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• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  January 8 Posts: 5,081

  It's a subscription only but I was able to take a few screenshots before the fence showed up...why do people still perpetuate the "played with only three fingers" myth? Is it so hard to mention limited use of his pinky and ring finger?

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

  January 8 edited January 9 Posts: 6,186

  You can view the entire article by pasting the link into google translate. Just select any language other than English and translate the entire page:

  https://translate.google.com/

  
  

  https://www-nytimes-com.translate.goog/2025/01/08/arts/music/guitar-jazz-music.html?_x_tr_sl=mn&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

  
• billyshakes NoVA✭✭✭ Park Avance - Dupont Nomade - Dupont DM-50E

  January 8 Posts: 1,439

  Wait....so you just paste into Google translate, select any language...then select back to English? Or you say that it is in some other language and then want to translate TO English? How was I not aware of this hack?

  I used to just use a "cached page" when that was an option, but I think they figured that out and stopped cacheing paywalled articles like this. Thanks for the tip.
• flaco ✭ Shelley Park #151, AJL Quiet and Portable

  January 8 Posts: 127

  No Joe Pass or George Benson? I can’t take this article seriously. Nice that jazz guitar is being talked about in the mainstream, but still, how could they not include Breezin’ as something accessible for a non-jazz listener? I’m surprised Julian Lage didn’t get a mention as a current jazz guitarist who seems well known outside just jazz guitar circles.

  
• MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

  January 9 Posts: 6,186

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/119485#Comment_119485

  I just set it to translate from Mongolian to English. Best to use a non-Western language to avoid cognates.

  
• Mondoslug New

  January 9 Posts: 143

  I admit it...I had to look up the word "cognate."

  
• DoubleWhisky Upper FranconiaNew Vit Cach, Dupont MD60, 1940s Castelluccia

  January 9 Posts: 166

  Or without any translation: https://archive.is/CZGsr

  
• voutoreenie New

  January 9 Posts: 153

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/119487#Comment_119487

  I feel you on that sentiment.

  Was especially surprising to see Sonny Sharrock mentioned not once, but twice...I feel like most people wouldn't be able to make it through most of his recordings, much less even be aware of him at all (although his Ask the Ages is certainly an avant-garde "classic" if you're into that sorta thing).

  
• Mondoslug New

  January 9 Posts: 143

  I mean no "Smokin' At The Half Note" but lists are always weird.