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#19879 - 08/28/01 08:40 PM IN MODERN TIMES...BEST SOLO???????????
Paul Lasecki Offline
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At the moment, and for a while now, it's been Schuuuuu's great piano solo on "Groovin" For Grover".

Scott's atmospheric solo in the middle of "The River Between" is a beauty too!!!


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#19880 - 08/29/01 04:54 AM Re: IN MODERN TIMES...BEST SOLO???????????
Happy Birthday Rick Offline
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Great topic, Paul!

There are so many great solos on that CD, it's awfully hard to pick one or two! I agree with your choices...

Off the top of my head, I'm leaning toward Jay's solo on Groovin for Grover and Julio's solo on Florida Straits. (Julio's solo at the end of Planet J is killer too!) Oh, I almost forgot Tom's solo work on East River Blue... this is WAY too hard!!

Rick

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#19881 - 08/29/01 05:57 AM Re: IN MODERN TIMES...BEST SOLO???????????
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Nice one Paul!!!

I think that Jay's solo at the end of "Your Touch" is great too. Lyrical and very well structured. Also Tom's solo on this song is very peculiar. He uses the "Rhodes Piano" sound that reminds me of the solo he makes on "Paula/Paw Prints".

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#19882 - 08/30/01 07:04 AM Re: IN MODERN TIMES...BEST SOLO???????????
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Good topic but pretty hard to do. I could easily come up with 10.

At least for today I will say Jay's solo in the middle of River Between (choice of notes and tone gives me goosebumps). Julios' solo closing out the cd on Planet J

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#19883 - 09/04/01 09:40 AM Re: IN MODERN TIMES...BEST SOLO???????????
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pick one: Scott on The River Between
Jay -- Florida Straits, The River Between, Feelin Fine Pt. 2, After Hours
Tom -- Groovin for Grover, East River Blues
Julio -- Julio's Party, Florida Straits
Joel -- well, he's there

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#19884 - 09/04/01 10:03 AM Re: IN MODERN TIMES...BEST SOLO???????????
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Certainly Scott on The River Between gets a vote. But I also love Jay on Florida Straits, The River Between, East River Blue and Feelin Fine Pt. 2, Tom on Groovin for Grover and East River Blue, Julio on Julio's Party and Florida Straits, and Joel on Planet J

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