ASNL77 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 (edited) I'd like to fill a few gaps in my collection and I'd like to buy a few electric guitar albums. (ideally quartets or quintets) Any suggestions? Where should I start? Thanks for your help. Edited April 5, 2006 by ASNL77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Don't you have an idea of a favorite guitarist from your listening so far? I'd follow that. I'd recommend checking out some Kenny Burrell, Bobby Broom, Grant Green, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Jim Hall. . . . There are many possibilities! Maybe listen to some brief online clips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 A few I enjoy: Charlie Christian sessions with Benny Goodman et al. Rollins - 'The Bridge', for some wonderful Jim Hall I have a real soft spot for Grant Green's 'Feelin' the Spirit' - hands down my favourite Herbie Hancock on record And one I've been enjoying recently, for a slightly freer take on things (and featuring Henry Grimes on bass) - Marc Ribot's 'Spiritual Unity'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Here are a couple of live dates I would consider picking up... Not a quartet or quintet date; but I would check out Pat Martino, Live at Yoshi's. State of the art organ trio music with Joey D. and Billy Hart. Pat Martino has never sounded better IMO. Also check out Wes Montgomery, Full House (recorded "live" At Tsubo- Berkeley, CA). Wes is on fire and Johnny Griffin plays great. Plus you get the wonderful backing of "The Trio". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Jimmy Rivers - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Jimmy Rivers - Do you mean Jimmie Rivers, of Jimmie Rivers and the Cherokees? Brisbane Bop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdanddizzy Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Also have a look to the Europeans ! René Thomas, Sacha Distel, Philip Catherine, Gabor Szabo... And the Gypsies : electric Django Reinhardt (and his son Babik), Elek Bacsik, Biréli Lagrène, Christian Escoudé... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 I'd like to fill a few gaps in my collection and I'd like to buy a few electric guitar albums. (ideally quartets or quintets) Any suggestions? Where should I start? Thanks for your help. Some great suggestions already, but perhaps if you supplied a bit more info regarding your favorite players (as Lon suggested), eras/styles, etc, it would be easier to make some specific suggestions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNL77 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Thank you all for your answers. I have already got most of the BN stuff (Grant Green, Burrell) and most of Wes Montgomery albums too. I would like to explore the OJC, Prestige and Verve catalogues from 1955 to 1970. I have the Tal Farlow Mosaic set too. Any bossa nova or latin music would interest me as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 If you haven't already, I would check out this thread: exciting guitarists. It's kind of similair to what we have going here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnagrandy Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Thank you all for your answers. I have already got most of the BN stuff (Grant Green, Burrell) and most of Wes Montgomery albums too. I would like to explore the OJC, Prestige and Verve catalogues from 1955 to 1970. I have the Tal Farlow Mosaic set too. Any bossa nova or latin music would interest me as well. If you don't have John Scofield "Time On My Hands" I recommend you pick that up before anything else on the planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 You aren't gonna plug that thing in, are ya? Jimmy Raney and Tal Farlow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Thank you all for your answers. I have already got most of the BN stuff (Grant Green, Burrell) and most of Wes Montgomery albums too. I would like to explore the OJC, Prestige and Verve catalogues from 1955 to 1970. I have the Tal Farlow Mosaic set too. Any bossa nova or latin music would interest me as well. OJC: Billy Bean 1961-06-06 The Trio Riverside Kenny Burrell 1956-12-28,57 All Night Long Prestige Kenny Burrell 1957-01-04 All Day Long Prestige Kenny Burrell 1957-02-01 Kenny Burrell Prestige Kenny Burrell / Jimmy Raney 1957-03-05 Two Guitars Prestige Kenny Burrell 1958-03-07 Quintet With John Coltrane New Jazz Kenny Burrell 1962-09-14;1963-08-15 Bluesy Burrell Moodsville Kenny Burrell 1964-04-07 Soul Call Prestige Red Garland 1957-05-24 Red Garland Revisited Prestige (w/ Burrell) Tiny Grimes 1959-08-13 Tiny In Swingville Swingville Coleman Hawkins (Kenny Burrell) 1961-02-28 The Hawk Relaxes Moodsville Jimmy Heath 1964 On The Trail Riverside (w/ Burrell) Wynton Kelly 1958-01-31 Wynton Kelly / Piano Riverside (w/ Burrell) Barney Kessel 1953-11-14, 12-19; 1956-02-23 Vol. 1 / Easy Like Contemporary Barney Kessel 1954-06-04, 07-01; 1955-09-12 Vol. 2 Kessel Plays Standards Contemporary Barney Kessel 1956-08-06,10-15,12-04 Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By Contemporary Barney Kessel 1957-03-18,19 The Poll Winners Contemporary Barney Kessel 1957-08-06; 11-11 Let's Cook! Contemporary Barney Kessel 1958-08-19,21 The Poll Winners Ride Again ! Contemporary Barney Kessel 1958-12-19,22 Kessel Plays Carmen Contemporary Barney Kessel 1959-11-02 Poll Winners Three ! Contemporary Barney Kessel 1960 Poll Winners Exploring The Scene Contemporary Barney Kessel 1960-07-19 Swingin' Party At Contemporary Contemporary Barney Kessel 1961 Workin' Out! Contemporary Herbie Mann 1958-02-14 Just Wailin' Prestige (w/ Burrell) Pat Martino 1967-05-01 El Hombre Prestige Pat Martino 1967-10-02 Strings! Prestige Jack McDuff / Kenny Burrell 1963-01-08;02-26 CRASH! Prestige Jimmy Raney 1954-05-28; 1955-02-18, 03-08 A Prestige Jimmy Raney / Phil Woods 1954-08-11; 1959-03-03 Early Quintets ("Jimmy Raney Ensemble" / Hyman Session) Prestige Les Spann 1960-12-08,16 Gemini Jazzland Rene' Thomas 1960 Guitar Groove Jazzland Prestige All Stars 1957-01-25 Earthy Prestige (w/ Burrell) VERVE Billy Bauer 1956-01-23; 03-12 Plectrist Norgran (Verve VEE) George Benson 1968-02-06,09-05;1969 Jazz Masters 21 Verve Kenny Burrell 1963 to 1969 Jazz Masters 45 Verve Kenny Burrell / Jimmy Smith 1963-07-16 Blue Bash! Verve VME Kenny Burrell 1964-12-04,15;1965-04-05,12 Guitar Forms Verve Kenny Burrell 1966-12-16 For Charlie And Benny (a.k.a. "A Generation Ago Today") Verve Kenny Burrell 1967-12-15 Blues / The Common Ground Verve VME Kenny Burrell 1968-04-19 Night Song Verve (Japan) Kenny Burrell 1969-10-08, 16 Asphalt Canyon Suite Verve Herb Ellis 1960-06-01,02 Thank You, Charlie Christian Verve Wynton Kelly (Kenny Burrell) 1964-03-10,11,19 It's All Right! Verve VEE Wes Montgomery 1964-11-11,16 Movin' Wes Verve Wes Montgomery 1965-05-16,18,19,20 Bumpin' Verve VME Wes Montgomery 1965-06-22,24,26,27,09-22;1964 to 1966 Impressions / The Verve Jazz Sides (including the complete "Smokin' At The Half Note" sessions...) 2 CD Verve Wes Montgomery 1965-11-20 Goin' Out Of My Head Verve Wes Montgomery 1966-03-17,21;05-18 Tequila Verve VME Django Reinhardt 1947 to 1953 Peche A La Mouche / The Great Blue Star Sessions, 1947 to 1953 2 CD Verve Howard Roberts 1957 Mr. Roberts Plays Guitar Verve Howard Roberts 1959 Good Pickin's Verve Jimmy Smith (Kenny Burrell) 1965-06-14 Organ Grinder Swing Verve VME Jimmy Smith / Wes Montgomery 1966-09-21 The Dynamic Duo Verve Jimmy Smith / Wes Montgomery 1966-09-21 Further Adventures Of Jimmy And Wes Verve Johnny Smith 1967-03 Johnny Smith Verve VEE Johnny Smith 1968 Johnny Smith's Kaleidoscope Verve Of course, there's a lot more good stuff by these and other players on other labels from this period, but this will probably keep you busy for awhile... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 I second the recommendation of Philip Catherine. An extremely underrated guitarist. His solo work on SteepleChase is excellent. Also, if you like the whole gypsy jazz thing, check out the work Philip did with Stephane Grappelli, specifically the album Young Django. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Oops- forgot about the topic of Bossa / latin... did you mean with electric guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNL77 Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Thanks for your your help Jim! . And yes, I mean with electric guitar for the bossa/latin stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Hank - yes, that's the guy - Brisbane Bop - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 From this side of the Atlantic I would highly recommend 'Extrapolation' by John McLaughlin - it's not got a 'crown' award in the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD for nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Hank - yes, that's the guy - Brisbane Bop - Great stuff! He's like the Charlie Christian of western swing. I'm gonna dig this out right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Thanks for your your help Jim! . And yes, I mean with electric guitar for the bossa/latin stuff. That's what I was afraid of. There's certainly some out there, but the acoustic guitar was always dominant in this genre. There were a few brazilian players who used electric guitars back in the day (e.g., Roberto Menescal, Heraldo do Monte, Geraldo Vespar) but they didn't stretch out much by today's standards. The recordings are also relatively difficult to find. You're probably better off looking for recordings of bossa/latin music by jazz guitarists. Here are a few ideas: Joe Pass- TUDO BEM (Pablo) 1978 Barney Kessel- GUITARRA (aka "KESSEL'S KIT") (RCA/Japan) 1969 Barney Kessel- Breakfast at Tiffany's/Bossa Nova/Contemporary Latin Rhythms (Reprise/Collectables) 1966 Larry Goldings (Peter Bernstein)- CAMINHOS CRUZADOS (RCA Novus) 1993 Gotta run right now... I'll keep thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montg Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Thanks for your your help Jim! . And yes, I mean with electric guitar for the bossa/latin stuff. How about 'Take Ten' with Jim Hall and Paul Desmond? A nice mix of Bossa stuff plus standards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 And/or "Bossa Antigua"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 This gentleman in the Netherlands is pretty good! (check out his straight ahead jazz videos too): Triste (YouTube video) Meditation (YouTube video) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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