An intimate night at the Koko Jazz Club in Helsinki with some great musicians: Timo Hirvanen on Bass - Holgar Marjamaa on organ & Jussi Lehtonen on drums.
Let’s not mince words, he can play the livin’ Lesley out of that thing But quite frankly I’d had enough of the whole bag of tricks already spilled all over the floor about 2:38 in. Whenever I come across some of these guys …..and yes they are talented…. I go back to John Ginty. There is something way deeper across the emotional spectrum when he gets it going. Forget Joe DiMaggio… Where have you gone Keith Emerson? A whole bunch of nations turn their lonely eyes and ears to your fully stabbed keys.
@@stuartkinzel8195 i had the grace to play with a great Hammond player who is never overwelming the gig! Its a pity the band stopped after and due to Carano shit!!
there are so many great guitarist I want to learn from and Robin has been on that list for about 25 years there are so many,,,,,, but thanks to this performance now i see where he is really coming from and I dig it man and at the tender age of 65 will begin an in depth study of this great player
to add, I want to mention a player, he is the brother of the late great Danny Kalb blues project circa 1967, and earlier,) and he ,btw, was accepting sudents in 1979 when I managed to go for a couple of years ,,, so . like I started to say, get this , he has a brother, who is still playing I bet h is not a day under 70 he is slight in stature versus Danny who was rather rotund, as thanks to Covid now I am as Rotund, anyway I would say that the brother plays in this style as Robbin his name is same last name Kalb Jonathen and there are a few things up here on RU-vid just wanted to share that,,,,,,,,,,
Definitely agree his vocal sounds invigorated - maybe less forced, great to hear him this way. But I still I prefer him on his Les Paul and Dumble rig - maybe a bit more grit.. but I’m not complaining!
Got it agree with Alex here. PRS makes some fantastic instruments…. So why is Carlos Santana squeezing all kinds of nuance out of his these days and although this has a pristine tone it almost sounds like Robin is playing ‘elevator blues’ I remember finding one of his early albums in the bargain bin with North Carolina on it. The tone and the sound on that record is stellar. I’ve seen him a couple times he just doesn’t seem to get there and I hate saying that.
@@warrenbutterfield4208 The best I can come up with is that it's a jazz room that he is playing his tunes in. Perhaps that was his approach to tone, and/or he's on backline gear beyond the PRS.
I always love to hear (and SEE) Robben displaying his playing full of subtlety and magic. He knows it all, all the tricks of the trade. He is flashy in a way that no other guitar hero is -- by holding back his extraordinary pick skills and not displaying useless scales and boring guitar runs. To say that he is tasteful is a truism, He touches my deepest musical sensibility and I am quite grateful for him being in the business for so long. Long live Robber Ford and his music!
Very nice comment Roberto. Certainly Robben can play….. I’m drawn back to the days decades ago when I first discovered him. Everybody is drawn to the new PRS… Gee wiz another black guitar! However your name reminds me of some thing more nostalgic. I had two different Ford Pinto’s back in the day… The first one was a light mossy green and we nicknamed it ‘the Minto.’. Of course playing with the cassette player (Possibly Robben Ford maybe playing North Carolina at the time I was rewinding) it died in a head on crash Thankfully not from the deadly rear. My girlfriend wasn’t too impressed when I was trying to pick her up I told her we may be taking the bus. Pinto number two was more exotic and Ford had come around to finally admitting these things blow faster than an M 80 when struck from behind::: This one had kind of a junky dirty antique brass finish so we dubbed it “the copper coffin”…. My brother was last seen driving it on or around 1981. It was dying a slow death and he decided to go 4 wheeling with a friend and a case of Budweiser in the woods in northern New Jersey. My brother and his friend were experienced motocross riders and decided to take ‘the copper coffin’ trail riding. They literally went speeding over the backside of a hill in the woods. The car was airborne and jammed and stopped mid air between two trees about 30 inches off the ground. Like me luckily they didn’t put either of their heads through the windshield but they probably came close. They abandoned ship, brought the rest of the case of cold ones home (it was really less than a mile) Went back two days later to remove the Vin numbers. I think the car sat there rusting although you couldn’t tell by the color… For a number of years till some greedy developer went in with a backhoe there and destroyed our private Unadilla. Crime of the century, to this day unsolved well till I opened my big mouth,.
Funny how more n more top guitarists are using a guitar that people kept telling me would never give Gibby or Fender a run. The first PRS I ever played in a store I ended up buying. I have a R8, 335, Strat but they don't compare overall to my PRS's.
@@tangotommi It's like Martin Barre, not that there underrated, they just don't get noticed or publicized like some of the others, which in a lot of cases aren't as good a player.
@@bradt.3555 Odd coz I had the opposite experience. I went through several PRS and sold them all. Just not a fan. Not enough character/uniqueness for me, tonally, compared to my vintage stuff. Solid tho and lots of pple play them. I didn't dig the neck profiles either. First thing I did was change the pups. Wasn't enough. Glad RF is getting his due with a sig model. Not his first btw. I have a few. Including a Fender 1984 RF Elite. And a cple Baker B1's. Robben has had a lot of great builders make gits for him. When he walked up in this video I thought at first he brought his a Baker. Amazing how he can pick up local musos and make it work. Great players they are. But for an artist like RF that's taking quite a chance. So great it worked out well. I guess he's not traveling with his guys anymore.
Love Robben, such a class act! Like how he tells the guy that is filming with his cell phone to stop recording (at 8.37) Seems like he wants the audience to live the concert experience trough eyes and ears not trough a cell phone screen.
Yeah I think so as well and it’s so weird because it hasn’t been that long ago when he said that “PRS just isn’t my thing”… and here is sporting one and it sounds great!
he's playing great as usual, but that little top end sparkle missing a bit. PRS's have that smoothing/compressed sound. i guess i'm used to the tele. Like listen to this...wow! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ngi9gpjq7DE.html
I completely agree about the PRS. I have never bonded with them because they can sound a little sterile to me, but here it is absolutely perfect, with that brilliant clarity letting all of Roben’s subtle chord voicings shine through. Great performance, great sound quality, and the right tool for the job. Fantastic!
PRS has a transparent sound which in Roben's hands is a plus but I do agree with you that in the incorrect hands, that transparency is closer to sterility. They are extremely well made gits, though.
I’ve followed Robben from day one and seen him with many bands, but I have to say this backing band is one of the best in recent times for sure🤘🏻 I am not sure if it is a pick up band for this gig, but Robben could do worse than record with them, they are all right on it!🎸🔥
@@kenster865 I think Mr. Ford had a bit of a moving away from Dumbles. He went to get one fixed by someone other than Dumble (before he died) and that's apparently a serious no no. Dumble was very quirky about that. The only person he wanted touching his amps was him. He would black ball you if you deviated. Dumbles were, after all, modded Fenders. So a vintage Fender with a treble boost could do the trick.
Robben is such an interesting musician. You appreciate the way he can lay back and play quietly in the mix, then pull out all the stops. He’s kind of a humble genius.
Mr. Ford, I have been listening to you for nearly 40 years… live, on record, studio sessions. This is a joyous recording so good that it must be made available and heard by many. Great playing by you and these Finnish musicians. Thank you Robben!
As far as I know they are about to launch the PRS Robben Ford model after some years of trials. He has been seen using it in some tunes in his new album, you can see him in videos done during recording with this same guitar. Signature pickups in it.
PRS tone is said to be right in between a fender Strat and a Gibson les Paul. Best of both worlds here. 1/2 of the great tone is from the tube black face Fender amp. Vibroverb?
Audio was done perfectly. Great sound and superb musicians. I first saw Robben playing with Joni Mitchell about 1975. Then again at a small indoor concert at UCLA - about 1979.
Best sounding "live"video I've seen! Makes it a supreme pleasure to listen to this living legend!(Bet he hates that reference!!) Bass tone is really sweet too!
This is 'peak Robben' if you ask me.....him performing with a full band. I've seen him twice recently, but without keys. I always thought the likes of Allan H were all the more interesting to listen to when you've got the harmonic interest of a keyboard player behind him. And what a band!!! so solid yet so groovy.
I think Holdsworth traveled with a trio for economic reasons. I think the Greg Koch thing works because he has the organ player to play chords and bass lines...I think that what Holdsworth was doing didn't really lend itself to being an organ trio. The same with Scott Henderson in order for these guys to continue making a living the have to make concessions. Heck even Yngwie is playing with a stripped down group
I prefer this music to Holdsworth. I think Holdsworth is one of the all time greats, it’s just that I can’t follow the music. It is probably my shortcomings, but you like, what you like.
Yes agree, and Steve Hunt was a great foil for Allan as he “got” his harmonic concept. Alan Pasqua brought a different flavour which suited the Tony Williams material, and Kei Akagi took a more conventional fusion approach, whilst Gordon Beck brought that British jazz sensibility that just worked for the material they recorded together.
I first saw Robben in the early 90's and he just blew my mind! Danny Gatton was the "opener" that night, I think they took turns headlining. Man, what a show!
Thanks Robin for your generosity and leadership in teaching your students. You are now and forever an Icon. Congrats and Thanks for your instructional videos. ;-)
Löysin Robbenin musiikin 80-luvulla. Tämä on kyllä aivan mahtava tallenne, kaikki toimii. Robbenin nähnyt toki kaksi kertaa livenä ja olleet mahtavia keikkoja. Olen tavattoman ylpeä suomalaisena tästä bändistä Robbenin taustalla
The greatest jazz musicians that passed away are looking down with a smile. They're sayin' "that's good shit" because They know great jazz lives on ...
It’s so great to see Robben, hear some great guitar! I think he is THE master, always perfect, never boring or demonstrating , perfect skill. I’ve seen him two times and expect him to come in France, please Robben come to Provence, south of France and taste good wine !😎🎶👏
Great Band!! I got real drunk with Robben about late 80's at the Palamino Club in L.A.(No. Hollywood). He had come to see a band I was in play. We hung for a couple hours. Great guy! This band is Great!! they all listen to each other!
I saw him several times in Paris, but one time I was very close to the stage, less than 2 meters from the guy. A true guitar lesson ! He is a model for us aspiring guitarists !
That's a great band. I've seen Timo Hirvonen on bass before, he's fantastic. His body language is really interesting, he seems to be at the same time really stiff and yet totally groovy 😀
Early in the mix didn’t seem to me like you could hear anything bass… but the percussion and the billion notes B3. I was wondering if he was plugged in or the sound guy forgot to put a coaster under his drink.
