@@davidseriff711 Jesse is very well known and definitely not underrated. Romain Pilon is fairly new to the modern jazz scene and has proved to be prominent and is underrated. Ted Green also was underrated... gosh
Dear Mr. van Iterson, I have been fascinated with your guitar performance. The sound of your performance is very cool of my taste. I never feel tired of your sound after hours of listening. Thanks a lot ! Takeshi Ishihara/Japan
Great playing and tone, truly one of my favorite contemporary jazz guitar player. I don't know if I am right but have a memory of another song from that concert "Body and Soul" ? At least it was the same location if not mistaken. In any case would love to watch the rest if its available anywhere!
don't you just love how the bass player checks his phone at minute 0:29, that just go's to prove how important music and your collegue's solo is to dutch musicians.
I really love Martijn's chord work, both solos and comping. Reminds me a bit of Ed Bickert, who has a classic live recording of "Darn that Dream" from 1975 with Paul Desmond quartet. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d8rTOg92wCk.html
Some people have so much talent that they can disrespect their audience by chewing gum during the whole song. They're world famous in their own bubble (pun intended), but seem baffled and blunt when their career is mostly spent teaching and not performing. That's what they don't teach you at the Conservatory: smile, make contact with the people that pay your way and don't look like a fricking hick when you play. Check out Wes' videos and be amazed at the difference. It's called class!
Dude... Wes only had commercial succes when he started playing smooth jazz and pop, same with George Benson, it has nothing to do with not smiling, it has to do with the fact that jazz is a niche. As a matter of fact one of the only commericaly successful jazz musician (Miles) was a complete asshole to everyone, never smiled and still had great success.
I ve jammed with this guy once and I know he is as serious about the music as anybody. I find the song and the rendition beautiful, but that is just me.
