Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bonnie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!wjh From: wjh@bonnie.UUCP (Bill Hery) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Another Greatest Guitarist Candidate Message-ID: <599@bonnie.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 19:23:21 EDT Article-I.D.: bonnie.599 Posted: Fri Oct 25 19:23:21 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 04:38:18 EDT References: <626@h-sc1.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany NJ Lines: 18 > > My nominee for best guitarist is the jazz guitarist > Stanley Jordan (first album "Magic Touch" just released > ............. If anyone knows anything more about Jordan or > if anyone plays like him, I would appreciate the > information. > There was a story on Stanley in down beat within the last few months. I saw him at a solo concert a few years ago in Princeton, where he was an undergrad at the time. Even then, he was an amazing technician, although his muical individuality still needed much development: even though he had his own unique technique, he seemed to be trying too hard to sound (musically) like Wes Montgomery. He seems to have grown a lot since then. Also, the Blue Note lp is not his first, but is probably the only one you can still find. He recorded an lp on a small label when he was in Princeton. If he makes it big, someone will probably reissue it.