Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

So beautiful. Thanks for sharing that, Clay.

Yah - really like that bass. Super percussive at times, then really melodic. Who is it?

Beautiful from the very first chords. Thanks for sharing.

Eddie Gomez on bass . Those were big shoes to fill from Scott Lafaro.

I love Eddie Gomez! Really fun guy! I only played with him (one gig!) with Steve Gadd!

Tomo

Amazing! Would love to hear that gig

Listening with afternoon coffee. :)

Just in case? I have to say. Don't Worry.
-LaVoy

Love it when the drums really kick in at the 2:00 minute mark.

Check out the Paul Motian documentary .
https://tubitv.com/movies/642808/paul-motian-motian-in-motion

No pressure! Don't worry!

Tomo

The dynamics! The silence, the melody, the simple, the complex, the repetition, the crescendo, the wrong but right. Great stuff

Julian Lage is amazing. I really like Etude by him.
-LaVoy

Julian Lage is amazing. I really like Etude by him.
-LaVoy

Buttery smooth. A simple theme, stated and restated, and handed back and forth between the musicians. A true conversation.

Always enjoyable. Thanks Lavoy.

Sounds great to me too Clay! Cool visuals too.
Love new music like this. Takes you on a trip.
Thanks!
Kurt

Well Clay, true that these guys might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it's refreshing to check out some different stuff. Super interesting to try and figure out what they're doing. Can make one's head spin, but it's fun music.

Oh damn! Good to know. I love Fugazi / Minor Threat.

I forgot this was happening. YEAH!!!
-LaVoy

same as lavoy and jeff!
nice one clay!

i think flea's step-father was a horn player, jazz musician and influenced him deeply. bebop, charlie parker blues(?)

killer that he's collaborating with york

i am sure that means flea is floating around too in the radio head cloud...actually I forgot about Atoms For Peace! I enjoyed Amok! going to play that now too haha. they've been working with each other for a while!

i love flea, he really turned things around for himself -- reading a lot, hanging out with family, and playing. from at least what i know of him from utbe/soc-medias i am recalling now, he seems to have achieved balance.

worthy goals.

from the utbe description:
Flea - Electric Bass, Trumpet Thom Yorke - Vocal, Piano, Synth Deantoni Parks - Drums
Jeff Parker - Guitar
Nathaniel Walcott - Fender Rhodes
Mauro Refosco - Percussion
Josh Johnson - Alto Saxophone

i really loved what Jeff Parker is doing here. kind of like kenny burrell comping in the background, well more forward than that but...i love that the guitar is played subtlety and lives back in the mix.

what is Jeff Parker doing here?
i need to listen many more times...

very cool sound.

loving

A Plea

too.
"build a bridge, shine a light"

Yah - that's the other track I've heard - like it too.

Great after the day.
Thank you, Sergio. and Julian Lage.
-LaVoy

So satisfying. Thanks, Sergio, for sharing this whole series from Julian and this group.

Lovin' it.

Reminded me I need to listen to this! :)

Thank you so much Sunil!
Amazingly, I have never heard a version of this song that wasn't done by Tomo!
I searched once a long time ago for a studio version by Monk and never saw it and never tried again.
I appreciate hearing this version!
Kurt

Right on Kurt! That pumps me up to hear that, thank you.

I remember some discussions about the genius and eccentricities of Monk in an appreciation class, and listening to stories from others in documentaries, and listening to Tomo and all of you here playing Blue Monk.

But I haven't seen Monk playing Blue Monk! Coincidence someone put a copy up and we can watch it before its gone.

For some reason Monk playing in Norway sounds familiar, I gotta look around some more.

Love the standards, they are referenced everywhere as we all know here. Monk, all those players ideas, really are woven into history. Pretty amazing to consider.
Artistry expressed within the restricted form, over time.

great companion video, i think.

i often wonder how the classical (or spanish) guitar became the electric guitar.

some answers here:

Sunil, I will give these a watch while I am practicing clarinet tomorrow. Seem interesting.

-LaVoy

Enjoy LaVoy!
(I love that that rhymes.)

Is your clarinet a Bb instrument?

I am not a worshiper of the suberb owl,
so I will probably be here practicing too. :)

I forgot to watch these videos. I always forget about GW forums during the week. I feel like I do not have enough time or maybe just another thing to do. too worried. no idea.

Yes Bb Clarinet. many different clarinets you can buy. Bass clarinet all the up to Eb clarinet.

I really want to try Bass clarinet it is such an amazing sounding instrument.

Bb Clarinet range and Guitar range are very close also.

suberb owl?

-LaVoy

Superb Owl; Super bOwl.

That is cool LaVoy.

I was asking because of The Real Books.
They have C books and Bb books.
Just trying to understand that.
I don't really get it.
It sounds like, to me, they all refer to the same frequencies, but have different keys and notation...? I'm very confused about it (so just sticking with guitar :))

Her band IS indeed amazing. And her videos are always so fun. Love the nylon string.

Great stuff, Robert. Also, anything from Duke Ellington and The All Star Road Band if you're a fan.