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I'm happy to see that many people pay homage to Green's talent. He was often overlooked, mainly because of his funky seventies stuff (which was the material that made me discover him).
Hello Buttplug,I happen to like those guys you mentioned. I knew Hendrix,and I also know that he adored Grant Green , and studied his music. Hopefully you would mature and expand to appreciate this music by these three virtuosos.
Hello Buttplug,I happen to like those guys you mentioned. I knew Hendrix,and I also know that he adored Grant Green , and studied his music. Hopefully you would mature and expand to appreciate this music by these three virtuosos
I traveled through Mexico for three months in 1972 and had a 4 track cassette of Kenny Burrell and one of Grant Green. Must listened to those tapes over and over. Today I'm a professional musician and own my inspiration to these gentlemen. It's great to hear them hear jamming away but they too know how to make great studio recordings that are timeless.
@ buttplug. Like your name, I'm sure you are just winding us up. Anyway it's a shame if you really feel this way about masters of the guitar. Those other guys you mentioned have their worth but I can't help thinking that if you took away their 9 gauge strings, distortion pedal and blues scale, they would be lost.
These are old stale crap and it's good they're dead. Metal and rap rule! This shit died out for a reason, nobody cared anymore. Black Sabbath, Hendrix, Vai and the ramones are all better guitar players than these old farts.
In the early 90s I saw Barney at the Bermuda Onion in Toronto. Initially things didn't look so good. Barney was sitting by himself wearing one of those awful ties he liked to wear and he seemed like an old man. But as soon as he stared playing there was an incredible transformation and he knocked our socks off! A very memorable evening by a fantastic player. Thanks for posting this, awesome video. And as much as I love Barney and Kenny, Grant was in a category all by himself.
I am 14 years old and Live in Atlanta and what a priviledge it is to play with Grant Green Jr.I just wish I could have played with these 3 too. Jake Rogers
I've got a bunch of Grant Green LPs, as leader and sideman, but I've NEVER heard him play like this! SO utterly inspired and playing more notes than usual, very exciting. As much as I like Kenny and Barney, Grant takes the cake here. He's the champ.
I used to have this on VHS tape-wish i could see more of GG live tapes..really hard to find but I am sure they are out there waiting for the highest bidder(..or not)
Couple others I forgot - Chet Baker, Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan. I guess I grew up naive but when I was younger I would have bet money that neither Baker nor Mulligan ever did drugs, so you can imagine how I felt when I learned both men were heroin addicts (almost in emulation of their idols). As for Desmond (my all-time favorite saxophonist), years of chain-smoking caught up to him - the exact same thing that killed my dad.
Its been that way from the start: Bix died at 28 from Pneumonia (alcohol); C. Christian 25 (TB); Lee Morgan 33 (shot); Bird 33 (addiction); Leon Roppolo 41 (syph.); Bunny Berrigan 33 (alc.); Chick Webb 33 (tb); Fats Navarro 26 (TB); Jaco Pastorius 35 (beaten to death); Bubber Miller 29 (alc-TB); Tommy Dorsey 51 (sleeping pills/choked); Paul Chambers 33 (heroin); Lester Young 49 (alc.), and of course Billy Holiday 44 (alc and drugs). Even Art Tatum. Unfortunately the list goes on and on.
back then it had nothing to do with your playing or guitar, it was all about the socks you wore. silk or satin socks just gave you that tone and feel. these guys are puppets for the jazz sock pixies who are really controlling the music we all hear...even to this day. watch the 50-cent video for P.I.M.P at 2.03 you can see one in the bottom left hand corner! damn those pixies!!
Also want to say that back then it didn't matter if you had an awesome guitar. You had to be able to show you could play. You just used any amp provided but mostly just an amp that worked. It was about the music back then and not the glitz and glam of today. You either brought it or you didn't
I just dont understand how Grant Green slipped under the radar back then...He was definitely more bluesy and didnt play the "generic bebop scale licks and stuff" but his style must have been so much fun to watch. For me the person who puts all the skills of a jazz guitarist together is russell malone. Check out his tune "MUGSHOT"
I think all the labels and jazz greats knew how good Grant was - the problem was that he was unreliable. His problems with heroin addiction and his other personal issues often meant he was unable to play. He probably played with everyone at Blue Note. Music is full of great talented people who's career was derailed by addiction.
hrm...yeah...its sad isn't it how many of the jazz greats got into that drugs/heroine/crack inspires me crap...how many would still be alive today if it weren't for that mess. I am happy that the new jazz cats aren't being a bad example by doing that mess...
It didnt inspire it was theafter effect of what they did they had to kill the pain look at great writers or painters its all the same the drugs n booze didnt better them it was like novacaine. Not to seem like a jerk but those guys were like Hercules nowadays theres a couple
@BassicallyChristian - You're assuming that they would have been the same musicians without it. Say what you will about smack, but it will make you perfectly content to sit alone in a room practicing guitar for 10 hours per day... as long as you know where your next bump is coming from.
I would guess late 60s - early 70s, Grant is playing his Epi ( not yet his D'Aquisto ), and Burrell is playing his D'Angelico ( which is before he started with his Super 400 with DeArmond pickup )
@skipheaton Wow, he sat out half the song and he took forever to get cookin, noodled around for the first half of his solo, but when he got into it it was indeed very deep! Barney to me revolutionized the harmonic potential of the guitar in ways that no one else except Joe Pass has. Grant Green is a direct line to Charley Christian as he supposedly learned from Efferge Ware who played with Charley. I'm sorry but KB just don't do it for me. I am not saying he ain't good.
dolcay1; I was at this gig which was done at Ronnie Scott's Club in 1969 as part of the "Jazz Expo '69" tour . I still have the ticket stub. It was an unbelievable session and so rare to see Grant Green in London.(he hated flying!)
i cant believe u were at THIS SHOW. wow. im super jealous.
do u know if grant green has any videos? this is the only one i have been able to find of him. if u know any DVDs or videos i can buy, please let me know!!!
dolcay1; Just about 4 yrs earlier Wes Montgomery had played Ronnie Scott's Club. That's a very good question about the film clipsof Grant. As far as i'm aware this is the ONLY clip of him which is unbelievable since he died in 1979. There is an autobiographical book on G.G written by his daughter and you can contact her through it. She might know of other films. But i'll keep looking and will let you know.
This great rare video of these 3 fine players make me thank God for youtube--the greatest invention since the pocket! I'm 64, been a player since I was 11, back in the days of b & w TV with no VCR, DVD, or recorder except a rare reel to reel. We would break our necks running to the TV to see any guitar performance. We would slow the LP's down with our fingers to learn a "lick". Don't criticize this video, you boneheads unless you can play on the same level (which you cant). Just enjoy!
Ya youtube is great, and it's awesome to hear someone older who understands. I've been playing guitar for 12 years and jazz guitar for 7, so I can keep up, but it takes me a week or two to learn. I'm damn glad that I have youtube and the internet in general, there would so much music I would miss without these mediums.
Grant is the dogs! As has been said his phrasing is second to none. It's said that cats like Wes used to sneak into clubs to check out what he was doing. Such a shame this is the only vid of him.
I know others will think I'm being contentious but for me KB and GG cut kessel well and truly!
Grant spent much of 1978 in hospital and, against the advice of doctors, went back on the road to earn some money. While in New York to play an engagement at George Benson's Breezin' Lounge, Grant collapsed in his car of a heart attack in New York City on January 31, 1979. He was buried in in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri,
"A severely underrated player during his lifetime, Grant Green is one of the great unsung heroes of jazz guitar ... Green's playing is immediately recognizable --
Anyone know what the guitars are? Looks to me like Burrell is playing an D'Angelico-but can't get a good look. I've wondered for years what Green is using. I think Kessell has a camoflaged Gibson. Anyone have better ideas?
I think Burrell is playing a D'Angelico New Yorker, Kessel is playing either a L7 or an ES 350 (not exactly sure, but definitely one of them), and Grant Green is playing an old Epiphone Emperor (18.5 inch lower bout WOW)!
Kessell didn't shine here. There are some really beautiful/fantastic clips of his playing here on You-Tube
I also play a Barney Kessell Custom which although he never played much sounds exceptionally sweet-Spruce top but I don't know if ply or solid-sounds more like plywood top
I've found that plywood tops have a slightly darker tone, and obviously sound more "stable" when plugged in, but the spruce top has a sweeter tone (I generally prefer the sound of a solid top more than a laminated top). Wow! You have a Super 400. They would have to be one of my favourite guitars. I would get one, but I am poor so I cant lol!
I found out about this guy from a Jamey aerbersold playalong book I bought. It listed his name with about 30 other players. If you llike Jazz than check out the Aebersold play along books they are awesome .
I have one of the Aebersold books. The backing tracks are excellent and there is some great material in there. Difficult to get outside the US but often can be found on eBay/Amazon marketplace etc
man I just watched this again and its even better. I am learning jazz guitar and for me this is the very top of the mountain i have to climb. Somehow I don't think I'll quite get there unless someone gives me an extra couple of lifetimes
Three Monster n Master of Jazz guitar.I wish Wes Montgomery was there who recorded his 1st album with Burrell's guitar though he was senior musician.Anyways I'm very lucky to watch this vid.Awesome.
I know everybody digs burrell and kessel is the elder statesman here, but for me this video is really about grant. his feel and tone were just so killing. I think he's pretty much unmatched amongst guitarists in those two respects. pity that the video seems to skip ahead in places.
This one of the best, if not THE best guitar videos, period. Three great artists playing their hearts out, improvising like crazy. Lotta feeling here, love it, love it, love it. RIP Barney and Grant.
ahem...hrmm.. drummer... hm what can I say ? maybe they tried saving the extra wages, closed the bar during the sets and let the waiter sit in...jazzscene underwent some dire times with recession in the early 70´s ;-)
that's Jazz in it's best tradition - and all in triple. Rough, groovy swinging, inspiring... Many thank's we may enjoy this refreshing ride today. (From where is this recording from, and dated ??)
GG is so damn funky and swinging....no slight to BK and KB but I agree with you retrorex...overall great performance and I wish we had more vid clips from this line up and GG in general.
green is funky as always. but kessel seems to be the most adventurous performer in this ensemble. kb and gg are more bluesy whereas bk pushes the envelope...
Funny thing about this is that Grant has the mellowest tone here. He usually had a somewhat piercing tone--more similar to the country guitar tone than jazz guitar. But he sure sound mellow here, and he cuts BK & KB.
The chemistry between these players in truly amazing and cannot be rivaled, especially because of the diverse style that each person bring to the table. AWEESOME
these 3 guys are the reason i play jazz guitar. this is some of the best footage on youtube. and kenny's birthday was yesterday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KENNY!!!
not sure the year on this, but assuming that it is the mid-60s or later, it is interesting that all three use single coil pickups. I love that sound, and this makes me wonder why everybody seemed to switch to humbuckers, which don't sound as articulate to me.
This was a poorly made Jam, Barney Kessel is heard much better than Green and Burrell is barely heard at all. I was trying to match any of the soloing to his patterns and it was impossible to make out. Saddens me to see unorganized music.
This some great stuff by some truly great guitarist. It's especially good to see Grant Green play. I wonder if this is the only film clip of Grant.
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I'm happy to see that many people pay homage to Green's talent. He was often overlooked, mainly because of his funky seventies stuff (which was the material that made me discover him).
oliverecords 2 months ago
They are all SMOKIN' HOT!
earthshaker61 3 months ago
This is earthshatteringly good! Kudos and thanks to the generous poster!
Thepopdelusion 3 months ago
By the end that drummer's had enough LoL.
?;^(
L4sleeko 4 months ago
I've always loved the virtuosity, angularity, and blues sensibility of both Kessel and Burrell...
I've always enjoyed Green, but dismissed him somewhat as "second-tier..."
...but not after seeing this.
tuxguys 4 months ago
Is this even legal? I mean if the president and the vice president never fly on the same plane together...
rldickie 5 months ago 3
Thumbs up if you can´t see the dislike bar!
GoldenHeadKiller7 7 months ago
HEY YALL WAT ABOUT BARNEY KESSEL....BAD ASS DUDE.....
BJ
bidaddyjoe 8 months ago 2
Buttplug!! Says it all.
This is reminding me to pull out my Burrell records!(cd's)
farnworthmusic 8 months ago
Hello Buttplug,I happen to like those guys you mentioned. I knew Hendrix,and I also know that he adored Grant Green , and studied his music. Hopefully you would mature and expand to appreciate this music by these three virtuosos.
thek3ify 8 months ago
Hello Buttplug,I happen to like those guys you mentioned. I knew Hendrix,and I also know that he adored Grant Green , and studied his music. Hopefully you would mature and expand to appreciate this music by these three virtuosos
thek3ify 8 months ago
am i the only person here who likes metal and jazz equally and sees no contradiction in this? you dissers are just emabarrassing
gtr1359 8 months ago
That thing Kessell does at 6:30? Crazy.
nevikmoore 9 months ago 2
@nevikmoore; Kessel - Crazy!
Hb35Jazz 8 months ago
I traveled through Mexico for three months in 1972 and had a 4 track cassette of Kenny Burrell and one of Grant Green. Must listened to those tapes over and over. Today I'm a professional musician and own my inspiration to these gentlemen. It's great to hear them hear jamming away but they too know how to make great studio recordings that are timeless.
johnhguitar 9 months ago
@ buttplug. Like your name, I'm sure you are just winding us up. Anyway it's a shame if you really feel this way about masters of the guitar. Those other guys you mentioned have their worth but I can't help thinking that if you took away their 9 gauge strings, distortion pedal and blues scale, they would be lost.
otnas001 9 months ago
These are old stale crap and it's good they're dead. Metal and rap rule! This shit died out for a reason, nobody cared anymore. Black Sabbath, Hendrix, Vai and the ramones are all better guitar players than these old farts.
BButtplug 9 months ago
@BButtplug you are just a fuckhead
TrueMason 9 months ago
I love these guys!!!!!!!
campocat 10 months ago
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CutiiBethio210 11 months ago
Gotta love Kenny and that smokin' D'Angelico!
drchristopher3726 11 months ago
5:55 Barney whips it out !
xxAoakauaxx 11 months ago
top ten ?!! john mclaughlin and carlos santana and larry coryell and paco de lucia r far superior among many others
cssdls 1 year ago
oh F'n wow.....
yoseewails 1 year ago
barney kessel aka: paul giamatti, haha, but seriously, amazing musicians...
SoCalculated69 1 year ago
Competition?Maybe.Great Conversation?Definitely!!!
postatility 1 year ago
kenny burrell's left hand makes me want to burn my guitar
letebaguere 1 year ago
In the early 90s I saw Barney at the Bermuda Onion in Toronto. Initially things didn't look so good. Barney was sitting by himself wearing one of those awful ties he liked to wear and he seemed like an old man. But as soon as he stared playing there was an incredible transformation and he knocked our socks off! A very memorable evening by a fantastic player. Thanks for posting this, awesome video. And as much as I love Barney and Kenny, Grant was in a category all by himself.
Storyline2008 1 year ago
That was one of the most BEAUTIFUL examples of trading fours I've ever heard.
InsertName125 1 year ago
Anyone know if there exists any other film/video footage of Grant Green?
RootsinBrooklyn 1 year ago
too bad ths appears to be the only video footage of green.
I wonder what kind of person would actually 'dislike' this video...
howerver: great great great
thailow117 1 year ago
I am 14 years old and Live in Atlanta and what a priviledge it is to play with Grant Green Jr.I just wish I could have played with these 3 too. Jake Rogers
guitarjrogers 1 year ago
Grant Green is THE shit.PERIOD.
Thanks for posting
Peace out
Fjord76 1 year ago 6
I've got a bunch of Grant Green LPs, as leader and sideman, but I've NEVER heard him play like this! SO utterly inspired and playing more notes than usual, very exciting. As much as I like Kenny and Barney, Grant takes the cake here. He's the champ.
retrorex 1 year ago 3
i love kennys huge left hand.
ChannelDJP 1 year ago 2
When would this performance be photographed?
Please teach it.
iwgpventures 1 year ago
great to see Grant Green--all 3 guys are cookin'
chris3312music 1 year ago
There's enough swing here to catapult you to the moon.
RiversideIndian 1 year ago
Wonderful to listen to
SIRONEDRAGON 1 year ago
wow, kenny burrell really plays his ass off here. christ.
MattLeGroulx 1 year ago 3
Stellar.
Asymmatrix 1 year ago
Please! Please! I need more videos of Grant Green. If any one has them they will be my insta-hero.
BigMilkDan 1 year ago
they are all using guitars with single coil pickups! McCarty, Charlie Christian and D'Armond. Wonderful trio of great guitarists.
telebasher 1 year ago
This is insanely cool... thanks for uploading.
wandawong 1 year ago
This is where they got the idea for Three Tenors. This is much cooler.
dingoswamphead 1 year ago 3
I used to have this on VHS tape-wish i could see more of GG live tapes..really hard to find but I am sure they are out there waiting for the highest bidder(..or not)
Bop2thebone 1 year ago
This really brought an honest to God smile to my face.
These guys were/are the real deal.
johnnylance 2 years ago
As Grant Green once said " I'll play anything really..it's ALL Blues basically" There'll never be another Grant.
taildragger53 2 years ago 10
Couple others I forgot - Chet Baker, Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan. I guess I grew up naive but when I was younger I would have bet money that neither Baker nor Mulligan ever did drugs, so you can imagine how I felt when I learned both men were heroin addicts (almost in emulation of their idols). As for Desmond (my all-time favorite saxophonist), years of chain-smoking caught up to him - the exact same thing that killed my dad.
jimraw1 2 years ago
Its been that way from the start: Bix died at 28 from Pneumonia (alcohol); C. Christian 25 (TB); Lee Morgan 33 (shot); Bird 33 (addiction); Leon Roppolo 41 (syph.); Bunny Berrigan 33 (alc.); Chick Webb 33 (tb); Fats Navarro 26 (TB); Jaco Pastorius 35 (beaten to death); Bubber Miller 29 (alc-TB); Tommy Dorsey 51 (sleeping pills/choked); Paul Chambers 33 (heroin); Lester Young 49 (alc.), and of course Billy Holiday 44 (alc and drugs). Even Art Tatum. Unfortunately the list goes on and on.
jimraw1 2 years ago
I'm diggin greene's rythym comp work
rockitflash 2 years ago
anyone know what scales green used? he is a machine!
crypha1 2 years ago
He used every scale and you can't use a hand full of scales and expect to sound like you are playing jazz.
Epiphoneplayah 2 years ago
wow i have a few records of him and have never heard him play like that (green).
really he plays essentially blues, so blues scale(almost a pentatonic minor) and surely mixed with myxolidian. and diminished also i think.
and diminished...? at 4:25.
gentilguy 2 years ago
back then it had nothing to do with your playing or guitar, it was all about the socks you wore. silk or satin socks just gave you that tone and feel. these guys are puppets for the jazz sock pixies who are really controlling the music we all hear...even to this day. watch the 50-cent video for P.I.M.P at 2.03 you can see one in the bottom left hand corner! damn those pixies!!
Mikey130891 2 years ago 2
i wish more jazz players would get down like this in a setting like that! its so cool to watch them deal with that pressure!
TheSlideslide 2 years ago
ah, what a treat this is!
TheSlideslide 2 years ago
Also want to say that back then it didn't matter if you had an awesome guitar. You had to be able to show you could play. You just used any amp provided but mostly just an amp that worked. It was about the music back then and not the glitz and glam of today. You either brought it or you didn't
BassicallyChristian 2 years ago
I just dont understand how Grant Green slipped under the radar back then...He was definitely more bluesy and didnt play the "generic bebop scale licks and stuff" but his style must have been so much fun to watch. For me the person who puts all the skills of a jazz guitarist together is russell malone. Check out his tune "MUGSHOT"
BassicallyChristian 2 years ago
I think all the labels and jazz greats knew how good Grant was - the problem was that he was unreliable. His problems with heroin addiction and his other personal issues often meant he was unable to play. He probably played with everyone at Blue Note. Music is full of great talented people who's career was derailed by addiction.
jimraw1 2 years ago
hrm...yeah...its sad isn't it how many of the jazz greats got into that drugs/heroine/crack inspires me crap...how many would still be alive today if it weren't for that mess. I am happy that the new jazz cats aren't being a bad example by doing that mess...
BassicallyChristian 2 years ago
It didnt inspire it was theafter effect of what they did they had to kill the pain look at great writers or painters its all the same the drugs n booze didnt better them it was like novacaine. Not to seem like a jerk but those guys were like Hercules nowadays theres a couple
poolpig 2 years ago
@BassicallyChristian - You're assuming that they would have been the same musicians without it. Say what you will about smack, but it will make you perfectly content to sit alone in a room practicing guitar for 10 hours per day... as long as you know where your next bump is coming from.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
yes i wish there was more footidge of grant green on youtube legends
trevmm 2 years ago
best guitars w/its guitarists
wisesatyr72 2 years ago
wow... so great!
1:54 -2:02 made my day!
Grasovka5 2 years ago
hell yeah!
mrtwang32 2 years ago
Best Jazz on YouTube!
Tonefid115 2 years ago
Stunning to have these 3 Titans of jazz guitar side by side on the the same stage!! Anyone know what year this was??
univibe23 2 years ago
I would guess late 60s - early 70s, Grant is playing his Epi ( not yet his D'Aquisto ), and Burrell is playing his D'Angelico ( which is before he started with his Super 400 with DeArmond pickup )
Namsaj61 2 years ago
damn dude.. you a fan? lol
zwalrus1 2 years ago
This was 1969.
NickinDK 2 years ago
what year would this be?
ralphtt 2 years ago
If a movie ever gets made about Barney Kessel they have to get Paul Giamatti to play the lead.
8leggedmonster 2 years ago
Nice.....very nice indeed
jmcarpentry 2 years ago
Hey, my mom went to high school and college with that guy.
Hoopermazing 2 years ago
That was FUN hearing that !! Wow!!
SIRONEDRAGON 2 years ago
That's the shi...schtuff! Masters, all of them.
kuhchicken 2 years ago
3 from my top ten together!!
WOW, thanx for uploading
barcia475 2 years ago
Kenny Burrell and Grant Green in the same video it just don't get any better than that . They are both in my top ten favorite guitarist of all time .
MrPj74 2 years ago 15
@MrPj74 Mr. Burrel just sat there twiddling his knobs for most of the song, it does get better than that: Grant and Barney!
vegetasrevenge 10 months ago
@vegetasrevenge KB blew the others away, always has and always will. Go twiddle your knob in the corner.
skipheaton 10 months ago
@skipheaton Wow, he sat out half the song and he took forever to get cookin, noodled around for the first half of his solo, but when he got into it it was indeed very deep! Barney to me revolutionized the harmonic potential of the guitar in ways that no one else except Joe Pass has. Grant Green is a direct line to Charley Christian as he supposedly learned from Efferge Ware who played with Charley. I'm sorry but KB just don't do it for me. I am not saying he ain't good.
vegetasrevenge 10 months ago
These guys make me laugh and cry at the same time...that good. yeah gb
graesson 2 years ago
Great stuff, thank you!!
Amazing how the tempo picks up. try listening to the intro then go straight to the end. It s lot faster a the end...
fredpg 2 years ago
that is one long neck..
butkatrello 2 years ago
Nice video from some masters.
sumphin 2 years ago
then i would steal grant green's D'Aquisto New Yorker guitar and get the hell out of there :)
dolcay1 2 years ago
Thats Kenny Burrell. Grant Green is playing a Gibson.
pparrish11679 2 years ago
yea youre right, grant green must have left his at home. i know it was his fav guitar
dolcay1 2 years ago
if time travel was possible, this moment would be my first stop.
dolcay1 2 years ago
dolcay1; I was at this gig which was done at Ronnie Scott's Club in 1969 as part of the "Jazz Expo '69" tour . I still have the ticket stub. It was an unbelievable session and so rare to see Grant Green in London.(he hated flying!)
taildragger51 2 years ago
i cant believe u were at THIS SHOW. wow. im super jealous.
do u know if grant green has any videos? this is the only one i have been able to find of him. if u know any DVDs or videos i can buy, please let me know!!!
dolcay1 2 years ago
dolcay1; Just about 4 yrs earlier Wes Montgomery had played Ronnie Scott's Club. That's a very good question about the film clipsof Grant. As far as i'm aware this is the ONLY clip of him which is unbelievable since he died in 1979. There is an autobiographical book on G.G written by his daughter and you can contact her through it. She might know of other films. But i'll keep looking and will let you know.
taildragger51 2 years ago
All the BESTguitar licks anyone ever needs to listen to in one tune !! go for it.
Alvinorey 2 years ago
Grant Green is that dude!
jaredmwofford 2 years ago
Man I love Kenny's tone. It's got some balls to it, unlike so many who sound like there's a blanket over the amp
radiopirate3 3 years ago 3
Thanks so much.
mysticmoose 3 years ago
Hand it to Barney -- its gotta be hard to follow Grant Green!
codyr222 3 years ago
This great rare video of these 3 fine players make me thank God for youtube--the greatest invention since the pocket! I'm 64, been a player since I was 11, back in the days of b & w TV with no VCR, DVD, or recorder except a rare reel to reel. We would break our necks running to the TV to see any guitar performance. We would slow the LP's down with our fingers to learn a "lick". Don't criticize this video, you boneheads unless you can play on the same level (which you cant). Just enjoy!
garyguitar 3 years ago 39
Ya youtube is great, and it's awesome to hear someone older who understands. I've been playing guitar for 12 years and jazz guitar for 7, so I can keep up, but it takes me a week or two to learn. I'm damn glad that I have youtube and the internet in general, there would so much music I would miss without these mediums.
manus211 2 years ago
@garyguitar You are so so right man
biggerturtle 1 year ago
@garyguitar Brilliant words !
degingernut 1 year ago
@garyguitar thanks for this comment and your experience
sonique25 8 months ago
Grant is the dogs! As has been said his phrasing is second to none. It's said that cats like Wes used to sneak into clubs to check out what he was doing. Such a shame this is the only vid of him.
I know others will think I'm being contentious but for me KB and GG cut kessel well and truly!
stratcat6969 3 years ago
yeah but that's cause he was way older
curroblues 2 years ago
Grant spent much of 1978 in hospital and, against the advice of doctors, went back on the road to earn some money. While in New York to play an engagement at George Benson's Breezin' Lounge, Grant collapsed in his car of a heart attack in New York City on January 31, 1979. He was buried in in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri,
"A severely underrated player during his lifetime, Grant Green is one of the great unsung heroes of jazz guitar ... Green's playing is immediately recognizable --
loosestudios 3 years ago
LOVE G.G.!!
PezEspada 3 years ago
grant green is the one to watch here without a shadow of a doubt...
Kenny and Barney are both insane, but grant's feel, lyricism and soul are just too much!!
mibifinalist 3 years ago
SKILLS!!
gittahfiend 3 years ago
I think I'll go practice with a necktie on!!
badbluesplayer 3 years ago
Oh and lets not forget accessorizing with that rather beguiling craveat!
floaty10 3 years ago
I like Kenny Burrells threads just as well . That navy blazer and tie just knock you out!!!
ThemanfromZambodia 3 years ago
Never mind the guitars, just admire the rather fetching jazz fashion.
White sports jacket and sta prest jazz slacks with matching comfy loafers. For the jazz connoisseur going places!!
floaty10 3 years ago
barney kessel is playin that crazy gibson he always played i think greens playin an epiphone but dont hold me to it
teampops1245 3 years ago
Grant's playing an old Epiphone Emperor
aaronentresz 3 years ago
GRANT GREEN
dothedewupurs 3 years ago
Wow 3 in 1. Paf !
Xekeo 3 years ago
Anyone know what the guitars are? Looks to me like Burrell is playing an D'Angelico-but can't get a good look. I've wondered for years what Green is using. I think Kessell has a camoflaged Gibson. Anyone have better ideas?
patcatyak 3 years ago
I think Burrell is playing a D'Angelico New Yorker, Kessel is playing either a L7 or an ES 350 (not exactly sure, but definitely one of them), and Grant Green is playing an old Epiphone Emperor (18.5 inch lower bout WOW)!
aaronentresz 3 years ago
I think you are right!
Sometimes I play a Super 400 which is 18"
I like K B's amp burn tone here
Kessell didn't shine here. There are some really beautiful/fantastic clips of his playing here on You-Tube
I also play a Barney Kessell Custom which although he never played much sounds exceptionally sweet-Spruce top but I don't know if ply or solid-sounds more like plywood top
patcatyak 3 years ago
I've found that plywood tops have a slightly darker tone, and obviously sound more "stable" when plugged in, but the spruce top has a sweeter tone (I generally prefer the sound of a solid top more than a laminated top). Wow! You have a Super 400. They would have to be one of my favourite guitars. I would get one, but I am poor so I cant lol!
aaronentresz 3 years ago
I found out about this guy from a Jamey aerbersold playalong book I bought. It listed his name with about 30 other players. If you llike Jazz than check out the Aebersold play along books they are awesome .
HEADBANGING69 3 years ago
I have one of the Aebersold books. The backing tracks are excellent and there is some great material in there. Difficult to get outside the US but often can be found on eBay/Amazon marketplace etc
99ZARDOZ 3 years ago
man I just watched this again and its even better. I am learning jazz guitar and for me this is the very top of the mountain i have to climb. Somehow I don't think I'll quite get there unless someone gives me an extra couple of lifetimes
99ZARDOZ 3 years ago
Three Monster n Master of Jazz guitar.I wish Wes Montgomery was there who recorded his 1st album with Burrell's guitar though he was senior musician.Anyways I'm very lucky to watch this vid.Awesome.
Bluezking 3 years ago
thanks for this great piece of music, and rare footage of grant green. amazing.
BluesRockRevival 3 years ago
Give it up for Grant Green!
Modes9 3 years ago 2
this is some damn good guitar playing from
great great players.
I think I like grant greens solo the best, but the tone award goes to kenny burrell. just the tiniest tiniest bit of overdrive absolutely golden.
Grant Green is really underrated and in my opinion he really brings it here - I think his style is rooted in funk and blues and well as jazz.
99ZARDOZ 3 years ago 4
Yeah, he spends most of the video adjusting the settings on his amp!!!
alfador06 3 years ago
i wish there was more footage of grant
funkenstein83 3 years ago
I wonder what it would be like with Joe Pass in the mix...
alfador06 3 years ago
A sheer joy to observe three masters doing their thing
JohnnySaints 3 years ago
Homie looks like Paul Giamatti with the beard.
chumfilter 3 years ago
hahaha totally man!!!
guitarboogiewoogie 3 years ago
hahaha yea that is true
eatme765wes 3 years ago
I know everybody digs burrell and kessel is the elder statesman here, but for me this video is really about grant. his feel and tone were just so killing. I think he's pretty much unmatched amongst guitarists in those two respects. pity that the video seems to skip ahead in places.
norstate 3 years ago
GRANT GREEEEEEN MY MAN i love all these guitarists
ibaneziano 3 years ago
This one of the best, if not THE best guitar videos, period. Three great artists playing their hearts out, improvising like crazy. Lotta feeling here, love it, love it, love it. RIP Barney and Grant.
garyguitar 3 years ago
ahem...hrmm.. drummer... hm what can I say ? maybe they tried saving the extra wages, closed the bar during the sets and let the waiter sit in...jazzscene underwent some dire times with recession in the early 70´s ;-)
FenceThis 3 years ago
Burrel blew them out of the water on this one...
brhaught 3 years ago
It's at Ronnie Scotts probably about 1970
dirtypurplefisher 3 years ago
that's Jazz in it's best tradition - and all in triple. Rough, groovy swinging, inspiring... Many thank's we may enjoy this refreshing ride today. (From where is this recording from, and dated ??)
IMCOnAir 3 years ago
we need more grant
SurfaceToday 3 years ago 2
GG is so damn funky and swinging....no slight to BK and KB but I agree with you retrorex...overall great performance and I wish we had more vid clips from this line up and GG in general.
marazapan 3 years ago
The pickguard/pickup assembly on Grant Greens emperor came from his Gibson L7C that he sometimes played.
aaronentresz 3 years ago
I didn't Know Kenny Burrell was White!
jor99912 3 years ago
I think Kenny Burrell is half white and half black
Mungo13 3 years ago
That's what I thought after closer observation. In hose days you could identify
the sound!
jor99912 3 years ago
Really? I thought it was the other way around. LOL
KLOKFXR 3 years ago
three giants of the jazz guitar, this is inspirational stuff right here
MaximusDowns 3 years ago
green is funky as always. but kessel seems to be the most adventurous performer in this ensemble. kb and gg are more bluesy whereas bk pushes the envelope...
awesome video!!!
thailow117 4 years ago
Zang !.
nakajazz 4 years ago
Funny thing about this is that Grant has the mellowest tone here. He usually had a somewhat piercing tone--more similar to the country guitar tone than jazz guitar. But he sure sound mellow here, and he cuts BK & KB.
retrorex 4 years ago
I think thats because around this time, he switched over to a gibson LP-12 guitar amp as his main amp
RGlaney 3 years ago
This is BRILLIANT.
RICHIEBSQUI 4 years ago
Spellbinding!
Outtasite!
lowgrau 4 years ago
Kenny Burrel's definitely got the most nasal guitar tone.
stratocasterfinland 4 years ago
yo im related to kenny burrell yeah!!!!
adios1994 4 years ago
The chemistry between these players in truly amazing and cannot be rivaled, especially because of the diverse style that each person bring to the table. AWEESOME
davefaus 4 years ago 2
Heaven
Boeskoolmeenke 4 years ago
Now that's what I'm talkin' about
Richard234 4 years ago
With Grant Green it's all about the pocket. No player cut's into the time quite like Grant. I can listen to him all day. Phrasing is second to none.
Grippowitz 4 years ago 4
these 3 guys are the reason i play jazz guitar. this is some of the best footage on youtube. and kenny's birthday was yesterday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KENNY!!!
jcksnparsons 4 years ago 2
Really? How old is he now?
Extracelestial 4 years ago
76 years young
jcksnparsons 4 years ago 2
Great to see superb jazz guitarists on Youtube. Top marks Extracelestial!
RICHIEBSQUI 4 years ago
Is this the only existing footage of Grant out there?
I know he was *really* underappreciated in his time, but I can't believe no other footage whatsoever exists ! ! !
amazingeddie 4 years ago
I can't stop watching this fantastic clip. To actually SEE G.Green play is a gift!!
To argue or even discuss the merits of these masters is absurd! This cooks!!
bobgure 4 years ago
not sure the year on this, but assuming that it is the mid-60s or later, it is interesting that all three use single coil pickups. I love that sound, and this makes me wonder why everybody seemed to switch to humbuckers, which don't sound as articulate to me.
lorenkii 4 years ago
This was a poorly made Jam, Barney Kessel is heard much better than Green and Burrell is barely heard at all. I was trying to match any of the soloing to his patterns and it was impossible to make out. Saddens me to see unorganized music.
AWFChris2007 4 years ago