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Help me find a particular Prince "Jazz" guitar solo!!! Hi all I wonder if anyone can help me find a particular guitar solo that Prince played on an old VHS tape I had many many years ago I don't think it was a boot as I don't think I had any back then From a fuzzy memory he played it on his Madcat Hohner Tele and it was a VERY jazz inspired solo with a few fast runs I have just gone through "Sign O The Times" and it wasn't on there I found a 2 hour "Lovesexy" video online (live in Dortmund 88), which I skipped through and didn't find it Is this the same "Lovesexy" that was on VHS as part 1 & 2? If anyone knows these does he play his Tele and are there any jazz inspired guitar solos Can anyone help find this solo? | |
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Maybe you're looking for Blues in C aka If I Had a Harem. That's on the Dortmund 88 video you mentioned but you might've skipped it. "Love & honesty, peace & harmony" | |
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The only thing that springs to mind is If I Had a Harem. | |
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Thank you sooooo much You were spot on - I must have skipped it I went back to the vid armed with a set list and went straight to it!!! This to me is one of Prince's best guitar solos - the groove of the blues and some jazzy runs - bliss Thanks for helping me find this - and it was every bit as good as I remembered | |
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There is even better jazz solo by Prince Strollin live at budokan | |
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If I Had A Harem is in the middle of When U Were Mine. i love that bit
She Believed in Fairytales and Princes, He Believed the voices coming from his stereo
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"Blues In C" was replaced by "I Wish You Heaven pt. II" in the first 1988 Paris shows,
The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams | |
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[Edited 8/27/15 13:20pm] The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams | |
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Not really a "jazz" solo, but a clean solo with some jazzy elements:
First guitar solo in Purple Rain, live from Syracuse 1985
One of my favorite Prince solos ever.... | |
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And another jazzy one:
Prince's guitar solo on Eric Leeds' "Once upon a time" (1991) | |
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Thre's a lot of great guitar work in the pro shot live show at Montreux Jazz Fest from 2009 (with the Red Strat). . [Edited 8/28/15 9:12am] "He's a musician's musician..." | |
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Could it be the version of Clockin tha Jizz that he plays at the end of either the Diamonds and Pearls home video collection or Gett Off home video VHS? I´m asking because it sounds quite jazzy, and it´s a legit release on VHS tape. He´s watching a tape recording of himself playing that solo in Clockin the Jizz on his Hohner Tele, and if I recall correctly, the music blends into the music that´s being played while the credits are shown.
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Jazz guitar solos? Not exactly his territory! | |
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True! I actually find it quite weird that he hasn't really explored the jazz territory that much. He has occationally done some fusion stuff. But it's more of a jazzy take on funk and pop than the other way around. He mastered the guitar on a pretty high pop rock level as a teenager. My Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tundrah | |
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I think his best jazz guitar solo is on Xcogitate. That's also one of the most straight up jazz songs he's ever released. "Love & honesty, peace & harmony" | |
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Listen to "Footsteps" from the O2 shows and you realize the man CAN DO IT ALL.
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