George Van Eps and Howard Alden - Night and Day

[DannyDesperate]

Hi, Fred Gretsch III, are you listening? All the world's makers seem to have a seven string, yet the makers of perhaps the best known seven string ever haven't! Get this 7 string model back into production ASAP - and better still fit it with a TV Jones split (stereo) neck pickup so the bass strings can go through a different amp (like on the Chet 6120 Stereo model).

[TheBillStickers]

Andyrehfledt needs to turn a George Van Eps video into a "Nu Metal version" lol xP

KoRn!

[goodresonance]

Simply awesome.

[HERB4441]

Someone said the 7-string was tuned to "A" below the 5th string. .It is actually tuned to "A" beblow the 6th string. The fifth string IS tuned to "A" just an octave above the 7th string, also "A".

[edavidsalways]

So, so sweet. Howard, thank you for allowing us to see/hear GVE. Monumental.....

[carlos13190]

really great guitar playing

congratulations

[HERB4441]

I am a pro jazz guitarist & good friend of Howard Alden. George is no longer with us. but Howard & I are planning a CD for next year. We'll be on the guitars backed up by bass & drums.. Howard also plays a 7 string in "My Shining Hour." It's a Benedetto with the bottom string tuned to low "A"

[laswilliam]

My uncle often brought George over to the house on Sundays. Mr. Van Epps literally wrote the book on guitar, was first call on all the big recording sessions, played on many Sinatra tracks. I mean, he was THE BEST at what he did and what he did was beautiful.

You get a Sergio Vellatti to open his heart to George Van Epps and Sergio becomes the Next Big Thing for serious!

[NobleJoyous]

What a terrific duo. I especially love the range of Howard's tones - from upper register bite through mid register mellow to tight bass.

[HERB4441]

I have 4 CDs put out by these guitar masters. To say I love to hear them play together would be an understatement

[bitcheznhos]

do you think van epps ever drops A puts on some distortion and plays some death metal ??

[Fender9808]

Howard is amazing!

[ArkRed1]

Look at how these cats play and are dressed. They are pros to the core. No sloppy shirts, torn jeans, schrapnel hanging from their bodies and worthless tattoos all over them. These guys have class. All you budding guitar wannabees watch and learn. This is what you have to play and look like to be a real pro.

[erod1944]

George Van Eps authored several really fine (and comprehensive) books that center on triads, music theory and chordal playing. My favorite is "George Van Eps Guitar Method" which is a 40 page paperback.

[fuckamerica109]

this guy is really cool. I found him on wikipedia, apparently he was like The first jazz guitarist to ever use a seven string

[waitaminute991]

doesn't get too much better than this

[jazzbox50]

great

[VirtualWoodshed]

Howard, thanks so much for posting that. Formidable!

[steinberger95]

great !!!!!

[pyro433954]

seems like he has all the time in the world. Encore

[blueturtleblues]

Ladies and gentleman you are watchin a true genius can hypnotyze the world with his playing

[fiddlercrab3]

Can anybody tell me what those guys tune their extra strings to? A low B for both, a low A, or one apiece? I'm curious. And blown away.

[halden7]

The 7th string is a low A(octave below the 5th string), a tuning that George started using in the late 1930's. The last 20 years or so of his life, George tuned his entire guitar down a whole step, making it a low G

[Rg1527]

@halden7 7 strings are now BEADGBe standard

[breaker9]

@halden7 AEADGBE?like drop a?

[bjurcak2]

never shook his hand...

[bjurcak2]

Right frame of mind?

[jltei]

That s GREAT GREAT GREAT music!!!MASTERS here!!!Respect.JL

[LONGWINDING]

Great, I´m German, I wish was there....

[Tototwice]

Hi Howard, How are U? I saw U playin with Jack at Route 7 Music a couple of weeks ago.( Dallas friend of Carl Barry) I was blown away on how you guys just could play anything I called out ;without any practice on those tunes in prep. Great job ........ BTW the Eb (It could happen to you)worked out great! LOL ......KEEPON STRUMMIN........DALLAS

[Gregocide]

Howard Alden is awesome.

[tbonewalkerleefrom]

eres el mejor guitarrista del mundo

[petermelton]

i wish i was into jazz when george was alive. then again he passed when i was only 8. all thats missing is ron eschete.

howard please do a cd with ron. that would be guitar heaven. i study with ron now through call state long beach and when he told me he used to teach you i flipped out. small world. maybe that means ill get as good as you haha one can hope

[benthemiester]

Goerge Van Epps master of the 7 string guitar/lap piano the guys my personnel hero. Even Lenny Breau used to have to burn the midnight oil to get this shit down. Any one who thinks its easy to play like George is in for a rude awakening.

[demalenpis]

I love this!

[Korsaro1]

Basta with strings, 6 or seven. Listen to and join it

[paulplaystheguitar]

What kind of 7 string is George playing?

[halden7]

It's the Gretsch George Van Eps 7 string model, made from 1968 through the mid-'70s

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Huge Jazz Box!

[ishouldntbeyoutubing]

This is hard to believe but...this video was made 60 years after Van Eps first recorded with Eddie Lang.

[Jazzyteach65]

I just thaught of that,. CRAzY!!!!

[JAZZYSNAKE175]

SIMPLY FANTASTIC...

[minor7b5b9]

I have 4 CDs with George & Howard. Am I wrong, but didn't George give Howard lessons on 7-string? Don't recall Howard playing 7-string until he played with George.

[splanky87]

Not that I've read, though he did study with Howard Roberts. Alden is a great player and a really nice guy too, I got a really geeky picture with him, Bucky, and Warren Vache from a concert they did in Columbia Uni. Man if he swung any more he's swing his fingers off his hands!

-A

[deangelico]

Thank you so much Howard for these wonderful clips. truly stunning

[vvhoopie]

this is as intricate as if Sir Isaac Newton were to have a conversation with Albert Einstein.

Masterpiece. Brilliance. Why such a low view count? 10/5

[joebandana]

whoa that was absolutely terrific! might have to try and work out what George Van Eps is doing with those chords! massive chords with inner moving voices it looks like.. outstanding.

[AdmirinU]

A bit of quartal-harmony going on too! yeah! Coooooooool waaaaay coooooool!

[konidolfine]

Oh!George Van Eps !!

He is alltime great.Thanks for your nice clip.

[bluespuppet]

Thank you Howard! You both raised the bar for jazz duos. What a thrill to see footage of Master George in action. He was amazing. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I own "13 Strings" which is easily one of my all-time favorite jazz guitar albums.

[MillerOriaDuo]

Howard, you guys were so brilliant together. Bravo! thanks for posting this amazing footage.

[eightstring]

Wow! Nice to see George Van Eps (one of my Guitar heroes) and Howard Alden. The playing is just superb!

Thanks for posting

RC

[stringdamper]

Two great masters playing beautifully together. Thanks for sharing this with us Howard!!

[whjones]

this is beautiful!

buddyj