Eddie Lang is the undisputed Father of the Jazz Guitar. He was the first major innovator of jazz guitar. Lang played on many of the landmark jazz records of the late 1920s and early 1930s such as "Singin' the Blues" and "For No Reason At All in C" in 1927 with Bix and Tram. He appeared in the 1930 movie The King of Jazz. He continued to record with Bing Crosby and was featured on the no. 1 monster smash "Please". His recording of "Singin' the Blues" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
@Hoopermazing Was Oscar Alemán gypsy? did he have only 2 100% functional fingers in his left hand? Which annual festival is bigger, Samois Sur Seine (Django's) or Festival Internacional de Guitarra Jazz "Oscar Alemán"?Was he the most prominent and productive musician of both, in terms of recordings(..funny, Django recorded more and lived 26 years less than Oscar)Did he invented a music genere?
@Hoopermazing Did he work with Mario Maccaferri to build the guitar that later became famous and Henri Selmer perfectioned with Maccaferri?Don't think so.
I'm not saying Oscar was bad at all , actually he was a great guitarist but he is not on the same league as Django IMHO.
@GassyCoke ... Was he a wash-out in American like Django? You forget to list that. I'd dispute that Django invented any distinct genre of music. There was a group of Romani guitarist in Paris in the early 20th century who were influenced by African American Jazz introduced during and after World War I. Oscar was easily Django's equal in terms of guitar playing and many times his superior as a showman. The only reason that Oscar Aléman isn't as famous is that he didn't have a whitey white face.
@Hoopermazing Havin dark skin has nothing to do with their skills and fame.
There is Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Parker, and a LOT and i mean it, a LOT more not "whitey white faces" that are the icons of jazz today.
Django was way superior than Oscar, Django could express himself just playing and being modest while Oscar had to dance, sing and be a wild character to get attention.Oh and by the way; its your hero, not mine but Oscar's last name is spelled A-L-E-M-Á-N
@GassyCoke I'm sorry to have to disabuse you of the notion that I give a flying fuck about your exaggerated estimation of Django Reinhardt's talents and influence. But I don't. I stand corrected as to the spelling of Alemán. Allow me to return the favor. "Its" and it's aren't interchangeable. And, that's one to grow on.
@Hoopermazing Oh poor litle kiddie, why don't you go and eat Oscar's balls and lick his rotten "nigger"(as you claim he was and you say it like it was a handicap to be black) sausage?
Sorry for the mistake, my biggest appologies, i swear it will never happen again.
Fuck you, hahaha Oscar alm'ein(is that how YOU spell it?)was not mentioned in this video hahahaha and you come here crying about that , what a fag.
If this comment had any grammatical error i give a fuck about it
You're right. Oscar and Django used to jam together and were good friends. Certainly Oscar had more non guitar musical skills then Django. Some folks view as better how fast fingers move or notes. Well, BB King often said more then both of them and he plays less notes. Jim Hall too. I see how some have insecurity and have ego problems since they want to out play others.In fact they often overplay using math relationships and not natural musical ones They are among the "best" .
on my first ever trip to new york i had the pleasure of hearing and meeting Howard Alden where he was playing in the rhythm section for a vocal review at Birdland. What a down to earth musician and out of this world guitarist.
Eddie Lang papà di tutti i chitarristi del jazz mondiale !!!
gabri3l367 10 months ago
Eddie Lang is the undisputed Father of the Jazz Guitar. He was the first major innovator of jazz guitar. Lang played on many of the landmark jazz records of the late 1920s and early 1930s such as "Singin' the Blues" and "For No Reason At All in C" in 1927 with Bix and Tram. He appeared in the 1930 movie The King of Jazz. He continued to record with Bing Crosby and was featured on the no. 1 monster smash "Please". His recording of "Singin' the Blues" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
kingoma61 1 year ago
It's funny how these CACs make such a big deal out of Django but never mention Oscar Alemán.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing Was Oscar Alemán gypsy? did he have only 2 100% functional fingers in his left hand? Which annual festival is bigger, Samois Sur Seine (Django's) or Festival Internacional de Guitarra Jazz "Oscar Alemán"?Was he the most prominent and productive musician of both, in terms of recordings(..funny, Django recorded more and lived 26 years less than Oscar)Did he invented a music genere?
GassyCoke 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing Did he work with Mario Maccaferri to build the guitar that later became famous and Henri Selmer perfectioned with Maccaferri?Don't think so.
I'm not saying Oscar was bad at all , actually he was a great guitarist but he is not on the same league as Django IMHO.
GassyCoke 1 year ago
@GassyCoke ... Was he a wash-out in American like Django? You forget to list that. I'd dispute that Django invented any distinct genre of music. There was a group of Romani guitarist in Paris in the early 20th century who were influenced by African American Jazz introduced during and after World War I. Oscar was easily Django's equal in terms of guitar playing and many times his superior as a showman. The only reason that Oscar Aléman isn't as famous is that he didn't have a whitey white face.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing Havin dark skin has nothing to do with their skills and fame.
There is Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Parker, and a LOT and i mean it, a LOT more not "whitey white faces" that are the icons of jazz today.
Django was way superior than Oscar, Django could express himself just playing and being modest while Oscar had to dance, sing and be a wild character to get attention.Oh and by the way; its your hero, not mine but Oscar's last name is spelled A-L-E-M-Á-N
GassyCoke 1 year ago
@GassyCoke I'm sorry to have to disabuse you of the notion that I give a flying fuck about your exaggerated estimation of Django Reinhardt's talents and influence. But I don't. I stand corrected as to the spelling of Alemán. Allow me to return the favor. "Its" and it's aren't interchangeable. And, that's one to grow on.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing Oh poor litle kiddie, why don't you go and eat Oscar's balls and lick his rotten "nigger"(as you claim he was and you say it like it was a handicap to be black) sausage?
Sorry for the mistake, my biggest appologies, i swear it will never happen again.
Fuck you, hahaha Oscar alm'ein(is that how YOU spell it?)was not mentioned in this video hahahaha and you come here crying about that , what a fag.
If this comment had any grammatical error i give a fuck about it
I'm out of here.
GassyCoke 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing
You're right. Oscar and Django used to jam together and were good friends. Certainly Oscar had more non guitar musical skills then Django. Some folks view as better how fast fingers move or notes. Well, BB King often said more then both of them and he plays less notes. Jim Hall too. I see how some have insecurity and have ego problems since they want to out play others.In fact they often overplay using math relationships and not natural musical ones They are among the "best" .
jazz1bro 8 months ago
I watched the movie, Sean Penn can't play at all1
bigmuddy1 2 years ago
neat! a 7 string gitane, coolio doolio, i had no idea they made such a thing(1:57)
m1garandisthebest 2 years ago 2
on my first ever trip to new york i had the pleasure of hearing and meeting Howard Alden where he was playing in the rhythm section for a vocal review at Birdland. What a down to earth musician and out of this world guitarist.
kidderminsterbro 3 years ago 4