Joe G

The Arvo Part (as well as the Johnson) was part of my order last night. The samples sounded gorgeous. Trio Mediaeval sounds interesting. I'll have to look into that one.

I placed a fairly huge order through BMG last night with that code, and it came to something like $4.34 per CD. Not too shabby.

Jimmy Smith/Jimmie Smith Jerry Bergonzi/George Garzone

Joe, you gotta fix that Jim Raney quick. Actually, I just remembered that I do have one Raney disc. It's the play-along he did for Abersold. Unfortunately I lost the accompanying book long ago. Edit: I just did a google search on the phrase "abersold playalong", and first hit was: JustJazz Discussion List: RE: Jimmy Raney chords HELP!1 (Abersold ... Crazy!

Sins of a guitarist: No Tal Farlow, Jimmy Raney, or Billy Bauer.

So, this group on the 28th (in Ann Arbor), Pat Martino in Indy on the 29th, and , back in AA, the Either/Orchestra on the 30th. I'm going to try for the first two.

Recording is a bear, and there are a lot of things about it that can take you out of your center. I remember something Chuck wrote in a thread last year; that 90% of a producer's work is done before the session starts. I'd say the same goes for the musicians. Beyond being prepared musically, there's a whole host of things about your attitude, desires, and expectations that need to be addressed going in. You have to cultivate a LOT of self-acceptance. You have to trust your instincts, and trust the people you are working with. I usually have no problem staying in the moment, in fact those moments seem quite heightened. Although it could be said that in recording, everybody has a tendancy to think more about the product than the process, which may be another way of not being in the moment. Staying relaxed is difficult. One thing that sometimes works for me is to focus on the spaces surrounding my phrases, rather than on the phrases themselves. Just make sure there's space in there, and the rest might just take care of itself. Welcome to the forum, Jason!

Can't wait to see the rest from that date!

I like a cold meatloaf sammich the next day.

Knock 'em dead tonight!

Haven't heard of him before this, but he sounds like somebody I'd like. Do you have any favorite albums, John?

Jim - when did you grow a mustache?

Thank you for the kind words!

Easy to see where Tom's head is these days. :rsmile: Funny, though the title of the first book you posted in this thread came to me just yesterday, for some unknown reason (haven't read it either).

Yes - thank you!

I gave the two pieces a listen, but I don't have the imagination to hear them played by a typical jazz combo. Wild stuff - to my ears!

I noticed in the six-string demo that the guy was playing it pretty much the same both ways; I would think that with true fretless, the chordal playing he was doing would be pretty difficult. So maybe you're right, and it's more of a "fretless effect".

Check this out: Fretted/fretless guitars Click on the demos; looks like it actually works!

Early last year in DownBeat, Pat just shook his head when the interviewer mentioned this piece. He basically said he was surprised that people were still bringing this up. Although, funnily enough, I heard Kenny's version of WAWW just this week at the barbershop. It is quite hideous.

Old news.

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y PAUL ! :rsmile:

Fred Hersch is at Kerrytown this Sunday, too. Chuck just wants us all to be happy.

You found pic pretty quickly.

There you have it, Greg. :rsmile: