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AH: I tried to make my playing a part of the whole thing. And I would be allowed to do whatever I wanted with my solo section. But I didn't usually affect anything else that much. I was just thought of as somebody to fill up the space. | AH: I tried to make my playing a part of the whole thing. And I would be allowed to do whatever I wanted with my solo section. But I didn't usually affect anything else that much. I was just thought of as somebody to fill up the space. | ||
=Jean Luc on Allan= | |||
==Hot Channel 2014== | |||
Did you enjoy playing with Allan Holdsworth on your album “The Acatama Experience” in 2007? | |||
I’m such a big fan of Allan Holdsworth. I think he’s a genius with the guitar. What really moves me the most is that his playing is so emotional. It’s not just astonishing on a technical point of view of the notes he plays, but it is the emotion that it carries through its playing. I met him a long-long time ago. I invited him a few times. In 1977 on my album “Enigmatic Ocean”. That was the first time. But there was another album after that, I think it’s on “Individual Choice” in 1983. And from all the solos he has done on my albums, this last one (ed: in the song “Point of No Return” from “The Acatama Experience” album) is the most beautiful for me. | |||
https://hit-channel.com/interview-jean-luc-ponty-anderson-ponty-band-mahavishnu-orchestra-frank-zappa-solo/ | |||
=Daryl Stuermer on Allan= | |||
You shared guitar duties with Allan Holdsworth for Ponty’s 1977 Enigmatic Ocean and its accompanying tour. What was that experience like? | |||
Allan is the most original guitarist I’ve ever seen. When he was given a part to solo on, he would start very slowly and work his way up until he became the Allan Holdsworth we all know. I was just amazed by his technique and playing. I had never seen anyone do what he does before. I had seen guys doing hammer-ons using the right hand, but Allan was doing it with his left hand too. He’s just a total natural and I don’t know where half of his ideas come from because I had never heard anything like that before. Previously, I had heard Allan on a Tony Williams album called Believe It and was impressed. So when Jean-Luc wanted to have two guitarists trading back and forth, I was happy with that arrangement and it turned out to be an amazing experience. I was always thinking “Wow, where did that come from?” when Allan soloed. Everything he does is so unique and unconventional. I don’t think the guy can play badly. | |||
Was it a challenge for you to integrate your guitar style with his? | |||
It was, but it also opened up some things for me. I thought “Oh God, no matter how good you get, there’s always going to be someone like Allan who’s going to show you something you never thought of.” Allan is such an incredible, technical player and it was natural that his influence would seep into my own playing. I think his influence even appears on my Go record. I’m playing more fluidly and adventurously than I’ve ever played before and I would attribute that to being inspired by Allan. | |||
https://www.innerviews.org/inner/daryl-stuermer | |||
