Author: saiganeshravikumar

This is a performance of Billie’s Bounce by Charlie parker by Andreas Oberg.  He is very influenced by George benson, reflected by the bluesy sound in his licks & also how he sings with his improvisation.  This is particularly impressive considering the highly chromatic and bebop nature of his licks.  I really like the repeated licks in his…

I knew I’d post odd time signature stuff at some point, and what better place to start than the Mahavishnu Orchestra… This performance is crazy, it seems like all of the musicians were at their peak at this time, and has a lot of 60s-70s era influence on it.  John Mclaughlin is using an iconic…

Soulive is definitely one of my favorite jazz/funk groups, and “outrage” is one of my favorite tunes by them.  It has a very cool rock oriented feel with the pentatonic-y guitar riff.  I believe theres also the hendrix- dominant-sharp9 chord used as a big part of the riff which emphasizes the rock roots of the tune.  Eric…

This is a video of the Buddy Rich Big band performing Count Basie’s One O’ Clock Jump.  I find it particularly amusing that Buddy Rich appears to be performing in a bath robe.  As far as musicianship goes, this is the only group I know to feature a drummer, and I find that interesting as…

  This group features Nir Felder, who is probably one of the best jazz guitarists as of late.  He has a very exciting sound that balances highly linear/chromatic lines with intervallic leaps (ex: 4ths) that is usually not seen in guitar playing. This is very clearly seen in 6:10 where he goes up the chromatic…

This is a really good version of Eddie Harris’ Cold Duck Time.  It sounds like it could be in a 60/70’s era Grant Green organ trio album with its strong groove nature.  Theres a lot of wes-montgomery octave style stuff by the guitarist, followed by a lot of bluesy licks.  There’s a strong george benson…

This group has some of the most talented musicians I have heard in a while.  The recording is a cover of Mike Stern’s “Chromazone” that transitions into “The Chicken” by Pee Wee Ellis.  Guthrie Govan is definitely the most diverse guitar player alive, able to find his home in a variety of styles, as is…

This is a very sick cover of oleo, and is probably one of my all-time favorite performances of a rhythm changes.  The intro has a really cool guitar motif.  The head has a really cool bass pedal from the organ, not sure what it is or how it functions but it sounds very hip.  There’s…

  This is a live performance of John Ellis’ tune “Tall Drink of Water” at the Jazz Standard in NYC.  The tune has a cool piano/guitar riff thats played underneath the melody, as well as a fun groove overall.  These musicians appear to be different than the ones from the original recording, but all play pretty…