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nylenny
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 Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject: Blues Influenced Jazz Players |
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| When you think of blues influenced players, Wes, Kenny Burrell, Grant Greene, and George Benson immediately come to mind. Who are your favorite blues-influenced players? |
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woland99
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Ummm... John Scofield. Perhaps - I have bunch of his albums with Medeski
Martin & Wood and he can be quite funky. Charlie Christian - of course.
Herb Ellis had a great blues album "Nothing But the Blues". And myself.
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nylenny
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| Here's a few more to check out: Mark Whitfield, Henry Johnson, and Joe Pass. |
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Brad Kinder
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:34 am Post subject: |
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Bobby Broom is another great player. Check out "The Deep Blue Organ Trio". I believe Henry Johnson has recorded with these guys also.
A few more that I like a lot.. Gatemouth Brown, Alex Schultz, Danny Caron, Billy Butler, Oscar Moore (Nat Cole Trio) and Johnny Moore(Charles Brown) |
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woland99
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Brad Kinder wrote: |
A few more that I like a lot.. Gatemouth Brown |
Gatemouth was great. Heard him several times here in Austin in last
years of his life. Very beautiful sounding band - round, full and LOUD.
It breaks my heart thinking how Katrina robbed that man of his entire
life - destroyed his house and washed away all his instruments and all
memorabilia from his career. He moved to Austin after that and I emailed
his manager telling him that I owned one of his old stage guitars (HB35)
and I would gladly give it to him along with custom shop Firebird I had at
that time - just so he can keep playing. Three days later Gatemouth died.
Last time I heard about him it was after a storm in Gulf flooded the
cemetary on the coast and took his coffin away. Did they ever find him? |
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Brad Kinder
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Yep you couldn't beat Gatemouth for big band swinging blues. He was a genius. I heard about the flood when it happened but don't know what came of it. That's amazing you have one of his guitars...is that the Washburn 335? |
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woland99
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| Brad Kinder wrote: | | Yep you couldn't beat Gatemouth for big band swinging blues. He was a genius. I heard about the flood when it happened but don't know what came of it. That's amazing you have one of his guitars...is that the Washburn 335? |
Yes Washburn HB35. I have seen an old Washburn add with Gatemouth
holding his HB32 with broken off tone switch. That is the guitar I have.
Bought it from an owner of music shop in Louisiana who traded violin with
Gatemouth for that guitar. When Gatemouth was playing in Pflugerville
I asked him between sets about that story and he confirmed it. Guitar
has a lot of miles on it - it plays well but pots are a bit scratchy. |
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