My father was a loser alcoholic who never gave me much. The best thing Dad ever gave me was a used Barney Kessel album. 'Cuz of that, I've been listening to Barney Kessel for 38 years now.
For me, the most entertaining jazz guitarist ever. He invested everything he did with great musicality, wit, taste and structural interest. He always had good tone.
What a great Video for its time frame 👍. Up close-great /audio and Video work. I always loved Kessel in those fast Bluesy tunes. Great Bass player and Drummer-so cool seeing Barney during that Drum break with that satisfying grin as the young Drummer lays it Down! RIP BK
One of my long time favorite Looney Tunes is The Three Little Bops. I always wondered who the guitarist was and finally looked it up on Wikipedia today where I was introduced to Barney Kessel. This was the first video I pulled up. I'd know his sound anywhere.
Amazing!!!! Q..how many guitarists can play a full big band chart on guitar and make it make musical sense,swing and just groove like that.? Answer ...one someone below asked is it a P90 on the gibson....no its a charlie christian pick up.
I saw Barney in Phoenix about this time, 76 maybe. He hired a local union guy to play base but the poor guy couldn't cut it. Barney kept yelling "more intensity more intensity". Not sure what he meant. Sounded great to me. Second set he did solo. He could really play.
Some groovy music, I came across thanks to Larry Carlton's mentioning how Barney influenced his playing. I think I'm slowly converting to jazz. Not a bad place to be.
Not bad at all, bud. The down side of your late coming to jazz is that all the very greats are in heaven now. No chance to see them live. I've been listening for 50 years and even I was too late to see most of them.
@@renoraider9817 there are still plenty of jazz greats alive today (Medeski Martin and Wood, The Bad Plus, Alfa Mist, John Scofield) but the legends are in heaven.
@@voidgazerwisco I've no doubt there countless jazz practictioners performing today that I would love to see play. I just don't know of any personally.
Enjoying this so much...then I start wanting to hear this with the bridge pickup only, guitar tone & volume all they way up, some serious gain on the amp...just curious. Full respect for the purists. Doug Pratt Atlanta, Georgia, USA
According to some sources it's a Gibson 1946/47 ES-350 heavily modified (modified neck, bridge, tuners...) with a C.Christian style pickup. It's quite an exclusive model.
ed cherry That's one thing that's great about Barney, he doesn't let optimal playing position or perfect technique get in the way of him shedding, the man just plays!
I don't think I've never seen him play with a strap... That's beyond me: I play a 17" full-hollow archtop as well, and I need to get it positioned with the strap and have the fretboard at just the right angle and tilt to be comfortable before I start, in order to play properly. How a guy can play a big archtop just haphazardly balanced on his thigh or squeezed against his chest seems to be a feat of magic to me....But I'm still starting out in many ways-- maybe with more experience you can play just as well at any old angle?
Anybody else feel like you're watching The Partridge Family, with the video and sound here being slightly out of sync? It's almost imperceptible at times, but I swear it's off. It's as if separately recorded audio of the same performance or another precisely rendered take was overdubbed. Watch Barney's right hand from roughly 2:17 to 2:24, for example. This 'time glitch' is rather noticeable with the drummer's work in the 1/8th - 1/16th ride pattern, and it's glaringly obvious with the open-and-close of the hi-hats. In fact, focus exclusively on the drummer from 3:46 on. Funny. It *_was_* 1973, so SMPTE time coding wasn't what it is today. ; ]
Wow playing. What compelled jazz drummers of the 70's and 80's to go the way of their rock counterparts and start using crazy muffling and stuff. He's got no resonator side head on the bass drum and a huge pillow. I mean... it would sound good if you're playing in a reggae band, but it sounds so lifeless... Don't get me started on upright players who make their bass sound like an electric...
My father was a loser alcoholic who never gave me much.
The best thing Dad ever gave me was a used Barney Kessel album.
'Cuz of that, I've been listening to Barney Kessel for 38 years now.
Professor Time -did you learn to play?
Well thanks but we didn't need the whole backstory
@@samreilly4360 thats a good history that a man with out a father. Do you have one?
Maybe the unique goid action by your father but a great realy great action. Forgive him. Evebory make mistakes.
@@JL-bu8bz lol
The bass player my late dear uncle
Awesome musician .
who was he? any more recordings? awesome player.
For me, the most entertaining jazz guitarist ever. He invested everything he did with great musicality, wit, taste and structural interest. He always had good tone.
I think Barney was really digging that bass player and giving him a little extra time to shine.
Barney was always the best, but the bass player was FANTASTIC. What a great trio
for crying out loud. dont make it look so easy...damn Barney, that's so serious fire.
Barney Kessel.. he is so inventive and SMOKIN on guitar....I never tire of him. He just swings.
genius...his chords are blowing me a way
Patricia Gullickson yeah-always!
Master of masters.
Still the coolest thing on RUclips after all these years!
Yow,...the best...Barney pure soul, from the heart!!!!!!
+Richard Healy he's awesome!
Sture Nordin on bass Rune Carlsson drums
What a great Video for its time frame 👍. Up close-great /audio and Video work. I always loved Kessel in those fast Bluesy tunes. Great Bass player and Drummer-so cool seeing Barney during that Drum break with that satisfying grin as the young Drummer lays it Down! RIP BK
Barney smokin it.....and the best sounding upright ....man thats a good one.
great Guitar and great Sound what a great time with Barney.
Vero jazz !!!!!! Barney kessel , classe , purezza di suono , swing , grande umanità e umiltà. Fantastico !!!
Seems to me to be about the best accompanyment Barney ever recorded with . What a great , musical set !
Amazing Master Barney Kessel
The one and only.
Katso dr ilmeet,kun lähtee svengaamaan.
One of my long time favorite Looney Tunes is The Three Little Bops. I always wondered who the guitarist was and finally looked it up on Wikipedia today where I was introduced to Barney Kessel. This was the first video I pulled up. I'd know his sound anywhere.
legend...
Amazing!!!! Q..how many guitarists can play a full big band chart on guitar and make it make musical sense,swing and just groove like that.?
Answer ...one
someone below asked is it a P90 on the gibson....no its a charlie christian pick up.
Great Barney!😊
Nobody but nobody swings like Barney. Technician par excellece - up with joe and Chet.
He's great !!!
I saw Barney in Phoenix about this time, 76 maybe. He hired a local union guy to play base but the poor guy couldn't cut it. Barney kept yelling "more intensity more intensity". Not sure what he meant. Sounded great to me. Second set he did solo. He could really play.
the MAESTRO
The real stuff!
¡monstruo de la guitarra y el ritmo!
I love It this perfomance
Some groovy music, I came across thanks to Larry Carlton's mentioning how Barney influenced his playing. I think I'm slowly converting to jazz. Not a bad place to be.
Not bad at all, bud. The down side of your late coming to jazz is that all the very greats are in heaven now. No chance to see them live. I've been listening for 50 years and even I was too late to see most of them.
@@renoraider9817 there are still plenty of jazz greats alive today (Medeski Martin and Wood, The Bad Plus, Alfa Mist, John Scofield) but the legends are in heaven.
@@voidgazerwisco I've no doubt there countless jazz practictioners performing today that I would love to see play. I just don't know of any personally.
amazing
bravissimo chitarrista.
Meu ídolo!
Just great!
3:33 Barney taking a little time to get the groove ramped up. Swinnnnnng!
smokin! whoa
thanks Keith I've made a mental note maybe I'll get one
Ancora insuperato!!
Roberto Pizzo
Roberto, mai letto l'insuperabile Faggiani nella Musica Jazz sul detto articolo dell'insuperanza - ma chi e' questo Bernie Kessel?
Enjoying this so much...then I start wanting to hear this with the bridge pickup only, guitar tone & volume all they way up, some serious gain on the amp...just curious. Full respect for the purists.
Doug Pratt
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
YUCK
jakem
The bull is staring at me!! :0
So much chops
miele tocava muito.
服装見たら時代やね✨
Get hold of his album 'Soaring' (1976). Chord work like you've never heard.
Альберт Филозов на басу
Love it
the boss
Man, that's hip. Who is the drummer, and what's the venue?
swangin!
!!
Lee Majors on drums
Javier Malosetti apparently not :)
chacho coudet on drums
una maravilla su comentario!
Is that the drummer from stn&y
his guitar is a beauty~ does anyone knows what guitar is that
According to some sources it's a Gibson 1946/47 ES-350 heavily modified (modified neck, bridge, tuners...) with a C.Christian style pickup. It's quite an exclusive model.
it looks and sounds like what beautiful is made of
julien tastet I'd love to know where this guitar is right now.
***** I don't know if it sleeps in its case, exposed in a museum or still being played...
Yea, i wonder. what a gem.
does anybody know which tv-show it's from?
What happened from 3:33 to 4:05???😅
1:30
sitting on a stool with no guitar strap ! how did he do that? hahaha...
ed cherry That's one thing that's great about Barney, he doesn't let optimal playing position or perfect technique get in the way of him shedding, the man just plays!
I don't think I've never seen him play with a strap... That's beyond me: I play a 17" full-hollow archtop as well, and I need to get it positioned with the strap and have the fretboard at just the right angle and tilt to be comfortable before I start, in order to play properly. How a guy can play a big archtop just haphazardly balanced on his thigh or squeezed against his chest seems to be a feat of magic to me....But I'm still starting out in many ways-- maybe with more experience you can play just as well at any old angle?
epf1961 it looks like he enjoys the freedom of movement and uses it at different times for position...
@@epf1961 he's a big dude
Thank you Ed Cherry ! Only another guitarist would notice such things . Appreciate your work with Virginia Mayhew .
Goose bums
Anybody else feel like you're watching The Partridge Family, with the video and sound here being slightly out of sync? It's almost imperceptible at times, but I swear it's off. It's as if separately recorded audio of the same performance or another precisely rendered take was overdubbed. Watch Barney's right hand from roughly 2:17 to 2:24, for example. This 'time glitch' is rather noticeable with the drummer's work in the 1/8th - 1/16th ride pattern, and it's glaringly obvious with the open-and-close of the hi-hats. In fact, focus exclusively on the drummer from 3:46 on. Funny. It *_was_* 1973, so SMPTE time coding wasn't what it is today. ; ]
Actually no.
NBmusoman so a Charlie Christian pickup is single coil ?
yes
Y'know, Barney kinda looks like Sam Kinnison.
p 90 on the gibson ?
It's a Charlie Christian.
Looks like Lars Ulrich's brother on drums....
Wow playing. What compelled jazz drummers of the 70's and 80's to go the way of their rock counterparts and start using crazy muffling and stuff. He's got no resonator side head on the bass drum and a huge pillow. I mean... it would sound good if you're playing in a reggae band, but it sounds so lifeless... Don't get me started on upright players who make their bass sound like an electric...
Anybody knows who the bass player and the drummer are?
Sture Nordin, Bass. Rune Carlsson, drums. (swedish, both of them)
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
vecernicek2 Yoda knows best!
Why have an animals head on the wall?
The bass player is much more interesting than Barney Kessel...
He is a very inspired and gifted artist, but his playing is so rough and sloppy. Odd.
you think he was carrying about his playing? he was playing from his pure heart and soul . . literally the master of music theory
Let's hear yours bovine.