Re: Evgeny Pobozhiy, Russian Prodigy, Wins International Jazz Guitar Competition : NPR
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Peter,
Yea, nice to see things picking up here again. I think a bunch of the more contemporary guys have their signature sound (Metheny, Stern, Scofield, et al) where the older cats were playing music that was more similar so they had to develop their own voice within the music. They also didn't have access to all the effects the newer guys have now. Scofield's sound is not just an "amp thing", I don't think, but how he uses the effects in his signal chain, etc. Another of those guys I really dig (and am friendly with) is Steve Khan, who is pretty much recognizable all the time. Steve is the dominant guitar voice in Latin jazz these days.?
I like all those cats; the ones that don't really move me are the Ben Monder and Adam Rogers types; great players but something seems to be lacking, perhaps because they're coming from somewhere else. Same thing with Rosenwinkel and Julian Lage. All the best!
Cheers,
JV
Juan Vega
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Subject: Re: [Jazz-Guitar] Evgeny Pobozhiy, Russian Prodigy, Wins International Jazz Guitar Competition : NPR
Juan - fun to be back chewing the fat a bit. Certainly part (most?) of it is simply the type of music that my ears grew to appreciate at an early and eager age. I never got there with this vein of jazz (Metheny, Scofield, etc.) - perhaps if that had been my early exposure I would appreciate it more.? It just bothers me a bit these days when someone asks what I do, and then what kind of music I play and I hesitate to just leave it at saying 'jazz guitar' - because it does't say much. One kid said - oh like Django Reinhardt?? I said I love Django, but really don't play that style.? ???The other thing I would say that sets those old guys apart is their (again to my biased ears) unmistakable "voice". For example Birelli Lagrene is a tremendous player. He can seemingly match the sound of anybody. What does he sound like?? I'll grant you I know Scofield when I hear him....but that's an amplifier setting thing.? On Kessel - he gets that rap a lot - he was generally at his tastiest and cleanest in the 50s. "Kessel Plays Standards Vol 2" was my first jazz love. He did great work with Billie Holiday in those days too.
Peter Crist
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