Some changes made - Marty Grosz in Toronto 1977

There will be some changes made - Marty Grosz 1977.
Marty Grosz is the invited performer during one of Peter Appleyard
jazz shows. In the background is Jim Galloway with his Metro Stompers from Toronto.
According to the critics, Marty Grosz is today's foremost jazz rhythm guitarist and chord soloist. He is virtually the only major jazz guitarist who doesn't use an amplifier. This makes him either the last remaining proponent of the acoustic guitar tradition in jazz or the lone harbinger of a new non-electric movement.
Marty sings, too. His vocals have become as much in demand at record sessions and jazz concerts as his driving guitar rhythm. They are delivered in styles ranging from barrelhouse abandon to whispered restraint, and are sometimes raucous, often mischievous, but almost always informed with a wry sense of the absurd. Grosz was born in Berlin, Germany in 1930. By the time he reached his third birthday, his toes were tapping to radio songs in New York. His urge for musical expression manifested itself when he began strumming a ukelele at the age of eight. A few years later he heard a record that highlighted guitarist Bernard Addison's shuffle-beat behind Roy Eldridge's trumpet: Out went the uke and in came the guitar.

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[ErnieHollerhagen]

Thank you for your comment on MG. Now I see why Bernard Addison's style (one of my favorite guitarists) came to my mind hearing Marty.