looking for some info

[philthis]

Ok, so i just heard a Pat Metheny recording. I've always liked jazz and had a distant urge to learn to play it but this recording put me over the top. My question for you guys is, well three I guess, is what other jazz guitarists can I listen to to get a bearing on what it sounds like. What is a good jazz guitar. And what amps would be good for a nice clean jazz sound as well. I'm quite serious about learniong to play this wonderful music and would love any advice, names, and hints/tips you guys can give me.
YOU GUYS ROCK! Thanks in advance.

get new *******chuck loeb-eBop-*************very nice, and not moldy sounding. get**************kenny burrell-midnight blue-*******older but tracks 4,5,7,8,9 will teach you alot about jazz. more so than just about anything else Ive heard for guitar. and its cheap. around 11 bucks-stevie ray vaughan redid track 1 chtlins con carne-thats how I discoverd kenny burrell. theis 2 are very good and easy to listen too. some jazz players are too much fusion for beganers to listen to. or just to oldy moldy. thies 2 albums I promise you-you will learn alot from. Ime starting to post 1 good jazz guitar album a week on sound off forum for just this reason. nobody wants to spend money only to find out the cd sucks.

[stratsandaks]

to me, Pat Metheny doesn't have a traditional jazz sound, although I love his tone and music ... stuff like "Secret Story", and "Still Life Talking" ....

Curly you pulled two of my favorite Metheny albums right out of about 50 that he has put out, add in Letter From Home and you have my essential Metheny list. Very cool.

Lee Ritenour and Larry Carlton are some of my favorites too

[SINGTONE]

Yeah Metheny is my FAVORITE guitarist of all time! Did you know he will be putting on a clinic in August? check this out http://www.guitarworkshop.com/locations/ct.htm . Yeah i agree with the other guys, a Tele should work plus there are cheap Jazz boxes made in Korea like Samick guitars and others. Just listen to Jazz in general and you'll get there. BTW i saw that same show on Austin City Limits very nice...but ive seen him live several times over the years........Wolf Trap in Va., Annapolis with his trio of Roy Haynes and Dave Holland, you just gotta see him LIVE!

[Curly]

Curly you pulled two of my favorite Metheny albums right out of about 50 that he has put out, add in Letter From Home and you have my essential Metheny list. Very cool.

haha ... cool!

yeah, I have most all his stuff ... I don't know if we've mentioned it, but although he can *rip*, I love his composition, and the flow of his CD's ... not to mention the fact that he looks like he is absolutely having the time of his life when he plays!

another interesting album, though not strictly jazz, is his collaboration with Charlie Hayden, "Beyond the Missouri Sky"

[tone4days]

I may be a little off-base here, but I think that if you like Pat Metheny, you might also like anything by Russ Freeman, (Rippingtons).

curious you should say that ... metheny is a pretty mild mannered guy, but the ONE thing i've read about that got his ire up was the mention of the whole 'lite pop jazz' schtick, especially kenny g ... like mr g, russ freeman has a good thing going, but it doesnt have any where near the harmonic complexity nor extended melodic improvisation that metheny has ... it's instrumental, but it aint jazz

cheers,
t4d

[ArtieToo]

curious you should say that ... metheny is a pretty mild mannered guy, but the ONE thing i've read about that got his ire up was the mention of the whole 'lite pop jazz' schtick, especially kenny g ... like mr g, russ freeman has a good thing going, but it doesnt have any where near the harmonic complexity nor extended melodic improvisation that metheny has ... it's instrumental, but it aint jazz

cheers,
t4d

Yeah, and I get that a lot when I mention Rippingtons and Jazz in the same sentence.

I'm not sure I understand the distinction, but to me, The Rippingtons just make good music.

On a funny side note: the grocery chain that my wife works for adopted Metheny's "Last Train Home", from the "Still Life (Talking)" album, for their Christmas season commercial. My wife saw, (heard), the commercial and immediately fell in love with the song. It was kind of cool to go pull it out of my CD collection. Now she wears it out.

[tone4days]

I'm not sure I understand the distinction

well, as long as you enjoy it, it really doesnt matter much .. snob appeal is wasted energy

to me the distinction is analogous to the difference between a Robert Frost poem and a hallmark greeting card ... they both rhyme, but they aint both poetry


i like that Metheny album alot ... to me, the self-titled album with 'jaco' and 'phase dance' is still my fav

cheers,
t4d