Thank you for posting this video, I have been trying to find for years. That is my Dad, Pete Morgan on Double Bass. It is from a BBC TV Programme called "The Five Faces of the Guitar".
This guy is incredible - he has *all* the licks & *all* the chords . It's crazy that people think Clapton is a guitar 'god' - he's totally in Kessel's shadow.
Thank God somebody had enough brains to film this performance for posterity. In our society today, we don't value or appreciate great artistry like this anymore. Just look at what passes for pop and rock music today. Never mind jazz and blues, its just about completely gone...
Kessel Could play that Bop Blues better than any I’ve ever witnessed. His energy was amazing and the Flury/arpeggios and crazy chord fills were mind blowing. Joe P was good too. But I like Pass on his Solo stuff. Benson came along and his jazz speed had that little blend of Wes going on. Benson was a monster player too-but my Nods off to Kessel for the pure clean Jazz blues-not many could come close
I saw Barney live in a small club many years ago, back in the early '70s. I've always been a huge fan and it's taken a lifetime of playing to be able to imitate him, and play some of his transcriptions. One of the things I really like about his playing is how he plays the blues and this is a great example. He was an extremely inventive and great player who had an amazing long career.
I tell you, the bass and drums are right on it too. Very tight trio. No matter how good you are you can't swing like that without a great rhythm section.
Phil Emerson turned me on to how great Barney was/is-is/was-always! Phil visited him in the hospital when he was dying, really cared about the Maestro. Phil himself was into "bar magnets and flat wound strings" thanks mainly to indispensable and immortal Kessel.
When I watch him I sometimes wonder if guitar took a 'wrong' turn in the 60's and 70's. All those variations on string bending, vibrato and endless blues scales/distortion. I loved it all at the time. This is so dynamic and packed with interest. Just my impression after playing for 50 years.
Music was definitely dumbed down in the late 60's. Bix Beiderbecke was playing orchestrated blues back in the 1920's and it was pretty sophisticated back then. Up until 60's the music was a adult business run by adults, now the children have taken over the music business and I don't think they even know what blues and jazz is.
string bending is great, and i don’t understand why jazz guys don’t take more advantage of it. it’s the most distinctive and expressive element of guitar - and it can’t really be emulated by the other commons jazz instruments. really good saxophonists can maybe get close. this is great music for sure, but i’m surprised no one ever took this and BB king and merged the two and took is as far as possible.
@@xaque9732 I agree. If you don"t bend strings you not using half of the expressive quality of the guitar. I love some of Barney Kessel's playing but when he's going crazy with all the fast arpeggios and weird licks it sounds like a desperate old man trying to be relevant and show he can play fast too or something. I prefer Albert King
@@xaque9732 With heavy gauge strings ( 13 / 54 ) the common set on archtop jazz guitars you were more on chords and when you were for single lines you rather played chromatisms ( half tone ) fret to fret . But great players had already some subtle ' bends " in their touch . Listen to Charlie CHRISTIAN , Wes MONTGOMERY , George BENSON , they have great pitch and tone for the richest melodic flow ....and rather few but accurate bends . Bop and Hardbop lines are not systematic " bends" areas as blues pentatonic cliches .
Barney Kessel is amazing. He had a rock approach of Jazz guitar and those who wants to sound more rock and hard in jazz should listen to him and have him as a reference. My approach to Jazz guitar as a player is more kind of Joe Pass style but still love to hear Barney Kessel.
Hi guys I love Barney and have for a long time and I've heard this "rock approach" thing before. What exactly do you mean? Is it because of his riff playing? Like at 00:53.
@@demejiuk5660It’s funny reading this observation. Now, I come to this as a blues player evolving into a jazz player…I’ve always described Barney Kessel’s playing as Punk Rock because of his reckless abandon when he plays. There is also a rough physicality to his playing-from his hard picking to his slurry runs-it sounds like he’s using the guitar like a punching bag at times. He plays like he doesn’t give a fuck about anything. Contrast Kessel to someone like Jimmy Raney (who I also love)…whose playing is very controlled and at times void of emotion (in an amazing way). Hope that makes some sense?
In a recent interview with George Benson, he said the Barney probably taught him more than anyone. It was on a early tour with Jim Hall and Kessel that he, George Benson, went on “to college” through daily instructional jam sessions with Barney. He came off of the successful tour with all kinds of tricks and ideas that he would incorporate in his work for decades to come.
il love that man one of the greatest ever, but, Van Eps ? Joe pass ,Wes, jimmy bruno,jonnie smith , herb hellis , all super chord compin playes as well
one of the greatest "unsung" hero's of the guitar. this mans resume is jaw dropping. from Charlie Parker to Billie Holliday to T -Bone Walker to the Wrecking crew to the Beach Boys he's played and recoded with some of the greatest .
One reaches a certain vintage,and doesn't forget just mislays how talented guys like Barney Kessell,Tal Farlow,Herb Ellis,Scotland's own Jim Mullen,the list is endless. Good to hear/watch/ be stunned/etc. P.S. Martin Taylor is one of us : drool. Ian Morrison
Barney Kessel, one of the most extraordinary guitarists that jazz has ever had, continued on the road already bbattuta by Charlie Christian, distinguishing itself through a particularly playing staff, for example in form chord melody, chord progressions divenando his mark creating inexhaustible both in accompaniment and improvisation. The latter technique called block chord, still used today by great guitarists as, among others, John Scofield. has worked with the likes of Lester Young, Artie Shaw, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Benny Goodman ...
Fantastic guitar player. I bought one of his records, I was at the army (military service in France) and I heard him again and again and again... Thanks a lot for share !
Barney Kessel (Muskogee, Oklahoma, 17 de octubre de 1923 - San Diego, 06 de mayo de 2004) fue un guitarrista de jazz estadounidense. Fue miembro de muchos grupos importantes de jazz, así como una "primera opción" en sesiones de estudios de grabación, películas y grabaciones para la televisión. Kessel fue miembro del grupo de músicos de sesión conocido como The Wrecking Crew.
Quelle belle leçon ! .....et quel vocabulaire ! ....On voit ce qu'un Biréli Lagrène a emprunté à Mr.B.K.....et on voit et on entend tout du long l'influence des grands.... Count Basie avec la reprise des fameux riffs du big band .....aussi bien que le C jam blues de Duke Ellington le tout assaisonné d'un Groove irresistible .
There is a live version of Lonely Boy by Iron Butterfly that has a Kessel style solo in it. The guitarist is Danny Weis and he was taught by Kessel because his dad was friends with him. Danny was probably 19 when he played that amazing solo. Check it out, please.
Listen to Barney playing with Billie Holiday "I Got a Right to Sing The Blues" it's one of the most heady well constructed ground breaking solos of it's time..
Dear Sendo Relaista: Love listening to him. He always referred to himself as a musician who happened to play the guitar. 'What a Happening!'' I used to play 3 chord rock as a young guy; now more country picking - but jazz is a little beyond me as yet. (age 72)
There's so many things going on here. He's sitting upright not sliding off the stool he's on or is it a seat. Guitar being held tight enough to not fall on the floor. No strings snapping. Being held firmly at each end in pitch. And he's hitting them pretty well with tremendous energy to produce some nice music, not in the least bit corny & clichéd . It dont mean nothing if it dont ping
Nonsense. I had the pleasure to invite him to a beer during a club date in the 70ies in Bonn, Germany. He drank only half of it. He didn't take any drugs.
Heavily customized ES-350 with a Charlie Christian pickup, knobs from an old stereo, and a custom-fitted wooden bridge. I remember it came up for sale a couple years ago.
Watch the Andy Griffith Show, Season 1 Episode 3 “The Guitar Player” Awesome episode and you can hear Barney being dubbed in for Jim Lyndsey (played by actor James Best). Also the last episode of Season 1 “The Guitar Player Returns” for more dubbed in Barney, another excellent episode 👍🏻😀
Thank you for posting this video, I have been trying to find for years. That is my Dad, Pete Morgan on Double Bass. It is from a BBC TV Programme called "The Five Faces of the Guitar".
This guy is incredible - he has *all* the licks & *all* the chords . It's crazy that people think Clapton is a guitar 'god' - he's totally in Kessel's shadow.
You are so damned right. Whenever Kessel enters the room, he sets the joint in fire.
well said
Clapton was god only to 60s hipsters.
Why do you have to put down one guy to praise another?
Clapton was a wonderful blues/rock guitarist pal
Ритмическая секция особенно хороша !!!!!!!! ❤
Un génie avec son instrument, il en a inspiré plus d'un ! (Gambale, Mancuso, Metheny.. ) Un géant !
Thank God somebody had enough brains to film this performance for posterity. In our society today, we don't value or appreciate great artistry like this anymore. Just look at what passes for pop and rock music today. Never mind jazz and blues, its just about completely gone...
We still have rap "ARTISTS".
Kessel Could play that Bop Blues better than any I’ve ever witnessed. His energy was amazing and the Flury/arpeggios and crazy chord fills were mind blowing. Joe P was good too. But I like Pass on his Solo stuff. Benson came along and his jazz speed had that little blend of Wes going on. Benson was a monster player too-but my Nods off to Kessel for the pure clean Jazz blues-not many could come close
1000 people played jazz guitar ... a legion. That's the whole freedom of it.
Always one of my favorite players/musician! And I see that Bruce Forman has that guitar now, which is only right.
I saw Barney live in a small club many years ago, back in the early '70s. I've always been a huge fan and it's taken a lifetime of playing to be able to imitate him, and play some of his transcriptions. One of the things I really like about his playing is how he plays the blues and this is a great example. He was an extremely inventive and great player who had an amazing long career.
When does one even start to practice if wanting to play like that?
@@kevinhart8609 Harmonising scales , chord substitutions , Be Bop scales etc
Appreciate it 🙏
@@kevinhart8609 Search " Barney Kessel Chord-Melody Style: Lesson 5 - Blues Examples . In RUclips
there's an amazing course of his on RUclips @@kevinhart8609
I tell you, the bass and drums are right on it too. Very tight trio. No matter how good you are you can't swing like that without a great rhythm section.
Nah they make it easier to feel of course but doesn’t mean you can’t swing perfectly without them
Amen, that swing is sick!
@@muhammadhangtuah9746 Agree Barney could swing playing solo. But not with a bad rhythm section.
@@REM1956 exactlyy!!!
One year later and still the best in the universe.
Wish more people knew how great this truly is. Respect ✊
Phil Emerson turned me on to how great Barney was/is-is/was-always! Phil visited him in the hospital when he was dying, really cared about the Maestro. Phil himself was into "bar magnets and flat wound strings" thanks mainly to indispensable and immortal Kessel.
My band in Oklahoma had the son of Barney's teacher in it. He sounded just like him. A great player
When I watch him I sometimes wonder if guitar took a 'wrong' turn in the 60's and 70's. All those variations on string bending, vibrato and endless blues scales/distortion. I loved it all at the time.
This is so dynamic and packed with interest.
Just my impression after playing for 50 years.
Music was definitely dumbed down in the late 60's. Bix Beiderbecke was playing orchestrated blues back in the 1920's and it was pretty sophisticated back then. Up until 60's the music was a adult business run by adults, now the children have taken over the music business and I don't think they even know what blues and jazz is.
Rock is music for teenagers. But we're at the point in history where people never grow up. Everyone thinks their opinion is valid. It ain't. 😉
string bending is great, and i don’t understand why jazz guys don’t take
more advantage of it. it’s the most distinctive and expressive element of guitar - and it can’t really be emulated by the other commons jazz instruments. really good saxophonists can maybe get close.
this is great music for sure, but i’m
surprised no one ever took this and BB king and merged the two and took is as far as possible.
@@xaque9732 I agree. If you don"t bend strings you not using half of the expressive quality of the guitar. I love some of Barney Kessel's playing but when he's going crazy with all the fast arpeggios and weird licks it sounds like a desperate old man trying to be relevant and show he can play fast too or something. I prefer Albert King
@@xaque9732 With heavy gauge strings ( 13 / 54 ) the common set on archtop jazz
guitars you were more on chords and when you were for single lines you rather played
chromatisms ( half tone ) fret to fret . But great players had already some subtle ' bends "
in their touch . Listen to Charlie CHRISTIAN , Wes MONTGOMERY , George BENSON ,
they have great pitch and tone for the richest melodic flow ....and rather few but accurate bends . Bop and Hardbop lines are not systematic " bends" areas as blues pentatonic
cliches .
Barney Kessel is amazing. He had a rock approach of Jazz guitar and those who wants to sound more rock and hard in jazz should listen to him and have him as a reference. My approach to Jazz guitar as a player is more kind of Joe Pass style but still love to hear Barney Kessel.
Spot on with his rock approach to playing jazz guitar
Hi guys I love Barney and have for a long time and I've heard this "rock approach" thing before. What exactly do you mean? Is it because of his riff playing? Like at 00:53.
@@demejiuk5660It’s funny reading this observation. Now, I come to this as a blues player evolving into a jazz player…I’ve always described Barney Kessel’s playing as Punk Rock because of his reckless abandon when he plays. There is also a rough physicality to his playing-from his hard picking to his slurry runs-it sounds like he’s using the guitar like a punching bag at times. He plays like he doesn’t give a fuck about anything. Contrast Kessel to someone like Jimmy Raney (who I also love)…whose playing is very controlled and at times void of emotion (in an amazing way). Hope that makes some sense?
In a recent interview with George Benson, he said the Barney probably taught him more than anyone. It was on a early tour with Jim Hall and Kessel that he, George Benson, went on “to college” through daily instructional jam sessions with Barney. He came off of the successful tour with all kinds of tricks and ideas that he would incorporate in his work for decades to come.
Watching that interview was the first time I ever heard of Barney Kessel, probably just a couple of weeks ago. So happy I stumbled upon it!
I mean Berney is a legend thanks for bringing back good ol memories...
No one can do Chord-Melody like Barney. He is perfect. And can he swing ????
Oh yea he can swing
Joe Pass could...
il love that man one of the greatest ever, but, Van Eps ? Joe pass ,Wes, jimmy bruno,jonnie smith , herb hellis , all super chord compin playes as well
Wes, Joe Pass, Lenny Breau, Ted Greene, Martin Taylor, Julian Lage, lots of the great jazz guitarists have been excellent chord-melody players.
@@czgibson3086 Don't forget Howard Roberts!
one of the greatest "unsung" hero's of the guitar. this mans resume is jaw dropping. from Charlie Parker to Billie Holliday to
T -Bone Walker to the Wrecking crew to the Beach Boys he's played and recoded with some of the greatest .
The song title is Basie's Blues, written by Count Basie. Terrific version by Barney!
Thank you
One reaches a certain vintage,and doesn't forget just mislays how talented guys like Barney Kessell,Tal Farlow,Herb Ellis,Scotland's own Jim Mullen,the list is endless.
Good to hear/watch/ be stunned/etc.
P.S. Martin Taylor is one of us : drool. Ian Morrison
Gràndissimo, Barney fai parte della storia del jazz.....
Such a personalized guitar setup. Fitting for sure. Peace
Wow!!! Barney!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 x’s a million!! Bruce Foreman has this guitar now and plays it everyday on his IG channel. I see why loves Barney so much
我比較晚接觸到這位樂手的音樂!才發覺SRV幾乎所有靈感和手法都是出自於他
Barney Kessel, one of the most extraordinary guitarists that jazz has ever had, continued on the road already bbattuta by Charlie Christian, distinguishing itself through a particularly playing staff, for example in form chord melody, chord progressions divenando his mark creating inexhaustible both in accompaniment and improvisation. The latter technique called block chord, still used today by great guitarists as, among others, John Scofield. has worked with the likes of Lester Young, Artie Shaw, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Benny Goodman ...
FFS ..ART TATUM WAS RUBBISH !!! you dont know what your talking about you clown !
Have another drink, Ben.
and brian wilson-beach boys- wrecking crew
@@bernarddover1442 Shut up you fool you know f all about jazz.
Holdsworth?
That was one helluva jam!
No wonder Harrison called him the best in the universe!
So sooooo goooood !!❤❤
That reverb is killing it.
His style was really impressive
Fantastic guitar player. I bought one of his records, I was at the army (military service in France) and I heard him again and again and again... Thanks a lot for share !
I love his playing. It's so...decisive!
Barney Kessel (Muskogee, Oklahoma, 17 de octubre de 1923 - San Diego, 06 de mayo de 2004) fue un guitarrista de jazz estadounidense. Fue miembro de muchos grupos importantes de jazz, así como una "primera opción" en sesiones de estudios de grabación, películas y grabaciones para la televisión. Kessel fue miembro del grupo de músicos de sesión conocido como The Wrecking Crew.
One of the best.
Great modern jazz guitarist, mostly underestimated but did some good sessions with Bird and others
Como siempre impresionante Barney, un genio de la guitarra, inmortal!!!
O grande mestre 👍 uau Que pena ele não está com nós não mais 😕
Guitarist with his own style of playing. And it is Great! SL
This is great! sound quality is killer also! drums sound great!
God bless bad ass Barney!
大好きです！！R.I.P.salte to barney kessel.
No one ever could do it like that and no one can now. The one and only!
excellent
Quelle belle leçon ! .....et quel vocabulaire ! ....On voit ce qu'un Biréli Lagrène a emprunté
à Mr.B.K.....et on voit et on entend tout du long l'influence des grands.... Count Basie avec la
reprise des fameux riffs du big band .....aussi bien que le C jam blues de Duke Ellington
le tout assaisonné d'un Groove irresistible .
There is a live version of Lonely Boy by Iron Butterfly that has a Kessel style solo in it. The guitarist is Danny Weis and he was taught by Kessel because his dad was friends with him. Danny was probably 19 when he played that amazing solo. Check it out, please.
Listen to Barney playing with Billie Holiday "I Got a Right to Sing The Blues" it's one of the most heady well constructed ground breaking solos of it's time..
Swingin' hard Jack!!
Amazing.
Master of sweeping and much more.......love it !
Great guitarist
Nice jazz blues.
Dear Sendo Relaista: Love listening to him. He always referred to himself as a musician who happened to play the guitar.
'What a Happening!'' I used to play 3 chord rock as a young guy; now more country picking - but jazz is a little beyond me as yet. (age 72)
Astounding. Wow!
Incredibile good
So true
Thanks for posting! Barney Kessel is always a treat, at least for guitar players or wannabe types like me!
Un grande , un maestro
Sono d'accordo..il grande Barney è stato il mio chitarrista di riferimento nel jazz era moderno"tirava le corde" e grintoso..
👍👍👍🎶 énorme comme toujours
my guitar heroe may be added.
their names are charlie wes grant n him.
bravo brava
Heard a few guitar players and mean no disrespect to any but mr kessel right here is unique. bluesy chord melody jazz smokin...
era proprio bravo, barney kessel! thanks 4 sharing!
That sound!
Very enjoyable.
Great, enjoyed listening and watching.
serious jazz blues vibes ❤
This is pure cool
So tasteful,great tone,love this.
Guitar teachers in the seventies always played like that.
maestro!
Барни молодец....❤
There's so many things going on here. He's sitting upright not sliding off the stool he's on or is it a seat. Guitar being held tight enough to not fall on the floor.
No strings snapping. Being held firmly at each end in pitch.
And he's hitting them pretty well with tremendous energy to produce some nice music, not in the least bit corny & clichéd .
It dont mean nothing if it dont ping
What makes some of these performances amazing was that Barney probably had smoked 3-4 joints before each performance. He liked his 420.
He did? haha
And why not?
Nonsense. I had the pleasure to invite him to a beer during a club date in the 70ies in Bonn, Germany.
He drank only half of it. He didn't take any drugs.
love this guy
reminds me now of Paco De Lucia a little.
That's beautifult at 3:31
Com esse Swing ,para completar falta uns Whisky 👍👍👍👍
Liked this video after the first 3 chords. He's brilliant
ジャズに目覚めたのが、ケセルおじさんのギター。ポール・ウイナーシリーズはみんな持ってる。ケセルのコードワークに憧れて～ コピーしまくった学生時代。
Great clip, heavily underrated! Are 246 000 views underrated? I guess so when reaction videos of no visible talent can garner millions.
A god among mere mortals!
Le note blues di Barney sono veramente uniche e che swing ragazzi. Le decime sono favolose.
Even Phil Kessel doesn't have hands like this.
Barney was a great hockey player in his on rite
This is giving me wren and stimpy vibes.
Sublime 🎸
nice!
@bradleyhallguitar your sweeping journey starts here.
Emily Roberts is now making a name for herself as the lead guitarist in "The Last Dinner Party"!❤
great!
I have a T Bone Walker album . Guess who's on it ? Barney Kessel .
💝💝💫✌️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💙🌿💋💕💕📷🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩📸📷🖼️📸📷 🌿💋🌿🌿💙💙👍💙💙🌺🌺🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🖼️🖼️📸📸📸📸☮️💥💥☮️☮️☮️☮️🔥🌟🦅💎🦅💎💪💪💪💪☮️💥☮️💥☮️💥🌷🙏🥰🙏🥰💝💫🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🪂✌️✌️💕🎩💕🎩🖼️📸🖼️💫💫💫💝💝👍👍👍👍👍👍🌺💯🙏🥰🎩🥰💕💕🎩💕🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩👍💙⭐⭐💎💎💎💎💎💎💕🎩💕🙏🥰🙏
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Does anybody know what song this is or what performance this is from?
Damn!
4:55 that lick tho!
What guitar is that? Gibby 400? W CC pup! For sure on the pup.
Heavily customized ES-350 with a Charlie Christian pickup, knobs from an old stereo, and a custom-fitted wooden bridge. I remember it came up for sale a couple years ago.
Super guitariste Barney
We have lift off ...
Watch the Andy Griffith Show, Season 1 Episode 3 “The Guitar Player” Awesome episode and you can hear Barney being dubbed in for Jim Lyndsey (played by actor James Best). Also the last episode of Season 1 “The Guitar Player Returns” for more dubbed in Barney, another excellent episode 👍🏻😀
I just watched that second episode when Jim returns, when the show is face and hands his fingering is opposite of Barney Kessels
Who are the two others musicians please ?
😀🥀🌱💚
semplicemente fantsastico