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From: shiue@h-sc1.UUCP (steve shiue)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Another Greatest Guitarist Candidate
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Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 20:22:46 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 23 20:22:46 1985
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	My nominee for best guitarist is the jazz guitarist
Stanley Jordan (first album "Magic Touch" just released
recently) - I believe that he is affiliated with Blue Note.
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 - for guitar afficionados,
it is hard to believe that one man is playing - it sounds
like an entire band.  I had only heard of Jordan recently,
and went to see a concert of his at the Berklee Performance
Center in Boston without having heard any of his music
previously.  He played unaccompanied and was fantastic -
highlights of the show included renditions of "Georgia on my
Mind" and an incredible Beatles medley.  I would recommend
him highly to anyone remotely interested in jazz or guitar
music.  Reviews of "Magic Touch" have been in general quite
enthusiastic.  If anyone knows anything more about Jordan or
if anyone plays like him, I would appreciate the
information.

			-Steve Shiue
"Great stunt, Daffy!  They loved you!" (Bugs)
"I know, I know.  But I can only do it once." (Daffy)

P.S.  If there have already been SJ postings, spare the
flames and acrimony - I just started reading this newsgrouop
today.