I went to see George Van Eps playing and he was so amazing I got to meet him and got him drunk, and then he flew away with his massive wings. He was and became like a guitar playing Batman. Wonderful stuff.
@steveey251 I was attacking your ineptness to actually write a proper sentence. Why and when would it ever be funny, for George Van Eps' playing to be amazing?
@Threepwoodist So my "ineptness" to write a proper sentence offended you in some way? and you felt it necessary to let me know of this? There's such a thing as the expression "So good it's not even funny". I don't understand what your problem is, grammar police I guess...
@steveey251 No it didn't offend me, it annoyed me. You have a right to free speech, and you can't even write properly, which means you can't talk properly. Yes I am the grammar police, and you have been charged with breach of the peace ha.
East Gipsy's (or Russian) guitar have not only a different tune, but it have a special repertoire. Lot of pieces was composed for 7-string guitar and can't be performed on 6-string guitar (without adaptation). This kind ofguitar have a geniuses and heroes.
So 7-string guitar is another world , another planet in a music universe.
Russian (Russian Gypsies) 7-string guitar have a different tune: (7 to 1): D - G - B(H) - D - G - B(H) - D. But George van Eps guitar (like Bucky and John Pizzarelli's) 7-string guitar is based on standard 6-string tune with additional 7th bass string
Russian (Russian Gypsies) 7-string guitar have a different tune: (7 to 1): D - G - B(H) - D - G - B(H) - D. But George van Eps guitar (like Bucky and John Pizzarelli's) 7-string guitar is based on standard 6-string tune with additional 7th bass string
Unbelievable. I'd never heard him play before -- just knew the name off-hand. Both the performance and the arrangement are phenomenal. How come this guy wasn't more broadly known and listened to? It's like he's playing this for a cultural evening at a retirement home.
Does anyone know the name of the piece and whether there is some sort of transcription or tabs for it (maybe from Van Eps himself)? I'd love to try to understand the voicings he is using.
I met George Van Eps at Steamers Jazz club in Fullerton Ca. He was playing there and I got to sit with him and Ron Echete,and Terrance Love, the owner, on there brake. He was so amazing and the stories he knew. George Gershwin was his fathers accompanist. He learned piano from the young Gershwin and music theory and harmony. There is more to the story but it was such an honor to sit with this amazing giant in guitar. Two weeks later George died from Pneumonia. .
we need transcriptions of his work, amazing artist!
earsoup 2 months ago
что за придурок поставил дислайк?
NikaSniper 3 months ago
What's the name of the tune? Anyone know?
PriceCase 4 months ago
I went to see George Van Eps playing and he was so amazing I got to meet him and got him drunk, and then he flew away with his massive wings. He was and became like a guitar playing Batman. Wonderful stuff.
Threepwoodist 9 months ago
This shit is so unbelievable it's not funny at all.
steveey251 9 months ago
@steveey251 It was never funny, stop acting like a retard.
Threepwoodist 9 months ago
@Threepwoodist Whoa there, hostile much?
steveey251 9 months ago
@steveey251 I was attacking your ineptness to actually write a proper sentence. Why and when would it ever be funny, for George Van Eps' playing to be amazing?
Threepwoodist 9 months ago
@Threepwoodist So my "ineptness" to write a proper sentence offended you in some way? and you felt it necessary to let me know of this? There's such a thing as the expression "So good it's not even funny". I don't understand what your problem is, grammar police I guess...
steveey251 9 months ago
@steveey251 No it didn't offend me, it annoyed me. You have a right to free speech, and you can't even write properly, which means you can't talk properly. Yes I am the grammar police, and you have been charged with breach of the peace ha.
Threepwoodist 9 months ago
@Threepwoodist Good for you. The inability of most people to form a coherent, logical, properly spelled and punctuated sentence drives me batshit.
olafbigandglad 2 months ago
big hands, almost as big as Tal Farlow's...
rodcrippler 11 months ago
@OakPark11MileRd
East Gipsy's (or Russian) guitar have not only a different tune, but it have a special repertoire. Lot of pieces was composed for 7-string guitar and can't be performed on 6-string guitar (without adaptation). This kind ofguitar have a geniuses and heroes.
So 7-string guitar is another world , another planet in a music universe.
MrAudioProducer 1 year ago
Hoopermazing
Russian (Russian Gypsies) 7-string guitar have a different tune: (7 to 1): D - G - B(H) - D - G - B(H) - D. But George van Eps guitar (like Bucky and John Pizzarelli's) 7-string guitar is based on standard 6-string tune with additional 7th bass string
MrAudioProducer 1 year ago
Hoopermazing
Russian (Russian Gypsies) 7-string guitar have a different tune: (7 to 1): D - G - B(H) - D - G - B(H) - D. But George van Eps guitar (like Bucky and John Pizzarelli's) 7-string guitar is based on standard 6-string tune with additional 7th bass string
MrAudioProducer 1 year ago
this piece is "lap piano"
drollere 1 year ago
Unbelievable. I'd never heard him play before -- just knew the name off-hand. Both the performance and the arrangement are phenomenal. How come this guy wasn't more broadly known and listened to? It's like he's playing this for a cultural evening at a retirement home.
Does anyone know the name of the piece and whether there is some sort of transcription or tabs for it (maybe from Van Eps himself)? I'd love to try to understand the voicings he is using.
mfbown 1 year ago
Not to take any away from George Van Eps, but Russians were playing 7 string guitars 100 years before he ever touched one.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
You can bet Charlie Hunter's transcribed some George licks... Absolutely brilliant!
fiddlercrab3 2 years ago 2
you should check his books, harmonic mechanisms for guitar, wild PRACTICAL stuff, and lots of it
dcehm 2 years ago
7 strung Gretsch?
steve7onfire 2 years ago
i owe this man a lot for the guitar i play today =]
TrustMyDishonour 2 years ago
no kidding hes great. :P
Chainstring 2 years ago
@TrustMyDishonour what do you mean u owe him, you borrow a guitar from Eps and never return it?
enginebooze 2 years ago
HAHA no but that would be awesome....but modern 7 strings wouldn't be as far as they are now without him.
TrustMyDishonour 2 years ago
I have heard that George was Ted Greene's teacher.
jonrittmann 2 years ago
No one can touch what George van Eps accomplished as an innovator and virtuoso of the jazz guitar. This is simply astounding.
bluespuppet 2 years ago 6
darn, never knew this old man can swing
ryanz06 2 years ago
His playing style in an incredible amalgamation of classical guitar and jazz!
Pickinbuddy 2 years ago 2
OMG I didn´t know this man was THIS good!!!
he rocks! i loved it!
insaneguitarfreak 2 years ago
This man is amazing
gonzalobarriora 2 years ago
I met George Van Eps at Steamers Jazz club in Fullerton Ca. He was playing there and I got to sit with him and Ron Echete,and Terrance Love, the owner, on there brake. He was so amazing and the stories he knew. George Gershwin was his fathers accompanist. He learned piano from the young Gershwin and music theory and harmony. There is more to the story but it was such an honor to sit with this amazing giant in guitar. Two weeks later George died from Pneumonia. .
lougar1 3 years ago 10
any way to re post with cleaner audio? am grateful for any George but would love to hear him clearly. thanks
cliffworks4321 3 years ago
My teacher, guru and inspiration! A very wonderful video. George could make the mastery of the seven string guitar look so damn easy.
leojstumfph 3 years ago 2
What a great treat to see more of the great Master. Thank you so much for posting
deangelico 3 years ago 2
This is extremely great.
jazzbox111 3 years ago 2
Awesome ! thanks for posting a video of the master
RC
eightstring 3 years ago 2