Barney Kessel blues

Barney Kessel blues

[@DebiMavro]

Thank you for posting this video, I have been trying to find for years. That is my Dad, Pete Morgan on Double Bass. It is from a BBC TV Programme called "The Five Faces of the Guitar".

[@bobthompson8053]

In the very early 70's I was hitchhiking home during an ice storm in the South Shore of Massachusetts.....The only car that stopped for my was being driven by Barney. I conversed with him for about 20 minutes during which he chain smoked one joint after another.....he said "aw you kids...you like that rock and roll" in a tone of voice bordering between irritation and disgust. But later on he was shocked that I actually knew who Miles Davis was. I didn't really know anything about him but when I became a bass player later on in life and I mentioned his name to some of my guitar playing friends, I found out in a hurry. If I could only go back in time...

[@wighatsuperreggie]

WOW thanks for that.

[@bobthompson8053]

@@wighatsuperreggie You're Welcome:) I've toyed with the idea of editing this story and adding some additional details but decided to just leave it. Thank You for your response:)

[@annettesomers7463]

He's my favourite guitarist and jimi Hendrix of course

[@cotiecowgill4520]

Great story. I just so happened to look at this comment. I live in Weymouth speaking of the South shore of Massachusetts.

[@bobthompson8053]

@@cotiecowgill4520 ... I was living in Hanover at the time

[@barrykidd1977]

What makes some of these performances amazing was that Barney probably had smoked 3-4 joints before each performance. He liked his 420.

[@robertleger4986]

He did? haha

[@pibass63]

Un génie avec son instrument, il en a inspiré plus d'un ! (Gambale, Mancuso, Metheny.. ) Un géant !

[@ACOUSTIC_4LOVE]

Kessel Could play that Bop Blues better than any I’ve ever witnessed. His energy was amazing and the Flury/arpeggios and crazy chord fills were mind blowing. Joe P was good too. But I like Pass on his Solo stuff. Benson came along and his jazz speed had that little blend of Wes going on. Benson was a monster player too-but my Nods off to Kessel for the pure clean Jazz blues-not many could come close

[@ianmorrison9394]

One reaches a certain vintage,and doesn't forget just mislays how talented guys like Barney Kessell,Tal Farlow,Herb Ellis,Scotland's own Jim Mullen,the list is endless. Good to hear/watch/ be stunned/etc. P.S. Martin Taylor is one of us : drool. Ian Morrison

[@emadismusic]

Always one of my favorite players/musician! And I see that Bruce Forman has that guitar now, which is only right.

[@DjangoThunders]

One year later and still the best in the universe.

[@REM1956]

I tell you, the bass and drums are right on it too. Very tight trio. No matter how good you are you can't swing like that without a great rhythm section.

[@muhammadhangtuah9746]

Nah they make it easier to feel of course but doesn’t mean you can’t swing perfectly without them

[@iGuitarX]

Amen, that swing is sick!

[@REM1956]

@@muhammadhangtuah9746 Agree Barney could swing playing solo. But not with a bad rhythm section.

[@muhammadhangtuah9746]

@@REM1956 exactlyy!!!

[@TimNelson]

In a recent interview with George Benson, he said the Barney probably taught him more than anyone. It was on a early tour with Jim Hall and Kessel that he, George Benson, went on “to college” through daily instructional jam sessions with Barney. He came off of the successful tour with all kinds of tricks and ideas that he would incorporate in his work for decades to come.

[@deimosanomaly2579]

Watching that interview was the first time I ever heard of Barney Kessel, probably just a couple of weeks ago. So happy I stumbled upon it!

[@sendorealistacomgentebosta134]

Barney Kessel is amazing. He had a rock approach of Jazz guitar and those who wants to sound more rock and hard in jazz should listen to him and have him as a reference. My approach to Jazz guitar as a player is more kind of Joe Pass style but still love to hear Barney Kessel.

[@kevinkinnu341]

Spot on with his rock approach to playing jazz guitar

[@demejiuk5660]

Hi guys I love Barney and have for a long time and I've heard this "rock approach" thing before. What exactly do you mean? Is it because of his riff playing? Like at 00:53.

[@observer74]

⁠@@demejiuk5660It’s funny reading this observation. Now, I come to this as a blues player evolving into a jazz player…I’ve always described Barney Kessel’s playing as Punk Rock because of his reckless abandon when he plays. There is also a rough physicality to his playing-from his hard picking to his slurry runs-it sounds like he’s using the guitar like a punching bag at times. He plays like he doesn’t give a fuck about anything. Contrast Kessel to someone like Jimmy Raney (who I also love)…whose playing is very controlled and at times void of emotion (in an amazing way). Hope that makes some sense?

[@capthead]

My band in Oklahoma had the son of Barney's teacher in it. He sounded just like him. A great player

[@Trekki61]

Great modern jazz guitarist, mostly underestimated but did some good sessions with Bird and others

[@joepalooka2145]

I saw Barney live in a small club many years ago, back in the early '70s. I've always been a huge fan and it's taken a lifetime of playing to be able to imitate him, and play some of his transcriptions. One of the things I really like about his playing is how he plays the blues and this is a great example. He was an extremely inventive and great player who had an amazing long career.

[@kevinhart8609]

When does one even start to practice if wanting to play like that?

[@thebeatcreeper]

@@kevinhart8609 Harmonising scales , chord substitutions , Be Bop scales etc

[@kevinhart8609]

Appreciate it 🙏

[@thebeatcreeper]

@@kevinhart8609 Search " Barney Kessel Chord-Melody Style: Lesson 5 - Blues Examples . In KZbin

[@pharmerdavid1432]

Phil Emerson turned me on to how great Barney was/is-is/was-always! Phil visited him in the hospital when he was dying, really cared about the Maestro. Phil himself was into "bar magnets and flat wound strings" thanks mainly to indispensable and immortal Kessel.

[@chrishoskins77]

Wish more people knew how great this truly is. Respect ✊

[@fredfloyd34]

I mean Berney is a legend thanks for bringing back good ol memories...

[@kevinwebb2480]

No one can do Chord-Melody like Barney. He is perfect. And can he swing ????

[@andrewapte8495]

Oh yea he can swing

[@GrowthCurveMarketing]

Joe Pass could...

[@mateolopez4611]

il love that man one of the greatest ever, but, Van Eps ? Joe pass ,Wes, jimmy bruno,jonnie smith , herb hellis , all super chord compin playes as well

[@czgibson3086]

Wes, Joe Pass, Lenny Breau, Ted Greene, Martin Taylor, Julian Lage, lots of the great jazz guitarists have been excellent chord-melody players.

[@johnbruno6868]

@@czgibson3086 Don't forget Howard Roberts!

[@iwagurohirokazu1407]

大好きです！！R.I.P.salte to barney kessel.

[@DANYL5Archtop1]

The song title is Basie's Blues, written by Count Basie. Terrific version by Barney!

[@GeoMoniiMedia]

Thank you

[@donkkong5551]

This is great! sound quality is killer also! drums sound great!

[@ananyaraj8951]

His style was really impressive

[@stevenhearrell1564]

One of the best.

[@7StringTom]

God bless bad ass Barney!

[@salvadorgarcia8661]

Como siempre impresionante Barney, un genio de la guitarra, inmortal!!!

[@leo78915]

我比較晚接觸到這位樂手的音樂!才發覺SRV幾乎所有靈感和手法都是出自於他

[@guitarman6742]

Swingin' hard Jack!!

[@bernardtheillaucher9478]

Fantastic guitar player. I bought one of his records, I was at the army (military service in France) and I heard him again and again and again... Thanks a lot for share !

[@tjcolatrella943]

Listen to Barney playing with Billie Holiday "I Got a Right to Sing The Blues" it's one of the most heady well constructed ground breaking solos of it's time..

[@lwmson]

That reverb is killing it.

[@DrTWG]

This guy is incredible - he has *all* the licks & *all* the chords . It's crazy that people think Clapton is a guitar 'god' - he's totally in Kessel's shadow.

[@gabchaim8232]

You are so damned right. Whenever Kessel enters the room, he sets the joint in fire.

[@guitarmachine13]

well said

[@To.Si.Ma.]

Clapton was god only to 60s hipsters.

[@terrywebb5380]

Eric Clapton’s net worth is hundred’s of millions of pounds and sadly Barney didn’t even have enough money to pay for his medical bills at the end of his life.

[@darcebader2126]

Why do you have to put down one guy to praise another?

[@FriendsofMusicOnlie]

O grande mestre 👍 uau Que pena ele não está com nós não mais 😕

[@Bokete7]

Nice jazz blues.

[@jean-lucbersou758]

Quelle belle leçon ! .....et quel vocabulaire ! ....On voit ce qu'un Biréli Lagrène a emprunté à Mr.B.K.....et on voit et on entend tout du long l'influence des grands.... Count Basie avec la reprise des fameux riffs du big band .....aussi bien que le C jam blues de Duke Ellington le tout assaisonné d'un Groove irresistible .

[@FSarnicola]

Barney Kessel, one of the most extraordinary guitarists that jazz has ever had, continued on the road already bbattuta by Charlie Christian, distinguishing itself through a particularly playing staff, for example in form chord melody, chord progressions divenando his mark creating inexhaustible both in accompaniment and improvisation. The latter technique called block chord, still used today by great guitarists as, among others, John Scofield. has worked with the likes of Lester Young, Artie Shaw, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Benny Goodman ...

[@bernarddover1442]

FFS ..ART TATUM WAS RUBBISH !!! you dont know what your talking about you clown !

[@edouglaspratt]

Have another drink, Ben.

[@jamessilver6429]

and brian wilson-beach boys- wrecking crew

[@johnmc3862]

@@bernarddover1442 Shut up you fool you know f all about jazz.

[@pobinr]

Holdsworth?

[@MrMjp58]

When I watch him I sometimes wonder if guitar took a 'wrong' turn in the 60's and 70's. All those variations on string bending, vibrato and endless blues scales/distortion. I loved it all at the time. This is so dynamic and packed with interest. Just my impression after playing for 50 years.

[@kevinoconnor9548]

Music was definitely dumbed down in the late 60's. Bix Beiderbecke was playing orchestrated blues back in the 1920's and it was pretty sophisticated back then. Up until 60's the music was a adult business run by adults, now the children have taken over the music business and I don't think they even know what blues and jazz is.

[@daddydothang8635]

Rock is music for teenagers. But we're at the point in history where people never grow up. Everyone thinks their opinion is valid. It ain't. 😉

[@xaque9732]

string bending is great, and i don’t understand why jazz guys don’t take more advantage of it. it’s the most distinctive and expressive element of guitar - and it can’t really be emulated by the other commons jazz instruments. really good saxophonists can maybe get close. this is great music for sure, but i’m surprised no one ever took this and BB king and merged the two and took is as far as possible.

[@ledaswan5990]

@@xaque9732 I agree. If you don"t bend strings you not using half of the expressive quality of the guitar. I love some of Barney Kessel's playing but when he's going crazy with all the fast arpeggios and weird licks it sounds like a desperate old man trying to be relevant and show he can play fast too or something. I prefer Albert King

[@jean-lucbersou758]

@@xaque9732 With heavy gauge strings ( 13 / 54 ) the common set on archtop jazz guitars you were more on chords and when you were for single lines you rather played chromatisms ( half tone ) fret to fret . But great players had already some subtle ' bends " in their touch . Listen to Charlie CHRISTIAN , Wes MONTGOMERY , George BENSON , they have great pitch and tone for the richest melodic flow ....and rather few but accurate bends . Bop and Hardbop lines are not systematic " bends" areas as blues pentatonic cliches .

[@shanelondon1907]

Guitarist with his own style of playing. And it is Great! SL

[@malmalamie2732]

So tasteful,great tone,love this.

[@MrRichiekaye]

No one ever could do it like that and no one can now. The one and only!

[@hang-sangitch]

This is pure cool

[@vhollund]

That sound!

[@TomBarradas]

Astounding. Wow!

[@bikersoncall]

Amazing.

[@Ajohn13Music]

Great, enjoyed listening and watching.

[@ruffytrabe1432]

Master of sweeping and much more.......love it !

[@ROBERTO251054]

Sono d'accordo..il grande Barney è stato il mio chitarrista di riferimento nel jazz era moderno"tirava le corde" e grintoso..

[@srwaite7]

Sublime 🎸

[@maracanazinha]

era proprio bravo, barney kessel! thanks 4 sharing!

[@maracanazinha]

maestro!

[@jamesliu4260]

So sooooo goooood !!❤❤

[@joseenocalmendra4066]

Un grande , un maestro

[@DjangoThunders]

That was one helluva jam! No wonder Harrison called him the best in the universe!

[@MarcLelogeaisGuitariste]

👍👍👍🎶 énorme comme toujours

[@doordashh]

serious jazz blues vibes ❤

[@Mark-Zhark]

A god among mere mortals!

[@kevinwebb2480]

Dear Sendo Relaista: Love listening to him. He always referred to himself as a musician who happened to play the guitar. 'What a Happening!'' I used to play 3 chord rock as a young guy; now more country picking - but jazz is a little beyond me as yet. (age 72)

[@georgesember9069]

Thanks for posting! Barney Kessel is always a treat, at least for guitar players or wannabe types like me!

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

Very enjoyable.

[@lenslemonbenzem6907]

my guitar heroe may be added. their names are charlie wes grant n him. bravo brava

[@daniusdarhymecombinevoskre1772]

Even Phil Kessel doesn't have hands like this.

[@stratplayer53]

Barney was a great hockey player in his on rite

[@sergiopaim7884]

Com esse Swing ,para completar falta uns Whisky 👍👍👍👍

[@Korsaro1]

Incredibile good

[@kokubo399]

So true

[@ramiroveron765]

Heard a few guitar players and mean no disrespect to any but mr kessel right here is unique. bluesy chord melody jazz smokin...

[@johndoening8147]

Great guitarist

[@SlickCrusty]

excellent

[@user-dz3kp8pt6i]

nice!

[@johnmartin2597]

Damn!

[@cringememes3515]

Liked this video after the first 3 chords. He's brilliant

[@billmiller2051]

Those damn chords !!!

[@chuckmartin6302]

Thank God somebody had enough brains to film this performance for posterity. In our society today, we don't value or appreciate great artistry like this anymore. Just look at what passes for pop and rock music today. Never mind jazz and blues, its just about completely gone...

[@johnmoooo5804]

We still have rap "ARTISTS".

[@pandorski35000]

That's beautifult at 3:31

[@jamesjohnson1522]

😳well damn😳

[@robertomacheda592]

semplicemente fantsastico

[@ey-wg1hf]

Capo

[@marimo4001]

ジャズに目覚めたのが、ケセルおじさんのギター。ポール・ウイナーシリーズはみんな持ってる。ケセルのコードワークに憧れて～　コピーしまくった学生時代。

[@gabri3l367]

Le note blues di Barney sono veramente uniche e che swing ragazzi. Le decime sono favolose.

[@pobinr]

There's so many things going on here. He's sitting upright not sliding off the stool he's on or is it a seat. Guitar being held tight enough to not fall on the floor. No strings snapping. Being held firmly at each end in pitch. And he's hitting them pretty well with tremendous energy to produce some nice music, not in the least bit corny & clichéd . It dont mean nothing if it dont ping

[@jamiehaigh1707]

@bradleyhallguitar your sweeping journey starts here.

[@jiyujizai]

😀🥀🌱💚

[@SpaceAceTX]

Watch the Andy Griffith Show, Season 1 Episode 3 “The Guitar Player” Awesome episode and you can hear Barney being dubbed in for Jim Lyndsey (played by actor James Best). Also the last episode of Season 1 “The Guitar Player Returns” for more dubbed in Barney, another excellent episode 👍🏻😀

[@harriheinsoo]

4:55 that lick tho!

[@thanasisKrispis]

❤❤❤❤❤👍

[@gitarrenlehrer-koeln]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@2idolon]

oh yehr ...ssss

[@woodbell67]

Hip.

[@emildimofte6538]

💝💝💫✌️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💙🌿💋💕💕📷🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩📸📷🖼️📸📷 🌿💋🌿🌿💙💙👍💙💙🌺🌺🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🖼️🖼️📸📸📸📸☮️💥💥☮️☮️☮️☮️🔥🌟🦅💎🦅💎💪💪💪💪☮️💥☮️💥☮️💥🌷🙏🥰🙏🥰💝💫🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🪂✌️✌️💕🎩💕🎩🖼️📸🖼️💫💫💫💝💝👍👍👍👍👍👍🌺💯🙏🥰🎩🥰💕💕🎩💕🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩👍💙⭐⭐💎💎💎💎💎💎💕🎩💕🙏🥰🙏

[@spivvo]

Good grief he’s sweep picking decades before the shredders!

[@ChristianH1946]

Who are the two others musicians please ?

[@steveb9325]

What guitar is that? Gibby 400? W CC pup! For sure on the pup.

[@StankyPigano]

Heavily customized ES-350 with a Charlie Christian pickup, knobs from an old stereo, and a custom-fitted wooden bridge. I remember it came up for sale a couple years ago.

[@michelhammache4694]

Super guitariste Barney

[@Salvador-cc8ss]

Dioos solo hay uno y aoy yo

[@harriheinsoo]

has anyone tried transcribing this? :D mad solo

[@giodude2788]

Does anybody know what song this is or what performance this is from?

[@JannikLindquist]

The drummer looks like Thorkild Møller. Can anyone confirm that it is him?

[@BobDommermuth]

unreal --people today dont know what real takent is

[@NolaVenice]

Tony's take on Barney: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5PMdn6KbbWFaZo

[@tomasvanecek8626]

Hmm.. the genuine Ch.Christian pickup... you dont see it these days

[@bri2233]

Can't top Barney Kessel....

[@starke2908]

HE ONLY PLAYED ONE GUITAR IN HIS CAREER

[@MisterGiuly]

tre me n do

[@thingy2780]

...i wish they had better recording equipment on this