Amazing! This gets my vote for one of the greatest music videos on RUclips. Jack McDuff's left hand is incredible. Never heard George's chicken clucking lick before, wonderful. All these guys are virtuosos.
This is what I grew up listening too! Was depressed, surrounded by my instruments here out in the woods. Looked up Brother jack Mcduff, feeling much better now. I played in a trio back in the 60s in Newark, a few clubs with Richie McCrea-another phenominal B-3 player (I was on drums) in the same neighborhood as big Joe Williams and George Benson, I met big Joe the sweetest nicest gentleman even though I was a skinny little white boy he shook my hand and smiled, never forgot that. I missed meeting George Benson who lived down the street. What an experience being in that circuit for at least a month or so. I had no union card (I was only 18, just got a car to drive my drums around in) and i couldn't play those clubs anymore until I got one-I was carded in a club. Pissed those guys off no end! These guys-had the fire. Anybody can play nowadays-but few I've seen have that fire anymore. You had to, or you wouldn't work. I had to play my b***s off to earn my keep as a little white boy in all those black clubs, look at my competition back then, this drummer is on fire too. God I miss it!
Good lord, Jack McDuff is about to melt that keyboard! No fooling around, or warm-up - he and the guys come busting out of the gate with a burner. It's just so impressive watching how he holds down the bass with his left hand and plays the changes and lines with his right. That's real talent right there! And how unusual to see George Benson playing a solid-body Les Paul! Don't see that every day. The underrated Red Holloway and Joe Dukes in great form, too.
@@lc4002 - "Most" being the key word. You've really got your game together when you can blast off like that from the jump. Of course, we can tell ourselves he warmed up behind stage, right? ; ) Jazz is one of the most-Darwinian musical environments on earth. If you don't have your act together folks are going to find out right quick, because there's no place to hide. You haven't lived until you've heard the bandleader or head of the jam call a fast tune which cycles through all twelve keys in the cycle of fifths/fourths. Ask me how I know! (got the scars to prove it). Anyway, easy to see how young GB was forced to get his chops together.... Brother Jack was leaning on him pretty hard every night.
My dad introduced me to the music of Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Richard Groove Holmes and others back in the late 1960's, early 70's. I'm 72 now and still enjoying this type of music. With the recent passing of Joey DeFrancesco, the number of artists playing the Hammond B-3 organ is shrinking.
I discovered McDuff and others through hip-hop samples!!! But I appreciate the music and I own a few LP’s by him, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ronnie Foster, Jimmy Smith, Rueben Wilson and Jimmy McGriff!!
One of the greatest B3 wizards to ever walk a left-handed bass line. There were many, but few capable of coaxing the most mesmerizing sounds from this legendary instrument. Here was the original. Rest in peace my brother.
Festival international de Jazz d'Antibes Juan les Pins, France, 1964. Concert présenté par André Francis, la voix du Jazz en France pendant plus de 60 ans.
@@haloskater24 Of course "they make". It´s called organist. Both popular and classical king of musician play bass with left hand and feet. Just search Organ Trio.
Revisiting these greats here in 2024! Jack, Red, George, and Joe were (are) exquisite talents, and should be in some Hall of Fame somewhere! Each a phenom on his own, and together, perfection! Thank you, guys.
Joe played in my band in the 70's. Jack McDuff fired and I hired him the next day. He was a gentle guy with explosive chops. We recorded at Phil Upchurch's studio in 1977.
I was fortunate enough to meet Red, Phil Unchurch & Chuck Rainey in L.A. when they did a small tour with my cousin Robert Walter for his 'There Goes the Neighborhood' release. He was able to get his dream session personnel that also included Harvey Mason.
I know it is apples and oranges, but this is freakin' 1964, and while everybody was in awe about George Harrison's solo on Till there was you (which I love), Benson was doing perfect chicken noises out of his guitar, in tune and in the pocket. A completely different skill class.
Wow wow wow. George Benson fired up at 21. Thanks to the French audience and crew. Brother is always real great. I love the French, when I was in Paris at the Lourve underground stop - a beautiful flutist was receiving attention and donation, then when on the outskirts of the city, a man was was playing a toy synth with beat and one finger and seemed to get a similar crowd reaction. They love the arts.
This is superlative on every level, with all 4 great players in top form and the whole band so tight. But beginning it at about 5:12, oh my goodness Brother Jack just hammers the hell out of it.
i'm here on 3.22.24 to wish both george benson & melvin sparks-hassan a happy birthday. (as related to me by melvin in the mid-90s) when melvin first relocated to nyc from his homeland of houston, tx he was doing some sit-ins around the city & someone told george about melvin with a "you need to check this guy out" kind of suggestion. george met melvin, they became fast- & life-long friends . . . and george made the intro to brother jack mcduff that got melvin his first "regular seat" gig in nyc in 1966 when george was leaving mcduff's band. happy birthday to george & melvin sparks. 💜
Thanks to the Jazz promoters in Seattle, for bringing this Jazz legend to town, Brother Jack McDuff performed along with his daughter in downtown Seattle it was a real treat.
I'm reading George Benson's autobiography and he's turned me on to all this great artists I never heard of. I'm a rock fan from the the 60's and I have a lot of catching up to do. Thank you for posting this great band and music.
Thanks for the upload!! Dig that Les Paul in George's hand. I can only imagine the history that guitar has seen!! The band is really vibin, thanks again!!
I purchased an album called "Soul Shack" back in 1964, or thereabouts, to listen to Sonny Stitt. Anyway, there was a organist named Jack Mcduff that caught my attention. His rendition of "Love Nest" is still one of my favorites. Still have album, but no phonograph.
McDuff In NY with his trio What a tremendous Musician he was and Great Person. And also Jimmy McGriff in Boston Whew just magic I've been very lucky they were my inspiration to play with B3 Hammond Cats. This Is tremendous with Joe Dukes on his Beautiful CAMCO Drums just Killin it. to have seen Jimmy Smiths with the great Grady Tate on Drums . Even to this day Seeing Chester Thomson with T.O.P is so mind-blowing. Sadly the B3 the Old Big Bodied frame Hammond with Leslie Speakers has d faded away. Such a Fantastic Sound Truly will be missed.
George Benson was getting his education playing on the jazz circuit with one of the several Hammond B-3 masters, Brother Jack McDuff, along with the excellent saxophonist Red Holloway, and drummer, Joe Dukes. Benson however, added to the life of one of McDuff's greatest live albums, "Live at the Key Club" doing Rock Candy and a Real Goodun. The circuit was tight, and you had to play your ax in those days in thos little night clubs but back in the 60s and through the mid-70s those were the good old days. The Blue Note, Mpls, The Key Club, Newark, Flukies, Chicago, OG's Kansas City, Club Baby Grand, Harlem, NYC, and so many more that memory fails to serve me. But they were the circuit, with so much soul, pretty cars, pretty women, and, and, and, so much more that time has passed on by.
Next, you tell me that you also witnessed and participated in some of the live magic that GEORGE and especially JIMMY created...right? Doesn't matter if you did or not, you my friend are one lucky soul that was born and raised in this beautiful time and place!
This live magic you speak of was an everyday affair in the racially segregated years in the U.S. where these chaps played on the so called "Chitlin Circuit" and we were their audience cheering them on. However, as a young cat I thought they were some of the best, most liveliest days, where the music was raw, "straight-no chaser". The Europeans appreciated it that way too, but in America it had to be watered down to be accepted and the only way these artists could make some real money. I did not care for the cross over stuff, but the hungry days when the music was driving and raw and the rooms were crowded and no bigger than a closet was the most exciting days for me.
The "Chitlin Circuit" tell me more about it. Was it possible to witness, lets say McGriff in a random joint back then? If so, did you ever catch some of this absolute in music?
Damn, that groove is rock solid...mcduff really slapped out those basslines!! love red holloway what a sound. dukes is swinging and geo benson obv killing
I love this..These fellas was smokin this night..The broken record part is great..ive watched thid video many, many times and just realized George Benson was playing. Other comments confirmed this..what a sweet epic recording to have under your belt..what a phenominal find..thx for posting
Doesn't matter what he plays, it always sounds like him, huh? 'Cept he got a little more assertive with age and under his own name - here he's not forgetting he's a side man.
@ Alex S. - You figure at a large outdoor gig like this, highly-amplified, that maybe Benson needed to play a solid-body, or at least a semi-hollow design, to keep from feeding back. Maybe he hadn't discovered that old trick that arch-top players use - to stuff foam into their sound-holes to deaden the feedback. Of course, as long as he was a straight-ahead jazz guy, maybe this wasn't too huge an issue, since the venues were reasonably compact. But when he became a pop star in the 1970s, and started playing huge arenas and the like, it surely became an issue. By then, Ibanez had come to his rescue. Their jazz guitars sound great, but have tops which are laminated, not solid wood, so do not feedback as much as a carved top instrument.
Got to see Capt. Jack McDuff, as he was known in the 90s, a few times at a little dive blues joint in Minneapolis called Blues Alley. The house band was Jimi "Prime Time" Smith, and he and Big Walter Smith would sometimes come down and sit in. Big Walter was a regular at the Uptown Famous Dave's rib joint. I was just turning on to the Blues back then, and little did I know who I was seeing.
Oh the Euros LOVED THAT American Jazz Scene.... DAMN Didn't EVEN realize that was GB on Guitar UNTIL I read the Credits.. Playing with THESE Guyz will Give ANY1 some Validity at the end of the day 4 SURE!!
As a person who was born in the mid 1970's and grew up in the 1980's & 1990's, I'm having a hard time believing that George Benson had been on the scene since the 1960's Motown Era & Stax (Otis Redding), The British Acts, James Brown. even Sam Cooke was still alive around this time, because when I think of him I think of his hit records that I grew up on in the 1980's like "Give Me The Night" & "Turn Your Love Around", but this is historically accurate. Nice piece of history here.
It really blows my mind that this kind of music was happening at the same time that the Beatles were getting most of the attention I love the Beatles but man this kind of jazz is so advanced and hip for its time! I am hoping to find this on DVD if anyone knows if it's available even on VHS tape would be fine
That's why our schools at that time told us not to listen to Beatles - they were only POP - Mcduff was real music, they said. But who remember Mcduff today?
George Benson was playing guitar as sophisticated and mature for a 20 year old was just amazing!
I still cant beliefe he was that good at such a young age.
Amazing! This gets my vote for one of the greatest music videos on RUclips. Jack McDuff's left hand is incredible. Never heard George's chicken clucking lick before, wonderful. All these guys are virtuosos.
37BopCity 2017 it kills me how his left and right side of the brain are synced together- I don't know how he does those sick bass lines while soloingb
And George is playing the ultimate rock/blues setup....a Sunburst Les Paul Standard thru a tweed Fender Bassman.
He had some kind of 3 lobed brain !!!!!!!!!
He’s playing the bass line.
This is what I grew up listening too! Was depressed, surrounded by my instruments here out in the woods. Looked up Brother jack Mcduff, feeling much better now. I played in a trio back in the 60s in Newark, a few clubs with Richie McCrea-another phenominal B-3 player (I was on drums) in the same neighborhood as big Joe Williams and George Benson, I met big Joe the sweetest nicest gentleman even though I was a skinny little white boy he shook my hand and smiled, never forgot that. I missed meeting George Benson who lived down the street. What an experience being in that circuit for at least a month or so. I had no union card (I was only 18, just got a car to drive my drums around in) and i couldn't play those clubs anymore until I got one-I was carded in a club. Pissed those guys off no end! These guys-had the fire. Anybody can play nowadays-but few I've seen have that fire anymore. You had to, or you wouldn't work. I had to play my b***s off to earn my keep as a little white boy in all those black clubs, look at my competition back then, this drummer is on fire too. God I miss it!
I definitely need more Jack McDuff in my life.
Good lord, Jack McDuff is about to melt that keyboard! No fooling around, or warm-up - he and the guys come busting out of the gate with a burner. It's just so impressive watching how he holds down the bass with his left hand and plays the changes and lines with his right. That's real talent right there! And how unusual to see George Benson playing a solid-body Les Paul! Don't see that every day. The underrated Red Holloway and Joe Dukes in great form, too.
You're right. Most musicians have warm their chops up with a few easy numbers before they can even think about that breakneck speed.
@@lc4002 - "Most" being the key word. You've really got your game together when you can blast off like that from the jump. Of course, we can tell ourselves he warmed up behind stage, right? ; )
Jazz is one of the most-Darwinian musical environments on earth. If you don't have your act together folks are going to find out right quick, because there's no place to hide. You haven't lived until you've heard the bandleader or head of the jam call a fast tune which cycles through all twelve keys in the cycle of fifths/fourths. Ask me how I know! (got the scars to prove it).
Anyway, easy to see how young GB was forced to get his chops together.... Brother Jack was leaning on him pretty hard every night.
George was scaling the hell out that Les Paul.
Red Holloway is a underrated Master. You dead if you don’t like this.
It’s amazing !
Agreed!
My dad introduced me to the music of Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Richard Groove Holmes and others back in the late 1960's, early 70's. I'm 72 now and still enjoying this type of music. With the recent passing of Joey DeFrancesco, the number of artists playing the Hammond B-3 organ is shrinking.
True and jack Mcduff also moved on to the next zone….
Actually, the B3 is currently having a renaissance. Almost every jazz pianist in San Francisco is playing organ these days, including me!
I've grown up, in Harlem, hearing his genre since I was a kid. 64 now, and never tire of this music.
Sir, make sure you see some Cory Henry, a natural young heir to those B3 greats.
I discovered McDuff and others through hip-hop samples!!! But I appreciate the music and I own a few LP’s by him, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ronnie Foster, Jimmy Smith, Rueben Wilson and Jimmy McGriff!!
George Benson playing an original 1959 Sunburst Les Paul Standard!
He lost interest in that axe quickly didn’t he.
Ho Li Shit..
Burst and a Tweed . It don't get any better .
One of the greatest B3 wizards to ever walk a left-handed bass line. There were many, but few capable of coaxing the most mesmerizing sounds from this legendary instrument. Here was the original. Rest in peace my brother.
Only one other can stand in that circle...the late great Joey Defrancesco.
Well the great Jimmy Smith can also stand in that same circle.
I used to play with Jack. Dude was super soulful.
I cannot imagine doing improv melody like that on one hand, and walking bass in the other. ALL amazing musicians, of course.
There are no words to describe this except MAGIC !!!!!!
Festival international de Jazz d'Antibes Juan les Pins, France, 1964. Concert présenté par André Francis, la voix du Jazz en France pendant plus de 60 ans.
That's crazy how Jack is playing the Bass with his left hand at that tempo, without missing a beat! Wow!
They make musicians like this anymore
Don’t *
@@haloskater24 Of course "they make". It´s called organist. Both popular and classical king of musician play bass with left hand and feet. Just search Organ Trio.
yeah
what a swing dude!
stonelenny see my comment below the first one , I meant “they don’t make musicians like this anymore”.
One of the best live performances on RUclips....ever...
I don't know how the floor could have held all that talent.
Revisiting these greats here in 2024! Jack, Red, George, and Joe were (are) exquisite talents, and should be in some Hall of Fame somewhere! Each a phenom on his own, and together, perfection! Thank you, guys.
Now this is some sweet romance to the ears. Scaling to the heavens, triplets, ghost notes, quarter time, halftime, 32nd note shuffles. Musical genius.
Joe played in my band in the 70's. Jack McDuff fired and I hired him the next day.
He was a gentle guy with explosive chops. We recorded at Phil Upchurch's
studio in 1977.
+David Bloom Cool story. Is that record around to hear?
Never released. Maybe sometime.
Thanks for your interest
David
I too would love to hear it.
I was fortunate enough to meet Red, Phil Unchurch & Chuck Rainey in L.A. when they did a small tour with my cousin Robert Walter for his 'There Goes the Neighborhood' release. He was able to get his dream session personnel that also included Harvey Mason.
Why did Jack fire him?
This is genius on every level. Humor being one of them. Genius playing.
Drum solos that make musical sense. Will wonders never cease?
This shows that there is very few true musicians today,Because we let ourselves be. Bamboozled!
What a left hand, Jack, out of this world!
I know it is apples and oranges, but this is freakin' 1964, and while everybody was in awe about George Harrison's solo on Till there was you (which I love), Benson was doing perfect chicken noises out of his guitar, in tune and in the pocket. A completely different skill class.
People think of George Benson the pop jazz star, this guy is a monster player!
56 years ago and it's still fresh!!!
This is totally awesome! A real unique band sound and attitude! amazing players all of them
Wow wow wow. George Benson fired up at 21. Thanks to the French audience and crew. Brother is always real great.
I love the French, when I was in Paris at the Lourve underground stop - a beautiful flutist was receiving attention and donation, then when on the outskirts of the city, a man was was playing a toy synth with beat and one finger and seemed to get a similar crowd reaction. They love the arts.
Amazing!! What a band, what an arrangement, and Bro.Jack's "conk" is off the charts!!!! Just a killer video!!!
Timeless talent, these guys all played cooperatively as well which is a miracle
My Dad got Jacks autograph for me back in a Blues Club on Rush St. back in the late 60’s.
Incredibly well played, wow! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Wow, what a sparkling energy! Wish there was a band like this today.
That bass line played with his left hand...amazing!
Great respect to this amazing Quartet 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
One of the best organ quartets at their peak!
SMOKIN! George Benson in his youth was already a bad ass player in 1964. No wonder. All these cats here are simply audaciously talented.
This is incredible.
At this killing tempo he plays the bass and solo. These guys were unbeatable then and still know after so may years.
This is superlative on every level, with all 4 great players in top form and the whole band so tight. But beginning it at about 5:12, oh my goodness Brother Jack just hammers the hell out of it.
Absolutely!! Into orbit. What a wonderful clip. Thanks for posting!
i'm here on 3.22.24 to wish both george benson & melvin sparks-hassan a happy birthday.
(as related to me by melvin in the mid-90s) when melvin first relocated to nyc from his homeland of houston, tx he was doing some sit-ins around the city & someone told george about melvin with a "you need to check this guy out" kind of suggestion.
george met melvin, they became fast- & life-long friends . . . and george made the intro to brother jack mcduff that got melvin his first "regular seat" gig in nyc in 1966 when george was leaving mcduff's band.
happy birthday to george & melvin sparks. 💜
Disconcerting, absolute, incredible modernity.
Thanks for posting this! Jack McDuff is amazing, and it's so great to see some early George Benson (and playing a burst, no less!)
That's what I call real, real playing. Almost 60 years ago and they'll shame lots of noisemakers of Today.
as lord mccartney, for instance...
Amen to that!
But you have to admit that Cardi B and Nicki Minaj are excellent musicians.
Well said!!!
Point well☝️taken !
Best eight minutes on you tube and listen to George benson give a comping lesson
Thanks for sharing this fabulous performance, the sound quality is purely stunning. I thinks it's the Festival Jazz à Antibes
Yes. Festival de jazz, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, 1964...
Thanks to the Jazz promoters in Seattle, for bringing this Jazz legend to town, Brother Jack McDuff performed along with his daughter in downtown Seattle it was a real treat.
Never knew George Benson was at this level on guitar. Green/Montgomery level. Rocking song all around. Thanks for posting.
I'm reading George Benson's autobiography and he's turned me on to all this great artists I never heard of. I'm a rock fan from the the 60's and I have a lot of catching up to do. Thank you for posting this great band and music.
Holy s***!!! They are CRUSHING it! Unbelievable.
... and Brother Jack's foot on bass! Amazing! Great stuff!!
Grew up listening to Jack McDuff ‘Tobacco Road’ straight off the press.
Still kick’n it today. ✨
George...wonderful articulation and phrasing.
these guys really rock... love the organ
That is the shit right there. Tearing it up.
Benson on Les Paul. A very young Benson.
Red Holloway on sax a great player.
Joe Dukes!!
Brother Jack McDuff on the Hammond C3. 👌🏽
Great organist and Love that Hammond Organ!! Great Tenor Sax player. the two greatist sounds Tenor Sax and Hammond Organ together! Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the upload!! Dig that Les Paul in George's hand. I can only imagine the history that guitar has seen!! The band is really vibin, thanks again!!
Damn these cats are cookin.Love the fun they're having as well!
I purchased an album called "Soul Shack" back in 1964, or thereabouts,
to listen to Sonny Stitt. Anyway, there was a organist named Jack Mcduff that caught my attention. His rendition of "Love Nest" is still one of my favorites. Still have album, but no phonograph.
Here ya go Love Nest
ruclips.net/video/ppEBXGhtRnU/видео.html
I imagine one can search RUclips for any and all recordings for the most part.
OMG! That is just smokin' I didn't know that George Benson played with Jack McDuff. What an incredible video. Thank you so much for sharing. Cheers!
19 year old George Benson killing it even then, along with the rest of the cats. Brilliant. How about that crazy jam in the middle.
Have Mercy! The talent on that stage!!!
Great personal recounts of such fine musicians. Thanks for sharing. This has to be one of the greatest live performances I’ve ever seen!
Absolutely. The clucking (George) and the laughing (Red). They were having fun.
RIP JACK, GLAD TO HAVE MET AND PERFORMED WITH YOU!
McDuff In NY with his trio What a tremendous Musician he was and Great Person. And also Jimmy McGriff in Boston Whew just magic I've been very lucky they were my inspiration to play with B3 Hammond Cats. This Is tremendous with Joe Dukes on his Beautiful CAMCO Drums just Killin it. to have seen Jimmy Smiths with the great Grady Tate on Drums . Even to this day Seeing Chester Thomson with T.O.P is so mind-blowing. Sadly the B3 the Old Big Bodied frame Hammond with Leslie Speakers has d faded away. Such a Fantastic Sound Truly will be missed.
George Benson was getting his education playing on the jazz circuit with one of the several Hammond B-3 masters, Brother Jack McDuff, along with the excellent saxophonist Red Holloway, and drummer, Joe Dukes. Benson however, added to the life of one of McDuff's greatest live albums, "Live at the Key Club" doing Rock Candy and a Real Goodun. The circuit was tight, and you had to play your ax in those days in thos little night clubs but back in the 60s and through the mid-70s those were the good old days. The Blue Note, Mpls, The Key Club, Newark, Flukies, Chicago, OG's Kansas City, Club Baby Grand, Harlem, NYC, and so many more that memory fails to serve me. But they were the circuit, with so much soul, pretty cars, pretty women, and, and, and, so much more that time has passed on by.
You speak as you was part of this whole scene, really appreciate your input. RUclips comments aren't known for this quality!
Mats Nilsson That was my time, I was young, on the move with eyes and ears wide open.
Next, you tell me that you also witnessed and participated in some of the live magic that GEORGE and especially JIMMY created...right?
Doesn't matter if you did or not, you my friend are one lucky soul that was born and raised in this beautiful time and place!
This live magic you speak of was an everyday affair in the racially segregated years in the U.S. where these chaps played on the so called "Chitlin Circuit" and we were their audience cheering them on. However, as a young cat I thought they were some of the best, most liveliest days, where the music was raw, "straight-no chaser". The Europeans appreciated it that way too, but in America it had to be watered down to be accepted and the only way these artists could make some real money. I did not care for the cross over stuff, but the hungry days when the music was driving and raw and the rooms were crowded and no bigger than a closet was the most exciting days for me.
The "Chitlin Circuit" tell me more about it. Was it possible to witness, lets say McGriff in a random joint back then? If so, did you ever catch some of this absolute in music?
Hi ‘ to All’ - 1 of the finest sessions you’ll ever see - such Talent ! - cheers to All .
Takes me back to 63d & Cottage Grove..digging this group LIVE...
Damn, that groove is rock solid...mcduff really slapped out those basslines!! love red holloway what a sound. dukes is swinging and geo benson obv killing
Incredible. Imagine being able to breathe like Red. Thanks for video.
Amazing and exactly what jazz really is all about!!
Wonderful stuff! Love GB's 'Chicken Reel' quote at the start of his (4th?) solo.
Mcduff has the best organ grove seen on vids so far
Just at a glance and earful
Crazy
This is such a fantastic video. I wish I had been there!
Bro killed his Solo!!!
Excellent performance.
Some band....thanks for posting 🤞👍👏🎶🤓🦫🇺🇸😎💰👌🔥🤙💪
What a sound, wow! These cats are seriously on fire!
Wow! What a band, playful and wonderful !
I love this..These fellas was smokin this night..The broken record part is great..ive watched thid video many, many times and just realized George Benson was playing. Other comments confirmed this..what a sweet epic recording to have under your belt..what a phenominal find..thx for posting
Fantastic performance!
Great group! Everybody is on.George Benson is in a "Cookbook"mode.👍👍👍👍👍
All these brothers are in the combination of the great music. first, last, in a hurry! Yes indeed!
Beautiful upload, when George Benson played a 1960 Gibson Les Paul... Very little with him playing it. Thank you.
Doesn't matter what he plays, it always sounds like him, huh? 'Cept he got a little more assertive with age and under his own name - here he's not forgetting he's a side man.
Wonder if he still has that Les Paul in his collection, it's gotta be worth some serious cash.
@ Alex S. - You figure at a large outdoor gig like this, highly-amplified, that maybe Benson needed to play a solid-body, or at least a semi-hollow design, to keep from feeding back. Maybe he hadn't discovered that old trick that arch-top players use - to stuff foam into their sound-holes to deaden the feedback. Of course, as long as he was a straight-ahead jazz guy, maybe this wasn't too huge an issue, since the venues were reasonably compact. But when he became a pop star in the 1970s, and started playing huge arenas and the like, it surely became an issue. By then, Ibanez had come to his rescue. Their jazz guitars sound great, but have tops which are laminated, not solid wood, so do not feedback as much as a carved top instrument.
SMOKIN’!!! (Love it when the drummer brings them out of that unison lick!)
Got to see Capt. Jack McDuff, as he was known in the 90s, a few times at a little dive blues joint in Minneapolis called Blues Alley. The house band was Jimi "Prime Time" Smith, and he and Big Walter Smith would sometimes come down and sit in. Big Walter was a regular at the Uptown Famous Dave's rib joint. I was just turning on to the Blues back then, and little did I know who I was seeing.
Jack mcduff sounds really amazing organ sounds interesting and great music res in peace jack mcduff with my best regards
Incredible incorporation of emulating laughter thru the sax at 4:32, then tightly just pick it right back up again.
I have most of Prestige LPs of McDuff but this performance is outstanding! Everybody is on fire!!!
Oh the Euros LOVED THAT American Jazz Scene.... DAMN Didn't EVEN realize that was GB on Guitar UNTIL I read the Credits.. Playing with THESE Guyz will Give ANY1 some Validity at the end of the day 4 SURE!!
wonderful drummer -great to play with, i imagine - so decisive - you'd always know exactly where you were !
The drums were mic'd and recorded so well...it's amazing!
you're always supposed to know where you are. The drummer isn't a crutch.
Who are the players? Sonny Payne on drums??
As a person who was born in the mid 1970's and grew up in the 1980's & 1990's, I'm having a hard time believing that George Benson had been on the scene since the 1960's Motown Era & Stax (Otis Redding), The British Acts, James Brown. even Sam Cooke was still alive around this time, because when I think of him I think of his hit records that I grew up on in the 1980's like "Give Me The Night" & "Turn Your Love Around", but this is historically accurate. Nice piece of history here.
Merci Bob Hardy via Brother McDuff Quartet 🎹 🎸🎹🎹🌺🎧🎼🎼💙
Saw McDuff in a small club in Fayetteville,NC in the ?early 1980s?. He played great in all sorts of settings.
another whole level of musicianship ......
It really blows my mind that this kind of music was happening at the same time that the Beatles were getting most of the attention I love the Beatles but man this kind of jazz is so advanced and hip for its time! I am hoping to find this on DVD if anyone knows if it's available even on VHS tape would be fine
That's why our schools at that time told us not to listen to Beatles - they were only POP - Mcduff was real music, they said. But who remember Mcduff today?
I do.
John Andreasen so do I ( but not my Kids unfortunately - here I failed 😎)
Me too
Hunter Mann Totally agree!
utterly superb education Bob many thanks
OMG, nice treasure I came across here! This music is hot, everybody did the damn thing!!