brandx@ihuxa.UUCP (Howard D. Weisberg) (04/11/84)
Jimi Hendrix: The Greatest (but was it the sunspots?) John McLaughlin: Has done it all. Will go full circle this year with a new version of Mahavishnu Orchestra Ralph Towner: Great pianist as well. Has never played electric guitar in his life. One of the most creative on classical. One-fourth of Oregon. Allan Holdsworth: Saw him recently at Tuts. If you think of him as being merely fast, then study the art of LISTENING. Has played with Tempest, Gong, Soft Machine, Tony Williams, Bruford, Ponty, UK, etc. Frank Zappa: I 2nd the recommendation of Ken Perlow for Freak Out and We're Only In It for the Money. Lumpy Gravy, One Size Fits All and Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar are also highly recommended. Larry Coryell: A new 11th House album is coming soon. Also, a tour with Alphonse Mouzon and Bunny Brunel. Found a great album by the Urbaniak-Coryell Band (Michal Urbaniak-violin, Ursula Dudziak- voice, Kenny Kirkland-keybds and Weather Reports rhythm section of Victor Bailey and Omar Hakim). He's started to de-emphasize fast playing (a positive move). Pat Metheny: Can't wait to see him with Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell at the Jazz Showcase. Those are some of my favorites. Of course, I still like Fripp, Belew, Hackett, etc. I just picked up a new import album by Hackett. It's his 1st all acoustic album. He rerecorded Horizons (from Foxtrot) and Kim (from Please Don't Touch). Hopefully, this means that he's given up on singing and making mediocre music. The new Crimson album is great! Larks Tongues in Aspic, Part 3!!!
whp4@flairvax.UUCP (Bill Palmer) (04/12/84)
[Programming in C results in code that makes this necessary.]
Now that I've inflamed everyone with my opinion of C, I'll stir up the
hornet's nest some more by disagreeing with you all about guitarists.
John Williams is my favorite guitarist. We're really comparing
apples and oranges here; he plays classical guitar and you folks seem
to be arguing about rock. For some strange reason, I'm just more
impressed by masterful unraveling of the melodic and rhythmic detail
of say, a Bach lute suite than by listening to Eddie Van Halen scream
his guts out while trying to break his guitar strings.
Just to show that I didn't leave all of my mind back in the 17th and
18th centuries, I'll point out that I also enjoy Earl Klugh's earlier
albums. After "Crazy for You", sadly enough, they just don't seem to
be as good.
Bill "I like all music - anything I dislike isn't music" Palmer
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