You could practice your entire life and attain the same degree of technical proficiency as Kevin Eubanks, but still not be able to do this. The genius here isn't just in the technical execution. It's in the spontaneous creation.
Kevin wow. I saw you on the Tonight show for years. I know you had to have it to get there but this pushed me over the edge. I heard you on a Pandora jazz station. I will be buying your music and if you come anywhere I can see you live I will do that too.
check out his recording 'shadow prophets'. kevin was a great player / writer long before jay leno. he really extended wes montgomery's style, which was his starting point, hence the somewhat unorthodox right hand finger picking position, which is more like a flat picker than finger picker. his brother robin is an a-list bone player.
The first time I saw Kevin play solo, was on the Tonight Show. I don't even remember the year, but it must have been at least 15 or more years ago. My mouth just fell open, as note after mellifluous note began to fall upon my ears. It went far beyond any experience I'd ever had before, listening to a guitarist. Kevin's genius is that his music reaches down deep, penetrating the soul; reaching a place untouched, somewhere unexpected, visceral and pure. Thank you Kevin. Thank you.
Yea ricky minor doesnt even have a good black guy laugh. I dont like him that much. I dont care for Jay leno either. I'm with Coco. Then why the fuck am i on this page. As a matter a fact why am i watching this clip with no pants on. Your need help dude. Dude im bored alright. Well go watch On demand or something and clean up your beer bottles. Why dont you go to bed dude and get your dick out my face. How bout you get you face away from dick. Dude whats those bumps. Its a ingrown hair. ah i see
Yea ricky minor doesnt even have a good black guy laugh. I dont like him that much. I dont care for Jay leno either. I'm with Coco. Then why the fuck am i on this page. As a matter a fact why am i watching this clip with no pants on. Your need help dude. Dude im bored alright. Well go watch On demand or something and clean up your beer bottles. Why dont you go to bed dude and get your dick out my face. How bout you get you face away from dick. Dude whats those bumps. Its a ingrown hair. ah i see
Oh, man, I just discovered his sample of the studio version of this ("The Dancing Sea") at his website. Incredible production! As an opening track to the CD, this one just knocks it out of the park!!
Kevin Eubanks will be playing live on The Bob Rivers Show today, August 13, at 9:35 a.m. Pacific Time! Tune into KZOK 102.5 FM Seattle or stream audio and video at bobrivers[dot]com
I'm pretty sure this is based on the track "Thought About Thinking" from the Opening Night CD. I've got 5 of his 6 GRP CD's from 1984 to 1989 (a friend had the missing CD). There's some great playing in there, both by Eubanks and his band members.
Technically it's pretty impressive, it just seems lost and incoherent structurally.
Don't get me wrong - the cat can play... it's just a massive bore to listen too. A little musical masturbation - kinda stuff I hear at guitar shops too frequently. Gave a thumbs up though because I respect his ability...
Anyway, fingerstyle guitar is becoming more and more an olympic sport.. and that's not a good thing...
@bluesgurugod An Olympic sport? From a guy whose title is bluesgurugod? Pot? Kettle? And it's improvised, how much structure did you think it was going to have?
Great blues in there, and the look on his face says it all. Just cuz you can't play it doesn't mean you should bash it.
@itsmac420 As an expert in blues guitar - (and all things blues) I would not say there's "some great blues in there". There's some nice licks and little tricks but it amounts to a whole lot of meandering in the end. As I said I give full credit for his ability, it's just really boring to listen to. Sorry. btw - I can play too... ;)
Many a 'player' would find it challenging to even break down some of the jazz progressions he's laying down, let alone execute them.
Kevin's a master, very well respected by his peers, and has more than enough in his inventory of extremely structured and well planned compositions. Is it OK for him to 'let loose' now and then? I think so...
Personally, I found this improv to contain as much heart/soul as technique.
Don't Get Down on yourselves guys this man right here has been playing more years than i've been alive. so really this is an example of pure dedication to true craft in human culture. What I think the Public should know right off the bat is that Kevin Eubanks in my mind is one of the best Jazz Guitarist this decade has seen and yet is underrated. Its a shame jazz isn't as mainstream as it was once was.
Sounds like someone attempting to show off and put as many notes in as they can in a small ammount of time. Going up and down scales does not make you good . Playing with feeling makes you good. He is a more technical showoff player (a dime a dozen). He should not quit his night job. Oh wait nvm...
Wow. Amazing performance, awesome guitar, good video quality...too bad they used and SM57 on that. They should've used like a Rode NT2A or something better.
Its too bad that most of the amazing musicians can't make enough money to just sell their cd's and have to get gigs that keep others from seeing their amazing talent in full... Kevin is first class for sure
Kevin Eubanks is by far one of the most underrated and under-appreciated guitarists of our era. I'd like to see some of these metal-head d-bags pull this off!
this is awesome. does anybody know what kind of guitar he's playing here? it appears to be a steel-string, but the neck and string spacing are wider than you'd expect. any ideas?
Kevin Eubanks is a MONSTER!! Get "Face to Face" and "Shadow Prophets". More stuff like this on these disks. I have most of his stuff. Some of it is "out there". But there is a lot if it like this.
As an FYI...this tune is now called "The Dancing Sea"...there is an excerpt clip of Kevin playing it with his band in L.A. on electric I recently posted to YouTube. Some really nice playing.
One of the best guitar players ever in jazz history!! Period!! He has so many records since back in the 80's and has been always active with his music! SUPERB ARTIST!
This is ridiculous. I can hear blues, rock, jazz, and classical, all interwoven so flawlessly. It's also the first time I think I can say ive seen someone legitimately 'shred' while fingerpicking on an acoustic. What's the tonight showing doing only having him play during the commercial breaks? They've got it backwards.
can you guys give me tips when it comes to scales. first the best way to learn and second how to use them for improvisation and stuff. Im going in the blues direction
If you're lucky enough to find these tabs is because you know Kevin in person!!
Read the video info, it says "Kevin performing an improvised acoustic jam", so I guess dude you will need to do it yourself but is quite a challenge if you get it done. Then comes the challenge of playing like this!! This performance is the result of a whole life of sudying, precticing, personal effort and gifted from God talent mainly. Good luck on your search man!! Cheers!! Loving music!!
chakarnis, your reference to the first half white president is pathetic. cant you just hear the music? kevin is at present my favorite guitarist, playing music that is both black and white. can you hear it?
more than underrated I would say that he's not pretty famous as some other guys, but into the powerful jazz circle of musicians and critics worldwide there's no way that anyone take the hat off in front of him!! Kevin Eubanks is a music diamond!!
Absolutely, one of the most unsung heros of the guitar. He has many great releases, but you HAVE to have "Face to Face" in your collection. I think it's his best work.
Spirit Talk I and II, my favourite KE albums. When I listen to them I feel Like I'm on a... Well... Spiritual Journey. But I guess that's what he had in mind. awesome musician.
I cannot believe all you idiots cannot stand to give this brutha' his props. M-M-M still threatened by a black man. What in the hell are you gonna do on 1/20/08? Damn, you can't even believe your own eyes. The man is playing. But you gotta turn it into something else. Maybe you should go watch a Gene Autry movie or something. Now, that's REAL geetar playin',podna!
Yeah, that would make your life so much easier, especially in the U.S., growing up most of the times in an environment without any possibility to evolve!
Not that he's playinng like that because he dedicated his life to music and practised like a maniac, every day of his life, worked on every aspect of his musicianship, technically and intellectually, no, it's because his skin is brown.
Even when racism changes sides, it's still racism.
You are right, I overreacted. I had no right to call you implicitely a racist, based on one single statement. I apologize for that. Obviously I was not witty enough so detect the irony.
We're both making music, we're both appreciating the same wonderful performance of kevin here, that should make us friends, not fiends.
Peace, good luck with your band
P.S.: I shure know what shit means, but what does douchebag mean?
Kevin does not get enough credit for his playing. Can probably out play most guitar players. He really rocks when he wants to play some harder rock n' roll, too.
i think what he means is that it is not entirely improvised as advertised. it has a theme and chord progression that he obviously did not come up with on the spot. however the extended improvised jams inbetween theme statements are really really impressive and certainly not fake.
so just because it's not improvised on the spot it's "fake"? do u know what a small amount of music of today that is actually on the spot-at the top of your head-improvised?! I don't wanna say none but very little! why would do this performance with absolutely nothing prepared?!
Awesome. Kevin Eubanks has that rare gift of animating even the most complex passages with a very strong sense of the blues. Few jazz guitarists play with such deep soul and emotional conviction.
Awesome. Kevin Eubanks has that rare gift of animating even the most complex passages with a very strong sense of the blues. Few jazz guitarists play with such deep soul and emotional conviction.
This is great technique but where's the soul.... it feels cold to me. I much prefer
the Jimmy Page Bron Yr Stomp where the technique and the soul are all there..... this is too much like Yngwie plays jazz guitar..... takes me nowhere emotionally
To be honest I guess I'm biased because he has always pissed me off on Leno. The music he plays on Leno is always the same twiddling crap.... it's like "what the hell was that..." whereas on Letterman when they come back from the break and you hear that they're finishing off "Pride- In the name of Love" you feel like saying Hang on... let me here more!
There's very few jazz guitarists I like.... this type of playing seems too studied.... as if it's a final year thesis in some How To Play Jazz university.
great guitarist and undoubtedly the best part of the nightly jay leno train wreck
skrewflanders 1 month ago
I don't know sergeant doakes can plays guitar so good
pleasetomeetyou89 2 months ago
what will happen when he's going to finger hes wife :o
0hMyGuitar 2 months ago
Wait... he played what??!? KE going up through ALL of the gears, just incredible.
ghosted760 3 months ago
I just may be high, but I swear I heard about 10 seconds of Mahavishnu Orchestra in there. KE, you are a jazz god.
nterry78 5 months ago
I had no idea that guy was that good.
gaurix 5 months ago
You could practice your entire life and attain the same degree of technical proficiency as Kevin Eubanks, but still not be able to do this. The genius here isn't just in the technical execution. It's in the spontaneous creation.
LandonInFlorida 5 months ago
...and this jam must have been "Spider Monkey Cafe". The very tune that made me buy his Zen Food.
iqeman23 5 months ago
Kevin wow. I saw you on the Tonight show for years. I know you had to have it to get there but this pushed me over the edge. I heard you on a Pandora jazz station. I will be buying your music and if you come anywhere I can see you live I will do that too.
rod2614 6 months ago
Why did they never feature a Kevin Eubanks solo spot on the Tonight Show all those years?
RootsinBrooklyn 6 months ago
thats my dad
latino13x3 7 months ago
I sure miss him at Lenos show
Metakkrist 7 months ago
Good Lord, he would fit right in with the guys from porcupine tree.
superstriker00 10 months ago
not long ago, i was able to correspond briefly with kevin from his tonight show web site. it has been a few years, not sure if he's still doing that
mojokiss 10 months ago
my eyes wept tears of joy after hearin this!! Kevin you rock!
n8rm 10 months ago
check out his recording 'shadow prophets'. kevin was a great player / writer long before jay leno. he really extended wes montgomery's style, which was his starting point, hence the somewhat unorthodox right hand finger picking position, which is more like a flat picker than finger picker. his brother robin is an a-list bone player.
bixmosguitar 11 months ago
he's not that bad. but overall he's ok i gues.
phattown213 1 year ago
@phattown213 prove you're better then!
crankedamp 11 months ago
he is the steve vai of african americans
cookie35n 1 year ago
I looked up the word underrated in the dictionary and right beside it was a portrait of Kevin Eubanks.
ProfessorNguyen 1 year ago 11
Looks like nut width of 50-52 mm on that guitar. Anyone know what model it is?
mysund 1 year ago
The first time I saw Kevin play solo, was on the Tonight Show. I don't even remember the year, but it must have been at least 15 or more years ago. My mouth just fell open, as note after mellifluous note began to fall upon my ears. It went far beyond any experience I'd ever had before, listening to a guitarist. Kevin's genius is that his music reaches down deep, penetrating the soul; reaching a place untouched, somewhere unexpected, visceral and pure. Thank you Kevin. Thank you.
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Yea ricky minor doesnt even have a good black guy laugh. I dont like him that much. I dont care for Jay leno either. I'm with Coco. Then why the fuck am i on this page. As a matter a fact why am i watching this clip with no pants on. Your need help dude. Dude im bored alright. Well go watch On demand or something and clean up your beer bottles. Why dont you go to bed dude and get your dick out my face. How bout you get you face away from dick. Dude whats those bumps. Its a ingrown hair. ah i see
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Yea ricky minor doesnt even have a good black guy laugh. I dont like him that much. I dont care for Jay leno either. I'm with Coco. Then why the fuck am i on this page. As a matter a fact why am i watching this clip with no pants on. Your need help dude. Dude im bored alright. Well go watch On demand or something and clean up your beer bottles. Why dont you go to bed dude and get your dick out my face. How bout you get you face away from dick. Dude whats those bumps. Its a ingrown hair. ah i see
HavokReturnz 1 year ago
Oh, man, I just discovered his sample of the studio version of this ("The Dancing Sea") at his website. Incredible production! As an opening track to the CD, this one just knocks it out of the park!!
JonP1961 1 year ago
I;d find it hard not to like this.
thedirtydeltas 1 year ago
I had forgotten all about this gig. I love someone who has the talent to really speak through music. Thanks Kevin. Best wishes.
Seductivestorm 1 year ago
first time i ever saw/heard him, (where have I been?) its a pleasure just watching his fingers!
bluesoulady 1 year ago
Thank Kevin for such versitillity and brilliance......
Streetmind27 1 year ago
fantastic!
snookseaglin 1 year ago
you played the shit out of that thing.
gibsonjoe531531 1 year ago
i like
donottawaguitar 1 year ago
Wow
jhouwen 1 year ago
Kevin Eubanks will be playing live on The Bob Rivers Show today, August 13, at 9:35 a.m. Pacific Time! Tune into KZOK 102.5 FM Seattle or stream audio and video at bobrivers[dot]com
TheInternSarah 1 year ago
incredible skills! But i can't remember any of his phrases..
TheJuliusJT 1 year ago
those strings are very low tension... anyone know what they are?
roughinitoutdoors1 1 year ago
after watching this several times i cant find a part where it isn't epic
well played Mr Eubanks good sir
PengPROducktions 1 year ago
is he using nylon strings?
xxfrijolxx 1 year ago
this is one of bests!!!
MrDarkFire14 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure this is based on the track "Thought About Thinking" from the Opening Night CD. I've got 5 of his 6 GRP CD's from 1984 to 1989 (a friend had the missing CD). There's some great playing in there, both by Eubanks and his band members.
EpiScintilate 1 year ago
Isnt that the song at the begging of King of Queens?
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An Olympic sport? From a guy whose title is bluesgurugod? Pot? Kettle? And it's improvised, how much structure did you think it was going to have?
Great blues in there, and the look on his face says it all. Just cuz you can't play it doesn't mean you should bash it.
itsmac420 1 year ago
Technically it's pretty impressive, it just seems lost and incoherent structurally.
Don't get me wrong - the cat can play... it's just a massive bore to listen too. A little musical masturbation - kinda stuff I hear at guitar shops too frequently. Gave a thumbs up though because I respect his ability...
Anyway, fingerstyle guitar is becoming more and more an olympic sport.. and that's not a good thing...
bluesgurugod 1 year ago
@bluesgurugod An Olympic sport? From a guy whose title is bluesgurugod? Pot? Kettle? And it's improvised, how much structure did you think it was going to have?
Great blues in there, and the look on his face says it all. Just cuz you can't play it doesn't mean you should bash it.
itsmac420 1 year ago
@itsmac420 As an expert in blues guitar - (and all things blues) I would not say there's "some great blues in there". There's some nice licks and little tricks but it amounts to a whole lot of meandering in the end. As I said I give full credit for his ability, it's just really boring to listen to. Sorry. btw - I can play too... ;)
bluesgurugod 1 year ago
@bluesgurugod Yeah right!! This is why people will remember him and not you.
spareaxe 1 year ago
@itsmac420
Well put. Indeed the face says it all.
Many a 'player' would find it challenging to even break down some of the jazz progressions he's laying down, let alone execute them.
Kevin's a master, very well respected by his peers, and has more than enough in his inventory of extremely structured and well planned compositions. Is it OK for him to 'let loose' now and then? I think so...
Personally, I found this improv to contain as much heart/soul as technique.
JonP1961 1 year ago
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now that nigger can play a guitar :)... notice the smiley face doesnt make me a racist
booth200 1 year ago
he looks like Dave Chuppulle
TechnoGospel 1 year ago
@saberbazer since when, idiot?
cooliovasquez 1 year ago
wow he should play like this on the tonight show
cooliovasquez 1 year ago
@cooliovasquez last friday was kev's last night on the Tonight Show and he closed the show with a solo acoustic number like this
tnguyen206 1 year ago
kevin was great last night i didn't even know he was good lol
h8rsteve 1 year ago
Kevin, you will be missed.
mechaghostman2 1 year ago
@saberbazer what are you talking about? why did you even bring this up?
okDonkeySmell 1 year ago
People forget that Kevin is actually a guitarist O.O
MrB1U 1 year ago
@saberbazer You are a fucking retard.
charlesfelixmagnus 1 year ago
wow i never knew he was so crazy good. you don't hear him playing like this on the tonight show he is very very very vrey very very very good
blizzfool 1 year ago
amazing guitarist!
Tweek5470 1 year ago
Don't Get Down on yourselves guys this man right here has been playing more years than i've been alive. so really this is an example of pure dedication to true craft in human culture. What I think the Public should know right off the bat is that Kevin Eubanks in my mind is one of the best Jazz Guitarist this decade has seen and yet is underrated. Its a shame jazz isn't as mainstream as it was once was.
blues970123 1 year ago
this is so stylish, very cool!
jubeikibagami1 1 year ago
@crushsatan, @RockandRollMusicMan
LOL, guitar noobs
ech0naught 1 year ago
What's painful is that he doesn't even use a pick... :-o
ech0naught 1 year ago
Sounds like someone attempting to show off and put as many notes in as they can in a small ammount of time. Going up and down scales does not make you good . Playing with feeling makes you good. He is a more technical showoff player (a dime a dozen). He should not quit his night job. Oh wait nvm...
RockAndRollMusicMan 1 year ago
@RockAndRollMusicMan Let's see......Kevin has credentials. You have what? A banjo video in a trashed out bedroom?
pontil1 1 year ago
I SUCK.
hdsileoni 1 year ago
Bald mojo dude just kicked Esteban's floozy flamenco playing ass
DancingSpiderman 1 year ago
I still like "shoot to thrill" by ac/dc better; but nice job. Very Jazzy. You should tour with Led Zeppelin.
crushsatan 1 year ago
@crushsatan
who the fuck are you talking too? do you even know who this is?
Z4CHC 1 year ago
yeah the sm57 mic was a bad choice and im not diggin the set either.. eubanks is still sick though
cdlyttle 1 year ago
Wow. Amazing performance, awesome guitar, good video quality...too bad they used and SM57 on that. They should've used like a Rode NT2A or something better.
jawsrock1 2 years ago
ur dad should of used a rubber
slowfuse 2 years ago
You should've used a newer insult. How old are you?
jawsrock1 2 years ago
@jawsrock1
oh come on it was kinda funny haha
dimmucoltrane890 1 year ago
He is a beast im tryna catch upp 2 his skill...
CSmoovh27 2 years ago
i just quit playing guitar after watching this
nitro1439 2 years ago 32
see? even KEVIN EUBANKS plays martin!!!
jazzpsalti 2 years ago
i really think hes got a good think goin on the jay leno show! i don't know how he could get much bigger than that.
he may not be john mayer or jimi
but i think hes made a pretty good name for himself doin what he does
keep doing your thing man!
JordanJayMusic 2 years ago
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samsamba08 2 years ago
Good stuff
berncj 2 years ago
Its too bad that most of the amazing musicians can't make enough money to just sell their cd's and have to get gigs that keep others from seeing their amazing talent in full... Kevin is first class for sure
freefreedfreedom 2 years ago
he really does have his bends mastered
MooMeowRawr 2 years ago
jay leno sho' is lucky
MegaFunky007 2 years ago
An inspiration. Kevin is one of the players who convinced me to drop the pick. Great technique, and so MUSICAL. Fantastic.
sgguitar77 2 years ago
Excellent work, buy one of the most talented guitar players in the USA.
Robis2349 2 years ago
never heard of this man, glad i found him!
boertush 2 years ago
He is the leader of the Tonight Show Band with Jay Leno. I have been a fan of his for years. He is the master of the guitar.
motormanish 2 years ago
AWEOME!!! to bad he's so under rated
kalfen 2 years ago
Kevin, is why I watch Jay Leno. Kevin and Smitty!
chessdude67 2 years ago
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didnt he steal a cheesy riff from kenny g in there?
retsmah24 2 years ago
Kevin Eubanks is by far one of the most underrated and under-appreciated guitarists of our era. I'd like to see some of these metal-head d-bags pull this off!
brosph 2 years ago 4
if this was really all improvised, im speechless
if this wasnt really improvised, im speechless
blackmagswithcats 2 years ago
it's one of his songs called 6/8 or six eight, but it was sick, I saw him at Jazz Alley a few months ago
Skeeterhaxxorz 2 years ago
Some of the tonalities remind me of the John McLaughlin album "My Goal's Beyond." That's a good album.
utube9000 2 years ago
this is awesome. does anybody know what kind of guitar he's playing here? it appears to be a steel-string, but the neck and string spacing are wider than you'd expect. any ideas?
slonopochron3000 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure that is a Martin D-18
kandb2717 2 years ago
Its a martin.
JimmyR2567 2 years ago
It's a Martin but I'm not sure what model. Classical style guitars usually have the wider spacing.
geoffwe 2 years ago
what a BADASS
photosharc 2 years ago 2
nice
fs07 2 years ago
Damn! I didn't think this guy was that good.
Amazing skills.
nolocus 2 years ago 3
Kevin Eubanks is a MONSTER!! Get "Face to Face" and "Shadow Prophets". More stuff like this on these disks. I have most of his stuff. Some of it is "out there". But there is a lot if it like this.
guiterry 2 years ago
JESUS!
ezraj80 2 years ago
Damn, I always forget how bad ass kevin is.
Tezman82 2 years ago
As an FYI...this tune is now called "The Dancing Sea"...there is an excerpt clip of Kevin playing it with his band in L.A. on electric I recently posted to YouTube. Some really nice playing.
fusion07mp3 2 years ago
very tommy emmanuel... tinted with kevin eubanks
fcbtim 2 years ago
One of the best guitar players ever in jazz history!! Period!! He has so many records since back in the 80's and has been always active with his music! SUPERB ARTIST!
masterkid4u 2 years ago 2
dang!! kevin eubanks is sick!
nickndabomb 2 years ago
WOW! That is some good shit!!!
he should be Jays guest one night before they leave.
tbroofer 2 years ago 7
@tbroofer how did you know he was going to leave? your comment was posted over a year ago, and Kevin just announced his resignation
JesBlazed1 1 year ago
what kinda strings are those they look like electrics
jimmycrackcorn1983 2 years ago
Are you kidding me? Holy shit. Kevin Eubanks is a monster. I had no idea.
bienorama 2 years ago 4
This is ridiculous. I can hear blues, rock, jazz, and classical, all interwoven so flawlessly. It's also the first time I think I can say ive seen someone legitimately 'shred' while fingerpicking on an acoustic. What's the tonight showing doing only having him play during the commercial breaks? They've got it backwards.
hiatus8 2 years ago 2
and this is freaking improv too.
suyangsong 2 years ago
holy shit
ballparker 2 years ago 3
tabs. lol. gimme a break.
joshharris4899 3 years ago 3
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choosingsilas 3 years ago
can you guys give me tips when it comes to scales. first the best way to learn and second how to use them for improvisation and stuff. Im going in the blues direction
PINCHEGABEEZ 3 years ago
Kevin Eubanks is just awesome.i remember as a kid .Hearing "Urban Heat" on Eic in the Evening on WGBH
Does anyone have a vid of that song ..man did that song cook.
doclouis 3 years ago
Been into his stuff long before he was on the tube with the folks that stay up late.
coal4life 3 years ago
anybody know where i can finds tabs for this?
j3dznuts 3 years ago
posts like this always crack me up. It's like, dude, if I transcribed this and gave it to you, what would you do with it?
SedanChair 3 years ago 4
i'd play it you jackass..
j3dznuts 3 years ago
If you can play like this, why do you need tablature? Do you understand music theory?
SedanChair 3 years ago
its alot simpler with tabs jackass. grow the fuck up and stop belittling people on the internet
pothead303 3 years ago
lmao! amen! hahaha. i hate it when kids ask for tabs for songs that are clearly way out of their skill level.
imit 2 years ago
If you're lucky enough to find these tabs is because you know Kevin in person!!
Read the video info, it says "Kevin performing an improvised acoustic jam", so I guess dude you will need to do it yourself but is quite a challenge if you get it done. Then comes the challenge of playing like this!! This performance is the result of a whole life of sudying, precticing, personal effort and gifted from God talent mainly. Good luck on your search man!! Cheers!! Loving music!!
masterkid4u 2 years ago
I've never heard Kevin Eubanks play on his own before! He's got some nice chops.
brichterman 3 years ago 13
chakarnis, your reference to the first half white president is pathetic. cant you just hear the music? kevin is at present my favorite guitarist, playing music that is both black and white. can you hear it?
olivieraleman 3 years ago
f*cking right! Way underrated..
DannyGuyisHigh 3 years ago 5
more than underrated I would say that he's not pretty famous as some other guys, but into the powerful jazz circle of musicians and critics worldwide there's no way that anyone take the hat off in front of him!! Kevin Eubanks is a music diamond!!
masterkid4u 2 years ago
Absolutely, one of the most unsung heros of the guitar. He has many great releases, but you HAVE to have "Face to Face" in your collection. I think it's his best work.
guiterry 3 years ago
Absolutely a masterpiece!! I bought it even double just in case a backup is needed ; )
masterkid4u 2 years ago
fucking sick! i love how he keeps the same little melody but switches it up and keeps it non repetitive without swaying off into some other shit.
Jackmoxx 3 years ago
Spirit Talk I and II, my favourite KE albums. When I listen to them I feel Like I'm on a... Well... Spiritual Journey. But I guess that's what he had in mind. awesome musician.
derrickkwilliams 3 years ago 2
Spirit
derrickkwilliams 3 years ago
ｏｗａ．． ｔｈａｔ ｗａｓ ｇｒｅａｔ！！！
siniorito00 3 years ago
I cannot believe all you idiots cannot stand to give this brutha' his props. M-M-M still threatened by a black man. What in the hell are you gonna do on 1/20/08? Damn, you can't even believe your own eyes. The man is playing. But you gotta turn it into something else. Maybe you should go watch a Gene Autry movie or something. Now, that's REAL geetar playin',podna!
chakarnis 3 years ago 2
Thumbs up man!
TGF87 3 years ago
this brotha has got some soul!
konigblatant 3 years ago
God I wish I was black.
hooladan 3 years ago
Yeah, that would make your life so much easier, especially in the U.S., growing up most of the times in an environment without any possibility to evolve!
Not that he's playinng like that because he dedicated his life to music and practised like a maniac, every day of his life, worked on every aspect of his musicianship, technically and intellectually, no, it's because his skin is brown.
Even when racism changes sides, it's still racism.
septole 3 years ago
No shit douchebag. It's a fuckin joke. I know he's not good at guitar cause he's black.
Don't lecture me on what it takes to be a good musician I've done it, I know how hard it is.
hooladan 3 years ago
You are right, I overreacted. I had no right to call you implicitely a racist, based on one single statement. I apologize for that. Obviously I was not witty enough so detect the irony.
We're both making music, we're both appreciating the same wonderful performance of kevin here, that should make us friends, not fiends.
Peace, good luck with your band
P.S.: I shure know what shit means, but what does douchebag mean?
septole 3 years ago
Hey man I accept your apology. Not many people would be as curious as you were, and I am also sorry for overreacting.
I would consider douchebag as meaning retard, or something along those lines.
Good luck to you as well.
hooladan 3 years ago
its good to know that ppl can still jam like this today.
amelor07 3 years ago
this makes me mad. i'm gonna go hurt my teddy-bear, hard.
freakheavy 3 years ago
Kevin does not get enough credit for his playing. Can probably out play most guitar players. He really rocks when he wants to play some harder rock n' roll, too.
blueoval505 3 years ago 6
now that is one FAT guitar.
josephzita 3 years ago
check out extensions, an album dave holland put out in 1988. kev's on that one, great melodic solo's and chord extensions are crazy
incubus421421 3 years ago
Does anyone know what model Martin he's playing?
ShiffronLandren 3 years ago
my guess is that its a custom-made. no fret markers or pickguard. and the neck looks WAAY wider than the standard 1 11/16" at the nut.
kurtcrowbain 3 years ago
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fake
57skeletonz 3 years ago
what the fuck do u mean by fake? tell me you're not stupid enough to believe this is dubbed by an audio track recorded by someone else!?
just because he's on leno he can't be good?
he's on leno BECAUSE he's good! Look at Smitty!..He's amazing and he's on Leno! frankly Smitty has got my dream job!
Sabiano 3 years ago
i think what he means is that it is not entirely improvised as advertised. it has a theme and chord progression that he obviously did not come up with on the spot. however the extended improvised jams inbetween theme statements are really really impressive and certainly not fake.
micahxspence 3 years ago
so just because it's not improvised on the spot it's "fake"? do u know what a small amount of music of today that is actually on the spot-at the top of your head-improvised?! I don't wanna say none but very little! why would do this performance with absolutely nothing prepared?!
Sabiano 3 years ago
i didn't do say this, techboy211 did, chew him out for it, he was over at my house
57skeletonz 3 years ago
i had no idea he was this good. i've only seen him on Leno, but damn!
John031989 3 years ago 3
yeah, he graduated from berklee for jazz and such... that made me realize how amazing he is, cause it takes incredible skill to get into that school
jdunmer1018 3 years ago
It doesn't take great skill to get in it. It takes money to get in. It takes great skill to stay in it and finish it.
ReminiscenceHr 3 years ago 2
haha... this is true.
jdunmer1018 3 years ago
This is awesome. I've never heard anything from Kev that wasn't on the tonight show.
subatom101 3 years ago 2
This is fantastic.
Is he using steel or nylon strings?
scottyboy1928 3 years ago
wow...
midgetworld228 3 years ago
Steel.
Efrasnel 3 years ago
Awesome. Kevin Eubanks has that rare gift of animating even the most complex passages with a very strong sense of the blues. Few jazz guitarists play with such deep soul and emotional conviction.
ShiffronLandren 3 years ago
Awesome. Kevin Eubanks has that rare gift of animating even the most complex passages with a very strong sense of the blues. Few jazz guitarists play with such deep soul and emotional conviction.
ShiffronLandren 3 years ago
If thats improvised holy ****, il take my hat off to you. Howcome you dont play with nails?? The trebles are rather quiet but otherwise amazing.
frederickbauer1 3 years ago
nobody's nails would stand this kind of playing
picknickerjoe 2 years ago
This is great technique but where's the soul.... it feels cold to me. I much prefer
the Jimmy Page Bron Yr Stomp where the technique and the soul are all there..... this is too much like Yngwie plays jazz guitar..... takes me nowhere emotionally
IrishBog 3 years ago
Honestly, Page's solos weren't even all that 'emotional'. listen to some of the other stuff that Eubanks did and you'll see why he's so great =)
Graniteful 3 years ago
To be honest I guess I'm biased because he has always pissed me off on Leno. The music he plays on Leno is always the same twiddling crap.... it's like "what the hell was that..." whereas on Letterman when they come back from the break and you hear that they're finishing off "Pride- In the name of Love" you feel like saying Hang on... let me here more!
IrishBog 3 years ago
There's very few jazz guitarists I like.... this type of playing seems too studied.... as if it's a final year thesis in some How To Play Jazz university.
IrishBog 3 years ago