An amazing performance by Lenny Breau of Georgia, from the Canadian CBC’s show ‘A Touch of Jazz’ in 1961. This is without a doubt one of my favourite performances – everything he plays is concise, considered and cleanly delivered. In spite of being recorded for TV, he’s still taking risks and pushing himself. On edge. Check out the beautiful ascending voicings at 1:28 for example. Again – the only flaw with this is that it’s just too short! Just 2 & a half choruses with a nice bluesy coda… And that bridge – that’s the art of interpretation right there.

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A great analysis of this performance by Greg Stone can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H1P6t5jK0qeTQ76Zvx5rF2xo4JiRZ5pBuTJFgEcrzrw/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1.

Next up – Moon River – Bill Frisell

Enjoy!

David Toule

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