Frankie Trumbauer opened my ears to bending!

[brent.h]

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[Jimmy blue note]

Frankie was a great influence on Prez who in turn was the inspiration for Charlie Christian. That lyrical non vibrato lyrical phrasing was modern guitar before there even was jazz guitar.
It goes back to Frankie!

[princeplanet]

Check out Andre Ekyan who played with Django, bends galore.

[princeplanet]

YES I needed this holy moly

I once worked out his solo to "Rosetta", it was fun! Made me wonder why no swing guitarists used bends like these! Then I remembered what kind of strings and action they were probably using!