How fvcking cool is that? I absolutely love jazz fiddle and it seems that no one really plays like that anymore, or that no one ever really played like that since WW2. If there are "modern acts" (post WW2) that made a record using jazz fiddle I'd love to hear it and own it. I've heard of Django Reinhardt before, but not of this band.
Speaking of great guitarists, here's something I found just now:
...are the jazz fiddlers besides Jean Luc Ponty. You might want to try Tim Kliphuis or Didier Lockwood. Two of Lockwood's efforts are Storyboard and A Tribute to (Stephane) Grapelli. It's possible Joe Venuti did something later in his life, but I can't verify that.
Okay, that attachment worked about as well as a bible in a crackhouse...
...anyway just search YouTube for Didier Lockwood and you should get some hits.
08-11-2006, 05:30 AM
Resident Loser
I believe...
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Originally Posted by 3-LockBox
How fvcking cool is that? I absolutely love jazz fiddle and it seems that no one really plays like that anymore, or that no one ever really played like that since WW2. If there are "modern acts" (post WW2) that made a record using jazz fiddle I'd love to hear it and own it. I've heard of Django Reinhardt before, but not of this band.
Speaking of great guitarists, here's something I found just now:
Stephane Grapelli (the violinist in the clip) continued to record that style of jazz up until his death in '97...Django died much earlier (early 50s?). It's amazing what Reinhardt could do with only two good fingers on his left hand...
There are albums like Djangology that embody the style and include SGs violin work...and Grapelli has his own catalog that's none too shabby...
jimHJJ(...It's all really good stuff IMHO...)
08-11-2006, 07:51 AM
Resident Loser
Amazing...
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Originally Posted by 3-LockBox
Speaking of great guitarists, here's something I found just now:
I think he could evoke more feeling with his muted wocka-jawoka in the opening of Voodoo Child than some guitarists can with an entire piece...
Hafta' wonder if the stupid SOB hadn't have more or less killed himself what he might have become...
jimHJJ(...then, of course, there is the "shooting star" POV...)
08-11-2006, 06:39 PM
3-LockBox
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Originally Posted by Resident Loser
Stephane Grapelli (the violinist in the clip) continued to record that style of jazz up until his death in '97...Django died much earlier (early 50s?). It's amazing what Reinhardt could do with only two good fingers on his left hand.
I did a search over at AMG and found lots of stuff, and yes, he was quite prolific until his death. I will be looking into this one.
And thanks for the YouTube link.
08-11-2006, 06:41 PM
3-LockBox
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Originally Posted by bobsticks
...are the jazz fiddlers besides Jean Luc Ponty. You might want to try Tim Kliphuis or Didier Lockwood. Two of Lockwood's efforts are Storyboard and A Tribute to (Stephane) Grapelli. It's possible Joe Venuti did something later in his life, but I can't verify that.
I'll look into Venuti. Funny, years ago when I enquired about jazz violinists I only got Jean Luc Ponty as a reference and I didn't find him engaging at all. In fact, his electric violin should be outlawed. I find it to be completely grating.