Re: Gee-tar Greats... [SZC]

["Chris Hofgren" <chofgren@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for mentioning them, Nick and Perry . . .

also don't forget (burnin') Vernon Reid.

or Reggie Lucas:  along with Peter Cosey [former soundman for the Art 
Ensemble of Chicago] the twin-guitar foil of Miles Davis '73-'75.

Al McKay of Earth, Wind and Fire.

Ernie Isley.

Bill Connors was really awesome on that Return To Forever album, "Hymn Of 
The Seventh Galaxy" [1973].

one Sonny Sharrock album to check out is "Ask The Ages" [1991] which 
features Pharoah Sanders on tenor saxophone and Elvin Jones on drums.  Great 
recording and guitar playing.

Mike Stern - a killer straight jazz album of his is "Standards (and other 
songs)" [1992].  Also "We Want Miles" [1982], live with Miles Davis.

Bill Frisell's playing on the latest Paul Motian (one of my favorite 
drummers) album "I Have the Room Above Her" is wonderful . . . this album's 
a reunion of the classic Motian - Frisell - Joe Lovano trio which has worked 
together since the 1980s.

Peter Berstein's guitar with the Larry Goldings (Hammond B-3) - Bill Stewart 
(drums) organ trio is top-notch.

check out Tony Purrone, who's played with (tenor saxophonist) Jimmy Heath  
and others since the 1980s.  His own albums are on the SteepleChase label . 
. .  I only have the first one called "Set 'Em Up" [1996], where he performs 
his own originals, a few standards plus a Herbie Hancock - and a Wayne 
Shorter - tune, each.

Adam Rogers ! ! !

Kurt Rosenwinkel - another NYC downtown jazz guitarist who's also played 
with Paul Motian's group - is pretty amazing too.

John McLaughlin [ZC: Jimmy Page's & John Paul Jones' former studio session 
colleague] got mentioned, right?

peace,

Chris Hofgren
chofgren@xxxxxxxxxxx


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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:56:18 -0600
From: Perry Justus <pjustus@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Gee-tar Greats...

At 04:59 PM 3/21/05 -0500, you wrote:
> > Someone mentioned Mr. Les Paul, right?
>
> Don't forget the "guitar army"!!!!
>
> Eddie Hazel, Gary Shider, Micheal "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton, DeWayne
> "Blackbird" McKnight, and/or Cordell "Boogie" Mosson.

Were Pete Cosey or Sonny Sharrock (R.I.P.) mentioned at any point in this
thread?  Sonny can send me into seizures, and Pete Cosey melts my face...

Perry

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