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I thought this forum deserved a 'Currently Listening To...' topic, so here it is!

Now Playing: Octavarium by Dream Theater (24 minutes of sheer genius!)
 
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Things I listened to today: the dalek album again, DJ Muggs and Sick Jacken's The Legend of the Mask and the Assassin, and SNSD's The Boys

currently listening to this



Don Caballero's American Don. Something fans of Steve Reich and his electric counterpoint would enjoy. The guitar playing also gets compared to King Crimson/Fripp often.
I found out about Don Caballero from the guitarist of one of our only decent local bands "The Kickass". They only play once or twice a year now, but when they do it's always a kickass show... pun partially intended.



Sadly this place no longer exists and the music scene is dying more and more each year. We're pretty much down to one decent venue in the whole area and this is a college town dammit!
 
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Lol at the people trying to mosh near the end. Not bad stuff. Much better than anything we have locally, that is for sure.
Yeah, honestly that was a poor representation of them. They're a pretty great band. I posted a video of them on the Obscure music thread of when they did a bass/synth-guitar duo and I think that exemplifies their abilities a little better.
 
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Samurai, I know you're a big jazz fan but I'm not sure where you stand on jazz guitar. If you enjoy it at all I suggest you check out this album. I've only had it for a few months but I absolutely love it. He's a fantastic player and it isn't like you can go wrong with Monk compositions. Recommend all around for the jazz lovers on this board.
 
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@ CNote, I'm really not a fan of guitar, organ or clarinet in the type of jazz I tend to like {be-bop}, but I love Monk and so will check disc you posted on Spotify; Thanks for the heads up on this!
Yeah, I wasn't always that big of a jazz guitar fan. It grows with me over the years to the point that I enjoy it a lot, but now that I play guitar and am attempting to play jazz, I find that I love it more than ever. I've come to rank many guitarists as my favorite jazzmen, like Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrrell, George Benson, and Bill Frisell. I also personally enjoy the organ, of which George Benson plays with on a few of his bop albums, and the clarinet, as I'm a huge Eric Dolphy fan. Flute is great as well.
 
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@ CNote, I'm really not a fan of guitar, organ or clarinet in the type of jazz I tend to like {be-bop}, but I love Monk and so will check disc you posted on Spotify; Thanks for the heads up on this!
I'm quite fond of Charlie Christian on electric guitar.

I don't know much about jazz at all, though. Certainly not enough to determine styles and genres.
 
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