Arthur Harper! Wow, I keep coming back to this vid, I just can't help wondering why Arthur Harper didn't receive the recognition he deserved. R.I.P. Mr. Harper. This is without a doubt, one of the most relaxed, killer bass solos of all time, he's in total command of the instrument, his amazing ideas, NO AMP and gut strings...man, this is just the epitome of a bass solo and what it should be - Wes is totally gassed, watch his expression! Thanks for posting this!

@greaterustreettheatregroup396

4 жыл бұрын

“All time...”. NOT an exaggeration

@incapacitaterd

4 жыл бұрын

I read an interview with Mickey Roker where he talks about how much he loved Art, but that the apparently had some stuff he needed to forget from the way he used alcohol and heroin.

@douglascarlson9006

3 жыл бұрын

@@incapacitaterd Black&white footage from 1965 - this is time capsule stuff!

@tomasvanecek8626

Жыл бұрын

@Fred Google I can hear West Coast Blues in this solo of his.. the same swing and phrasing .. you re right, sax or trumpet - this has the same impact

This is what I call 'mature' jazz, as opposed to so much of it today that is a competition of solos. This is a true American Art form that, I hope, never goes away. Delightful.

arthur harper on bass! jimmy lovelace on drums, harlod mabern, piano, wes on guitar. this is the real thing... healing music to make your soul happy

The Master makes it look effortless...but us guitarists know better....to play at this level takes commitment, God-given talent, and decades of learning the language of jazz. Wes was the bomb!!!!

Wes is my favorite guitarist of all time!!

The good old days, where the musicians wear suits

The greatest jazz guitarist of all time!!

Jaw dropping to the floor... this is incredible musicianship.

amazing double bass solo!

Yeah! Love when wes takes it home after that

Great bass solo!!!

my favorite jazz guitarist, such a sweet tone straight from amp no distortion or pedals

@cheapthrillonthetube4027

4 жыл бұрын

It helps to have a badass guitar too :-)

@tomasvanecek8626

Жыл бұрын

@@cheapthrillonthetube4027 He played great no matter what the guitar.. but (single pickup) L5 is a pinnacle of jazz archtop, no doubt.. still his best sound was with Burrell´s L7 on WM Trio album.

Nice, chill more subdued version than usual...intense lineup...wow, such a killer song & performance by all!!

This whole dvd is incredible!! So many blistering hot performances!!... ♨♨♨....this Wes original COOKS!!..love this tune!!

This is the definition of genius. Wes, perfect. Harold Mabern's work here is just incredible. He is my all time favorite jazz pianist, and his work with Lee Morgan is wonderful. Jimmy Lovelace does what every great drummer does, swing...and Arthur Harper- damn, I never heard him before this live in England stuff with Wes...wow, a very gifted player. Why didn't he become more well known? A mystery for sure..

How to be elegant, smooth and genial? And above all playing THE guitar so so precisely? Just beeing Wes Montgomery.

WES is amazing!!!!!

how he plays with one thumb... amazing!

@TheJofrica

8 жыл бұрын

+Rnickey Lidack No, Abercrombie is just like him lol

@nicholaswillard9854

6 жыл бұрын

Well has to have 2 thumbs to play guitar :D

arthur harper -bass harold maybern-piano jimmy lovelace -drums

@paulhendersun6525

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ed - someone who knows whats up - Appreciated!

@arnumorales

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@haitianmaniac74

7 жыл бұрын

+Terri Carroll

@saag111

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. Love this great perfomance by all, but specialy love to see a young Harold Mabern there. He is still making beautiful music today at his 80 years old. Also Jimmy Heath, Dick Hyman, Benny Golson still making great music in his 80s and 90s. Amaizing.

The greatest jazz guitarist to walk on the face of the earth!!

This music is not dated, it is as real as tonight.

Wes is amazing on this as always. I keep going back to Arthur Harper's bass solo, though - it has to be my all time favourite bass solo. The entire tv programme this is taken from (bbc Jazz 625 from 1965) is top class. I've been watching it on video for the last twelve years and it still sounds amazing! It's all on KZread I think: Yesterdays, Jingles, Round Midnight, Twisted Blues, Full House and West Coast Blues(as intro and outro).

Wes has to be the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived and all that sound with just one thumb pure talent the likes of will probably never see again and the whole band here is just as good real musicians here no effects no pedals by Wes just pure talent!

jeez he is so good!

@Gibsonitejoe This legendary performance is actually from BBC television in London from 1965, a programme from the legendary "Jazz 625" series. The show was presented by trumpeter Humpherey Lyttleton. I have the full show on vhs - doesn't really get much better than this imo!!! All of the tunes from the show are on youtube - Yeterdays, Jingles, Round Midnight, Twisted Blues(this) and Full House with West Coast Blues as an intro and an outro.

the legendary television performance at the Belgian televison in 1966. great player . thanks for sharing

What a great ensemble. The way they can communicate through the music is spectacular. These guys are absolutely incredible!

Even after watching this video I'm still awed by his total mastery of the guitar!

The Master!!!

had this riff goin in my head all day.. then finally figured out it was good old wes! *sing* dedepdedipdidieldidep *stopsinging* i´m only 18 but since my father showed me that old school stuff i love it. hate how everybody around me is so into either bullshit techno oder hardcore metal.

I love how Wes switches strings to play the same note at 4:05!

Wes is my favorite Guitarist ever and his smile is simple beautiful. ❤

glad to see there are no idiots leaving stupid comments on here.. I mean really what could you say !!! this is so awesome ..you just do not see talent like this anymore..glad my dad got me into jazz 25 years ago... thanks dad... now I know what you were talking about..

Such a wonderful song, I could listen all day, thanks for posting it!

it just doesn't get any better than this- real music, wes is king!

Absolutely the BEST!

Wes is phenomenal as usual but that bassist is really something else!

This swings :)

Wow, this is just so excellent in every respect! Arthur Harper is totally amazing and I assume that is Harold Mabern playing that killin' piano solo. Great post. Thanks!

The days that everybody clapped for each solo performance...appreciation is slowly drifting away..

@georgechristiansen6785

9 жыл бұрын

Eeco Rijken Rapp There might be more clapping if the playing was this good.

@LTJR.

6 жыл бұрын

Country to country, island to island different cultures....America; clap in side tune, Japan; used to wait till end, now more American ized....other places, might mix, then watch each other, and who knows? Its music

@UkuleleAversion

5 жыл бұрын

Imagine being so closeminded that you think that the way your culture shows appreciation is the only right way.

This guy wasn't only the baddest jazz player in his time but he had a cool name! Just saying his name makes me feel like all is good in the world. 5star!

The first time I saw Wes playing was in the mid ninetees on French TV (1994 Jazz on M6 a Maurice ADLER's broadcast ).It was a great moment for all those numerous waiting kind of "revelation" and our attempts were widely fulfilled .Few years later (1996)Harold Mabern was here in Clermont-Ferrand and we were naturally present to a great "rendez-vous" (but too shy to approach a living Legend ) .

I inevitably have to own this DVD. I'm a Wes Montgomery newbie, but I am already very impressed with his playing. Jazz on Wes!!!

Wonderful!

Amazing!

No one ever got any better than Wes and Joe Pass. Game over after these guys

awesome!!!

That's sensational!

Why have I never heard of Arthur Harper?!

"good" music, is good music. it has no specific genre, or idiom. comparison, more than not, separates and destroys what can stand on it's own. just so glad that jazz was born into this wide open space called music!

Perfect!!

The greatest jazz guitarist!!!

pure music...pure talent

haha well said. its refreshing to see people like this not just arguing on youtube.

Amazing

Hi DaDrumBum1 ! What you see is what many upright jazz bassists did back then, to amplify their basses, it most certainly is a microphone wrapped in either foam rubber or cloth, wedged up into the arch of the bridge. Remember, this clip is from 1965, that was 45 years ago...seems incredible to me that it is, but the years fly by, don't they? I've seen bassists do this. There were no pickups on the market in '65 that could sound this good. What a great bass player he was.

This is such a hip tune. Not sure why it is not played more by jazzers. Too hip?

@shaiyehudi526

3 жыл бұрын

Yep! You hit the nail on the head with *THAT* one! It's too hip for today's jazzers!

Mr. Mabern plays in New York quite a bit, mostly at Smoke, but at other venues occasionally as well. He also teaches at a university in the New York area, but I don't recall which one at the moment. I've seen some interviews on You Tube with him. He seems very down to earth, friendly, and approachable. I hope you get to chat with him a bit next time.

i just love it :)

I agree with all of you. I think that jazz is to music what a fine wine is to food. It takes a lot of attention and practice to detect and feel the finest aromas (translates to intentions/moods/feelings in music) but once you do, I think you reach hapiness hearing Wes or others...

Wes The Sound.

@joshuasound iT'S AMAZING HOW YOU CAN TAKE YOURSELF BACK IN TIME ALMOST AS THOUGH YOU WERE REALLY THERE....WES IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wes was THE best!

Genius.

still super kool,,,,john wes montgomery,,!!

Boy, that bassist has great rhythm! Can hear all sorts in Wes's mid-60s music, even a proto-funk feel.

just wow!

The King!!...🎶🎸🎸🎸🎶💫💞💞🔥🔥👍🏽❤️‍🔥

I saw Wes in Chicago in the mid 60's. He had Jimmy Cobb on drums.

Gotta love Wes. And Harper's kicking some posterior as well. :)

4:06 love this bit :)

@douglascarlson9006

3 жыл бұрын

Yes - the master enters the room!

i agree, ive been telling my friends about this stuff

Absolumment genial! Mon Dieu!

For all jazz lovers! There is a rare audio clip that has hardly any views of the most soulful jazz/blues performance I have ever heard. Riviera Paradise by Stevie Ray Vaughan live at Alpine valley. It was his very last show before the helicopter crash.

Arthur Harper!! Best bass solo ive ever heard

@Gibsonitejoe The Belgian show was from the same tour with the same band, also in 1965 as far as I remember - so easy to see how you thought it was that performance. Anyway - amazing music - thank God for youtube!!

so true!!

spettacolare!!!!

Ridiculous. Timing is impeccable right on the beat. Funky. Melodic octaves. A true one of a kind.

@davidofpiano423 ... it's a Charlie Christian lick , from the Benny Goodman band, show's Wes's understanding of the roots of jazz.

meravigliosi!!!!

I hear you bro!

0:23 let's activate "live" eq preset

@yoursxtruly I agree..it's a sad reflection on society. The attention span of most today is very limited and DEEP , emotive music like this passes many by. (except for the ones on here who KNOW their music) Back in the 1950s-1960s there were just so many imaginative innovators in music.

I've already commented saying the same thing but DAYUM! Sicccckk bass solo

BRILLIANT BRILLIANT

@bigbass421: Yes, one doesn't hear much discussion of the work of Harold Mabern anymore--it seems he's a forgotten man. But what criminal neglect for his touch at the piano was simply exquisite.

arthur harper baby!!!!! on bass!!!!!!!

My man

Always Musical !!!!!!! Where is the dignity in music these days?

August 1990

Sure did. It was amazing the non cliches he'd use ,instead just musical approaches from all he heard not just Jazz!. His feel was of course the bottom line I feel,not just copying notes. I suspect he could easily create his own approaches. In fact I read he would practice his own ideas then use them on his gigs. He and Joe Henderson were among the top that didn't repeat phrases.God given talent fully agreed and just being in the environment soaking up sounds! His thumb was no ordinary one too.

genius

What hav yu say? Nobody is perfect !

woouuh!

Wes... with his non-traditional thumb style.

@SEANFIR second that - - > Gut Strings All the way , and a Real playin'!

@adamanddeuce: He died of a heart attack in 1968 at the age of 45.

👍🎸🎼

4:37 swings so hard.