Instead of blasting off like a dragster off the starting blocks, Lorne Lofsky plays with beautifully considered restraint and nearly flawless execution. Lofsky has power and it's under excellent control.
@RovertJify: There is Mississippi delta blues, Chicago blues, Kansas City blues, and the more sophisticated blues as played by the the premier guitarist Lofsky. It's his interpretation. The 'blues' of the south was brought on by the black slave experience which is different than the "uptown" city experience. Anyone can experience the "blues" so don't bring race into it. It doesn't have to be Brownie KcGee & Sonny Terry all the time. Jazz like all modern music is always evolving. Ken, Toronto
@RovertJify I can tell you that the Lorne and Ed Bickert got my attention long ago. Bear in mind I've seen Albert King,BB, and Freddie King live. So what does that tell one who has any sense of accurate history. I have emailed Lorne and he has gotten back to me. I respect great musicianship in all forms. The blues has been experienced by all folks ,that's why it is appreciated by all. Sure there are maybe deeper connections due to over 240 years of terrorism against certain folks in the USA.
@fuzzycontrol1327 I think you misunderstood me. I gave an ironic reaction to the comments of Hoopermazing. I appreciate Mr Lorne and his friends. I wish I could have been there to join.
I notice that there's a handful of jazz guitarists who don't seem to play archtops..Ted Greene is another guy.. I wonder if there's a technical reason behind that, since the jazz guitar world has been pretty much defined by the hollow body archtop sound since day 1. I guess it looks funny to me to see straight-ahead jazz being played on a Tele or a Strat or a Les Paul. But if you can really play, I suppose no one's gonna blame you! Any thoughts out there?
Nothing but the dragging tempo that sticks the song with heaviness . A fine jazz box is more expensive and less changeable than a common solid body ....and here Lofsky is far below WES with the L5
@Hoopermazing I don't usually get involved in this sort of thing, but I think what you're saying is very ignorant. Music belongs to everyone, and it is especially ignorant to make generalizations about Canadians and/or whites. While jazz originated with African-Americans, it belongs to the world now, and there are not only a number of great white jazz musicians, but also a great many Canadian jazz musicians.
The great Oscar Peterson was a "black" Canadian. Does that make him "souless and boring"? Don't let your 'racist' views of whites and Canadians in general get in the way of your good taste in jazz or blues music.
@Chessguitar - I meant that his playing is soporifically insipid. Of course, I wouldn't expect a foreigner, with no connection to jazz whatsoever, to hear it. This kind of plodding dirge-like interpretation is the musical mainstay of your culture.
@siegelc005 Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt and Joe Pass are among my favorite guitarists. My primary issue with Lorne Lofsky is that is his playing is boring and soulless... which might have more to do with being Canadian than merely white. There are whites who have excelled in the idiom of jazz... but is still OUR music, and white opinions of and tastes in jazz matter as little to me as my hatred of Handel and new country likely matters to them.
Great playing and feel!
Wonderfull
Agreed!
Ken, Toronto
Instead of blasting off like a dragster off the starting blocks, Lorne Lofsky plays with beautifully considered restraint and nearly flawless execution. Lofsky has power and it's under excellent control.
@RovertJify: There is Mississippi delta blues, Chicago blues, Kansas City blues, and the more sophisticated blues as played by the the premier guitarist Lofsky. It's his interpretation. The 'blues' of the south was brought on by the black slave experience which is different than the "uptown" city experience. Anyone can experience the "blues" so don't bring race into it. It doesn't have to be Brownie KcGee & Sonny Terry all the time. Jazz like all modern music is always evolving.
Ken, Toronto
@bula92 andd beautifull tooo
@RovertJify
I can tell you that the Lorne and Ed Bickert got my attention long ago. Bear in mind I've seen Albert King,BB, and Freddie King live. So what does that tell one who has any sense of accurate history. I have emailed Lorne and he has gotten back to me. I respect great musicianship in all forms. The blues has been experienced by all folks ,that's why it is appreciated by all. Sure there are maybe deeper connections due to over 240 years of terrorism against certain folks in the USA.
1:30
"girl talk"
just great.
is lorne from canada , that would make me one proud canuck .
Lorne is a Toronto guy.
@scarpia86 Technically sure..That"s' my point!
@RovertJify
Was? Ed Bickert? Is he still alive?
@fuzzycontrol1327 I think you misunderstood me. I gave an ironic reaction to the comments of Hoopermazing. I appreciate Mr Lorne and his friends. I wish I could have been there to join.
big time - Toronto
I play better by just listening to this man😎🎶🎸
This is Wes's tune -- D Natural Blues.
I notice that there's a handful of jazz guitarists who don't seem to play archtops..Ted Greene is another guy.. I wonder if there's a technical reason behind that, since the jazz guitar world has been pretty much defined by the hollow body archtop sound since day 1. I guess it looks funny to me to see straight-ahead jazz being played on a Tele or a Strat or a Les Paul. But if you can really play, I suppose no one's gonna blame you! Any thoughts out there?
Nothing but the dragging tempo that sticks the song with heaviness .
A fine jazz box is more expensive and less changeable than a common
solid body ....and here Lofsky is far below WES with the L5
Sounds like West Coast Blues?
Edit: ...but it is still...
@RovertJify, I'm sorry, RovertJify, the above comment should have been directed at Hoopermazing.
@Hoopermazing you mean that you don't hear emotions? no sense of harmony? bad timing? no street credible jungle feel? hahaha
This cat played with Oscar Peterson......I bet that was so fun....
so ULF Walkenius and Herb ELLIS ......and JOE PASS .
@Hoopermazing I don't usually get involved in this sort of thing, but I think what you're saying is very ignorant. Music belongs to everyone, and it is especially ignorant to make generalizations about Canadians and/or whites. While jazz originated with African-Americans, it belongs to the world now, and there are not only a number of great white jazz musicians, but also a great many Canadian jazz musicians.
The great Oscar Peterson was a "black" Canadian. Does that make him "souless and boring"? Don't let your 'racist' views of whites and Canadians in general get in the way of your good taste in jazz or blues music.
@Chessguitar - I meant that his playing is soporifically insipid. Of course, I wouldn't expect a foreigner, with no connection to jazz whatsoever, to hear it. This kind of plodding dirge-like interpretation is the musical mainstay of your culture.
@siegelc005 Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt and Joe Pass are among my favorite guitarists. My primary issue with Lorne Lofsky is that is his playing is boring and soulless... which might have more to do with being Canadian than merely white. There are whites who have excelled in the idiom of jazz... but is still OUR music, and white opinions of and tastes in jazz matter as little to me as my hatred of Handel and new country likely matters to them.
Wow, I've never heard the D Natural Blues sound more sterile and white.