Rob Luft 💫

 

I only recently knew about this young English guitarist, as he was brilliantly performing on “Words Unspoken”, last John Surman’s disk on ECM: his playing strongly reminded me of G.F Fitz-Gerald and Lol Coxhill & Pierre Dørge and John Tchicai… the latters, not by chance, both esteemed sax-players, too!

Then, I bought Elina Duni/Rob Luft “Reaching for the Moon” a few days ago…

… and, voilà! 

Yesterday evening I attended to a nice, NICE duo concert of Rob Luft, paired with Roberto Ottaviano on Soprano and Tenor sax, where the two musicians were exploring John Coltrane music and moods with a remarkable interplay.

Rob has a very humble and enthusiastic stage presence and his tasteful, relaxed playing was a pleasure for the ears and for the eyes, as well: his gentle use of volume pedal and assorted electronics made his 1969 vintage Gibson ES335 with Bigsby tremolo quite enjoyable.

Rob’s pedals on stage (thanks, Rob 🙏)

His smile and empathy with his stage partner and with the audience was palpable and his virtuosity is not blatant selfish gym but functional to music… a very appreciated feature.

Thanks, Rob and thanks Roberto 

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