Stanley Jordan - Eleanor Rigby - 8/23/1986 - Newport Jazz Festival (Official)
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- Stanley Jordan - Eleanor Rigby
Recorded Live: 8/23/1986 - Newport Jazz Festival - Newport, RI
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This performance inspired me years ago. It made me want to play the guitar really badly. Now after years of study dedication and hard work, I'm proud to say I can play the guitar really badly.
I'm disappointedly proud of you
i was also inspired by this- to quit playing guitar completely. :)
Im sure youre good
Ha ha, I'm in the same boat
Humbleness is a great skill as well
That was my first Newport Jazz Concert that day! I was 21 and my mind was completely blown!!! The lineup was INSANE!!! Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Michael Franks, John Scofield Band, Stanley Jordan and to close the show was MILES DAVIS!!!
😧.... DAMN!!! That CONCERT must have been 💥
Yup.
Now.
We have
Taylor SHwIfT
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
@@ZENSIBLE There were people like that then too.
Wow...
I thought I saw footage of Alan and the dreamers there, too. Maybe it was another year, though.
This is INSANELY phenomenal. He was way ahead of his time
it was his time.
Maybe that's it? He time traveled from the future. lol
No it wasn't
@@SemenSonyah can you do it?
@@SemenSonyah marry me😁
Totally bizarre how this thing doesn’t have more views. Legendary performance.
Because only guitar players can imagine how stunning this performance is 😉
People haven’t heard of him and never heard him play! If they do, they believe it is 2 guitarists playing together. When they see him, they simply can’t believe it!!!!
HE IS FREAKING AMAZING!
Nah ... He wrecked an amazing song
It’s certainly impressive but personally I don’t think it sounds particularly good…that style of cramming in every note possible doesn’t really do anything for me as a listener, even as someone who plays guitar.
Because...so what? It may be impressive, but it's really just not that enjoyable.
Just remember... This was back in 1986. The world was not ready. Stanley was the Art Tatum of the guitar at this point. Even shredders of the day acknowledged him.
It's 80s all of it was before in 70s and 60s
In 1986, the world was ready for good music. This was not good music. It may be impressive, but it's not very enjoyable.
@@audible67 118 people disagree with you. Thanks for playing.
dude there were some amazing guitarists in the 80s. doing stuff just as crazy as this AND with a better tone
@@psychotogomagic795 I was around in the 80s, a touring guitarist and i can assure you, you dont know what you're talking about.
Stanley Jordan isn't just on his own level, he's in his own dimension.
Literally no one was playing guitar 🎸 this way until Recently when Ichika Nato did something similar in 2021 😂 👍
There was plenty of people doing it before that you just didn’t know it..
Andy McKee comes to mind
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@@christineayres7199no offence to Ichika, definitely one of the most promising guitar talents of today but people have been doing this before Ichika and after the great Stanley Jordan. People aren't familiar with them because they were either playing in different genres or aren't as accessible as there were no RUclips back when they were around. The guitarist from TTNG comes to mind, he mostly just plays the guitar like a piano but his music genre was not known to have guitar virtuoso in them so he went unnoticed. Also there's this older gentleman I can't fully remember his name, probably something like Pat Tuck or something that's not well known because they're just underground for a lot of mainstream people, just like how underground Stanley Jordan was to other casual music enjoyer.
No comments? Then I'll step forward. This was GREAT! I dare say he is the best two-hand guitar tapper in all of guitar history.
I am waiting for my classical guitar lessons to result in me sight reading this off the page one day without ever seeing the notes before.
Stupid fool! Thinks it's a piano! He'll never get anywhere. This will never catch on.
I KID PEOPLE!!!
I don't know which is more impressive; Him or Jeff Healey?
@@kojam1 OK, I was about to go upon you, but then I read the rest of the comment.
@@an_38kitkashyap LOL. Gotcha!!!
kojam1 Stanley Jordan is more impressive. No question about it.
I got muddled up, thinking I clicked on bass guitar legend Stanley Clarke. Then discovered that for 45 years I basically had my foot on the rock that covered another guitar genius, Stanley Jordan. I am completely dumbfounded by my dumbness. To finally see and listen to a scorching talent that I heard of only vaguely in rumour mills over the year has been an absolute joy and pleasure.
Don't feel bad. I've had them mixed up for many years, too. It's easy to do.
I saw Stanley Clarke mentioned on a facebook page and all of a sudden I remembered a guitarist with Jordan in the name and then it hit me.... Stanley Jordan. I had one of his albums or cds in the mid- late 80's and it didn't impress me too much, but THIS is incredible. In fact I shared this on facebook just a couple of minutes ago
It's an absolute CRIME that Stanley Jordan isn't better known and more widely respected as a guitarist. He's an absolute treasure.
For sure. I think eventually he will get his props. The internet seems to revitalize players like Stanley.
I feel.like over half of being well known as a great guitarist, is having recognizable songs.
An example:
Eric Clapton vs Jeff Beck
Both are excellent guitarists, but while everyone has heard of Clapton, telling someone you're listening to Jeff Beck gets you mostly a "who?" as a response.
Clapton isn't better than Beck by much, if at all. However, Clapton has a slew of instantly recognizable (by the masses) tunes, while Beck does not.
I fancy myself a bit of a guitar head. I try to find great guitarists from all types of genres. But I never knew of Stanley until maybe 4-5 months ago.
The people that are passionate about music we know. I don't have to have my favourite bands and artists get some stupid award or be put in a hall of Fame to know what I like and how talented, passionate, innovative, and imaginative they are at their craft. It's all about the music everything else mindless details. 😀
This style only caught on 30 years later. Fucking legend, I'm glad I discovered this guy today
Stanley Jordan will always be one of the best jazz guitarist of all times. Nothing but the best.👍
It's 2023, and I am STILL thinking: How is that even possible? But he did it! ha ha. Stanley is a genius!
Play on guitar a lot of years, I can play 3 maybe four tact’s
When you couldn’t just look up a RUclips tutorial. Pure talent
@@ThundraFob The genuis is in the invention of a new style. He invented his own thing. Copying doesn't make a person a genius!
1:16 that little change he plays ... insanity
Felt it too man
1:16 and 3:30
I have seen Mr. Jordan 3 times Live , and have meet him ,while waiting for a train . He is humble , honest and Kind , but with all his talent and Gifts , he displays a Grace , that money can't Buy . If we could bring just a touch of that into our Lives .
I saw this guy on The Tube in 1987 in Britain and it blew my mind, but as the decades roll past new videos surface and he's not got one pre-composed version of this, every performance was another completely different version. Just incredible talent!
My thoughts exactly! My 16 year old electro pop brain was blown apart by that Tube performance. I’d always thought that whole arrangement had to be pre-rehearsed but this performance quashes that and shows what an absolute master of music Stanley Jordan is. My 53 year old brain is blown apart once again!
That’s the craziest part. He’s so comfortable in his technique that he can totally improvise & make it seem like he’s composed and practiced it exactly that way for years 🤯
One of the lesser known greats. An innovative, unique player.
I used to be an acquaintance of Stanley Jordan and he could play guitar with his left hand and keyboards with his right. Mind blown.
I've always thought the guitar's construction kept him back. Guitar "boing" and smearing interferes with him being taken seriously. Super nice person to meet by the way.
When I used to play, I couldn't even answer a yes or no question without having to stop playing. Now knowing he could play two dissimilar instruments at once makes me feel even more like a simpleton.
Remember this back in the day and seeing it 37 years later, it still blows my mind!!! POW!!!!
Man, the 80s were wild
80s got the best music
It’s so weird how this guy isn’t talked about more often. He might be the best to ever do it. There’s no one else like him.
Eddie Van Halen is
I honestly think it sounds bad. The unbelievably difficult technique seems to be distracting everyone from the attack on the higher notes especially being just a bit pitchy and unconvincing, the vibrato not sounding as good as conventional playing, and ultimately kind of dry and inexpressive.
@@DaveDexterMusic lol
@@DaveDexterMusicI guess I respect your opinion ... But it's wrong. He's riffing on the form of Eleanor Rigby to create a novel electric guitar solo, not "beat the Beatles" on how pretty the song is. The hubris of these people. Unless you're a massively talented musical prodigy, you can't even judge this guy. And if you were, you'd know better. Stanley is a giant.
@@gonzola3k214All the kids these days …. Listen to TimHenson/ Ika / Polyphia for inspiration. I would say he is covertly the biggest influence on todays innovators of guitar. Or maybe we are insane and the trolls are right. I was lucky enough to see him warm up for Bobby McFerrin( before his inane hit )and what a great show.
Imagine if he never dared to dream.
I'd be Stanley Jordeen
Wow 2023, I still come back to watch the best 2 handed player EVER! Thank goodness my ex husband was a bass player and appreciated great jazz and music of all types, he brought me to so many shows, Stanley Clark and Stanley Jordan were 2 that'll live in my memories forever. Jordan with this song and Clarke with schooldays.
He picks, and frets with all 10 fingers! AMAZING!!!!!!
insanely talented. I had to watch this twice just to take it all in.
i bought a guitar today then looked up stanley jordan. this video came up. i'm returning the guitar.
Lol
Don't give up! ;)
@@kimo63kimo1 thank you. it's too late though, I've already sawed off my fingers 🥵
@@leeDs718 I hope you're joking? I play and that's a nightmare!
@@kimo63kimo1 yes im joking... how else would i type so flawlessly 😉
This is the best two hand band I've ever heard in my life.
the only guitarist you will never hear anyone cover his stuff because nobody else can play his songs
I think a band called 'the beetles', or something like that, tried to cover this at some point. Not quite as good as this, though.
@@luckyjinxer yeah their frontman was too busy with beating his wife and pretending to be a hippie
@@ichqici1999 100
@@ichqici1999 Paul McCartney was not a wife beater.. However, His wife screwed Jimi Hendrix's brains out.
@@ichqici1999 nice pfp
The line at 1:15 is sick. Very creative augmented whole tone sounding lick. His brain goes at light speed.
straight up!
Both his brain and the brain in his hands.
I just stopped and replayed that same part like 5 times in a row, then started to scour the comments hoping people would recognize how amazing that was. The whole song is incredible, but that run was insanely creative.
The aluminum neck on his Travis Bean solid body guitar helps immensely with his immaculate tap-on technique. Mr Jordan tapping life (his way) into the jazz guitar player's view of a technique reserved for rockstar pickers not jazzers.... only hollowbody guitarists allowed and tapping unheard of.. Stanley Jordan made believers & melted hearts with beautiful tone and cascading melodies, I remember him well from a Tonight Show appearance and that clean crystal clear tone!
And he was using an Ibanez RS600.....
Chet atkins did a bit of tapping before this, but it was definitely nothing like this
@@liammalone9263 I can't say I've seen or heard all of Chet's work but don't remember that, oh he was a innovative genius & pulled off touch harmonics at will-what a great guitarist!
Mad respect for new guitar players like Tim Henson. God knows we need them. But it’s clear, his fast complex style is nothing we’ve heard before.
Stanley is an amazing talent. I saw him live in California in 1987
Was at this show and was completely stunned . What a guitarist really inpressed me on "Elenor Rigby" never heard anything like this ❤❤❤
If I only have audio and no footage of this, I would bet my life that this cannot be done by one man. Arranging, composition and execution, simply genius. Step aside everyone else, clearly this is the best man that ever happened to guitar.
W r o n g. He is special but not A Jimi M.Hendrix
@@rimaahali9251 Shut up. Appreciate music for what it is.
@@rimaahali9251 jimi was a rare talent, but it’d probably have taken him years to pull this off
Agreed. I idolize Jimi but this is a whole other level of playing
Jimi was slated to start working with Miles Davis, and I'm sure they would have invited Stanley to come over and jam.
That was nothing short of incredible!!!
When I was a 21 year old in the mid 80s, and floored by his first album, I marveled at the technique. Reviewing this now, I may be more astounded at the musical prowess.
Same here. It was my older brothers record and I was totally blown away back then. This guy was and is not of this earth.
I was about 19 when I came across him in 1988 thereabouts. With his playing he blew my mind and I got a concert shirt with him on it and then the following week I ran into an elderly black man at a convenience store who recognized him on my shirt and was so excited to see that I was also into him, me being a young, white girl/woman. I think he was shocked. I was into Eddie Van Halen, The Beatles, Clapton and Bowie and Joe Satriani back then until a friend turned me onto Stanley Jordan. He was just incredible, so incredible I had to have the shirt. His talent is immense and always was.
why am i just now learning about this guy, that was easily the best thing i've ever seen
The bell tone he achieves on that Travis Bean aluminum neck guitar is beautiful! What an immensely gifted musician!
… ah, I thought ist was a Kramer….
@@konradfichtner112me too
An utter pioneer of the instrument that is often undervalued.
Never heard nor seen him before! Way ahead of his time, 1986! Now a legend to me.
Incredible how he hammers on so effortlessly its practically a 6 string piano for him all the variance too - dog samn
I have known Stanley from our college years. It was obvious way back that he was a major new talent. It was so nice to reconnect at our 25th reunion. And he also shares a passion for an obscure programming language.
Fortran?
@@sprychristian9235 APL, lol
Interesting. Intellectual precocitty!!
I commented before I watched the whole video. After watching it, it's even better than I thought! I am definitely going to check this guy out in the future!
It seems strange we don't include him in our guitar conversations when he is such a phenomenal master of both music and guitar. I confess I had forgotten about him having been introduced by a fantastic French neighbour who accosted me with an album of Stanley's whilst complain of hearing to much Jimi Hendrix!! The irony is not missed on me of the celebration of one master significantly more than the other master.
I do. Along with shawn lane. Few others.
Its because he’s doing covers. If he could write great material of his own then everyone would know him.
... Jimmy was acid blasted shit of mic'ed feedback and gain.
I never understood peoples fascination ... do you not hear the that it is the audio equivalent of pixel mud ?
Jimmi sounds like what happens if you take a good guitarist, make him get super drunk and then he hides the sloppiness with gain, drive and pedals ...
I was around Stanley when he was in college and he was playing then and the invention and music were pouring out of him. He is just plugged in.
This man was so far ahead of his time, wow.
I sincerely hope to be half the guitarist Stanley Jordan is one day, I'm in love with the tapping technique and sadly I think it is very overlooked for how much it opens of the range of the guitar. So much music is possible with it that wouldn't be otherwise
One of the most underrated guitarist.
Not just underrated, he's criminally unknown to most people.
Unrecognized, yes. Underrated implies that someone rates him as a bad player.
And one of the most overused comments.
@@rimsey1088You talk such rubbish. I wasn't a guitarist when I first heard it and I liked it so much that it inspired me to become one.
@@rimsey1088 It does sound great. There's lots of feeling in his playing.
Here in Brasil, we love Stanley Jordan
This is absolutely amazing. I was listening to jazz guitar on Pandora and came across a different cut from the Magic Touch album and came poking here on RUclips. There can't be more than a handful of guitarists anywhere who can pull off a performance like this.
Lol I can’t even play air guitar better than that!
My cousin introduced me to Stanley Jordan’s music years ago! It’s jaw dropping every time I see his performances!😲😱
It was probably in 1981 around I’ve seen him at Washington Square in New York. He was practicing alone in the corner of the park. I was a Japanese guitarist who was 23years old. I’ve decided at the time to give up to be a professional player in whole life.
😯
I saw this show with miles davis, etta james, hurnie hancalk ,? A same yrs I saw king crimson, discipline . both at greek theatre, burkely. I was a better person after that.
What did you become instead?
I absolutely love Michael Hedges, that being said, this is on another level!
Michael Hedges is on this level. The reason I say this is because Hedges often sang while employing his ridiculous technique. I saw Stanley Jordan at an amazing theater with great acoustics (it’s like a great instrument for guys like him) and he noted that at his introduction and said that it affected his playing positively when he can hear things well. He played one of his compositions, “All the Children”, which is beautiful but not so much due to his technique. I always figured he wrote words to it, and he actually tried to sing while playing it (no mic but I was close enough to hear his voice). Michael Hedges played at a bar I worked at and asked me to unplug the beer cooler during his sound check because it had a hum that was disturbing him. Hedges held a note (singing) longer than anyone I’ve heard and he could sing while playing challenging guitar parts. I don’t believe anyone can bring more out of six strings than Stanley Jordan, especially when considering he had no peers when he was doing this stuff in the early 80’s and no heroes to learn it from. That being said, Michael Hedges could play multiple guitar parts, tap out percussion on the body of the guitar, and sing on top of all that. I’m blessed to have had the opportunity to see both many times. Thank you SJ and MH 🙏❤️
Stanley Jordan is fantastic what a guitar player this guy is!
My brother knew Stanley Jordan's drummer and we hit his concert in San Diego in 91. We got to hang out backstage with Mr.Jordan and he was a cool dude. Pure genius!!!
I still have the autographed ticket stub. Thank you again Mr. Jordan we had an unforgettable night.
He is absolutely amazing!!!
I remember hearing this for the first time in the 90s and I couldn’t wrap my head around it…Absolutely amazing!
Good God almighty can we PLEASE Hear and see more from this incredible guitarist?
WOW!!!!!...✌️💛🤘
Shop local record stores
Stanley just makes my heart full of love, for what people are capable of when they know what their Thing is.
I actually have this on VHS. I got it off a cable channel long ago. The dude's a master, no doubt.
I bet that tape would go for some serious cash. Don’t sell it for a few decades
I've been a fan of Stanley Jordan since the 80's. I never see him on top guitarist, all time lists. But, he's a one of one; really is one of the G.O.A.T.
Holy cow, this is insane! Can't believe I haven't seen it before.
Amazing I was always drawn to him as a youngster my whole family lived for him ❤ they adored him
I remember the first time I saw him play I was completely left in shock at his skills. I think shortly after seeing him I saw Jeff Healey and between the two of them with Healey being blind and both of them playing the guitar almost like a piano I thought I'd heard two of the most talented players I'd ever hear. And I'm still sure I'm right
Oh yes, I was there and I saw that and that just cooked my brain. Still does. Stanley is really outstanding!!! Thanks man for posting this.
37years ago!?
He's still the best.
I'm pretty sure I read about Stanley Jordan in one of my guitar mags in the 80s before I actually heard him do his thing. Saw a picture, didn't know who he was or even what the heck kind of guitar that thing he was playing was. Then I saw him on one of the late night shows at the time (Carson? - don't remember). And holy s**t!!! I had no idea. It was like hearing Eruption for the first time x10. Mind, totally blown. Two-handed tapping in the mid-80s was as common as big hair and shoulder pads. But I'd never seen or heard anything like Stanley Jordan before. Then he sort of fell off my radar. Strange. And now I see this clip from '86. Think I need to get reacquainted. This guy is a true guitar phenomenon.
This guy is a god on guitar
So many people are not aware of this great man…I was honoured to hear him back in 86 in Dublin…what a performer.
Saw him play at a Midnight Jam Session during Ottawa Jazzfest in the early 1990’s. Absolutely awesome!
Fricken GENIUS!! What a pioneer!!
I looked at my guitar after we watched this. He laughed at me and closed the case 😅
So glad I saw this today. I used to have a Stanley Jordan collection compilation CD that I finally scratched up to much to play. I always thought, " I wonder what other world-class guitarists think when they witness his playing for the first time?". Maybe Jimi Hendrix would have had his mind blown for once. 😅
Невероятный, умопомрачительный, волшебный Джордан Стэнли! Апплодирую стоя!)
The One and Only Mr. Stanley Jordan.
I was at this show miles Davis came on next
me too!
Yes! Same - I was happy to see Miles, because he cancelled his other Boston area show that year! Stanley was amazing. Just wish we'd arrived earlier like we did in '84-85 to be right up front. Loved seeing Miles and Mahavishnu up close ... wish I could have seen Stanley from that distance,
That’s awesome 😎 👏
How did he follow this!
You guys seen Garrincha playing soccer?
Conversation of GOAT always comes up and this guy is NEVER mentioned. He plays the guitar like a jazz piano
I've never seen someone play the Piano and the guitar on the guitar lol this is amazing 👏🏽
I can't even play what one of his hands is playing with both my hands. Incredible!
I've been working my up to this. At 72 just starting feel it
Im in jazz band and I play guitar and we have to transcript a song so imma do this. Wish me luck
Did u ever complete it ?
How did it go?
It went awesome. Took me a couple months but finally did it
@@daxschomaker4498 that’s amazing man. Big props to u. Did u write it down or something? And if so would u b opposed to sharing it
@@daxschomaker4498 pls do a cover 🙏🏾
Keep coming back to watch this video, it’s just too amazing
I was at this performance! 🥰
My mind is BLOWN! 🎉
This has got to be one of the best technical guitarists ever!
Wow, I fell in love with this beautiful playing. This guy is so fun to listen to. I thank God for giving us music, I also am thankful I got to hear this, so inspiring. Thank you for sharing your beautiful playing with us.
Sick. I just showed this to my son who's a guitars at our church and sent it to a guy who's the bass player at our church and Stanley is like is crazy with that guitar I don't know anybody who is anywhere near this man's ability he loves his guitar
One of the most underrated guitarists on earth no gimmicks no boxes amazing😊
Wow - those people were privileged to be there and see / hear that.
I am not sure there are even a dozen people on Earth that can play like that.
He's a gift to us!
Hendrix
Almost sounds like he’s playing Piano and I am all for it
interestingly, I've just learned about him by listening to a radio interview. He started with piano and said the reason he learned this method of playing was because he missed some of the things he could do with a piano :)
This is music from the universe
WOW WHOEVER POSTED, KNOWS GREAT, LEGEND, ALL THAT
What a legend ❤
Just found this , oh my god, mind blown...
How the fuck have I never heard of this man?! My life just changed today.
It's bizzare that people don't.
There’s a lot of good old music out there & incredible musicians! Some who have left us!
Prince played over 27-30 different instruments!
Billy Preston was an awesome organ/keyboardist!
Killer bass player “Thunder thumbs” Louis Johnson!(From the BROTHERS JOHNSON group!)
Led Zeppelin,Freddy Mercury(piano’s & guitars)
Many others!
Steve Winwood….
Some so good they either motivate you or intimidate you!
Stanley makes me put my guitar down…. Collecting dust etc… lol jus kidding!😂🤠👋🏼
There’s an 80’s song that describes it best!
“Video killed the radio star!”
Long time ago hearing music (on the radio) was more appreciated than seeing an attractive person perform with no talent (lip syncing & auto tune!)…..
Music industry leans towards looks than talent! That’s prob why u hadn’t heard of him right away!?
We have (some) talent today! But better music years ago!
@@orlandojohnson5742You know music existed long before the radio did, right?
There is always better music being made. You just haven't heard it yet because there's so much music around.
If you kid yourself that the past was somehow better, you stop growing. "Things were better back when" is a cliché parroted by tired old men. Don't be like that old fart who yelled at you when you were young to turn your music down. Your young self would never have wanted that.
Amazing, have heard some of Jordan's songs but never this cover. No one else will ever cover it like that.
This is one of the greatest performances of (dare I say) the greatest guitar player of all time. This qualifies for use of the word Epic.
No it doesn’t.
It qualifies for “excellent”, “phenomenal”, “exquisite”, “mind-blowing”, and many other adjectives, but not “Epic”. Epic means something completely different.
Uh, alright. Seems kinda like a subjective use of an adjective but you do you. I use the word once a year tops and thought this qualified but I guess you know better. SMH
I’ve seen this many times. Jaw dropping each time. Some people just operate an another plane from your average.
that talent is insane
Absolutely killing it!..... what a insane rendition.. love you Stanley