Acoustic Jazz Players
Mike LaFountain
newby to this group), but it wasn't really covered.
I would like to branch into acoustic jazz. Who should I listen to? Any book
suggestions? I'm not even sure of the style beyond knowing that I admire Leon
Redbone which I shudder to even guess if you can classify him as jazz.
Mike LaFountain
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Ade Waight
Haden and Pat Matheny.
Clay Moore
>
> After reading the FAQ... I know this is a real newby question (and I am a
> newby to this group), but it wasn't really covered.
>
> suggestions? I'm not even sure of the style beyond knowing that I admire Leon
> Redbone which I shudder to even guess if you can classify him as jazz.
You'll probably really dig Django Rheinhardt. I don't know specific
recordings to recommend, but any of the ones he did with Stephane
Grapelli will do for a start. Another suggestion are the duos of Gene
Bertoncini and Michael Moore. Gene plays nylon string acoustic. These
two suggestions are miles apart stylistically, but are both great
examples of acoustic jazz. BTW, most jazz without electric guitars is
"acoustic" - pianos, saxophones, trumpets, upright basses, and so on.
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David Moss
Clay Moore wrote...
> BTW, most jazz without electric guitars is "acoustic" -
> pianos, saxophones, trumpets, upright basses, and so on.
It seems to me that a lot of jazz WITH electric guitars is
"acoustic" too - in the sense that, the "classic jazz guitar
tone" sounds to me like an attempt to get as close as
possible to the tone of an acoustic guitar. I think maybe
through the 30s 40s 50s jazz guitarists were seeing
amplification mostly just as a volume thing, and they only
later started exploring and exploiting the unique sounds of
an electric guitar. So "acoustic guitar jazz" doesn't need
to be much different to Joe Pass' Virtuoso, for example.
I didn't read that anywhere, I thought it up myself, so it
could well be a load of crap.
Jeff Gower
LaFountain) wrote:
> I would like to branch into acoustic jazz. Who should I listen to?
You might be interested in checking out the guitarist links on my
Nylon-String Jazz Guitarists page at
http://www.jeffgower.com/nylon.html
There are some really excellent well-known and not-so-well-known players
there (email me for suggestions) that are straight jazz, fusion, pop,
Brazilian, you-name-it.
Enjoy,
Jeff
--
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New CD "Lakeside Drive" now available!
(hear mp3 samples of the CD at my website)
David C. Stephens
Mike LaFountain wrote:
> After reading the FAQ... I know this is a real newby question (and I am a
> newby to this group), but it wasn't really covered.
>
> I would like to branch into acoustic jazz. Who should I listen to? Any book
> suggestions? I'm not even sure of the style beyond knowing that I admire Leon
> Redbone which I shudder to even guess if you can classify him as jazz.
Earl Klugh plays a nice mix of acoustic jazz (light, but good). He's usually on
nylon strings, but sometimes uses various piezo equipped guitars and the
occasional steel string. Charlie Byrd plays full time on nylon string acoustic.
Charlie's bossa stuff from the sixties ("Brazilian Byrd") is quintessential for
that genre. Charlie also plays straight ahead style jazz.
I just purchased Bucky Pizzarelli's "April Kisses" CD that's entirely solo
7-string acoustic guitar. This is a particularly interesting album because it
highlights a bunch of "guitar" songs written by the early luminaries like Carl
Kress, Eddie Lan, Django Reinhardt, George Van Eps and Bucky himself. This is a
fine album, but I might recommend it more for the more experienced jazz guitar
aficionado.
Martin Taylor fronts a group called "Spirit of Django". MT plays incredible
acoustic guitar in the style of Django. Any album by Spirit of Django is great
listening. BTW, MT uses a Yamaha steel string flat top to great effect.
Michael Hedges was (RIP) a great innovator on acoustic guitar. His work is almost
unclassifiable, but I'd say it's as much jazz as anything else. He was really
into trying to create a mood or vibe that related to some theme or subject. This
is also is for the more advanced explorer.
My brother loves Leon Redbone and one of his favorite guitarists is Leo Koetke.
I'm not sure how to classify LK, but as a jazz guitar lover, I enjoy listening to
LK when I visit my brother.
Ciao,
Dave
JR.DUBUY
Mike LaFountain <m...@forelsystems.com> a écrit dans le message :
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> After reading the FAQ... I know this is a real newby question (and I am a
> newby to this group), but it wasn't really covered.
>
> I would like to branch into acoustic jazz. Who should I listen to? Any
book
> suggestions? I'm not even sure of the style beyond knowing that I admire
Leon
> Redbone which I shudder to even guess if you can classify him as jazz.
>
>
>
> Mike LaFountain
> mailto:m...@forelsystems.com
N0rman Stewart
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N0rman Stewart
impressed me.
I don't know about his recordings -- I don't know what to recommend
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Stephen G. Carl
TomLippinc
>suggestions? I'm not even sure of the style beyond knowing that I admire Leon
>
>Redbone which I shudder to even guess if you can classify him as jazz.
>
>
>
> Mike LaFountain
> mailto:m...@forelsystems.com
>
I'm wondering if what you ARE interested in is jazz. I'm not an expert on Leon
Redbone, but as far as I can tell, Redbone's style would probably be considered
ragtime or maybe blues as opposed to jazz.
Ragtime is an older style of music that was influential in the development of
early jazz. Scott Joplin's piano pieces such as "Maple Leaf Rag" are typically
the most commonly cited examples of ragtime music, but it's my (admittedly
shaky) understanding that there was a substantial amount of guitar oriented
music in this style (usually a little more blues influenced than Joplin). I'd
definitely consider doing a search for "ragtime guitar music" or something like
that. You might also look for older style blues guitar music as well; off the
top of my head I'm thinking of people like maybe Leadbelly or Blind Lemon
Jefferson. Some of the previous suggestions of stuff to listen to like Pat
Metheny, Ralph Towner, and John Abercrombie may have you scratching your head
if you're expecting something that sounds similar to Leon Redbone.
Also, I believe there is a company called Homespun Videos that sells
instructional videos of the styles I mentioned, and also I know that Mel Bay
has a pretty wide selection of both books and videos of this kind of stuff.
Tom Lippincott
N0rman Stewart
piedmont rag and blues that you might like. He'll even e-mail you back
himself. I think his CD is available at the site for less than the normal
17 or so USA dollars. From what I can tell, he does some of the most
faithful renditions of the style of the delta blues and plays "for-real"
piedmont rag stuff. I'd be interested in what you think.
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Clay Moore
>
> >I would like to branch into acoustic jazz. Who should I listen to? Any book
> >suggestions? I'm not even sure of the style beyond knowing that I admire Leon
> >
> >Redbone which I shudder to even guess if you can classify him as jazz.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike LaFountain
> > mailto:m...@forelsystems.com
> >
>
> I'm wondering if what you ARE interested in is jazz. I'm not an expert on Leon
> Redbone, but as far as I can tell, Redbone's style would probably be considered
> ragtime or maybe blues as opposed to jazz.
> Ragtime is an older style of music that was influential in the development of
> early jazz. Scott Joplin's piano pieces such as "Maple Leaf Rag" are typically
> the most commonly cited examples of ragtime music, but it's my (admittedly
> shaky) understanding that there was a substantial amount of guitar oriented
> music in this style (usually a little more blues influenced than Joplin). I'd
> definitely consider doing a search for "ragtime guitar music" or something like
> that. You might also look for older style blues guitar music as well; off the
> top of my head I'm thinking of people like maybe Leadbelly or Blind Lemon
> Jefferson.
A buddy of mine named Ernie Hawkins plays really good ragtime stuff, and
you may be able to find his records if you dig around. He apprenticed
with Rev. Gary Davis, who is kind of the father of ragtime guitar I
think. There are lots of guys who followed in this tradition, but I'm
not really up on it. If all else fails I could put anyone who's
interested in touch with Ernie. Other acoustic blues guys to check out
are Lightnin' Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb, both the real deal from down
here in Texas.
Paul Craig Sanwald
:
: A buddy of mine named Ernie Hawkins plays really good ragtime stuff, and
: you may be able to find his records if you dig around. He apprenticed
: with Rev. Gary Davis, who is kind of the father of ragtime guitar I
As far as ragtime goes: Duck Baker, Stefan Grossman, Blind Lemon
Jefferson, and Ton Van something or another are all great to listen
to as well. You can get a lot of good ragtime sheet music and CD's
through Stefan Grossman's guitar workshop, which is distributed by
Mel Bay.
--paul
Wolfe Axe
Jamie Findlay on various acoustic guitars. Real straight ahead acoustic jazz.
One of the best albums I have ever heard. Jamie is just great on this effort,
and the other guys are also.
You might also enjoy another of my recent big favorites: Voodoo Bop by
Astral Project from New Orleana, with Steve Masakowski on the acoustic/elec.
guitar.
Great album, AND Johnny Vidocavich's wonderful acoustic "street beat" drumming.
Jay Wolfe
Jay Wolfe, direct sales-Heritage (world's largest dealer), Godin, Holland,
Wechter, vintage & pre-owned guitars. Specializing in fine Archtops.
http://wolfeguitars.com
Robert Irwin
reincarnates, Romane, and Birelli Legren.
Bob Irwin
Check out Bob's Juke Box:
http://pages.prodigy.net/bobirwin/jukebox.htm
Jonathan Byrd
Look for Earl Klugh Trio, vol. 1. Go to amazon.com, they have sound
clips there. It has nice g/b/d versions of Days of Wine and Roses,
Night And Day, One Note Samba, and others. It's recorded clearly, and
the assessment above is right on, nice but doesn't go into anything
harmonically or rhythmically that is difficult to digest.
For a nice natural acoustic archtop sound, I like Joe Pass's Summer
Nights CD. Anouman and Douce Ambiance (two of Django's compositions)
kick butt in many respects, including sonically. Joe's playing an old
Epiphone Deluxe on that recording. I played a blonde Epi from the late
1930's once... it was surprisingly light and supple, with a deep, round
tone. It wasn't very loud, but it didn't take much effort to get it's
full volume out. It was hard to put it back in the case, but that kind
of dough cannot be found in my pockets. *sigh*
--
Jonathan Byrd Idaho State University
j...@isu.edu Pocatello, Idaho, USA
Pete Kerezman
Clay Moore wrote:
>A buddy of mine named Ernie Hawkins plays really good ragtime stuff, and
>you may be able to find his records if you dig around. He apprenticed
>with Rev. Gary Davis, who is kind of the father of ragtime guitar I
>think.
Blind Blake.
Texas Pete
Pete Kerezman (pete...@aol.com)
Kingsville, Texas
Mike LaFountain
me busy & broke for weeks & weeks!
Mike LaFountain
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Jim Kangas
beginning to See The Light" by David Grisman and Martin Taylor. The
songs are all classic and the mandolin lends an interesting sound.
m...@forelsystems.com (Mike LaFountain) wrote:
>After reading the FAQ... I know this is a real newby question (and I am a
>newby to this group), but it wasn't really covered.
>I would like to branch into acoustic jazz. Who should I listen to? Any book
Robert Irwin
Django"
Nothing to buy, and nothing to sell. Enjoy...
Bob Irwin
Hear Contemporary Django:
http://members.xoom.com/robertirwin/album01.html
Hear Bob's Album, Jazz Guitar:
http://members.xoom.com/robertirwin/album02.html