Ed Bickert Trio - "Easy To Love"
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Claude Ranger was (is?) such a fantastic drummer. Ed Bickert makes such beautiful and concise statements. Ranger's story is on par with 'this is spinal tap' drummer mysteries. Careful, he might jump out of the bushes one day with drum sticks.
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Happy birthday, today, Ed Bickert! My father was also born 1932. Your generation gave some truly remarkable and outstanding people. Greetings from MK
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Ed to me looks somewhat like a handsome lumberjack, while being one of the most imaginative and gentle players on the guitar I've ever heard, a magician with his preference for very personal irradiant chords.
In Toronto, Paul Desmond with Ed in his trio definitely created some songs of overwhelming lyrical beauty and perfection.
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The single note lines and the chordal voiceleading always make sense. The guy had incredible continuity and flow...
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Okay blasphemy here...I think Bickert is the God equivalent of Joe Pass...maybe even better? Oh yeah, I said it. Damn me to Jazz Hell.
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The drummer is Claude Ranger (rahn-zhay'), a great player who seems to have disappeared -- literally. No one knows if he's still alive!
It's amusing to read the comments that keep referring to Ed's equipment. I know him, and doubt if he ever thought about that other than to have something in his hand to make music...
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@SmelOdies Bill Frisell also used a tele with round wounds. It all depends on that sound that you're craving.
Yes the sound is in the fingers, but also in the guitar. The tele has a bright jangly sound that lends it's self to a certain sound, regardless what genre it's played in. I play a Eastman with 13 round wounds because I love out acoustic jazz ala Eddie Lang and the such. I couldn't play acoustic passages like Howard Alden (No Amps Allowed Record) with a tele, but that's not my sound.
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@TallSomeone Yeah, explain that to me. Sounds good, but what led this guy to a Tele?
ive watched this video like 100 times
TheEarlOfDublin 2 years ago 16
I read somewhere that Desmond said that he was playing with Ed once and had to keep looking back to make sure he was only using two hands.
gdevane 2 years ago 16