I'm a big fan of Bruno's playing . I have analyzed some of his solos
and I am blown away by how cool they are. I also agree with Steve's
comments above regarding the "simple" approach. Joe Pass echos many of
the same ideas as Bruno and I apply this to my approach and analysis
as well.
It's a shame he did not get mentioned, but don't all these list leave
you disappointed?
--- In jazz_guitar@y..., "Ilkov, Alen" <alen@c...> wrote:
Practice is an interesting subject when you raise it with
accomplished
musicians. I just came back from jazz residency at Stanford,
attended Pat
Martino classes and found out that he doesn't practice any more. And
he also
messed up a couple of times when showing examples - but who cares!
At the
concert on Monday he didn't mess up once and that's what counts.
Phil Woods, a great alto player, was there and he doesn't practice.
Bruce
Forman was there, loved his playing, but he also messed up - so did
John
Stowell. Just shows they are human.
This doesn't mean that you are wrong to feel thas way about Jimmy,
just
playing devil's advocate here. I was kind of surprised too to hear
that when
you get on a certain level, you don't need to practice nearly as
much.
Alen
-----Original Message-----
From: jazzgtr85@a...
To: jazz_guitar@y...
Sent: 8/13/01 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [jazz_guitar] Re: Jimmy Bruno and Downbeat
I have seen and taken numerous classes with jimmy and his approach
and
view
is soo black and white and offensive to me. His views on pat
metheny
made me
want to scream! Jimmy Bruno feels threatened by the thought of
music at
a
new level. I used to love him..... then i just started to see a lot
of
shallowness in his playing. Im sorry if im being to blunt here...
but
these
are my feelings. His technique has suffered greatly also... i asked
what he
prctices to keep in shape... he replied " well, i dont feel the need
to
practice anymore". It was really evident when he was showing us
scales.
He
would also play an exercise as fast as he could just to impress the
class.
He kept messing up! Not everyone is perfect, but thats why theres
practice!
anyone else agree??
hit me back!
-jack
