Oh, stop you, genius and famous guitarists! For common people this intro was a bit too incomprehensible. so i could only agree with a good half of your statement. to be precisely, only about 5 minutes should be sculptured in rushmore.
@@ivanmoskvin7638 to be fair I think a vast majority of Julian lage listeners are not musically "common people"... but I did get the tongue and cheek 😉
Was there with my wife as well. Julian and the band were so damn good. And that venue! Got tickets late, so we were in the very back, but it didn't matter. It still sounded like we were wearing headphones, and could hear every detail.
This sets it once for all: a musician plays to enjoy himself not for the public, an entarteiner does the opposite. Grea musicians plays for the joy of th emusic, they're "in the music"
@@utube9000 no joke. I’ve been playing for 15 years and I feel like a kid messing with pentatonics compared to him. I’ve done some transcriptions of his music and it’s just so next level. Maybe if I had 3 lifetimes.
He is simply one of the greatest guitarists ever. I have never seen anyone improvise with such freedom. Beyond technique: music in free flow. Thank you Julian!
My gosh. Julian is maybe the only guitar player that has the dynamics equivalent of an expert classical pianist. What a cool experience to be able to play that guitar.
Great stuff. I'm a big fan of the Benny Goodman Sextet recordings featuring Charlie Christian, and Julian really does it well here with this trio. I'm glad instruments like this are being played, and not locked in a glass case. These instruments need to be heard, not looked at.
That was just incredible, the clarity of Julian's melodic expression, the confidence in direction, the dynamics and the sheer exuberance shown, he's just on another level.
Charlie Christian had a tragically short life and he lived in a time where recording music was really in it’s infancy. Thanks to Julian Lage and others, his music will be played forever. This clip is beautifully done. What a treat!
Absolutely Beautiful virtuoso playing. Flawless and utterly original. I’m always amazed at the complete connection with his instrument he has..whatever the context.
Superb. Thank you. Truly. My dad played horns, particularly clarinet for all of his life. He was a Benny Goodman fanatic. When I rebelled to wannabe EVH, he was patient. When I grew up and returned, he gave me Charlie Christian and Rose Room to practice. We jammed it and that's the only recording I have playing with my pops. Thanks for bringing me back!
Aside from the wonderful music he makes, I love to watch Mr. Lage play- he seems to be enjoying it tremendously. Occasionally he smiles as if he's telling a very sly joke and he's sure that we get it without explanation - I hope we do. Tremendous in every sense.
I just can't get my head around it. He's our Django, our Hendrix, our McLaughlin. The ideas just fall out of him. I can't wait to hear what he does next!
I really haven’t listened to Julian Lage, other than a few really experimental pieces. I’ve been missing something. Incredible playing. He obviously loves his work:)
That poor guitar has been sitting around in a museum waiting for a moment like this… Charlie Christian is looking down with pride and saying go Julian go!
Lage has the same ear for arrangement in the moment as Miles. Neither of them just solo, they play notes or space and bring in musicians in as their imagination of the tune demands.
