Ed Bickert Trio - "Lollipops and Roses"

[j6449663]

Ed Bickert is the greatest chord melody player ot the 20th century.

[exjazzbassbaz]

this is great .ed is underrated nice sound lovely player.don thompson what can you say brilliant bassist one of the best. many thanks

[occhei1]

ed bickert =Bill evans ...che classe!!

[jazz1bro]

What musical class!

[westurnswang]

When I look for jazz guys playing Teles, I always come back to Ed. His tone and touch are so good. Hs is sound is so mellow and smooth with just a hint of the sparkle that teles provide, even before he installed the humbucker.

Swang on,

[loren1283]

no applause!

[ken455]

wonderful - thanks for posting!

[earthimage1]

To me, Ed stands as one of the finest and, unfortunately, most under-appreciated jazz guitarists of our time. Many of my fellow players simply dismissed him because of his choice of instrument. While a Tele is not high on the list of jazz guitars, he coaxes a rich tonality out of it. Far more important than the instrument was his subtle relaxed approach to the inner motion of the passing notes in the chords. In harmonic terms, he matched the master of subtlety, Jim Hall. This is a fine track!

[jazzlefty]

how did Ed got that jazy sound with a tele?? somebody give me a clue!

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

It's not uncommon. Check out Mike Stern.

I'm a big fan of Ed and I played on a Parker solid body for a few years... people were asking me the same question you're asking here!

In the end, I deeply believe that "tone is in the fingers"!

[fretbuzz59]

Any elec guitar can get that basic tone. Just roll off the highs with the tone control--assuming it has one. ;)

[tealightcandles]

That can just end up as mud though, it's much more than that.

[fretbuzz59]

I said any gtr can get that BASIC tone, I didn't say Ed's EXACT tone. Nor did I say roll the highs off all the way. Yes, that would result in mud.

[erod1944]

One of the techniques is to have your crystal-clear amp turned up to a good level, use Chrome-Flat 11's or so and use extremely light finger and pick attacks. Of course, you have to have tuned-in decent tone settings on your "crystal-clear" amp using the tone control on your guitar for final tone-tweeking. Mr. Bickert's right hand technique is breath-holding light and quite amazing.. You can even get a reasonably decent jazz tone from an SG if you work at it The hands are the most important.

[tealightcandles]

Most jazz guys I know don't use flatwounds, Ed didn't either, but roundwound 12s etc.

Tone is in the fingers!

[erod1944]

Thanks for that information. I've developed a usable jazz tone with flats trying to emulate Pat Martino tone but I didn't know about the 12 roundwounds. Tone IS in the fingers and I'm going to try those roundwounds to see if I can fine more of it. Thanks!

[Toppercat]

He listened to the great Ted Greene!!!!

[hmengland41]

You're kidding, right?

[44totalmassretain]

It ain't the guitar...

[tealightcandles]

12s help, but tone is in the fingers, and teles are hugely versatile anyways. Ted Greene never had any trouble either with a tele.

[wordright]

It was such a pleasure to listen to Ed ,Claude and Don Thompson play at George's Spaghetti House in Toronto during the 70's,we were just a bunch of highschool kids getting our fix of some of the greatest Jazz players and music we could ever know,sitting so close to them,I got to know Claude Ranger and spoke many a times to Ed.

I once asked him who was his fav guitarist

he replied " Jimi Hendrix"

That blew me away.Lol

Great memories...These vids will live on.

Thx to whoever posted them.

[griffot]

Great to hear Ed. Is the drummer Terry Clarke maybe?

[wordright]

No it's Claude Ranger,

One of the finest if not "The" greatest " polyrhythmical player in Canada at that time.

Has been an inspirational Drummer to most players that are great today in Canada at least..

And That is the great Don Thompson on Bass.................Say No more....God bless them ,wherever they may be today.

[griffot]

Thanks for that. Thought it may have been Thompson on bass. It's not the clearest video, and I'm watching from Australia (=). I haven't heard of Ranger but it often seemed as if Terry Clarke was on every jazz recording to come out of Canada so it was a real guess on my part. It's a great track, lovely playing all round.

[wordright]

Yeah,

Terry was there all the time.

Claude was a strange guy loved the drums and Jazz unpredictable character and VERY underated. Was also caught up in the alcohol and drug thing.

Most Musicians in Canada still don't know of his whereabouts.But as I said Claude was an inspiration to a A LOT of drummers hitting the big time jazz scene in Canada today.

[thelastnic]

silly to say one player "better" then another. to say breau better then bickert, bickert better then wes, wes better then Les, the good guitarists have own style that seperates them from each other, doesnt make them better. just different. plus the style of music they are playing will contribute to being "better" if you a bopper and hate cool,chances are you will not like cool style muscians. to earn the "better" crown bickert, les, wes, hall, would have to pull a Pete Townsend end of set.

[thelastnic]

come on peeps, you all would love to see bickert jump up and smash his tele into the drums. :) oh, and pete not metal guitarist. but on serious note, it odd that when listening to "newer" guitarists, i just dont dig Lee R, Steve L, Larry C, as much as Wes, Hall, Pass, Bickert, Farlow. Maybe just me but some if sounds too "pop" or more R&B then jazz.

[lukeyfingers]

Incredible that Ed doesn't even glance at the instrument. One of my favorite recordings is a Paul Desmond CD entitled 'Pure Desmond'. This features Ed Bickert in beautiful form and the group of players is all is ears.

[lennybreaugod]

For me i like Ed but Lenny Breau was a better player.Lenny had country,jazz,blues,rock,classi­cal and for jazz subtitution he was a god to.Joe Pass is a god to!

[hallmanjon]

I'm going to disagree with any comment saying someone is a better player than Ed. As good as Ed, sure, but at that level you can't be "better", only different. I love Lenny and he had phenomenal technique, a unique style and a diverse background, but in a jazz setting I'd much rather hear Ed any day of the week.

[jazzbox111]

I totally agree with you. Except I think that Ed had a better musical sensiblity than most jazz musicians in general. So, let alone transcending comparisions, he transcended the instrument too.

[makasoona34]

@hallmanjon Bireli Lagrene in my opinion is the most impressive guitarist, he's just so versatile and every style he plays he has mastered....thats everything from manouche to bebop to classical to fusion to metal...u name it he's done it. and as far as technical skill Bireli is the best........i totally respect ur opinion tho im not arguing it, just stating my opinion....in the end they're both amazing and always a pleasure to listen to.

[stchooligan]

please don't forget flamenco

[lennybreaugod]

ooohhh yeaahh my friend!

[wordright]

Dude ,

It's not about technique or who knows how to play many more styles.

I love Lenny as well ,used to watch him in Yorkville Toronto when I was a kid.

Met Him and Ed.

When I listen to one, my thoughts are within the one playing at the time.

I don't see one better than the other,cause they all have the humbleness that some of us still need to understand.

It's about what you say ,how you say it ,and where it comes from.....and that is The Heart and Soul within......Peace Dude.

[lennybreaugod]

Yeah your right man!

[hmengland41]

See above....

[lazur1]

@lenThe great Lenny often played technically astounding passages that called attention to themselves for how difficult they were. That in itself doesn't make the music 'better', & may take away from the intended effect of the piece as a whole.(I say this as a guitarist who -loves- being amazed at Lenny's skill.) Those techniques,(& all the styles you mention), are within Ed's style, but integrated into one style, his own, & used used only to make the tune move forward, never as 'show-stoppers'.

[skinkusmetalicus]

What Ed does with chords almost defies possibility. If that wasn't enough, he then makes the impossible, impossibly beautiful. Nothing but beauty comes out of his playing.

Watching a master can be inspirational, but watching Ed can be heart breaking, because chances are, you aren't ever going to get this good.

If anyone has any other Ed Bickert, please post.

[MrVader4000]

Heureux d'avoir écouté ce guitariste

Une découverte pour moi...une Télécaster surprenante et un interprétation digne des plus grands.

[noodist]

im a metal head......but this is a great relaxing session.....but i still also enjoi michael angelo batio

[TheBigRoll]

I am a drummer who happened to come across this and I am glad I did...great player, great sound! Its also refreshing not to read any posts from pre adolesent youtubers trying to compare him to some metal head guitarist...must be a drumming thing.

[showhands09]

Here, it looks like he's using telecaster with normal single coil pickup...

How did he get such a BEAUTIFUL sound!!!???

[minor7b5b9]

As they say in golf, "it's the Indian, not the arrow."

[dag146]

No longer active, but a guitar sound all Pickers can't help but love. One of the few guitarist that can make the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Ed Bickert forever...!

Dag146

[loren1283]

Strange he isnt more well known. I guesss most people go for flash over substance.

[tomeflipstaythecrown]

absolutely beautiful playing. just amazing.

[trado63]

grande classe

[guyonguitar]

This Guy is the 1st Telemaster. So inspiring.

[genilcastro]

Ed is simply the best "tele" Jazz sound and feeling you can find a Harmonic Genius..Unbelievable!!!!

thanks for posting

[bigdog3582]

Great Bickert footage. Is this stuff available on DVD anywhere?  Simply Awesome.

[ramonjazzguitar]

So Great!