Posts Tagged ‘Jimmy Wyble’

On April 17, 2010 a host of gui­tarists paid trib­ute to the late, great Jimmy Wyble.  Sid Jacob’s per­for­mances par­tic­u­larly hit me. I have the honor to share a chair in the LA Wire­choir with Sid and I am always in awe of his gui­tar mas­tery. Terry Carter doc­u­mented the con­cert and you can fol­low the link to both of Sid’s per­for­mances here: Sid Jacobs from the Jimmy Wyble Trib­ute Jimmy was an extra­or­di­nary musi­cian and human being who deeply touched every­one who knew him. The memo­r­ial con­cert was heart­felt, draw­ing stel­lar musi­cians from all over the coun­try to pay trib­ute to this won­der­ful man. Thank you Jimmy! Enjoy Sid Jacobs’ Gersh­win medley below…

Gui­tarist Bran­don Bern­stein pays trib­ute to the late, great, Jimmy Wyble in this beau­ti­ful ver­sion of Sammy Kanh’s, I’ll Be See­ing You. Bran­don has a new release com­ing out fea­tur­ing him­self, Aaron Shragge (trum­pet), Matt Otto (tenor), Greg Leisz (pedal steel/dobro), Ryan McGillicuddy (bass),  & Jason Har­nell (drums) play­ing the music of Tom Waits. Look for a full review here. Enjoy!

Mas­ter gui­tarist Sid Jacobs demon­strates two line impro­vi­sa­tion tech­niques devel­oped by the late, Jimmy Wyble. Jimmy’s con­tri­bu­tions to the art of gui­tar play­ing have influ­enced gui­tarists around the world, but par­tic­u­larly in Los Ange­les where he was best known. Sid is a world renowned per­former and teacher who has incor­po­rated Jimmy’s wis­dom into his own amaz­ing style. He will be part of a trib­ute to Jimmy com­ing up in April at Vitello’s in Stu­dio City. Look for Sid at upcom­ing Wire­choir gigs and on the LA club scene. Enjoy!