The Great Guitars: Barney Kessel, Charlie Byrd and Herb Ellis • 11-07-1982 • World of Jazz 

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You will never doubt the authenticity ... because if you hear shred guitar on an acoustic or clean, the technique does not translate. Either this or true classical will prevail, ie Parkening method, Carcassi Method, Segovia.

Congratz ! Happy for you. You got a real treat to pop your jazz cherry cuz this is an awesome gig i often rewatch. There's many sub genres in jazz but with this post modernist swing jazz, i thing all the lines are very clear, not hard to understand but played in such beautiful ways in terms of harmonics and then you hear the solos where the phrasing again, is 'simple' to understand yet of a incredible level to play, let alone perform ( the fast pieces i mean) Plus if you understand that all their solos are improvised !! ... These guys are used to propel themselves totally out of their comfort zone and still manage to play superb... Hope your new found love takes you to new joy and new levels of playing !

@@alainvosselman9960 Of course it will, have a good one!

you should listen to pasquale grasso. his technique is insane.

Are you Alex Skolnick?

Wow. What was he like? What did he teach you? Any life longs tips he gave you? He is one of my favorites. I was studying jazz in uni before transferring to another uni and started studying classical and charlie was one of my biggest inspirations in that transition.

words from the greats, makes them. they jsut love music.

Awesome story - wonderful quote from Charlie! 🎸🎶💖

That's a great story. Many years ago, almost 44 to be exact, I saw the Great Guitars perform at my college. It was at SUNY, Potsdam, in February 1980, and this was the group that played that night. It was an absolutely incredible show. Most of the tunes on this video were played that night. Potsdam is a small college town in Northern NY, about an hour north of Lake Placid, 30 miles south of the Canadian border, and in those days, the winters were severe. Jan and Feb every year brought snow and temperatures of minus 25-30F without the wind chill for two months non-stop. In NY State that area's known as "The Ice Box." I was a 22-year-old college senior with aspirations of being a professional jazz pianist, but as I like to tell friends and family nowadays, what I didn't know about the music business would have filled the internet, or as we used to say in those days, it would have filled an encyclopedia. (Or in my case, probably a library full of them). Potsdam only had about 2-3 busses a day leaving for other towns and cities in NY State, and the earliest bus was at 8 a.m. About halfway through the concert, Herb talked to the audience about this fact, and the fact that he and Barney had to catch a plane out of Syracuse, NY the next day, and asked if anyone could give them a lift for the three-hour drive that it would take to get there. At first the audience kind of reacted a little funny, a few smirks and giggles here and there. Well, a couple of tunes later, Herb asked the same thing and the audience laughed outright. Pretty soon it got to be a running joke during the show, with Herb bringing up the subject again and again, and the the audience laughing harder each time. I began to think he was serious. So, I waited until the last number, and while they were taking their bows and then did an encore, I went back stage and waited for them to finish. As Herb came off, I walked up, introduced myself, and told him that I'd be happy to give him and Barney a lift to Syracuse. He asked what kind of car I had and when I told him it was a 1976 VW Beetle he kind of looked back at Barney and asked him if they could fit all their stuff in a Beetle. Barney said yes, so it was all set. Ray Shiner, the prof who ran the jazz program at Potsdam told Herb he could trust me, so that was that. The next day, the temperature was probably around -30F and there had been a fire in one of the downtown buildings, so there was ice over half the main street in town and traffic was backing up from it. I got to their hotel, and yes, we managed to get two large jazz guitar cases, two suit bags, and all three of us into the VW, and we headed south. Caught some breakfast on the way, and Herb got a paper, probably the Watertown, NY Times. Then it hit--the weather got worse and worse, and we were headed straight into a blizzard. So, here I am, 22, naive, star-struck, and driving two famous jazz musicians from Potsdam to Syracuse through a blizzard. But it was one of the best days I ever had. We were crowded in, but they passed the time by asking what I wanted to do with my career, and possibly what kind of options there were out there for someone like me. We also talked about guitar, piano, jazz, opera, ballet, world news, the fact that President Carter had just urged the Congress to re-institute the draft, and what it might mean for me. Of course, being young, naive, and somewhat stupid, I said something about going across the Canadian border if that happened--you have to remember, we were just post-Viet Nam, so that was still a thing. Herb said that if I joined the Army, I could possibly end up playing in an Army band, but that it would be better than toting a rifle. I said it was something that I'd never do. Well, the conversation ranged over many subjects, like a I said, but they were the nicest guys in the world and treated me like I was a friend. The blizzard got worse and worse, and yes, there were times when the tires skated over the snow here and there, but we did ok. It took five hours of hard driving to get to the Syracuse Airport, and we just made it in time for their flight, but we made it. They both thanked me and said good luck in the future. That's the last time I ever saw them. Ten months later, after trying to gig around LI, NY for a summer and a fall with mixed success, I auditioned for the Army Band program and was accepted in. I did six years in the US Army Bands, including 3 in Naples, Italy (which is another story for another time), and then auditioned for the US Air Force Bands and was accepted in. I did 3 years in New Hampshire, 11 in Massachusetts, 4 in Japan, and my last 3 in Texas. All good, solid military bands with a lot of great players in them, and a lot of travel to interesting places. I retired as a Master Sergeant from the USAF Band program in 2009 at the age of 51 with 27 years active duty time, and currently live and gig in a medium-sized southern city. Just turned 65 this year, so I'm officially a senior citizen and am on Medicare in addition to my USAF retirement. I look back at my life, and as music and life go, it's been a good one. And yes---I'll always remember that trip to Syracuse with Herb and Barney. Two of the nicest guys you'd ever meet, who were uncannily prophetic about the life that I ended up living for the last 44 years. They are both gone now, but I hope that if they've looked down on me from heaven from time to time, that they'd smile and say something like "ya did ok, kid, ya did ok." Thanks for reading this long post from an old piano player. Sincerely, PMH

Hi how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. I'm Maria from California, looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind, thank you.

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You just made my day! Great story!

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@Don Kanis Speaking as a bass player and a sound person, thank you!

Chuck Redd, a great guy, super talented. The drummer.

Le Bass. Le Drummer. The heart of the band. Yep

The Sound Tech is so very important. Yep as well as the room or physical venue . So much of great music is ruined by inferior playback. Ricke

Yes, it is (for me) a jazz super class at 120 mph ! I really envy them .. and I am a person that was born in Latin America that love to listen jazz related soft music and enjoy it ! .

Such a great Musician. What a true privilege and honor to get to meet him person it must be.

@@mathieudager4234 The best guitar playing in history there will never be another era of such amazing talent.. Man what a pleasure to watch and listen......

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What modifications did Charlie do?

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5.8 million views now 🥰 great to see

wreckswright love the history Congratulations on your musical experiences...i only hope you can play like this now days.. Gimme a little more insight on some other stuff you learned during this time period unless the grass is to stoney these days

Must have been awesome

Starting sound engineering (I am French, maybe not accurage there) with guitars so inclined to feed back must not have been a breeze at the beginning. I like your description "brilliant, complicated and gracious" : sounds like a description of B. Kessel way of clothing sometimes! :)

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Bless the tube!

Me too.

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Absolutely money can't buy this wonderful peice of artistry yet here it is for free.

It's one of my favourite videos on youtube. I've watched it many times, never disappoints, always impresses... here I am watching it again...

Yes great recording and camera work!

How are you doing

Hello Kenneth, how are you doing. I believe you are doing well.

Hello Mr. Kenneth😊

Well said, this is pure joy… fenomenal Enjoy your day🙌🏽

Hello Mr. Jim how are you doing 😊

and for the aged !.....hahaaa!

Agreed.

Never see or hear this again....!!! We oldies r sooo LUCKY !!

What I love about watching these guys, is that they're not only exceptionally discipline and talented, but they speak what they play, which is a true expression of jazz. God gave these guys have extra dose of talent.

Not the bass player!

@@AlexH4774 He's too busy! What a player!

That sounds like quite the experience, I've only recently discovered his playing and I was sold instantly.

@@qumatru The thing I liked about Barney was that he wasn't " Big time" at all. Just a really nice guy and a fantastic talent. It was a pleasure being a friend.

Realmente Irmão, uma obra prima.

bagulho é doido meu parceiro viva os licks de jazz

Hi Scott, Thank you for your comments. We really appreciate! So good to hear your stories! The WOJ team

Thanks. It's great to find people who appreciate them. Do you have Lionel Hampton at Northsea in 1983?

Hi Scott, We're not sure we recorded it, but we keep finding tapes. When we find it it will uploaded

Hi Scott, you should write a book, Man! Those memories must stay after we are gone for the enlightenment of the new generation. Thanks a lot!

Scott Alderman man, how to thank you for all this personal treasure you're so generously sharing with your brothers in music?

Hi Steven how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. I'm Maria from California, looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind, thank you.

Woohoo!!!

Me too.

Europe. Jazz is still very important there.

@@danielhall3105 I don't want this music to be important..i just want it accessible..

Barney and Herb are the Cats, they are in their world, who surprised me was Charlie B, I didn't know he can swing that high and provides good couping quality 🙌❤️🙏

Cal Collins is from a tiny town in Indiana called Medora. The name comes from the major scale: Do-Ra-Me-Fa-So-La-Te-Do. "Me-Do-Ra: Town Of Harmony."

Hello Mr. Jones😊

Hello Ms. Russo@@HelenamariaRusso

@@JJones9300 hello nice to hear from you. I hope you’re not offended please

Amen

Fabuloso...

Not sure about the egos, think they were just doing what they loved.

A good duo with this swinging thing is Herb Ellis and Joe Pass's stuff together on the Concord label. Am not a huge Joe Pass fan but he is enjoyable and has a similar catchy style to Ellis, his solo stuff on the album is interesting but always been on the fence about Pass... duo's however are fantastic and merry, So - if you are en-joyed by this then you should get into the Pass-Ellis stuff. : -D

One thing is I need to get to bed and stop Manha de Carnaval hehe. : -D

Hello Mr Tony

Hi Noel how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. I'm Maria from California, looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind, thank you.

Hello Mr. Noel 😊

That's about the same time I was lucky enough to see and listen to Charlie Byrd play a one night gig in a small club here and it was one I'll never forget. I sat about 20 feet from the small stage where he sat on a chair, played and just mesmerized me. I stayed for both sets.

SUS. CORAZONES.. EL. CORAZON DEL. UNIVERSO. TOCAN AL UNÍSONO. Y. LO. INTERPRETAN SEMEJANTES. DOCTORES SON. DIAMANTALES. E INMOTALES. LOS. AMO HASTA. EL. COSMOS SON SIDERALES. GRACIAS. GRACIAS GRACIAS.

Tony Brophy 😂😂There’s a lot of great guitarists today, but none can come close to Charlie’s style of Bossa Nova! We have a lot of other cool styles of guitar now that didn’t exist back then though.

I'm at about 65% on the RU-vid volume and 100% on my laptop with headphones-- it's a MIRACLE how good it sounds.

He's a boss

Realy fantastic tecnique herb ellis i agre

Hello Mr. John how are you doing 😊

Hello Mr. Robert 😊

That drummer is out of this world. So clean and tight with perfect technique

Hi how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. I'm Maria from California, looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind, thank you.

High class

Delicious and inspirational

playing with your pals lead always to a trancedent way. of being...

@@GerardvanGenderen more then guitarist what a great musician

Exactly. And they do it just as soon as they start playing. I noticed that watching Herb close up at a seminar in '81.

@@Agent_006.9 No, only coffee, beer or green tea dude. Pay attention!

You've got that right!

It's a video :(

These are the cats