... actually ... What did you listen to Benson playing? Yeah, you've said you are a fan of rogers and he is a pick evry note guy...Anyway, if you dont like...
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njmowatt
Feb 1, 2005 11:35 am
I use several types of picks. Mainly I use picks that I make myself out of exotic woods like ebony and coco bolo. I use to use the Dunlop little stubbies (3.0...
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Alisdair MacRae-Birch
akmbirch
Feb 1, 2005 11:36 am
There is much I could say about swing timing and my adventures with it. As many of you know much of my thoughts about swing timing came about as a result of...
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Will
will_halligan
Feb 1, 2005 11:44 am
I have several Hofners and would love to get some feedback to them. I sold my Verythin because under stage lighting the fingerboard dots became invisible -...
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jazz_guitar@yahoogrou...
Feb 1, 2005 12:02 pm
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skantzos1
Feb 1, 2005 12:39 pm
Hi all, I read Alisdair's article on swing timing. I always thought that swing 8ths were between shuffle 8ths and straight 8ths. In the article it says that...
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Jack A. Zucker
jackzucker2000
Feb 1, 2005 3:59 pm
... Don't tell Jimmy Bruno he doesn't swing when he uses sweep picking! :-) Lots of guitarists including myself, Benson, Jimmy Bruno, Paul Bollenback, Dave...
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Jack A. Zucker
jackzucker2000
Feb 1, 2005 3:59 pm
... because of the ... the older ... I will give your feedback to Hofner. Regarding your contention that the new verythin is pretty much a 335, I don't agree....
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Jack A. Zucker
jackzucker2000
Feb 1, 2005 4:00 pm
... swing ... I have not studied swing to the extent that Alisdair has but my simplistic interpretation is that swing 8ths are based on a triplet with the...
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kuboken1
Feb 1, 2005 4:00 pm
... The ones on your site. I also have a lot of Benson CDs... ... note ... You're right, there are many pick-every-note players I like. I like Mike Stern too....
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Donnie Loeffler
morebebop
Feb 1, 2005 4:22 pm
Hi YJJG, I recently purchased a 2004 Hofner "new president" model; it's the best archtop I've ever played. I own a 1966 Guild Artist Award, 1964 Gibson...
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Jack A. Zucker
jackzucker2000
Feb 1, 2005 5:13 pm
... <morebebop@y...> wrote: I don't know if the finish ... it doesn't ruin the acoustic vibration on the top woods! Hofner uses Nitro lacquer. I'm not so...
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andreasobergsweden
andreasoberg...
Feb 1, 2005 5:14 pm
Thanks guys!The song based on the chords from Cherokee is one of my own compositions. I just did a NYC-tour in January but hopefully I'll be back in the states...
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jeff29_b
Feb 1, 2005 7:04 pm
... Richard, I was wondering if I could get your take on some of the funk and r&b guitarists. Some of these guys have incredible rhythm chops. Can you play in...
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jeff29_b
Feb 1, 2005 7:11 pm
... It is interesting that people mention Bird, because I thought he had a style of swing that was a bit of transition from swing to bebop. Does he really...
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sonomatips
Feb 1, 2005 7:18 pm
I would say that it is Benson's note choices you are reacting to, Ken. He tends to get carried away with the pentatonics at times... not very subtle. ... ...
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Jack A. Zucker
jackzucker2000
Feb 1, 2005 7:52 pm
... Agreed. Have you heard Rodney Jones? Same basic time feel and approach but with more of McCoy Tyner's harmonic sense in terms of 4ths, 5ths, etc. The other...
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kuboken1
Feb 1, 2005 8:02 pm
... Yeah, I saw a whole set of his live show on BET a while back, plus I listened to a bunch of clips... Again, I don't know what it is, but I just didn't dig...
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jeff29_b
Feb 1, 2005 8:03 pm
... I haven't heard enought Benson to comment. I have cookbook and that didn't do it for me. But I also had the album with Hancock, Carter and Benson. And...
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kuboken1
Feb 1, 2005 8:19 pm
... That's him at his best! I wouldn't call 1967 later works... I'm talking about some stuff he did in the 70s and after. I haven't heard it all though, so I...
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Jack A. Zucker
jackzucker2000
Feb 1, 2005 8:46 pm
... and ... really ... that ... I can't listen to him for long but not because of that. His intensity is just so great that it's fatiguing to listen for too ...
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kuboken1
Feb 1, 2005 9:02 pm
... That's right! That's exactly it (at least partially). I can listen to Brecker forever, but Liebman can get fatiguing... It's like trying to drink water...
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Sean Williams
scanz777
Feb 1, 2005 9:28 pm
Myles, I sent you an email outside the group. Question, what direction are you going in that made you decide to part ways with these CDs? ===== Sean Williams ...
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kuboken1
Feb 1, 2005 9:48 pm
... his ... those ... Reminds me of Question and Answer bridge... On Like Minds, the world's greatest improvisors all sound like they can't wait to get back to...
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Jack A. Zucker
jackzucker2000
Feb 1, 2005 9:58 pm
... his ... those ... Yeah, I'm only just beginning to be able to creatively use triads over the bridge, LOL! Metheny's playing mostly arpeggios on it too... I...
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Jack A. Zucker
jackzucker2000
Feb 1, 2005 10:00 pm
... Come to think of it, Metheny does use the dotted quarter-note bridge as a device on several tunes. It's a tricky feel. Only recently did I start feeling it...
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sstechel
Feb 1, 2005 10:13 pm
I live in the Pasadena Sierra Madre area and am wondering if there is anyone interested in getting together and playing some tunes and trading solos together? ...
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Richard Bornman
richardbornman
Feb 2, 2005 2:28 am
... like ... fact ... background ... you know the old saying about how a "former member of a "club" has 10 times the vitriol reserved for that club than...
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Richard Bornman
richardbornman
Feb 2, 2005 3:03 am
... funk ... chops. ... comping ... It helps for general time skills if you ask me. Copping that funk thing helps for learning about getting something to feel...
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kuboken1
Feb 2, 2005 4:23 am
... Well, I do dig late Trane, Ornette, Dolphy, Ayler, Zorn, Berne... if these guys aren't wearing their hearts on their sleeves, I don't know who is. There...
