Examples of Recordings / Videos of Guitarists playing constant 8th notes that SWING

[charlieparker]

Sorry, but while that example certainly displays Farlow's dexterity and comprehensive harmonic vocabulary, it is so not in the pocket that I had to re-listen to it three times to convince myself my laptop wasn't broken!

"Constant" 8th notes, sure ...but consistent? Hardly. The only "swing" that resembles is a poo-flinging macaque at the zoo.

Temporally sloppy. No bueno.

Go back to Pat Martino, please.

Wow. What a comment.

[Christian Miller]

Definitely one of the top ridiculous and arrogant comments I have seen on this forum in 10 years.

And trust me that isn’t a participation award…


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[Mick-7]

Hey, I'm really trying to get back to basics (as suggested by my last post!), and I'm looking for some inspiration. I'm trying to get used to being able to shed a Dorian scale with constant 8th notes, but trying to make it swing. I wonder if anyone can recommend any recordings to hear what that should sound like - Guitarists only for the moment (unless you have an example of another instrument that rips!).

We had an improvisation thread, the primary focus of which was doing an exercise of playing in constant 8th notes, and forum members shared some good ideas on the subject. You can skip the first several pages of the thread, t'was just quibbling about what it should be about -- Approaches to Improvisation

[omphalopsychos]

[joe2758]

wow. that is a FINE player I had never heard of

[omphalopsychos]

wow. that is a FINE player I had never heard of

Glad to have saved another soul.

[sgcim]

He's a fine player, who is known for swinging, but the last player I'd think of who plays in the constant 8th note bag like most of the others mentioned in this thread. If you look at his picking, it's usually all down strokes.

[omphalopsychos]

Chris has the best 8th notes in the business. You are right that he doesn't just play 32 bars of uninterrupted 8th notes. I think that's what a lot of people like about him. I was trying to give OP an example of really good swinging 8th notes, and I apologize that the recording didn't meet the criteria for raw count of 8th notes played.

[grahambop]

That reminds me, I saw Chris Flory (and Scott Hamilton) with Benny Goodman at a jazz festival here in the UK in 1982, that was cool.

[omphalopsychos]

Not the same festival, but this must have been on the same tour.

[grahambop]

Yes it was at the Knebworth jazz festival, a lot of the acts went on to the North Sea festival afterwards.

One interesting thing is that at Knebworth, Benny refused to play with any P.A. system amplification, which for me was great as I was right down the front, so I heard his band acoustically ‘as nature intended’, a lovely soft sound. (I’m assuming Chris Flory must have still used his amp though).

Unfortunately the folks at the back of the arena (it was a big open-air space) were not so lucky, they couldn’t hear the band!

[omphalopsychos]

Yeah this is when flory still played the ES 150 so definitely amplified. Funny story is that Benny hated it and almost fired him for it and that’s why he got the L7.

[GuyBoden]

I was lucky to attended a Jazz Guitar weekend workshop with Chris Flory about 20years ago, we all got to play a song with him in a duo. A very Swinging Cat.

[sgcim]

Chris has the best 8th notes in the business. You are right that he doesn't just play 32 bars of uninterrupted 8th notes. I think that's what a lot of people like about him. I was trying to give OP an example of really good swinging 8th notes, and I apologize that the recording didn't meet the criteria for raw count of 8th notes played.

i accept your apology my son. It takes a real man to apologize for a Chris Flory comment...LOL!!!!!
There was a brief instance where he plays a string of eighth notes using alternate picking. I almost fainted!

[Christian Miller]

The early stuff with Scott Hamilton when he was a teenager is some seriously classy and swinging playing.


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[Christian Miller]

Chris has the best 8th notes in the business. You are right that he doesn't just play 32 bars of uninterrupted 8th notes. I think that's what a lot of people like about him. I was trying to give OP an example of really good swinging 8th notes, and I apologize that the recording didn't meet the criteria for raw count of 8th notes played.

We can’t have gaps between the notes Ompha. 8th notes all the way.

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[AllanAllen]

Chris has the best 8th notes in the business. You are right that he doesn't just play 32 bars of uninterrupted 8th notes. I think that's what a lot of people like about him. I was trying to give OP an example of really good swinging 8th notes, and I apologize that the recording didn't meet the criteria for raw count of 8th notes played.

That's the rub, OP is looking for an example of a Facebook Jazz Guitar Group exercise in an actual solo. It might be a useful exercise, but it's a tasteless way to solo. Like asking for 32 bars of someone arpeggiating the changes from the root.

[AndyV]

In one of her instructional videos Emily Remler talked about the value of practicing all 8th notes and how difficult it was to do only 8ths. She's right in the pocket on this clip ...