Barney Kessel "Gypsy in my Soul"

[RobinHood5045]

Great solo, great player. Notice how high he was bending those strings at around 57 seconds!

[generaal9]

Stan Levy on drums.........

[pyschedelicsoldier]

This video is great evidence of why Barnery Kessel grew a beard lol...Btw is that buddy ruch on drums?

[GKacedrummerman]

@pyschedelicsoldier it's Stan Levey

[bluzelovr]

Incredible!

[blackflagskate]

his tone is wicked sick. such a groovy tune.

[ronaskew]

Anyone complaining about the tone should understand that many did not have a clue about how to record guitar in those days.

[thenamesfrancisco]

barney kessel def kicks ass but I don't like his tone

[doubleotwentyone]

Great performance but suspect tuning for sure...

[SethKessel]

Gotta love the Kessel!!

[Pickinbuddy]

What a SMOKIN' trio! Love the sound on that bass....

[iThrashNano]

This song is fucking out of this world

[dan2ez]

Kessel is king

[maxschang1]

I've seen and played that guitar. Strings were impossibly high and heavy. He liked it like that . Really hard to play. He was great. Bless him !!!

[taildragger53]

@maxschang1 Yes, i recall reading that Barney liked his string action very high, which is so rare for jazzers.

George Benson has his strings right on the frets! (ha ha!) Barney was one of the few jazz guitarists who bent his strings, obviously a habit from his rock'n'roll session days with Elvis.

He had a wry sense of humour. I do miss his playing alot.

[aarfeld]

I believe that's Stan Levy on the drums.

[vidimah]

great ******88stars

[thomascray]

Good and sloppy! Go Barney!

[zebopper]

I think maybe taken a little toooo fast...Barney's best at swingin' mid-tempo tunes where he doesn't trip over his fingers trying to play like Tal

[jigawhen]

1 person is all alone in the corner of shame

[jackthehatuk]

Absolutely amazing!

[Robertahausen]

Some people feel that it's only minor talent to play that fast ,well, it sure as hell is when you're using a pick!!!!

[alzhammer1]

good but Victor van Kampen is still the best of all time

[teetosh]

Stan Levy photographer on drums.

[TVMAN1112]

That was ridiculous.......... awesome....

[Murilobuzzard]

Man this drummer is amazing!!!

[buckyskank]

pure soul

[johnybb2000]

dam , i love this and im a blues fan , absolute killer

[stixcat]

Stan Levey great drummer...played the LA studio scene. Also with Dizzy, Bird, Stan Kenton to add a few more big names. 5 star link.

[polkusin]

unbelievable sound. :o

[EdmiJazz]

The master!

[TheJazzpro]

barney is one of my favorite jazz guitarist

[edwardhannaby]

i saw barney in the llangollen jazz festival in the 80s when i was just a kid. what a guy. he let my dad take a picture of me and my brother with him. . and what a musician. so much groove

[guitarpicka1]

Barney...So much drive..energy..groove..He is still my greatsest inspiration..I was lucky enough to meet him and Herb Ellis..one time many years ago...at the Sydney Town Hall after one of their concerts...I`m still STARSTRUCK..!!

[Chrisguy42O]

he really does have a gypsy soul

[4bwana]

Bass Player is William "Buddy" Woodson....a tremendous bass player who played with Sonny Criss, Sammy Davis Jr. and Della Reese...

[4578a]

Goddamn kilogram!

[stratdelux09]

Barney....you have talent....and a future. Could we meet for lunch? Call me.

[jazz1bro]

Very exciting and unpredictable !

[cj1982]

its rare to see barney without his beard!

[AaronWallace]

That first vamp sounds pretty much like Finnish black metal meets the stones.

[OscarPetersonFan]

But some of his licks sound a little bit like rockabilly. Well, everything comes from Django and Charlie Christian...

[giopagoda]

@OscarPetersonFan Eddie Lang too dude, Eddie Lang...

George Van Eps is also a favorite, but a different style, not as influential as Django and Christian (and previously Lang), I agree.

[OscarPetersonFan]

Absolutely right!! Remember that Eddie Lang's and Joe Venuti's recordings were very influential in Reinhardt and Grappelli, respectively. And every jazz guitarrist after Django plays Nuages and Seven Come Eleven, and I'm sure the great George Van Eps too!!

[dimmucoltrane890]

hahahaha

[martymcmillen]

Amen Adurg1! Amen!

[ADURG1]

B to the K in yo face! thanks for posting- what a great band!

[ausgang]

Ripping! Where is the clip from?

[Pickinbuddy]

I'm in heaven!

[DannyDesperate]

I suppose using the pick on the guitar is a bit like playing the piano with two fingers, or a vibraphone with a single mallet? It can be done wonderfully by the experts, but what a lot of wasted effort and fluffed notes along the way...

[Pickinbuddy]

Good point!

[asw34wefdsf]

ahhhhh... why??

[teetosh]

Gigantic hands on Barney. Lot of bass notes thanks to the thumb. Stan Levey on drums before he became a wedding photographer.

[TLPnega]

yeah shit the drummer is awesome. so much for having terribly complicated drum sets. this guy rapes

[cagnetto]

unusual bending, but (of course) amazing rendition

[chooseyourblues]

Awesome, can't stop watching this.

Barney was the man.Drummer is amazing.

[MaximusDowns]

I love the tone he gets out of his guitar, but I wish his notes would be a little more defined

[filmcrew1551]

Any gypsy jazz Oklahomans here want to jam sometime?Just a note,I live a few blocks away from where Barney did,and he is underappreciated here.Not appreciated or remembered at all actually.its a shame

[nellgit]

barney kicks the crap out of alot of players-i love that he bends notes!unreal groove master.

[Tonymacaluso]

Bitchin'! I just love Barney Kessel.

[ion507]

solid

[minor7b5b9]

They're all great, but this is the best I've ever seen Barney play. He's quite young here, but I enjoyed his single note playing as opposed to his later years when he did more chordal stuff. He was a Charlie Christian disciple in the truest sense, & that's where his roots lay.

[noraMaiden]

awesomeee

[lordritchie]

Stan Levy is a monster on that kit. He played with so many greats too.

[Vader12Tater12]

I like this... it has a kind of early rock sound.

[tchavolo3]

He could anything, any way. Widely klnoiwn and admired but oddly underrated compared to Farlow, Herb Ellis and others.

[Vinny192]

sweet! little bit of sweeping in there

[capitancrook]

Guitar genius, superbe. Extramusically, dont you think he is like the actor Paul Giamatti?

Thanks for the post

[kenouman]

That's interesting.

I've always wanted Paul Giamatti to play Barney on screen.

[rmar543]

thanks men!

[rmar543]

who's the drummer?

[drummer78]

Be-bop drumming legend Stan Levey.

[bdorsmarl]

This is music!

[Soulnik]

cookin' kessel

[Pickinbuddy]

I've waited 45 years to see this! I remember this clip being shown on NY tv during (I think) "Million Dollar Movie" on channel 9 in the early 60s!

[tritoneblues]

thanks so much for posting this.