Okay. What is the best jazz guitar piece Bill has done? I'm referring to strick jazz, not the Pink Buddha ish bluesy playing. Nothing where you really have to think, "Is that jazz?" Just give me his BEST jazz!
I only could hear two of the suggestions. The closest seems She Swings Skirt which is a little like Django Reinhart's Hot Club jazz. A little slower and moody.
Here are a few more suggestions for you to check out, off the top of my head. (I'm no musician/music theorist, so I might be totally wrong, but I think of these as jazz guitar):
Here Comes Mr Mercury (title track from the album)
La Vie Moderne from 'Silvertone Fountains'She Swings Skirt from 'Rosewood'
There are several I'd class as "jazz guitar" if pushed to categorise - going back quite a way (at least one lovely example on the 'Trial By Intimacy' box set, as I recall). Too big an exercise to go back through scores of albums to find them all - I'll leave that to the person(s) interested! Remember: absolutist category games are for suckers.
It's on Mazda Kaleidoscope, but I don't know if you would consider it to be definitively jazz. I think of it as a laid back jazz number and great for a night drive.
Thank you, Alec. Your intentions were good. I heard two pieces, but they don't sound like jazz to my ear. The Awakening of Dr. Dream has a nice shimmery rocker sound. The last two pieces I couldn't access. I'm thinking of conventional-sounding jazz, something with Bebop lines or Fusion or Bossa Nova/Latin, chromatic phrasing, and alt harmony.
C'mon people, I can't believe there is not one guitar jazz piece that can be recommended! But maybe there isn't. Bill fashions himself as a jazz guy and there is some jazzy stuff… but no strict guitar piece! Here is an opportunity, no doubt. If he wrote something he could do Music for Small Rooms.
Thanks for that, but I'm thinking more about his instrumentals. I'm thinking of a strictly jazzy guitar piece where the focus is on his playing. A modern piece might be like this piece.
I only could hear two of the suggestions. The closest seems She Swings Skirt which is a little like Django Reinhart's Hot Club jazz. A little slower and moody.
Here are a few more suggestions for you to check out, off the top of my head. (I'm no musician/music theorist, so I might be totally wrong, but I think of these as jazz guitar):
Here Comes Mr Mercury (title track from the album)
La Vie Moderne from 'Silvertone Fountains' She Swings Skirt from 'Rosewood'
There are several I'd class as "jazz guitar" if pushed to categorise - going back quite a way (at least one lovely example on the 'Trial By Intimacy' box set, as I recall). Too big an exercise to go back through scores of albums to find them all - I'll leave that to the person(s) interested! Remember: absolutist category games are for suckers.
It's on Mazda Kaleidoscope, but I don't know if you would consider it to be definitively jazz. I think of it as a laid back jazz number and great for a night drive.
Evening Illuminator is a good one.
Thank you, Alec. Your intentions were good. I heard two pieces, but they don't sound like jazz to my ear. The Awakening of Dr. Dream has a nice shimmery rocker sound. The last two pieces I couldn't access. I'm thinking of conventional-sounding jazz, something with Bebop lines or Fusion or Bossa Nova/Latin, chromatic phrasing, and alt harmony.
The Light Fantastic from The Awakening of Dr. Dream
Selectatone from Dazzlebox
Shining Reflector from Shining Reflector
A Lovely Dazzle from Loom
C'mon people, I can't believe there is not one guitar jazz piece that can be recommended! But maybe there isn't. Bill fashions himself as a jazz guy and there is some jazzy stuff… but no strict guitar piece! Here is an opportunity, no doubt. If he wrote something he could do Music for Small Rooms.
Thanks for that, but I'm thinking more about his instrumentals. I'm thinking of a strictly jazzy guitar piece where the focus is on his playing. A modern piece might be like this piece.
You can hear a jazz influence running through quite a lot of Bill's music.
For something that is more standard jazz, I've always been very fond of
'Jean Cocteau', from Futurama...great little solo.
Here it is, for some younger/new fans who may not have heard it, and a good enough excuse for us oldies to have another listen..🙂