Mundell Lowe & Johnny Smith - Seven Come Eleven 1985

[EverlordJesus]

Anyone the date of this concert?

[razsekeles]

wow, bobjazz, thanks so much for this surprising session.

i love it :-)

[fraterlucifer888]

mundell lowe and johnny smith, this is too cool thanks for posting

[Canamjay]

Mundy is actually from Mississipi, Laurel I believe,, but now lives in California, I just saw him playing at the Park Hotel in San Diego.. he's 88 and still going strong.. I am trying to get someone to make a documentary of his fabulous, incredible career.. this guy IS a one man history of American Jazz music.. from New Orleans, to New York to the West Coast... he's been there, done that and played with absolutely everyone.. and is a fine gentleman to boot..

[aleksandersucharski]

80's. you HAD TO put some chorus on the guitars. ;)

[tuxguys]

Mundy and JS... and in Mundy's home town, no less, playing a tune heavily-associated with Charlie Christian...

Somewhere very, very nice, the spirit of William Leavitt is grinning from ear to ear.

[jcjrc33]

Hi Bob,

My browser kept freezing and would like to remove all multiple post but One. Thanks,

Joe

[jcjrc33]

I went looking for some Mundell Lowe clips . . .and I found this "GEM" with Johnny Smith.

Many, many THANKS Bob for sharing this!!!

Joe

[jcjrc33]

I went looking for some Mundell Lowe clips . . .and I found this "GEM" with Johnny Smith.

Many, many THANKS Bob for sharing this!!!

Joe

[jcjrc33]

I went looking for some Mundell Lowe clips . . .and I found this "GEM" with Johnny Smith.

Many, many THANKS Bob for sharing this!!!

Joe

[jcjrc33]

I went looking for some Mundell Lowe clips . . . and I found this "GEM" with Johnny Smith.

Many, many THANKS Bob for sharing this!!!

Joe

[jcjrc33]

I went looking for some Mundell Lowe clips . . .and I found this "GEM" with Johnny Smith.

Many, many THANKS Bob for sharing this!!!

Joe

[jcjrc33]

I went looking for some Mundell Lowe clips . . .and I found this "GEM" with Johnny Smith.

Many, many THANKS Bob for sharing this!!!

Joe

[jcjrc33]

I went looking for some Mundell Lowe clips . . .and I found this "GEM" with Johnny Smith.

Many, many THANKS Bob for sharing this!!!

Joe

[emcee2308]

Who's the pianist??

[mattleemattlee123]

Mundell Lowe and Johnny Smith on stage together...too much! Mundell is such an underrated player. Just amazing. But then there's Johnny...forget it, man! He's got such a deep understanding of music...when you want to hear it played right just throw on some JS...esp. that era around "Moonlight".

[Pickinbuddy]

Man--the recording sound is outstanding!

[bobjazz11]

Well as I say at the top of this page in the write-up for this clip, this is amateur footage, but it's better than nothing.

Bob

[Pickinbuddy]

Amateur footage? Those multi camera angles are top quality! Whoever filmed this really did a great job. Thanks for posting this superb gem!

BT

[Geepsterr]

@bobjazz11 Amateur copy maybe but it is by no means amateur source material : This is at least a 3 camera shoot with direct board sound . Anyway great that it is here . Thanks.

[shecky308]

Johnny Smith for president!!!!!

[En3usiast]

Great chord work from these two masters!

[warrenbattistejazz]

new players are faster but they say very little. Chops does not mean you have taste.

[Tezman82]

I agree.

[jazz1bro]

@warrenbattistejazz

exactly!

[Thymisticles]

That is Hank Jones on PIano

[two9parkave]

Is that Hank Jones on piano?

[ParthofthePigeons]

its funny how everyone craves avenged sevenfold and their guitarist's sweep picking solos when these guys dont need to sweep. they can shred and actually make good music.

[Goodoysters]

These guys sweep pick.

[ParthofthePigeons]

only sometimes. mostly they just pick really fast.

[stogies3]

No they don't.

Johnny Smith is the epitome of alternate picking,that is what makes his sound

so clean.

[4578a]

I play an abilene, it's got a dean markley pickup in the soundhole. I can play really fast! I'm a fuckin genius! But this is really great! Johnny smith plays the most difficult chords but he does it to make the music sound more beautiful rather than trying to impress people by how far he can stretch his fingers.

[MattLeGroulx]

there are really not enough videos of johnny smith around! this is fantastic.

thanks!

[JamaisMEC]

Some people really do that speed equates to excellence. That's unfortunate, and usually is a comment made by the naive.

[MrReinhardtd]

Its not that great really is it?....check out Bireli Lagrene for some real virtuosity and great tone!

[32251]

Come on man. These men are in the last phase of their career. They still retain a lot of the virtuosity they had when they were young. They are ledgends.

[kenouman]

get a life.

[OrangeCountyCarl]

Uh...Johhny Smith was already BEYOND BRILLIANT for years as a guitarist when Biréli Lagrène was in diapers or even learning cowboy chords.

[stogies3]

Boy even if lagrene lives a 100 years he won't have the class,elegance,poetry,depth, artistry of

what these 2 have.Johnny Smith and Mundell are classes above and beyond

that little django wannabe.

[ArkRed1]

One of the odd things about the Johnny Smith model Gibson was that the last three strings G,D,A, were monel wrapped, and the sixth E, was a flatwound. One of Johnny's requirments outside of not having any electronic parts touch the top of the guitar. The jack was mounted in the pickguard along with the controls. It screwed on rather than plugged in.

[ArkRed1]

Johnny also played a Guild and a D'Angelico. His solo on Bye Bye Blackbird with Art Van Dame is a knockout. The album is A Perfect Match. BTW Mundell tunes his sixth string (E) down to D. That's the reason his chords look a little different. Great playing by great players.

[ArkRed1]

Probably Johnny Smith is playing a Johnny Smith model Gibson. They came out in the sixties both in natural and sunburst. It was the first jazz guitar Gibson had that featured a "floating" pickup. All of the controls were mounted on the pickguard. Johnny felt that anything touching the guitar's top hindered tone. They guitar is still very popular and there are about three or four guitar companines making a Johnny Smith model guitar. The Gibson Johnny Smith model is my favorite.

[LooMinn]

Stupid question, but what model Gibson is Johnny Smith playing? It's a beauty.

[jgrodnik]

Boy, does this swing! Just a classic. Thanks very much.

[lrycryl]

I believe Johnny was an influence on Chet Atkins- It was Atkins version of walk don't run that inspired the Ventures version.

[joebandana]

WHOA this is an Old School song!! Charlie Christian played it in Benny Goodman's sextet back in 1939!! Awesome that these guys keep it alive. I love Mundell Lowe's playing with Charlie Parker, and I love Johnny Smith period.

[edcerc]

johnny smith is a higly influential guitar player and probly one of the best. Check out the album moonlight in vermont featuring stan getz, a true classic.

[Arikisei]

mr.smith god bless you.,mr.lowe god bless you

[rickcee]

No, Mundell isn't playing any Gibson Super 400. That's a D'Aquisto, made for him personally by the late Jimmy D'Aquisto, who made most of the latter day D'Angelico guitars in the D'Angelico shop once D'Angelico was too old to be a good luthier anymore.

[booradleymtl]

Uh.. no.

Dangelico made great guitars to the end.

Jimmy bought the business after John died. Some outstanding orders were completed by Jimmy. Some were just cancelled after John died. This is not a slight on Jimmy who was amazing in his own right, but rather show the customer loyalty to John.

[zebopper]

A rare glipse of Johnny Smith - thanks for posting! Anyone know what kind of guitar Mundell is playing?(Johnny is obviously playing a Gibson Johnny Smith.)

[stan2211stan]

Mundell is probably playing his Gibson Super 400 - "The Big Boy" 18" across the lower bout.

You can get a full frontal by checking out Roy Buchanan playing "Misty" with Mundell back in '70.

[stan2211stan]

Wow - I shoulda waited for "the frontal shot"

I think...it's the Aria "Herb Ellis". This is like the secong time I've seen him with "Lawsuit Guitars" today. Always assumed he didn't leave the house without the 400.

[mezoro]

Mundell appears to be playing a Jimmy D'Aquisto guitar, and what a treat to hear and see these giants together. Looks like greats Monty Budwig on bass and Hank Jones on piano. Can't make out the drummer.

[chipstern]

I think it might be Alan Dawson...

Johnny Smith and Hank Jones...my goose bumps have goosebumps...

Mundell Lowe no slouch, either...DAMN!

[pekoe67]

3:31 Bird lives !

[carvetop01]

Two of the best on one stage! Damn. Thanks for posting this.

[menilmontant]

great poooost!!

Johnny smith is the man!

[mikeg888]

TERRIFIC! Thanks for posting this. Johnny Smith is THE jazz guitar legend and to watch him play is just great! Add to that the great Mundell Lowe and amazing Hank Jones....

Superb jazz archive!

[TNGuitarandUke]

Thanks again - for this and the other JS clip you posted a month ago. It's a thrill to listed and watch him play.

[campocat]

Wow thanks classic for all time

[eightstring]

Very classy. Both players are fabulous. Thanks for posting this video

RC

[deangelico]

Wow,thank you so much for this great clip, any more available?

[pixaninny]

Thanks for that Bob. Considering the generally short lifespan of jazz musicians, its great to see that Mundell Lowe, Johnny Smith and Hank Jones (piano) are still with us.

[jaimevallemusic]

Holy shorts! I love these guys!

[MOGLIDER]

Mundell just took off on this one.Superb.