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Originally Posted by Mick-7
They tried to get him help, but he'd either refuse it, or it wouldn't help him[; a sad story about a very underrated guitarist.
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03-19-2024 12:29 AM
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This is a very informative series of talks with Lorne Lofsky (6 parts altogether). He has a lot to say about Ed Bickert since Ed was a big influence on him.
Part 1:
Lorne: "Do you give lessons?"
Ed: "No"
End of conversation.
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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Here's another one I just found: Ruby Braff-The Canadian Sessions on Sackville Records.
Don Thompson, Ed Bickert, Gene DiNovi, Ruby Braff, Terry Clarke
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Originally Posted by Mick-7
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Jim Hall’s tribute to Ed Bickert.
”Don’t rub it in!”
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I’m pretty quiet in real life and am still bad at jazz guitar
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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If you want to hear a few choice odds and ends that feature Ed Bickert, from compilation albums, sideman gigs, and so forth, this youtube channel has several:
Jim Dixon - YouTube
In particular, the live trio performances of "Too Late Now" (1987) and "Crazy She Calls Me" (1990) are both gorgeous, and both are features on Concord Records "All Stars" live compilations that you might not stumble onto right away.
The 1996 "September Song" on that youtube channel, from a various-artists tribute to Wes Montgomery, is also great. There's a funny story about Ed in the studio recording "September Song" in this post: Ed Bickert article in November 1984 issue of Downbeat
If you want to go a little deeper and read some interviews with Ed (from Downbeat, Guitar Player, and other publications), there's a link to a .pdf (file name "Bickert.pdf") here that has lots of good information:
Ed Bickert article in November 1984 issue of Downbeat
One LP from his great late-1970s/early 1980s era that hasn't been recommended yet (I think?) is Buddy Tate's "The Ballad Artistry". It's got Terry Clarke and Don Thompson, who always sound great with Ed. As much as I like his trio playing, I really love sessions where he gets to comp for a good horn player and has a great drummer behind him. All the Desmond stuff, the Ruby Braff and Buddy Tate albums, his own "I Wished on The Moon" (even though Rick Wilkins isn't my favorite kind of tenor player), these are all so good.
The Frank Rosolino live album with Ed's trio would be up there, except Frank solos about three times as longer than I need on every tune (but the flip side is Ed is comping away beautifully behind him). I only have so much patience for trombone solos. Oh, and Ed's 9 duets with Rosemary Clooney from her mid-80s run of Concord records. Just beautiful playing by Ed, very intimate stuff. He mentions in one interview (I think in retirement, talking to his son) that he was proud of his ability in that era to back up singers all by himself, off the cuff. Almost like he was talking about another person, looking back on his days as a bulletproof studio ace.
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It's gotten to the point where I have so much Ed, I can't tell if I've got duplicates, but the ones 44lombard posted are from the Canadian Library of sound, so I know I don't have them.
As Don Thompson said, "Everybody else plays the guitar, Ed plays the music".
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Originally Posted by Jazz4Four
It bugs me that I never went to see him play. I clearly recall his dates being announced on the Toronto radio stations all through the 70's and 80's but I didn't know much about him I so never went.
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Originally Posted by mayrandp
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I was looking through my local record store's clearance section last week and found Ruby Braff with the Ed Bickert trio for $3, which I am now the happy owner of. I had never heard it before I bought it but I really enjoyed listening to it for the first time.
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One of my favorite Ed Bickert albums... and paired up with Lorne Lofsky!
On Concord, likely out-of-print, but there are used copies out there if you look hard enough.
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