Ed Bickert Quartet - "You'd be So Nice"

[j6449663]

Happy 79th birthday Mr.Bickert ! You are the best !

[Crabsdonthum]

Amazing sound from Bickert whether he's got a standard tele neck pickup or a humbucker. I like the standard pu best, but that's just my take.

[HERB4441]

very seldom that both piano & guitar are used in a combo setting. Ed got his big break when he was recommended to Paul Desmond by Jim Hall to use Ed Bickert as his guitarist. They ended up making three albums together, & would have made more had it not been for Desmond's death from lung cancer. He & Ed were both chain smokers, but Ed quit smoking after Desmond's death.

[hmengland41]

The drummer is Buff Allen, BTW. (and Neil Swainson on bass, Rick Wilkins on tenor, as noted elsewhere). Beautifully made, tasty music....

Ed Bickert is alive and well and healthy, just retired from playing. And that's a loss for all of us.

[lexo30]

@hmengland41 I agree that it's a loss for us that Ed Bickert has retired, but since way too many jazzmen have died too young from burnout, I'd prefer that Mr. Bickert has a happy old age than that he goes too soon. It's not like he hasn't left us a treasure of great recordings already.

[StandardSam1]

SUPERB!!! No matter how many listenings. I think Ed is the greatest guitar player ever.

[jazz1bro]

Deep swinging!

[theretheyare65]

I love his voicings

[Hoopermazing]

Meh...

[marcelcelmar]

the best jazz guitar tone in history........his phrasing, fell, time everything is done with taste.....love ed

[jazzlefty]

love it, and he never spent on d angelicos, gibsons and fancy guitar, jazz is on his fingers, no doubth!

[campfirecrooner]

Nice quartet. I like the way the drummer has his cymbals up high to make them more accessable. Is this Joe Lavano on tenor? The sax is great and adds a lot to the guitar phrasing. Bring back this kind of jazz to nighclubs please.......

[bausin]

Rick Wilkins on tenor.

[sitarnut]

I honestly don't know why people's minds don't explode out of their skulls when they hear Ed... in my top ten favorite Lps from five decade collection is "PURE DESMOND"- like fellow below- it's simply mind shattering!

Ed is Bill Evans on Guitar.....

[jazzbox111]

I totally agree with you, I think that he is the greatest player in terms of enjoyablity and digestable sophisitication. I mean every thing he plays sounds just right, not trying to prove anything, just got lots of nice ideas and enjoying sharing them:very much like bill evans.

[ogriirgo]

Ha! Well put!! I agree entirely. He's top of my list.

[melrhyne]

@sitarnut

Mine does-EVERYTIME!

[yew2ewb]

What a great observation by grtplyr013, that Bickert thinks like Bill Evans on guitar.

I never knew why Ed wasn't hugely famous outside Canada, even outside Toronto, for that matter. One of the true giants.

[loren1283]

MAGIC!

[hanzle]

a very young neil swainson on bass! Nice!

[MarioMoreno]

young neil or neil young??? lol

[lukeyfingers]

One of my fave records of all time is entitled 'Pure Desmond'- a Paul Desmond recording featuring Ed on guitar. It really is pure, honest jazz at it's best- it's an amazing session where Ed plays his butt off.

[jazzsensei]

One of my mentors mentioned Ed at a Christmas party and I Googled him and can't believe that ...I never heard of him...Ed IS "the real deal"

[arielplayer88]

Who needs a piano when you've got ed bickert!

[HiFiApartment]

true words!

[gtrplyr013]

for many years I wore Ed's records out.. his comping is so there and his playing is very melodic and understated. He literally thinks like Bill Evans on guitar...

[Room2350]

Ed is great! He is like Jim Hall with a telecaster!

[benjazz84]

a great underrated musician... thanks for uploading

[Putytand]

This is jazz.

[steveykeeffe]

Beautiful, thanks for posting.

[Putytand]

oh that is absolutely amazing. Bickert is just wonderful

[DustinGuitar]

whoooaaaaaaaaa ed videos! this is such a treat, he's unsurpassed in the style

[Jon00Wesley00Harding]

Ed, Oscar, Maynard, Olliver, and Lenny. There's all kinds of ridiculously good Jazz from Canada

[davidleitman]

so true

[demtune]

What a smooth player and what a great tone on his Tele.

[matguitare]

ed was one of my first influence when i was studying,,love is sound, sweet comping, phrasing, very great, canadian jazz all the way

[johngolden]

Way cool, BABY!

[ElTaqui]

Thank you for sharing this videos....more, more, more, more!!!!

Please

[dag146]

What a wonderful service you have done for all us Ed Bickert fans.  Should you run into anymore of Ed's stuff I'm sure we'd all love to hear it.

Dag146

[loungecruz]

excellent!

[Guit7Jazz]

Bravo more Ed please!