![]() He got his music degree from the same school I did, but his degree was in clarinet. ![]() It is still artsong, but it’s lineage to Charlie Parker is a bit too distant for my liking. Guitaristic guitar playing is a lot more compelling to me than the guys who are “making music and just happen to be holding a guitar.” If someone tells me they play jazz guitar I wanna hear them play heck out of bebop or else it strikes me as a high-minded dilution. Many of the Frissell style guys consider themselves musicians, not guitarists. Guitar is the most awesome instrument ever, I consider myself a guitarist not a musician. It often strikes me as jazz for guys who struggle with bebop guitar playing. ![]() Many of them are not terribly exciting to watch live. He is from out here in Colorado so there are quite a few cats playing like that out here. My thoughts on Bill’s playing are complicated.
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