Jazz for aficionados

After my discovery of Pat Martino guitar very impressive original improvising pulsating chords in fired  creativity, thanks to frogman advice; now a masterful craftsman  of subtle tone hues and melody, Johnny Smith... With Grant Green and Martino in my favorite artists list together...

I am in heaven...

Carmen Gomes Inc. Ray!

In making this album, Peter Bjørnild (bassist) writes, "We quickly realized that we did not want to make a tribute album. Rather we would pay our respects to Ray by following the advice Ray gave to Willie Nelson at a recording session: ’Don’t think about how anybody else does it, just do it the way that YOU feel it.’ So we took the songs back to their bare essentials, tried to hear them as if they had just been written and in so doing making them our own."

And a fresh sound they indeed deliver. This is their music, with a nod to the master here and there. Never over-produced, always respecting each other, the musicians find a nice balance of supporting each other, challenging each other, complementing each other, never stepping on one another.

The song that I most enjoyed on my first listen was "CC Rider" by Ma Rainey and Lena Arant (circa 1924, also known as "See See Rider Blues"). As Bjørnild comments in the liner notes, "Here Tettero’s guitar is the 2nd protagonist in this story of a love affair taking a wrong turn. The guitar is of equal importance to Gomes’ voice, it’s the CC Rider Carmen is singing about. Listen how they keep on challenging each other yet never get in each other’s way. That kind of communication and musical empathy is a rare find."

A rare find indeed. And a rare treat to hear. https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/music-reviews/carmen-gomes-ray/

3 of America's best Musical Greats .

My dear @mahgister, I had no idea you could swing like that! Ever been to Kansas City, MO or St. Louis, MO?

Alas! I never has been...

To be frank i only travelled by reading books...

My work schedule was heavy and i never had the money to spend to travel...I bought too many thousand books... I paid my house in short number of years because of that instead of travels expanse...I never had debt in all my life...

In music i like musician most than the genre in which they play...

I dont like heavy metal for example but nevermind i even discovered great musician there...

Then when i speak about music here it is not so much about jazz but mostly about a specfic jazz musician...

Jonnhy Smith is a great guitarist never mind the genre in which he play...

My dear @mahgister, I had no idea you could swing like that! Ever been to Kansas City, MO or St. Louis, MO?