Wolf Marshall's Celebrity Friends - Jimmy Bruno, Sunday 4-18-99

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JimmyB says: Where is everyone from/ I'm in Philly right now Moderator says: Jimmy how's it going with your new CD? DHenry says: I am from New York Moderator says: Seattle JimmyB says: Still working thenew CD Steve says: I'm just outside of Cleveland. Gman says: seattle JoeNovack says: Central Virginia JimmyB says: The new Cd is not like putting together the others JoeNovack says: Jimmy, Did you go to Beirut? JimmyB says: Okay Michael, where are you from? MichaelStrah says: I am in Veracruz, Mexico JimmyB says: WHere is Veracruz? JimmyB says: What is it near? Moderator says: very cool, is anybody in Europe? MichaelStrah says: It is right in the heart of the Gulf of Mexico about 400Kms due east of Mexico City JimmyB says: Any jazz there, Michael? Steve says: This is a tough time slot for Europe... MichaelStrah says: Yea, lots of Jazz there is a guy from Germany that plays at many of the cafes JimmyB says: Do they ever book anyne from the states? JimmyB says: I just returned from Turkey.. beleive it or not JoeNovack says: Jimmy, did you go to Lebanon? JimmyB says: The trip was fine but when I left they caught some guy that was involved with Kosovo and executed him JimmyB says: then some serbs started throwing bombs uder buses Ian says: Out of all your albums Jimmy, My personal favorite is "Like That" . You sure burn on Pat's house!! MichaelStrah says: Jimmy, what label are you on? JimmyB says: I'm on Concord records JimmyB says: They have just released the 2nd night at Birdland Ian says: Yea I saw that in this months Jazz Times. I will buy it a soon as the music store gets it in. DavidH says: Jimmy, will you have the CD at the NY guitar show? JimmyB says: This is the REAL Hank GArland everyone... Jazz WInds form a NEw Direction: Hank_Garland says: Billy says Hi! Ian says: Hank Garland is awesome. I heard he was getting back into playing.. ?? Hank_Garland says: The real one! Hank_Garland says: some when friends come over Ian says: the Hank Garland is here!! Holly S#@$ Moderator says: Jimmy can you talk about these CDs? don_price says: Let's all listen to Eternal Triangle while waiting for Jimmy. I've got it on right now. Kind of sets the mood. WesleyDick says: For anybody interested I have a clip of Jimmy's Move at my web site. With his permission, of course. DavidH says: Gotta give us the url for that... WesleyDick says: http://www.GeoCities.com/BourbonStreet/ Delta/1030/Jukebox.html JimmyB says: this was last year at the Danny Kaye Playhouse in New York Moderator says: where was this concert? JimmyB says: It was a tribute to Herb Steve says: I got one.. is that you with Herb Ellis??? JimmyB says: This was taken at the end of the performance and we where trying to decide on what to play DavidH says: Jimmy, are you playing the tribute to Johnny Smith at the JVC concert this year?? JimmyB says: We were also running out of time and the stage hands union was threatening to pull the plug! JimmyB says: Yes I will be at the Johnny Smith tribute as well DavidH says: Can't wait for that concert...I have been to the last two and both were fantastic JimmyB says: Yeah thereare a lotof fun for the musicians because we getto hang out back stage most ofthe time Ian says: Do you have any scheduled gigs in Canada coming up? JimmyB says: It is a greatgig... we all only have to play one or two tunes JimmyB says: Nothing in Canada yet JimmyB says: I had a promoter there but she couldn't put anything together JimmyB says: This picture is at last years Benedetto concert DavidH says: Jimmy, are you playing the Benny exclusively now? don_price says: the Benedetto Boys JimmyB says: No I use it for certain tunes like the ones I writting now JimmyB says: there are on the fusion side with some disrtion DavidH says: How about at the upcoming LI guitar show?? will we hear the Benny? JimmyB says: BELEIVE ITOR NOT don_price says: Fusion as in.....? JimmyB says: Yeah i guess I will bring the Benny JimmyB says: WHEn I go to gig I bring 2 Benedettos joesilver says: Jimmy Bruno rocks out...Is nothing sacred? Ian says: cool fusion JimmyB says: NOw there's a jazz face!!!!!! don_price says: Very colorful pic! DavidH says: Is that now because you have the Benny or did you always bring two guitars? WesleyDick says: Does using 2 bennys allow one to cool off between tunes? JimmyB says: LOL JimmyB says: No one is a 16 in the other is solid JimmyB says: that's 16" the other is the Benny Steve says: Solid... Fusion... What next??? DavidH says: Which is the 16, the one with the built-in pickup?? is your floating pickup a 17" JimmyB says: I has a real dark sound and it seems to suit the type of lines that I'm playingthese days Hank_Garland says: How many frets? JimmyB says: There's a shot ofthe 16 in my house on a broken chair don_price says: Fusion ala Scott Henderson, Mike Stern, McLaughlin, or something new we need to term the "bruno fusion project?" Ian says: I noticed your string guage is really high (big strings) Is your action set relatively low? JimmyB says: they both go up to a C#. I don't know how frets that is don_price says: What a beautiful axe! JimmyB says: bruno fusion JimmyB says: It's not really fusion... I don't know what to call it WesleyDick says: I notice no pick guard.. JimmyB says: None of my guitars have pick guards JimmyB says: OOps except that one DavidH says: Why no pick guards? MJ says: LOL JimmyB says: that's a 17 " but the pick guard is very small' JimmyB says: i neededit to hold the volume knobs marc says: its really for the volume control WesleyDick says: Look at all the broken guitars!! Steve says: Is that pickup mounted in the top or is it a floater? DavidH says: LOL JimmyB says: There's Bob with a broken guitar ... LOL WesleyDick says: I'm sure he can fix 'em. WesleyDick says: Good as new! JimmyB says: That pick up on the 17 " is a floating one JimmyB says: the 16" is built in JimmyB says: and so is the one on the Benny don_price says: Interesting DavidH says: Jimmy, I hear you play with really high action?? Is there a reason? Steve says: Do you have a strong preference?? Ian says: Is your string action set low for those huge strings you play on? JimmyB says: Most people consoder the action high. DavidH says: I guess that you don't consider it high? JimmyB says: When I was learning I had a real old L% from the 40's no pick up JimmyB says: I got used to playing the guitar like that so I got used to high action WesleyDick says: Know the feeling. I learned on an old guitar out of Special Services ...left over from WWI don_price says: how high? DavidH says: Have you tried playing with lower action? JimmyB says: Sometimes I pick very hard andI hate the pinging sound o fthe strings on the fretborra so Iraise the action JimmyB says: For me it makes a rounder sound don_price says: what amp do you have on screen? JimmyB says: Also I think it makes theguitar sing a lot more accoustically as well as when it is plugged in JimmyB says: That isa Raezer's edge speaker cabiniet with an 12" 200 watt EV DavidH says: I see the Raezer's Edge cabinet... I played through Dale Unger's a few weeks back...What a sound! My 7-string sounded amazing! don_price says: speaker cab only -what do you use for the power side? JimmyB says: I think it would be really dumb to have a Benedetto and play itwith low action .. You won't get any of the sound of the guitar JimmyB says: bob's guitars really sing and have a huge dynamic range Hank_Garland says: Hank loves Bob's guitars JimmyB says: If you put the strings right on the board you are only going to the pockup JimmyB says: ickup which sound fine too! Steve says: I see your pick, Jimmy. How thick is it? JimmyB says: It's like a Fender extra heavy 1.5mm? DavidH says: Where do you get those picks? JimmyB says: D'ANdrea makesthen for me DavidH says: Are they readily available? JimmyB says: I don't think so marc says: have you or anyone in here tried the KRADL don_price says: what about strings? JimmyB says: I use gauges 14-18-26-36-46-56-80 don_price says: flats? Nickel or otherwise? JimmyB says: There's Bobby Watson at Chris's in Phila JimmyB says: Oh they are round wound GHS and Tomastik DavidH says: are you using the Thomastik 7-string?? JimmyB says: Here's a little secret. I wear out strings so fast that I don't know one brand from the other JimmyB says: OOPs I shouldn't have said that don_price says: Thomastik strings? Did I hear correct? Steve says: LOL MJ says: LOL DavidH says: How oftern do you go through strings? Ian says: lol JimmyB says: Yeah sometimes but thomastik but I find them to be uneven JimmyB says: theyare working on that though JimmyB says: I think they are great strings JimmyB says: But generally I use GHS don_price says: Do you have a preference between cromes, stainless steel, or nickel? joesilver says: BRB. I'm going to try the "all-purpose fix" for my browser problems: Re-boot! JimmyB says: WOW. I think they are round wound don_price says: high action and "round"? WesleyDick says: Now that we're getting all of Jimmy's secrets we'll all play burnin JimmyB says: IT says on the bok Dynamic alloy whateverthat means JimmyB says: it says on the box dynamic alloy JimmyB says: after one set they all sound the same to me JimmyB says: I never use new strings to record. They haveto break in a least for 2 gigs don_price says: flats or half-roundwound or straight wounds? JimmyB says: rounfd wounds...you know the nes that make noise don_price says: Listening to MOVE on Jimmy's CD DavidH says: which CD is MOVE on?? JimmyB says: Althouhg I did try half rounds GHS on the Benny I think I like it on that guitar WesleyDick says: Live at Birdland. don_price says: rounds I think. I require flats on my axe. don_price says: Yes, Live at Birdland. Kicks! DavidH says: I like those GHS half rounds DavidH says: I wish they would make them in a heavier guage don_price says: Nickel flats for me. Each to his/her own though. don_price says: what's heaviest? DavidH says: .12 - .54 JimmyB says: you knowo tell thet truth it doesn't matter what strings or picks or amps you use.. it is the music that counts don_price says: OF COURSE! JimmyB says: But I gotta say having a good guitar is really important DavidH says: absolutely Moderator says: OK first file is Bruno's Blues JimmyB says: This is a typical jazz blues lick over a G7. The 1st three notes are from PArker WesleyDick says: Amazing!!! JimmyB says: notice that there is the plain 3rd ( B naturarl) and the flatted 3rd. So you see there is no such thing as a bllues scale... there is only a blues sound JimmyB says: A b5 or a b3rd don_price says: Cool lick! Moderator says: Wolf wanted to point out the ascending G6 in the second bar JimmyB says: later, some one looks at lines like this and says , oh yeah I think I'll say that is from a blues scale. Well, I never learned a blues scale in my life JimmyB says: The theory comes after the music Moderator says: it's interesting how you adopted the use of Jazz in a blues context pmfan57 says: You may have never learned a blues scale on purpose, but you must have just by listening to Charlie Parker records, right? JimmyB says: Truthfuly , I think most jazz educations is a lot of BS Ian says: lol JimmyB says: I never learned a blues scale. When I was learning there were no jazz books... and thank god because if there was I wouldn't be able to play don_price says: "education(s)? Steve says: I do... I've already copped that lick. DavidH says: It's nice to hear you say that....I get e-mail from a listserv that has all educators on it...I don't know how they have time to play with all of the time they spend theorizing JimmyB says: If you learn the fundamental scales and arpeggios you can make them sound and do whatever you like don_price says: you must "feel" and hear the blues to play it! pmfan57 says: what fundamental scale do you fool with to get the blues scale? don_price says: That's personal education right there. Moderator says: I love the G 13 (add 9) chord at the end don_price says: We are being educated right now! JimmyB says: I use a major or a mixo-lydian and lower the 3rd or a natural rd... same as with the 5th Moderator says: ok everybody here's a bass and drum jam track for you to practice this line over JimmyB says: or just think major and use the b7 as a passing tone Steve says: I hear a little Charlie Christian in that lick. JimmyB says: probably... but I was never a fan of Charlie christian pmfan57 says: no flat fifth. usually the "Jazz" blues scale has the minor pentatonic plus the flat fifth Moderator says: Jimmy can guide you on what lines to play JimmyB says: pmfan you know more about thesescales than Ido pmfan57 says: but you play 'em real gooder than me pmfan57 says: and real fasterer JimmyB says: LikeI said for me take a major scale and fool with lowering the 3rd or 5th or both. try putting bothtogether or as Wolf likes to point out ... leave out the 7th and use the 6th.. I guess that's where the pentatonic idea comes form JimmyB says: comefrom Moderator says: and your use of chromatic lines JimmyB says: chromatics come from wanting to land on a chord tone at a certain beat pmfan57 says: that seems to be the goal of a good line don_price says: That last lick seems to be located in and around a 5,3,7,1 intervalic voicing in 10th position. JimmyB says: you got itDON JimmyB says: it's G7 with some scale tones Steve says: 5V4, as the man says... JimmyB says: one final thouhght ... the note B is surounded by a "C" and a Bb hence the chroamtic or hence the b3 Moderator says: do you see any chord or arpeggio outline when playing that style JimmyB says: i see your tyyng don_price says: Mixolydian, chromatic, minor pentatonic/blues lick. That's it! don_price says: arps are always there, right? JimmyB says: yes I see a G7tharpeggio and behind that a g7 scale or more real ... a C MAJOR scale with G-B- D_ F sticking out JimmyB says: I only need 3 fingerings and I can play that lick anywhere on theguitar JimmyB says: with 3 Major scale fingerings I don't need mixos don_price says: You think "key area" or "parental" scale forms. Correct? JimmyB says: I think of tonal centers andhow the chord isfunctioning in it's context. It really is very simple only academicains make it hard don_price says: Jimmy - what guitar did you record that riff on? Moderator says: Here's Jimmy's II-V or Not II-V JimmyB says: that was the 16' Benedetto plugged into a board atWolf MArshalls house Moderator says: Jimmy are you using sweep picking on the middle section? JimmyB says: I'm always using "SweepPicking" I never know what that means JimmyB says: If you mean keeping thedirection of the pick the same when switching strings... zI guess it is sweep picking don_price says: Sounds more like extra fast triplet feel someplace midway in there. Ian says: Sounds hard Moderator says: it was an observation Wolf had on how you achieved the speed in the middle section JimmyB says: I stole that concept from horn players JimmyB says: they do that shit all thetime JimmyB says: I hear the 1st blueslick in there too don_price says: no triplets? Moderator says: I hear some Coltrane in your playing at times JimmyB says: yeah triplets fernando says: Jimmy, are you going to have a book published on your music that you have written? I'm really interested in your song "Big Shoes". JimmyB says: Mel Bay has a transcrition book do out that has Big Shoes JimmyB says: that tune has the same changes as There's is no greater Love fernando says: could you tell us a bit about Big Shoes? Hank_Garland says: What is it called? JimmyB says: I don't know what the title will be but I will send you one Hank JimmyB says: There is also a lot of augmented stuff in that example GrantG says: hi don. so what have we all learned from JimmyB today? don_price says: LISTEN..LISTEN..LISTEN! GrantG says: yah, i have been taking lessons w/ paul bollenback. he says the same thing:) Support says: not to get caught up in theory all the time GrantG says: i try to tape every gig, and every practice. JimmyB says: tell Paul I said Hi he's a great player AND teacher JimmyB says: we just did a gig together GrantG says: I will. Who else did you play w/? He was just played w/ Joey D again. Jimmy. DO you have any plans to come to Blues Alley in DC anytime soon? JimmyB says: are there any final thoughts, questions comments etc. JimmyB says: next file Moderator says: OK here's the file for "F8" joesilver says: F8? That's the name of the tune? JimmyB says: I like to do this it is a lot offun JimmyB says: f8 is the name... lower case "f" JimmyB says: if you sign my mailing list at my site www.jimmybruno.com you will be notified of upcoming chats fernando says: Jimmy, will you be selling the Mel Bay book, or should I get it at the store? JimmyB says: I guess I haven't gotten any copies yet but I can get some and put it on my site fernando says: I would like to get one asap. Let us know on you mailing list> joesilver says: What about previous chats, like the ones with Hank and the one with Frank Vignola? Will those be made available anywhere? JimmyB says: I also haveafingering book that will ship May 15	<< load notation from left
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