RE: Joscho Stephan (was RE:http://browsermail.com/page.html?p=0000015Fu8vj7kXzcl2A+NgOsglburzIh74g)

["David Rolling" <david_rolling@sympatico.ca>]

What really blows my mind is that the hardcore Djangophiles diss this kid 
EVERY chance they get - for his "soulless pyrotechnics", or some such BS. 
As 
if any of them could pull off 1 1/10 of what this guy does.

I'm a long-time looper myself, but as a guitarist as well, Django's always 
been an inspiration to me. I recently got a Chinese-made Selmer clone 
(something else the snobs turn their noses up at - everybody knows you've 
got to have a $2500 guitar to play Django) but if I sat in a room 
practicing 
for 100 years, I'd still be unable to play like Joscho..


>From: Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Joscho Stephan (was RE: 
>http://browsermail.com/page.html?p=0000015Fu8vj7kXzcl2A+NgOsglburzIh74g)
>Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 09:36:26 -0400
>
>Ridiculously good. This is the kind of guitar playing that makes my inner
>jazz guy go absolutely green with envy. He's not one of those Django
>wannabes that just makes you pine for the real thing (tho of course I've
>never seen Django live) - this guy has the fire. What I really like is 
>that
>when the "kid" pulls off something amazing, at least he lets it look like
>it's as difficult as it is, and he gets this kind of goofy "I made it"
>expression at the end when he kind of bounces back into his seat, and the
>audience goes nuts (as it should). Thanks for the pointer, Kris
>
>Best wishes,
>Warren Sirota
>
>
>
> >
> > On 3 maj 2006, at 05.46, Krispen Hartung wrote:
> >
> > > Check it out...not looping, but very impressive in the context of
> > > jazz curation:
> > > http://browsermail.com/page.html?p=0000015Fu8vj7kXzcl2A
> > > +NgOsglburzIh74g
> > >
> > > Kris
> >