Swing Cello and Guitar Mike Karoub & Rob Bourassa

[someguy6481]

spirit of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli live on in these guys.

[azasadny]

Great!! My daughter Rebecca sure has a talented cello teacher!

[analyzingfunny]

Thats great great stuff. I just love that.

[VTMCompany]

hey, max: DINAH is finah...

[robbourassaguitarist]

Thanks Tomo. Any time you want, I teach on Skype. It is the same as being in person, and you get a video file to practice with at the end of the lesson. Most people like it better.

[Stomo1709]

I wish you were on this part of the world, I would take lessons from you in a heartbeat. Your depth and versatility is mind boggling.

[oldtimtoad]

When I said "like Chet" I mean he did not over do it, either. Many of his great works are very plain and clean. When he wanted to show off, he wrote his own stuff. All I can shoot for is to be clean. My fingers are stubby, and my thumb is useless for bar chords (Merle). But rather then stomp my guitar into firewood, after I hear guys like you, I want to find another song to work on. Best wishes for your continued success.

[oldtimtoad]

Very Leon Redbone of you, sir! I love to listen to you for the diversity of your styles. You've got jazz, thumb picking, dixie land, and the Uke! Holy Cow! You are clean as a whistle and you play to the musical score, not to sjow off every machine gun run you know. Like Chet.

I started on the Uke when I was a little kid. You transend from guitar player to guitar thinker. Love your stuff.

[robbourassaguitarist]

@oldtimtoad I had a little banjo uke from my grandmother, and my dad's guitar. I also got a 5 string banjo and worked with that a lot, so I never could decide what I liked best.

Chet, Django, Les Paul, Merle, Johnny Smith, Jimmy Bryant, Nato Lima, Eddie Lang, you name it. It was all school. Now I just have to decide what I want to do.

[eehuump]

Does anyone has notes of it?

[robbourassaguitarist]

@eehuump No, sorry. We change it every time.

[arsinbadik]

I like that...

[idahocharley]

Fun!

[IsaacTheGuitarist]

Nice, kinda sounds like gypsy jazz a bit.

[vampiresun]

Brilliant!!!

[0scill8r]

Rob, this is Joshua Thorington, if you recall, during that workshop i mentioned this video. I would like to point out that i have since learned Dinah, and it's one of my favorites. Today a friend of mine who plays the sax and i presented it to a class to show them the sound of the upbeat jazz of the 1920s. I couldn't have gotten this far if it wasn't for you. Thanks!

[warrior30114]

This was great, I couldn't help but smile listening to it!

[maxinDetroit]

never heard of Lang doubling 'cello.although i believe he could and did play violin.

[robbourassaguitarist]

Hi Maxie.

[ishouldntbeyoutubing]

Eddie Lang played cello on a few records, but it wasn't very jazzy.

[robbourassaguitarist]

Eddie was my favorite guitarist. Mike is my favorite cellist though.

[jazzgirl1920s]

This really swings! Great guitar here from my friend Michael Karoub. Rob Bourassa is a spirited jazz player on an instrument I don't usually associate with jazz. This is a 5 star performance!

[robbourassaguitarist]

Thanks so much. Great channel. I subscribed.

[TheCellissima]

My daughter loves you! We can´t stop dancing....greetings from germany!

[nichmars]

Wow, very impressive!!

[Allen58mi]

wow that was great, fellas.

[robbourassaguitarist]

Thanks. I liked the Churchill story you favorited. I like the speech he made afterward even more.

[robbourassaguitarist]

I love Django. Unfortunately, it is hard to do extensive solo line work, without a rhythm player.

[crabb50]

Thought I was back in the Hot Club de France come on Django

[shubert18]

que tipo de musica es esta

[robbourassaguitarist]

American Swing.

[shubert18]

hermosisismo

algo que no se ve mucho es una guitarra y un chello wooo  enverdad me encanto

[reyalpEleluku]

brilliant! (but the guitar is a little too small, and the violin a little too big)

[robbourassaguitarist]

Actually, we are midgets. And that's my ukulele.

[Firequacker]

Oh, good sir, you just made me chuckle XD I'm very much liking the "instead of making fun of his mistake, let's adjust our reality to FIT his mistake" approach.. Woo. That was a good laugh.

Anyways, good playing on both parts.

[misspopanoche]

My husband is gonna love you!

not to say that I don't though...

Fantastic playing!

~Sonya

[robbourassaguitarist]

Your video of Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps is one of the best I've seen on Youtube. It is just perfect.

[gzyyy6]

GREAT JOB

[wlkerns]

AWESOME!!!!!!

[gutfire]

amazing

[ordix44]

Sacramento 2006,

the first time i've seen a jazzy Cello in the

Royal Garden Trio...10 Stars !

[tdub1941]

Lovely! Short, but Lovely! 5 Stars!

RagJazzMonkey

[HollisBoy92]

haha cool but random

[QuebeSistersBand]

Oh, this is great! We hear that Rob & Mike are recording a cd of swing standards - we are anxiously waiting for the release!!

The QSB

[weavesdream36]

youve always played for my kids at greenfield village during thomas the train weekend your a great player and person to bring that much joy to people and children. thanks,

weave

[BigUglyGirl]

bravo............ive been watching your videos all morning. im a guitar student at the university of arizona, and im learning something new with each video!

garett

[soulja1boy12]

who ist the composer of this song? thats very nice ;) i realy like this =)

[htfiddler]

According to Wikipedia's page, Dinah (song): The music was written by Harry Akst, the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. The song was published in 1925. It was introduced by Eddie Cantor in Kid Boots that year in Pittsburgh.

[Knotjuh]

Very nice! I like this gipsy-like sound. Would be curious to see you doing a solo on such a piece.

[robbourassaguitarist]

It is hard without a rhythm guitar in the background.

I am doing a swing album this summer and will post a couple tracks.

[robbourassaguitarist]

Thanks. We need to smile some.

[mykol13v]

Headbobbin makes it all worth listening to. Nice.

[jaKKrabbiTsLim]

sweet!!!

[0Zallman0]

awesome!!

[robbourassaguitarist]

Thanks so much.

[robbourassaguitarist]

Thank you very much.

[slofu]

...makes my day with every listening.

[estisfatuus]

Very cool guys.

You both did well to emphasize the swing feel, and I think thats what made this so cool to watch...

[cintheasue]

amazing!!

[bhsisthebest]

This a great guitar and first cello in my life which really swings! Great performance!

[debnlinda]

freaking. amazing.

seriously like my dream.

[winddance368]

Rob & Mike, you two really sound great together. Would love to hear more.

[meglovespink94]

Good Song !!

[JulieB328]

Please, please post more!

[rteitel]

Great tune! Please post more!

[Marcblur]

Wonderful. Makes me want to hear more. Hope you do some other tunes.

Valle