Welcome to those of us that enjoy Blues and Jazz.

willmunny said:
I recently discovered this artist and have been enjoying some of his tunes
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Every so often an alien visits our planet and sticks around to show us what can be done with a guitar.
Guthrie is one of those imo. His playing is just too effortlessly inventive to be of this Earth.
(i'm only half joking, too)
 

This would be considered a 'supergroup' in rock terms:
Jackie McLean (alto sax), Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Kenny Drew (piano)
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass) and Alex Riel (drums)
 
DirtySteve said:
I'm a country boy turned rocker and I have to admit, I don't understand this music, but I certainly can appreciate it. I hope to learn something here..

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You should check out Motley Crue - Theatre of Pain.

;)

Edit - Just kiddin', Steve. Not your poison. :D
 
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My favorite drummers




One thing I liked about Robert Cray was we would play a game play something on guitar you have never played before
I was friends with his wife 1980 Robert told me to go to a show at the Rainbow biggest dive in Seattle $7.50 cover charge I almost
turned around Muddy Waters John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Rogers playing 1,4,5 all night never the same was twice
 

The 'Live From Emmet's Place' sessions started up during the pandemic, when live venues were closed down.
Emmet Cohen would assemble small groups to play jazz in his living room and livestream their performances on youtube.
On April 21st, 2021 he brought together yet another amazing group of musicians to play this wonderful rendition of an old classic;
postmodernism at its best!

If you're at all interested in studying the music, listen to the way Emmet opens the tune with some Harlem Stride style piano,
then how the bass and drums approach the head and first part of the sax solo with a very 'New Orleans hot jazz' old school feel.
The bassist replicates the sound and feel of a tuba, and the drummer is playing a very stripped down part (you can check out the
Tuba Skinny video i posted earlier in the thread and see just how close they get), and then compare and contrast that with the swing
'big four' thing they get into at 2:48 after the sax break.
The trumpet solo is quite beboppish, as is the first section of the piano solo, then it's back to the stripped down drum part, stride piano,
and tuba-inspired bass line for a bit before the rhythm section cuts loose under Emmet's block chords and killer unison lines.
The drummer breaks it down to a 'Sing Sing Sing' style beat on the toms and then switches to a tight press roll bit on the snare drum that gets
everyone's body moving and grooving; he drops some bebop 'bomb' accents on the bass drum, then goes to a 'four on the floor' straight feel
to finish up his solo section and bring the ensemble back in for a reprise of the head stated by the trumpet as the alto plays sweet countermelodies
before taking over with a variation on the theme and ending with a bit of R & B style 'honking' to take the tune out.

This performance is almost a 'compendium of jazz styles' encapsulated in less than a quarter of an hour ...
but even apart from any analysis, it also makes for a heck of a good listen!
 
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Smooth version of a modern jazz standard:

That guitar is pretty cool too; it looks like the love child of a Telecaster and an ES-295.
 
Coltrane is my favourite, I especially love the period when his drummer was the one and only Elvin Jones!

 
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