He could play standards (more specifically, "post Jim Hall jazz guitar") like nobody's business. I wish there were more recordings of him playing this stuff, as great as his more progressive and original music is.
I'm very embarrassed to be an enjoyer of jazz music, seeing all these people saying "enter name here, sounds like shit etc. etc." Just very sad to being so extremely negative towards the fine performance these cats put on. I think one thing is certain, we should be thankful that all these titan's sat down and displayed all of what made each one of them so unique. RIP Coryell, Tal, Abercrombie, and all of the giants who have passed. I want to say thank you for everything you have left us!
Eh brother, hear what you're saying - opinions... Not an educated musician, just a lover of good music, and it's funny, how in today's world, the megaphone of the internet gives the people who aren't capable of feeling embarrassment a mouthpiece, but is so often "cringeworthy". Great musicians, great jams, some folks just aren't gonna get it. It's ok.
Larry Coryell said in his book about critics, I don't really care what they say. He was a free spirit, was nice to meet him. Great player and always encouraging new talent. His music is almost beyond understanding for the novice listener. He liked to perform love the getting up and bringing it here like a boss lol... cool cat, R.I.P.
I apologize to all commentators who pointed out winners -- we all have. My preference stays with Sco. HOWEVER, what is great here is the DIVERSITY of playing styles -- the true gift to all of us: Farlow's old school swing, Coryell's showmanship, Abercombrie's incredible phrasing, Sco's raggedy and modern fluency, Carlton's sweet west coast lines. And hardswinging Patitucci and Hart -- all masters here .... what else could we ask for?
Ricardo Moraes-Pinto I get through the first solo, then I suffer Coryell.... at that point I am certainly not thinking 'what else could I ask for...' I'm thinking please anything other than this will do....
Sco remains my fave solo. But I love Tal's for the legacy, Coryell and Ambercrombie for pushing/expanding boundaries, and LC for the sweet modern tones and Pop-friendly melodicism. All clean tone bases pretty much covered. #respect
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I used to play drums w/ John & the great pianist Les Czimber (RIP) in Orange County right around when he joined the Chick Corea Elektric Band. He was bout 24-25 & was the talk of the town. Before long, he was "playing like no one else on the planet," quoting an article from back then. Seems like yesterday!
@@troysanders7775 I understand your point of view. He's my favorite player at the moment because there's so much to learn from him when it comes to improv and harmony. I think you should dig into him more!
I like that Carlton stays true to his style no matter the context. He can burn through the changes with the bebop lines as good as anyone but he will always keep that bit of overdrive and make tasteful use of bending. Even if bending and distortion can seem out of place in trad jazz.
Nice playing all round. Abercrombie reminded me a bit of Metheny or vice versa. Coryell got into the riff pedaling and it brought the crowd and band up a notch. Different styles and everyone sounded comfortable and respectful of one another.
Wow! breathtaking. The idea of competitive jazz guitar is self defeating. Each one of these masters is achieving their own personal goals. Our participation in this brilliant display of talent is to appreciate it , all of it. It's diversity defines the whole purpose of jazz. I loved every one of those solos over those standard changes. Comp along and you get the idea of what they're reaching for; each one a valid goal. each one a success and a winner to it's purpose.
And yes, Scofield is my fave here on this gig, but Crumbs and Carlton sound great too, same w/ Coryell and Farlow - each a unique musical personality/identity, each one, his own man.
🤍🤧👍Merci pour cette vidéo formidable et très touchante de surcroit. That was a great moment, reunion of joice and happiness without any competition between each others (or just a bunch, like real musiciens love it ah ah), certainly after a good meal with too much wine for everyones. Les feuilles mortes, les carottes cuites et la fin des haricots. Dans l'ordre : 0:01 Tal Farlow (guitare archtop hollow body) 2:02 Larry Coryell (guitare hollow demi caisse) 4:33 John Abercrombie (guitare solid body avec table de résonance) 6:33 John Scofield (guitare semi hollow) 9:00 Larry Carlton (guitare solid body sans table) 10:59 All together And always incredible John Patitucci (bass) and Billy Hart (drums) ! Tout le monde à gagné ! (.....Humm : First for me : John Abercrombie....). Mentions spéciales au chef Tal Farlow et au prix du public pour le fun du show Larry Coryell.
All I can say is they all Swing and they each listen hard and play terrific. I would be honored to sit n with any one of these guys. Tal Farlow was my Main Man ever since I first heard him do Manhattan when I was 17 yrs old and couldn't find any albums on him. Wow. I loved this.
Took a few lessons with John when he was living in San Francisco with his girlfriend, Lisa. (The lessons were at her place.) I can attest to your experience. He was a truly nice guy. Just a really sweet man. So down to earth. I'd see him play at the old Keystone Korner and during the break he came out for a while and wanted to know my opinion on how he sounded. Just the fact that he wanted my opinion of this true master player's tone and performance was just ridiculous. He always had incredible tone, probably the best solid-body jazz tone I've ever heard. RIP my friend.
Everyone here is being so careful not to quote any cliche playing at all; not outlining the changes or playing any obvious bebop licks, while staying true to their own unique style. Very interesting.
Are you kidding. Sit all these primo cats in a room and let them jam to this.... what an honor. All bad comments can go back to wishing you could play.
After all those burning solos before him I just love the way Larry Carlton Place just enough keeps it melodic and please just enough plenty of space so it really catches the ear 👂
The way they all LISTEN and immerse themselves in the shared landscape of the changes, and then go inside to improvise in this way that so obviously transcends playing boilerplate canned phrases. Each holding their own. Just a master-class.
This made my head explode the first time I heard it. I would call this ganging up. FIVE tremendously accomplished guitarists in the same song. I can't even wrap my head around that!
If a winner must be named, with all that stunning world class talent, the only winner is THE LISTENER, privileged to be able to hear such a banquet of virtuoso guitarists. Where was Clapped Out Eric in this jamboree? He could have changed any busted strings for them. And I'm a tenor/baritone player! What do I know? A damned sight more......NOW!
Tal:'This is fun'. Coryell: 'I'm funner'. Abercrombie: 'This is weird'. Scofield: 'Fuck this'. Larry Carlton: 'Oh shit'. Billy Hart: 'When's lunch?' Pattitucci: 'When's my solo?'
In Larry Coryell's autobiography 'Improvising', he says they were ALL absolutely blown away by Larry Carlton's playing here. I have to agree - they all sound a bit 'fingers doing the walking' except Carlton who brings some space and sweetness.
¿Qué espera uno escuchar si reúne en un mismo escenario a genios guitarristas tocando un gran tema? Pues, escuchará MUSICA para el deleite de los oídos! AMARZING!
Reading the comments it seem some listeners haven t understand that the Larry Carlton's performance was to put the pressure and intensity higher and higher in order to end this song at its climax...and the result is just amazing...it ends like crazy... and Mr Carlton s touch with higher and amazing acurate notes were ment for this....a finish in "apothéose" !
WOW!!! BRAVO!!! SUPER!!! O MÁXIMO de ARTE do JAZZ. Tal e Larry Coryel não estão mais no mundo físico, mas sua arte é Onipresente! Grande performance de Grandiosos músicos; TODOS eles. Obrigado pelo post.
Farlow; Coryell; Abercrombie; Scofield; Carlton... ...in that order. (What was the occasion for this?) How neat to see Farlow, the only pre-R 'n' R guitarist here, be the elder statesman with these four "fusion" giants. (To non-Guitarist, non-Music Geeks, these players are not household names; to Guitarists and Music Geeks, THEY ARE.) Note how good, how hard-swingingly rock solid Bassist Patitucci and Drummer Hart are, here... ...and look at Billy Hart's face at the end: It's as if he's thinking, "Not bad... Yeah, that was okay..."
There are no Winners or loosers but only Followers and Leaders, if you watch and listen carefully, you could see or percieve if you wish (with an skilled eye) the Way how all players realy trust upon the guidance of Uncle Scolfied, maybe for a few second we doubt during Abercombie, but, when Scofields starts...The same maybe happened in the Baroque during competitions in improvisation, to bring everything to a new dimension of course we could only relate to ourselves etc... But still Thank God there is...Scofield!!!!! please listen Still Warm: All Mighty Rule of the Thumb Protocol and Techno!
Scofield (my favorite) flowing at ease as usual and a lot to say on the theme, Abercrombie too, Carlton reinventing the approach nicely, Farlow a classic, and Larry Coryell struggling as usual with some nice tricks but... he never really belonged there.
what the hell are you on about Larry Coryell deserved to be there ofc and i’d say he played a lot more in Tal’s than anyone there i don’t think one should compare in these situations but i’d defend coryell anyway because his playing just sings straight to my soul a lot more than scofield or anyone else here honestly i can respect them though and there’s no need to put other cats down
@@sumtin05698 ...well... you don't like it? It's your problem. You love listen to Larry and his picture is hanging in your living room shrine? Great for you. (unfortunately it won't improve Larry's poor playing a single bit... and you should replace the batteries in your hearing device)🤣
John Abercrombie do great and very in his own way! but John Scofield, WOW x 1000000 !!!! from 8:00 to 9:00 those are the 60 sec. more epic recorded in an all stars meeting like this. Just look at the ecstasy face of Patitucci and his connection with Scofield and song, then we can conclude that it was simply amazing, pure magical music esence behind a jazz guitar genious.
Scofield plays with such fluidity.. and a touch of quirk, making his solos in interesting. Nice to see the Ibanez Artist guitars laying it down. Although that chorused sound might be out-dated today, I still feel it shines. Pat metheny has that sound in spades. Great video clip..!
Love this. Great opening with Tal and Larry comping for him. Enjoyed Larry's solo here. Had a little bit of many styles in it, a wonderful compressing of idioms and styles.
