Here's by day late Sunday Music Muse Day post. (The start of the March of Robots online drawing event, threw me off schedule). Both selection feature two favorite guitarists, but with slight twist. First up is Joe Pass Unforgettable, there's not much to say about the late legendary jazz guitarist. He remains at the top at any discussion of jazz guitar. The twist of this CD is he's playing nylon-string acoustic guitar, not an electric jazz guitar, like a Gibson ES-175 (the CD's cover photo show him playing a thin body guitar, like my ES-175T). There's a mystery for jazz guitar lovers. The music is classic Joe Pass, playing beautiful version of jazz standards.
My next selection is one I picked for the side men, more that the leader. Jerry Granelli One Day at a Time. Leader, drummer Jerry Gannelli, is new to me, but seeing Ralph Towner, Charlie Haden, and Robben Ford, as side men intrigued me. Especially as Ralph Tower is only playing synthesizer, not acoustic guitar. I knew he was also an excellent pianist, but known for play the syn. The liner notes Jerry Granelli says the music was "...recorded over 3 days. There are no over dubs, only two written compositions. All of this music is what I call spontaneous composition. So is a freewheeling session, interesting but not really exciting.
Please forgive the delayed, but late that never. Enjoy
