and I were swim coaches together and great friends. I can tell you this, Larry thinks the world of Phil Woods..one of the best jazz sax players ever.. http://cyboard.com/jchrissco/bios/PW_bio.html
OLD blues? Get the complete recordings of Robert Johnson. A great boxed set. Hear the man who made the deal with the devil at the crossroads.....
Jazz? The background music for any porno will give you jazz... (Alright, I know I'm going to catch hell for that - just kidding!). Try John Coltrane. There's a lot of compilation CDs of his work.
If you like Stevie Ray Vaughn, check out Chris Duarte Group. Some good ol' fashion southern blues on the Strat.
Seeing as you like guitar, as far as jazz goes I would suggest:
anything by Wes Montgomery - bebop and modern jazz styles.
Charlie Christian ("invented" electric jazz guitar)
Grant Green - 60s soul & cool jazz. his albums of latin jazz are great.
late 60s/early 70s George Benson
Joe Pass's "solo jazz guitar" is a classic and must have for jazz gtr fans.
vocalist Cassandra Wilson's post-"Blue Light till Dawn" albums (1993). Her guitarist has a great bluesy style.
Try to listen around online and see what you like, then I whittle down the pantheon of gods to suggest.
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Thanks for the suggestions...I'll have to plan some time to get around the web for a listening tour.
Any suggestions on Charlie Parker and does any one have a link to some of Lenny Breau's stuff?
I've got my oldest daughter (5 1/2) in piano lessons so I am trying to let her know there is more than Yankee Doodle to look forward to. I guess some classics never get old.
Maybe JP could play some background for these boards...not that he needs to self promote anymore [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Thelonius Monk--Alone in San Francisco is amazing
Anything by Miles Davis
John Coltrane is Great, but not, IMO, as immediately accessible as some
Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughn too, if you like Etta James
Lionel Hampton can do amazing things with a xylophone...errrrr...vibraphon e!
As for Bird you may want to try "The Savoy Recordings Vol.1" with a young Miles & Max Roach.
Also "Bird on Dial" has some classic stuff from the late 40's. Check out Birth of Bebop too- Dizzy Gillespie w/young Bird.
Tom Piazza's "Guide to classic recorded jazz" is a good resource and worth picking up.
good listening...
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Regarding Joe Pass I meant to recommend his 1973 album "Virtuoso" (of solo guitar). Just a beautiful collection of jazz standards.
Erowan- I once was a stage manager for a Bela Fleck show (with the classical bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin player Mike Marshall). Outstanding and unbelievable musicians!
He has reinvented the banjo.
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Kuri! you are kidding me! that is unreal..bela is incredible, and 'future man' does things with the alto sax i didn't think possible. I'm very jealous you were his stage manager once
Yep, that was a fun job. Woulda done it for free. One of the main benefits is sitting on the stage during he afternoon rehearsal/jam- as good as the concert
Future Man is the "drummer" in the Flecktones (and bassist Victor Wooten's brother). The sax player is Jeff Goffin I believe - and an excellent addition to the group.
And Phil Woods is a damn fine player. While in Japan I promoted some Ben Sidran albums Phil played on (Go Jazz label).
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Sorry, yes...I shouldn't have been posting last night in my state! Yeah, future man..the drummer with drums that look like an accordian. What the heck is that contraption anyway? It reminds of what Lewis and Gilbert have stapped on in Revenge of the Nerds. I actually DIDNT know the name of bela's sax player though..but he IS amazing. He was playing TWO saxes at the same time, playing one tune with the left hand different from what the right hand was playing. I can't draw a circle and square simultaneously with each hand.
I've seen Bela 4 times in concert. Twice he was solo, once with future man and Jeff, and once he was playing with and Indian 'tubla' (?) drummer who might have had the fastest hands I've ever seen.
I think 'flight of the cosmic hippo' is my favorite bela album. Do you recommend others?
Futureman's "drumitar" is basically one of those keyboards held like a guitar modified with midi pads to trigger sampled drum sounds. Cool innovation. He also plays other traditional percussion. Last time I saw them he played alot of cajon (literally a wooden box used in Cuban and other latin musics).
Check out some of Bela's non-Flecktone albums such as the "Tales from the Acoustic Planet" series, and his pre-Flecktones New Grass Revival-era stuff when he was redefining bluegrass with Tony Rice and others.
Tabla players are bad cats --which dovetails with Kaiser's interest in Bhangra.
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I too am a huge Bela Fleck fan. In fact, when my brother and I were young, we had a bluegrass act (I played guitar and my bro played banjo), and we opened for many great artists at a famous picking parlor called the Down Home Pickin' Parlor in Johnson City, TN. One of the great groups that we loved to open for and listen to into the wee hours was New Grass Revival, and one of the main reasons was that their banjoist, Bela Fleck, was phenomenal! In fact, he inspired my brother's whole banjo style.
I have seen them twice since he left that group and formed his own band, and I must agree that Victor Wooten has got to be the best damn bassist I have ever heard. He can do things on that 6 string bass that I can't even do on a classical guitar. Future Man was pretty cool too. I had really wanted to meet him after the show to see if he remembered me and my little brother.
What a progressive era that New Grass Revival ushered in for bluegrass and acoustic music in general. Have you heard another banjoist by the name of Alison Brown? She can hang with Bela for sure, and has often played with him as well. She and her husband (who plays bass) run a great little record label out of Nashville called Compass Records. http://www.compassrecords.com/index.html
Can you still pick some bluegrass tunes out on yer guitar?
we have GOT to get together & jam! Maybe I could make it for the fitness retreat next year and bring along my axe.
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(Alright, I know I'm going to catch hell for that - just kidding!). Try John Coltrane. There's a lot of compilation CDs of his work.
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