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bagman67
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Very nice choices, Glimmer - I'm a big fan of Joscho Stepan, Dorado Schmitt, all those gypsy jazz dudes. What tremendous rhythm chops and single-note precision those guys have. Mindblowing.
And of course Tommy Emmanuel blows minds all over the world.
The Mickey Baker is new to me, but worth following up on. Thanks for sharing.
And of course Tommy Emmanuel blows minds all over the world.
The Mickey Baker is new to me, but worth following up on. Thanks for sharing.
Glimmer
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I agree w/your comments Bagman67. Those JS and TE pieces are a couple of my favs. As for Mickey Baker, he's definitely worth looking into. His story is an interesting one (remember his work in Mickey and Sylvia?). In addition to what he did in that duo and being a sought-after session player, he wrote a couple of jazz guitar books that have become classics.
Here's a M&S promo shot:
And their big hit:
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Here's a M&S promo shot:
And their big hit:
[youtube]KpEA5QGYJFQ[/youtube]
Glimmer
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Baker says he got the idea to form the duo after seeing how popular LP and MF were. He had previously worked as a jazz guitarist but felt he'd never be able to make a living at it so moved over to R&B + session work. M & S split after just a few years and Baker moved to France where he lived out the last 50 years of his life, dying in 2012. Here's his obit from the NYT.
And here's another fav from M & S:
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And here's another fav from M & S:
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Glimmer
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One more thing, the first tune I linked to, "Baia," is an old Brazilian tune by Ary Barroso (who also wrote the song "Brazil") that's been covered 100s of times. Even Bing Crosby did a version. The record it's from is called The Wildest Guitar which has several interesting / funny / strange reworkings of jazz standards ("Night and Day," "Autumn Leaves," "Gloomy Sunday") done in a proto-surf vein (this was 1959), as are the rest of the tunes on the record. As you can see from the cover, he was an early adoptor of the offset guitar:
Here's a link to a youtube playlist if you'd like to check it out.
Here's a link to a youtube playlist if you'd like to check it out.
stratamania
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Senor Mouse, love the rythyms in this.
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[youtube]5P25itL5ZfE[/youtube]
Wizard of Wailing
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I've been watching a ton of these videos of Greg Koch playing overpriced Fender Custom Shop guitars. For some reason, I'm addicted. I guess I can no longer make fun of my daughter for watching other people playing video games on You Tube. I did get an idea for my newest build from these videos though.
https://youtu.be/Q1WcOAYg8iw
https://youtu.be/Q1WcOAYg8iw