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Post by giannim on Apr 19, 2006 21:39:52 GMT 10
Yeah I was gonna throw Barry Duggans name in too. I learnt heaps hanging out with him in his bungalow playing and listening to records! Really intense and passionate. He plays beautifully with Frank Disario and Tim Stevens on their album, and has an amazing history to share.
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Post by tallpoppygrower on Apr 19, 2006 23:25:14 GMT 10
Russell Smith. The magic man. Formed people such as :
Jex, Vince Jones, Rob Burke, Hadley, Tony Norris...
He should have recorded alot more but never did...he has more musicality than
many.... Ask Rob Burke......cause Rob Burke even talks like him!
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Post by Baked Bean on Apr 19, 2006 23:27:59 GMT 10
Yeah Geoff Roger set me up with drums and my mate played Paul's bass when we were over their.. Roger has some really amazing stories to tell!!
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Post by tm on Apr 20, 2006 13:32:37 GMT 10
Must agree on the Greg Sheehan front. Nash and I had the glorious experience of having him aroung when we were sprouting out of university, and he was spouting rythmic equations like nothing else, and such a nice guy too. We named our band, 12 tone diamonds, after one of his conceptual inventions. The thing that I find that greg stands for, more than anything else, is originality, he sounds so much like greg, he exudes it in the most wonderful ways. I find that a continual inspiration. Thanks Greg.
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Post by captain on Apr 20, 2006 14:46:55 GMT 10
Mr Tom VIncent, who many of you would have come across in the last 20 years, but who has 'retired' to Hobart for Zen Buddhism.
Every time he puts his hands on the piano he reminds me of the whole point of Jazz in the first place. Make it up! A truly pure improviser who taught me more than any bass teacher could.
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Post by bodgey on Apr 20, 2006 20:26:05 GMT 10
Nailed it, Cap'n. Tom is vastly underrated.
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Post by alimcg on Apr 20, 2006 22:36:08 GMT 10
Tom called also be listed as a hidden hustler from what I hear. He's a man who cuts a good deal for his band.
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Post by bodgey on Apr 20, 2006 23:43:23 GMT 10
Exactly - if you are going to employ The Captain, you have to come up with a reasonable sized piece of pie!!!! ;D (Unlike the last show I got you in on, eh cap?)
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Post by thierryf on Apr 21, 2006 12:29:35 GMT 10
Greg is so unique its true,Simmonds told me he grabed greg years ago because he was'nt a jazz player. Didn't have any of the jazzy stuff going on , just energy. Recently did gig with Greg And Louis Burdett [ you know what i mean ] Also had Elliot Dalgleash and David Ades. [Me definatly the kook in that group]
The manager comes up while we're playin away [ horns going sick ] and tells us "these saxaphones ' they cant play at the same time , ok , tell them to stop playing at the same time , tell them to take turns or something" We all craked up.
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Post by ladylex on Apr 21, 2006 13:07:26 GMT 10
Awww.. Elliot. What a sweety.
Another one occurred to me: Vince Genova. Helluva dude with THE most beautiful touch; he inspired people just by talking to them
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Post by pk on Apr 22, 2006 23:04:06 GMT 10
steve grant steve grant steve grant
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Post by ramirez on Apr 23, 2006 21:07:47 GMT 10
Thanks so much PK. There's no doubt in mind that for me THE MAN is Steve Grant.
I was never his student as such but touring and hanging out with him for a couple of years totally defined for me what it's like to dedicate your life to being a creative musician, but it was also so much more than that as well..
Among the many amazing things about him musically that I could mention, one that always struck me was his musical curiosity - for notes, sounds, timbres, etc.. and how they fit together - Just his sheer joy at how things simply sounded.
It was a joy to hear him at soundchecks or in between songs at rehearsals just 'noodling' on any instrument. More than once it occurred to me that this man was touched by (a) God or something.. I mean, I don't think he was (is?) perhaps aware of the beauty and amazing emotional power that his music (even his noodling) had (and still always has) on all of us around him..
Thanks Stevie. May you keep creating all that bad a*se goodness for many years to come on any instrument that you choose...
Roddy. XXX
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Post by thierryf on Apr 23, 2006 21:13:19 GMT 10
Steve is a freak. A great one . Totally roots totally intuitive. Where is he hangin these days? anyone?
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Post by jamie on Apr 23, 2006 21:18:18 GMT 10
He's playing his ass off in a trio with Jules and Mags....this is the best thing happening around (for me) at the moment. They've got a recording coming out soon. (Jules enters here and plugs gig...)
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Post by pk on Apr 23, 2006 21:41:47 GMT 10
some of the most memorable and influential musical experiences i've had have been listening to steve grant. he used to have a band on fridays at the fountain inn in port melb about 10 years ago. karl hird clarinet, al browne, howie cairns, andy baylor, and steve on trumpet (or cornet). it was fucking amazing some of the most incredible trumpet playing i've ever heard on live or on cd. also remember a duo gig in geelong at a trad jazz convention again karl hird playing clarinet and steve playing piano sounding somewhere between art tatum and thelonius monk
karl is also a hidden master
living in england now
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