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The Lenny Breau Archives
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Lenny Breau sadly left only a handful of albums at the time of his death. Since then, many of his "home-made" recordings have surfaced among his hard core fans, which has helped to fill this void.
These recordings and videos come from club dates, radio and television appearances, lessons, casual playing at parties and friend's homes, workshops, interviews and out of print albums. They are for the most part amateur recordings and their sound quality is not high in many cases. Hopefully the quality of Lenny's playing overrides any sonic shortcomings.
This non-profit channel exists only to make this material available to his fans.While this channel is known to and sanctioned by some members of the Breau family, it has no official connection to the Lenny Breau Estate. If you have complaints or questions regarding possible copyright infringement or other aspects of this channel, please contact the channel manager at LennyBreauArchives@protonmail.com.
These recordings and videos come from club dates, radio and television appearances, lessons, casual playing at parties and friend's homes, workshops, interviews and out of print albums. They are for the most part amateur recordings and their sound quality is not high in many cases. Hopefully the quality of Lenny's playing overrides any sonic shortcomings.
This non-profit channel exists only to make this material available to his fans.While this channel is known to and sanctioned by some members of the Breau family, it has no official connection to the Lenny Breau Estate. If you have complaints or questions regarding possible copyright infringement or other aspects of this channel, please contact the channel manager at LennyBreauArchives@protonmail.com.
LENNY BREAU SOLO IN BOSTON 1981. PART ONE: 'MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY' & 'LULLABY' (SONG FOR DAWN-MARIE)
These solo performances were recorded at a 1981 seminar Lenny Breau presented in Boston, possibly at the Berklee School of Music. Lenny plays "Make Someone Happy", a song associated with Lenny's idol, Bill Evans, and his original tune, "Lullaby'" aka "Song for Dawn-Marie", written for his newborn daughter.
1. Make Someone Happy
2. Lullaby (Song for Dawn Marie) 05:40
1. Make Someone Happy
2. Lullaby (Song for Dawn Marie) 05:40
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Lenny Breau on Bass with Quintet Live in Edmonton 1961/ Excerpt from Interview with Don Thompson
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In 1960, Lenny Breau began studying and performing jazz with his friend and mentor, Bob Erlendson. Bob bought a Hofner electric bass for Lenny to use on their early gigs at Winnipeg's first jazz club, The Stage Door, because he felt that Lenny would benefit from learning the harmonic underpinnings of their material on the four-string instrument. But Lenny quickly went beyond simply outlining th...
Lenny Breau Seminar Boston 1981 Part Three: Lenny Plays Davis & Mancini-Technique Discussion
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In the early 80s Lenny Breau was living in Portland, Maine, playing various clubs in that city as well as in his hometown of Auburn/Lewiston. During this period, he held several seminars/masterclasses in Boston including the one presented here which took place at The Berklee School of Music in 1981. Lenny performed several tunes and fielded questions from the audience about his signature techni...
Lenny Breau Seminar Boston 1981: Part Two. Chet Atkins Medley & Right Hand Technique Discussion
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In the early 80s Lenny Breau was living in Portland, Maine, playing various clubs in that city as well as in his hometown of Auburn/Lewiston. During this period, he held several seminars/masterclasses in Boston including the one presented here which took place at The Berklee School of Music in 1981. Lenny performed several tunes and fielded questions from the audience about his signature techni...
Lenny Breau, Bucky Barrett, Buddy Emmons " STEELY DANCE" (From Bucky Barrett's' "KillingThe Wind").
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Lenny Breau met guitarist Bucky Barrett shortly after moving to Nashville in 1976. Bucky was a Nashville studio ace who had recorded with hundreds of top level musicians and toured with the likes of Roy Orbison. Although his bread and butter gigs were mainly in the country genre, he was an excellent jazz and rock guitarist. Soon after Bucky and Lenny met, they began playing straight jazz gigs, ...
Lenny Breau Seminar Boston 1981 Part One: Lenny Plays the Music of Tyner, Evans and Others
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In the early 80s Lenny Breau was living in Portland, Maine, playing various clubs in that city as well as in his hometown of Auburn/Lewiston. During this period, he held several seminars/masterclasses in Boston including the one presented here which took place at The Berklee School of Music in 1981. Lenny performed several tunes and fielded questions from the audience about his signature techni...
Lenny Breau Trio Live at the TingTea Room: Winnipeg 1973. Part Two.
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When his tenure with the Anne Murray Band ended in 1972, Lenny left Toronto and returned to Winnipeg, the city he had called home from 1956 to 1967. Despite an absence of five years, Lenny was still revered in Winnipeg and easily found work in local clubs packed with old and new fans. One of these venues was The Ting Tea Room. "The Ting" as it was known, opened in February 1971 and was located ...
LENNY BREAU PLAYS "DANCE OF DEATH" (ARABIAN DANCE) LIVE IN NASHVILLE CA. 1979
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When and where Lenny Breau learned "Dance of Death" aka "Arabian Dance" is unknown but a home recording exists * of him performing the piece ca. 1959-60 on his Gretsch electric so it had been part of his repertoire for almost two decades before the performance here was recorded . It's likely that Lenny learned the piece up by ear from a Sabicus recording on which it was titled "Arabian Dance". ...
UNRELEASED- LENNY BREAU TRIO PLAYS TWO BALLADS LIVE AT DONTE'S LOS ANGELES 1984
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During the last year of his life, Lenny Breau had a regular Tuesday night gig at Donte's Jazz Club in Los Angeles, CA. He hired musicians to play with him on this gig, notably John Pattituci and Paul Gormley on bass and Ted Hawkes on drums. Gormley and Hawkes were playing with Lenny when these two songs were recorded on June 4th 1984, about two months before Lenny was murdered in his apartment ...
UNRELEASED & LIVE: LENNY BREAU PLAYS JAZZ/FLAMENCO TUNE "TARANTA" NASHVILLE 1977
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This performance was recorded at one of Lenny Breau's many gigs at Mississippi Whiskers, a Nashville club where Lenny performed regularly during his years in the Music City. The precise date of this gig is unknown but it was almost certainly sometime in 1977. The piece Lenny plays here is 'Taranta', a flamenco/jazz hybrid tune that he recorded on his first album 'Guitar Sounds From Lenny Breau'...
Lenny Breau Trio Live at the TingTea Room: Winnipeg 1973. Part One.
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When his tenure with the Anne Murray Band ended in 1972, Lenny left Toronto and returned to Winnipeg, the city he had called home from 1956 to 1967. Despite an absence of five years, Lenny was still revered in Winnipeg and easily found work in local clubs packed with old and new fans. One of these venues was The Ting Tea Room. "The Ting" as it was known, opened in February 1971 and was located ...
Lenny Breau Plays & Sings 'On The Sunny Side of the Street' Live: Nashville 1977
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This is track comes from one of many performances that Lenny Beau played at the popular Nashville club, Mississippi Whiskers between 1976 and 1981. In this performance Lenny was accompanied by Richard Cotten on bass and Bucky Barrett. Apparently, the group that night was supposed to include a drummer (probably Bob Mater) who had not arrived at the time this track was recorded. 1. On the Sunny S...
Unreleased: Lenny Breau Improvises a Jazz Flamenco Fantasia: Toronto 1981
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After leaving Canada five years earlier, Lenny Breau returned to Toronto in 1981 to play an extended booking at the Bourbon Street jazz club. Typically he would play a set with a trio or bassist preceded by an acoustic set on his Dauphin seven string classical guitar. The recording presented here is taken from one of those acoustic sets, date unknown. The improvised piece comprises elements of ...
Lenny Breau Trio & Ray St. Germain on 'Time For Livin'': Toronto 1969/ Interview w/ Ray St. Germain
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In October of 1956, Lenny Breau and his family relocated to Winnipeg from Maine to host a weekly radio show on CKY Radio. Their Saturday morning broadcasts and regular touring gained the group, known as Hal Lone Pine and the CKY Caravan, a large and appreciative audience throughout the prairies and northern border states. About two months after arriving in Winnipeg, the core of the CKY Caravan-...
LENNY BREAU TRIO PLAYS 'SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN' AT THE LEFT BANK: WINNIPEG 1974
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Lenny Breau was more or less itinerant in the early/mid 70s and lived for short periods of time in various Canadian cities including his adopted home town of Winnipeg where he played a number of gigs between 1972 and 1975 with old and new musical friends. One of these was at a venue in the city's Fort Garry Hotel called The Left Bank. It was best-known as a disco/dance club but occasionally hos...
LENNY BREAU GIVES PRIVATE LESSON: 'PART TWO--WINNIPEG 1973.
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LENNY BREAU GIVES PRIVATE LESSON: 'PART TWO WINNIPEG 1973.
LENNY BREAU GIVES PRIVATE LESSON ON 'NO GREATER LOVE' & 'NARDIS': WINNIPEG CA. 1973 PART ONE.
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LENNY BREAU GIVES PRIVATE LESSON ON 'NO GREATER LOVE' & 'NARDIS': WINNIPEG CA. 1973 PART ONE.
LENNY BREAU & DAVE YOUNG AT THE COCK & LION LOUNGE, CHATEAU LAURIER: JUNE 1983 (ACOUSTIC SET)
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LENNY BREAU & DAVE YOUNG AT THE COCK & LION LOUNGE, CHATEAU LAURIER: JUNE 1983 (ACOUSTIC SET)
Interview with Lenny Breau: Variety Tonight CBC Radio--Toronto 1981
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Interview with Lenny Breau: Variety Tonight CBC Radio Toronto 1981
UNRELEASED: LENNY BREAU & TAL FARLOW AT SANDY'S JAZZ CLUB, BEVERLY, MA OCTOBER 30th, 1980 PART THREE
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UNRELEASED: LENNY BREAU & TAL FARLOW AT SANDY'S JAZZ CLUB, BEVERLY, MA OCTOBER 30th, 1980 PART THREE
UNRELEASED: LENNY BREAU & TAL FARLOW AT SANDY'S JAZZ CLUB, BEVERLY, MA OCTOBER 30th, 1980 PART TWO
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UNRELEASED: LENNY BREAU & TAL FARLOW AT SANDY'S JAZZ CLUB, BEVERLY, MA OCTOBER 30th, 1980 PART TWO
UNRELEASED: LENNY BREAU & TAL FARLOW AT SANDY'S JAZZ CLUB, BEVERLY, MA OCTOBER 30th, 1980 PART ONE
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UNRELEASED: LENNY BREAU & TAL FARLOW AT SANDY'S JAZZ CLUB, BEVERLY, MA OCTOBER 30th, 1980 PART ONE
PART TWO: LENNY BREAU TRIO: LIVE AT GEORGE'S SPAGHETTI HOUSE, TORONTO, ONT. JUNE 25TH, 1969.
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PART TWO: LENNY BREAU TRIO: LIVE AT GEORGE'S SPAGHETTI HOUSE, TORONTO, ONT. JUNE 25TH, 1969.
Lenny Breau Trio Plays Jazz Version of 'Mr. Sandman'. ca. 1969
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Lenny Breau Trio Plays Jazz Version of 'Mr. Sandman'. ca. 1969
LENNY BREAU TRIO--LIVE AT GEORGE'S SPAGHETTI HOUSE: TORONTO, ONT. JUNE 25TH 1969 PART ONE
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LENNY BREAU TRIO LIVE AT GEORGE'S SPAGHETTI HOUSE: TORONTO, ONT. JUNE 25TH 1969 PART ONE
Lenny & Denny Breau w/ Betty Cody: Hopeless Woman & The Way You Treated Me. Interview w/ Betty Cody
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Lenny & Denny Breau w/ Betty Cody: Hopeless Woman & The Way You Treated Me. Interview w/ Betty Cody
LENNY BREAU TRIO AT THE LEFT BANK: WINNIPEG CA 1974
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LENNY BREAU TRIO AT THE LEFT BANK: WINNIPEG CA 1974
Lenny Breau Plays Hank Williams' 'I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love With You'
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Lenny Breau Plays Hank Williams' 'I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love With You'
Lenny Breau Plays & Vocalizes on 'My Funny Valentine': Home Recording Winnipeg 1964.
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Lenny Breau Plays & Vocalizes on 'My Funny Valentine': Home Recording Winnipeg 1964.
Lenny Breau Plays 'The Claw' & Freight Train' at The Birch Cove Restaurant: Winnipeg April 1969.
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Lenny Breau Plays 'The Claw' & Freight Train' at The Birch Cove Restaurant: Winnipeg April 1969.
I've heard my dad play most of these many times. I sure miss him.
There's the players who can deliver us into the near Alpha wave Bliss zone of music. Lenny's da Bomb and his original tune is so gorgeous with the beauty of his mind.
Fab!
Interesting that Lennie is playing bass in the photo!!
Very boring those people who talk during 15 minutes before starting to play a tune... Even when it's a great musician like Lenny. Still more boring those videos from people who think they are so good that they play licks one by one and stop to show how it works to the poor idiots they think we are. (guitar Bear)
Why this doesn't have 10 million views I'll never know. Chet Atkins was right.. Lenny is the best. Ravel and Debussy would have loved to hear him.
What a really cool phenomenal interview. I love the questions and I had never heard of dr music before this.
So grateful for these priceless clips. Thank so very much!
I have seen a lot of pictures of Lenny playing 12 string and regular 6 string steel acustic guitar but the audios are really rare. He didn't record it in any of his official recordings or bootlegs
🚬😎 cool stuff
Thank you as always for sharing another wonderful recording
He could play "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and make it sound like "My Funny Valentine." To call him a "genius" would be to damn with faint praise...
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Love this...even though he was a virtuoso, what happens here is a humble, playful interaction with people in a small venue. Lenny was far beyond having something to prove, and the more I acquaint myself with him, the more poignant he is in his use of music to play, to connect, and to be himself. Hope he's still doing well out there in the otherworld. Cheers
Nobody could harmonize a melody like Lenny Breau. What he does on "Girl From Ipanema" is just incredible. That song has a difficult structure to begin with. Lenny comes along and just uses it for a jumping off point! He just had an uncanny ability.
Too bad the sound is so distorted.
Who are the female singers? Beautiful voices!
@@Happy-Me. The singers are listed in the video description
Beautiful.
Extraordinary. I'd like to hear it all unedited.
The Blues Tune that starts at 3:26 is a mind bender.... tons of groove in a short space.
This channel delivers again, again, and again! Always love Lenny's renditions of Bill Evans associated tunes. I've said it before but it bears repeating: THANK YOU so much for the tireless work you put down to bring these gems to those of us who love Lenny. Greetings from Norway :)
Listening to this is like being given an emotionally seventeen-year-old symphonic do-over. What high frequencies expressed here. I miss it; the peace , the love, my doves! thank you Lenny and Glenn-Beverly!
Maestro Lenny Breau ! Thank you so much Sir ❤️
Danny can play jazz :O I always thought he could kind of play it but this guy absolutely kills it.
My favorite Lenny is when he plays duo with Brad Terry. So musical and they both listen so well
I'd love to hear the full classical set this came from.
I don't think there's another guitarist who could've worked up that Tyner piece. Brilliant!
What a beautiful combination of talents. Thanks for posting!
Wow, so great to find such gems like this showing us another rare recording of a moment in time that has since past. Lenny Breau on bass? Thank you!!!
Killing!
Go LENNY go! He lays it down baby!!👍. Great stuff!
Lennie Breault...
I caught that too haha
The sound of that Hofner bass is unmistakable.. Of all the basses of the day its fate that he ended up on that Hofner.
My first time hearing Lenny playing bass.... very cool.. A for claiming Lenny was a better player than Jaco was a pretty big claim, but I'll let it slide ...lol.. Both musical heroes of mine for sure ..
Isn't that wonderful Karen Marklinger singing next to Ray.
Wow🎉
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Finger picking, flat picking and hybrid picking at the same time. Amazing.
These guys were wonderful at harmonic exploration, but they let their complexity rule their rhythm, so their time feel left a lot to be desired. Many guitarist fall into this problem, which Pat Metheny frequently calls out, and justly so.
@@ZRJZZZZZ You’ve clearly never heard Lenny play with a rhythm section. Few players have anything close to Lenny’s sense of time and swing in that context.
Uh huh. Right up there with Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, John McLaughlin, Mike Stern?
@@ZRJZZZZZ Treat yourself to some of Lenny's trio recordings and decide for yourself. Cheers.
I did in order to hear some of his single line playing while improvising in a jazz ensemble. What strikes me about him is that he was a jack of all trades, and while he was a very capable guitarist compared to most, he did not excel in any genre to be worthy of the type of praise that people seem to give him. I conclude, as I always have, that he was a decent working musician who was dedicated to his craft, but there’s nothing earth shattering. I am passionate about music, education, so I do not want youngsters and novices to get too skewed in opinion about his playing without knowing the other side of the equation. Simply put, there were scores of players in the various genres he dabbled in, that do credit to my wonderful instrument. It’s also true that the standard for guitar playing of various genres has gone up dramatically in the past 40 years, so if you want to say that he was good for his time, more power to you. Also, they have always been great guitarists, historically, and some of them are ageless. He’s not one of them. I mean when you get comments saying that this practice session between Greene and Breau was like ‘Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker,’ I think people are getting the wrong message. And if someone likes his music because it moves them, then that is as it should be.
Wonderful to listen to. But my question is does his lengthy improvisation have anything to do harmonically with Mr. Sandman?
What a nice trio!! I met Claude one night at a gig he was doing---that cigarette was in his mouth all night long smouldering away and every time i ran into him after that he would sit and chat for an hour or so and then wander off until we crossed paths again--- so one time I offered him a cigarette (knowing when he played he always had a smoke burning away in his mouth) and he looked at me absolutely deadpan and said " no thanks I don't smoke". The enigma that was Claude!!
This piece is also included on "The Hallmark Sessions" from a 1961 session. There it is titled "Arabian Fantasy".
This was a really great show, thank you very much for archiving and for sharing.
One of my better students I taught
@@tdang9528 Who were the others?
@@thelennybreauarchives5675 ted green and wes montgomery to name a few ... Gerog benson
The camera zoom and operator is very good
Sonny Greenwich is absolutely killing.
He seems to repeat himself a lot
this version of Georgia is one of the great guitar solos of all time,, modern 100 years from now
Thank you so much for posting this fascinating video. A great find indeed!! Thank you kindly !!!
Lenny Breau ! Utterly sublime here, left to his own devices !