The all encompassing 'what no jazz guitar thread?' jazz guitar thread
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Humberto
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This apparently has been forgotten, because there's no official youtube video and all the rest only have hundreds of views.
Away Down in the Alley Blues - Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson was known for blues but he didn't accept the label, just what he got known for. Played with Louis Armstrong and the New Orleans crew in the early days. From a family of serious musicians.
Anyway before blues became blues and jazz became jazz Lonnie Johnson was bending strings like nobody else.
Away Down in the Alley Blues - Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson was known for blues but he didn't accept the label, just what he got known for. Played with Louis Armstrong and the New Orleans crew in the early days. From a family of serious musicians.
Anyway before blues became blues and jazz became jazz Lonnie Johnson was bending strings like nobody else.
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Grant Green was brilliant. He moved more towards a funk sound later on. Idle Moments is a favourite of mine and the sax of Joe Henderson is sublime.
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danny la rouge
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I’ve got a Spotify playlist of some of the jazz guitar playing that I love. By no mean exhaustive, but some of you may enjoy it.
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Some good stuff in there danny la rouge. I see Barney Kessell is on the list. You probably know he also did the accompaniment on Julie London's Cry me a river.
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And here's one from Emily Remler:
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One guitarist who made the transitional from classical/Brazilian to Jazz was Laurindo Almeida. Here he is with Bud Shank on sax.
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And we've not had Wes Montgomery yet!!!
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On the subject of Django, his ability to achieve such guitar virtuosity with just two fingers never ceases to amaze me.
Stefan's not bad either.
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The daddy of the jazz guitar. The Minton's recordings are ace. Basically jam sessions till they got turfed out of the club. His work with Benny Goodman was great too.
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Another early jazz guitarist was Tiny Grimes, here as part of the Charlie Parker Quintet.
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He tends to be associated mostly with his 80s more mainstream soul music but it should be remembered that George Benson started off as a cracking jazz guitar player. Here he is in the early 60s.
danny la rouge
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well since youve tagged me... hmmm ive got a gig playing deeply inoffensive jazz to a bunch of upstate yacht rockers... what can i oossibly wear?
btw heres my grant green mix
(write up on the blog, includes tracklist anddownload link)
The Shining Light of Grant Green on Blue Note 1963-64
Lee Morgan's 'Search for the New Land' is one of the tracks that really turned me on to jazz: its moody, its a journey, and above all its a ...
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danny la rouge
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A black stripey top?
ska invita
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has to be really, the perfect match up
danny la rouge
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I saw the photo and thought of you.
