Bireli Lagrene - solo jazz guitar

[kevyryan]

Bireli is one magical cat!

[Orphen01]

0:55 Was that a sweep?

[ricaard]

@Orphen01 Very likely, yes. I've seen sweeping on videos going back to Chet Atkins in the fifties, Wes used them, too...back then, it was called 'raking', but it's the same thing. And not frowned upon by so-called technique "purists"....I've seen fingertapping that long predates Van Halen by many decades; neo-classical guitarists an easy half century before Yngwie...

[airethor]

Joe Pass who??? Proclaiming ignorance? Dude...watch Joe. And yeah...Bire'li is amazing. Better? Is water better than air????

[TeaOnTheGuganSlav]

what tune?

[monjoUtube]

There's a lovely competition for you! Joe Pass and Birelli. I agree with Eclypso, one might as well compare a Rembrant with a Caravagio and then argue the relative merits. And about the only man who could sit comfortably between Birelli and the Rosenbergs, or Al deMiola and McLaughlin and yet play a different style is Paco.

[MultiBEATA]

great very good wawwawwawawawawawaw

[profeso07]

5 stars

[loverools]

OK...what are the  changes from 2:09 to 2:11?????

[amusiathread]

His technique is pretty amazing, but his style isn't my favorite. In my opinion, he'd be the ultimate jazz guitarist with a little walking bass, and a bit more groove (a la Joe Pass, but on steroids). I will say I prefer his sound on a jazz box over that of an acoustic.

[DemonBird]

omg his technique is /drool

[GENGIS1900]

formidabile

[robjazztorres]

I love the harmonics at 1:40! :)

[BillyC15]

This is one of the best videos on youtube.

[lamiamano]

this is a performance with great soul and Birelì doesn't need to show us how well he knows guitar but let his fingers caress those strings and may he always progress like he has for a very long time for all of us to savour his talent.

[djangireli]

yeah!!!scotty and bireli!!!!!!!!!!!!!but it will be not reasonable!!!so crasy!

[ostrava05]

Does anybody else hear that melody from the godfather at about 0:27? he re-harmonizes it in a way that tries to disguise it... or maybe it's coincidence.

[robjazztorres]

I hear it. :)

[ostrava05]

@ostrava05 Now I remember the name... "Il Padrino" by Nino Rota

[kencc4791]

Bireli plays it all!! Does he ever run out of gas? :-)

[Tahquitz]

I would love to see he and Scotty Anderson get together. That would be for the ages!

[beethovenbix]

He started playing when he was 3 weeks old,

so I guesse we'l reach his standard or thereabouts sometime in our 80's if we can still hold our guitars then.

[wakanabeotai]

maby but i think workin' hard we still have a chance

[sepulchre10]

Ha ha haaa! Well put!

[rlacuan]

A JAZZ GUITAR HEROE!

[2ThumbsUpTV]

Love it. However only the start is solo jazz guitar they should retitle

[jazzkidjk]

How does he make it look so effortless, blessed from the heaven's I guess!

[jazzouche]

Punaise, si il pouvait jouer tout le temps comme ça !!!!

[BenCtree]

Imho, Bireli is one of the most fluid and natural improvisors ever.  The thing that I love about his playing is that it consistently surprises me. It is like he taps into an endless fountain of musical ideas. The way he plays is often so intricate it leaves me scratching my head, but is always still so beautiful and tasteful. It's like he has complete freedom of expression. That's true musicianship.

[cafemarina]

so naaaaaatural !

[William102582]

i agree!

[Adil888]

Respect Birelli.You are the best

[marticho]

brillant ...always brillant!

[lycanthropydm]

i wish hes would blaze more actually. string noise @ 1:32.... booyah. haha

[nikkivanbaren]

he is god on guitar

[dafunkmonster]

impressive, but i wish great technicians like this would fall back on classic, soulful riffs and lines once in a while instead of just blazing through scales and modes...

[micr0cosm]

Yes you must be careful there- don't want to de-sensitize

[suratof]

not only technique, it s incredible sense of melody and hight creativity

[skunkfunk89]

those sweeps are the shit

[redrover1977]

wonderful, I need to practice...

lol

[jawadahmad77]

u said it

back to practice lol

[thomaspaler]

THIS GUY HAS BROUGHT GUITAR PLAYING TO ITS HIGHEST LEVEL . . to its almost perfect form. . .

[lagathy]

terrifyingly good technique,a great ear and wonderful musicianship.....lucky bastard lol.

[Captainmajid01]

For the Joe Pass comment, I agree... except he's been on equal footing with him since he was a pre-teen... Bireli is truly a guitar giant just as much Pass, Django and all the others.

[roccop2]

I never heard of this guy, what a discovery!! He is wonderful.

[adrianzaga]

brilliant

[nonequoted]

"music"

[superkine2]

The title is "Danse norvégienne" ....

[moredeclyducks]

What is it about guitar lovers that makes them have to compare musicians like they're in a contest? It's supposed to be art. Not a wank fest. Isn't it?

[suratof]

this guy is a mystery , he can play very out of the harmony, do mistakes it s always great!

[axolotl84]

magnificent.

[itsleo]

what song is this! what a melody! what superb musicianship! bravo!

[ShuQuanXuesheng]

It sounds like he quotes Bach at about 6:40...but what sensitive playing throughout..

[jimmiskos]

i see him live in athens last year

is one of the best

[rubistyle]

c est ca qu on aime Bireli.

t es un monstre

[lordkazama86]

Joe pass? Who? Lol. Bireli and Rosenberg are so far beyond anyone else it's not even fair to compare.

[eclypso]

I wouldn't go that far. Joe Pass is one of the all time greats. So is Bireli. it's pointless at that level to try to say one is *better* than the other.

[anhbht]

@lordkazama86 What is this? Manouche ignorance? Go back selling drugs in your caravan.

[szoczowywikson]

@lordkazama86 Bireli exist becouse of Django and Pass ;)

[shetalkscrazytalk84]

@lordkazama86 don't forget Tal, Barney and Lenny

[lukex1337]

beautiful..

thank you so much eclypso for the clips of bireli, he is my favorite of all time!

[conradpaul]

pretty wanky but holy crap

[robilah]

wow