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Post by RickW on Feb 16, 2024 23:57:53 GMT -5
Been following this guy for a while. Pretty stunning playing and composition.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Feb 17, 2024 1:34:54 GMT -5
Technically impressive, but not my cuppa tea.
Mike
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Post by theevan on Feb 17, 2024 6:44:21 GMT -5
I like. Thanks.
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Post by John B on Feb 17, 2024 9:27:17 GMT -5
Thanks - I really enjoyed this. I can't even begin to figure out how to count that rhythm.
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Post by PaulKay on Feb 17, 2024 9:46:04 GMT -5
Interesting.
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Post by james on Feb 17, 2024 10:52:04 GMT -5
I found him through admirer Will McNicol, who has a few gigs coming up with him. He's got a nice new Fylde Alexander(?). I posted his lovely version of Lakes of Pontchartrain on it before but don't think I posted this one.
On the matter of being able to count the rhythm, Sönke writes in his YT notes that he only noticed when writing the tune down that the B part is in 15/16.
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Post by coachdoc on Feb 17, 2024 11:18:40 GMT -5
Technically impressive, but not my cuppa tea. Mike Right there with ya. |
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Post by John B on Feb 17, 2024 11:28:22 GMT -5
On the matter of being able to count the rhythm, Sonke writes in his YT notes that he only noticed when writing the tune down that the B part is in 15/16. I would bet that if he wrote the song himself, he played and figured out what felt "right" and only when documenting it he realized how "weird" the timing is. |
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Post by RickW on Feb 17, 2024 11:40:14 GMT -5
I don’t always like such ‘angular’ compositions myself. But when one hits me right, it’s some of my favourite instrumental music.
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Post by RickW on Feb 17, 2024 11:45:59 GMT -5
I found him through admirer Will McNicol, who has a few gigs coming up with him. He's got a nice new Fylde Alexander(?). I posted his lovely version of Lakes of Pontchartrain on it before but don't think I posted this one. On the matter of being able to count the rhythm, Sonke writes in his YT notes that he only noticed when writing the tune down that the B part is in 15/16. Lovely. I love the breadth of what he does, from sweet like this, to what I posted. I also love the simple joy he always has when he plays, not over the top, I-need-to-look-like-I’m-enraptured. As to the timing, I’ve done that more than a few times. I think I’m writing something straight, and then I count it out, and it’s … how did I end up here?  |
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Post by Russell Letson on Feb 17, 2024 11:48:01 GMT -5
First video sounds like a mashup of oud figures over a kind of Middle Eastern-influenced jazz ostinato with a dash of 20th-c. classical harmonies. Impressive in that it manages to hang together--and that he has the technique to bring it off. Second video is just a bit busy for my ear. Great chops, though.
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Post by james on Feb 17, 2024 12:01:06 GMT -5
Sönke was chuffed to get Andy McKee's praise in the comments for this one.
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Post by coachdoc on Feb 17, 2024 12:04:37 GMT -5
Pafth…
Way to choppy tip Tappan an unmusical for me.
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