On Nov 28, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Zeek Duff wrote:
On Nov 28, 2010, at 9:06 AM, jazz_guitar@... wrote:
3h. Re: John Scofield in GP Magazine
Posted by: "keithfre" keith.freeman@... keithfre
Date: Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:35 am ((PST))
Larry Carlton, who is every bit Scofield's equal on the instrument
But I've never heard him play anything I'd call jazz ;-}
Go back and listen to some of the stuff he played with the Jazz
Crusaders if you're expecting a more "mainstream" or "old school"
genre. He's BTDT, and moved on to his own thing. One thing I'll say
in passing, I've never heard Carlton playing anything that wasn't
tasty, never inappropriate, and I've only heard a few things of Sco's
even worth listening to. His attitude reminds me of Mike
Bloomfield's; when he put out an album of out of tune cuts, he
rationalized it by saying "That's just how I felt that day."
Bullshit. :) Carlton always tells a story, and that's what I aspire
to do too, always have.
Hey Zeek, I didn't hear Sco's attitude in the source of this thread
but I have a few of his videos and he definitely can come off like
he's made it into the click and you haven't. I never liked his tone
and only some of his playing. Heard Sco trounce Carlton on some live
thing but I still lean in Carlton's direction as someone who wears
his awesomeness well. Sco's playing is a little smeary for my tastes.
There is a small difference between his legato playing and someone
like Metheny who does it very well and could play everything in
alternate picking if he wanted to. Sco can't do that. I'm not saying
it would be musical to play that way, but it's a nice part of the kit
to have.
Ron
Living and playing outside the box.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
