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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 7, 2020 5:16:03 GMT -6
So, you think you can swing, George gets his swing on about 30-45 seconds in!
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Post by ericn on Oct 7, 2020 16:13:17 GMT -6
Talent is talent no matter what. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Ward on Oct 10, 2020 11:02:29 GMT -6
Yes, talent is unquestionable from his polyphonic harmony to passing tones and chromatc walking. Beautiful.
But what really knocks it out of the park? His tone!! Don't see many National hollowbodies in Jazz guitar, and I think that's what it is . . . and playing with both pickups? Delicious!!
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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 10, 2020 11:34:42 GMT -6
When he swings, his guitar playing sings: so alive, must have been wild hearing him live in a small club with a trio or quartet!
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Post by Mister Chase on Oct 11, 2020 20:59:35 GMT -6
One of my jazz guitar teachers, Steve Herberman, pretty much worships at the alter of G.V.E. He took the time to actually go through all of Georges "Harmonic Mechanism's" books, and it shows. My favorite jazz guitarist ever, Barry Galbraith, was a big fan of the "mechanisms". No one on the planet was really like G.V.E. Who also happened to hold the Guinness book of world records record for the smallest working steam engine. He was quite a machinist, I hear. He made the ever popular string dampers so many jazzers used in the 50s.
Love this track here.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2020 5:41:38 GMT -6
It's always good to hear about new fans for George Van Eps. While your typical rockstar guitarist thrashes around like he's got a spider in his britches, George just sat there calmly and played like the master he was.
I've often thought about picking up a 7-string archtop, but then I listen to George (or Bucky Pizzarelli) and I realize that I should just try to get better with 6.
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