The Last Gig of J.C.
Prologue; Coltrane as Musical Prophet; Excerpts from The Last Gig of J.C.; Coltrane’s Ecclesial Welcome; The Coltranean Key: An Aversion to the Major (Church?) and Affinity for the Minor […]
Month: December 2011
Racial Harmony
I regard this this theme and material as a penultimate stage towards defining my Global Guitar genre, which I invite the curious reader to explore. Divinity, […]
Baroque Muse
Nicholas of Cusa (1400-1464) was a late Medieval/early Renaissance German cardinal, best known as a philosopher. Today he is probably best known because of Umberto […]
2 to Django
Guitarist Joe Pass said, “To me, there have been only three real innovators on the guitar— Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, and Django Reinhardt.“ Barney Kessel on Django: […]
Crossroad Blues
Good News for Blue Devils; Blues Harmonica; Gospel Blues; Breau’s Bluesy Deity; Coltrane’s Bluesy Psalm; Saint-Martin’s Principles; Brentano’s Flat Seventh as Jesus; Tonicization; The Blues Effect; Eric Clapton and Peter Green; Good Vibrations; Qualifications Concerning Tensional […]
Global Psalms
I regard this this theme and material as a penultimate stage towards defining my Global Guitar genre, which I invite the curious reader to explore. Prologue Divinity, […]
The Greatest Guitarist in the World
Sundry Comments and Two Notes; Gratitude, Press Release, and Reviews; Coda and Acknowledgements to the Source of True Greatness; Six, Seven, and Silly or Sublime Thoughts; Great (and Good) […]