That drummer took this performance to another level. He was absolutely out of this world. Wonderful performance my man from East Nashville the awesome GT! 🎸
Couldn’t agree more. That groove was a mile wide and thick as molasses. Of course, Guthrie and Oz rode that wave beautifully. I idea who the bassist is but he laid it down as well
JERRY, now you know from the heading above it is Shawn Pelton playing drums (i love that NOLA funk rhythms, very inventive)& Andy Hess on bass(who has played with so many in so many situations)
me too, very tasty stuff, he does make it more fun than most...he kinda reminds me of the Meters & the Funky Meters drummers in the first # especially, ya know Zigaboo?
These are my favorite contemporary guitar players, I am happy to see them together. It would be good to see more videos from this gig. I think these two are currently the masters of melodic guitar improvisations, it is the next generation of guitar players that goes beyond the fusion masters such as Robben Ford or John Scofield because of technical refinement. Oz Noy plays a bit more in the modal tradition and Guthrie Trapp plays more arpeggio chord based patterns. Oz sounds more mathematical and refined, Guthrie sounds more musical, whatever it means. No matter what they say during interviews, the roots of their playing is very intellectual, there is a lot of thought given to these lines. I think Oz is at his peak, while Guthrie could still improve by implementing more of the modal-based lines. So, my only comment is that not everything has to come "out of the chord" I always think of Kind of Blue, Flemenco Sketches and the solo by Cannondale Adderly, which is my favorite melodic modal solo (it's magic how he has improvised something out of nothing, in some sense). Joe Henderson can do it too, e.g,. in his Standard Joe album.
GT is on fire. Its awesome to hear his take on this tune. I absolutely love playing this one. Its a wide open palette for improvising and Guthrie just completely painted a masterpiece. Oz is great too. Wow!
When I first caught sight of this I wondered if Guthrie had considered sneeking off stage rather than follow Oz...woaa..not a bit of it..he grabs hold of it and goes beserk...like the drummer too
They both masters of playing chord tones but also playing a lot of “outside” stuff that sounds interesting and resolves! OZ plays some wild stuff that sounds wrong for a moment until you hear where it’s going
@@kane6529 yep you are so right. My drummer said you can play as wild as you want but always come back home. These guys are great at doing just that. Lol
Oz has a beautiful way of playing blues tunes with incredible chops and NO emotion at all lmao. Like id rather watch this online than pay to go live and feel fucked over by the absolute lack of urge to want to dance or move haha. Scofield will always be the pinnacle for me, cause any of his projects he does for fun are fucking fun and funky and full of dancey energy. Obv not the Jazz trio and whatnot. Lile Oz and Guth here could of easily played the crowd into motion. Im not exactly sure why you wouldn't want to do that
Yes. Oz was awesome. Guthrie is a beast too but I think he fell back on some of his country staples here as he is probably not as familiar with the song. A great great player though.
@@FerrisFlyer Guthrie is great now but he will grow even more as the months turn into years. I like that he brought some nice influences from the South for us to hear up North.
But where’d Ray come in, other than OZ’s octaves early on? You guys are great guitar players, and you’re pissing your talent all over the stage in this video. JJZ…(°¿.°`)
what's wrong with wigs & hairpieces? they're on stage, it was commonplace years back in Nashville, Texas, LA - all over - Las Vegas - everywhere it's makes them look how they play! but the hat thing nowadays is beautiful.
As much as I like Guthrie. , This is an incredible example of what not to do. Oz can't differentiate between country and American music. Although both are American music, they are two different types.
Well, Oz fired a few generous salvos of whole tone scale: ) Following those with some blazing county chops won't hurt I guess...Both top-notch players.
