numerous times that little pot does not mess with the resonance of the guitar at all. It’s one of the liveliest loudest and biggest sounding guitars acoustically that I’ve ever played. And that’s with the electric nickel plated, steel strings that he plays. So yeah he’s clueless and obviously has a lot to learn from guitar forums.
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Yes, you can say that from a newly built guitar that you can mess up all you want knowing there will always be a new one from the same maker. You can also go Townsend or Kurt Russell on it if you want. A vintage instrument that is sought after for its qualities it had how it was built is not something of that sort, it's a heirloom you hope to be able to pass on to future players who'll appreciate it for similar reasons. Originally Posted by sgosnell
Hence my remark about the original owner who presumably would have been clueless indeed about the way players long after his time would view his instrument. Flory doesn't look vintage enough yet to be that person.
FWIW, I got a similar speech when I suggested to the builder of my violin that he could consider converting it to a modern instrument after he bought it back in hopes of finding the buyer I hadn't been able to find. Nope, not the intention he'd had with this instrument.
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Chris is pretty vintage. Not as vintage as me, but he'll be 70 in a few months.
I completely disagree that a 'vintage' instrument is necessarily something sacred that can never be modified or even breathed upon. Vintage is just a short way of saying 'old and used'. If I own a guitar, it's mine to do whatever I like to it. I don't have to preserve it behind glass for future generations. That's just asinine. If I destroy the resale value, that's my problem, and no one else's.
Here endeth the rant.
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I'll write the fuzzy reading between the lines off to your reading glasses being vintage too. Also ought to help picking a ditto Chibson for your next e-guitar project
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I cleaned my glasses, but it didn't seem to help. If there is sarcasm involved, it's over my head.
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I didn't want to imply that Originally Posted by sgosnell
, just that you're reading things between my lines that I never said nor intended.
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Pardon me guys, but what is a guitar mike? I haven't come across the term before, maybe because I'm in the UK. How does it differ from a standard pick-up (if there is such a thing)? Originally Posted by sgosnell
And should I get one?
BTW I've liked anything I've heard Chris do; it sounds almost attainable.
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It’s the name of a specific kind of pickup. Originally Posted by Irishmuso
Pardon me guys, but what is a guitar mike? I haven't come across the term before, maybe because I'm in the UK. How does it differ from a standard pick-up (if there is such a thing)?
And should I get one?
BTW I've liked anything I've heard Chris do; it sounds almost attainable.
DeArmond Guitar Mike Model FHC Archtop Guitar Magnetic Pickup, c. 1950's | RetroFret
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20 March 2024
Tessa Lark is this week's guest.
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Finally got to Al Gafa's performance. Just spectacular. Frank and the guys make it seem reachable.
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Tessa has been on before. I'm not her biggest fan. More of a fan than some other guests who have appeared, though.
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We enjoyed Tessa Lark's performance with Frank and his band very much. Frank and Tessa are doing three shows together in May - two in Mass and one in NY. More on that here: Frank Vignola
Next week Frank is doing a tribute to George Barnes - this is going to be good!
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List of upcoming guests through to the end of June:
March 27: Celebration of George Barnes/Ruby Braff Quartet with Matt Munisteri (guitar) and Jon-Erik Kellso (trumpet)
April 3: Nicole Zuraitis (vocals) and Warren Vache (trumpet)
April 10: Stefano Doglioni (bass clarinet) and Pasquale Grasso (guitar)
April 17: Olli Soikkeli (guitar)
April 24: Sara Caswell (violin)
May 1: Karryn Allison (vocals)
May 8: Bria Skonberg (trumpet)
May 15: Peter Bernstein (guitar)
May 22: Guest host Peter Bernstein (guitar) and Ed Cherry (guitar)
May 29: James Chirillo (guitar)
June 5, 12, 19, 26: Mike Stern (guitar)
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Really looking forward to Barnes/Braff tonight.Not looking forward to a whole month of Mike Stern in June.His sound after a couple of tunes just starts to grate on me. Originally Posted by David B
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Barnes/Braff should be cool, also looking forward to James Chirillo. I don't think I've seen him on before.
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Tonight
27 March 2024
Frank Vignola's Guitar Night celebrates the Barnes/Braff Quartet with Matt Munisteri and Jon-Erik Kellso.
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I'm enjoying it. I have most of the Braff/Barnes recordings. John Pizzarelli is also playing tonight. Both he and Munisteri are nailing the Barnes sound and playing, using Charlie Christian pickups, and Kellso is coming pretty close to Braff's sound. Vignola, on a Gibson with McCarty pickups, not so much. He sounds a lot like Frank Vignola. Not complainin', just sayin'.
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