Rick Laird? Saw him with the Buddy Rich Big Band on tour in the UK in 1969 - playing a Guild bass guitar. With Stan Tracey on piano, I guess this must be from the 1965 ABC Television (that's UK, not USA) "Tempo" (arts) programme, which was shown one Sunday afternoon...
@andredidiergijon: It's a Gibson L5-CES, though with only one pickup rather than the usual two. I recall that Gibson reissued a "Wes" signature model around ten years ago. The pearl inlay on the treble side of the upper bout (near the pickup) is a repair on worn finish where Wes's hand rested on the table of the instrument. The reissue model faithfully reproduced it (though it's hard to see why).
@jimmmmybrady You might be thinking about BB King or something recent like that. I have studied music in terms of music theory and practical experience as a musician for the last 50 years. Blues came out of the work songs that black people sang out in the fields. Blues really started in the late 1800's and Jazz very late 1800's and very early 1900's. You can't tell me about about Jazz and Blues any more than I can tell you about Irish or English music... you dig?
@jimmmmybrady By the way... You would think by my previous comment that I was a fan of blues. Not so. I love Jazz....Blues not so much. Blues doesn't offer the same creativity that Jazz does. Blues has more structure in comparison to Jazz. Blues rarely get's our of 4/4 time. Jazz can be in 3/4,4/4,5/4,9/8,12/8 ext...
Next thing you'll tell me is Elvis invented rock and roll in the 1950's. Wrong answer LOL.
I've enjoyed jazz, rock, country, and everything in-between but Wes Montgomery is my favorite guitarist of all time. Unlike 95% of most jazz guitarists, whose solos are nothing but endless runs and arpeggios, Wes' solos were like a crafted composition.
Jazz is many things. But it has it's roots in the blues "TheMgt436." One reason alot of people liked Wes, was because he played alot of popular tunes later on in his career. But he did it that because he loved playing and interputing these tunes. Wes has this " relaxed intensity". He is always swinging hard! So there is standard tradition jazz and then there is all the other types, like fusion, advant garde, modern. Jazz give the improvisor a choice of how to paint the picture.
@TheMgt436 Try listening to a few tunes, paying attention to the theme (main melody) at the beginning, then the rhythm section repeating (and deliberating on) the same chord structure that was the "backbone" of the theme as many times it is needed for various musicians to solo, then the song coming back for a closure on the opening theme. I get why this might seem catchier initially, but I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to enjoy more jazz tunes if you liked this one.
@VegetativeHorse Yeah, i noticed. Usually the main chords are the backbone in a song. An example would be sultans of swing. It's the same chords just played different positions ;) I've played guitar myself for about 7 years. Mostly classic rock like dire straits though ;)
@TheMgt436 jazz is all about freedom. the whole style of music is based on chords, and the rest is improvisation. I have been playing jazz for 3 years and I have barely learned anything. jazz is one of the simplest and most complex forms of music in the world, and anyone can play it but few have mastered it. look into it
I had the same lack of understanding about Jazz.I had no idea what the heck they were doing for quite some time but I could feel what they were doing. Takes a while and worth the effort because it will sharpened your musical senses and helps one to discern the difference between mediocre music and excellent music.
@TheMgt436 You might try listening to a song that's here on youtube that might make more sense to you. It's "Follow Your Heart" by the Joe Farrell Quartet. When I used to give guitar and bass lessons I always told my students to give it a listen. Probably my favorite song of all time...
Great shot looking down toward Wes' famous thumb as he negotiates the tune. No wasted movement, absolute economy of motion... just making it all look so easy. Playing those upstrokes with your thumb is very tough. There's probably not a handful of people on earth who can do it well, or have the proper shape thumb to do so. Of course, there was much more to Wes' playing than his thumb....
@GeorgiaBoy1961 It seems apparent that those with the best facility in terms of technique make it look so easy. That allows for their melodic and gymnastic chops to shine through. I play keyboards but I relate very much to his sound, playing, and feel.
@shimeonmorpheus Ι don't think that technique is as important as people think. Understanding harmony and developing your improvisational skills are far more important (and hard) things to accomplish than being able to play every note perfectly, to me at least.
@shimeonmorpheus Perhaps they are interpreting stressing good technique as a knock against their own technique. Regardless,good technique allows for smooth and even fluidity and functionality Knowing other aspects such as understanding harmony are important. I believe good technique means least resistance and that will lead to better utilization of your ideas, providing you have improvisational skills at hand; now, are they developed or a built in instinct some have more than others? ... :)
does anyone know what kind of gibson that is? I don't think its an ES 175, a al K Burrell, A Summers. One thing I've always wondered is, why didn't Wes use a 12 string, @ least some of the time? I learned to play guitar with some of these songs, and playing octaves thru intricate melodies like that's a b****! He made it look easy though...
@dkomjath Looks like an L-5. The ES 175 has a sharp edge on the cutaway and split parallelogram inlays as opposed to the rounded edge and block inlays on this one.
Hold the fucking show. We all love Wes and his accomplishments, but look at that bad mother fucker on bass. He's applying all he knows, and with vigor and coolness and innocence. Crazy jazz.
In the clip the trio is British in fact 2/3 Scottish (no mean nation of excellent rock and jazz players and singers btw).
You will be amused to see that the piano had the maker's name hidden under an Elastoplast. This was a BBC recording and as a public service broadcaster weren't allowed to show it for fear of it being deemed advertising!!
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Fantastic camera perspective! (Especially when you take into account that many cameramen in the sixties and seventies tended to film the faces of the players during the solo instead of their hands). This makes it a historic document of Wes' playing technique.
my god I have a new respect for jazz musicians.... the maj7th 1,3,5,7, the m7 1,b3,5,b7, 7th 1,3,5,b7, m7b5 1 b3 b5 b7. memorizing all the arpeggios ( breathtaking) then i realize i only get 4 seconds when its 4/4 time and when there is a division i only get 2 seconds. wes montgomery is playing a whole new time its not even 4/4 and faster. im going crazy and this is fucking my shit up
@baked4211 they don't think about that shit when they play, through practice you can master the instrument to the level that you can speak through it as if you were speaking a language. You don't think of all that stuff you learned in school when you're speaking. Of course there's some difference, but I like that idea
@junka22 i know i was just throwing out what they learned or atleast try to explain part of their thought process, because its amazing how we only see them playing the guitar and think that they are just born geniuses but really they know most of this stuff. plus im really excited now im learning scale tones not just chord tones.
@TheThepurplebird Greater than you might think today, it was frequent for those old tv studio cameras to give odd flare like that, judging from other videos that I've seen in. Sometimes they would even come out as black.
@VegetativeHorse You are right. Cameras used sensors that were tube based and any bright light could permanently damage them. A near miss I guess you could say was when they'd "see" a bright highlight and there would be a "smear" or long afterimage that would slowly "heal".
The quality of this video is ridiculously awesome, how the fuck is that possible? Must be remastered or something ;D
That's cool that he doesn't use a pick but think about this, without a pick, its like playing directly with your body and soul you know. That slight third of an inch of a pick can get you to articulate amazing passages but I think the direct connection with your fingers is so much more soulful.
If you play guitar, then maybe you know what I'm talking about lol.
@AirHendrix91 I have an interview with Wes from 1965. His wife told him to "quiet down because the kids are asleep and the neighbours are complaining". He used to practise late at night and changed to using his thumb because it was quieter.. He had two day jobs and then played clubs' til 4.am.
He didn't know scales, couldn't read music. "I practice TUNES but not scales" he says on the interview.
He thought everyone was better than himself...even Rock players! (no joke)
@AirHendrix91 I have an interview with Wes from 1965. His wife told him to "quiet down because the kids are asleep and the neighbours are complaining". He used to practise late at night and changed to using his thumb because it was quieter.. He had two day jobs and then played clubs' til 4.am.
He didn't know scales, couldn't read music. "I practice TUNES but not scales" he says on the interview.
He thought everyone was better than himself...even Rock players! (no joke)
@lukemusic67 2 - Give me two days and I'll come up with a pretty good copy of a SRV song top to bottom, give me two weeks and I'll be able to fumble through a Lee run, two years and I'll give a subpar version of an Emmnuel song, two lifetimes would not be enough for me to come close to the ablilities of a top jazz guitarist.
@lukemusic67 There are exceptions. I am not familar with Batio but I enjoy the other artists you listed. Will a year of jazz lessons make someone a good as these people, of course not, but it will give them the tools to play be able to play the songs. After two years of lessons back in the 70s and a decades long hiatus I consider myself a lousy jazz player, I maybe able to play in the style of Wes but I'll never be able to match his tone, fluidity, and subtle timing nor have his inate knowledge
A friend of my father interviewed Wes in 1965 in London. His playing was unique because his experiences in life were unique. We can read about it but we cant copy it because we can't re-live the life.
As Pat Martino says "Today we can learn the solos parrot fashion but we can never re-live the moment from the 50s or 60s."
Part 4. Congrats, your now a jazz cat, and as any musician will tell you jazz cats are about the coolest people on the planet, women are drawn to them, and not just any women, but good looking ladies of style and sophistication, you can have a Quasimodo face and wear glasses with 1" thick lenses (called no fucs in certain circles) but as long as you play some swinging and cool lines you will have a great seductive power over them, so use your coolness responsilbly. Good luck.
@smidet - Part 3. Once you have some rudimentary jazz knowlege and skills (6 to 12 months) you will find that playing other genres of music (excluding classical) like rock, blues, and country is childs play, just imagine how nice it would be to be able to play any song you hear on the radio with mimimal effort. If you stick with it long enough you get to the point where you you can play with cover bands at bars and clubs. After awhile you meet other guys into jazz so you get together.
@CorvusDreams "playing other genres of music (excluding classical) like rock, blues, and country is childs play" !!!??? That's ridiculously misleading! So you think rudimentary jazz knowledge and skills guarantees smidet (or anyone learning the guitar) will find it really easy to play blues like Stevie Ray Vaughan, or country like Albert Lee, or metal like Michael Angelo Batio, or acoustic like Tommy Emmanuel? Of course they won't. ALL genres are very difficult to master at the highest level.
@lukemusic67 What Corvus said was a bit of a stretch, but there's some truth to it. Jazz is seriously more complex than a lot of other genres, and becoming an average jazz musician often means that you can play other styles pretty well.
@lukemusic67 I don't believe he was talking about technique. If you're able to play jazz by ear and improvise on the spot along chord processions like those on "Giant Steps", it's obvious that you'll have no problem understanding how to play a rock, blues or country tune. Applying appropriate techniques to what you're doing is another matter. And still, technique is not everything for me. Example, Michel Angelo's thing is more of a stunt than music, something you'd enjoy listening to.
@smidet - Part 2 . If you decide to go the teacher route then be sure you are able to set aside one hour of quality practice time each and every day, one hour is the very mimimun anything less wastes your money and the teachers time and most good teachers will dump you if you don't want to put the effort in. 2 or more hours per day make a big difference in the rate of progress and the real serious people put in 4 or more. So what are the benefits? - Continued.
@smidet - If your still tuned in. If you just have a casual interest in learning jazz there are plenty of decent books avalible at just about any shop where they sell musical insruments, be sure it has "beginner jazz guitar" in the title. If you aready know some of the basic barre chord forms and you want to make improvement fast then I would highly recomend one on one lessons with a reputable teacher. You can find teachers by asking at guitar stores, prefferably ma an pa type stores.
i find Wes's left hand to be as inovative an approach as his right hand... I think it attributed greatly to his phrasing! One laid back cool as shit cat!
I always wonder why Wes changed the melody over bars 5-8? On the record he plays a line, but here and on subsequent recordings (and thus in the real book) he plays the block chords...It's all good & doesn't keep me awake at night, just wonder why he changed it! Either way, 4 on 6 is a cool variation on the 'Summertime' changes!
@samdunnguitar yeah i'm used to the other way too. it's not that the embellishment is bad. general exposure effect, i guess... it's easy not to like the novel way as much as what we're used to
@samdunnguitar: Wes and other jazz greats, who've played a tune (or "head") many times, often modify it a bit to keep it interesting to play. That's been my experience anyway, in the many shows by jazz greats I've seen. The greats also goof around just a bit and throw their bandmates curveballs to see how they react on the bandstand. I've seen it many times over the years. They call it "cutting" one another...
@samdunnguitar: one other reason to add to my earlier post, is that for a lead or melody player, you have to adjust to the band underneath you. Wes, who had "ears" as good as anyone who ever lived, was obviously very sensitive to this, and changed the tune accordingly. This wasn't his usual band, and so he didn't play the tune as might have with, to use an example, Wynton Kelly's trio. The amazing thing about Wes is that everything he played was so hip and so in the pocket - what a genius!
Amazing this genoius is .................incredible one of the true geniuses in jazz. Wes never talked too much or to little he was always in balance thats a true genious, another Mozart with Charlie Parker, Coltrane and Clifford Brown ect.
Would have been 91 today. Everyone amazing goes to soon. RIP
cheesedude5050 12 hours ago
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Wes Montgomery (born John Leslie Montgomery) was born on this date in 1923. {Mar. 6th}
Sadly, Mr. Montgomery passed away on June 15th, 1968... May he R.I.P.
sauquoit13456 22 hours ago
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check out this amazing guitarist Luke Hamrock he is incredible!
guitarldh19 23 hours ago
Vladimir Putin on drums!
MAJORSNODGRASS 4 days ago
John Coltrane died in 1967, Wes Mongomery died in 1968, and Jimi Hendrix, in 1970. Three innovators, and they were all young men.
It was a serious blow to American music
jcghooker 6 days ago
everything with one finger!! :o awesome
MJ94Feld 1 week ago
one thumb is enough...
clukazz 1 week ago
That's the future bassist of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He's now a photographer.
Fretlessness 1 week ago 2
OK, Jazz is hard to understand.
But since i play some Bluesy stuff, i get a hunch..
hopfenkaltschale 1 week ago
He blows my mind!
toddallenhooper 2 weeks ago
Awesome video, thanks for posting.
patOnTheNet 2 weeks ago
2:03, my fucking luck ay?
TheSwilliams92 2 weeks ago
Rick Laird? Saw him with the Buddy Rich Big Band on tour in the UK in 1969 - playing a Guild bass guitar. With Stan Tracey on piano, I guess this must be from the 1965 ABC Television (that's UK, not USA) "Tempo" (arts) programme, which was shown one Sunday afternoon...
jimbo1957 2 weeks ago
WHAT GUITAR IS THAT?
andredidiergijon 3 weeks ago
@andredidiergijon: It's a Gibson L5-CES, though with only one pickup rather than the usual two. I recall that Gibson reissued a "Wes" signature model around ten years ago. The pearl inlay on the treble side of the upper bout (near the pickup) is a repair on worn finish where Wes's hand rested on the table of the instrument. The reissue model faithfully reproduced it (though it's hard to see why).
jimbo1957 2 weeks ago
@jimbo1957 ty
andredidiergijon 2 weeks ago
Just remember that Jazz and Rock have the same roots.... blues
Frapzoid 3 weeks ago
@Frapzoid Actually ,Jazz came before Blues.
jimmmmybrady 2 weeks ago
@jimmmmybrady You might be thinking about BB King or something recent like that. I have studied music in terms of music theory and practical experience as a musician for the last 50 years. Blues came out of the work songs that black people sang out in the fields. Blues really started in the late 1800's and Jazz very late 1800's and very early 1900's. You can't tell me about about Jazz and Blues any more than I can tell you about Irish or English music... you dig?
Frapzoid 1 week ago
@Frapzoid Work songs or field hollers were NOT Blues.Blues was actually a simplification of Jazz.
jimmmmybrady 1 week ago
@jimmmmybrady By the way... You would think by my previous comment that I was a fan of blues. Not so. I love Jazz....Blues not so much. Blues doesn't offer the same creativity that Jazz does. Blues has more structure in comparison to Jazz. Blues rarely get's our of 4/4 time. Jazz can be in 3/4,4/4,5/4,9/8,12/8 ext...
Next thing you'll tell me is Elvis invented rock and roll in the 1950's. Wrong answer LOL.
1940's Have a good day :-)
Frapzoid 1 week ago
Only knew Rick Laird from Mahavishnu Orchestra, cool to see him playing standup bass.
dcfdrescue2 1 month ago
I've enjoyed jazz, rock, country, and everything in-between but Wes Montgomery is my favorite guitarist of all time. Unlike 95% of most jazz guitarists, whose solos are nothing but endless runs and arpeggios, Wes' solos were like a crafted composition.
jsore 1 month ago
At 2:06 he is thinking "Fuck my life"!
poor guy
Django5198 1 month ago 2
Jazz is practice,practice, practice and yet more practice.
Thats it.
You make the hard look easy.
taketimeout2 1 month ago
Jazz is many things. But it has it's roots in the blues "TheMgt436." One reason alot of people liked Wes, was because he played alot of popular tunes later on in his career. But he did it that because he loved playing and interputing these tunes. Wes has this " relaxed intensity". He is always swinging hard! So there is standard tradition jazz and then there is all the other types, like fusion, advant garde, modern. Jazz give the improvisor a choice of how to paint the picture.
kanga58 1 month ago
1:59 Has to take a break when he realizes he BROKE a key!!!
bobbytouche 1 month ago
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okturus 1 month ago
It's crazy how much he shreds without a pick
CorruptorMusics 1 month ago
Its cool to see Mahavishnu Rick Laird up there, I knew the name sounded awfully familiar!
apazeia 1 month ago
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Rubenveijk94 1 month ago 2
He's sweep picking with his thumb. Awesome.
SLripley 1 month ago
theres one more dislike than i would have thought. this tunes amazing!!! gonna play it for my college audition!
madfunkwilly 1 month ago in playlist jazz
OMG!! Thas was orgasmic.. this is one of my favourite songs of Wes...
tsumine 1 month ago
I dont really understand Jazz, but this is quite catchy ;)
TheMgt436 1 month ago 7
@TheMgt436 Try listening to a few tunes, paying attention to the theme (main melody) at the beginning, then the rhythm section repeating (and deliberating on) the same chord structure that was the "backbone" of the theme as many times it is needed for various musicians to solo, then the song coming back for a closure on the opening theme. I get why this might seem catchier initially, but I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to enjoy more jazz tunes if you liked this one.
VegetativeHorse 1 month ago 22
@VegetativeHorse Yeah, i noticed. Usually the main chords are the backbone in a song. An example would be sultans of swing. It's the same chords just played different positions ;) I've played guitar myself for about 7 years. Mostly classic rock like dire straits though ;)
TheMgt436 1 month ago
@VegetativeHorse GOOD JOB CLARIFYING THAT FOR THE LAYMAN. VERY WELL PUT, FROM A FELLOW MUSICIAN, FORMER STUDENT OF ELLIS MARSALIS.
pianoyam 1 month ago
@VegetativeHorse its great to try to understand it, but if you don't "understand" it, just feel it.
livelovelisten100 3 weeks ago
@TheMgt436 jazz is all about freedom. the whole style of music is based on chords, and the rest is improvisation. I have been playing jazz for 3 years and I have barely learned anything. jazz is one of the simplest and most complex forms of music in the world, and anyone can play it but few have mastered it. look into it
T16Akatsuki 4 weeks ago 2
@TheMgt436
I had the same lack of understanding about Jazz.I had no idea what the heck they were doing for quite some time but I could feel what they were doing. Takes a while and worth the effort because it will sharpened your musical senses and helps one to discern the difference between mediocre music and excellent music.
jazz1bro 3 weeks ago
@TheMgt436 You might try listening to a song that's here on youtube that might make more sense to you. It's "Follow Your Heart" by the Joe Farrell Quartet. When I used to give guitar and bass lessons I always told my students to give it a listen. Probably my favorite song of all time...
Frapzoid 1 week ago
@Frapzoid I'll try it ;)
TheMgt436 1 week ago
Great shot looking down toward Wes' famous thumb as he negotiates the tune. No wasted movement, absolute economy of motion... just making it all look so easy. Playing those upstrokes with your thumb is very tough. There's probably not a handful of people on earth who can do it well, or have the proper shape thumb to do so. Of course, there was much more to Wes' playing than his thumb....
GeorgiaBoy1961 1 month ago
@GeorgiaBoy1961 It seems apparent that those with the best facility in terms of technique make it look so easy. That allows for their melodic and gymnastic chops to shine through. I play keyboards but I relate very much to his sound, playing, and feel.
555ontario 1 month ago
@555ontario thats why i stress technique in the beginning. but lot of guitarists dont agree with me
shimeonmorpheus 1 month ago
@shimeonmorpheus Ι don't think that technique is as important as people think. Understanding harmony and developing your improvisational skills are far more important (and hard) things to accomplish than being able to play every note perfectly, to me at least.
VegetativeHorse 1 month ago
@shimeonmorpheus Perhaps they are interpreting stressing good technique as a knock against their own technique. Regardless,good technique allows for smooth and even fluidity and functionality Knowing other aspects such as understanding harmony are important. I believe good technique means least resistance and that will lead to better utilization of your ideas, providing you have improvisational skills at hand; now, are they developed or a built in instinct some have more than others? ... :)
555ontario 1 month ago
'scuze my ignorance but are these guys Brits backing Wes?
twixttime 1 month ago
I had no idea Rick Laird played with Wes. Awesome.
psyoptica 1 month ago
Anyone notice the stuck key at 2:03?
Bzhu94 1 month ago 14
@Bzhu94 omg hahaha ya I was about to comment the same thing,.. xDD
tsumine 1 month ago
Godly!
bracico 2 months ago
anddd George Bush on drums! xD
boardking123 2 months ago
@boardking123
Shame he didnt give up the day job....
twixttime 1 month ago
man this is so much better than the original version
bonkermcsteelo 2 months ago
What an intriguing technique, playing with his thumb only :o first time i've seen.
TheOnix123 2 months ago
@TheOnix123 i know right i was like :O how can he move it so fast and control which strings he's hitting??
thatXotherXperson 2 months ago
cool!!
MrMusiccccc 2 months ago
does anyone know what kind of gibson that is? I don't think its an ES 175, a al K Burrell, A Summers. One thing I've always wondered is, why didn't Wes use a 12 string, @ least some of the time? I learned to play guitar with some of these songs, and playing octaves thru intricate melodies like that's a b****! He made it look easy though...
dkomjath 2 months ago
@dkomjath Looks like an L-5. The ES 175 has a sharp edge on the cutaway and split parallelogram inlays as opposed to the rounded edge and block inlays on this one.
iacozizzle 2 months ago
P.S. Why can't WBGO Newark play more stuff like this?
7855waldo 2 months ago
@7855waldo
our local station 88.3 San Diego has him as artist of the week. You can listen online. And a reason why I made it over here to check out Wes.
roblogosz1 9 hours ago
Boy, this is good. What a lucky break to find this video. Thank you!
7855waldo 2 months ago
@7855waldo
Well put, mate.
Chance in a zillion I would ever see his fingers so close up.
Guys, I messed up!
Not fingers, minature angels wings.
Fingers you and I got .
He didnt.
Closest thing I can compare them with and no pun intended.
twixttime 2 months ago
@twixttime -Great point, I failed to see the first time around what excellent camera work this is, and rarely in any medium does that happen.
Also the teamwork in this combo, they're enjoying each other's comapny - we can't lose!
7855waldo 2 months ago
777 likes, 0 Dislikes. Wow.
Therefore, Wes Montgomery = Perfect.
Bostonman70 2 months ago
Look how close We's Strings are to the frets.almost touching! Bet the guitar sounded like a buzz saw acoustically.
jazz1bro 2 months ago
LOVE THIS!!! <3 <3
laprofe63CANAL 2 months ago
Thanks for uploading! Great..
MohanSolo 3 months ago
he used fretboard possibilites like no one else. wes is amazing to watch. never another like him.
bigkittysmile 3 months ago
album?
KaRmOdAgUrU 3 months ago
@KaRmOdAgUrU "The Incredible Jazz Guitar"
thegr8HarV 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
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Damn! this is black and white in HD! WOW!
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santanaincubus 3 months ago
nice double-bass solo
minasgekos 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Hold the fucking show. We all love Wes and his accomplishments, but look at that bad mother fucker on bass. He's applying all he knows, and with vigor and coolness and innocence. Crazy jazz.
SeerTrulth 3 months ago
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alexgerdtfail 3 months ago
Nice to see the guitar from His perspective!
weskoki 3 months ago
young george bush on drums?
boardking123 4 months ago
Anyone else think the quality of this is amazing?
ccase2k 4 months ago
In the clip the trio is British in fact 2/3 Scottish (no mean nation of excellent rock and jazz players and singers btw).
You will be amused to see that the piano had the maker's name hidden under an Elastoplast. This was a BBC recording and as a public service broadcaster weren't allowed to show it for fear of it being deemed advertising!!
MAJORSNODGRASS 4 months ago
what scales does he use?
Django5198 4 months ago
@Django5198 i would answer that but it wouldn't be under 500 characters...
thegr8HarV 4 months ago
RICK LAIRD ON DOUBLE BASS ! GREAT !! in this video he is very young !
SD7268 4 months ago
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jazzbrasil2010 4 months ago
this is amazing quality thanks for the upload!
friedrichgreycastle 4 months ago
Fantastic camera perspective! (Especially when you take into account that many cameramen in the sixties and seventies tended to film the faces of the players during the solo instead of their hands). This makes it a historic document of Wes' playing technique.
Fitzliputzli23 4 months ago
The Jazz Guitar has once name: Wes Montgomery.
jsteprun 5 months ago
my god I have a new respect for jazz musicians.... the maj7th 1,3,5,7, the m7 1,b3,5,b7, 7th 1,3,5,b7, m7b5 1 b3 b5 b7. memorizing all the arpeggios ( breathtaking) then i realize i only get 4 seconds when its 4/4 time and when there is a division i only get 2 seconds. wes montgomery is playing a whole new time its not even 4/4 and faster. im going crazy and this is fucking my shit up
baked4211 5 months ago
@baked4211 they don't think about that shit when they play, through practice you can master the instrument to the level that you can speak through it as if you were speaking a language. You don't think of all that stuff you learned in school when you're speaking. Of course there's some difference, but I like that idea
junka22 4 months ago
@junka22 i know i was just throwing out what they learned or atleast try to explain part of their thought process, because its amazing how we only see them playing the guitar and think that they are just born geniuses but really they know most of this stuff. plus im really excited now im learning scale tones not just chord tones.
baked4211 4 months ago
You can look everywhere..you'll never find another another with the vision, humility, self deprecation & sincerity of Wes.
You WILL , however, find alot of guitar players who THINK they are Gods gift because they might shred or tap.
Known as "The Reverend" because he never used drugs,cursed,cheated,spoke ill of anyone. Nor did he pull faces but smiled as he played.
He said " I have many disadvantages..i dont play fast, i dont use a pick, cant read music and i dont know many chords".
taildragger53 5 months ago
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Amen brother
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jazz1bro 4 months ago
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jazz1bro 4 months ago
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jazz1bro 4 months ago
THUMBS up! Pun intended.
MyFenderOwnsYours 5 months ago
What are your top 5 Wes Montgomery songs?
Ragnarok0Aeirk 5 months ago
блин меня убивает как он одним пальцем играет ахах
Mark30344 5 months ago
Does he just play with his thumb?
davidmckenna96 5 months ago
The camera work here is GREAT!
fiddlercrab3 5 months ago 2
what are the chances that the humbucker would reflect against the camera?
TheThepurplebird 5 months ago 4
@TheThepurplebird Greater than you might think today, it was frequent for those old tv studio cameras to give odd flare like that, judging from other videos that I've seen in. Sometimes they would even come out as black.
VegetativeHorse 5 months ago 4
@VegetativeHorse You are right. Cameras used sensors that were tube based and any bright light could permanently damage them. A near miss I guess you could say was when they'd "see" a bright highlight and there would be a "smear" or long afterimage that would slowly "heal".
jcisbell 3 months ago
I would hate to thumb wrestle Wes Montgomery
kylitosan 5 months ago
awesome quality and AMAZING point of view. wow its like u get to see exactly how wes would see himself playing. amazing
baksteen123 5 months ago
awesome quality and AMAZING point of view. wow its like u get to see exactly how wes would see himself playing. amazing
baksteen123 5 months ago
why?
eltiburonjaws1 5 months ago in playlist eltiburonjaws1's Favorited Videos
The quality of this video is ridiculously awesome, how the fuck is that possible? Must be remastered or something ;D
That's cool that he doesn't use a pick but think about this, without a pick, its like playing directly with your body and soul you know. That slight third of an inch of a pick can get you to articulate amazing passages but I think the direct connection with your fingers is so much more soulful.
If you play guitar, then maybe you know what I'm talking about lol.
AirHendrix91 5 months ago
@AirHendrix91 I have an interview with Wes from 1965. His wife told him to "quiet down because the kids are asleep and the neighbours are complaining". He used to practise late at night and changed to using his thumb because it was quieter.. He had two day jobs and then played clubs' til 4.am.
He didn't know scales, couldn't read music. "I practice TUNES but not scales" he says on the interview.
He thought everyone was better than himself...even Rock players! (no joke)
taildragger53 5 months ago
@AirHendrix91 I have an interview with Wes from 1965. His wife told him to "quiet down because the kids are asleep and the neighbours are complaining". He used to practise late at night and changed to using his thumb because it was quieter.. He had two day jobs and then played clubs' til 4.am.
He didn't know scales, couldn't read music. "I practice TUNES but not scales" he says on the interview.
He thought everyone was better than himself...even Rock players! (no joke)
taildragger53 5 months ago
i didn't know he didnt use a pick! Maybe i won't use a pick
ThomasBCullen 5 months ago
not a single thumbs down. just how it should be.
aleksandersucharski 6 months ago
And to think 5 years later Rick Laird would be playing in the Mahavishnu Orchestra
MarqueeMoon602 6 months ago
Awesome
TheJazzbogie 6 months ago
@lukemusic67 2 - Give me two days and I'll come up with a pretty good copy of a SRV song top to bottom, give me two weeks and I'll be able to fumble through a Lee run, two years and I'll give a subpar version of an Emmnuel song, two lifetimes would not be enough for me to come close to the ablilities of a top jazz guitarist.
CorvusDreams 6 months ago
@lukemusic67 There are exceptions. I am not familar with Batio but I enjoy the other artists you listed. Will a year of jazz lessons make someone a good as these people, of course not, but it will give them the tools to play be able to play the songs. After two years of lessons back in the 70s and a decades long hiatus I consider myself a lousy jazz player, I maybe able to play in the style of Wes but I'll never be able to match his tone, fluidity, and subtle timing nor have his inate knowledge
CorvusDreams 6 months ago
@CorvusDreams Wes' style was born out of necessity.
A friend of my father interviewed Wes in 1965 in London. His playing was unique because his experiences in life were unique. We can read about it but we cant copy it because we can't re-live the life.
As Pat Martino says "Today we can learn the solos parrot fashion but we can never re-live the moment from the 50s or 60s."
taildragger53 5 months ago
Part 4. Congrats, your now a jazz cat, and as any musician will tell you jazz cats are about the coolest people on the planet, women are drawn to them, and not just any women, but good looking ladies of style and sophistication, you can have a Quasimodo face and wear glasses with 1" thick lenses (called no fucs in certain circles) but as long as you play some swinging and cool lines you will have a great seductive power over them, so use your coolness responsilbly. Good luck.
CorvusDreams 6 months ago
@smidet - Part 3. Once you have some rudimentary jazz knowlege and skills (6 to 12 months) you will find that playing other genres of music (excluding classical) like rock, blues, and country is childs play, just imagine how nice it would be to be able to play any song you hear on the radio with mimimal effort. If you stick with it long enough you get to the point where you you can play with cover bands at bars and clubs. After awhile you meet other guys into jazz so you get together.
CorvusDreams 6 months ago
@CorvusDreams "playing other genres of music (excluding classical) like rock, blues, and country is childs play" !!!??? That's ridiculously misleading! So you think rudimentary jazz knowledge and skills guarantees smidet (or anyone learning the guitar) will find it really easy to play blues like Stevie Ray Vaughan, or country like Albert Lee, or metal like Michael Angelo Batio, or acoustic like Tommy Emmanuel? Of course they won't. ALL genres are very difficult to master at the highest level.
lukemusic67 6 months ago
@lukemusic67 What Corvus said was a bit of a stretch, but there's some truth to it. Jazz is seriously more complex than a lot of other genres, and becoming an average jazz musician often means that you can play other styles pretty well.
forsythdaniel 6 months ago
@lukemusic67 I don't believe he was talking about technique. If you're able to play jazz by ear and improvise on the spot along chord processions like those on "Giant Steps", it's obvious that you'll have no problem understanding how to play a rock, blues or country tune. Applying appropriate techniques to what you're doing is another matter. And still, technique is not everything for me. Example, Michel Angelo's thing is more of a stunt than music, something you'd enjoy listening to.
VegetativeHorse 6 months ago
@smidet - Part 2 . If you decide to go the teacher route then be sure you are able to set aside one hour of quality practice time each and every day, one hour is the very mimimun anything less wastes your money and the teachers time and most good teachers will dump you if you don't want to put the effort in. 2 or more hours per day make a big difference in the rate of progress and the real serious people put in 4 or more. So what are the benefits? - Continued.
CorvusDreams 6 months ago
@smidet - If your still tuned in. If you just have a casual interest in learning jazz there are plenty of decent books avalible at just about any shop where they sell musical insruments, be sure it has "beginner jazz guitar" in the title. If you aready know some of the basic barre chord forms and you want to make improvement fast then I would highly recomend one on one lessons with a reputable teacher. You can find teachers by asking at guitar stores, prefferably ma an pa type stores.
CorvusDreams 6 months ago
eddie murphy can play guitar :P!!!awesome Wes...he was a true genius!
andrewjeff 6 months ago
I'm sittin here laughing this dude was so unbelievable!
techreptdh 6 months ago
catchy jazz tune. I love it. I've handed the sheet music to my guitar students, they dig it too.
funkyguitars 6 months ago
makes it look so easy
eltiburonjaws1 6 months ago
i find Wes's left hand to be as inovative an approach as his right hand... I think it attributed greatly to his phrasing! One laid back cool as shit cat!
GagaMan214 6 months ago
This is amazing!!!!! :D
FuckYourself15 6 months ago
The coolest stage I've ever seen? I think so!
JcDrummer28 6 months ago
love those jazzy chords
TomThumbsBlues1965 6 months ago
Wes brings new meaning to the advanatages of an opposing thumb!
clueless2all 6 months ago
This is what I call, Music.
Unbozzings 6 months ago
@nutsaboutclara Вы на все 100%правы
TheStwor 6 months ago
oh - Rick Laird from Mahavishnu Orchestra on Bass...
Mondhund 6 months ago
@Mondhund Wow from this to "Cosmic Strut" that's what I'll call Badass!!
n64wilbert 6 months ago
yeahhhhhhhhh!!! thats wes
sandroroj 7 months ago
I always wonder why Wes changed the melody over bars 5-8? On the record he plays a line, but here and on subsequent recordings (and thus in the real book) he plays the block chords...It's all good & doesn't keep me awake at night, just wonder why he changed it! Either way, 4 on 6 is a cool variation on the 'Summertime' changes!
samdunnguitar 7 months ago 2
@samdunnguitar Ι imagine he wanted to give more weigh to the rhythm as he upped the tempo on this one. I like both versions equally.
VegetativeHorse 7 months ago
@samdunnguitar yeah i'm used to the other way too. it's not that the embellishment is bad. general exposure effect, i guess... it's easy not to like the novel way as much as what we're used to
squiggyklane 7 months ago
@samdunnguitar: Wes and other jazz greats, who've played a tune (or "head") many times, often modify it a bit to keep it interesting to play. That's been my experience anyway, in the many shows by jazz greats I've seen. The greats also goof around just a bit and throw their bandmates curveballs to see how they react on the bandstand. I've seen it many times over the years. They call it "cutting" one another...
GeorgiaBoy1961 6 months ago
@samdunnguitar: one other reason to add to my earlier post, is that for a lead or melody player, you have to adjust to the band underneath you. Wes, who had "ears" as good as anyone who ever lived, was obviously very sensitive to this, and changed the tune accordingly. This wasn't his usual band, and so he didn't play the tune as might have with, to use an example, Wynton Kelly's trio. The amazing thing about Wes is that everything he played was so hip and so in the pocket - what a genius!
GeorgiaBoy1961 6 months ago
Wonderful!!
raulribeirosoul 7 months ago
BADASS!!
n64wilbert 8 months ago
OMG!!! He's not a human being he's not even a Neanderthal it's too sophisticated for everyone to play.
n64wilbert 8 months ago
what are some way i can start learning to play jazz guitar?
smidet 8 months ago
1:14 is the bass player robert de niro?????
pacolote 8 months ago
@pacolote yes of course, and you can see marlon brando dancing and playing the bongos at the same time on the background
DajaWaja 7 months ago
@DajaWaja hahahahahah
pacolote 7 months ago
1:14 robert de niro is playing the bass???
pacolote 8 months ago
say, who was the piano player?
AlexBeston 8 months ago
@AlexBeston Stan Tracey, says so at the description
VegetativeHorse 8 months ago
legendary
mussman717word 8 months ago
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Great stuff!
therealrickvenn 9 months ago
Great stuff!
therealrickvenn 9 months ago
Amazing this genoius is .................incredible one of the true geniuses in jazz. Wes never talked too much or to little he was always in balance thats a true genious, another Mozart with Charlie Parker, Coltrane and Clifford Brown ect.
mikael119977 9 months ago
Rick Laird ended up being the first bass player in the Mahavishnu Orchestra. From Wes to John... what a change.
Sjjags 9 months ago
thats not technique, thats flow.........or soul if you will, beautifull
flugkranzable 10 months ago
holy fuck it doesnt get much better than this......holy fuck.
3rdStoneObliterum 10 months ago
@3rdStoneObliterum Isn't great shit
n64wilbert 8 months ago
@3rdStoneObliterum It's FUCKING AWESOME
n64wilbert 8 months ago
his thumb looks strange
texbls 10 months ago
0:45 Lil' whole tone sexiness for yo ass...Wes had DAT EAR
montes707 10 months ago
Thanks
Livingbell 10 months ago
Although the technique of Wes is interesting, I think you must play as you feel, technique is not really important. You must find your sound !
Lanidracjazz 11 months ago
@djbot your a cock, shut up.
lawrencellol 11 months ago
he is owesome!i mean OWESOME!!!!
madajohnn 11 months ago