Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sjuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!bellcore!petrus!scherzo!allegra!princeton!astrovax!sjuvax!lp102911 From: lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (palena) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Stanley Jordan Message-ID: <2514@sjuvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 11:42:53 EST Article-I.D.: sjuvax.2514 Posted: Mon Nov 4 11:42:53 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 07:14:42 EST References: <1195@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (Larry Palena) Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA. Lines: 17 Keywords: I thought we were discussing guitarists?? Summary: >> What is special about Stanley Jordan is that he plays the >> guitar in a way that I believe no one else has ever done it >> - he taps the strings along the fretboard, playing it like a >> keyboard (I believe that they do something special with the >> amplification of the guitar). This enables him to play >> independent bass and treble parts simultaneously on >> different parts of the fretboard... > ...I don't know why the guy even plays the damned instrument,though I respect his innovative spirit and all.I'm of the opinion that these "trickster" guitarists are amusing but if they establish a trend,the results will be BAD!!.Stanley Jordan should've been a pianist,not a guitarist. Flame on,Flame on, Larry Palena