Les Paul

July 7th Just after 6 we set off for the city to see Les Paul at the Iridium Jazz Club. Les Paul is of course a pioneer of the electric guitar and inventor of numerous recording techniques, such as reverb and multi-track recording. He is now unbelievably 93 years old (or should I say young?). The club was packed to capacity as so many people want to see this legendary guitarist play. Many famous guests have also appeared at these Monday night sessions. Les has a quartet featuring Aussie double bass player Nicki Parrot, Lou Pallo on rhythm guitar and .John Colianni, piano. Their repertoire is mainly jazz standards interspersed with interesting anecdotes from Les. With song a long career in music he has plenty of stories to tell. On this night his special guest was Steve Miller who played some of his hits with his band. Then Norton Buffalo the harp player showed off his versatility with a beautiful rendition of `Autumn leaves'. Unfortunately we didn't manage to get any autographs as patrons were queuing already for the second performance Apparently after that show Les does appear to sign autographs so next time we'll know. Lets hope he can continue until he's 100!




John Earl with his Les Paul!