Jack Wilkins It Could Happen To You: for bookings email [e-mail]

Jack Wilkins guitar , Greg Massaro bass, Adam Ray drums at How Art Thou Jazz Cafe www.howartthoucafe.com December 2016

[@TheHunch22]

Years later…but this is some of the most “competent” jazz guitar playing I have ever seen. Beautiful flowing lines, outstanding musicality and timing. I feel like most of the tutorials I watch on jazz guitar are teaching a completely different sport. This makes me wanna learn chess rather than checkers. Bravo.

[@DaddySantaClaus]

Love how the Drummer is paying attention and reacting, nice

[@monkeyxx]

It's always good when the drummer is paying attention, LOL X-D

[@manuelfraiman5534]

@@monkeyxx and unbearable when he doesn't!

[@brunobellemin]

Big loss …. Jack Wilkins was so high … Thanks mr Wilkins for the music you brought !!

[@vKarl71]

...meanwhile the tradition of a certain type of person talking loudly through a whole set of excellent music is alive and well...

[@Csatennis48]

vKarl71 talking during a kaxx performance is a great and long standing Charleston tradition

[@teetosh]

Reminds me of the time the late great John Collins and Tal Farlow has a gig together at the Sunset Hiatt House (Riot House) and drunken salesman and 2 inebriated bimbos were shouting and laughing cluelessly at each other throughout the whole set.

[@N101-b8x]

Hilarious and sad at the same time

[@DaddySantaClaus]

Probably one that likes talking whilst giving head 😂

[@richardfredrick8838]

If you play in a gin mill, people are going to talk. The smart phone's electronics will pick up any sound near the mic. I once saw a Pete Fountain performance at his club in New Orleans. Two old ladies seated near me talked throughout the entire show. Very disrespectful IMO.

[@christianmani1730]

For those wondering, that is a Bill Comins GCS-1ES. Fantastic semi-hollow guitar.

[@mg55-n1l]

Jack is an amazing guitarist. However, for whatever reason, the tone of his guitar in this video is not good.

[@550Guitarman]

It resembles my Ibanez AR-125 Amberburst, which is surprisingly good for the price. No budget, but plenty of desire, for a Comins.

[@manuelfraiman5534]

maybe a matter of choice.. he chose to use it as a solid body, which you can do with a semi hollow, so the sound is quite compressed, giving a more melodic sound, but little percussion... he does not comp a lot , or almost, so no clarity is really required. Note that the smartphone sound is always compressed... He does not use the fender amp, so he maybe plays through the PA.. that is rarely the clearer solution! too

[@krissv3ctor512]

@@manuelfraiman5534 It looks to me like he's using the fender, hes just plugged into the 'vibrato' channel.

[@davidbaise5137]

He gets all the notey stuff out of the way, then digs in. Thanks for this, Mr. W and Mr. Uploader.

[@electrojazz14]

one of the greatest, RIP

[@stringbender57]

Excellent! Jack could play for sure. Great lines, tone and comping skills.

[@adamhowardschneider357]

Wilkins is flat-out nasty. Heard him live the other night. After all the beautiful tone, chord melody conceptions, incredibly tasteful use of dynamics, astounding right hand technique that never stops swinging these occasionally blindingly fast lines, I could just listen to him comp behind other players FOREVER. Just the consummate accompanist. What a beast!

[@jeffreagan2001]

KZbin give us the treat of being able to see great talent at the push of a button.

[@gerriepieters9033]

Jack Wilkins was a great jazz guitarist...saw him in Amsterdam...🎸🎸🎶🎶

[@JustinRothberg]

RIP. one of the greats.

[@flm954]

Great guitarist that has been known mainly among musicians for decades. This is the best version of '"It Could Happen To You" I've ever heard on guitar - and it's live too ! Great treatment of the melody, beautiful solo lines, and overall tremendous jazz trio playing on his part. Check out his albums, of which he has several. Windows, Captain Blued, and Trioart of three great ones. Captain blued has an added bonus, with the great Phil Woods playing.

[@golds04]

Jimmy Raney. To each their own. Jack has great chops.

[@flm954]

@@golds04 Thanks for reminding me of Jimmy. Great jazz guitarist !

[@golds04]

@@flm954 yup. Lots of great players. Many obscure. Like my teacher Joe Monk. Keep the strings tuned and burning. 😀

[@clarencevickrot3531]

RIP, Jack!

[@StoneCold-797]

Drummer is having the time of his life playing with Jack!

[@gregbennett9588]

and has no idea that his knock on the door speed increases when he delivers dominoes

[@Badbing612]

Master genius inventive classy gentleman in everyway. Got to sing with him at bella luna and in nj jazz club. Kept in contact for many years. Sent me music for For Biden. Will miss him muchly. God needed a master guitarist and he chose Mr Wilkins. Heaven is a better place.

[@puravida1949]

Jack Wilkins is a fantastic master musician and guitarist! Wish I didn't live on the opposite coast . Heard him live only once and he was great!

[@glennbasile314]

An undersung genius of jazz guitar

[@marktrentecosta]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carolynmullins7789]

YOU ARE THE BOSS JACK.....WOW!

[@djffe8597]

He's burnin' it's great melody and has all the flash when he needs it. Maestro!

[@robertpowell9618]

That is an impressive version of It Could Happen To You. Mr. Wilkins is very authentic and gifted. Thank you for this performance sir.

[@vKarl71]

JW is a great player. I once saw him with Jim Hall - just the two of them - and Wilkins was just soaking up the knowledge from Hall. He was clearly thrilled.

[@3158030Michael]

I just love Jack! Most beautiful traditional melodic lines, and versatile professional guitarist. Thank you for posting!

[@Csatennis48]

Michael Vainshtub I have the audio for most of this performance. contact me on Twitter @emanon if interested.

[@Csatennis48]

@@kailance4331 sure. Give me your email address.

[@Csatennis48]

@@kailance4331 send me your email address or Twitter name and I'll get these to you.

[@bjackblack]

Nice 😎✨

[@bobblues1158]

Great!!!!!

[@MasonRazavi]

A beautiful and melodic improviser!

[@marquesjuniorguitar8844]

Amazing

[@Badbing612]

Thx best. Master of jazz

[@arneluebbertyguitar5980]

Simply wonderful!

[@papagJazz]

Nice! Very fluid and melodic.

[@550Guitarman]

Am hoping this stays up for awhile because I love certain parts, such as the shout chords leading up to trading with the drummer.

[@tomdecuca3627]

Excellent playing!!

[@michaelbartlett9954]

Just killin’

[@Badbing612]

Got to sing with him many years ago. Magic. 👍😎🐊

[@johnallenbailey1103]

😢 rest easy, my friend

[@2hardbackrub743]

Oh man this is great!

[@georgesember9069]

Saw Jack Wilkins with Jimmy Raney and a bass whose name I can't remember at Zinno, I think, years ago. I have what I believe is his debute album in vinyle on the MPS?? label. Been out of print for years, seems like.

[@Csatennis48]

His first album was Windows on the Mainstream label.

[@rhmayer1]

That album, Windows, was a life-changer for me. His version of the title track, Chick Corea's classic, was the earth-shattering version that became my inspiration for the song as a young jazz guitar student back then. That whole album was/is a mind-blower (so hip in 1973!), but Windows in particular. I still have the album. One of the treasures in my collection. Btw, speaking of JW's Windows being the seminal influence version for me, Jimmy Raney's version of this song, It Could Happen To You, is the seminal version for me of that song. Both Jack's Windows and Jimmy's It Could Happen To You are here on YT and strongly recommended!

[@georgesember9069]

Thank you!

[@georgetaylor669]

cool!

[@magdasanchez89]

Great

[@NDONNA756]

👏🏼

[@vifa1069MW3]

Molt booooo,Joan, Catalonia free,💕💕❤️

[@charlesalan62]

Jack Wilkins is on my favorites list, see him also at Mikesmasterclasses.com

[@jackWfoot]

Wheres old greg on the bass? Gets his 15 seconds of fame at 3:34 and we fade to black

[@monkeysbum999]

Ever had the feeling you are being watched?

[@kilterkaos1]

The clinking of glasses, and the clanking of whatever else is atmosphere. It goes well with jazz. I could do without the chitchat!

[@amedeo1993]

I think I will go and Burn all My Guitars Now!!!......lol

[@steveb9325]

Give them to someone who'll play them!

[@alward5678]

Please sit down and be Quite

[@SSVplus]

What guitar is that?

[@soljaime]

It's a Comins CGS-1.

[@fatabeeno]

It looks like a Comins. Whatever it is, it sounds fantastic through that Fender amp.

[@lesteralvarez7702]

@@fatabeeno Sorry but nothing sounds fantastic through a BF Fender amp.

[@guitariste47]

what guitar is this please ?

[@clarencevickrot3531]

Comins GCS-1ES

[@defenestrator100]

Comins GCS-1ES, around US$1700 from cominsguitars.com. (Could also be GCS-1, but is probably the ES variant.)

[@guitariste47]

@@clarencevickrot3531 thanks, very nice guitar

[@guitariste47]

@@defenestrator100 very nice; i am dreaming about a jazz guitar whose action is easy ; i wonder if that's the case with these guitars !

[@monkeysbum999]

@@guitariste47 Mine was set up so low ,without a hint of buzz unbelievable, i even asked if that was normal and Bill said that was how they rolled. Mine had minimal relief and was about one 32nd or just over at the twelfth fret(when i depressed the first fret).It could not have been better finished and set up.

[@anava84]

Ask him why Windows sounds like Sugar Plum please.

[@ExplodingPsyche]

Ask Chick Corea. He wrote it.