what is Americana? Your guess is as good as mine...

[AllenLowe]

I have about 5 cds coming out next spring, including one with the incredible guitarist Ray Suhy (if you don't know who he is you should check him out. I have never heard a better guitarist in any musical realm, from jazz to rock and roll). This is one cut out for preview, something I call Cold Was the Night Dark Was the Ground. I present it as  my own idea of why jazz musicians usually fall on their faces when trying to dip into the deeper aspects of vernacular music, failing as they inevitably do to capture the roughness and edge of the old music. I think we succeed here in ways that others rarely do, plus I try to show how the idea of "free" playing can be focused to show how liberating those old forms are (and this particular cut is actually me on both guitar and tenor):

 

 

Edited September 12, 2022 by AllenLowe

[mikeweil]

2 hours ago, AllenLowe said:

I present it as  my own idea of why jazz musicians usually fall on their faces when trying to dip into the deeper aspects of vernacular music, failing as they inevitably do to capture the roughness and edge of the old music. I think we succeed here in ways that others rarely do, plus I try to show how the idea of "free" playing can be focused to show how liberating those old forms are (and this particular cut is actually me on both guitar and tenor):

You did succeed! Count me in when it is released.

[DavidM]

Oh Yeah!!!!  Count me in as well!

[AllenLowe]

thanks guys. Will keep you advised. Hopefully all will be ready next spring.