The Alex Skolnick Trio Performs Fade To Black

[@tbointoenglish7366]

I remember reading in a guitar magazine in the 90's that Alex wanted to step away from Testament because he was sick of playing in E Minor. Never heard any of his non-Testament playing until now. This is phenomenal.

[@amonra9726]

finally someone woke...i mean, i love rock and metal of course, but majority of bands, even if they have tons of talent at disposal they just stay with the classic minor metal vibe. I mean, experiment!

[@SpartanLaserCanon]

@@amonra9726 Yeah, like Animals as Leaders with different keys and fusiony parts. Sometimes I like traditional metal, but a lot of the time I like to listen to other stuff and more Fusiony modern stuff. This for sure is more fusiony playing and not traditional Jazz playing, but I do still like this.

[@daddarioandco]

Alex Skolnick and his Trio are just plain killin' it on Fade to Black

[@danh7739]

Touch, dynamics, and feel, Skolnick has it all.

[@rudhardsebastien698]

Listen to Julian Lage................. ;)))))))

[@raymondberry7099]

this jazz take on a Metallica classic is fun, inventive, and intense as the original, despite no vocals. it shows respect and focuses on the musicians talent in a smaller group. got to hear more from Alex and this group.

[@burnedoutgolfer]

Alex's groove and lines wow...... Bass and Drummer are mindblowing!

[@samferguson9171]

bass player is killin

[@soundmega1]

Fade to Jazz... :)

[@greekfreak1980]

Shows what an incredible,versatile & well-rounded musician Alex Skolnick is,that's the same guy who plays bonecrushing Thrash-Metal songs,like ''Practice what you preach'' or ''Native Blood'' with Testament.

[@daddarioandco]

One of fav videos featuring Alex Skolnick!

[@yigitzeren714]

He plays thrash, and also he plays jazz on thrash songs, seems like impossible.

[@floydmadlad6950]

This is not a trash song, it is good and i enjoy listening it. You are trash

[@yilmazcagri]

@@floydmadlad6950 idiot. u cant read , yet u reply. he wrote "thrash"....

[@momsspaghetti7874]

@@floydmadlad6950 "THRASH" you fucking idiot lmao

[@yugioh-furkan-4508]

@@momsspaghetti7874 Stop calling someone idiot

[@8man943]

@@floydmadlad6950 Thrash is a metal sub genre dude...lmao. Alex plays in a thrash metal band called Testament.

[@christopheroverend1516]

This really is fantastic. Every one of those guys is great.

[@thelolmaster1997]

I love when they use the 'One' turnovers It's so beautiful

[@klausuhrmacher8021]

when Criss Oliva died i was so sad and i still can't get rid of the feeling, but Alex plays excellent! but my friends told me he stopped playing metal and now plays jazz, so that was another big loss to me, but when i saw this video i'm happy to know that Alex plays both jazz and metal.

[@louiselockett2905]

I am still mourning Chris Oliva's death. It is hard to describe how I can feel that loss for someone I never met. Alone you breathe really is hard to listen to without those emotions bubbling up and out thru every pore of my body.

[@rickleblanc8900]

What a performance. Alex is awesome and omg his drummer is a beast. The whole band kicks ass.

[@RKO619ification]

6:19 plays a bit of One

[@johnj8683]

Once is a mistake, twice is jazz.

[@hendoj]

Boxing is like jazz music, the place is packed but few people understand it - George Foremen

[@neobes]

sweep-plucked arpeggios on upright bass. Never thought I'd see that!

[@DonnaPeck]

Yes, Nathan Peck is World Class!

[@Mandoland73]

Dig Skol’s chord voicing! Drummer is crazy rad! Bassist - very cool. Saw them live once. Ended with War Pigs and Skol was nearly head banging. Wife was like “Dude knows he wants to full on rock out!” Shortly after, he’s back in Testament.

[@docoftheworld]

I can describe in words how much I enjoy Alex Skolnick Trio work ... Beyond belief ...

[@aliphian]

At least 20,000 of these views are from Lars trying to figure out the drum solo.

[@darkpaul666]

Haha

[@silverbane5008]

LMAO

[@daveholden6299]

Ha!

[@TheAlltree1]

Wes Jourdan OMG!

[@valyaostrander1858]

NO KIDDING! I listened to this with my eyes closed and it almost sounded like Keith Moon playing, very 'effin' cool!

[@B45XORO]

One of my favourite Guitar Virtuoso....

[@TheGuitarShawn]

I love the reminder on the delay pedal! Also a good example of playing with people on different levels. Handled it all very well.

[@klausuhrmacher8021]

at 1:49 and 1:59 the chord is so beautiful and gives the jazz spirit.

[@MsAria71]

Thanks guys and to all who work on that it was an amazing share it was music to my ears and food for my soul. I have been a Testament fan since I was 16 years old you do the math and only Alex has the humility to teach a Violoncellist how to head bang to Metallica. Dave is the only other guitarist with the speed but he is just not match for a teacher like Alex. I'm so proud of you. Alex you jazzy dude.

[@DavidMatine]

I love that they threw in the bit from One at 6:18

[@jgodin312]

jeez this is almost like Drum n Bass jazz

[@mydogneo]

Bravo! Alex is soo versatile!

[@CycoSven69]

"What song are you playing?" "Yes"

[@williammantlow1446]

SMOOTH AS A ICE CUBE SLIDING ACROSS A COLD FLOOR.

[@hetfield30]

I really enjoyed the soulful journey, I was taken on.

[@wendelllanders8439]

Great playing all around!Great solo Alex!!!!

[@TruckerPhill]

Great drumming… pure gold

[@qwe098qwe098qwe098]

Incredible talent.

[@nickpodporin3644]

Big place for these three Down in Australia...a lot of place like this in Melbourne!!

[@SunCollective]

everyone in this vid is killing it.. drummer almost jungle. such skillll

[@trevormacdonald5110]

That bassist is sick!

[@JULIANGALVEZESPINOSA]

I love this cover.

[@joycesanders4898]

..this is what I like to play to get pumped up..Alex IS a jazzer...so am i.🎸💞🎓🎶🤘

[@OneTanMan]

Did not expect to love this but I did.

[@jistikoff2361]

He should play his own Disciples of the Watch that way.

[@RamsesCairoC]

AMAZING!!!!

[@randyerb6839]

FUCKING INCREDIBLE!!! Great Trio!!!

[@a.i.unvaxin8ted314]

That's the beautiful evolution of a musician

[@DelyFilho]

Master Alex Skolnick.

[@Is308enough]

A real piece of art. I loved this.

[@BbXxQQ]

that breathing technique of the drummer xaxaxa amazing

[@JayAldred]

An incredible triumph! Well done guys

[@dollsub6]

That was so beautiful

[@jrpg0630]

6:18 was definitely a fragment of 'One'

[@joditiles1294]

My God, this is great. .

[@promotorfidei]

Masterpiece.

[@bauul.]

Is it just me, or do they throw in a couple of licks from One by 'tallica towards the end?

[@manuelcordoba9174]

El baterista es una masa!! Grandes!

[@DallasGunther]

Thats fuckin dope, i love it.

[@recklessmom2035]

Very Beautiful! 🎶🎸🎼 Thank you ❤

[@TheThanandros]

Holy shit sakes,, Did I hear this on the elevator going to the attorney office.. OMG , that is The Alex Skolnick Trio .. Everyone should pay attention to the THRASH master in class.. Something to appreciate ,, OMG so good!

[@tolgaguler5369]

Alex's Al di Meola like Latin style is unique

[@MrMainbrain]

I thought I was the only one who noticed the big Al 😃

[@eduardonoboallerena8687]

Alex such a master

[@csababarath2784]

I can't help but thinking, that if Cliff Burton would live he would play the bass in this trio. The dude always had more in him musically than thrash, so quite possible he would had some similar trajectory as Alex's encounter with jazz. #RIPCLIFF

[@noratouma299]

Completely agree!

[@tomtomthepipersson6675]

Completely blew my mind.

[@y2kcurran]

That bass is BOSS

[@c.w.9615]

+y2kcurran That's Nathan Peck! His debut album is coming out soon!

[@gtrguy3237]

Alex the Man.

[@carlos27adry]

fue genio en el metal y lo es en el jazz me gustaría un disco con john zorn y stanley jordan

[@stevet.4974]

Stunning.

[@mikej3853]

Epic, simply epic.

[@bovoluca82]

Listening to it during Covid quarantine: I think it's like a doping to cope with the disease!

[@jagshamesh91]

Damn that was awesome

[@cherylbernstein2468]

beautiful...enjoying it very much! Thank you :)

[@ZannsViol]

Sick. Dat bass.

[@fredhankins7672]

This is fucking awesome

[@bettina9607]

Gevaarlijk met de hand afslaan op bekken..kan zomaar een stukje pink wegslaan! Wel lekkere muziek!!

[@MrMainbrain]

Hij is ook echt een bikkel😄

[@hectorrodriguezserrano1432]

Buen sodonido AlexSkolnick es bueno tremendo

[@ninjaneer1974]

Skolnick is killer. we know that. that bass player, though. whoa! get down, son!!!

[@poopiebum]

6:51

[@БогданПаляниця-щ5щ]

It's amazing!!!!

[@stretchmorgan]

Very good.

[@SchlagsaitenQuantett]

Great performance, cool atmo! :)

[@BryceGuitarGlen]

@orangeguitarmusik Inventiveness and experimentation = bad ... ? You may not agree with the interpretation but there is definitely inventiveness in what they do. Inventiveness and experimentation are at the heart of the spirit of jazz. If you cant sense humour that's your problem and not Alex's. He's clearly having fun combining his two favourite styles. And besides, his Bachelor of fine Arts in Jazz from The New School university certainly supports his claim the he is, in fact, a 'jazzer'.

[@kennethdunklin278]

Very nice. Like this better than the song itself.

[@Otit712]

Phenomenal!!!!!

[@bishop7443]

6:18 One??

[@yashsharma5984]

Yep 😄

[@Scotty_Russell_Music]

Chops!

[@tinkertrain4334]

Those drums.....

[@bobparsonsartist564]

How do you and the drummer work with your loop? I havent found a drummer who could do that, even when his rhythm was used for the creation of the loop.

[@jenx-8756]

Wow! Classic Metallica song with that Skolnick jazz influence! Amazing!!!

[@kleialiaj8616]

only time I've seen Alex make a mistake was at 1:53 in this, what a guitarist

[@markusT752]

That's not mistake, it was jazz.

[@kleialiaj8616]

Markus T you can clearly see his hand jittering, the reason it still sounds good is cause when he hit the e string it was still in key, so it was less obvious

[@roncipriano8364]

Excellent 👍😀

[@DEVAULT.]

Absolutely amazing. Can Lars play like that? What a trio of geniuses.

[@joelananthan]

Ride the jazz

[@rezacuckea]

this is my kind of jazz! hahaha

[@08561686592]

Alex is like professor satan demo-ing guitar in University of heaven and hell.

[@MAXILOGUITARRO]

Good Job!

[@ElMamuco]

Great jazz version

[@TrashMetal1995]

Metal has it's roots partly in Jazz and blues ;)

[@andiecayne]

A Pat Metheny-esque adaption of this classic Metallica tune. Sounds great - I love this arrangement. Brilliant playing and drumming.

[@MrMainbrain]

Yeah, really nice. I hear a lot of al di meola when he starts to pick up speed

[@BDRPofficial]

Burton would probably applaud..

[@totigerus]

How are the drums so quiet? Is he playing on Silent Stroke drum heads?

[@jbnguyen4886]

Did he do a jazz version for any Testament's song? It would be cool

[@MonsieurMammouth]

Yeah! They did "Practice What You Preach", under the title "Practica Lo Que Predicas"!

[@nikooxmaster]

This is awesome :D