most compelling Jazz guitar album top 3
Dick Onstenk
Gang,
Many people "more or less" agree on the eternal Jazz CD top three. It had
"Kind of Blue" on one and "Giant Steps" on two and I forgot about number
three.
Suppose we were to make (granted, it's kind of pathetic and rather
pointless) a top three of Jazz guitar CDs, which ones would it be? You could
use any criterium like "best" or "important" or "compelling" "historic"or
"must hear" etc.
Maybe this has been done on this list earlier, but if that's the case I
haven't seen it.
Or is this one in the FAQ section?
Still, I am looking forward to finding out what you guys like best.
Dick
Tom Walls
If I respond first, what do I win?
Ahem. In no particular order:
Wes Montgomery "The Incredible Guitar of..." (Is this the name?)
Pat Martino "Live"
Django Reinhardt "Djangology 49" Some folks say the pre-war stuff is best, but
this is a sentimental favorite for me.
Runners-up: John McLaughlin "My Goal's Beyond" and "Inner Mounting Flame".
--
Tom Walls
the guy at the Temple of Zeus
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Joe Finn
Wes Montgomery The Incredible Jazz Guitar....
Pat Martino Footprints
Each of these records had a big effect on me. I used to record them on my
old A77 Revox and jam along with the playback, transcribe, emulate, imitate
and otherwise plagiarize the playing of these three heroes of mine. I still
like to listen to them. ...joe
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Tal Farlow - "Verve Jazz Masters 41"
Kenny Burrell - "Blue Bash"
-Bill
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Victor Magnani
Jim Hall - Live
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Runners up-
John Scofield - Shinola
Pat Metheny - hmmm,... Bright Size Life, PMG, First Circle, whatever
catches my fancy on a particular day.
Vic
Pat Smith
Jim Hall Live
Lenny Breau Velvet Touch Live
Howard Roberts HR is a Dirty Guitar Player
Wes Montgomery Smokin the Half Note
(couldn't do just 3)
Tom Jaffe
Wes-Full House (with Johnny Griffin)
George Benson-Blue Benson
Jazziz421
Wes- smokin at the half note
Howard Roberts- Color Him Funky
Jonathan Byrd
effect ...were they widely available near the time when they were
recorded?
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AnchorT
Smokin' at the Half Note - Wes
Joe Pass -Virtuoso
Footprints - Pat Martino (but somehow MY compelling copy has "Sunny"
from Live! tacked onto it. Remember this is a WISH list, right?)
todd in NYC
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1. Joe Pass - Virtuoso
2. Tuck Andress- Reckless Precision
3. Charlie Hunter - Ready ..Set ..Shango
runner-up: Jimmy Bruno - Burnin'
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Chris
wrote:
>Lenny Breau - "Minors Allowed"
Hi Bill.
Any idea where I can get this Lenny Breau cd? I have ten Breau albums
on cd but I don't think the one you list is available in that format
yet... Do you have it on Vinyl? Do you have a cd burner? *grin*
Chris, who has one track only from this album on a very noisy
cassette.
Bob Russell
tw...@cornell.edu wrote on 5/7/01 1:10 PM:
> If I respond first, what do I win?
>
> Ahem. In no particular order:
>
> Wes Montgomery "The Incredible Guitar of..." (Is this the name?)
> Pat Martino "Live"
> Django Reinhardt "Djangology 49" Some folks say the pre-war stuff is best, but
> this is a sentimental favorite for me.
>
> Runners-up: John McLaughlin "My Goal's Beyond" and "Inner Mounting Flame".
>
> --
> Tom Walls
> the guy at the Temple of Zeus
> http://www.arts.cornell.edu/zeus/
Wow, Tom! You got two of my top 3. I'd have picked Pat Martino "Live!" and
"Djangology 49" (to me, Django got even more amazing after he'd heard bop).
But I think I'd go with "Smokin' at the Half Note" for my third.
My alternate choices would be the Storyville stuff with Getz and Raney or
maybe Jim Hall Live...
-- Bob Russell
http://www.uncwil.edu/people/russellr
Davidguitar
3. Gene Bertoncini - Jobim
2. Gypsy Swing - Jimmy Rosenberg
David Moss
"Dick Onstenk" wrote...
> Suppose we were to make (granted, it's kind of pathetic and rather
> pointless) a top three of Jazz guitar CDs, which ones would it be?
Tom Lippincott - Painting The Slow Train Brown
Joey Goldstein - A Strange Little Tune
Kevin Van Sant - The Color Of Jazz
And my favorite book is "How To Make Friends And Influence People"...
Tom Walls
bobrus...@hotmail.com says...
I puzzled over which Wes, but I think I play "Incredible" the most. I have a
budget label LP of Wes' with an extended take of Impressions that I really
like too. I had to make reference to the Mahavishnu stuff; when I first heard
it, it was like, "Here's something entirely different you can do with jazz
guitar." I believe I'd already heard McLaughlin with Tony Williams' Lifetime
and maybe on "In A Silent Way", but he didn't really grab me right away.
--
Tom Walls
the guy at the Temple of Zeus
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Joey Goldstein
Hah. You got me when I first glanced at this. Good one.
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Peter Grey
Peter
William Barkin
by someone who is no longer around...my copy has gotten rather "thin" since
I use to listen to it all the time...it was on the Flying Fish label when it
was first produced...it's been out of print for a long time...I haven't had
any luck finding the LP used anywhere...
-Bill
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Unsung96
-Bill
Maybe Ernest Tubb Records in Nashville - no it's a not ajoke. They usually have
asome Buddy Emmons stuff.
Mark Kleinhaut
Ayuh...I'm known, afterall, in these here parts as "The Compellor".
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Peter Grey
vowels right, I forgot the "l".
Peter
Mark Kleinhaut
I didn't even notice!!!
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Jim Kangas
1. Joe Pass - Portraits of Ellington
2. Howard Roberts - The Real Howard Roberts
3. Barney Kessel - Soaring
Geez, I hate to leave out Wes, Jim Hall, George Barnes, Emily Remler,
Danny Gatton, Hank Garland, George Benson, Kenny Burrell...
Arrrggghh!!
-Jim
Holger Weber
Trio Pim Jacobs - Just Friends (with Dutch guitarist Wim Overgaauw)
Tony Lee And Friends ( with 17 years old Rodney Jones)
Harry Leahey - Silver Threads
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Paul Sanwald
Bill Frisell trio - live
Ben Monder - Excavation
Charlie Christian - Genius of
--paul
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Chris
Charlie Christian the Genius of the Electric Guitar up there ... does
he ever swing hard!
Ok, enough newsgroup reading ... I have an audition at Humber tomorrow
at 1 pm. *gasp* *shudder*
Funny, I sound much better out in the hallway before entering the
torture chamber, sitting in the hot seat, etc. *grin*
Anyway, wish me luck. :)
Chris
On Mon, 07 May 2001 15:58:35 GMT, "Dick Onstenk" <d.on...@chello.nl>
wrote:
Paul Craven
Chris wrote:
> Ok, enough newsgroup reading ... I have an audition at Humber tomorrow
> at 1 pm. *gasp* *shudder*
________________
Paul Craven
Tom Lippincott
Okay, thanks David, the check is in the mail.
Tom Lippincott
Guitarist, Composer, Teacher
audio samples, articles, CD's at:
http://www.tomlippincott.com
Thomas F Brown
Wes--Incredible Jazz Guitar of, or Smokin At the Half Note,
I can't pick between them.
CC live at Minton's, any version
any decent compliation on Django's Hot Club records
Tom Lippincott
>My favourite 3 beyond the obvious:
>
>Trio Pim Jacobs - Just Friends (with Dutch guitarist Wim Overgaauw)
>Tony Lee And Friends ( with 17 years old Rodney Jones)
>Harry Leahey - Silver Threads
>
hey, now THERE'S one I'll join in on: 3 cool records that not everyone here is
likely to have heard and/or heard of;
Bruce Dunlap; the Rhythm of Wings
Drew Gress' Jagged Sky; Heyday (Ben Monder on guitar)
Gary Thomas; Til We Have Faces (Pat Metheny on guitar)
David Moss
"Peter Grey" wrote...
> Mark Keinhaut's going to be pissed.
...to say nothing of Jimmy Bruno...
OK, to put the record straight - my collection of RMMGJers'
CDs includes Joey Goldstein's and Tom Lippincott's, as well as
Mark Kleinhaut's "Amphora" and "Secrets of Three", Rick
Stone's "Far East" and Joe Finn's "Straight Ahead", and
(it goes without saying) Jimmy Bruno's "Live At Birdland II".
I keep on coming back to all of those, for entertainment and
inspiration - a hell of a lot of talent around on this newsgroup.
Kevin Van Sant's and Clay Moore's CDs are on my shopping
list, and I sure hope Jack Zucker's going to get a CD out
sometime.
In fact, trying to figure out my favorite jazz guitar albums on
the basis of air time in my CD player, I think both Jimmy Bruno
and Mark Kleinhaut would be strong contenders for the top
three spots - my new-to-jazz girlfriend is getting to be a big fan
of "Secrets Of Three".
Dick Onstenk
Hi Holger,
Aha ... a Dutch Jazz conaisseur among us ... Wim Overgaauw!!!! Good choice
Holger, Wim was a great, great European Jazz guitar player. One of the best.
It's a pity he wasn't recorded more.
I love his playing too and own two CDs ("Collage" and "Blue Guitar").
I have that CD you mention on tape and it's great too.
Dick
Jimmy Bruno
Johnny Smith - "Moonlight in Vermont"
HOward Roberts - DIrty Guitar PLayer
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Joey Goldstein
Again. It never fails. What a great feeling. I'll have to pick up the
first of that series sometime.
Dick Onstenk wrote:
>
> Gang,
>
> Many people "more or less" agree on the eternal Jazz CD top three. It had
> "Kind of Blue" on one and "Giant Steps" on two and I forgot about number
> three.
>
> Suppose we were to make (granted, it's kind of pathetic and rather
> pointless) a top three of Jazz guitar CDs, which ones would it be? You could
> use any criterium like "best" or "important" or "compelling" "historic"or
> "must hear" etc.
>
> Maybe this has been done on this list earlier, but if that's the case I
> haven't seen it.
>
> Or is this one in the FAQ section?
>
> Still, I am looking forward to finding out what you guys like best.
>
> Dick
--
Mark Kleinhaut
This morning, for me, it was John McLaughlin "The Promise". It changes from
day to day...
Colin Cotter
style of any one of the tracks, and it would still be great. I particularly
like the muscular groove on 'Jazz Jungle'.
Mark Kleinhaut wrote:
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Ned Ramage
http://www.songwriter.com/bradshaw/prodlist.html
Look under Buddy Emmons. BTW... Buddy's Steel Guitar Jazz may not
qualify for this ng but it is some good straight ahead jazz.
Ned
On Tue, 8 May 2001 11:57:58 -0400, "William Barkin" <wba...@bcn.net>
William Barkin
-Bill
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Kevin Van Sant
<david...@ifia.fzk.de> wrote in message
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>OK, to put the record straight - my collection of RMMGJers'
>CDs includes Joey Goldstein's and Tom Lippincott's, as well as
>Mark Kleinhaut's "Amphora" and "Secrets of Three", Rick
>Stone's "Far East" and Joe Finn's "Straight Ahead", and
>(it goes without saying) Jimmy Bruno's "Live At Birdland II".
>I keep on coming back to all of those, for entertainment and
>inspiration - a hell of a lot of talent around on this newsgroup.
>Kevin Van Sant's and Clay Moore's CDs are on my shopping
>list, and I sure hope Jack Zucker's going to get a CD out
>sometime.
David, why don't you cross the border into Switzerland this summer and
get one from me in person at the Montreux fest? (by then I should
have two more to choose from too)
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>"Dick Onstenk" wrote...
>> Suppose we were to make (granted, it's kind of pathetic and rather
>> pointless) a top three of Jazz guitar CDs, which ones would it be?
For some reason ever since I switched to Road Runner I never see
Dick's posts except when they're quoted in replies like this one.
Anyway, didn't we just have a "10 best jazz guitarist" thread? now you
want to pare it down to 3?
I can't do it.
....well, thinking about it again, I guess it's fairly safe to say
that in terms of historical importance CC's "solo flight" and Wes'
"Incredible Jazz Guitar" are probably near consensus 1 & 2. #3 would
be harder, something from Django, Barney, Jim Hall? Bright Size
Life? Virtuoso 1?
Mike C.
think "The Promise" is a bit disjointed, but has some great playing and a
lot of excellent moments.
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unknown great: Garrison Fewell's "A Blue Deeper Than Blue". Great
straight-ahead playing with a touch of Martino and a touch of Breau
influence in it.
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skrohn
1) Live In Tokyo - Jimmy Raney
2) Jim Hall Live
3) Ed Bickert/Don Thompson Duo
Dick Onstenk wrote in message ...
>
>Gang,
>
>Many people "more or less" agree on the eternal Jazz CD top three. It had
>"Kind of Blue" on one and "Giant Steps" on two and I forgot about number
>three.
>
>Suppose we were to make (granted, it's kind of pathetic and rather
paul kirk
1. Ed Bickert/Don thompson
2. Jim Hall/Red Mitchell
3. Wes Montgomery Smoking at the half note.
Paul Kirk
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Dick Onstenk
Thanks for all the responses. I don't have all the albums mentioned here yet
so definitely some purchase leads (is that the opposite of sales leads?).
Here are three albums that I love myself:
1. Tal Farlow - The Swinging guitar of ..."
2. Wes Montgomery with Melvin Rhyne (any CD)
3. Rene Thomas - Guitar Groove
Dick
Masenas
Jernigan guitar/steel album.
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