I saw Stephan when I was in my twenties, I'm now in the seventy arena. I loved him then and I still love listening to him. Have no fear, not everyone get to go to the moon.. Gigi!
attended his soirée when he was in his 80s.. he had to be supported walking onto the stage.. once seated with violin in hand .. sheer artistry .. he was flying ... still the master of jazz violin ... musical magic in his fingers
Stanley Jordan is really one of the greatest guitar players of all time. If you know anything about the guitar 🎸 or how it's played, you can see why I'm saying this, not taking anything away from George Benson rendition; but this one is really done masterfully.
My father had a complete collection of every song Charlie Byrd recorded. Considering my father’s classical and jazz record collection, this put Charlie Byrd in first place. This weekend is Father’s Day. Dad passed 11 years after Charlie. If Charlie is giving concerts in heaven, Dad is on the front row. This made me smile.
Keyboard solo, just time taken away from us hearing Stanley play. I caught Jordan in LA opening for Larry Carlton back in the day, as me and my guitar buddies all had to see in person this new original innovator that's revolutionizing the instrument.
Obviously very impressive! But after awhile of listening to just him solo doing the two handed tap thing and nothing else (which is all I’m aware he does performance wise) I think I’d grow quite bored about halfway into the second or third song.. Unfortunate that he couldn’t bring his remarkable tapping ability to a variety of technical approaches (A la Victor Wooten).
