Re: Απάντηση: Jazz καί Αυτοσχεδιασμός
Steve Eliovson :Acoustic guitar.
Collin Walcott

ercussion.
O Κιθαρίστας Steve Eliovson εμφανίστηκε μιά φορά μόνον στήν ΕCM (1981)ηχογραφώντας τό Dawn Dance και εξαφανίστηκε ..
Ο δίσκος δέν επανεκδόθηκε ποτέ,αλλά μπορεί νά βρεθεί (μέσω κανονικής αγοράς) μέ downloading απο τό Amazon.
Εδώ το θαυμάσιο Venice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arqkvhInJj8
Βρηκα αυτο .
Date: Dec 15, 2006 11:47
I just got back from Cape Town, S Africa...
I spent a week and a 1/2 making a nuisance of myself at various
gigs/jams. I got to sit in with Bensonphile, Richard Caesar,
Wes-o-phile, Alvin Dyers and other sundry bands/guys.
So on saturday I was invited to a party at great pianist Robert Payne's
pad. There were a few people there, and one guy was introduced as
"Steve". About 1/2 way thru the nite I heard "Steve" mention recording
in Germany. I tentatively asked him for his last name, and his response
FLOORED me: Eliovson. This was the legendary Steve Eliovson who
recorded on ECM in '80 and promptly vanished. HE is a legend amongst SA
gtr players, and here he was in front of me alive and well !!!!! He
told me lots of stories of hanging with Towner and Abercrombie et al,
and how the exigencies of survival forced him to abandon his gtrs in
NY storage NEVER to return to music- sad freaking story....Anyway I
pulled out my gtr and he played a bit. Rusty, but with glimpses of a
Mclaughlin style...then I took over and showed him how to do it
properly ;-)
He told me he was in Europe to record his 2nd ECM date and the weekend
before recording commenced he broke a leg ski-ing in the Alps. It all
began to fall apart for him after that. They postponed the rec. date,
and Steve went back to NYC where he was living at the time. He said he
couldn't really play gigs or get around with a cast up to his hip in NY
and he was living on someone's couch. He decided to store his
belongings and head back to SA to regroup. He never got back....and it
seems he lost momentum...I could sense the sad regret/loss behind his
eyes...He mentioned hanging with Richie Bierach in those days, and that
Richie was living in a literal "shoebox": one room with barely space to
move.He also recalled jams with Towner and Abercrombie where they all
got so stoned that guys were literally falling over while playing...
His sad story reconfirmed to me that if you can simply find a way to
keep playing music in your life (never mind being a "star" or
"famous")you can count yourself lucky...
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http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?t=19266
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