Wayne Krantz - Is Something I Don't Understand Yet

[damonstoudamiree]

incredibile pezzo!

[EricGvids]

this song is so cool. I heard it on Guitar on the edge vol. 4 which has a lot of shredders on it. Though this isnt a shred tune, watching him play it i'm thinking "holy sheet!" To be able to switch back and forth from chords to riffs and paint so many different vibes is incredible. wayne rocks!

[dimmeldesign]

Unique, tasty, groovy, spot-on...'sick'.

[carlos63932]

é algo que eu também entendo!!!!!!!! mas gosto muito ............. um dos melhores guitarristas que vi em minha vida !!!!!!

[supermanjamil1992]

WHAT GUITAR IS THAT?! I want that neck so bad! I know it's not an Anderson neck and doesn't look like a Suhr emblem. Maybe Pensa? Whoelse?

[supermanjamil1992]

@supermanjamil1992 Oh shit I was right it is a Pensa lol. Love that headstock over the Stratocaster headstock...

[GP4T]

Long to be Loose era Krantz

Excellent!

[waldoval]

nice....

[TheKrantzed]

i'm so proud to share this guys last name

[donjuanlewis]

nice pickadellics alla mike good patterns

[neilraoufsw]

This is A++-Shit!

[TheJoelcottrell]

the pedalling e string bit is really cool, when he starts adding little melody lines inbetween its just excellent!!

[TheJoelcottrell]

the pedalling e string bit is really cool, when he starts adding little melody lines inbetween its just excellent!!

[carlerrh]

Saw him with Tim Lefebvre and Gary Novak last week. Most amazing concert I've ever been to.

[johnnylance]

The question is... What kind of amp is he playing through and what effects does he use to get that chunky twang... There's some meat on that twang!

[Fishies125]

@johnnylance Back then he was doing the whole nothing but amp tone thing so he was just playing straight through a deluxe reverb I think.

[onesandtensonly]

@johnnylance

most of that may lie in the way he picks and the fact he's playing a guitar with single coils/maple neck referring to the "twang"

mother fucker does use mad effects though

[ElJazz93]

oh!! that's some groovy shit!!!

[raymondgsmith1]

ya know, I have heard of wayne krantz for years, but he never came to forefront with jazz rock groups I have been listening to, like Tribal Tech, and Di meola. or maybe I have not been listening that well.

now all I want to do is listen to him.

[maidoodesu]

Cool ! ですね.

[TompazJam]

wooooooooow-plain awesome!!

[willbilly2fistmcgee]

incredible phrasing !

[chungiemunchin]

Listen to that snare drum........nice tuning and touch.

[unclejunglebass]

damn they are layin it the fuck down on this vid. especially when they ride that groove aaaaaaaaaalll they waaaay home.

[martinjp1958]

Stupendous. A modern version of Cream... Super sophisticated rock/jazz..

[simasuma]

I got to see him at the 55 with Cliff Almond. James Genus was late so the first set was just Wayne sparring with Cliff. Normally I would have been disappointed, but in this case...

[dankgeetar]

seeing krantz life is a real treat. i saw him with tal wilkenfeld at the 55 bar >:-)

[mentalsplendour]

anyone know wat pickups he uses in his current Tyler guitar? i know theyre SUHR but does anyone know wat model?

[betteroffshred]

Good question. I'm not sure. I read an interview with him in Guitar Player magazine and all he says is his single coils are Suhr singles and his bridge is a Seymour Duncan Full Shred.

[DrewMcKeonDrums]

Lloyd Dobler on bass.

[strav12]

Delicious!

[elekbuzz]

Is that a Yamaha Pacifica?

[primarydominant]

it looks like some kind of suhr

[kokolonkenponkel]

doesnt krantz have his own signature suhr model?

[standupforeal]

i met him last spring and the guitar he was using, i believe, was a Stephen Tyler.

[pyramidion]

That guitar was made from parts at Rudy's in NYC, and put together by Stephen Marchione. Wayne told me he just went in, picked a body and neck he liked, and had Stephen put it together.

Wayne no longer has this guitar.

[mentalsplendour]

hey alg573

you dont know where u can buy or download those long to be loose transcriptions now? im prett sure he doesnt sell them on his site anymore

[elekbuzz]

Lincoln Goines reads his brains out

[pyramidion]

He's a monster for sure, but remember that he did record this stuff on the album with Wayne. I'd say he's got the charts there as more of a refresher, since he does so many gigs with different artists.

[georgeontherocks]

Any tabs anywhere?

[RisingForce420]

This stuff is WAAAYYY too out there to tab, and it'd be pointless to learn this from tab anyway, as the essence is to improvise and develop your ear, not just regurgitate a bunch of memorized licks.

[lesmiralha]

@RisingForce420 Tabbing it is definitely possible, definitely enjoyable and definitely worth the effort! Regarding the "out there" factor, Schoenberg is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY out there and guess what? it has been entirely written from scratch...

[alg573]

If u read music, u can go to his website and buy the music to this song. He hand wrote all the music to this whole album 'Long to be Loose', and sells it on the website.You won't get the solo section because it's improvised, u know, the parts where he's playing mostly single note lines.

[elekbuzz]

right there above "caps lock"... sorry the lame alarm just went of....

[dedsperkrat]

anyone with the skills to tab this stuff out would have better things to do than post it online :D

[BoyComento]

I wanna hear Wayne play the blues :)

[fyrwyrstrings]

Wayne is my new guitar inspiration, truly unique...

[Mistadrums]

Oh yeah!!! Finally a video with Zach on Drums! I haven't heard this guy in years, unfortunately. He hardly ever happens to play live these days!

[whatsyourstory1]

willfranks2003 .. haha i'm i girl and i happen to be in love with jazz :)

anyone who thinks it's crap are twats.

[fizm]

Baby, you speak the truth. Twats?? You must be a Brit? I love you already,

Jazz loving yank

[whatsyourstory1]

haha i am indeed british :p

Music/Jazz is life and anyone who isn't in love with it can't see past anything but themselves (and most likely stupid).

Jazz loving brit.

[fizm]

Wow. Feisty too!! Some would call you a jazz snob. Jazz is truly a lost art in this day and age of horribly plastic American Idol pop, shitty hip-hop, and every other manufactured flavor-of-the-month drivel coming from the major labels. But you already know that. . .

[whatsyourstory1]

haha yeah i hate all that stuff.

[RisingForce420]

Another 'yank' here to second that opinion. If assholes like ashlee simpson didn't make tens of millions of dollars, allan holdsworth would have a chance to make more sales and money. And then music wouldn't be such an excellent tool used to dumb down the vast majority of the populace. Is it as bad across the pond?

[whatsyourstory1]

Well said there!

Well where I live in Wales (i'm not going to say where because you never know lol) there is quite a good jazz society, but it still needs to be promoted more. I play sax and there is quite a good group of young people who are really inspired by jazz, and really want to get somwhere. But I think it's the same everywhere, where people just like certain things because it gives them a 'nice' image.

[owainbills]

A fellow Jazz loving brit! In britain anyone who likes anything other than dance music or heavy metal is deemed just weird! A sad state of affairs.

[stewartibbetson]

Damn right. As an aspiring (british)jazz musician there are days when I wanna top me-self cos of this sad state of affairs! It can be a fucking lonely experience being a jazz fan, especially when you truly believe that it's the only kind of music that inspires true creation. Essentially people are afraid of things they don't understand. I didn't understand Thelonious Monk when I first heard him - but I persevered and could I now do without his music in my life? Could I F**k?!!

[BoyComento]

i love you girl :)

[whatsyourstory1]

Looks like the best way to get lots of money in the music industry is being fake *cough* *ashley simpson* *cough*

But what's the point in being fake and earning shit loads of money? All for what? Personaly i'd rather get somwhere, doing something I enjoy and am passionate about. It's what some parts of Jazz is about really.

[RisingForce420]

I agree that ashlee simpson is completely pathetic. There are few okay metal instances (King Crimson anyone?), and one guy who I respect even though he was initially a conventional metal guy is guitarist Alex Skolnick of Testament, who did 3 albums with them and then took his money to attend the New School in New York, which led to his semi-popular Jazz Career. Also, I'm a studying jazz guitarist out in California, so I'm quite lonely musically :(. Good luck with all of your pursuits.

[maxthecat122]

i love the groove at 310 is so insane

[ReminiscenceHr]

Great track, sick groove.

[politicalfarce]

Wow, he wrote much more of his stuff back then. Now it's way more open. He just shouts out a key, Anthony Jackson goes there, he shouts out a metric modulation and Ari Hoenig goes there. Both concepts are cool.

[hugue11]

increible!!!!!

[park64]

hey rockstarboy420, you clearly have no musical knowledge whatsoever because if you think this elaborate display of melodic jazz is sickening. i bet half of the guitarists you like have done numerous jazz workshops. appreciate the roots, jeez.

[willfranks2003]

damn great.

don't see many chicks at show like this.

[brandonshred]

Perfect.

[vabraun5]

Amazing trio! Krantz goes where no guitarist has ever gone!

[jimbodrums07]

Calebdudy, shut up man. Zak's the shit. Don't compare him to Weckl. You have no clue what your talkin about man.

[antibulletdodger101]

What? would a comparison with Weckl be a negative thing..? And he does sound a lot like Weckl.

[simasuma]

never been too into Weckl, though I can't appreciate him enough for his dedication and talent- However, Zach Danziger blows my damn mind especially on 2 drink minimum

[rockstarboy420]

absolutely sickening

[XxgibsonLPX]

3:10 to 3:25 is just crazy love the groove

[yayadave]

I can't wait to see WK in Oz later this year!! Finally, a tour down under! :))

[DAKMAIN]

Man, i want some guitar tabs for this guy. He simply is amazing. I love his work, all of it.

[redwoodolphin]

Good luck on that one. His playing is so symmetrical and compact though that once you sit down and start figuring it out, you can't believe how neatly it lays on guitar. Get a looper and some tab/staff paper. I don't worry so much about the time values; write down the fingerings (fret/string) and play through it a few times. You'll memorize the phrasing.

Learn it in little bits. Sometimes I need to do a half second loop and slow it down to get the chord voicing.

[DAKMAIN]

I know what you mean man. That's why there are no tabs for the man, his playing is beyond technical. I've tried so many times to emulate and tab out some of his "signals" album, but i failed every time.

[redwoodolphin]

He's got an unsurpassed knowledge of the neck, and he's endlessly creative.

The way his parts lay on the guitar is remarkably efficient, particulary with regard to how he often combines rhythmic parts with single note lines (good example is the main theme on Dream Called Love on Two Drink).

I'm working on some tunes from Two Drink--you might have better luck with this (being a live trio recording).

[Fishies125]

It's insane. Try learning stuff from long to be loose. Like track 3.....incredible and very hard to play. But when you try to learn his stuff, you really start to see just how complex and amazing his compositions are. One of my favorite parts is 4:46 to 5:04 on track 6. It's unbelievable. I just don't understand it, harmonically, especially. Amazing.

[brandysboi]

Lincoln Goines is always solid. Reads his but off and a great feel and touch for the bottom end.

[wahmyboot]

Hah he even tunes up while playing. Great trio.

[spiminator]

i love, what zack danziger plays..

[CalebDudey]

Zachs great no question. but too much of a weckl clone for me, i think thats why you dont hear much of him now. plays same drums/cymbals as weckl, holds his trad stick back like 80's weckl, and ALMOST sounds like weckl. but not quite.

[hackeley]

like his surname (same as mine :P)

[sibrent1]

Awesome - I was lucky enough to see this guy on a small stage tonight along with Cyrus Pace. Oh yeah, he's good.

[aaronlebos]

I cant stop watching this. Its ridiculous! Ive seen him 3 times at the 55 and 2 were insane, the other was a bit off because he had a new lineup that seemed off from his arrangements. A gibson? no way, his strat is a huge part of his sound. What a freakin group!

[CTrane88]

yeah man hes killin ive seen him at the 55 too, unfortunately he sent out an email recently that said he wont be playing there anymore due to a close death. also he does play a strat but he plays some "tyler" guitar that looks exactly like a strat, i think the tyler sounds better though.

[Fishies125]

He plays lots of strats though. Several of them are fenders.

[pasqualemaglione]

GREAT!

[yayadave]

These guys are the real Masters of the Universe!

[wolowolowolo]

Excellent clip... I used to go to the 55 bar when they were recording the 2 drink minimun CD, at that time I was also studying with Zach...great memories from those days back in 1995...

[scottbos68]

i wish he would get a gibson sorry

[Fishies125]

For his music? That'd be horrible.

[mickronson1]

if he comes to my location, i will stop everything to go see him

[mickronson1]

wayne krantz, the best musician ever....EVER!!!!!!!!!!

[bobbygoesbig]

Sick.

[pyramidion]

Wayne is the man- totally redefining the art of guitar playing. I was fortunate to study with him for almost 5 years, and he always amazed me.

If anyone knows if this entire show is available on dvd, please let me know!!!!!!!!!

peace

[Fishies125]

You studied with him? How?

[pyramidion]

I lived in NY in the late 80's/early 90's, and after i saw him play with Leni Stern one night, i asked for lessons. Since i could afford it at the time, i studied with him on and off for 5 years- totally inspiring and knowledgeable, he was a great teacher.

peace

[SouthWord]

his newer stuff sounds like painting with vibrations

[babinm]

I've watched this 8 times. His lines are really modern and it reminds of a phenomen if you write a paragraph and scramble the inner letters but leave the outside ones creative people can still read it. He creates a context of rock, funk fusion but his inner voicings are new to this world. IN my mind that makes him an original genius.

[1monspugkey]

Awesome I want more videos of Zach man. I saw Krantz in New York with zach and Troy Millard on the bass. I ended up doing a ship gig with Troy what killer players truly humbling

[gobbler6]

this guy is off the hook in greatness. one of the great guitar improvisors in the world.

[Fishies125]

Totally.

[afekspea]

2 drink minimum is up there with my favourite albums, this guys got some dirty sounds

[Guitman2001]

...got to see him in Baltimore about 2yrs ago And man,what a gig ....i like this!...PEACE

[persear]

I have to say that I like his playing with Carlock and Lefebvre a bit more. Granted, that was the first trio I'd heard him in, but I think he got a bit more colorful with them....

[Fishies125]

Ya totally, although Long to Be Loose was amazing. You should hear him nowadays. Buy a download of a live show from his website sometime. He plays with Cliff Almond, Keith Carlock, Anthony Jackson, James Genus, Paul Socolow, and even Lincoln Goines. He's got some really good trios going there.

[TheDeLi]

He's like Frisell in that he posesses an endless palette of harmonic depth. Other than that hmmm. Wayne has a book called O.S. It will show you how this guy thinks. Super advanced but also very easy. Only for the very brave.

[Fishies125]

AMAZING book. That book has changed my playing for the better, forever. I wish more people knew about it. Pure genius.

[savingblue]

whats the book on ?

[Fishies125]

It's about improvising. It's a very creative and fresh approach. You can get it on his website.

[mothermoore]

He has a bit of Bill frisell in there doesnt he, nice touch, I love thinking players.

[lae2k]

Dude is off the hook. His Signals CD is a must have. Thing that gets me is the cats can follow him. His ideas sound so on-the-fly yet the bassist is reading a chart isn't he!!! God. Drummer ain't missing queue one... Nobody's that lucky. Purest talent out there in the jazz arena today.

[lakinilk]

Zach Danziger sure as hell ain't missing no queues on drums. He has been a pro recording drummer since he was 16 years old. Guy is a freak!!

[Fishies125]

And he does an amazing job playing drums on all the Ocean's 11 movies!

[TapeDeck777]

Wayne is tops...

[rhandu]

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wayne is a vinnie colaiuta on the guitar huahauha

Perfect song

[GP4T]

Fantastic stuff!

[VladG]

I think it might be a Seymour Duncan Vintage Rails

[jazzlefty]

somebody know what type of pickup is he using en the neck position?

[jazzlefty]

me gusta el estilo de wayne, es un buen sonido de stratocaster

[littleburgundy]

FUCKKKKKKKKK YAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I am so happy this Wayne Krantz video is up.

[Stanleylardbutt]

Wayne Krantz is something original.

[Fishies125]

Awesome! I've been waiting for a some wayne krantz videos for a long time, especially some older ones. Wayne Krantz is an undiscovered prodigy. Although he definitely has gotten better at his live playing since then.

[VladG]

That's true,it's "Is Something I don't understand Yet"!

[livetday]

Also known as track 8 from the album Long To Be Loose.

[lacis]

Awesome, but this isn't "Shirts Off"