I am learning to play this. Can someone figured out what chords he uses throughout the song... Matt you are an inspiration and thank you for this. Long life to jazz!
I hope, before I die, to manage to play similar to you. You are extraordinary! I praise God who has given such talent to you. God bless you!!!!!!!!!!!!
My God! How did you manage to play guitar that way? I've been playing guitar alone with out an instructor for 40 years, yet, you have left me speechless! God bless you and give Glory to God for his heaven gift, deposited in your hands!
Matt bedankt voor het delen van dit prachtige stuk werk! Het is warm en sereen, om stil van te worden... Ik speel zelf autumn leaves op mijn chromaat mondharmonica maar dat geeft zo'n ander karakter aan de melodie dat ik m liever laat liggen als ik dit hoor ;-)
Ik hoop je binnenkort nog is in het echt te mogen bewonderen! :-)
Guys that can't hear Autumn Leaves in this, don't know the tune themselves or are tone-deaf. They probably would say the same thing about Jim Hall or Barney Kessel. They probably also know that a tune can be imporvised on without stating the melody over and over. They should check 60's Miles but probably would say the same thing again.
Matt knows his way about the melody for sure. Yeah it's Autumn Leaves! He also knows his way around the scales and his chords for the scales/melody. Matt can play guitar man! Result?. An accomplished solo improvised in real time I would say. it does it for me.
This guy can really play on the level of Joe Pass or Jim Hall or Mundell Lowe. You guys who think he is showing off are just not used to hearing a great Jazz guitarist play. The melody was definitely obvious. The sound he has is really fat and rich. I was wondering what guitar is this? What amp was used.
Hi lou, the guitar is an Epiphone Joe Pass model. He is probably using a set of 12's flat wound strings with a plain 3rd. I am sorry that I don't know which amp he is using..........KEEPON STRUMMIN.........DALLAS
I think that somehwere in a jazz version the melody of the song should be found. I could not find a note of Autumn Leaves in this.There is so much improv that the melody was totally left out. Great playing but the tune got lost.
Artdever: yours is an interesting point, but not an historically valid one. The jazz greats from Parker, Coltrane and Brecker often used standards solely for the changes and disregarded the melody. For example, Parker's love affair with "Cherokee" drove him to use its changes in every conceivable way... in fact, it was the basis for "Koko".
Matt, your interpretation of Autumn Leaves is highly emotive and it's played with a great skill and a beautiful sound - Great work!
BTW Artdever, the prime example of the use of a standard for the purpose of exploiting its changes is Gershwin's "I've Got Rhythm", which has been used so often that jazz muscians simply call them "rhythm changes".
Artdever: you've got to read what mattotten wrote in "About This Video" -- he's playing "free" and with the progression of the tune "in mind". If you consider this, his playing is superb.
artdever, I agree whole heartedly. This is just another case of a typical Stravinski style show-off whose primary following are players interested only in technique at the expense of feeling. While they dribble all over them selves I'll bid them and their techniques good night and head for the less pretentious Rimski-Korsakov and Wagner type sounds.
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You guys are right but I grew up in the 50s. every town had a jazz club since then it has declined in popularity and despite the newer and different schools of jazz its popularity has steadily declined.Its a shame and "free jazz" doesn't help. If a kid can't find Autumn Leaves in Autumn Leaves he isn't going to buy it or listen to it. It sounds like an emotionless technical exercise in showing off your proficiency simply for the sake of doing so.
Then you don't know the song, because there are plenty of notes from the original melody. If you know the song, you wouldn't say that the melody got lost. This is a beautiful rendition of a classic Jazz tune which has been played countless ways!
Beautiful Matt. You get a nice jazz tone from your guitar. Did you upgrade your epiphone guitar, pickups and tune machines, or they are stock? Regards.
what a beautiful song, its really touching..well i think if you can help me matt, i got a yamaha erg 121 and I would like it to sound jazzy, also i got a zoom 606 but i dont know how to do it to sound like that
Awesome song, i'm looking for some advice, if you watch my video you can see im aan old school shredder lol, arpeggiator, etc. However, i love jazz and this is the perfect example of how i want to play, i'm goign to start from scratch, do you have any advice on how i can excel in jazz guitar?
That is because you are not listening or just don't know the song. If you are unfamiliar with a Bee bop solo it would be hard to find the song for you. Listen to Charlie Parkers Donna Lee and see if you can hear when I come home to Indiana.
That sounded good matt..nice job..hey I have a question.. How exactly do I make my guitar sound more jazzy without buying any pedals or any sort of equipment. All I have is a strat and an amp....thanks...
a strat is one of the worst guitars for that classic jazz tone but use your neck pickup and mess around with rolling the tone back. That could get you close
Beautiful Nocturne!
HermannCordes5 4 months ago
My gosh. Simply beautiful!
Sntte616 6 months ago
very nice full and relaxed tone
adamroseguitar 7 months ago
why aren'y you famous yet?
lopki1 7 months ago
Outstanding Mr Otten. thank you for showing all us "wanna-be's" how it's done. My, my. Simply gorgeous playing.
OUfan49 8 months ago
I am learning to play this. Can someone figured out what chords he uses throughout the song... Matt you are an inspiration and thank you for this. Long life to jazz!
GuyCanuel1 8 months ago
I hope, before I die, to manage to play similar to you. You are extraordinary! I praise God who has given such talent to you. God bless you!!!!!!!!!!!!
3Cancionesyunaflor 8 months ago
My God! How did you manage to play guitar that way? I've been playing guitar alone with out an instructor for 40 years, yet, you have left me speechless! God bless you and give Glory to God for his heaven gift, deposited in your hands!
3Cancionesyunaflor 9 months ago
excellent interpretation of this standard. Harmony, phrasing, and tone are just right. Well done, all way around!
paulwjs 11 months ago
great work.........
pedrovaldezelmoustro 1 year ago
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Nice approaches with free rubato feel soloing. Stop by my channel when you get the chance, would like to hear if you like some of my Jazz videos.
Pedjazz 1 year ago
Great, wonderful friend... thanks.
Toni
TonoMillan 1 year ago
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great stuff!
Bravo !
54spiritedwill54 1 year ago
Great buddy
fanqueen 2 years ago
Matt bedankt voor het delen van dit prachtige stuk werk! Het is warm en sereen, om stil van te worden... Ik speel zelf autumn leaves op mijn chromaat mondharmonica maar dat geeft zo'n ander karakter aan de melodie dat ik m liever laat liggen als ik dit hoor ;-)
Ik hoop je binnenkort nog is in het echt te mogen bewonderen! :-)
Armand11011984 2 years ago
Guys that can't hear Autumn Leaves in this, don't know the tune themselves or are tone-deaf. They probably would say the same thing about Jim Hall or Barney Kessel. They probably also know that a tune can be imporvised on without stating the melody over and over. They should check 60's Miles but probably would say the same thing again.
hanzzee 2 years ago 2
Matt knows his way about the melody for sure. Yeah it's Autumn Leaves! He also knows his way around the scales and his chords for the scales/melody. Matt can play guitar man! Result?. An accomplished solo improvised in real time I would say. it does it for me.
BattyCuss 2 years ago
thats a great song!!! jazz is so beautiful it touches deep inside !!!
scuderiakuumar 2 years ago
god i can't wait till i can play like this lol tho its still many MANY years away.
PHS4ever 2 years ago
Thanks for the info on the guitar wisedog.
lougar1 3 years ago
Thanks for the info on the guitar.
lougar1 3 years ago
This guy can really play on the level of Joe Pass or Jim Hall or Mundell Lowe. You guys who think he is showing off are just not used to hearing a great Jazz guitarist play. The melody was definitely obvious. The sound he has is really fat and rich. I was wondering what guitar is this? What amp was used.
Well done!
lougar1 3 years ago
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wisedg 3 years ago
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I heard he uses the mornarch from Peerless guitar
wisedg 3 years ago 2
Hi lou, the guitar is an Epiphone Joe Pass model. He is probably using a set of 12's flat wound strings with a plain 3rd. I am sorry that I don't know which amp he is using..........KEEPON STRUMMIN.........DALLAS
Tototwice 2 years ago
great stuff! i <3 Jass! ;)
DavidGardea 3 years ago
Bravo !
motalli60 3 years ago
SWEET TRITONES!! WAY TO REHARM BABY!
elmachofran 3 years ago 5
ii-V-I brother!
wedieyoungg 4 years ago 2
briliant
zarolhovski 4 years ago
You improvise beautifully against this well-known melody, like someone reading a well-known speech and making comments that develop and deepen it.
JaredIsrael 4 years ago 8
You are an outstanding player!
mwljazzguitar 4 years ago
master of harmony. Great job Matt!Bet you're a nice cat!
jazz1bro 4 years ago 3
I think that somehwere in a jazz version the melody of the song should be found. I could not find a note of Autumn Leaves in this.There is so much improv that the melody was totally left out. Great playing but the tune got lost.
artdever 4 years ago
Artdever: yours is an interesting point, but not an historically valid one. The jazz greats from Parker, Coltrane and Brecker often used standards solely for the changes and disregarded the melody. For example, Parker's love affair with "Cherokee" drove him to use its changes in every conceivable way... in fact, it was the basis for "Koko".
Matt, your interpretation of Autumn Leaves is highly emotive and it's played with a great skill and a beautiful sound - Great work!
ElHuapango 4 years ago
BTW Artdever, the prime example of the use of a standard for the purpose of exploiting its changes is Gershwin's "I've Got Rhythm", which has been used so often that jazz muscians simply call them "rhythm changes".
ElHuapango 4 years ago
Artdever: you've got to read what mattotten wrote in "About This Video" -- he's playing "free" and with the progression of the tune "in mind". If you consider this, his playing is superb.
redavide1 4 years ago
artdever, I agree whole heartedly. This is just another case of a typical Stravinski style show-off whose primary following are players interested only in technique at the expense of feeling. While they dribble all over them selves I'll bid them and their techniques good night and head for the less pretentious Rimski-Korsakov and Wagner type sounds.
ntrimm 4 years ago
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abhikmazumder 2 years ago
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You guys are right but I grew up in the 50s. every town had a jazz club since then it has declined in popularity and despite the newer and different schools of jazz its popularity has steadily declined.Its a shame and "free jazz" doesn't help. If a kid can't find Autumn Leaves in Autumn Leaves he isn't going to buy it or listen to it. It sounds like an emotionless technical exercise in showing off your proficiency simply for the sake of doing so.
artdever 4 years ago
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dude, buy a set of ears..you're totally deaf!
hanzzee 2 years ago
Then you don't know the song, because there are plenty of notes from the original melody. If you know the song, you wouldn't say that the melody got lost. This is a beautiful rendition of a classic Jazz tune which has been played countless ways!
geetarMike 4 years ago
u got lost brother, period. the melody is almost too much there for me
Nu9v9 2 years ago
hey mattotten - great ton and u play well !
:-)!
..have something 4 u:
..wonna see how 2 improvise bach music..?
:-)
look 4 vid:
"bach sarabande jazz guitar"
..regards and keep groovin
doublearejazz 4 years ago
This guy certainly has some great licks. I love the bass line he sticks in at the end.
Great tone too.
redjeans1979 4 years ago
great!
Bambadinka 4 years ago
dude this is soo kickass...i could just listen to this all day man no joke...I generally listen to Psychobilly and Punk, but this is soo good.
DocHelliday 4 years ago
unbeliavble
kart600 4 years ago
ca defonce
rubistyle 4 years ago
bellissimo
heritage175 4 years ago
beau song impro simpa
bilbaroud 4 years ago
probably top two on you tube who is not famous
friedlanderroad 4 years ago
Bravo Matt !
Very beautiful playing on this tune ( like usual... your playing is very great ! ).
harmonicajazzcm 4 years ago
Matt:
When you play everything seams to flow effortlessly and so smooth with beautiful tone. Very nice.
slowmoejazz 4 years ago
Beautiful Matt. You get a nice jazz tone from your guitar. Did you upgrade your epiphone guitar, pickups and tune machines, or they are stock? Regards.
gusjazz 4 years ago
Truly amazing, bravo.
WildCardAvenger 4 years ago
The answer is just listen. The question is: I'm 72 years old, will I have to learn chorbs before I can pray like you?
ntrimm 5 years ago
Really nice all the way through -- the improv captures the beauty of this great tune.
redavide1 5 years ago
One of our favorite songs.Good work.Check us out from the island Canada.
bluewing04 5 years ago
simply, sublime :)
thanx.
jonorulz 5 years ago
what a beautiful song, its really touching..well i think if you can help me matt, i got a yamaha erg 121 and I would like it to sound jazzy, also i got a zoom 606 but i dont know how to do it to sound like that
silenoz1289 5 years ago
Awesome song, i'm looking for some advice, if you watch my video you can see im aan old school shredder lol, arpeggiator, etc. However, i love jazz and this is the perfect example of how i want to play, i'm goign to start from scratch, do you have any advice on how i can excel in jazz guitar?
richtheshredder 5 years ago
Spectacular playing. Beautiful.
Barnekkid 5 years ago
beautiful, thanks a lot, best wishes
ullinau108 5 years ago
What gauge of strings and pick do you use? And do you use an oversize pick or a teardrop?
detroitbuffalo 5 years ago
Limpieza
Moraito 5 years ago
Nice! Going with ze flow.
chjar 5 years ago
i dont even recognize the song lol
DevilDog90 5 years ago
That is because you are not listening or just don't know the song. If you are unfamiliar with a Bee bop solo it would be hard to find the song for you. Listen to Charlie Parkers Donna Lee and see if you can hear when I come home to Indiana.
lougar1 3 years ago
Fattest best jazz guitar tone this side of Wes.
garyguitar 5 years ago
congratz, nice playing
DarKHawK182 5 years ago
very fine. one of my favorite songs, beautifully interpreted.
troubleclef 5 years ago
very nice sounding
jbl39 5 years ago
That sounded good matt..nice job..hey I have a question.. How exactly do I make my guitar sound more jazzy without buying any pedals or any sort of equipment. All I have is a strat and an amp....thanks...
RSXTypeS3xy 5 years ago
a strat is one of the worst guitars for that classic jazz tone but use your neck pickup and mess around with rolling the tone back. That could get you close
TBoblp 5 years ago
Use a heavey gauge set of strings with a wound 3rd string. Flatwound strings.
croeagle 5 years ago