Alexatpos, very nice posts recently; thank you.
I particularly enjoyed the Billy Bean posts. As you point out, Bean is a little known guitarists to most jazz lovers, but a local legend in the Northeast USA area. Wonderful player with a beautifully fluid style who was part of the Philadelphia scene where he served to be one of the great and fellow Philadelphian Pat Martino's influences. To Learfool's post: most major cities or major metropolitan areas in the USA have always had a local jazz guru who many of the famous players have gone to in order to study with them. In Philadelphia it was Dennis Sandole, a guitarist who players like Bean and even John Coltrane went to. The great Pat Martino:
[URL]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cyqJwJzGB0g[/URL]
One of the most interesting stories in all of jazz lore. Pat Martino suffered a brain aneurysm late in his careerand lost much of his memory and actually had to relearn to play the guitar by listening to his own recordings and studying with the students that he had taught.. Amazing individual and considered one of the very greatest by guitar players.
Also enjoyed the Curtis Amy clips, very good player, but I don't consider him, or Dupree, have been (Bean? 😉) top tier players. I agree with Alex that many of these players deserve more recognition and its a shame that they are forgotten, but I will stick to my contention that with a few notable exceptions (Bean) most of the "forgotten" players are forgotten for a reason.
Alex's Hot Club Jazz clips take me back to moto_man's recent post re Lionel Hampton. He was discussed early in this thread. One of my very favorite clips from that era on all of YouTube and one that brings a little humor to several of the "Hot" topics of the thread:
[URL]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YsJScuVa_HI[URL]
Jafant, haven't heard them yet, but I would be on the lookout for Peter Erskine's "Dr Um"; new for 2016.
I particularly enjoyed the Billy Bean posts. As you point out, Bean is a little known guitarists to most jazz lovers, but a local legend in the Northeast USA area. Wonderful player with a beautifully fluid style who was part of the Philadelphia scene where he served to be one of the great and fellow Philadelphian Pat Martino's influences. To Learfool's post: most major cities or major metropolitan areas in the USA have always had a local jazz guru who many of the famous players have gone to in order to study with them. In Philadelphia it was Dennis Sandole, a guitarist who players like Bean and even John Coltrane went to. The great Pat Martino:
[URL]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cyqJwJzGB0g[/URL]
One of the most interesting stories in all of jazz lore. Pat Martino suffered a brain aneurysm late in his careerand lost much of his memory and actually had to relearn to play the guitar by listening to his own recordings and studying with the students that he had taught.. Amazing individual and considered one of the very greatest by guitar players.
Also enjoyed the Curtis Amy clips, very good player, but I don't consider him, or Dupree, have been (Bean? 😉) top tier players. I agree with Alex that many of these players deserve more recognition and its a shame that they are forgotten, but I will stick to my contention that with a few notable exceptions (Bean) most of the "forgotten" players are forgotten for a reason.
Alex's Hot Club Jazz clips take me back to moto_man's recent post re Lionel Hampton. He was discussed early in this thread. One of my very favorite clips from that era on all of YouTube and one that brings a little humor to several of the "Hot" topics of the thread:
[URL]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YsJScuVa_HI[URL]
Jafant, haven't heard them yet, but I would be on the lookout for Peter Erskine's "Dr Um"; new for 2016.