@TheSystemOfGuitar maybe Pat doesn't know or care what they prefer to eat, I know Pat, we're of Sicilian heritage and have distinctive tastes in cuisine :-)
@TheSystemOfGuitar sacred geometry comes to mind when you hang with pat and listen to his concepts, I spent a week hanging with Benson in the 70's, jamming,
picking his mind, he demonstrated how he could duplicate anything he heard instantly, sang Bird's Just Friends solo as it played on a jukebox, he borrowed my old old ES 175 for a set, it sounded exactly like him, didn't sound like me at all! :-)
@cliffworks4321 I have a friend from Texas who hangs out with Pat a lot...And it just so happens that George Benson was my brother's childhood friend and 1st guitar teacher...I remember him at my house when I was a kid, but never got a chance to sit with him...You got the chance to hang with both he and Pat...must feel amazing!
@TheSystemOfGuitar growing up in LA in the 60's a few minutes walk from The Lighthouse jazz club was great, got to meet everyone; living in Tokyo the past 40 years
I got to work with everyone. Sadly market has shrunken, groups can only play 250 seat rooms like Bluenote, Billboard and Cotton Club two 70 minute dinner shows per night. Benson hasn't been here in years, Pat comes maybe 2x a year. u can see who comes here check out tokyo metropolis listing section, ciao
@TheSystemOfGuitar fyi Tuck Andress of Tuck and Patti wrote an excellent in-depth analysis of Benson's picking style, u can find it on their hp, enjoy!
Best jazz guitarist "ever".Listen close and you'll hear Pat Matheny here also.Even without the octaves "listen".Wes played the right notes.Period.Wes went to the best school with that organ cat comping.God Bless Wes for this wonderful music.Even named my son after him.
Great idea and most of all: great perforemance.
mickifri2 1 month ago
This kind of music its a real classic...Regards to all from Venezuela.-
GERENPLANIF 2 months ago
Greetings from Venezuela to all the Wes fans worlwide...
GERENPLANIF 2 months ago
changing my top five all time guitarists, see ya later Mark ! wow this is amazing!!
01Shorthanded 2 months ago
Pat Methany may have studied Wes but Pat Martino took Wes to the next level .
shreaderkeneter 2 months ago
@shreaderkeneter There's no next level after Wes.
weskoki 2 months ago
@shreaderkeneter I love Pat Martino, he's one of the world's great players, but he can't pack Wes' lunch or George Benson's...never could....
TheSystemOfGuitar 1 month ago
@TheSystemOfGuitar maybe Pat doesn't know or care what they prefer to eat, I know Pat, we're of Sicilian heritage and have distinctive tastes in cuisine :-)
cliffworks4321 2 weeks ago
@cliffworks4321 Pat is definately a man who stands alone at what he does...I'm sure that he doesn't care too.. :)
TheSystemOfGuitar 2 weeks ago
@TheSystemOfGuitar sacred geometry comes to mind when you hang with pat and listen to his concepts, I spent a week hanging with Benson in the 70's, jamming,
picking his mind, he demonstrated how he could duplicate anything he heard instantly, sang Bird's Just Friends solo as it played on a jukebox, he borrowed my old old ES 175 for a set, it sounded exactly like him, didn't sound like me at all! :-)
cliffworks4321 2 weeks ago
@cliffworks4321 I have a friend from Texas who hangs out with Pat a lot...And it just so happens that George Benson was my brother's childhood friend and 1st guitar teacher...I remember him at my house when I was a kid, but never got a chance to sit with him...You got the chance to hang with both he and Pat...must feel amazing!
TheSystemOfGuitar 2 weeks ago
@TheSystemOfGuitar growing up in LA in the 60's a few minutes walk from The Lighthouse jazz club was great, got to meet everyone; living in Tokyo the past 40 years
I got to work with everyone. Sadly market has shrunken, groups can only play 250 seat rooms like Bluenote, Billboard and Cotton Club two 70 minute dinner shows per night. Benson hasn't been here in years, Pat comes maybe 2x a year. u can see who comes here check out tokyo metropolis listing section, ciao
cliffworks4321 2 weeks ago
@TheSystemOfGuitar fyi Tuck Andress of Tuck and Patti wrote an excellent in-depth analysis of Benson's picking style, u can find it on their hp, enjoy!
cliffworks4321 2 weeks ago
astounding
grwatanabe 4 months ago
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grwatanabe 4 months ago
Right on motherfocus. Pat Methany was very much influenced by Wes.
Mr56strat 7 months ago
the second after django reinhardt :)
machtoc 9 months ago
Best jazz guitarist "ever".Listen close and you'll hear Pat Matheny here also.Even without the octaves "listen".Wes played the right notes.Period.Wes went to the best school with that organ cat comping.God Bless Wes for this wonderful music.Even named my son after him.
matt1284508 1 year ago
@matt1284508
You mean that you can hear Wes in Pat Metheny, not the other way around.
motherfocus 9 months ago
And this is played with just the thumb....wow....
weskoki 1 year ago