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The Polack MSgt

(13,571 posts) Thu May 8, 2025, 11:16 PM 13 hrs ago

Not a Jazz superfan, but I do love guitarists who can play. Joe Pass was a titan. Absolute master of the instument

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Not a Jazz superfan, but I do love guitarists who can play. Joe Pass was a titan. Absolute master of the instument (Original Post) The Polack MSgt 13 hrs ago OP

Are you sure you don't like Jazz? Mme. Defarge 12 hrs ago #1

An All-Time Great ProfessorGAC 4 hrs ago #2

Mme. Defarge

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1. Are you sure you don't like Jazz?

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Thu May 8, 2025, 11:50 PM

12 hrs ago

ProfessorGAC

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2. An All-Time Great

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Fri May 9, 2025, 07:39 AM

4 hrs ago

He altered, in a big way, the vocabulary of guitar.
I grew up playing jazz piano, so I've always loved that genre, but I've never been a big jazz guitar guy because so many guys use that "blippy" tone that fails to sound like a guitar to me.
Joe is, alas, in that category. The difference between him & a guy like Tal Farlow is night and day, even though Joe is the superior musician. But, Tal's sound was so much more appealing.

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