Joe G

Man! That was disorienting. I didn't look at the dates, and was just a bit confused by Jim R's first post in this thread. Good one to bring up, though. I've been sleeping on Brazilian music for far too long.

Re: her footverk, I understand that she uses midi pedals instead of the B3 pedals, which triggers an acoustic bass sample. But don't quote me on that; I'm just repeating what I thought B3-er told me a long time ago...

Mijn Geheugen Is Een Zeef! (I have no idea what that means. It's a song on a Clusone Trio record.)

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On The World According to John Coltrane, there's footage of the quartet doing My Favorite Things at some outdoor festival. The footage is very grainy, so that they kind of look like ghosts. In the close-up shots you can see copious amounts of steam rising off of Elvin and Jimmy Garrison. It's very trippy. Then there's the music... I was watching this video late one night, with all the lights off, and starting to get sleepy. This piece came on, and just kept building in intensity. They took it so far out, but I could definitely hear the great beauty of it. But those close up shot of Elvin and Jimmy were starting to freak me out! Such grimaces, and all that rising steam, which could have been smoke for all I knew! The overall effect was so intense that I had to get up and turn on the lights. A couple of months later I read a review of this video, and the writer made a comment that the reader would have to decide if the inclusion of that piece was worthwhile, as he didn't see the value of it. I sure did! ~ Another wow moment came when I realized the shit that was really going on in Endangered Species off of Song X!

Thanks for the kind words Tony. Unless you were referring to me in that last comment.

Holly Marie Combs. 'Nuff said. ...except for the fact that shows like this are pretty far from the bottom of the barrel, as far as I'm concerned. Not because they are that good; rather, because it just gets so much more vile.

....and the second on me !!! I'd call for a third, but after two drinks I just get stupid.

Grooves all night long. He puts on a great show.

He's coming to Detroit in June. I'm going to try to get tickets this week. I caught the MTV special; it was badass. Maceo in the horn section!!!!

Hey, thanks for dropping by and sharing your thoughts... ... and for adding a little more padding to the longest AOW thread ever!

Sorry I haven't been able to participate in the discussions; my computer connection has been down, and there's no time at work to read and post. But the cd is fun to listen to, and I'm glad I recognized at least a couple of players! Thanks for sending that out to me. I'll keep listening.

Makes me wonder, though, what if we entered code#E40D9, or some such? Would we get 70% off?

They must like me better.

Better late than never, as they say. Live and Unreleased has some great stuff on it. Especially the tracks with Chester Thompson IMO. BMG has it in their catalog.

In my email box:

There's a few Metheniacs around here.

Much love and support from my family to yours Randy. It was an honor to meet your mom and play at the benefit last year.

For the three players mentioned (Burrell, Montgomery, and Green), the two giveaways for me are the signature licks, and the tone/articulation. I've read that Kenny uses a picking technique known as "circular picking", where the pick actually moves side to side in addition to up and down, which sorta makes a circle. It gives his phrases a loping sort of quality. As Dr J mentioned, Wes used his thumb in place of a pick, which gives his sound a warmer, softer quality. And of course, the octave and chord solos give him away. Grant often has a more staccato way of playing the notes, and has a lot of forward momentum in his solos. He was also fond of repeating a two or three note phrase sometimes for an entire chorus, creating rhythmic tension.

Thank you, friends! B) Just waiting for my buddy catesta to show up with one of his cutie friends. I'm getting a little thirsty...

Dr J: I can't think of much to add to that! Except, perhaps, for the emotional aspect of the music, which is the same in guitarists as it is with other players. Serious, playful, searching, wistful, introverted, aggressive, and so on. You can listen for the intent behind the music, and recognize something unique about each guitarist that way.

Weird! I had a dream that I was looking at the forum, and saw this thread, which was started by Free For All! So Paul, I guess you made my dream come true! Re: new music, I'm working on a new idea about that... B)

Just checking in. I got the disc yesterday, and Jim and I listened to some of it on the way down to the gig. I knew track 1 right off. I know some of what rockefeller is into, and was expecting to hear some Jaco, Wayne, and Kirk... Good stuff.

Man! You guys are just doggin' me!