I am so grateful to have these videos to watch and listen to from somebody that’s really done it. Thank you. I’m still learning, ain’t gonna be nobody, but I love it. Your knowledge is priceless.
The old saying musicians are a dime a dozen. As ya get older nothing Impresses you. Who cares about playing for drunks. I love playing at home and make sure you don’t let your kids do it for a living!!!
I am currently dealing with this very BS from folks in my band and finding this video at the right time. It's nice hearing these stories from a true pro.
I am humbled by the fact that for the past 28 years I am able to call Joe Diorio a friend. What an amazing, brilliant, spontaneously generous, creative, sincere (and on and on...) human being. Those of us who have known him are blessed, many (certainly myself) above and beyond our deserts. I’d stop by his office to say hello and he’d hand me copies of whatever he happened to be working out (inventing) at the time- groundbreaking stuff- he just gave it away for no reason but the ideal of sharing whatever he had so that others might benefit and create from it. What you are doing reminds me of that. God bless you Jimmy!
Hi Lee, I knew Joe in the early 90's in L.A. He was always very nice and encouraging to me when I was just starting to play jazz and couldn't play anything. I haven't seen him in years and I know he would remember me. Where is he living now? I heard in Connecticut. Is that right? How can I contact him please? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I must have missed this video from December 11th. You mentioned 2 players that became a big influence for me. I came across Joe Diorio's early publications. Such an original musician..... even his "suggested reading list" had me working on not only music, but life skills. And I couldn't have been more than 16 years old. Digging things like Autobiography of a Yogi, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. REALLY helped tap into the creative part of playing music. George Van Esp Harmonic Mechanisms sure kept me busy too! I wouldn't go out with my buddies until I got at least 8 hours of guitar playing in each day. Diorio and Van Eps were influences even though I never met them. I was lucky to find a great guitar/music teacher a few years later.... Fred Torak, he was a genius. Literally! Thanks for all your pointers too Jimmy....I get a lot of clarity from your playing examples. And the jokes!!! I wish my father was around....he appreciated this kind of humour immensely. He was born in 1919 and had been through the big band, swing, bop eras etc. Won awards for dancing in the big band and swing styles...jitterbug & all that jive. He had a different dirty joke every day in his senior years. Lol Thanks for cutting the b.s. Jimmy. Much appreciated. Best regards from Montreal. -Glenn
For the longest time I wasn’t interested in listening to jazz guitar, then I pickup up your album Burnin’ Changed my thoughts of jazz guitar forever. I also remember when I was in undergrad and I picked up your solo album. I was trying to figure out how the hell am I going to pull this off.
"Even what's left of it stinks"...Sir, you captured my heart the first three notes I ever heard you play. I'm 'bout your age and you crack me up. Fuckin' great! Thanks, great big thank you!
There are quite a few of us still out there Jimmy who do treat people right. No matter where they find themselves on the ladder. I too would rather hang with people with other interests than mine. My experience is many musicians seem competitive all the time when there's no need to be. One guy said to me once that he couldn't form a band with me because - quote "we are too close musically". WTF is that all about? Bone heads, Knuckle draggers - too many of 'em.
I love the stories, but I love your playing even more. I’d love to see you live. I’m not far from Philly if you have gigs nearby I’d love to go. Give us a heads up. Thanks Jimmy.
Shining Hour followed By Jack Wilkins tune nice one or as he would say You Say that to Me Loved Van Eps first time I heard him I was 15 he soloed on a tune on the Album South Rampart St Brigade blew me away & Johnny Smith Designed For You was the album that changed my life could not believe his chords.
I’m reading “Guitar Man” the Story of George Van EPS. He made miniature locomotives, micro tools, he was from a watch making family. He didn’t curse. . .
Joe Meyer if you haven’t heard already... th-cam.com/video/mSdiKRgrrPg/w-d-xo.html George in a 3 hr conversation w Ted Greene. Lots good stuff in here. All the best!
George Van Eps...…..wow. Did you know Joe Pass also Jimmy? Had the pleasure of meeting him once. Found him to be completely un-assuming and a genuinely humble man. Can't agree with you more about musicians.
I know the feeling, Peter. I'm in that boat with you. BUT....I find material like this trilogy isn't always best approached in chronological order. I will usually pick chapters or smaller sections by content that interests me at a given time. I actually owned volumes 1 & 3 for quite some time before I could buy the 2nd volume. Once I find an idea that moves me I try to use it in a tune to some capacity. It retains the musical gist of the idea for me. You probably know all this already, but I just wanted to throw some encouragement your way. Just working on those books in any capacity says something positive about you. Happy picking buddy. Best regards from Montreal Canada. ~Glenn
@@GlennMichaelThompson Same here , went through all 3 books ,and now go back to various sections ,It comes out in your playing and is good to practise , puts you mind into a state a bit like meditating
I can't see how anyone would say anything bad about your playing. You're right about musicians. I call them music friends. You have your friends but then you have your music friends.
as long as you feel like making these videos, if you run out of material, I'd be glad if you'd just plunk your finger in a songbook and play whatever it lands on. Also, I love the stories about living in Las Vegas, with the tarantula, and the hunting trip with the stoners. I bet there's more material there. Thanks for all the vids.
@@JimmyBrunoJazz ok. how about you pick a letter out of a hat and then do a song starting with that letter? Anyway, whatever you come up with will be worth listening to. Peace out
Great video Jimmy 👍. I sang in bands in the 60s. as a singer I never had trouble finding work but after 4 years of that cut throat business I went into the Insurance business for 40 years and made Jazz guitar my hobby ... Eventually nobody likes what they do for a living but if you're good at it and it pays good you just stick with it ... That's life brother.
As a local player I can relate to the back stabbing musician "friends", asshole club owners & fickle audiences you refer to.I just assumed that virtuoso top shelf players like yourself were immune from all the bullsh*t out there!
n my experience the really great artists are the nicest, not always but most often. Seems the assholes that can’t play most often have some sort of security issues within themselves, or perhaps are just plain morons. When your journey is over on this earth you will have left a very nice imprint of your art which will go on and on. There’s certainly a good number of us that are glad you chose to be a jazz musician. I’m saddened that the world, at least the USA, has moved away from the real arts in favor of spoon fed crap by a corporate machine that really knows nothing of the arts. But you sir, have brought much enjoyment to many people like myself. I own guitars and have sometimes used them to earn a living, but we need guys like you to set the bar. Maybe your discontentment stems from reaching the top and nowhere to go….I don’t know, I just wish I had your talent. Keep on keeping on sir.
i don't want offence you ,this is only for you benefit because you are the best player i ever see ,you don't deserve it, god bless you and keep playing for as to enjoy
Well I have plenty to be thankful for. - Skylark , Paul Desmond. ( tried to pin it ) You can find it on TH-cam : 'Skylark Paul Desmond Brunex Barrios'.
Man, I could sit and listen to you over a cup of coffee for hours. Sorry though, I'm a musician, not a doctor, so there'd be no interest there for you!
"you don't need to talk to anybody or bullshit anybody - just play so good that they can't ignore you." Love this philosophy..
best thing I ever heard
Jimmy I think relative humidity is the best thing I ever heard. I am rolling on the floor over here!!!!!!!!! Holy shit........
I am so grateful to have these videos to watch and listen to from somebody that’s really done it. Thank you. I’m still learning, ain’t gonna be nobody, but I love it. Your knowledge is priceless.
He's so humble 😂
You're becoming more & more hilariously bitter, and I love it.
"Friendship" between musicians in 2019: Who you are to me is directly proportional to what you can do for me.
Ha...when I quit gigging every night a few years ago, it was amazing how little phone calls I began getting. Blessing and a curse...
it's always been like that
"You want sustain? Go buy a fuckin' Saxaphone!" - LOL at work
“..If I have to explain ballistics..” Thank you for your wisdom, sir.
It has been 4 days and that joke still makes me laugh.
“You want sustain? Get a f€%king saxophone.” 🤣
Best line ever😂
The old saying musicians are a dime a dozen. As ya get older nothing Impresses you. Who cares about playing for drunks. I love playing at home and make sure you don’t let your kids do it for a living!!!
I really appreciate your playing! Love the way you incorporate bass runs. ❤️😊🎶🎵
thanks Dave
Relative humidity will never be the same again. Just make sure it ain't a relative minor.
I am currently dealing with this very BS from folks in my band and finding this video at the right time. It's nice hearing these stories from a true pro.
I am humbled by the fact that for the past 28 years I am able to call Joe Diorio a friend.
What an amazing, brilliant, spontaneously generous, creative, sincere (and on and on...) human being.
Those of us who have known him are blessed, many (certainly myself) above and beyond our deserts.
I’d stop by his office to say hello and he’d hand me copies of whatever he happened to be working out (inventing) at the time- groundbreaking stuff- he just gave it away for no reason but the ideal of sharing whatever he had so that others might benefit and create from it.
What you are doing reminds me of that.
God bless you Jimmy!
Hi Lee, I knew Joe in the early 90's in L.A. He was always very nice and encouraging to me when I was just starting to play jazz and couldn't play anything. I haven't seen him in years and I know he would remember me. Where is he living now? I heard in Connecticut. Is that right? How can I contact him please? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I must have missed this video from December 11th. You mentioned 2 players that became a big influence for me. I came across Joe Diorio's early publications. Such an original musician..... even his "suggested reading list" had me working on not only music, but life skills. And I couldn't have been more than 16 years old. Digging things like Autobiography of a Yogi, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. REALLY helped tap into the creative part of playing music. George Van Esp Harmonic Mechanisms sure kept me busy too! I wouldn't go out with my buddies until I got at least 8 hours of guitar playing in each day. Diorio and Van Eps were influences even though I never met them. I was lucky to find a great guitar/music teacher a few years later.... Fred Torak, he was a genius. Literally! Thanks for all your pointers too Jimmy....I get a lot of clarity from your playing examples. And the jokes!!! I wish my father was around....he appreciated this kind of humour immensely. He was born in 1919 and had been through the big band, swing, bop eras etc. Won awards for dancing in the big band and swing styles...jitterbug & all that jive. He had a different dirty joke every day in his senior years. Lol Thanks for cutting the b.s. Jimmy. Much appreciated. Best regards from Montreal. -Glenn
I played for years in bands and most people I met were fuckin psychos really. Just a few great people.
Love that old school metronome. Foot tapping 101.
For the longest time I wasn’t interested in listening to jazz guitar, then I pickup up your album Burnin’ Changed my thoughts of jazz guitar forever. I also remember when I was in undergrad and I picked up your solo album. I was trying to figure out how the hell am I going to pull this off.
"Even what's left of it stinks"...Sir, you captured my heart the first three notes I ever heard you play. I'm 'bout your age and you crack me up. Fuckin' great! Thanks, great big thank you!
Anybody remember the good Ole days when you could just jam and no talk of money at all?
You get a great sound out of that guitar! Unplugged and all.
You are great, thank you for your pearls.
I love all this rants. So hilarious!!
There are quite a few of us still out there Jimmy who do treat people right. No matter where they find themselves on the ladder. I too would rather hang with people with other interests than mine. My experience is many musicians seem competitive all the time when there's no need to be. One guy said to me once that he couldn't form a band with me because - quote "we are too close musically". WTF is that all about? Bone heads, Knuckle draggers - too many of 'em.
Yeah that's another thing musicians do
Wow! George Van - You knew him? Amazing I want to hear more...
I love the stories, but I love your playing even more. I’d love to see you live. I’m not far from Philly if you have gigs nearby I’d love to go. Give us a heads up. Thanks Jimmy.
Shining Hour followed By Jack Wilkins tune nice one or as he would say You Say that to Me
Loved Van Eps first time I heard him I was 15 he soloed on a tune on the Album South Rampart St Brigade blew me away & Johnny Smith Designed For You was the album that changed my life could not believe his chords.
Thank you Jimmy ! God bless you, pal.
I’m reading “Guitar Man” the Story of George Van EPS. He made miniature locomotives, micro tools, he was from a watch making family. He didn’t curse. . .
He showed then to me once
Joe Meyer if you haven’t heard already...
th-cam.com/video/mSdiKRgrrPg/w-d-xo.html
George in a 3 hr conversation w Ted Greene. Lots good stuff in here. All the best!
Thank you, Jimmy! It is informative and fun, to listen to you.
I like sustain, especially on guitar.
Told my friend that joke about the Fly, walkin' into a bar.. He fell on the floor laughin'
George Van Eps...…..wow. Did you know Joe Pass also Jimmy? Had the pleasure of meeting him once. Found him to be completely un-assuming and a genuinely humble man. Can't agree with you more about musicians.
knew Joe very well, spent a lot of time at his house when I lived in LA
Wow! How cool was that! Would have loved to hear you two play together.
Been reading the "Harmonic Mechanisms for Guitar" trilogy, (Van Eps), for 35 years now. Starting to think I'll never finish it😒
I know the feeling, Peter. I'm in that boat with you. BUT....I find material like this trilogy isn't always best approached in chronological order. I will usually pick chapters or smaller sections by content that interests me at a given time. I actually owned volumes 1 & 3 for quite some time before I could buy the 2nd volume. Once I find an idea that moves me I try to use it in a tune to some capacity. It retains the musical gist of the idea for me. You probably know all this already, but I just wanted to throw some encouragement your way. Just working on those books in any capacity says something positive about you. Happy picking buddy. Best regards from Montreal Canada. ~Glenn
@@GlennMichaelThompson Same here , went through all 3 books ,and now go back to various sections ,It comes out in your playing and is good to practise , puts you mind into a state a bit like meditating
I can't see how anyone would say anything bad about your playing. You're right about musicians. I call them music friends. You have your friends but then you have your music friends.
Music friends and real friends
+Jimmy Bruno
There's a video..
I'm up with you, Jimmy :D
as long as you feel like making these videos, if you run out of material, I'd be glad if you'd just plunk your finger in a songbook and play whatever it lands on. Also, I love the stories about living in Las Vegas, with the tarantula, and the hunting trip with the stoners. I bet there's more material there. Thanks for all the vids.
That's a good idea except I don'
t have many real books and I know all those tunes mostly
@@JimmyBrunoJazz ok. how about you pick a letter out of a hat and then do a song starting with that letter? Anyway, whatever you come up with will be worth listening to. Peace out
Love ya Jimmy !! Yer da best : )
My father taught me to respect all equally
you got that right
Gone With the Wind 8:27; Cheek to cheek 7:47; My Shining Hour 5:30;
Hi Jimmy I love you and your old school!
If you want sustain go buy a saxophone! That was great!
Luiz Bonfa slipped in there 5:45.
Great video Jimmy 👍. I sang in bands in the 60s. as a singer I never had trouble finding work but after 4 years of that cut throat business I went into the Insurance business for 40 years and made Jazz guitar my hobby ... Eventually nobody likes what they do for a living but if you're good at it and it pays good you just stick with it ... That's life brother.
Some people are so poor all they have is money.
@@OthO67 I know
It doesn't pay well any more. Once in a awhile a good paying gig comes around
As a local player I can relate to the back stabbing musician "friends", asshole club owners & fickle audiences you refer to.I just assumed that virtuoso top shelf players like yourself were immune from all the bullsh*t out there!
+nojtone59
Nope, music is a sleazy business all around, especially if money is involved.
For real! I’m young and already have come to know my fair share of shitty people who happen to be musicians
My dentist plays guitar, but he can barely play...
that's ok as long as he can pull teeth
n my experience the really great artists are the nicest, not always but most often. Seems the assholes that can’t play most often have some sort of security issues within themselves, or perhaps are just plain morons. When your journey is over on this earth you will have left a very nice imprint of your art which will go on and on. There’s certainly a good number of us that are glad you chose to be a jazz musician. I’m saddened that the world, at least the USA, has moved away from the real arts in favor of spoon fed crap by a corporate machine that really knows nothing of the arts. But you sir, have brought much enjoyment to many people like myself. I own guitars and have sometimes used them to earn a living, but we need guys like you to set the bar. Maybe your discontentment stems from reaching the top and nowhere to go….I don’t know, I just wish I had your talent. Keep on keeping on sir.
I played with an oncologist in a baroque group who wanted to be a musician and was a horrible person.
Lots of good voicing you are creating,with your licks. Were you in the Mancini pits in the making of Moon River the movie?
best channel on youtube argue with me
I love George Van Eps
If you want sustain, get a freakin saxophone. 😊
One of the last honest musicians on the planet. God bless you Jimmy!
Jimmy, good advice to leave after the gig. Question?
got any good stories about shit going down after the gig?
yeah, but I can't tell them most of those assholes are still around
i don't want offence you ,this is only for you benefit because you are the best player i ever see ,you don't deserve it, god bless you and keep playing for as to enjoy
I wish you would just go ahead and say what you think. No point in beating around the bush.
Well I have plenty to be thankful for. - Skylark , Paul Desmond. ( tried to pin it )
You can find it on TH-cam : 'Skylark Paul Desmond Brunex Barrios'.
Man, I could sit and listen to you over a cup of coffee for hours. Sorry though, I'm a musician, not a doctor, so there'd be no interest there for you!
Gig Pigs.
Mr. Bruno what kind of advice can you tell to someone who wants to learn the 7 string guitar?
Get a seven string and practice until you can't practice anymore.
@@OthO67 you said it
It's not that hard at all. Tune the lowest string to an "A" and you already know the notes
Okay thanks
Take up plumbing
Agreed
🚬
It sounds to me as lf you've exhausted the Great American Songbook Jimmy..
I hardly scratched the surface....
I keep looking at the darned thing... it’s damn huge!
Bach had twenty children with three wives so you know what he was doing after the gig.
Sir..ya be da knees beez..an lub a ciggies fan..my operatic mom smoked..big time
Beeze kneeze an a smoke..