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In Reply to: Partly but not always posted by andy evans on January 18, 2022 at 02:47:59:
Anyway, there are many examples of Emmanuel's playing that IMO display he's a helluva guitarist and very musical too. But of course different strokes....Atkins was obviously a damn fine player too, but I definitely would not say he's a fave of mine.
There are quite a few jazzers who kinda habitually play very fast lines. Some manage to do that and make the lines musical, interesting and surprising/unique. Others just basically regurgitate patterns they've shed and/or licks originated by others. Its true that there's more of the latter than the former and I lose interest in their playing fairly quickly - though sometimes I'm very impressed with their chops on the axe.
Hey, the very first saxophonist that made me wanna play alto was Johnny Hodges - obviously not a speed demon.
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- Dunno what to say if you can't relate to the Emmanuel ballad I linked. - Rick W 09:55:48 01/18/22 (15)
- Saxes and fast licks..... - andy evans 11:23:28 01/18/22 (14)
- Michael Brecker et. al - belyin 20:52:09 01/18/22 (13)
- To put it mildly, I disagree (long). - Rick W 09:39:46 01/19/22 (0)
- RE: Michael Brecker et. al - GEO 07:02:08 01/19/22 (0)
- Albert Ayler instead of Mike Brecker? - oldmkvi 06:50:26 01/19/22 (9)
- RE: Albert Ayler instead of Mike Brecker? - belyin 22:27:29 01/19/22 (8)
- Separating the person from the recordings - andy evans 03:16:08 01/20/22 (2)
- "Deal with it". LOL. Not much of a problem. nt - Rick W 13:33:05 01/20/22 (0)
- RE: Separating the person from the recordings - belyin 10:31:51 01/20/22 (0)
- LOL. Amusing put down of Mike. So how about a few names of the iconoclast musicians you like - for context. - Rick W 23:06:48 01/19/22 (4)
- RE: Fair Enough - belyin 10:10:07 01/20/22 (3)
- You're wrong. Our perspectives are very similar. - Rick W 10:27:09 01/20/22 (2)
- RE: You're wrong. Our perspectives are very similar. - belyin 11:15:45 01/20/22 (1)
- Our views re: Brecker are different but I think we're basically on the same page. nt - Rick W 13:54:23 01/20/22 (0)
- Really interesting assessment - thanks! - andy evans 23:53:42 01/18/22 (0)