My grandfather was a friend and musician friend of your Grandfather from Harlem. During my music lessons, my grandfather told me many stories of your grandfather. I am sure they are playing music in heaven.
I remember Johnny playing Ain't Misbehavin' at the Tail of the Cock in Studio City in the early 80's. Many of the great studio piano players in Los Angeles would be in attendance and we would just shudder in amazement and delight as he knocked out one rousing chorus after another of the most hellacious stride piano playing we had ever heard. I have this memory of his baby finger of his left hand being permanently disjointed at a 45 degree angle to the rest of his fingers so he could play those tenths in the left hand. He was a mix of Fats Waller and Art Tatum influences but it all came out him. Just a brilliant musician and a humble guy.
I also saw him at Tail O the Cock - he told me "close your mouth, kid, you're drooling." I was. Sat next to him on the bench and said if I could play like that I'd never do anything else. He replied, "Yeah, I'm getting to be kind of OK."
I’m sooo proud to say I was one of Johnny’s “boys”-even though I am a modern jazz pianist (Bill Evans)! Johnny was an absolutely a beast! I learned a lot from Johnny and he was always gracious! Amazing musician! R.I.P.
Got to hear Johnny play at Tail O' The Cock on Ventury Blvd. with my aunt and uncle late 1978 - early 1979. He even wrote a song for me "Waltz for Wade" which was actually in 5/4 time. Got to sit in on part of his recording session at Pasadena City College for the vinyl LP "Stealin Apples". Great memories.
Johnny Guarnieri was a fabulous pianist! I had the good fortune to attend one of his recitals in Hollywood many years ago and have never forgotten him.
WOW...............! From 03.00 onward, this is the most extraordinary exibition of stride piano playing I've ever seen and heard; and I've heard a lot!
This guy was a genius! Talk about "all night!" Man, I could live the rest of life with Johnny Guarnieri playing in the background. His volume of work goes for miles and miles....
Master pianist gives a perfect demonstration of stride style. It has to be noted that Johnny Guarnieri could and did play many different styles of jazz piano and experimented with different time signatures like 5/4.
Wowow!! This guy is about the most amazing jazz piano player/interpreter of jazz I've ever heard!! I wish I had heard him play in LA when he was around.... LONG LIVE the memory of Johnny Guarnieri!!
somewhere, I have a recording of him in the early 80s doing Tiger Rag w / me on harmonica and some local Dr playing banjo in the basement of John Word's on Dauphin St in Mobile, AL... He was as gracious as he was talented...
I love his playing! On this and “Stealing Apples” before. The piano sounds great; bright and clear in the upper keys. I can only play the basic melody if this song, but is one of my favorites.
I CAN'T STAND IT !!! This man was the greatest technician I've ever seen at the piano. And I've seen Horowitz and Van Cliburn in person.. I even met Horowitz once. But the deadly accuracy of Johnny's racing left hand is almost impossible to comprehend. And he made it look easy. I play piano. I know what I'm talking about. Johnny was the greatest of all time up to now...and I don't even like jazz piano!
Just discovered this great post and didn't have any idea there was video of Guarnieri. Nobody has mentioned the left hand insertion in the last 8 of the first chorus of Makin' whoopee while the right is still playing Aint Misbehavin. Going to try and work this out to see if I can do this myself !
I am so deeply grateful to you for finding and posting these clips. Johnny was a wonderful musician, and a lovely guy as well. I spent many memorable nights at the Tail of the Cock in Studio City, where he held court nightly during the late '70s and early '80s. I miss him a lot, and it's a treat to see and hear him play again.
+Bob Claster I'm jealous! I never got to hear Johnny live. I have several homemade tapes of him at the Tail of the Cock thanks to generous collectors, but I was too young and stupid to try to seek him out!
I had the pleasure of seeing Johnny in person many years ago in an informal setting. I got as close to the piano as I could and stood there like a groupie with my mouth gaping open, trying to follow his hands. Couldn't do it.
Dodo Marmarosa in his (last and only) interview of 1995 he declared that Johnny Guarnieri was unreachable and he couldn't do what Guarnieri could do with his left hand. Well, told by a pianist of the caliber of Dodo it must be true!
Best guess is sometime in the Seventies. Please don't cut off your fingers! Not everyone can play like Johnny, but no one plays like MadMusician6 either,
@@Craig-dv3ji Nah, Tatum would've said 'I'm just the piano player, but tonight ladies and gentlemen the Fats man is in the house and then he would've shut up...
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WONDERFUL TO SEE MY GRANDFATHER AGAIN...... MISS HIM!!!
You must be so proud of him 😊
How cool that he is your grandpa! Wow!
He could really play!
@@jazzygiraffe8589 the understatement of the millenium!
My grandfather was a friend and musician friend of your Grandfather from Harlem. During my music lessons, my grandfather told me many stories of your grandfather. I am sure they are playing music in heaven.
I remember Johnny playing Ain't Misbehavin' at the Tail of the Cock in Studio City in the early 80's. Many of the great studio piano players in Los Angeles would be in attendance and we would just shudder in amazement and delight as he knocked out one rousing chorus after another of the most hellacious stride piano playing we had ever heard. I have this memory of his baby finger of his left hand being permanently disjointed at a 45 degree angle to the rest of his fingers so he could play those tenths in the left hand. He was a mix of Fats Waller and Art Tatum influences but it all came out him. Just a brilliant musician and a humble guy.
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I also saw him at Tail O the Cock - he told me "close your mouth, kid, you're drooling." I was. Sat next to him on the bench and said if I could play like that I'd never do anything else. He replied, "Yeah, I'm getting to be kind of OK."
I’m sooo proud to say I was one of Johnny’s “boys”-even though I am a modern jazz pianist (Bill Evans)! Johnny was an absolutely a beast! I learned a lot from Johnny and he was always gracious! Amazing musician! R.I.P.
Deep Purple with Don Byas brought me here. I am in near shock at this man's genius.
I love Guarnieri since I heard him with Lester Young and Don Byas during the 40ties... What a miraculous left hand he had !!
You heard him live with Prez? Would you tell us more about it?
@@danyelnicholas Not in live, on record !!!!!
Got to hear Johnny play at Tail O' The Cock on Ventury Blvd. with my aunt and uncle late 1978 - early 1979. He even wrote a song for me "Waltz for Wade" which was actually in 5/4 time. Got to sit in on part of his recording session at Pasadena City College for the vinyl LP "Stealin Apples". Great memories.
Better than ANY other jazz pianist Johnny Guarneri could play with the same ease in ANY key.
Johnny Guarnieri was a fabulous pianist! I had the good fortune to attend one of his recitals in Hollywood many years ago and have never forgotten him.
Extraordinaire de virtuosité tout en conservant la musicalité et le swing
FANTASTIC and with joy,grace and creativity🌹🌹⭐⭐🌹🌹
Thank you from Amsterdam. What a pianist!
He really belongs in the Pantheon of Piano Gods.
Unbelievable! And so musical. Not just a lot of notes. Really joy
WOW...............! From 03.00 onward, this is the most extraordinary exibition of stride piano playing I've ever seen and heard; and I've heard a lot!
+p1anosteve Yes, incredible!!!
Very well done.
The most impressive performance of this piece I've ever heard. Bravo!
What a beautiful rendition! I love how he put his own twist on it.
Absolutely brilliant! Fats would be delighted.
Genius !!
This guy was a genius! Talk about "all night!" Man, I could live the rest of life with Johnny Guarnieri playing in the background. His volume of work goes for miles and miles....
Master pianist gives a perfect demonstration of stride style. It has to be noted that Johnny Guarnieri could and did play many different styles of jazz piano and experimented with different time signatures like 5/4.
Wowow!! This guy is about the most amazing jazz piano player/interpreter of jazz I've ever heard!! I wish I had heard him play in LA when he was around.... LONG LIVE the memory of Johnny Guarnieri!!
Absolutely beautiful!!!! Thanks for posting.
So great. He was in L.A.
Good grief! Terrific.
It's like wherever he touches on the piano will produce the right sound. Wow.
The stride has shocked me into powerful comfort and submission...
I didn't want this to end!
So rich, impressive and inspiring
somewhere, I have a recording of him in the early 80s doing Tiger Rag w / me on harmonica and some local Dr playing banjo in the basement of John Word's on Dauphin St in Mobile, AL... He was as gracious as he was talented...
Saw him years ago in Ashland, OR. I sneaked up as close to the piano as I could to watch his hands which were mostly a blur. A wonderful afternoon.
Amazing! Wonderful to watch and listen. Go Johnny!!!!!!!!!11
Truly astounding!
I wish there was a heaven and Johnny and Fats are playing together. Wait for me, guys!!!
Just brilliant!!!
I love his playing! On this and “Stealing Apples” before. The piano sounds great; bright and clear in the upper keys.
I can only play the basic melody if this song, but is one of my favorites.
Outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I CAN'T STAND IT !!! This man was the greatest technician I've ever seen at the piano. And I've seen Horowitz and Van Cliburn in person.. I even met Horowitz once. But the deadly accuracy of Johnny's racing left hand is almost impossible to comprehend. And he made it look easy. I play piano. I know what I'm talking about. Johnny was the greatest of all time up to now...and I don't even like jazz piano!
Just discovered this great post and didn't have any idea there was video of Guarnieri. Nobody has mentioned the left hand insertion in the last 8 of the first chorus of Makin' whoopee while the right is still playing Aint Misbehavin. Going to try and work this out to see if I can do this myself !
Wonderful! Perfect example.
I am so deeply grateful to you for finding and posting these clips. Johnny was a wonderful musician, and a lovely guy as well. I spent many memorable nights at the Tail of the Cock in Studio City, where he held court nightly during the late '70s and early '80s. I miss him a lot, and it's a treat to see and hear him play again.
+Bob Claster I'm jealous! I never got to hear Johnny live. I have several homemade tapes of him at the Tail of the Cock thanks to generous collectors, but I was too young and stupid to try to seek him out!
Thank you for this, a real teasure! And I posted it to FB!
He was one of the masters!
Mindblowing!!!
I had the pleasure of seeing Johnny in person many years ago in an informal setting. I got as close to the piano as I could and stood there like a groupie with my mouth gaping open, trying to follow his hands. Couldn't do it.
Brillant !
Fantastic ....I love ;-)
Awesome...
Great!
Maestro!
Love his dynamics, almost classical in sensibility,
Was about to post this. His voicing is unbelievably clear.
Virtuosity!
Merveilleux Guarnieri **********
Dodo Marmarosa in his (last and only) interview of 1995 he declared that Johnny Guarnieri was unreachable and he couldn't do what Guarnieri could do with his left hand. Well, told by a pianist of the caliber of Dodo it must be true!
I love both
top rating ! ! !
but a bit manic at the end , come to think of it ! ! !
Damn.
If anyone should be called s piano genius it's JG.
Were they paying him by the note? Absolutely amazing!
That would have been expensive!
What he explains as «irregular» going up and down with the left hand was also a speciality of Cliff Jackson and Jimmy Blythe.
le stride a son plus haut niveau,quelle légereté dans cette main droite.
What year was this? Makes me want to cut off all of my fingers so I'm never tempted to try to play the piano again - what's the point...
So for that dumn question but is the guy introducing the show also Johnny Guarnieri? I'm not sure.
is that a busendolpher piano?
Bösendorfer.
@@richardstark5569 really? Theodor Busendolpher (Vienna, 1794-1866), inventor of the busty action mechanic.
ok
Best guess is sometime in the Seventies.
Please don't cut off your fingers! Not everyone can play like Johnny, but no one plays like MadMusician6 either,
That performance would have shook up Waller and Tatum put the gether...
Tatum would've said he schools well.
@@Craig-dv3ji Nah, Tatum would've said 'I'm just the piano player, but tonight ladies and gentlemen the Fats man is in the house and then he would've shut up...
Great !