Guitar Artistry of David Laibman

[Fingerpickerdude]

Thanks for fun MUSE-my feet be tapping!

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

WOW! Incredible!

[KamaKinky]

God, I remember trying to tackle that one at the corner of Wellington and Racine in Chicago 1970 but then Bromberg showed up, we listened to the Firesign Theater and I, well, fell about 6 weeks shy of mastering it. Fell into the arms of Eubie Blake instead. Funny, huh? Good to see someone kept at it.

[potatoepeter1]

Mister Dave Laibman. The absolut Ragtime Guitarist. Absolut very good.

[boodang062451]

This guy is rather sloppy and doesn't play with much conviction nor enthusiasm. He's about a C.

[andristic]

@boodang062451 C standing for ...crazy awesome...

[djgca1]

@boodang062451 Agreed.

[JP2times2007]

Laibman is one of the best marxist economist out there!

[hawkwood44]

Laibman is truly the founder of ragtime guitar....there was a brilliant tape of his stuff circulating in the late 60s with amazing rags and other piano tunes..including .....Kittnen on the Keys and his version of the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies.....his stuff was much more advanced than Van Ronk's or Eric Schoenbergs at the time ...very complete arrangements of piano music.....It's still more music for guitarists as the general audience finds it hard to comprehend......

[RagtimePassion]

It' been over 10 years since I first heard his incredible but beautiful ragtime arangements, which may have changed a kind of my music life as a guitarist... ;-)

Thanks for all who making this exciting movie and uploading, which now makes me again involved into this hard but interesting world, that is, "Playing Clasic Rags" !

[bopbopbobert]

truly inspiring

[bazupicking]

Dave, vous êtes mon idole depuis 1975 quand l'ai acheté "contempory ragtime guitar" qui est ma bible. J'ai transcrit certains morceaux du disque et dès fois je n'y suis pas arrivé. J'apprend à mes enfants le finger picking. J'ai eu un mail de eric shoenberg qui m'a fait plaisir comme un cadeau de noel . Bonne année

[patsaretherealchumps]

Lovely. Reminds me of the stride guitar work of Guy Van Duser.

[xvirg]

well shiver me timbers

[xplosive58]

wow, ive never seen anyone play like that. not my style but amazing.

[ExMarcos]

Is this the economist David Laibman who teaches at CUNY?

[uhmfar]

Apparently it is the same David Laibman. Now that's interesting, isn't it?

[elsquibbs]

I remember seeing David play in Brooklyn, NY while sitting next to Eric Schoenberg.

[panamintjoe]

Thank You Mr. Laibman for the wonderful treat. I still have my treasured copy of the LP you did with Eric Schoenberg many years ago, bought it new....For those who can't get enough "Nola" try looking up "King of Jazz: boys of the Band" here on youtube. Their version starts at about 2:20 and runs for 30 seconds or so. Thanks Again, hope to see more of your fabulous fingerpicking.

Joe

[berickz]

Very nice artistry! I like listening to it very much! Thank you for the music!...

[janetjlarson]

Absolutely phenomenal picking - had to listen

3 times to start seeing the complexity. Never

heard anything like this before - is it ragtime?

[ddanze]

And almost do-able. I'll go try

some more to dig in the basses on this piece.

Will post if ever get it smoothed out (likely

never). Thanks, DL, for sharing!

[taildragger51]

ddanze; My humble apologies! Of course..you are absolutely right. "Red Pepper Rag" was done by Grossman. I actually meant "Red Carpet Rag". (the last track on the album "Picture Rags") It's been a while since i played that album and on looking at it i see Laibman/Schoenberg also did "Maple Leaf Rag".

[ddanze]

I really appreciate this arrangement, and at my age can understand the necessity of light-

touch playing. My earlier comment here was off: this tune was never meant to be played heavy. M Anderson's version even more approaches the sweet/lilting/early-comic-book

sounds Arndt laid out here. But DL's arrangement is more clear/to-the-point by my

humble ears.

[stringpiano]

All credit to Laibman´s ingenious arrangements through decades. To me he represent the founding, unofficial school of modern guitar - the origin of contemporary guitarmusic. This guy is the concept of transcription. Laibman was to me the mainfigure of the ragtime revival in the beginning of the 60´s. If anyone happens finds Nola "boring" it may be a matter of taste? Please don´t condemn another mans political conviction. Conc. Nola-Skip James wisely said: I never criticized another mans music

[iandrei79]

great!!!

[Leonmitch]

Just genius!!!!

[ddanze]

there's yet to be a funky, solidly based version of this "lightly composed" tune

rendered on an axe...when it's done it'll be

a bigger draw than Felix Arndt may have

imagined! can one imagine a Juber arrangement

of this?

[stringpiano]

Thank´s to the Father of contemporary guitarplaying, good ol´ Dave Laibman, for his creative works since early 60´ies. And thank´s for this opportunity showing clips. Always enjoyed his fabulous arrangements. Nice to listen/watch these videos as Laibman never recorded much, even if he was and still is a great musical performer of classic ragtime an´ contemporary guitarmusic....respect, Man

[Bjoern846]

Very good, and impressive I might add, but I still put my 2 cent on Muriel Andersons version, "Nola" is her tune.

[dlaibman]

Dear Bjoern846,

I'd love to hear this version! Any idea where I can find it? thnx, David

David Laibman

[Bjoern846]

Hi David.

It's nowhere to be found on the Internet, yet. Not on YouTube, anyway. A copy was given to med years ago, on video, but I think I've misplaced it. If it (by some miracle) shows up, I'll upload it on YouTube. One thing, though, this is a dadgum difficult tune to play - and definitely one of my favourites. Sincerely, I am impressed.

[taildragger51]

dlaibman; Absolute effortless perfection! Reminds me of when i bought a 'Transatlantic' record sampler in 1972 called "Picture Rags".

 I was hooked on "Red Pepper Rag". Best Wishes to you!

[mohacoco]

Dear people:

the person who is holding this Guitar is one of the most amazing people that i ever seen in my life.

Prof. Laibman is a Prof of Economics in the Brooklyn College

he is a master piece.

Dear prof i hope that you are well and God bless.

El-Hussien Mansour

[evsynator]

a joy to watch and listen ( and envy )

[darvishjo]

What is the model of this Taylor Guitar?

[dlaibman]

Hi. (Sorry for delay; just signed on to Utube!

The guitar is a model 614CE

Cheers, David

[saucylad]

I suppose I should be ashamed to admit I've never heard this tune before, but it's a masterful bit of playing, well done sir.

[xtralite723]

Have played this tune for 25 yrs in diff keys; for me it works in open C really well;

your ornaments remind me of the orchestrion!

[harrynicholas]

I love this piece, my fingers are too old and rheumy to play it though - thank god, I'd probably fall off and kill myself.