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Ray, you said:

"I don't mean to demean Bruno in any way,"

'the impression that Bruno could hang with someone like Robert Conti
without sounding strained'

Could you please explain these statements?

DR

I never thought I would ever be mentioned in a title with Jimmy Bruno!

The strained sound I speak of is that tense, almost flurried sound when
the edge of one's ability is reached. That wee bit of sloppiness of
being behind the beat, but not intentionally. Not including Django, I
think Chuck Wayne would among the first really stunning jazz virtuoso's
that just sounded utterly relaxed. Then you've got guys like Martino,
Conti, and to my ears Clint Strong, who really stand out as just being
stunning players who really take my breath away. When John posted the
following:

"Jimmy Bruno also has a
lightening speed with super tone .. there are no young
players with that kind of nimble virtuosity and that
tone .. why? becuaser tone comes with years"

I was in the mindset of thinking of who I might substitute in place of
Jimmy Bruno in that statement, nothing more. I've been in Philly a
couple of times, but have unfortunately not been there when Bruno was
playing. I hope to see him live one of these days, he is a great guitarist.

Ray

DAVID RUDICK wrote:

I agree with DR. How can ANYONE think Conti is any better than Bruno. Conti plays the SAME thing over and over and over. I think he does the Johnny Smith thing in EVERY song. It is sickening! There is no imagination there, he has played for years and has developed his own licks over given progressions, but he uses the same ones in all of his tunes. I have reservations for Bruno also, but Bruno is WAY ahead of Conti in my opinion.

JIM HALL IS THE MAN!

But, you know what they say about opinions.

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Ray, you said:

"I don't mean to demean Bruno in any way,"

'the impression that Bruno could hang with someone like Robert Conti
without sounding strained'

Could you please explain these statements?

DR

awseyler@... wrote:

I agree with DR. How can ANYONE think Conti is any better than Bruno. Conti plays the SAME thing over and over and over. I think he does the Johnny Smith thing in EVERY song. It is sickening! There is no imagination there, he has played for years and has developed his own licks over given progressions, but he uses the same ones in all of his tunes. I have reservations for Bruno also, but Bruno is WAY ahead of Conti in my opinion.

Bruno may certainly be more musical to some ears, but the point I was making focused more on raw chops. As it was stated:

"Jimmy Bruno also has a
lightening speed with super tone .. there are no young
players with that kind of nimble virtuosity and that
tone .. why? becuaser tone comes with years"

I just think Bruno takes tunes a little too fast at times, it has nothing to do with who is necessarily "better". Bruno could notch it back a hair on tempo and sound so much more relaxed on fast tunes. Perhaps Conti is too staged, but the chops are insane. I saw the label "lightening speed" and thought, so there must also be a super-lightening and a super-duper-lightening. Just my thoughts at that moment. Amazing chops come easy for those few who have a gift to exploit. The rest have to work really hard to get to develop that "nimble virtousity".

Ray