OT Egberto Gismonti

[Matthias Grob <matilists@atarde.com.br>]

yes, I visited him once in Rio

and saw several shows

he also plays piano marvelously

and he has an interesting experience with indios

but he is a bit isolated...

and the thing with the very low pitched guitar strings does not sound good to my ears

in general I feel he creates fantastic music but does not care much about sound

listen also to his friend Carioca http://www.myspace.com/ronaldofreitas  !

On 27 Dec 2008, at 17:51, Marc Marshall wrote:

Speaking of slow acoustic guitar players, anybody hip to Egberto Gismonti?

he can really play slow and beautiful and then blaze away as well

he played an 8 string guitar in 1975!!

 

HIs early ECM stuff is wonderful      Dancas das Cabasas (or something like that!) LOL   is a good place to start.

 

--- On Sat, 12/27/08, Jeff D <jeff_d@embarqmail.com> wrote:

From: Jeff D <jeff_d@embarqmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fahey
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 3:41 PM

This looks cool, I can hardly wait!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_McoM_aflyg

 

j

----- Original Message -----

From: samba -

To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com

Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 3:28 PM

Subject: Fahey

" I got to see John somewhere in the 90's  ............. he's playing these beautiful sssllllloooooowwww pieces......."

  I was convinced in the 70s that Fahey was trying to prove he could play slower than any other guitar player,I think he succeeded,he could play much slower than anyone else I've ever heard. It's much more difficult to play an acoustic guitar slowly than an electric guitar fast. Being musical in either case is the big challege and Fahey's slow stuff could have this deeply in the moment sort of  beauty,almost Japanese.

---

No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com 
Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1865 - Release Date: 12/26/2008 1:01 PM