my apologies - was Eric Johnson - Tribute to Wes

On May 15, 3:01 pm, "c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 15, 5:37 am, "Greger Hoel"

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På Thu, 15 May 2008 11:54:57 +0200, skrev Five Sharp
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Why is this a Wes tribute? What exactly is the Wes content?

Thumbstrokes and octaves? I think Johnson sounds good, here, but listen to
the rhythm setcion! I don't think these guys play swing very much.

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I think this might be my last post here for a while, for reasons that
will soon become quite apparent. For years we've had the pro/amateur
debates and so on, and I've largely kept my mouth shut, but I've got
to tell you, Five Sharp, and Joe Finn how absolutely fucking clueless
you are in some of these comments. Specifically this: the bassist on
this video is Chris Maresh, whom I've worked with since @1984, when he
was 18 years old and a recent transplant to Austin, TX. At age 19 he
beat out a conservatory trained friend of mine for a bass chair in the
Austin symphony, after playing upright bass for something like three
years. Chris recorded with me on my first CD "Meeting Standards," and
I also recorded with him on other unreleased sessions with Elias
Haslanger and Ernie Watts. On the tune Relaxin' at Camarillo Chris
sight-read the head on the intro, and I've never put anything in front
of him, whether straight ahead jazz, funk, fusion, rock, or what have
you, that he couldn't read down and play the *** out of at sight.
Quite simply he's one of the best musicians I know, and that counts
for a lot considering some of the company I've been fortunate to keep
over the years.

What I think pisses me off more than anything is how you guys - and
you're certainly not alone in doing this - pass judgment on someone's
playing based on one clip, especially when so may people on this group
get their jollies posting clips on youtube of themselves playing with
Aebersold records. Take a look at Chris's creds, then go back an look
at yours, and see if you think you've got any business talking the
*** you do.http://www.chrismaresh.com/disc.htmlandhttp://www.chrismaresh.com/bio.html.

Clay

As the header states I would like to apologize to Greger, ***, Joe
Finn, and everyone else or my stupid comments. I'm sure with a bit of
cooling down I would have been able to get my point across without
resorting to personal attacks. Thanks to Joe Giglio and everyone else
who responded with reasonable commentary, and as Joe said (in so many
words) it's not like me to jump on these kinds of soapboxes and start
throwing rocks. All I can say in my defense is I had just gotten back
from getting my wife and daughter on a flight with Southwest Airlines,
and their itinerary was all screwed up. We left the house at @ 8:45
a.m., and they didn't get to their destination in Portland until 1:00
a.m. this morning. No excuses though, for taking it out on you guys.

For me the only silver lining - besides the fact that you guys didn't
openly flame broil me - was learning about Chris's writing with the
Tosca String Quartet and Glover Gil and performance of that music with
Terry Bozzio. I need to get a copy of that.

Clay
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