Barney was a genius on guitar, another of the greats that have have passed. I worked on his guitar in my house in Boca Raton for about 4 hours. He played for me and my wife for an hour before he left to Brazil on a Sunday morning. He was a very kind man with nothing to hide. He was brilliant and an icon from the era of great jazz guitarists. RIP Barney, thank you for all the great inspiration and teaching of guitar with no limits! You will always be with us.
@billysolhurok5542
Жыл бұрын
Is his Gibson fairly stock,or were the electronics,and that beautiful 'art deco' pick-up added,at some point? Both of these greats,prove that all you may need is one pick-up, one volume, and one tone knob.
@johndough2915
Жыл бұрын
@@billysolhurok5542 Charlie Christian pickup, check out those chicken head knobs
Herb was one of my very favorite guitarists of all time! Loved Barney as well, but Herb's playing made more sense to me. I was extremely fortunate to see Herb, Barney, & the great Charlie Byrd (billed as "The Great Guitars") in a small college venue that was, due to very poor advertising, almost empty! We were front and center!! What an amazing evening!!
@markospapasifakis4210
Жыл бұрын
I love that Barney's playing is always on the edge of disaster but he always finds a way to pull through!!!
@pjjmsn
Жыл бұрын
So true! He plays a lot of very difficult stuff here and I can't believe he pulls it off. The right hand on the fast lines is amazing and so unique. There will never be another him.
@markbridwell8972
Жыл бұрын
That's an accurate observation and poignant comment on Barney';s musicianship . When I started realizing who the great guitarists were , in the field of jazz , Barney was always on top as the most inventive & rhythmically astute player available . Am blessed to have seen him perform three times over the years - - the last time being just two months before his '92 stroke .
@pjjmsn
Жыл бұрын
@@markbridwell8972 I was fortunate enough to see him once with Tal Farlow and Emily Remler in the mid or late 80's at Fat Tuesdays in NYC. His energy output was amazing. He was sweating up a storm. It was a joyful night. You could tell they loved having Emily there.
@alexcantelou2469
Жыл бұрын
Aww jeez! What a brilliant way to put it. Thanks! :)
@fishytank1land
Жыл бұрын
He is always on point . . .
@Joshualbm
Жыл бұрын
I really get tired of people commenting on how they think Barney's sloppy. That is so annoying and completely untrue. He played with a fearless approach to keep things fresh, driving and reaching for uncharted territory. A lot of his style was very visceral and percussive, with raking, grinding and hard driving attack. It was all a part of the sound and feel he wanted. When he wanted to play clean, slow and articulate, he could as well as anyone on the planet. But nobody else could play like Barney. So that's what made his style even more intriguing. And he influenced a lot more players to break out and just go for it, play what you feel not what you think is safe. But the alternate picking snobs out there only hear the stuff they want and keep the silliness going... what can you do about that?
@4am_no_sleep
Жыл бұрын
Aaand all of these ppl criticizing Barney cant play nearly as good as him 😂
@blacjazzz
Жыл бұрын
What can you do about it? And I know it was rhetorical. But I say, ignore it and enjoy Barney. 100 years from now people will still be talking about Barney and enjoying and absorbing his music. He'll still continue to impact newer players. The snobs, mostly are invisible. Will they create a lasting and known legacy? Probably not. As you said, Barney went for his thing. And that's whats important. To play your soul/spirit in a way that's recognizable and authentic and also hopefully enjoyable. He was all of that. And along the way, influenced hundreds if not thousands of guitarists because of it. And those same guitarists have gone onto influence others. That's what its about.
@howardrobinson4938
Жыл бұрын
Herb's tone is a silk cloth going in one ear and as it's pulled out the other, caresses every cluster of neurons in my brain.
@MichaelDurig1
Ай бұрын
I met both of them when they came through my town. Herb played like my teacher did and Barney just baffled me at the time. I've been playing 54 years now and am so glad to hear Barney play again.
@jessiegreene4800
Жыл бұрын
The bassist is Bob Magnusson, a gr8 musician and all around good guy!!!
@cliffirddelbridge2810
Жыл бұрын
Barney's guitar is now in the loving hands of Bruce Forman
@StevenRosenberg
Жыл бұрын
These guys were just so musical -- anybody can enjoy these tunes and their lines, no matter if they know a lot about jazz or not. They really had a great musical vocabulary and knew how to use it.
@kevinkinnu341
Жыл бұрын
Barney Kessel goes beyond playing jazz guitar. Incredible
@ber334
Жыл бұрын
he killed it on Custard in her face
@iceWaterProductions1
4 ай бұрын
OMG this is like finding a stream in the middle of nowhere in Wyoming just to discover you’ve stumbled across tons a gold.
@waltgdrums1
Жыл бұрын
I was fortunate to have seen live Barney and Herb in the 70’s & early 80’s several times. Also Joe Pass, Les Paul, George Barnes, Kenny Burrell, Charlie Byrd, George Benson and others. BTW it is very apparent that Kessel was a major influence on a young Larry Coryell who is my favorite of the next generation of guitarists.
@MrMjp58
Жыл бұрын
Larry's also my favourite of that generation of jazzers.
@kennethbrein2037
Жыл бұрын
These videos MUST be preserved for posterity!
@TheErod1944Channel
Жыл бұрын
I got "chills" during "Accustomed to Her Face". Wow!
@raindog2262
Жыл бұрын
That was a fabulous rendition.
@ber334
Жыл бұрын
On black Orpheus just when you thought Barney was human he takes you into another realm on that last chorus that you could never have imagined
@douglasthompson8927
Жыл бұрын
Barney could play..he was the real deal
@pgroove163
Жыл бұрын
I'm really just discovering these incredible guitarists... fantastic players.
@polishmasterjay
Жыл бұрын
So it’s 5:30 am Sunday morning, making coffee just me and my cat Chloe, turn on the KZitem machine and it gives me this…😳🤯🙌🏽👏🎶🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️ From this morning forward, I am now a changed human being, thank you is the least I can say Mr Barney Kessel sir 🙌🏽👏🎶❤️
@iceWaterProductions1
4 ай бұрын
Chloe is one cool cat to have a friend nice enough to play her two of the best jazz guitars ever. The only thing that make this better is if Joe Pass and Lenny Breau would show up for a second set.
@GuiitarBilly
Жыл бұрын
Barney’s incredible of course. I’m here to show some love for Herb. He’s sometimes a bit overlooked bc he’s playing with Joe Pass or Barney. I’ve never heard anything played by him that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy
@user-gr3rq1or6v
8 ай бұрын
Fully agree. I love all of them but for me, Herb was just more fluid and melodic. Barney's solos are more chord based so not as smooth
@masa685
Жыл бұрын
Makes my day. I used to watch it on Japanese satellite TV, but it was incomplete. I recorded a video, but I don't have it now. Nice to enjoy with high quality.
@borsanablues8243
Жыл бұрын
Super jazz masters ! 👏👏👏
@alvarorojas225
Жыл бұрын
Ellis tone is unbelievable
@randybock82
6 ай бұрын
Saw Herb on Sanford and son. Cookn!
@tumenihits5438
Жыл бұрын
Favourite jazz musician quotes (one of); at a Kessel guitar seminar, one the attendees asked "How do you avoid clashes in harmony when you're playing with a piano player or other instrumentalist?" Kessel; "Well .... I would seek to establish if I were paying the piano player, he was paying me, or if we were both in the employ of a third party. It becomes a lot easier after that."
@Wedge53
Жыл бұрын
I caught these two at the King of France Tavern in Annapolis back in 75 or 76. What a lovely memory.
@blognei
Жыл бұрын
Um mestre que nos deixou belas apresentações. Um gênio que nos deixou várias obras. Um gênio que nos deixa saudades de como é belo o som harmonioso de um instrumento bem tocado.
@matthewe.johnson1760
Жыл бұрын
😂
@ronlee2606
Жыл бұрын
These guys along with Charlie Byrd came to my hometown in Wisconsin and played at a very small jazz club in 1979. Unfortunately I was out of town and did not get to go see them. Did see a ton of awesome shows there (Charlie Byrd solo was one of them) but sure wish I could have been there for that one.
@GuiitarBilly
Жыл бұрын
Saw them in 1980, great show. I believe there’s a KZitem video or two of them. Search ‘Great Guitars’ along with their names
@JohanDoornenbal
10 ай бұрын
This makes me so happy!
@waltgdrums1
Жыл бұрын
This rendition of Body and Soul is exquisite
@mraragon665
Жыл бұрын
26:14 YABBA DABBA DUO!! 🎸👋 🎸👋
@destroygaryfunky7053
Жыл бұрын
Listening to Herb Ellis is like skiing on a foot of fresh powder on Telluride,........
@zdave6083
8 ай бұрын
Except that skiing is a foolhardy risk of life and limb while listening to Herb is good for body and mind.
@seattlevegas66
Жыл бұрын
This is music! True art! Thank you for posting!
@pericogonzalez8067
Жыл бұрын
J E W E R L Y
@hollywoodjoe123
10 ай бұрын
BAR NONE when it comes to BARNEY KESSEL
@gabchaim8232
Жыл бұрын
At 6:06 Like any old entertainer he could never resist telling the joke before playing that tune.
@jjjohny_a5965
Жыл бұрын
thanks edward for sharing not one but two of greatest jazz guitar players
@EliZevin
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for uploading this
@MarkInLA
11 ай бұрын
I just couldn't turn it off !!! THIS is Jazzzzzzzzz !!!
@MrMjp58
Жыл бұрын
I saw Barney with Herb in '84.
@vinceq1036
Жыл бұрын
Boy. Two of the greats.
@luis.steinhorst
Жыл бұрын
Barney influenced Bossa Nova, then he opens show the with Wave... great !!!
@tsco
Жыл бұрын
This is great! Thank you!
@emjaybee63
Жыл бұрын
I got to see Barney in london 1983. He backed Marion Montgomery and also played solo guitar. I was mightily impressed, as I'd only heard him in a group setting before and that didn't really interest me (being a solo fingerstyle player) He was one of the few iconic players.
@danrose
Жыл бұрын
I saw these two back in about 1972 at West Australian University nice theatre and production (Not a student,)with my Dad, a swing alto and clarinettist. Didn't know any of the repertoire at that young age, sounded like Chinese to me. Much more aware of both their creds and skills nowdays, thanks for posting.
@vecernicek2
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this! Didn't see this in a long while..
@Utubestir
Жыл бұрын
Bob Mannusson on Bass I think
@guitar1067
Жыл бұрын
Unique genius. Truly one of a kind.
@bobkabala8407
Жыл бұрын
super
@strikeanywhere27
Жыл бұрын
That opening VHS is insane. In the middle cold war and nuclear threat. Then Kessel sending Wave (Tom Jobim). Impressive
@pluck593
Жыл бұрын
I saw Barney Kessel play live on two occasions, both in the same club. I even talked to him a while before he started playing. I also talked a little bit to Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd, who he was playing with.
@pericogonzalez8067
Жыл бұрын
GRACIAS POR ESTE MATERIAL DE O R O....
@j.d.jdthinktankersorg.asa.4237
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant set!
@user-ep2ld3ij2f
Жыл бұрын
좋다~~~~~~~좋아~~~~~~~~~
@paulj0557tonehead
Жыл бұрын
13:00 Brazil is great. Check out *Glenn Derringer -- Age 11 -- Performs Live - 1956* . Watch a young Glenn Derringer play Brazil on an all vacuum tube individual oscillator Conn Artist electronic organ model 700. It's a Perry Como episode in the 1950's. He went on to have a great organ career. Many of his recordings on KZitem.
@omarmontoya1055
Жыл бұрын
esto es mas que graaaandioso
@Hwmmue1
5 ай бұрын
Die Altmeister einfach Genial 🎸🎸🎸
@edwardolmos8614
5 ай бұрын
Yes he was
@pericogonzalez8067
Жыл бұрын
JAZZ SHOW !!!!!!!!!!!................
@TheChianello
Жыл бұрын
Herb Ellis = great articulation and intonation!
@zdave6083
8 ай бұрын
Ok..yeah. So whats Barney...chopped liver ? Barney Kessel = Unique tone and surprising original style.
@mariomele1990
Жыл бұрын
"Aquarela do Brasil do Brasil" haha
@bosshardbier3684
3 ай бұрын
Wenn ich das nur ansatzweise könnte.....
@edwardolmos8614
3 ай бұрын
Me too.
@stephencarroll230
Жыл бұрын
Barney was absolutely great with Billie Holiday!
@user-cn3mz6yi2k
Жыл бұрын
miss you barney.....
@DaddySantaClaus
Жыл бұрын
when peopled had class
@A.LEXsdesk
Жыл бұрын
black orpheus got nasty
@murattaner7384
Жыл бұрын
I hate flatwounds but I love these guys. Barney, I first heard on 'on the Green Dolphin Str.' 54 years ago when I was a starter at age 16,,,,Althouh not a big standard jazz fan (Ornette is my thing) I still nostalgically enjoy these fine folk. (Barney's Feeling free with Elvin.Chuck and Bobby was to say in Ornette s words Something Else! :))))
@kevinkinnu341
Жыл бұрын
Flatwounds lol This actually inspires me to get some
@miropribanic5581
Жыл бұрын
you play like Barney in 2023....you will have jobs!.....and chicks, haha...the Billie Holiday shtick is a classic.
@davidmajor4484
7 ай бұрын
Songlist if you please Ty
@Mainoffender69
Жыл бұрын
I always thought i was playing the wrong notes on my guitar! I never realised that im an effing jazz genius!
@zdave6083
8 ай бұрын
Said the guy who just doesn't get it .
@Mainoffender69
8 ай бұрын
@@zdave6083 correct
@Mr.Bassman
Жыл бұрын
18:30
@jimswainston
Жыл бұрын
Starts at 0:48
@PTam09
Жыл бұрын
This is wonderful. Who is on bass and drums?
@mraragon665
Жыл бұрын
28:04 🎸 🥁
@bradking1536
Жыл бұрын
Great! What year was this? Thank you for sharing hope you are well God loves you deeply shalom 🤗🐼♥️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8
@edwardolmos8614
Жыл бұрын
1-20-1989
@jiyujizai
Жыл бұрын
🙄🌱🌷❤️
@tracyneal3925
Жыл бұрын
When was this session?
@edwardolmos8614
Жыл бұрын
01-20-1989
@pablocarmonabassist
Жыл бұрын
Bassist is Bob Magnusson, drummer is Sherman Ferguson.
@johnduval482
Жыл бұрын
Glad i goy to see these two together at a small club in Portland Oregon some time in the later 70s perhaps, such a long time ago. They were just amazing and inspired me to find a full size jazz box.
@MrMjp58
Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what that silver device on the headstock of Herb’s guitar is?
@tumenihits5438
Жыл бұрын
It's a mute, to stop open strings from ringing
@MrMjp58
Жыл бұрын
@@tumenihits5438 Thanks a lot.
@dharma404_
7 ай бұрын
Names of the other players...?
@adamwayne6476
Жыл бұрын
What was the date on this performance?
@edwardolmos8614
Жыл бұрын
01-20-1989
@cassianogatto5752
Жыл бұрын
After Django, the most expressive guitar player ever... Kinda of chaotic and dirty sometimes, but this really adds a lot to the general performance. Improvise does not combine with tidy music... ;-)
@frankjurgensen9550
Жыл бұрын
If it ain't got that swing..... Music is nothing without that portion of dirt. I know it cause i play kind of rocknroll guitar my way. Can not do it with other musicians who don't understand my feeling.
@zdave6083
8 ай бұрын
You're obviously talking about Barney and he does get flack about his style from guitar snobs who just don't appreciate him .
@cassianogatto5752
8 ай бұрын
@@zdave6083 I do not appreciate him. I LOVE him and his style. You clearly did not get my message. a shame.
@zdave6083
8 ай бұрын
@@cassianogatto5752 you misinterpreted my comment as well. Such is life....
@marcoblack2550
Жыл бұрын
Jazz guitar doesn't get any better.....
@peterchoe
Жыл бұрын
barney kessel always looks like he's lost
@gabchaim8232
Жыл бұрын
You must have noticed Kessel's nasal discharge & salivating while humming along whenever he plays
@ber334
Жыл бұрын
That's interesting because to me it seems like he always knows exactly where he is
@BlueBeeThemeMusic
Жыл бұрын
How are you, right now?
@jazzfusionfan260
Жыл бұрын
He sure doesn't sound lost
@georgedavis8412
Жыл бұрын
Those hands don’t sound lost to me.
@user-zp7sx6be3m
Жыл бұрын
😮jazzWAVE浅野量行。私は、jazzguitar❗、😂😂
@jazzlefty
Жыл бұрын
Love almost everything on BK but is bendings NO!!
@Allan-et5ig
Жыл бұрын
I guess you could say Herb Ellis was slightly better technically and 'cleaner' (I don't really say it, others have) and he's great, sure. For me though, the even greater solos and for me, more interesting and moving are from Barney.
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