george benson - Take Five 1976 Montreux 1986

[TheNevron33]

With all respect to G. Benson - a master - this is more scale shredding than playing. His guitar isn't singing, its babbling. About seven thousand of the notes he played in this solo need to go, and be replaced by some interesting melodic statements.

Not his best.

[Sambbab]

"tabs, anyone"

[spicecrop]

let see some metal head shredders hang with this

[jefferyalbergo]

how can you call this take five?

[KickBrassDrummer]

@jefferyalbergo It's in 5/4 time signature

[sanson123ful]

increíble versión de Benson, además en el refinadisimo Motreaux,

[kshahar]

The saxophone player is Sadao Watanabe

[EfstratiosLachanas]

Makes a big Mistake on the second part and managed it very profession ell. He is great!!!!

[gabri3l367]

Peccato che sbaglia il tema della B , però grandissimo.

[seacow1970]

George takes it to space!

[mechenguitarist]

dear theory godmother...thank you !!!

[bludklit]

I bet if George played an out of tune banjo it would sound amazing.

[jazzjanne1]

A very good version of these tune!

janne from Sweden

[superfakek]

YOu gotta hand it to watanabe for having the guts to follow him, that's for sure.

[TheBlues088]

Which scale should I use for improvising over this great tune? Please tell me.

[ledzeppelinguy819]

@TheBlues088 Any variation of E minor or E minor pentatonic.

[guitarmaniac93]

@TheBlues088 its on E minor, u can play e dorian, e dorian#4, e blues minor and pentatonic ;)

[TheBlues088]

@guitarmaniac93 Hahahah thank you thank you thank you man! Now I'm going to improvise. hehehehehe...

[zhrmod]

This is a great version of this great piece.

[Eurobubble70]

Benson is a god but that performance was shit

[9713iw]

@Eurobubble70

how can you say that - are you one of the 73 - mind you I say there are only 2 things in the world that can tell you that music is good - and we all have them on the side of our head - and we all have different ones - so you dont like this whereas i do! - thats what makes the world go round my friend.

as aye

iain

[standad445]

@Eurobubble70 Fuck you and your opinion!!!!!! Go fuck your dead daddy!!!!!!!!!!!

[puupyy]

73 persons don t know nothing about music, anything of music, stupids ignorants, how you can click dislike? thats is offensive! 

[rapide72]

trop bon

[dexzion]

awesome!!

dex (zm)

[adeniji24]

Even if clapping is jazz, it will be lovely. By the way, where are these 73 people from?

[aroundnaigth]

EXELENTE VIRTUOSISMO!!!

[ststephen909]

ohhh mama

[bik3r666]

as long as he doesn't sing hes a master :)

[jak0voln]

@bik3r666 true!

[Hamporkcheese]

@bik3r666 Fat thumb down on that...

[JusticeWar]

mind blowing

[srvgravesdime]

I love how Benson totally took Wes' octaves to the next level. He throws in little double stops while he's shredding and it just adds a lot of articulation/sophistication to his sound. Most shredders can't do good jazz. Benson is next level. Benson is a jazz man who just so happens to shred.

[jonapr56]

I never get tired of listening to him . Its always new whenever I listen even if I did before

[fares1840]

wow.............wow



[mymangodfrey1]

Saw George Benson in Toronto at the Colonial in 1975. He signed my album and was cool as cool can be.

[TheArchiveOfWonder]

Has George Benson done anything else as remotely good as this? If so I haven't seen it.

[lkrauss100]

these songs that just riff over one chord... they make me mad

[TheNeverendingfire]

@lkrauss100 So you don't like modal jazz, what's your point?

[Lessephur]

wow this song even gets me into that "good ol' days mood".. and i was born in 1990..

maybe it's just because this is real music..

[1213philly]

@Lessephur Your 1st line -- that's funny!! Your 2nd line -- sad but true, sad but true, sad but true ... 

[danitheboy1]

could do with being a LOT better prepared.... to many mistakes to relax into it. Everytime I bgan to drift off he'd misspluck and rudely awake me.

[1dydmtdmtd]

This is 35 years old and STILL kicking!!!! Man this is incredible! Jazz is truly the one and only real American invention!

[ridusofthetonedeaf]

Brilliant!absolutely brilliant and to think that wankers like jack white haver a following of even 2 people,never ceases to astound!!

[21madmethod]

@ridusofthetonedeaf Jack White's a good guitar player man. Not as good as Benson obviously. You can't compare them anyway.

[jorge32173055]

ADOREI!!!! LINDA

[wes8510]

il miglior chitarrista jazz di tutti i tempi

[sa3010]

69 people live their poor lives in 4/4 only... ;)

[willy1986tralara]

@sa3010 ahahahaa

[AGADIROUFLLA]

I think so many people click on 'dislike' just because they listen to this, they realize how insignificant and clumsy they are. So, please don't pay attention to them!

[JamesTenn]

Transcendent! Pure joy to hear this. Check out Body Talk for another mind expanding experience.

[ChArLiErOcKtUbE]

exelente maestro idolo xD

[charliewifi]

una mierda ........

[Phimmmm]

*puts guitar down*

[drage1862]

67 people need a check up from the neck up !

[wqertq432t]

wow, that some amazing

[Greektome1]

could someone please be so kind and help me out. i would like to read my comments, not only the last activities but i dont know how to find them in my channel. you tube help was no help. thank you very much in advance.

[jakeslim]

truly incredible... they don't make 'em special like this any more... george, in this clip transcends mere mortals. what kind of jokesters ever hit the "dislike" button?

[Greektome1]

george benson and his guitar are like twins. everything is based on instinct and intuition

[harveydents]

damn...the lick at 1:56-1:57 is an amazing sweep pick......damn....could incllude that in my metal playing!

[harveydents]

I have been a neoclassical/hardrock/metal guitarist for 28 years and i LOVE to listen to BENSON!!! plus Wes, Kenny, Grant, and jimmy smith!

[hislate]

Ibanez FG 100 1986 Blonde. I have one in tobaco sunburst from 1987

[DelroyMonjo]

Love George Benson but IMHO he does no love to Brubeck's Classic Take 5

[barneyronnie]

Wowwww.......!

[TheAna1951]

gooood!  .-)

[filipelima95]

which guitar is he using?

[mcegri2]

love it, hear it, play it db.....

[pabcq]

so was this in 76 or 86? :P

[Dirtypillowtalk1]

@pabcq 86.

[Fyuesiy]

George Benson is 1 baaaaaaddddddd dood XD

[JackVinil]

Isto sim é tocar! PQP! A mesma base por quase nove minutos, e não cansa! Simplicidade e muita, mas muita inteligência!

[Hamporkcheese]

Man.. that would have sucked to play after him....

[NicoNegron]

@Hamporkcheese Right!? Haha

[Kento617]

@Hamporkcheese My first chord I would have played was..... take my guitar and smashing it to pieces, quit music, and become an accountant. ='(

[hideare]

he is just playing with the notes...i cant hear take five in this

[Kommando786]

Its cool because its an ibanez

[bomdelux]

People who are naysaying this, take into consideration the fact this song is in a time signature which is unusual, this is live and that it is almost entirely improvised. The man plays with blistering speed during some passages and never stays with the one melodic idea for too long. It may not be your thing, but it sure is impressive.

[Greektome1]

and my third comment as a new member in you tube goes to george benson. have listened to this song over dont know how many times. i want to thank my children for their understanding. believe me they are learning.

[machaan83]

i am sweating more than him and I am just listening to it! magical..

[yourswimpal]

holy sh*t, he strums his ibanez faster than I type on my keyboard !

[ghostguy1]

I refuse to believe Benson plays a bad note

they're all good

[kalpal67]

@ghostguy1 payback for his momentary racism

[SquaredJunior23]

@TheMadisonHang I'll agree to the point where I'll say jazz musicians can make mistakes. However, it's rare. Anyone who has studied at a music school has far more advanced abilities than even the most lucrative musicians who might not have. Needless to say, mathematically calculated songs can be considered flawless in once sense of the word, but then again, many of them lack creativity. Not saying all of them do, but there are a good number of electric artists who lack musicianship.

[SquaredJunior23]

@TheMadisonHang Never said jazz musicians didn't make mistakes. It's just rare. Not to mention, how often have you heard a computer take a solo like george benson. it doesn't happen. computer solos suck (i've heard some) Now, this is my opinion, so you don't have to agree, but I feel it takes much less creative spirit to make a techno song than a jazz piece or otherwise "physical" genre. Melodies and chord changes are only a means to the real essence of music. You gotta have soul! :)

[SquaredJunior23]

I didn't hear a single "mistake" as you would call it. All the notes he chose were placed strategically and spectacularly with respect to the others and the chord progression. Instrumentalists of his experience use their instrument as an extension of his voice, and he plays exactly what he wants to play. If it doesn't sound good to you, that's your prerogative, or your ear isn't as trained as his. (that's the reality) Both soloists did a spectacular job on this song!

[BRILLIANTCORNRS]

@SquaredJunior23

right there.

[noeliocastro]

TUDO PALHETADO! FANTASTICO!

[billybobs309]

66 people took four

[cym247]

This is a hard song to play it. Because its rhythm is 5/8 and this is a Turkish rhythm. George Benson's all Take Five versions are amazingly successfull.

[DaihatsuPWNage]

it's 5/4 actually :) it isn't really hard to play, you just say not "one two three four one two three four' (4/4), but you say 'one two three one two. one two three one two" (5/4).

you kinda make it as 3/4 + 2/4 , which , both 3/4 (like walz rhyhtm)and 2/4 (like you say one two one two - its very primitive and easy)

Which means, that 5/4 rhythm or time signature isn't really hard to play with.

[SquaredJunior23]

@DaihatsuPWNage or you just feel it man :)

[cym247]

@DaihatsuPWNage one two three one two(5/8) is a Greek form but one two one two three(5/8) is Türkish form.

[BarerMender]

@cym247 Take Five is famous for being in 5/4 time.

[Royzilber]

@cym247 No.

[Billmarch87]

Delicious!

[damfazify]

wow.it doesnt get much better than this

[aerialgymnast10]

One of my all time favorite versions of "Take Five". AMAZING!!!

[flashjazzcat]

4:20 - always knocks me out. :)

[leetheglee3523]

skolnick14jazz/ george is good but not grear let's give it up for the orig. artist. betcha you don't know who that person is. oh yes john coltrane.

[Azimon]

@leetheglee3523 Paul Desmond of The Dave Bruebeck Quartet was the orig. artist.

[cosmicblu3]

:) sorry. wrong video

[cosmicblu3]

Wow. Thank you all.

The purpose of this piece was to demonstrate scales and arpeggios within the positions. I tried to be a little musical.

I'm new to the whole chord soloing idea.

Your right, I've slowed down quite a bit. Also, I'm sticking to the melody.

[ikcarter]

most badass m'fer ever who went for the ca$h.

[jacobvids]

Oh my!  This is amazing!

[themadaboutmusic]

Nice jam, but still prefer listening to Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Joe Morello's original 'Take five'.

When it comes to jazz, speed is NOT always mean 'cool' . The way Wes Montgomery slided his fingers along the frets was genuinely 'cool'.

[StratSenior]

@themadaboutmusic Speed may not always mean "cool", but it damn sure does when you're playing the stuff George is playing here. I love Wes, but this is straight-up AMAZING guitar playing anyway you look at it- lyrical, swinging, bluesy, harmonically rich. Plus- rich or poor,

George is just as amazing now as ever.

[paulostroff99]

Lovely playing.TY Jazzaudrey for posting.

[deadmanprodinc]

Not really wrong notes just different modes of scales that encompass passing notes that fit in a way of their own. Thus creating the sound you come to know .....as jazz.

[pjrs78]

Man, that's the cocaine soloing!

[derailleur2]

@pjrs78 Dude- if it were that simple, people like you would be able to do this..... time to get a clue about music maybe...

[bradleyt1]

Incredible on so many levels...

[superjam18]

BadMammajamma

[splashysplatter]

i think he's miming to a backing track on this one.

[ChrisDrummer12]

what a way to fuck up the original song :(

[sambaboy77]

@ChrisDrummer12 umm disagree with ya!! either you play the drums or not ....he runs the scale up and down the fret in an amazing speed and accuracy! YOU WOULDN'T KNOWanything about that!!! one of the most accomplisehd musicians!! what is your name again???

[ptanenbaum]

that solo is sick



[flutzzz]

Nothing will ever beat the Dave Brubeck Quartet, but Benson gives Take Five a different energy with this one; very bubbly but prevailingly mystical and sexy is the only way I can put it in words...

[ch1215]

5/4 time signature?

[ilPiace]

@ch1215  ya

[dixxjamm]

I think that guitar filled a complaint about being raped by Benson at the end of that song...the charges were dropped when thousands of eye-witnesses said that all they saw was a man posessed with lust and love who just made incredible love to his guitar...the guitar then realized that he had misunderstood Benson and continued to be "abused" by him for years to come....

[CopMovi]

@dixxjamm ......or maybe Benson loved the guitar, and the guitar loved Benson.

[Seym9]

@dixxjamm Great comment man !!

[ladyfuschia]

@dixxjamm HA!! Love it!!

[tuckerdgreat]

@dixxjamm Well said....being a big George Benson fan and seeing him numerous of times....i could not have put it better

[Subbree]

@dixxjamm Just replaced the "he" with "she" for the guitar, that seems more appropriate ;P

[zmyboo]

I like Dave Brewbeck better

[K1ngswagga96]

@zmyboo Well too bad, This is a George Benson Page..

[donnadw]

This is just amazing.

[wongwok]

Simply amazing !! WOW Could listen to that all day. Nice arrangement. Great talent.

I really appreciate what it takes to do this.



[wongwok]

Simply amazing !! WOW Could listen to that all day. Nice arrangement. Great talent.

[kanrihan77]

george never hits "wrong" notes

he just goes back a few bars when you are not lookin ..and fixes em up!...lol

[ricardo7338]

orale muy buen sonido

[stratplayer5769]

I never knew the George Benson was that sick this is awesome thanks for the post

[cutiepie1905]

My man George !!!!! Jazz r/b soul guitarist Jese Asbell

[ScarletUtopia]

wow.



[BrutalCover]

Jeez man, the ones who didn't like this must jealous or restarded...his solo is real art !

[fleagle3100]

He may have hit a wrong note but he sure hit many many right ones too. this is the high art of improvisation my friends. enjoy it cause there will never be another GB.

[OneGhostN83]

Beautiful...



[aslekay]

He's like the john coltrane of the guitar, just Fucking everywhere

[telboytart]

fucking awsome.

[EdiEllerymissing]

Pero que atascado!

[xXironraiderXx]

even if there WERE wrong notes, I'd sell both nuts to be able to play like this... (ok maybe just one)

[robppc]

@xXironraiderXx Yep id sell both your nut to play like this :)

[lickedhand]

(complete gibberish)

"I say that when actually I wanted to say..."

lol

He shreds too. Best jazz guitarist out there.

[spotthatruth1]

Man he is feelin that

[ralphaaron1]

fuck you man how can you said that they are playing wrong notes?

don't you know about improvisation?

[rarch1968]

Far out George!!!! Cosmic indeed...his soloing pushes the entire band to greater heights.

[snuffelsuf]

YOU ARE "WRONG" about there being "wrong" notes

[TIMMYDEEZ]

ATTENTION!! THERE IS NEVER A WRONG NOTE IN MUSIC AS LONG AS YOU CAN RESOLVE IT. THAT IS THE POINT!!

[MrNeilpeartfan]

@TIMMYDEEZ Thank you

[harveydents]

@TIMMYDEEZ  espically outside notes mate!

[barnaby12345]

Stanley Banks - bass Michael O'Neill - guitar Bubba Bryant - drums David Garfield - keys Barnaby Finch - piano

amazing guitar by George Benson

[dommyb11]

Oh man I'm so glad i stumbled upon this video!! I'm finding more and more african american guitarists who I like every day. Who would've thought....

[beany1324]

@dommyb11 racist much? Why wouldn't you have thought you'd like African american guitarists? George Benson Is Amazing!

[dixxjamm]

What's if you guys with the wrong notes ???? With that groove, emotion and virtuosity, who gives a shit if he did hit a note that sounded a little off ?

[yuinooyatsu]

ナベサダっすね！

[montes707]

Also Sadao...yea..coming wit dem secky tiemz

[montes707]

Man, George put on a pentatonic clinic on this one...such cool sounds emanating from his body

[kpkpdeyahoodee]

five beat rythm makes a four legs creature like me CRAZY. go on like this.

[kpkpdeyahoodee]

sounds like music of my favourite tiny island DOMINICA, (not DomRep). But performed by a BIG WORLD GUITARIST!!!!!

G R E A T MU S I C

[frosty956]

I like a range of musical styles. But this is just pure cool. A great musical achievement, which I love to hear.

[tgy07]

5:12 look at the Bassist LOOOL :D

[pretorious700]

I like that he fucks up the turnaraound @ 1:09-at least he's human.

[RCColer]

Is that Carlos Vega on drums? :-)

[michael67612]

how can you dislike this...some people are either extremely ignorant or just have no taste

[senna01]

Is that prick making fun of Al Jarreau ?

[valreshel]

Thanks a million for posting ur videos, they r bad and bring me ultimate joy and relaxation, tranquility, hipness and Light. Blessings and Peace to you. Love it!

[rayj1013]

the best jazz guitarist ever. period.