This song was first recorded in 1995 on "Signs of Life", Peter B's second record for CrissCross. Back then he played a cool 2 pickup blonde es175. Whatever happened to that guitar, Peter? You can answer here ;-)
Insane tension and release in Mehldau’s solo here. I’ve come back to this video so many times ever since it was loaded. Please don’t ever let it come down!
First recorded on "The Intimacy of the Blues", Larry Goldings' first organ trio record, with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart, 1991. They were playing at Augie's back then, where Smoke is now.
Pete let me play that 175 while he was holding his then new Wes L-5 at his then studio apt.which I also played. The Ziedler (years later I held at one of his gigs) felt to me much easier to play due to a smaller/thinner neck and lower nut action then the previous two. Pete said the Ziedler is harmonically richer thus his favorite.
On an instrument like saxophone or trumpet, it's much easier to have a recognizable sound. You have different pieces of equipment to change your sound, not to mention the difference in each player's unique physiology having a major effect. However, on an instrument like a piano, everyone is playing on the exact same equipment, and physiology has little bearing on the final sound, so identifying individual players becomes a bit of a challenge. That's why Brad Mehldau has always astounded me. There's just something about the way he plays that makes the instrument just sound so different than when anyone else plays it. Quite a feat if you ask me.
yes! i totally agree. guitarists are all about customization on every level, whereas as a piano player you're stuck with whatever piano there is at the moment, which can be a real challenge
Yeah, but their individual sensitivity is always different. I've found that if you listen to a particular pianist enough, you can recognize them anywhere.
The problem with this analysis is that it implies guitarists and saxophonists sound different because of their gear, but if you gave all the greats the same guitar they would all still sound themselves and different from each other, much as pianists would
I think this song appeared on "The Intimacy of the Blues", Goldings' first organ trio record. You can also find it on Peter Bernstein's "Signs of Life". As far as I know it's a Bernstein composition.
enmaddetten: In answer to your question, Peter today plays a hand-made guitar crafted by luthier John Zeidler, who unfortunately is now deceased. The value of his guitars has grown tremendously since his death as they have become quite coveted. I would estimate that the value of Peter's guitar is now in the neighborhood of $14,000.
