John Mayer & Christ Botti - In The Wee Small Hours (HQ)

[GeoffreyTMusic]

2:51 you can see just a tuner on the floor. Nothing fancy just soft and sweet.

[TheNick08]

Why am I just now finding this amazing John Mayer performance?

[MultiNcHan]

nice one...love it

[Beaglesock]

I'd murder my own sibling, to be as good as John Mayer at guitar.

[TheTwistedmistr]

Chris Botti and John Mayer should make a CD together.

[TheTwistedmistr]

6 people don't know music... I appreciate the fact that John Mayer actually likes to branch out and become accustomed to other genres. That's what being a successful musician is all about.

[HorvathsGirl]

I love Chris Botti and John Mayer together. They do great work! Chris Botti's band is FIRE you guys, just trust me on this!

[kennedysquared]

This is an absolutely beautiful cover. Ol' Blue Eyes would be proud.

[f1khamba]

This is one hell of a collaboration between Botti and Mayer. Absolutely fantastic and delightful.

[YounGun88]

awesome solo



[blues970123]

2:39 is when everyone jizzed there pants!!!

[jacoboy123]

2:10 and on is gold

[drummersulli]

@jacoboy123 I love the backbeat that kicks in for like 4 measures right at 2:10. Great musicianship from the set player and the chords are GORGEOUS.

[minenu11]

Is there anything that this man isn't brilliant at. Detractors aside, (who cares), he is truly an amazing muso. Kudos. This music is so thick and creamy you could swim through it. As that wanker Letterman says in the clip......that was great.

[TWTRose]

john mayer isnt a jazz musician! jesus, you people. He's giving it a go, hes blues, acoustic and pop.

[kizzeesamantha123]

he sounds great but Michael buble hands down is the best jazz singer

[SoySauceBuyer]

maybe John can have a try in jazz !

[Jaylasplenty]

This is so smooth...good Lord. It's like smoothness pouring all over...holy sweetness.

[oaklandtobangkok]

that was terrible

[Timvankester]

John Legend @ 2:59 :D

Great tone as always.

[fally4848rose]

i love John mayer but cried wen i heard he made some racist comments, but i hope hes sincerely sorry

[gibsonguy625]

@fally4848rose Oh, shut up.. pussy.

[fally4848rose]

@gibsonguy625 REALLY

[gibsonguy625]

@fally4848rose hahaha

[fally4848rose]

@gibsonguy625 you need to go get some help

[Bosch9792]

That guitar is too red for my computer to handle.

[elinafaj]

latterman?????? sou brasileira, e odeio o swr. letterman!!! sem comentários!!!!!!!

[thomas08380]

i played this over and over again!!!!

about 30 times tonight i think!!

[japanesesen]

WHAT A VOICE....YOU ARE AMAZING!! WHAT A TEAM TOGETHER...WOW!!! THIS IS SO GLORIOUS..... I LOVE YOU BOTH SO... MUCH. HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

[jordonwade1]

everyone keeps talking about sinatra and i don't get it. if you wanna listen to another sinatra, why are you watching this video?

[jadenichikawa]

at the end bass guys like how bout me hahaha

[davemhennessy]

This is absolute magic. Almost made me cry. John Mayer (and Chris Botti) covering Sinatra may be the best thing that's ever happened to music.

[mintyaero]

Where can I get this track? Which album is it from? Amazing. A classic song done SO well.

[HRHMychael]

I'm always impressed how into the music is John Mayer. You can tell that it is just rolling through him. It is amazing to watch. I actually have this track and was playing it, but then I just paused it to come on YouTube and watch it live.

[jenniferlantigua]

So nice, so smooth :)

[kpL7weenie]

in the first 5 seconds of the song i clicked 'like'

[dude9521]

A gibson L-5 through a dumble. doesnt get much better than that...

[capdeelite61]

This is beautiful music..wow..I would by an album..oops cd of these standards played by these guys.

[epicalice]

man that guitar tone is awesome.

[BryceShuster]

What a beauty of a Guitar. And that trumpit tone. Oh man!

[sika241124]

the 6 retards who unlike this video must die burnt :(( how come they dislike this pure awesomeness !!

[misteranonymousguy]

tasty guitar and horn!

[COLOradoisCOOL]

SWEET!

[gshuda22]

It's Chris... not Christ. Lol.

[Ladybug1923]

Perfection

[kisulik777]

omg hes sooo hot!

[PoprocksCk]

@kisulik777 Glad to see you're so touched by the music.

[maggymayi2]

Truly beautiful and smooth, I love John's guitar as much as Chris on horn!

[steadric]

@maggymayi2 its a trumpet

[englwood47]

@steadric a trumpet has a horn stupid.

[MrAlfredocolon]

@englwood47 you mean it is a horn

[geezloueeze]

He' a wee small hours of the peaceful, quiet morning kind of guy. I'm sure this song speaks to him very well indeed.

[browneee07]

John Mayer's crooning has me swooning...<3

[capdeelite61]

omg..I love this..crooner Mayer!!yeah!!

[Leovanderent]

I love John Mayer's version. How do you like mine? :)

watch?v=RjjANH1zTMk

[awaldoster]

killer trumpet and guitar playerrrs!!!!!!

[EojElhok56]

is that denzel washington on the drums?

[suzukitoshiyuki1]

silk, smooth as silk.....

[russman6543]

Awesome. Mayer @ 2:39

[Passiej90]

I love the bit where Botti and Mayer harmonize for just an instant. Those two instruments sound so lovely together. I wish they would do an EP together or something.

[alexrempel12390]

I wish John would do an album of Jazz Standards.. Mmmm..

[jaypens92]

@alexrempel12390 i could definitely see him doing that in his later years

[liamwilson123]

@alexrempel12390 he will.

[nattiePL]

love you Chris ;)

[lpdrengen]

love the trompetist Melvin Davis... you should check out some of the stuff i made with Lee Ritenour... especially "Papa was a rolling stone" live version... it's awesome!!!

[TheFremen087]

The only thing about Mayer performing these songs is that his voice just isn't as strong and full as Sinatra's, but he's still able to capture the mood and feeling of the song, which makes for a GREAT performance along with Botti and Kilson.

[Mrmidtown1]

billy kilson on the drums everyone.. dude can KILL it no pun intended

[macca3666]

What kind of guitar is Mayer playing?

[RLewis15]

gibson L5

[dumapies]

anyone can suggest more songs in this style? i love this music but i don't know much about it

[mhazani]

Check out music performed by Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack - that's really the epitomy of "The Golden Age of Songwriting", as it's called...

If you're into pop/rock artists' covers of these songs, definitely take a look at Sting's version of this song, and Bono/Sinatra's "I've Got You Under My Skin", among many others... But really, just youtube Sinatra. You'll hit gold.

[mishiXox]

well if you like country theres plenty artist like john mayer, not as goof but yeah,, and well you will love frank sinatra if you like blues like chris botti

[jack60r]

Jimmy Collum, Michael Bublé, Mario Biondi for today. Chet Baker, Mel Tormé, John Hendricks, and many many others for yesterday. Good listen!

[PoprocksCk]

@dumapies Get the album, In the Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra. It's an album full of songs in this style.

[Veyron1333]

Sinatra and Mayer are my favorite musicians this is pretty awesome

[hendrix035]

You can give a blues man a standard and a hollow body guitar, but you can't make him play jazz, haha

[BrannonMcConkey]

True. You have to do your homework (not generally speaking..very specifically for jazz) to join the jazz realm. And it ain't easy.

[bjhMus1C]

@hendrix035 what are you talking about? john mayer's a jazz guy.

[LikeUwhereThere]

I love the way our bodies are designed to move when either playing or listening to music. Sound waves are such a gift.

[orpheus06]

1:08 Jim Carrey??? lol

[DirtRidrS]

?????

[gregsobekofficial]

he's a jew.

[wwonka52]

going to see chris botti friday night. hope he has surprise guest like john mayer or sting or josh .groban.(at tanglewood in MA.)

[CherryBurstLesPaul]

I would do almost everything for a guitar like that! Man what a tone!

[MarekCartoonJay]

it's in his fingers man...thats even worse

[stylerkidpro]

get yourself 10000$

[huntress1863]

John Mayer + Chris Botti= AWESOME!

They've also done "Glad to Be Unhappy" on the Tonight Show w/Jay Leno, and that was also very good. Both of them very fantastic musicians, and very long careers ahead of them.

[1122Dragon]

they also did the same song in "Chris Botti in Boston", very great performance

[timijai22]

i saw them do it on PBS. absolute class.

[jamescaldicott]

just response to the why his so jazzed influence, I would imagine Berkley had something to do with it, but although he has always heavily leaned into blues and the modes that come with it, hes shown diverse love for you m.davis and coltrane, even w.montgomery, scofield, methany etc.

[StockholmSyndrome08]

Its Berklee, and your probably right, they love jazz there, some students say to an annoying point.

[Pippin83]

Picture this concert:

John Mayer

Rufus Wainright

Chris Botti

Norah Jones

[BrandonCronin]

Brilliant.

[HeartBeatOfYourLife]

I absolutely love the combination of the jazz and the blues. My two favourite genres. Perfection!

[MiCkalls]

That is beautiful.

[YourHamsandwich]

kinda awesome how he mixed the bluesy style in this song that is a total diffrent style (dnno how to name it)

sounds friggin sweet

[SocketST]

just beautiful and perfect

[thegeneral011]

suchhhhhh a beautiful sound.

[Rees473]

LOVE John's L-5!! Beautiful!

[attributionerr]

fuckin fabulous

[julianplessing]

bäääääääh mielda

[aaronjordan010388]

tuck andress guitar hehe

[novan08]

mayer's guitar... is sublime. tone n all.

[matteo19]

whys the other guys guitar so pixellated

[callmeic]

camera focus is my guess

[BABITCH]

i like mayer, but he's got nothing on Sinatra when it comes to singing this song

[marc844]

As always people think it is a competitiion. No one has anything on Sinatra. Mayer can sing and play about 4 different genres with ease. He has no mob connections and does not drink a bottle of scotch a night. Next to that he is probably the most talented musician that I have seen in my lifetime.

[JilaX]

Versatility =/= Talent.

[JilaX]

Love this version nonetheless,

however. These aren't to be mixed.

[BryceShuster]

i wish i had 9 grand for a L-5

[coryz73]

don't we all? lol

[royceyraa]

I hate Letterman, he's such a self absorbed idiot.

get some actual ability, or charisma or something please

[alexrempel12390]

I can't believe how much John just sprints across the face of music. Playing his Pop from Your Body is a Wonderland to his blues like Out Of My Mind to being featured with Kayne West and Fallout Boy to playing Jazz on the Tonight Show.. man. He's just killing it these days.

[funktabulous]

great frank sinatra cover!

[funktabulous]

that gave me goose bumps! i know he's pop. but he really should do more jazz and blues. like this one. either way. he's amazing!

[TylerDurden1027]

he's leaning towards more blues and jazz these days, so you may get your wish.

[akaphs]

try the John Mayer Trio album...

and listen to more on Continuum than what is played on the radio... you hear that he DOES lean more towards blues and jazz

[TylerDurden1027]

yup, john mayer trio is one of my favorite albums

[guitarskater11]

he always has leaned more towards jazz..well with chord choices and stuff he just put it into a pop song

[BrannonMcConkey]

You know, most people are too fucking stupid to realize this. I can't count how many bandwagon teeny boppers speak poorly of his early music (undoubtedly bc they heard someone else share the sentiment) and usually mention something along the lines of "now he's playing his true music" or something hopelessly uninformed. I'm certain they can't play the guitar. Good guitarists realize how amazing his song structure was before he started "soloing". I have little patience for these people.

[guitarskater11]

Yup?...

[BrannonMcConkey]

Is that a question? I'm sorry, i'm confused. Did you mean to hit reply for my comment?

[StockholmSyndrome08]

Well said, 'St. Patricks Day' from Room For Squares is a perfect example for me.

[BrannonMcConkey]

Absolutely. Great example.

[timijai22]

@BrannonMcConkey Well put. Bravo.

[Museonaut]

@BrannonMcConkey i don't understand what you're talking about

[ddavinn]

@BrannonMcConkey i agree with you, but i dont understand what u are talking about.. but i know its good.. :p

[MrAshtonRenae]

@BrannonMcConkey I doubt that most even know he left Berkley school of music too. I came across this b/c I'm obsessed with Chris Botti, this is a perfect duo.

[jamescaldicott]

listen to wheel - thats probably the closest to commercial jazz hes put out - that song drips with class.

[kleinball]

more jazz please john

[trinidadian]

this man is the dreadest! And he evens sounds like FRANKIE

[iKhiavDim]

OH GOSH! If he's going this direction for his next album, I already want it!

[jdkjkjdkjdks]

this man is a true musicman, he would fall for every new step that he saw with no hesitation... i loved someone who made a big question mark every time he/she made a new fresh start and not dwelled on the past. considered him like heath ledger on the movie category.

[KeithZadig]

Sweet bro

[ledguitarist103]

for not having any backround in jazz theory he did an excellent job on this tune. im interested to see how far he can go with this genre of music if he chooses to.

[englwood47]

so classy.

[RobbieBarnby]

this is so nice dont get me wrong i love this love and im a really big fan of john mayer (biggest fan) but i miss him when he was young with his blues, pop and acoustic stuff. jazz.... its beutiful i love it but 4 him i dont no. i do love it when he plays but he s a got a new album coming out and i just kinda hope its the same kind of thing of his other CDs.

great sing though 5/5!

[MEB2812]

i loveeee john mayerrr!!!!!!!

[blindchicken24]

haha haha at 3:57!! how about that guy

[terrytitmouse]

Simply...."WOW"!!!!

[annamariamartha87]

The man can do ANY music style! Pop, jazz, blues etc! Such a good artist

[JustMauro9254]

this makes me wanna holler...

[piinkmusic]

lovely.

^-^

[aleksgarlieTrumpet]

This is very cool!

[foowah7]

Wow, that was awesome.  simply awesome.

[awesomeJWB]

yes it was mark on guitar

[fc7alibi]

Proud to see John has discovered "In The Wee Small Hours" (the album).

[andrew74237]

Was that Mark Whitfield on Guitar?

[joelmacinnes]

mayer can do everything blues, pop, soul, rock and now jazz!! dude is amazing!

[JMfan7]

Not to be a total douche, because I agree with you, but John has been playing jazz for al ong time. most of his songs have a jazz feeling. Neon was inspired by jazz. Again, not to be a dick, because, yeah he rocks.

[DesmondMyersvids]

definetly agree

[Sigmchi]

great guitar, great trumpet Perpect! But His name is Chris Botti Not Christ

[MusicLover2285]

wow, this is a totally different side of John Mayer.Great musician.

[PeteLowes]

I was in the audience. It was such a cool performance. He's a friendly guy too. Met everyone out back after. shook hands and signed shit for ebay. haha...

[mrshoveit]

he updated his blog!omg!lwlz

[Quietneon]

it is frank sinatra...learn your standards

[TChalla90210]

Beautiful.

[Lhillenb18]

That was great. But like he said on his blog, the things he has been recording lately have been much different from anything we have heard. Very much enjoyed it, thanks!

[MWFAN48]

this is completely different from anything i have ever heard john mayer sing!!!! omg! i love it! it reminds me of frank sinatra and other old singers! wow

[PeterZeeke]

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