This is an interesting interpretation by a jazz guitar god of a strange, fascinating song and I'd love for the people who are primed to yell "sellout" at any jazz artist's attempt to find broader appeal to explain why you'd pick "A Day in the Life" for pandering purposes. Sarah Vaughan got called a sellout, and so did Bird, for Christ's sake, which I think is enough right there to inoculate anyone against taking the charge seriously. Even artists have to eat, right?
Great upload. As for the "Wes was doing pop-jazz in his later career". So what? I love Wes in any mode, there's that hint of jazz snobbery comes into play here, which I hate. Was John Coltrane doing it when he covered "My Favourite Things"? I agree with OldSchoolSkill, very smart comments by the uploader too.
This is an interesting interpretation by a jazz guitar god of a strange, fascinating song and I'd love for the people who are primed to yell "sellout" at any jazz artist's attempt to find broader appeal to explain why you'd pick "A Day in the Life" for pandering purposes. Sarah Vaughan got called a sellout, and so did Bird, for Christ's sake, which I think is enough right there to inoculate anyone against taking the charge seriously. Even artists have to eat, right?
mfreeman313 3 weeks ago
Great upload. As for the "Wes was doing pop-jazz in his later career". So what? I love Wes in any mode, there's that hint of jazz snobbery comes into play here, which I hate. Was John Coltrane doing it when he covered "My Favourite Things"? I agree with OldSchoolSkill, very smart comments by the uploader too.
Chapeau, as they say in France.
monkeytown1000 1 month ago
Beginning of this reminds me of Manhattan by Eric Johnson
/watch?v=FL8aeeSTthQ
FriggnDiggn 1 month ago