badtripeur (October 2, 2008 at 12:28 am)

DEFRANCESCOmusic music music music music music music music music music...he knows what is thatwhat a live

InTheLightBand (September 26, 2008 at 11:47 pm)

BRILLIANT!

greyblooz (September 25, 2008 at 2:37 pm)

Yo! I'm a guitarist who loves PM and SCO, but HEY - they got outplayed here! Still, there are some knuckleheads fighting over their stock licks like dogs under a dinner table. The guitar is a great instrument but it's incestuous to only study guitar players. Listen to Joey's left hand - it sounds cooler than anything that Sco or PM played here (no dis.)

ggeerr90 (September 24, 2008 at 9:39 pm)

Sounds great! Defrancesco is a genius!I think you have to learn a lot of music theory, and then forget it to play Jazz. Because Jazz is very complex and requires several musical knoweledge, but it requires the passion that theory books can´t give you.By the way, the band is great, but a good bass guitar player would make it even greater... it´s just my opinion

teampops1245 (September 23, 2008 at 9:26 pm)

yeah wes didnt have an extensive knowlage on theory he couldnt even read but he had a great ear

adityarajgupta (September 15, 2008 at 6:21 am)

Its called syncopation, and is has been used way before grant green. classical is to blame as you put it. Grant green was a true genius and and was just following in the path of Jimmy raney and horn players.

ClassicsZealot (September 12, 2008 at 5:52 am)

Jazz is definately not for dummies and certainly not created by them. Love this version of "Sunny," it's as good as his unconscious days..."cream"

AmundLauritzen (September 2, 2008 at 10:08 am)

In my previous post I was supposed to write "Jazz is 10% theory..."

AmundLauritzen (September 2, 2008 at 10:01 am)

The fact that you need a lot of theory to play jazz is simply untrue. Yes, you need the foundations of diatonic harmony, knowledge of arpeggios and general substitution principles, but that's about it. Theory is no substitute for a good ear, which is what jazz is about. This theory thing is a misconception that draws poseurs to jazz because they think you need to be a theory professor to play it. Jazz is 10%, the rest is good ear, good taste and that little 2% magic.

HEADBANGING69 (August 30, 2008 at 10:51 pm)

You need to know alot of music theory to play jazz. I learned it in college and I am still learning because it is so complex. I love metal but jazz is much more complex theoretically.