Howard Alden and Ehud Asherie-When I Grow Too Old To Dream

Howard on his seven-string guitar and pianist Ehud Asherie play a swinging duet on the old Tin Pan Alley song(from a concert at Bargemusic in Brooklyn December 11, 2008).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Howard Alden
• Ehud Asherie
• Seven String Jazz Guitar
• Stride piano
• Bargemusic
• Traditional jazz

[jazzcatuna]

Mr. Alden, I love your sound. I'd really like to know how you avoid the string squeaks with roundwound strings. I use flatwounds on my Bravo because I make too much noise on the rounds, but I miss the brightness. Great work as always, and thank you for taking the time to read and respond. 5

[halden7]

Thanks for the kind words-I pretty much always use nickel round wound medium guage(D'Addario XL) and can't think of any conscious thing I do to avoid squeaks-I keep the fingers close to the fingerboard(I do usually leave my strings on for awhile until they're unbearably dead).

[simonwigney]

I was lucky to meet Howard in NYC in June at a brunch gig at City Crab. He was so kind in taking the time to chat, answer questions and sign cd's. He got an amazing sound out of a tiny Polytone amp with just 2 x 5 inch speakers. Thanks Howard for being so down to earth and willing to share ideas and information with people - you are one of the truly nice guys this business has produced!

[Adriendeboer1989]

Fantastic, thanks for uploading!

[o1iveoy1]

extraordinary, as always.

<3

[asanisimasa2]

so lovely as always...i really love the melody statement, really rich sound

[jazzguitardotcom]

Tastefully and beautifully done. Wouldn't expect anything else of you, Howard!