General Music Chat

LOL I'd love to kick Huey Lewis and the NEWS, but you can't when they did so freaking well. (omg they crushed the charts at one point)

The middle third if the 1980's....lamest period for music EVER.

Oh you know it, Mike but they were the sh*t to someone for a while.

I just wonder if they actually sold anything..besides their soul(s). lol

Overall, I think Kenny G gets off with a relatively light harangue by Metheny here ... if only Buddy Rich were still around to tell him off
http://youtu.be/covUesgI6fA

Grant and Barney jammin' with Kenny B.
http://youtu.be/2p95lksHE5U

yeah...been hip to that video for awhile. kinda interesting on a few levels.

(for those playing along at home...it's kenny burrell on left, barney kessel middle, grant green on right).

points of interest:

grant green is actually playing a lot more "burning" than usual for him. nuthin' wrong w anything he plays here but he usually plays w more space.

kessell is actually pretty laid back for him! and i still maintain that when they make The Barney Kessell Story...they've GOTTA get jeff goldblum to play him!

kenny is just plain ol' hard swing bluesified kenny burrell. prolly my all time fave gtrst.

ok, they start "trading fours" after awhile. grant goes first and when it's kessel's turn he's spaced it out and missed his entrance.....he nods to grant to continue w another four.

then, when kessell takes his turn(s) he really plays nothing that has anything to do w the previous four bars! points off.

i do like how kessell is checking out kenny during kb's solo and actually almost cracks up (in approval) cos' he's so obviously digging it.

I'm not sure if this is what you meant, but to me,
it looks like Barney is enjoying Kenny's solo so much that he forgot all about Grant (who took the 1st solo, so it seems like it should be Grant's turn to start the fours) .. who appears to have started playing at 5:02 and demures at 5:05 when Barney steps on him out of turn. Then he starts at 5:12 when Barney wakes up! All great guitarists though!

my take....around 5:01 KB plays a closing phrase to his solo that seems pretty obvious. grant catches it and takes the first round of "fours". since the song is at a healthy tempo....those first 4 bars go by pretty quick. GG is actually DONE w his four at 5:09 (thereabouts) but barney is out to lunch! he realizes it's HIS turn now, "oh, crap!" he's missed it, and so cues GG to take another round.....GG goes another 4 (from 5:12 - 5:16, THEN Barney takes his and then they just go about trading 4's all proper like in the same order as the solos went down.

great playing all around and i dig the slightly more overdriven tone than you'd usaully hear on this type of stuff.

Overall, I think Kenny G gets off with a relatively light harangue by Metheny here ... if only Buddy Rich were still around to tell him off
http://youtu.be/covUesgI6fA

omg....buddy would be tearing him a new one DAILY!!!!

one of my fave buddy rich quotes:

BR is in an elevator at some vegas hotel where his band is playing. a woman gets on and says "oh, you're in the band, aren't you?" w/o missing a beat BR replies..." honey, i AM the band".