Very Early - Bill Evans Song by Tom Quayle

[baldinovision]

Well done!

[fibrationboy]

great playing on a great tune.

[Andoni666]

a jam with marshall harrison

[jazzlefty]

nice hybrid  tenique!!

[lonegroover]

Is there a sneaky edit in there at 4:21? Nonetheless, top effort.

[tq105]

@lonegroover Er...nope! Not sure what you're referring to but thanks for the kind comment!

[petitgary]

tom could u please tell me if you are thinking 5 1 on the resolving dominants chordmeaning are u playing altered scales or just chord tones and scales

[ciroguit]

complimenti molto bello

[dave8007]

Lovely liquid style. Fantastic

[nezmaster1]

0:40 is so huge.

[thegreatgarry]

I wonder what's happening in 2:08....

[nezmaster1]

@thegreatgarry Minor mistake. Harmonics slip out every once in a while

[Pablotherapidone]

Genial!!!!!!!!!!

[junrhee]

Holy Smokes!!!

[pswoods]

Hey I don't remember screamin electric guitars on Bill Evans' records. LOL I like this improv very much. Seems like you shed on tunes that are real challenge to play musically on. But you do it - real nice! After hearing your other vids, your new guitar really does sound a lot better. Did you change a lot of other things or just the guitar?

[Kapteinar]

Hey Tom!

What kind of strings do you use? Your legato seems so effortless - holdsworth like.

Great work on this, I hope to be able to play like this some day! Please upload a couple more of these standards, it's so much fun to listen to your take on it :)

[pianomanmty]

@Kapteinar I am pretty sure he uses D'dadarrio 9-42 strings.

[Kapteinar]

That's what I thought too! The tension from the 25,5" neck would be a lot for that kind of legato playing with 10s.

[tq105]

@Kapteinar Hi guys, I actually use 10's. I find the extra tension gives more stability and a better feel for legato.

[lydianguy]

A very tasteful and creative improvisation over one of my favourite artist's pieces. I really dig your tone btw, what are you playing through?

[GuillermoSmyser]

Tom uses a Mesa Boogie Express 5:50 and an Orange 2 12 cab (that he says he doesn't like a lot).

And I imagine he uses the pedals from his demo videos.

[starlinginspector]

Tom, this is unreal, especially as you are not only playing over these difficult changes but doing so with your own personality. Incredible man.

[tq105]

Thanks dude! Looking forward to hearing your take!

[funkbeastbasslover]

the only reason Bill Evans would be turning in his grave would be cause his soul is rocking out to this beast display of musicianship over his awesome work

[Tobbias1]

One More good job...!!!

Thanks !

[diz52nd]

very nice

[atanasshishkov]

Excellent work, I really enjoy it!

Well done as usual, Tom!

Take care,

Atanas

[raidengt8]

amazing my friend

[fiiiikon]

Where are your CD? I Want it NOW!!!

[asscrackben]

This is Insane Tom , so fluid.

Do you know a John Kelly by any chance? From LCM

[tq105]

Yeah I know John. We're good mates. We tend to get together and jam with John playing proper 'manly' jazz lines and me shredding my ass off! I can play jazz when I try really hard! Is he your guitar teacher?

[asscrackben]

Yeah , He's my guitar teacher , he told me you and him are alike haha . But yeah , it's good to know you came from the same place I go to.

[tq105]

John's an amazing player - serious jazz chops! I'm sure he's a great teacher.

[JeanDo]

Wow!Amazing Tom!Clean shred+Great melodies+Great timing = Tom  :D

[martinlutherkingIII]

tom that is too sick man, really fluid and smooth I loved it.

[Splatter1]

Smooth, fluid, and tasteful as always. The only thing missing was stuffed sheep...

[iamrichlol]

I need that HD video quality! what are you using to record Tom?

[tq105]

An Xacti HD700 camera. Pretty cheap but good HD camera.

[iamrichlol]

it looks nice, am I able to link the camera up as a webcam, and use it directly on iMovie, the same way i would use the built in camera?

Definitely considering getting one now

[Liviolamonea]

Very good! :-)

[derrylgabel]

Wow Tom, that was great man! Very melodic...I would think Bill would have enjoyed it too : )

[billmeedog]

Derryl, you too are a "smoking player," and I must assume that you two "legato-gods" have a mutual-admiration-society going with each other!!!

Tom is a great musician, a great teacher, and a great person!!!

[ralggtr]

BTW, what are you using to get that tone ?

[tq105]

Just guitar straight into a mesa boogie express 5:25 head and orange 1x12 cab mic'd up with an SE electronics SE3. Recorded straight into logic. Thanks for the kind words!

[ralggtr]

Congratulations !! Your playing is terrific !! Great phrasing and scale/arpeggio use...

[Pete130662]

Lovely stuff!!..

Terrific phrasing on this...and what a great touch...!

Really enjoyed this Tom!

Cheers

Pete

[BrighamHB]

Awesome improv! Nice flow, nice feel and killer licks.

[nickkellie]

sounds terrific Tom!

[tq105]

Cheers Nick!

Hope all is well with you!

[fcubic]

Very fluid playing Tom! Thats a refreshing take on a tune where normally soloists would be really straight arsed and play solos we`ve heard a million times. Thanks for the lovely music.

[tq105]

Thanks Floyd. I love your playing.

All the best,

Tom

[tq105]

Why does Youtube put all my responses together at the top of the page!? So frustrating. Sorry guys - I replied to you all!

[soggybomb]

what pickups do you have in that guitar? i love your tone. also, are you using a pedal, or the overdrive channel on the boogie in your other vids?

[tq105]

Thanks - it's just the guitar straight into the amp on the burn channel. No effects except for a tiny bit of delay from Logic after recording. The pickups are the stock IBZ ones that came with the guitar. Weirdly I hate them! Ha!

[wickedmojo]

I dont know who Bill Evans is, but that was beautiful man!

[tq105]

Thanks! Bill Evans was a phenominal and revolutionary jazz pianist.

[jazzstan89]

you make it look so effortless .. how ?

[tq105]

Um...don't know. If you were to see my face I'm pulling all kinds of crazy faces!!! ;-)

[guitarjakku]

unbelievably inspiring playing as per usual!

[tq105]

Cheers Jack!

[lauriemonk]

Wild man... Did you get to see George's prize yet?

[tq105]

What prize! The man's been keeping secrets from me!!!! No tea for George!

[lauriemonk]

I think not... pop on your three second kettle and check out the prize!

[tq105]

Ah! The teapot! I can't wait to see it. What an awesome idea!

[GuillermoSmyser]

I LOVED what you did around 4:18

[GuillermoSmyser]

Wow, I love it! Your tone is amazing. You sound plenty "convincing" here. Traditionalists would only be mad because you can make this sound awesome and they have a bit more trouble doing so.

[lauriemonk]

LOL... so true!

[tq105]

haha! I like that a lot! Thanks...

[redhairedstepchild]

bill evans writes some great changes :) rhscheryl nyc

[tq105]

He sure does! I think he's written some of my favourite changes to play over.

[redhairedstepchild]

hope we can jam one day t :)

[tq105]

That'd be fantastic! I went to New York in 2004 and I'd love to go back. If I do we should hook up for a jam!

[rodpico]

amazing job my friend!!!!

[tq105]

Cheers!