Review by Rick Anderson
This is a not very challenging, but thoroughly charming, summit meeting between a blues guitar master and a jazz guitar legend. Taking four classic swing tunes ("Just Squeeze Me," "Avalon," "Stuffy," and, inevitably, "Flyin' Home"), two Robillard originals, and a jointly composed slow blues, and helped out by bassist Marty Ballou and drummer Marty Richards, Duke Robillard and Herb Ellis deliver a 48-minute swing guitar master class, Conversations in Swing Guitar. Ellis comes from jazz and Robillard from the blues, so their approaches are just distinct enough to keep things interesting; although both play with a clean, fat jazz tone and no one ever really hauls off and shreds, Robillard tends towards bent notes and funky chordal things while Ellis thinks a bit more in terms of long lines and florid ornamentation. Every so often you might find yourself wishing that the edges were just a bit rougher, but both of these guys are clearly having a great old time, and you will too.
This is a not very challenging, but thoroughly charming, summit meeting between a blues guitar master and a jazz guitar legend. Taking four classic swing tunes ("Just Squeeze Me," "Avalon," "Stuffy," and, inevitably, "Flyin' Home"), two Robillard originals, and a jointly composed slow blues, and helped out by bassist Marty Ballou and drummer Marty Richards, Duke Robillard and Herb Ellis deliver a 48-minute swing guitar master class, Conversations in Swing Guitar. Ellis comes from jazz and Robillard from the blues, so their approaches are just distinct enough to keep things interesting; although both play with a clean, fat jazz tone and no one ever really hauls off and shreds, Robillard tends towards bent notes and funky chordal things while Ellis thinks a bit more in terms of long lines and florid ornamentation. Every so often you might find yourself wishing that the edges were just a bit rougher, but both of these guys are clearly having a great old time, and you will too.
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Este es un encuentro en la cumbre, no muy desafiante, pero completamente encantador, entre un maestro de la guitarra de blues y una leyenda de la guitarra de jazz. Tomando cuatro temas clásicos de swing ("Just Squeeze Me", "Avalon", "Stuffy" e, inevitablemente, "Flyin' Home"), dos originales de Robillard y un blues lento compuesto conjuntamente, y ayudados por el bajista Marty Ballou y el batería Marty Richards, Duke Robillard y Herb Ellis ofrecen una clase magistral de guitarra de swing de 48 minutos, Conversations in Swing Guitar. Ellis viene del jazz y Robillard del blues, por lo que sus enfoques son lo suficientemente distintos como para mantener las cosas interesantes; aunque ambos tocan con un tono de jazz limpio y gordo y ninguno se lanza a destrozar, Robillard tiende a las notas dobladas y a los acordes funky mientras que Ellis piensa un poco más en términos de líneas largas y ornamentación florida. De vez en cuando se puede desear que los bordes sean un poco más ásperos, pero está claro que ambos se lo están pasando muy bien, y tú también lo harás.
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