Category Archives: guitar
A 2006 Downbeat feature on Bucky and John Pizzarelli (it’s Bucky’s 86th Birthday)
7-string guitar master Bucky Pizzarelli turns 86 today. In 2006, DownBeat gave me an opportunity to write a feature piece on Bucky and his son, the guitarist-singer John Pizzarelli, which I’ve appended below. * * * Some fathers and sons … Continue reading
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John Abercrombie’s Uncut Downbeat Blindfold Test
It’s John Abercrombie’s birthday, giving me an excuse to post the complete proceedings of a Blindfold Test I conducted with him about ten years ago. His responses were terrific. * * * John Abercrombie Blindfold Test (Raw Copy): 1. James … Continue reading
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Uncut Blindfold Test With Vernon Reid, Who Turns 53 Today
To mark guitar giant Vernon Reid’s 53rd birthday, I’m posting the uncut proceedings of a DownBeat Blindfold Test that he sat for a few years back on the occasion of the release of Birthright, an unaccompanied Ulmer recording that he … Continue reading
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