Stanley Jordan - Amazing Guitar Tapping (jazz) on letterman

[Heroeshere]

2:10 I always have to go back and listen to that lick, so tasteful!

[GreedyBeast]

Stanley Jordan - Street Talk

[nathansantos08]

Does any one notice Chris Brown Playin' the guitar in this video?!?! lmao

[MsMarc1234]

So the black guy with the afro is playing guitar and the white dude with blonde hair and bad suit is playing bass. Is this show on opposite day?

[ocamponeis]

@MsMarc1234 Wtf are trying to say? It's just THE Stanley Jordan, the black guy that you're talking about.

[MsMarc1234]

@ocamponeis So he has speciel negro immunity that makes him impossible to make Bass jokes about?

[mexicanstorm]

sooooooo good

[thepliosar1]

Someone should edit in the title of the song. It's "Street Talk", but this version is quite a bit different than the album version.

[SAVANTTTT]

wikileaks man on bass

[BardicCircle]

Song?

[xxNailFirexx]

what is this song called

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@xxNailFirexx

the song is called 'I'm the baddest man alive', lol

[jamesedwardtheobald]

is that will lee tearing it up on the bass?

[pmacgaul]

@jamesedwardtheobald You're right, that is (a young) Will Lee, an incredible bass player.

[jamesedwardtheobald]

@pmacgaul fat-ass pocket he's creating there. i was just looking at the credits for 'magic touch' and noticed that al dimeola is credited as the producer, and also plays cymbals on a track, interesting!

[TheDanielortix14]

what is the name of the song?

[nusret8]

he rieminds me to one of the guys of daft punk´s- one more time. i thin it was the singer^^

but he is just amazing, my whole day was bad and now im just smiling cause of hearing this good tune.

[pr3lude2tragedy]

tabs please...j/k

[dodecapusrex]

Best damned tap/touch guitarist on the planet, a true virtuouso. If only he and Bob Culbertson (the other virtuouso, on Chapman Stick) could get together and have children.

[migspanelo]

And i thought i know how to tap! I wish upon a star i could play as he can!

[tchoeool]

kind of embarassing for the rest of the band

[sacopenapa]

I saw him play on a free concert in Rio in the 80's. This guy is amazing!!!

[yourmomscalling]

he is unreal man !!

[WouldBecomeRocker]

No link with Dragonforce, it's two different styles -_-

[bensooty1]

what a gift to have....!!!

[OmgSoBr00tal]

such finesse. cat's got so much talent

[rudewey]

Mr Stanley Jordan is my favorite jazz guitarrist ever!!!! i like all his songs!!!

[H4RM0N1C5]

*Falls off chair leaning back laughing and applauding in admiration and awe*

[karloney]

1,666 likes

[Juan13jamais]

fodaaaoooo !!!!

ILUMINATIII INFELIZ !!!

TOCA DE MAISS !!

[Tr1nityrecords]

Damn that bassist is getting funky!

[the3bigreddevils]

@Tr1nityrecords Hahah thanks for letting me know. shit was hilarious. Play dat' funky music whiteeee' booooy'

[Tralian1]

Stanley Jordan is a "Real" musician he's one of the best. Be sure and check out Tralian Blues Inside The Sun......

[2patero]

Haha 46 Lady Gaga fans accidently came across a REAL musician!

[MrGregjerk]

how the hell can anyone dislike this!!? douche!!

[louwio]

@MrGregjerk the dislike was probably for david letterman :D

[theShowStopper321]

How the hell does he tap and play the notes like that? That was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

[theShowStopper321]

@theShowStopper321 How the hell does he play those sequences like that and get the notes to sound so full like he's plucking?

[joesatriani1200rulez]

Whats the name of this song :O

[raimitube01]

He's a crazy player! ;-)

[richgilb]

I'm glad Paul Schaffer decided to go completely bald. Probably after watching this video.

[Lynsey38025Part2]

I always remember seeing him in the movie Blind Date with Bruce Willis & enjoying the scene where he plays. Does anyone know the name of the song he plays in the film so I can search for a video of him playing the full version cos in the movie you only get a little taste of what sounds like a really nice song.

[jrjr227]

great owesome.......no.1/////tapping­ player....

[Tr1nityrecords]

the bass guitarist in the back looks so funky

[ianwlad]

holy shit

[blastingcaps]

DAMN! TONE TONE TONE TONE TONE!!!!! Damn that fuckin guitar sounds like The richest syrup god ever created!!

[thepliosar1]

@blastingcaps It's really good tone considering it's all tapping...

[blastingcaps]

@thepliosar1 Hell yeah.

[santi183]

What's the title of this song?

[thepliosar1]

@santi183 Street Talk... This is the best version IMO

[calero97]

Dragonforce...where's your god now?

[raisethealarm7]

how much coke does the bassist snort?

[PeyotePaul]

@raisethealarm7 *meth

[IEATMETALHEADS]

Tosin abasi for sure would be this guys predecessor! if anybody reads this check out CAFO the song and watch the whole video so that you see the tapping parts.check out animals as leaders and then go on the cafo video

[1deborahsf]

Viajei de verdade com esse virtuose cheio de carisma e alma! Que swing!!!

[str84ever]

I love how the guitarists are in awe. This is standard bass guitar tapping..

[AtanasovPetar]

This is tapping not like steve vai's bullshit.

[raulribeirosoul]

Wonderful...

[JPPatrol]

3:13 "Thank you? Buy the album"

[thepliosar1]

@cobyourself I've watched this video many times, never noticed this before though! Awesome!

[leatherface7771]

oh shit micheal jackson is good on guitar do the moon walk

[cobyourself]

does anyone has notice the ridiculous size of that bass players pants

[xxNailFirexx]

@cobyourself those r some dressy JNCOs

[JohnMalcolm]

@cobyourself No - Those of us who are musically literate had enough to do.

[SevenisNine]

@cobyourself Probably to hide his boner from Stanley's playing

[Snakemonkey2010]

The tittle to the song is Stanley Jordan: Street Talk (Flying Home Album)

[GerLanT]

That's the name of this song?

[ipanemaish]

Yea im the same i thought it was amazing grace as well.what a great guitarist.where is he now i ask myself.

[Blade15]

you know what, it's weird that i keep seeing "amazing grace guitar" rather than "amazing guitar tapping" but then it hit me, that my brain is actually saying that this is AMAZINGly GRACEful guitar tapping. :) I can't understand though how two hand tapping works for now but i sure will find out how in the future. :D

[markoandonov]

That was amazing! 46 people are obviously deaf or racists

[Garthug]

I didn't know Leroy Green can play the guitar! Who's da masta??!! lol

[SupauuArielan839]

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[FlatLand43]

This guy is TALENTED!!!

[srwellmusic]

46 pessoas ouvem restart

[ormed111]

With Videos like this, HOW THE FUCK is Justin bieber one of the most watched vids

????!!!!

[malikamakamuki]

Stanley is a beast indeed, but who the heck is that bassman? He's a groove master.

[pmgear]

@malikamakamuki I agree, who is the bassplayer? There are so many talented musicians out there so you wonder why some not so talented make it so big

[slgordon3]

@malikamakamuki - You've got that right. If I'm not mistaken it's Will Lee. He's great. This might not be your cup of tea, but I really like his groovin on "Second That Emotion" with Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir on Letterman, if you search for it's here on youtube.

[malikamakamuki]

@slgordon3 You were not mistaken, thank you. Also, you're right; The Dead were never my cup of tea (& I am from that age group). But I looked up Will Lee & feel stupid that I didn't realize he was a regular on Letterman with the other master, Paul Schafer. If you like good bass, look up Alex Moran "Mr. Bass Man" on youtube, a great yet little known artist.

[sr1129]

what guitar is he playin? so gangster

[bjmm1993]

46 dislikes?! what´s wrong with you people?!

[madmaxxmayhem]

music sucks but guitar playing is incredible..and please ..dont compare him to EVH.not the same

[kyleycoyote1]

@madmaxxmayhem

music does not suck....pretty sick for the time period

[MrSokool12]

beautiful



[2Funky4me]

his wife should be so pleased

[marcomonz]

A guitar genius!!

[MrArdelco1970]

excellent

[KnifeNut88]

I've listened to this about 12 times in a row now... Is that too much? NO!

[uidsea]

Well done. The longest video description I've ever seen. Also that intro was ridiculous.

[bassbiff]

This is the only reason I would go to one of these fucks tv shows.

[UnoEins]

Now that is a Black Man.

[grantorinoProg]

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[raulribeirosoul]

Wonderful song! I wish you happines...

[mudvillemike626]

The bass player is Will Lee

[t0psecretshit]

whois the bass player? he's bad ass

[pear500]

@Musikkfmoseng94 "Street Talk"

[thepliosar1]

I should mention that this piece is called "Street Talk", as I read some comments and I see some of you are wondering. Also, I know Stanley was on Letterman in 1988, and the album on Letterman's desk is Flying Home, which was released in 1988, so that would certainly seem to be the right year for this...

[thunderthumbs83]

Look how young Will Lee is! he needs to get that haircut back and stand out front again

[luisrocha26]

What's the name of this song? Is there any other within this style (funk/groovie) by him?

Thanks!

[TheRevNation]

Eat that Dragonforce!!!

[bjmm1993]

awesome!!!

[ibl33d]

AMAZINGGG

[Jazzelegance]

Will Lee is laying the groove down !

[Groovy26407]

@Jazzelegance i was about to ask if it s him ,i first listened to that slap n the second thing was to look at his face n was so..will lee :)

[N3vroz]

Funky and Swingy oh ! God !

[chickglenn07]

I remember seeing him in a movie called " Blind Date " with Bruce Willis and Kim Bassinger where he was in a studio recording and Bruce and Kim came bye just to see him perform.. I was totally blown away by the ease he did all these harmonics.

Great, great stuff.

[piccinini02]

That description is so Wikipedia, I would like to know the name of this tune and the year of the show.

[bassmaster9860]

What is this pick you speak of?

[nucleardude11]

he's like steve lynch from autograph only better

[SIZZLEBIZZLE1982]

...and now your local on the 8's

[nicolashrv]

44 members of KKK voted negative

[LudovicoXyZ]

He has picked only two times!

[bowest100]

MY Guitar hero....

[0adireita]

isnt that michael jackson?

[phishUMup]

[insert pointless, not funny comment about how many dislikes this video has here]

[LuGooMusic]

42 people were so amazed they missed the liked button and hit the Dislike

[Splintercell256]

Weather Channel/Captain D's music at its finest.

[seismiq]

absolutely stunning guitarist, but don't be fooled, we weren't all wearing star trek uniforms back in the 80's

[gazingazelle]

Stanley is one the most brilliant musicians of the world, and surely one of its more fine minds...respect is due.

[oswa0714006]

Where is the Tab?

[xxxSPADE13xxx]

evh credits page doing 2 note pull offs to open for the idea to tap

[Peter201069]

the facial expression on the bassist in the background is priceless!

[alen896]

@Peter201069 LOOOL

[DannysGuitarHub]

Absolutely incredible. Like!

[ssqtip]

@ CACCAMO911 EVH saw Harvey Mandel tap in the 70's.... before both.

it wasn't an original idea. Stanley Jordan taps different though, plays this guitar much like a piano

[dpbugg01]

41 people are Bieber fans

[smawis]

41 people dislike this !!!!!!!! PLEASE WHYYYYYYYYY ???????

[gongadesh]

The band never gets to jam like this anymore on Letterman

[powermetal001]

Was this one of his composition or just a mere jamming? If it is, what is the name of the song?

[tdh79]

this reminds me why I hate jazz, nice technique though:)

[Ouranxhostxclubxrule]

Does anyone know what song this is?

[Unhumanyouri]

a damn good black jazzman MUST play with a black Corina guitar!

[RashdanAziz]

awesome...!!

[BettyJuan]

Wow! I had no idea that Washington from "Welcome Back Kotter" was such an amazing guitarist!!!

[callanbull]

letterman looks frieken sweeet

[ChainsawVsGod]

All these pathetic and talentless pop punk and Emo bands that can only play power chords in dropped tunings should look at this and see what playing guitar actually means. This is pure talent.

[guitardrills666]

39 people here are son of a bitch..........

[Adoniram1986]

Letterman band is badass!

Jordan a legend.

[lcaa10]

beautiful

[MrBlueEyes123]

This is unreal

[bailey536]

Holy crap..he makes this look so effortless..this is unreal ...

[capo420420]

Stanley is THE MAN .. one of my TOP Guitar Idols.

Check out my NEW Acoustic Guitar Tapping video

I owe it all to Stanley, he was the first to show us unknown possibilities !!

Jeff Williams - guitarist

[88flex88]

EVH did not create a damn thing!

[CACCAMO911]

@88flex88

EVH played before Stanley. Before Van Halen the only ones who performed the tapping were musicians like Paganini (violin) and Barney Kessel (jazz guitarist), but it was just something experimental, Van Halen perfected this technique and apply it in music. Then Informed you before speaking. Sorry for my English but I used google translator

[88flex88]

@CACCAMO911 I love how you defend EVH, but you are not the only one that misunderstood why I said what I did. EVH is an excellent guitarist in his own right.

[88flex88]

@CACCAMO911 at the end of the day, I still wish I could like these guys.

[ramindsr]

@88flex88 EVH is alot better than the stuff he releases...Allan holdsworth was his main influence and you can hear that in their pre VH1 live material they had before they got famous

[88flex88]

@ramindsr I heard him live and he is kick ass

[raffins000]

@88flex88 like the way u say ..aahaha.

[xLordxTristanx]

@88flex88 actually, eddie never said he "created" the tapping technique. eddie started the 200 mph tap technique. if you're gonna try and smash talk somebody get the facts straight.

[88flex88]

@xLordxTristanx I was commiting to what someone else said so maybe you should have read it before making the assumption.

[FBInternational2011]

@88flex88 no man ... Diferent styles, states and times !!!!

there is a big diference between them !!!

no range to compare !!! before EVH or SJ ... there was Hendrix !!!

without him .. norhing of this would be possible !!!

[KonkreteXXX]

@FBInternational2011 oh my goodness, get out of hendrix´s ass, or you might get stuck in there

[FBInternational2011]

@KonkreteXXX ... No .. Nver stuck ... Was just a reminder ..

like, to say that colombo put the Egg standing first .. than after that, everybody knows it ..!!!

That was my point of View ... But, still .. If there was not Hendrix .. ( The personality ..) rock may not

be today what really is, don´t U agree , that, If was not the Woodstock generetion ..??

maybe a lot of things would be different Nowadays ..!!!

[FBInternational2011]

@KonkreteXXX ... No .. Nver stuck ... Was just a reminder ..

like, to say that colombo put the Egg standing first .. than after that, everybody knows it ..!!!

That was my point of View ... But, still .. If there was not Hendrix .. ( The personality ..) rock may not

be today what really is, don´t U agree , that, If was not the Woodstock generetion ..??

maybe a lot of things would be different Nowadays ..!!!

[KonkreteXXX]

@FBInternational2011 could be...but If it wouldnt have been him, it may have been just somebody else

[Taikamya]

@FBInternational2011 No. Hendrix only made "eletric" the style of playing of Robert Johnson. Without Robert Johnson, nothing of this would ever happen. Hendrix was a consequence of the evolution of the guitar to it's eletric parts, AND Les Paul inventions. Without Les Paul there would have been years and years, maybe decades before musicians could ever use multi-recording.

Also, Jazz is a lot more complex than Rock. Tapping with 2 hands is more a lot more difficult than tapping with 1.

[FBInternational2011]

@Taikamya But .. to the whole 80% of humans on earth .. ask ..the first guitarist known ever ..

60 to 80 % may say Hendrix ..!! .. But if was Johnson .. great, thats my point ... Without HISTORY, future not be this present that we have ... Eddie, Stanley ... there are so many outthere anyway ... The Mister Guitar from brazil in N Y ... Vai, Satriani, Petrucci ... And new stuff to my ears always ... Like, McKee or Robert Johnson ..!!!

Rock on, bro ..!!!

[Taikamya]

Van Halen didn't created the tapping style either. He saw it on a Led Zeppelin concert in '71 and only upgraded it. Page never used it a lot. But he always knew when to. And... Hendrix was great. Stanley is great. VH is great. They're not even close of being "average". But the matter of "the best ever" is about taste. Some like SRV style, other do like Jeff Beck and other do like George Benson. Some like Wes Montgomery and some do like Frusciante. It's only about taste.

[KnifeNut88]

@DarthKazi You are clinically retarded. Go back to drooling in the corner you plebeian.

[DarthKazi]

@KnifeNut88 Sure, whatever you say. If you sit around listening to elevator "jazz" that's fine. I'll stick to Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. If you like music that appeals to boring soccer moms, that isn't my problem.

[KnifeNut88]

@DarthKazi You need to go contract HIV and then spread it to your inbred mother/sister.

[DarthKazi]

@KnifeNut88 Sounds like you speak from experience.

[dirtydupe]

@DarthKazi That would make this is the most complex and challenging elevator music i've heard

[Hazimmm182]

oh my god :O

[raymagdaleno]

That is insanely sick!

[believin13]

@raymagdaleno why is that?

[raymagdaleno]

@believin13 What do mean? He's an incredible & innovative guitarist! He's almost untouchable as far as his tapping technique goes IMO. He plays effortlessly!

[believin13]

@raymagdaleno well I looked back and I didn't find any statements that saying that he doesn't play well. I did find a statement asking someone "why is that". so if I did say something other than the asking a ? to someone, what was it?

[raymagdaleno]

@believin13 Sorry I might have mistakenly thought you were talking me.

:)

[sainthockey20]

EFFORTLESS, WOW!!!!!!

[MironHoner]

saw him live a few years back absolutely amazing

[sambora113]

Why is Eddie Van Halen credited with inventing this! Thats just plain wrong! This guy is amazing! So clean and efficient in his use of it as well. What a guitarist, so glad I found this video now :D :D

[daricrack123]

amazing taping

waht is the name of the song ?

[callasexperience]

amazing!

[callasexperience]

 son of charlie christian!