For those who don't know,this is a cover of one of the GREATEST JAZZ COMPOSITIONS of all time. The original is by Donald Byrd trumpet...from the Bluenote album "A New Perspective" with arrangements by the great,underrated Duke Pearson...well worth checking out if u haven't heard it..an all time classic song on an all time classic album...
Killer guitarist, still has the chops too. Played his albums in the 70s at KNAC-FM in Long Beach, CA, a Free Form, Progressive Rock format, that's what it was called back then. I always thought he was older then me, but turns out I'm older by about a month, darn. Glad he's still around making sounds.
Good old Harvey. They don't make guitar players like this anymore which seems odd. I suppose it's because we're evolving in music too. There came a time and that time went. Thankfully we have recordings! These old guitar players, including Peter Green...they're as good now as they were fifty years ago as this video and others prove. We may get old but our genius stays with us.
This is tops man, I'm right around 50 and all these years Im just coming hip to Harvey, What a great talent. I've been missing out but im in now. Keep on keepen on brother.
What a great crop of guitar players that were born right after WW2,( baby boomers era) These are a special group of guitar musicians and it's probable we'll never see their like again. We're still sorting them out!
Avid fans here! I was called a "Harvey Freak" by Fito De la Parra when my wife and I went to get our 30 + albums autographed by Harvey when he was playing with Canned Heat. It was August 13,14 and 15th 1999 when we were able to go to all 3 shows. We also were able to Video tape the shows. Canned heat was very cool about that! Anyway, during the third and last night, my wife noticed Harvey looking a little stoned after the break....I didn't believe her but she swore he was ripped! Sure enough....during one of the songs, my wife says..."He missed his cue!"... I didn't notice it, so my wife says "I can't wait to prove this to you when we get home and watch our video". So of course we watched it and presto....Harvey spaced out and came in late! Haha must've been Barry Goldberg weed! lol We love you Harvey Mandel!
Got turned on to HM by a guy in Felts Hall, Thompson Point in 1971 at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois. Lot of guys from Chicago hanging out and come to think of it I remember the dorm room smelling like “weed”. Room 203, I think.
played since 2...dad played and turned me on to Jimi in '67, when I was 10 ! Biggest fan ever... After Jimi passed I said no to Cooper and kiss and all that shit and turned to miles and bird, etc.But Miles had John McClaughlin during his Jack Johnson-Bitches Brew-Live Evil "phase" .. and it was around '73 I first heard "The Snake," mind-blown. The tone alone. Note choice. He's unparalleled ! appreciate this much.
@@STAND-ALONE I went through an Alice Cooper phase, when I was 13, but I tired of it, and I listen to a little of Kiss, and I was turned off, I had already gotten into some other types of music.
Mahavishnu & The Mothers were my favorites in early 70's, so no shame there lad,you'll be ok-hated Kiss & the early 70's douche rock bands(still do), when you had Roy Buchanen,Steely Dan,Weather Report,Bob Seger ya didn't need to listen to what Rolling Stone was promoting...
Too much Electronics for my taste I much prefer the original version with the Musselwhite band. I never understood why Harvey left the Musselwhite group although I was really bummed about it and Charlie didn't really have somebody to come in and fill those shoes to the extent Butterfield had his next Great lead guitarist ready when Mike Bloomfield left his band God of course being Elvin Bishop I would sure like to hear the history of what actually happened from the people who were there at the time that of course would be Charlie Musselwhite Harvey Mandel and Elvin Bishop
Elvin was already in Butter's band. It was a four piece and they added Bloomer. I really love the first Musselwhite album. Barry, Harvey and Charlie were all leaders in their own rights. If you don't know it check Blowin' My Mind by Barry with Charlie and Harvey playing important parts, more rock where Charlie's is more blues, but same three front men. I read years ago that Harvey got that guitar from the first Musselwhite ablum stolen at a gig. He thought there was something wrong with a pickup to give it that edge that it had. He has always been big on sustain, but that guitar had a unique tone. Bloomer and Barry played together in Chicago. Hard for a great musician with his own ideas to stay as a sideman forever. The guitar players on Charlie's second album were pretty good but more rock or blues rock than straight up blues. Wasn't long before he found a young Robin Ford.
