Headline THE HEIGHT OF GUITAR POWER. FOUR TOP MUSICIANS WILL EXPLORE A LOFTY RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES AT THE GUITAR. SUMMIT. BYLINE SEAN PICCOLI Music Writer If a summit, by popular definition, is a worldly exchange of ideas a meeting of the minds then the Guitar Summit convening on Sunday at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach lives up to its ambitious sounding title.
The concert unites four of Americas most accomplished guitar players: Stanley Jordan, Sharon Isbin, Herb Ellis and Rory Block. Together, they represent perhaps the greatest touring showcase of talent on guitar since John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia and Al Di Meola played jointly. To me, improvisation vs. composition is not a clear distinction, Jordan explained in a July online chat hosted by InterJazz, a Web site. For example, even if you improvise a solo in real time, it may have taken you years to be able to do that. And also, most of my best compositions come into my head fully formed and complete. Just like an improvisation. Jordan graduated from Princeton University with a degree in composition before moving to New York. He is a quiet, thoughtful man who puts a premium on space and balance in his life and has sought both by taking long breaks from touring and recording.
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