I had the pleasure hearing and meeting my guitar idols Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd after a show in Georgetown. 25 years later, they still are some of my favorite guitarists. Awesome, thanks for posting !
Excellent film. Barnet Kessel was a true master of his instrument, as was the superb Stan Levey on drums, who played so tight and precise, never trying to upstage anyone.
2 in the morning told myself id only watch a song or two. ended up watch it all. beautiful work by these giants. barney is unreal. thanks for sharing. if only people could still dig these jams.
I LOVE Barney Kessel... he is a must listen for all serious students of jazz guitar... he is always inspirational.. I was blessed to heave met him in the '90's when he came to Melbourne and performed at Dr Jazz in Carlton .. and extra special for me that my young son John met him too... great memories, !!!!
Here are the titles and personnel Barney Kessel 3 Jazzscene USA recorded October 1, 1962 Barney Kessel g / Buddy Woodson b / Stan Levey dr Gypsy in my soul Fly me to the moon (annouced as "In other words") April in Paris Danny Boy One mint julep Give Irving my love 26min jazzrealities Dr. Michael Frohne
I just got from a gig where I'd been accompanying a singer on guitar. We opened with Fly Me To the Moon. So now I get a master-class in the tune! I got to see Barney live only once. He's been an inspiration. Thanks for this channel. There's some great music on it.
Barney was the chord-melody guitarist par excellence. No one could touch him particularly in the Swing era. Check out his series of albums : THE POLL WINNERS with Ray Brown on Bass and Shelly Manne on drums.
Lots of it in those days, actually. I've made a start on a list. There were many such programs in Europe, too. After Hours (Pilot) (William B. Williams, host) Eddie Condon’s Floor Show Art Ford’s Greenwich Village Party Art Ford’s Jazz Party Frankly Jazz (Frank Evans, host) Jazz Alley (Art Hodes, host) Jazz at the Maltings (UK / BBC) Jazz Casual Jazz in the Round (WBBM, Chicago) Jazz Is My Beat (CBS) Jazz Scene (UK / BBC2) Jazz Scene USA (Oscar Brown Jr., host) Jazz 625 (UK / BBC) Sid McCoy and Friends (WTTW, Chicago) (July 1962 - May 1963) The Sound of Jazz (CBS) Stars of Jazz (Bobby Troup, host) The Subject Is Jazz (Gilbert Seldes, host) (NBC) Timex All Star Jazz Show
Think again, you live in a time that allow you hear any recorded song in the history, and watch every frame recorded of these wonderful musicians of the last century. I'm not saying that music nowadays isn't shit, cause it is, but you must consider that Barney Kessel played this 55 years ago for a few lucky guys, and this was pratically forgotten for all this years, and now it is here, free for the all world watch. Think this way, and maybe you realize that this is the best era for who love music.
Fabulous take on masters of their craft, when so many appreciated and admired what they did. Barney, as always, is a thrill to behold. Thanks so much for posting
Barney was the best of the best came to Sydney on two or three occasions, the first was with Charlie Bird and Herb Ellis, the second at Kiama south coast of NSW as it was poring cats and dogs in Kiama he kicked off with That Rainy Day, very humorous, at breakfast the next morning he autographed one of my records, a true gentleman.
I loved this,Barney Kessel he his some guitarist!Take a listen to his playing of Tenderly,if you can its the best. I have never heard anybody get the same feel for that tune.
OMG! Seems yesterday. In 1930's i lived in Brooklin. At that time, me and my friends, we usually spend the nights at the famous Dinky Donky Skbadaboob Da Boob Dabidubidi Dubidi Da Da Da Dinah's palace. Better know as DDSDBDDDDD, or for the real intimate customers, only Dinki. A hidden cubbyhole on the 56Th avenue. Famous artists usually performed there, people like Armostrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Korn, Iron Maiden, Etta James, Eminem, The Beatles, N.W.A., Bad Bunny, Travis Scott and many others. That's used to be the best place where we secretly drank whiskey. You know what i mean? Prohibition and stuff. Forget about it, we usually sayin' as Italians Immigrants. What a wonderful time of my life!
Where are tv programs like this? I cut the cable 5 or so years ago because I got tired of Springer-esque tattle tales of people eating squirming bugs to win a trip to Disneyland... I might hook up again if there were programs like this still.
Everybody associated with the show, including the "jazz consultant" gets credit, except the bassist Buddy Woodson and drummer Stan Levy. C'mon boys, you can do better than that.
