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Genius? How about this.

 
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Hornbein said:
Genius? How about this.


Jazzy! He gets a lot of blue notes and chromatic runs into it. He certainly knows what he's doing! :smile:

EDIT: Not my favorite genre though. If all his tracks are like that I'd imagine it'd get a little tiresome. A little like Yngwie Malmsteen.
 
 
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The track as such is a little boring but the solo he plays at around 2 minutes in is worth it I think.

 
We haven't any Arabic pieces yet have we?

 
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The understated excellence of JJ Cale comes to my mind. Not blistering virtuosity (I do like those too) but somehow doing more with less, often seeming simple but he could give a depth of feel to just a few notes played slow and sweet that I find moving in ways far flashier playing doesn't.

The slide guitar with some wah on Crazy Mama as one example seems like a display of genius to me.

 
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sbrothy said:
We haven't any Arabic pieces yet have we?

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Which reminds me that I've had a lot of fun with improvising over the "egyptian" scale. People almost always turn their heads when they hear it. I'm nowhere as good OK, he wasn't *that* imperssive. At least you can hear what it's about:

 
Ken Fabian said:
The understated excellence of JJ Cale comes to my mind. Not blistering virtuosity (I do like those too) but somehow doing more with less, often seeming simple but he could give a depth of feel to just a few notes played slow and sweet that I find moving in ways far flashier playing doesn't.

The slide guitar with some wah on Crazy Mama as one example seems like a display of genius to me.

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Slide guitar always impressed me. I tried to play using a metal pipe on my pinky after tuning the guitar in a chord as it's done (at least one way) but I never got really good at it. It's not the same I know, but the sound is somewhere in the same neighbourhood.

Dire straits does it good too. I shudder to think of the discipline it takes to rehearse with a 12 man rock band!

Incidentally:



EDIT: Nice contraption he put togethere there!
 
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If there is ever a greatest guitar genius contest I believe Jimi Hendrix would win. So original.
 
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Hornbein said:
If there is ever a greatest guitar genius contest I believe Jimi Hendrix would win. So original.
Yeah, he's almost a myth. I wrote elsewhere in this thread though (and I realize this is almost heresy) that there's a couple of tracks (mostly instrumental ones) where I think Stevie Ray Vaughan does it better. Then again: who can account for personal taste! :woot:
 
sbrothy said:
Dire straits does it good too. I shudder to think of the discipline it takes to rehearse with a 12 man rock band
I thought there were only 4 of them?
 
pinball1970 said:
I thought there were only 4 of them?
In the early days yeah. The concert I attended I counted 12 musicians. Not fully active at the same time of couse. That would have been be a mess.
 
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sbrothy said:
Yeah, he's almost a myth. I wrote elsewhere in this thread though (and I realize this is almost heresy) that there's a couple of tracks (mostly instrumental ones) where I think Stevie Ray Vaughan does it better. Then again: who can account for personal taste! :woot:
 
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sbrothy said:
Slide guitar always impressed me. I tried to play using a metal pipe on my pinky after tuning the guitar in a chord as it's done (at least one way) but I never got really good at it. It's not the same I know, but the sound is somewhere in the same neighbourhood.

Dire straits does it good too. I shudder to think of the discipline it takes to rehearse with a 12 man rock band!

Incidentally:



EDIT: Nice contraption he put togethere there!

Now I've seen everything.
 
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Hornbein said:
Now I've seen everything.
Holy moly
 
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pinball1970 said:
Holy moly
I've just used that expression and I can't shake the feeling that you're somehow yanking my chain. But what exactly is a moly and why is it holy?!
 
This guy was next level, bear in mind this was 1970. Jimi mentioned him but I'm not sure that was tongue in cheek/ sarcastic.
He told a reporter Kath was the best or, "Ask Terry Kath," when he told Hendrix he was considered the best guitarist.

 
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robphy said:
(2022) Al Di Meola & Matteo Mancuso - live @ Eddie Lang Jazz Festival 2022 - Monterodu



(2026) Are There Any Guitarists Better Than Matteo Mancuso? - Rick Beato



More Mancuso from the covers thread

Literally wow! So young and such an endorsement from Al Di Meola. I'd take it at face value but luckily I don't have to! :woot:
 
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pinball1970 said:
This guy was next level, bear in mind this was 1970. Jimi mentioned him but I'm not sure that was tongue in cheek/ sarcastic.
He told a reporter Kath was the best or, "Ask Terry Kath," when he told Hendrix he was considered the best guitarist.


Jimi didn't have a sarcastic bone in his body.
 
robphy said:
(2020) Al Di Meola talks about Matteo Mancuso


(2020) Joe Bonamassa talks about Matteo Mancuso

- (2024) Joe Bonamassa & Matteo Mancuso - Breaking Up Somebody's Home - Berlin am 18.04.2024 - go to 3m15s

(2023) Eric Johnson talks about Matteo Mancuso


(2020) Steve Vai talks about Matteo Mancuso

- (2026) Matteo Mancuso - Solar Wind (feat. Steve Vai) Official Video

(2025) Tommy Emmanuel & Matteo Mancuso Shred Together!

Why have I never heard of this guy? I seriously must have had my head up my ...!

Well, better late than never, to use a Danish idiom.
 
symbolipoint said:
In the interest of posts #95 and 97, just a refering to Fernando Perez' channel on Y.T.
https://www.youtube.com/@FernandoPerezGuitar
You go through the videos and pick which you are interested to try and hear/watch.
Yeah, some of them can be long and you worry that people wont understand what it is you like about them. I know the feeling. (If that is indeed what you mean?).
 
BWV said:

As I said, this thread is hard to keep up with. This one reminds me of the "roaring twenties". :smile:
 
Hornbein said:
Jimi didn't have a sarcastic bone in his body.
I didnt know him so I cant comment. ;)
 

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