Oh, I can just hear the piano, the upright bass and the kit in this. Dont know much about Mr. Monder's work, this is my first hearing of him.

It's wonderful

0:56 is pure genius

Incredible!

Wow… a blast from the past! I remember I was there at that gig and we weren’t that many in that room upstairs at Ryles, I even bought a CD directly from Ben. Thanks for sharing that video.

I might be 14 years late but I'm really interested in finding the full recording if anyone knows where to source it.

So beautiful

This is so brilliant. Have been listening to it for so many years, never gets old.

Beautiful autism

14 years later...just catching this. So incredibly sensitive and meticulous. Great playing!

outrageous

the true master

In case anyone is interested : I have begun posting video clips transcribed from this video footage. The George Van Eps Excerpts Playlist is here : ru-vid.com/group/PLoLOItWSclTWVM6j0k1y21c3XalpIBMhs

when moon river comes in oh my goddd

R.I.P.

"Drifting on a reed" A.K.A "Big Foot" A.K.A "Air Conditioning"

Another level playing

Shows you how lame the common listener is. I would have pulled up a chair and stared at his fingers all night not saying a word.

It’s like Nick Drake and Bartok plus Ginastera merged.

Thank you for the recording.....thank you for the sharing..... The crowd should have been silent at such mastery!!!!

I like the someday my prince will come

Oh God if anyone ever releases more vids from this concert I'll be complete in this incarnation. And the world is in more need than ever of new 90s Ben Monder performances on youtube. Please God make it happen! My favorite artist....... for ever inspiring.

these videos are amazing and priceless. PLEASE never take these down

Wow - just saw this, quite nice, and thanks for sharing! Why don't MY teles sound like that? ;-)

Now I realize that the bass line is played legato without right hand involvement. I guess its busy playing like three other parts...

This is monumental.

My god!!!! What I find interesting is that it has taken years of my own guitar listening and playing to finally begin to appreciate what an uncompromising iconoclastic creative force Ben Monder is! His work is so unique and almost self-referential to my ears. It is as if he was an alien who found a guitar while traveling between planets and decided to make music by his own invented set of rules. Outstanding!!!!

greene's sensei

@Umblachery !!! Where does this video comes from? any other clip from this performance that U know of? A dvd perhaps ? Thanks !!! Just ordered the album Ceremony from Peter Brainin with Ben Monder and maybe those other guys too...can't wait to listen to it. Thanks for this video!

Amazing only if the crowd knew how much of a genius Ted was RIP Ted you’re very missed

Ben Monder is a genius... Definitely one of the greatest guitarists. Do you have the full video?

As usual in most jazz clubs, you can hear endless talking in the background abd have to really focus on the music to really hear what's going on. Pears before swine. I mean diamonds!!

Ahhh....a room full of people who really appreciate great playing. Love the water jug at 0:38...such tone! ;p

0:30 - 0:35 beautiful

Wow some of this stuff you have to see it to believe it's one person. On top of that, I think this is improvised, both the lead and the chords.

Unfortunately this remids me a lot of Norwegian audiences- something which has been debated a lot in different types of media lately. But it's wonderful to hear the master play- no matter the background noise.

Increible!

Incredible playing...and Ben is a gentle soul.

4:30 Moon River 7:50 Giant Steps

Chordal playing so reminiscent of Holdsworth, yet sounds completely genuine.

Great music. Not for the faint of heart. I shake my head thinking of how many people wouldn't even know how to begin to listen to this, largely because of their "popular" music programming.

I love how gentle his picking hand technique is. He seems to swoop the pick in an arc so that he can clear the string for descending runs.

😵 what can you say! F’kinell!!

willow weep for me starts at 2:58 when sunny gets blue starts at 6:12

When you know the complexity of these 3 standards . You can clearly tell that Ted is improvising chords melody with 2 voices / 3 voices counterpoint over ALL these changes . Never repeating himself , Changing keys in the middle of the songs , improvising with a walking bass lines and all that for almost 10mn... Everything He plays Sounds Great.....GENIUS

Makes me dizzy. In a good way.

What amp is he using? Fender Hot Deluxe?

Wow, I was stunned to find these! Thanks so much for posting/sharing them with us. He's so good.

Does anyone know who took this video and when?

If you are about to watch the video and are checking out the comments, just know that there are several glitches where the video glitches and the music pauses for a second. its kind of annoying but the music is still there ;)