Mighty fine, Shelby!
Mighty fine, Shelby!
"it's not in bad taste, if it's funny" - john waters
John Abercrombie used an Fender electric solid body quite a bit back a few decades. He said that thought of it as his version of Coltrane's soprano.
I never buy electric guitar jazz. Can not stand the tone. May as well be a computer tone.
Like Jazz Mandolin Project, but I think that was miked mandolin.
Don't think I have heard electric mandolin jazz.
Here's a clip of Isaac playing the Jazz mandola. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tix9WeND5Y[/VIDEO]
Here's another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYFNOG-i8_U
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So you can do stuff like this (replace bass with mando, obviously.)
The problem with jazz is that someone bought in the rule book and is enforcing it. Just the opposite of what the great jazzers, from ragtime guys like Joplin, then through Bix, Bechet, Armstrong, Basie, Ellington, Goodman, Christian, Lang, Johnson, Venuti, Parker, Gillespie, Jethro, Miles, Pastorius, Clarke, Montgomery, Hendrix, Corea, Fleck and many others did. I play a 4 string Jbovier: it sounds great in jazz (as it does in everything I use it for). The one who we need to thank is Ted eschliman, who showed many of us it was possible.
You want to play a 10-string? Go for it! Play as many 'outside' notes as you can! You want to play a four string, and distort it. And play all pentatonics? Do so. See what happens. You want it to be acoustic? Great! Let's go to town! Play, play, play. Play till you can't move your fingers. Then keep playing.
That's all you need.
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And to accompany stuff like this. This guy's got the bottom end taken care of, but the emando would be perfect for the top.
Jethro played Electric Mandolin Jazz, quite a bit. Good examples are the Venuti Album , 4 Giants of Swing-S'Wonderful, packed with Ellington, Gershwin & other standards. Also, Jethro's own "Live" album is a good example. On both, I think he plays great & sounds great on his Electric Gibson Mandolin.
Joe B
Western Swing, but, well, it just doesn't get better...
Let's see if this works. It's a sound cloud link to bebop western swing. https://soundcloud.com/isaac_eicher/...aces-the-south
Cheers,
Shelby
Mighty fine Shelby!
Tell you what... :^)
I hate reading this statement every time I stop by this part of the forum:
"Re: Is there much point to an electric jazz mandolin?"
Yes. The point is self expression. Even if it sounds somewhat like
an electric guitar.
I did read the original post and don't have a problem with the content.
Just the title, which is there every time I stop by.
Sorry. I shouldn't have commented on it.
We don't need no stinking guitar!
I'm really getting to be a huge fan of Michael Lampert on eMando. He's recorded several albums, all excellent, and most of the tunes are originals.
A sample.
And some standards:
Wow! Everyone is entitled to an opinion. But for me, I rarely like hearing most types of Jazz minus a mandolin. Just wish that my playing be more proficient at playing the jazz that I like listening to. Is your post in reference to eight string mandolins or those four and five string mandolins used in jazz?
Peace
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Kentucky KM-950
Weber Gallatin A Mandola "D hole"
Rogue 100A (current campfire tool & emergency canoe paddle)
I'd agree with Pete's note about "whatever instrument sounds good with the band".
Aaron Weinstein is one of my favorite mandolin players - he does a lot with both electric and acoustic (as well as being an amazing jazz violinist). I'd check out a few of his videos. Then there's folks like Tiny Moore
Here's Aaron on an electric 8 string - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8IMOuAHlvQ
Here's another with Aaron backing himself up - https://www.pegheadnation.com/featur...hing-but-love/
Here's Aaron playing acoustic solo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v__MDt1ePAA
Here's Tiny Moore on a 5 string - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se9k...rv=EaSwEACYCmM
Personally, I'm not a fan of 8 string amplified - I like my 5 string better (that high B is a great add!) but to each their own on that. IMO a 4 or 5 string sounds a lot like a 6 string guitar. An 8 string sounds more like a 12 string guitar - which has it's place, but isn't as universal to my ears.
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Here is an example of how I find electric mandolin useful, as a jazz instrument. 10-string electric in a bass/drums trio. This is a preview of a video concert that will post Sunday, May 1. Set was about an hour, mostly original material. This tune is one I used to play in the 70s in a rock group, Grits.
Bandcamp -- https://tomwright1.bandcamp.com/
Videos--YouTube
Sound Clips--SoundCloud
The viola is proof that man is not rational
Another preview of upcoming video concert, my jazz blues., "Blue Iz Mir".
Bandcamp -- https://tomwright1.bandcamp.com/
Videos--YouTube
Sound Clips--SoundCloud
The viola is proof that man is not rational
Here is the YouTube link for the show on Sunday, 7:30 pm.
https://youtu.be/UuKWWvfPVKU
Bandcamp -- https://tomwright1.bandcamp.com/
Videos--YouTube
Sound Clips--SoundCloud
The viola is proof that man is not rational
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The viola is proof that man is not rational
OMG! I love Grits! Also The Muffins, the Montgomery County “food bands” (I grew up in P.G.).
This is a wonderful arrangement of a great tune, swings more straight ahead than the version on Rare Birds. Brilliant demonstration of the possibilities.
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