Jazz for aficionados
@stuartk,What’s that story about Charlie Parker? He’d go into a diner and play Hank Williams Sr’s music/songs on one of those old booth table top record players over, and over and over. He called it (white man’s) blues. A prime example of an audiophile if you ask me? |
@stuartk, My computer is being fixed and I'm using my wife's. I can't find how to find PMs on here. I'm starting my writing day. If I have time and energy later, I'll poke around some more. But that's why I'm not answering. I like that cut by Charles Lloyd. I'll Qobuz him and look through my collection. I might even have a recording or two. Yes. I was lucky in many ways when I grew up. Once I received a college degree, I didn't really have to sweat finding a job. I ended up in complicated high-tech sales and was able to make a decent living. A couple of other little addendums: I saw Benny Goodman play at Disneyland but I was too young and ignorant to appreciate him. When I went to my father's AFLCIO union picnics I sat at Pete Seager's feet as he played. I went to Shelly's Manhole before I could appreciate it. And I grew up with jazz around the house. I remember Ella Fitzgerald sings Gershwin. @tyray, I think Django got a couple of fingers of his left hand shot off during WWII. Another thing that makes him amazing. If you watch Richie Havens in that Woodstock film he plays with one finger barring the fret board. I have no idea how he tuned the damn thing. Maybe @stuartk does. Also, Ry Cooder uses a bottleneck, which I guess is like one finger. I have always loved Ry Cooder. He's one of the few musicians whose guitar I recognize without having been told it's him. Same with Stevie Wonder's harmonica. He makes a very distinctive sound. A sentence diversion: I have most of Stevie Wonders albums. |
I believe Django damaged his fingers in a fire. Richie Havens was playing in an open tuning. Don’t know which one, offhand. As the open strings in that tuning produced a major triad, he was able to play major triads up and down the neck by barreing. . Playing minor triads is not nearly as easy, although completely do-able with a bit of practice. I don’t know whether Havens never learned or whether it was a musical preference but at times he would cover songs that included minor triads (as originally written) and play them with all major triads. BTW, his extended Woodstock performance of "Freedom" was made up on the spot, because the next scheduled act was not ready to go on and the festival organizers asked him to play more after his set was finished. Turned out to be one of the highlights! Ry Cooder has used open tunings a lot and not just for slide. He’s often played rhythm parts in open D. He also occasionally used a 6 string bass to play rhythm parts! Open tunings can be a lot of fun. BTW, Dylan wrote/played most if not all the songs on Blood On the Tracks in open D. I will reconstitute the list I sent you via PM here, once I get back from walking the dog. |
This covers a wide range. A few aren’t solely acoustic but all clearly draw from acoustic genres. Instrumental: Strength in Numbers: Telluride Sessions Douglas, Meyer, Barenberg: Skip, Hop and Wobble Daryl Anger, Mike Marshall: Woodshop Tony Rice Unit: Devlin Chris Thile: Not All Who Wander Are Lost Celtic "plus": Solas: The Words that Remain Mick McCauley and Winifred Horan: Serenade (Horan is a very accomplished, Classically trained violinist/fiddler) Bluegrass "plus": Newgrass Revival: Hold to a Dream Sarah Jarosz: Sarah Jarosz Peter Rowan, Tony Rice: Quartet Stray Birds: Magic Fire Steel Wheels: Live at Goose Creek Old Timey + Jazz Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys: Ionia Folk "plus" : Birds of Chicago : Live from Space Aoife ’O Donovan: In the Magic Hour (really uncategorizable -- strong Classical influence) Bluegrass + Jamband: Railroad Earth: Last of the Outlaws (check out the suite-like middle portion) My categories are loose. There may be much here you don’t like. Taste is so subjective. But start with the first group and also check out Edgar Meyer and Mark ’O Connor discographies for more Classically inclined genre mash-ups. Check out Bela Fleck for Jazzier forays. Jerry Douglas solo recordings go in various stylistic directions. Jazz is by no means a constant factor but does show up here and there. Perhaps you will find one or two titles that draw you into deeper explorations. Thanks to our fellow jazz thread regulars for indulging us, here. |
