Bireli Lagrene @ North Sea Jazz - 'Cherokee'

[fabin00b]

5.20-5.24. Is it a known lick or just a lick Bireli invented and uses very often in his improvisations?

[BlindTom61]

Holy shit!!! Unbelievable...

[NLisi55]

Lagrene is so far ahead of us in time, his playing is beyond compare

[smuffjules]

@NLisi55 incredible knowlege and technique...sometimes lets taste get away from him....one of my faves though

[ShimoOwnzU]

:0

[terrryc]

The guy's comping in and of itself is worth the price of admission......WHAT A SUPERB GUITARIST!!!!

[heidistevenson]

Amazing - a fair amount of Tal Farlow influence in his solo - but he's definitely got his own thing going. Rhythmically, this is nothing short of a marvel. 

[jpcannavo]

Bireli is like some extragalactic mutant with an 100 foot brain who was sent the discography of every guitarist from Django to Benson, and comes down to earth. I saw him live in NYC in the 90's (I think). It was like watching someone bench press 6000 lbs - but a whole lot more engrossing! Right up there with having seen Sonny Stitt live.

Joe

[MiCompre]

I remember playing this with a sax player right next to my ear! He almost deafened me, covered my guitar with spittle, and the stink that came out the sax was like real bog-breath! He could play though for sure. I wasn't as good as BL though... Would you believe that?

Lol! Great stuff.

MC

[rubine24]

faaascinatingg! ^.^

[xXironraiderXx]

BEAST

[andocrates]

people rip on kenny G because they think it's cool - kenny g got his start by playing with black artists like Barry White and in funk and fusion bands. The fact that he went commercial and is the most popular instrumentalist in the world is just business.

[andreja56]

monster players



[mr12note]

Kenny G is part of that smooth jazz? - whatever you what to call it (commercial junk)

This is real tone with something to say!

Cheers

[johnnylance]

Who's Kenny G?

[Deathbunny14]

Hehe, 20,005. I'm watching a futuristic interpretation of modern-day Gypsy Jazz.

[EddieVanhangover]

Wish Bireli would tour the USA

[GPHawk1]

@EddieVanhangover

wish he would play the Ottawa Jazz Fest this year. Maybe he'll be at the Montreal Jazz fest though...

[brayjas222]

Bireli is slammin'...

[121649able]

just SMOKING solos!

[jazzharmonie]

Jazz Forever

[hymnal1]

..am i the only cat that slows this way down?!

[88naka]

well... they used to play this at 220-300 since Bird time :).

[fenderfreak1]

wow. serious props

[singana1]

what's a saxophoon

[BillRayDrums]

Damn you! Stop making me laugh..... 8D

[rogerferrer2]

Beautiful coltrane's lick at 2;03..

[ak47mustang]

"They know all the Coltrane and Bird licks but have their own sound, a mixture of Coltrane and Bird."

haha

[rockfieldstone]

bireli..whew

[aKnightInTunisia]

Fucking Beastly!!!

[tokugijoo]

Lagrene is a savage.

[handsomerobbie91]

beast! i like it a lot.

[markus180963]

Superb - Birelli - always stretching the boundaries in his technique and phrasing. Thanks! M

[drum253]

Check out Bill cosby 's story of playin this song with Sonny Stitt, it's here on you tube as "Bill cosby's drumming gig with sonny stitt"

Very entertaining!

[KreatorOfDeath1985]

"With the drum sticks n' the pap pap diddly pap n' the WOW zib zab dubidy dab!"

i can only imagine

bill cosby with drums

[iNtIInTi]

cool

[BodaciouslyHST]

The soprano's tone is too much kenny g and not enough Wayne Shorter.

[BassThrasher]

Agreed, hate that tone.

It's a good version nonetheless.

[kingclarinet]

Agree but Frank wolf shows much more musichianship, theory, and experience a.s.o than kenny g and dave koz :P

[ricaard]

I agree there; he's much more fun to listen to than G...

[thejazzman8]

you lose all credibility when you put Kenny and G in the same sentence

[Pewpshmear]

@thejazzman8 kenny garrett

[thejazzman8]

he's got some good stuff i suppose

[ionahoopii]

He really tore this one up.

[alejandrojazzmetal]

magnifica version.

[lemotoftheweek]

Bireli 'fuckin' Lagrene!

[xMiloTheGreatx]

I've always, always, always loved Bireli's version of Cherokee. He's a monster.