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 December 24, 2006 | Anticipating 2007
The week between Christmas and New Years is a time of refection and anticipation. We've prepared our JazzMando Top Five list of things we dream about seeing this next year. We aren't sure of their likelihood, but it never hurts to dream big!
What we'd like to see in 2007:
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1. A collaborative recording or concert of two JazzMando faves, Will Patton and Paul Glasse. These two leading edge jazz mandolinists have a similar jazz vocabulary and prolific melodic improvisational skills. How cool it would be to get the Vermonter and the Texan to trade fours in concert!
- 2. A new Don Stiernberg recording. Speaking of great jazz mandolinists, we were spoiled by several delicious recordings by "The Don" over the last few years. We know another collaboration with East Coast virtuoso guitarist John Carlini is in the oven. It's going to be hard to beat their last two projects, but we expect nothing but the best.
- 3. More four-string acoustic or acoustic-electric mandolins and mandolas from premier cottage builders. Our own Solocomp JM has been a raging success, and following on the heels of the Arrow Jazzbo, we thing the world is ready for a glorious trend of single course mandolin family instruments. Tremolo is over-rated; nothing propagates a cheesy image of our instrument than the stuttering of bad tremolo.
- 4. A carbon fibre asymmetrical two-point mandolin. Company President Peter Mix is pioneering CF technology in mandolins, already somewhat explored in violins, cellos and guitars in his fledgling entrepreneurial effort, New Millennium Acoustic Design mandolins. The A-body is out, F is in the hopper, and we'd sure like to see a two-point not long after.
- 5. The expansion of our Tips and Tricks section to video. With a "face for radio" we'll have to keep all shots from the neck down, but we're hoping to catch up with the rest of the world and add some video files for playing tips.
Happy New Year from Site Curator Ted Eschliman and the rest of the JazzMando Research Staff!
Posted by Ted at December 24, 2006 6:07 PM
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