I love how the band have dressed. John is going to a photo shoot. The drummer is keeping it casual. The bassist is going to a funeral. The guitarist is going to home in the snow. And the trumpet guy is a magician.
Is there ANYTHING John Mayer can't do and do exceedingly well? What sets him apart is that he has CLASS and brings it every time. Every generation produces one standout guitarist/musician/vocalist and John Mayer is one of those all-time Greats!
What a great performance, I didn't realize John would do a song so important to me. I remember back in 1963 this song played by Jai & Kai spinning on the old Philco stereo, while everyone else is sleeping. I had my Koss headphones so as not to disturb, I was 11 yrs old.
I agree with you .. this is a year round song ... And A damn good tribute to Me. Frank Sinatra.. and while I iron my clothes on a Saturday Morning🎶🎶🎶🎺🎺🎺🎺
This performance is in the top three always stuck in my head. “Quando Quando Quando by Micheal Buble”, “My Funny Valine performed by Matt Damon”, and this.
Suddenly this song and performance came to mind and had to look it up on YT! Love John & Chris' rendition of this Sinatra classic! Thank you for the upload!
I think this is wonderful, not because "Mayer is better" than Sinatra, but simply because I see it as him playing homage to one of the great singers of all times. Furthermore, by playing this he may introduce a bunch of people to Sinatra who never would have listened to him. I think both versions are wonderful. Although in Sinatra's case he went into the studio right after he got dumped by his girl at the time, so he was heartsick and I think you can hear it.
I noticed that many musical artists, whether rock or pop, would turn to jazz at some time in his or her life. It's an important mode of musical expression. Nice work on this piece.
Superlative.....so very wistful and regretful and four-aye-emm-and -I-can't-stop-missing-her awesome. The feeling and the humanity resonates across all the years since Sinatra recorded this classic.
i am a big sinatra fan! john mayer's voice an talent is twice that of frank sinatra and i am a 53 italian man. I have seen both live in my life time. Keep it it up john I love it!
@@weler1maybe chet baker would be proud, but definitely not sinatra. He is an extremely picky listener, much less be proud. He dosent like it when people sing with a “draggy” voice like how John is doing it.
Very nice effort. By no means my favorite version of this song but the musicianship is top notch. More than anything I'm very impressed with Mayer's developing depth and breadth as a musician. He's very subtly introduced Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding and now the great Frank Sinatra into his repertoire. He's reintroducing standards of American pop music to listeners that would have never discovered them on their own. Bravo Mr. Mayer!
In the wee small hours of the morning While the whole wide world is fast asleep You lie awake and think about the girl And never, ever think of counting sheep When your lonely heart has learned its lesson You'd be hers if only she would call In the wee small hours of the morning That's the time you miss her most of all When your lonely heart has learned its lesson You'd be hers if only she would call In the wee small hours of the morning That's the time you miss her most of
Sometimes a performance simply comes together in a perfect way. On this night Mayer and Botti were at their best, the support players were as well. This haunting classic as turned into an experience of musical bliss. And we are the fortunate ones.
He sung that song so beautiful!! It's a beautiful song, I never have listened to John music before, that was beautiful what a voice!! What more can you expect from a fellow "Libra", done with eloquence and class!!
John Mayer: Nice rendition of this Sinatra classic and Chris Bottii is great! BUT, Music Lovers know there is only one INCREDIBLE version of this song and it is also on TH-cam. Sinatra sang this song first in 1956, when he was at his best vocally! If you'd like a real treat, check out Frank Sinatra "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning." It is truly beautiful!!
That's Mark Whitfield on guitar. He's one of the world's foremost Jazz guitar players. Check out a performance where he can really stretch out. John Mayer certainly keeps good company. The his guitar was made by guitar builder Stephen Marchione near where I live in Houston, TX. And yes, it's quite red.
@Jme501 I prefer a softer vocal. It captures the emotions of the lyric. The world is quiet at 3am, and many people have performed with that in mind. I love Frank, but I thought the belting was a little much.
When Bottii plays this song with anyone (see sting), it becomes a battle of how soft everyone can perform... I miss the way Sinatra still belted away at a few of these lines. Somethings lost. Still gorgeous, but Sinatra will always own this one.
Better than I expected... The interlude for solos was musically thrilling, and had absolutely nothing, whatever, to do with the tune. If Mayer's flavor-of-the-month celebrity (from my superannuated perspective) introduces a new generation to this great tune, God bless him. **The Django Riders John Mayer is faaaar from Flavor Of The Month. Maybe back when he was doing "Body Is A Wonderland" that could be said, but this dude will go down as a legend. Probably the greatest blues guitar player of this generation. ***** No offense... ...but I've heard it all before. **The Django Riders I'm confused, so is it that you refuse to listen to him? It's not just me saying this John has been praised by just about every legendary blues guitarist you can name. Eric Clapton and BB King have both said he is the future of blues music. If you haven't heard his John Mayer Trio album then your really missing out, because it's some of the finest playing you will ever hear. The man is just ridiculous . @@The Django Riders If I've stepped on your toes, I apologize. There's a limited musical vocabulary for a soloist in this idiom, and I've heard it all before... as I said before, I'm superannuated... ...and I've been listening to this stuff for an awfully long time. (Also, I believe he's a bit of a kiss-and-tell guy, and I choose not to listen to such a cur, no matter how accomplished he is.) **The Django Riders No not at all, I was just wondering if you had actually listened to him. To each their own my friend. **Pascal Suski you now over years i have learned that jazz is someting more than playing hip stuff over chords its internal expression combined with the rhytm, its a beutifull version accessible for jazz musicins as well for others **Pascal Suski 6 months ago this is a real musician comment @@Pascal Suski What is? **Ian Mitchell +tuxguys I can see where you're coming from on the superannuation thing. Mayer doesn't really do anything new- what he does is make new combinations of old things, and he does that very well, but no one would accuse him of being a revolutionary. However, I have to disagree with you elsewhere. Anyone who's done research will know that Mayer's public persona is a gross distortion of his actual views and activities. Such is the case with anyone who spends a disproportionate amount of time under heavy media scrutiny- but more importantly, it doesn't matter. His being a bit of a womanizer does not qualify or preclude his musical talents, and it's hypocritical to say otherwise. All the guys in Basie's band were strung out on opium, and what about all the crazy shit that Clapton's done that we've forgiven him for? Maybe you've just got rose-colored glasses on, but eliminating anyone with a lifestyle we find distasteful from the talent pool leaves us with not much of a pool at all. Ultimately, you've either got to rule out all artists' personal lives, or hold them all to the same exacting standards. You can't have it both ways. @@Ian Mitchell Read my comment again: I don't care that he plays around, more power to him; I think that he's a louse because he talks about what he's done, and with whom. (A Gentleman never asks, and a Gentleman never tells.) **Ian Mitchell 1 month ago Something a gentleman does do is know what he's talking about before passing judgement. As I said before, a person of Mayer's celebrity is bound to have their every move dissected and read into by the press. Have you met the man? I have, and it's important to remember that you can't trust everything (or anything) that you read in a tabloid. @@Ian Mitchell Sage advice. I don't read tabloids.
@andrewguitar67 its not the l5. its the player. pino paladino came as a studio musitian on a few songs, with two year old strings on a mm stingray and fender jb, and it didnt sound right when the others played them. when he started playing, everybody was stunned how did he get that sound in an instant from that strings and guitars. its all about the heart and knowing the instrument peace and love from Serbia
jazz is such a nice color on john..
Indeed!
I love how the band have dressed.
John is going to a photo shoot.
The drummer is keeping it casual.
The bassist is going to a funeral.
The guitarist is going to home in the snow.
And the trumpet guy is a magician.
Lmaooo
Best comment! 😂
john mayer is definitely a mainstream artist whos extremely underrated
I don’t think he’s underrated anymory my man
@@Markkxs he's not underrated now, but he definitely was a decade ago
Fantastic rendition; and the trumpet player is bloody superb.
Boy Bergs Yes Chris Botti is the amazing trumpet player.
Anyone else come back to this video every winter time other than me? It's not even a Christmas song lol but idk.. every year here I am.
Me! Every Fucking year around Christmas time I listen to this song. I'm here a few months early this time in October '17. But I'll be back....
I listen to this all year through. Pure gold!
I'm here too. I play this on quadraphone through Klispch RF7's and it's great!
Lmao this song ain't about Christmas it's a depressing song about a breakup
YES
Is there ANYTHING John Mayer can't do and do exceedingly well? What sets him apart is that he has CLASS and brings it every time. Every generation produces one standout guitarist/musician/vocalist and John Mayer is one of those all-time Greats!
What a great performance, I didn't realize John would do a song so important to me. I remember back in 1963 this song played by Jai & Kai spinning on the old Philco stereo, while everyone else is sleeping. I had my Koss headphones so as not to disturb, I was 11 yrs old.
That's cool, I hadn't known headphones went back that far! (Not that it's that long ago, I just mean you learn something new every day!)
John and Chris...two flawless musicians
I come back to this again and again.
Gigantic balls to cover this song and he pulls it off. WELL.
The best non Christmas Christmas song on earth
Christmas was made because of Christianity.
I agree with you .. this is a year round song ... And A damn good tribute to Me. Frank Sinatra.. and while I iron my clothes on a Saturday Morning🎶🎶🎶🎺🎺🎺🎺
@@janhanger no shit
A winter Romance by Dean Martin is great too
He has a perfect voice for this song!
The trumpet is EPIC! its so good!
This performance is in the top three always stuck in my head. “Quando Quando Quando by Micheal Buble”, “My Funny Valine performed by Matt Damon”, and this.
John Mayer is so talented. And, I think, so underrated.
Suddenly this song and performance came to mind and had to look it up on YT! Love John & Chris' rendition of this Sinatra classic! Thank you for the upload!
I think this is wonderful, not because "Mayer is better" than Sinatra, but simply because I see it as him playing homage to one of the great singers of all times. Furthermore, by playing this he may introduce a bunch of people to Sinatra who never would have listened to him. I think both versions are wonderful. Although in Sinatra's case he went into the studio right after he got dumped by his girl at the time, so he was heartsick and I think you can hear it.
i think John Mayer nailed this.... the whole arrangement with chris botti is fantastic!
I noticed that many musical artists, whether rock or pop, would turn to jazz at some time in his or her life. It's an important mode of musical expression. Nice work on this piece.
Great arrangement and a beautiful voice.
Beautiful. One of my most favorite Frank Sinatra songs...if one could possibly say that they have a favorite...Sinatra was the KING!
I'm really surprised at how well Mayer can sing. He's never given enough credit for his vocals.
Just beautiful !
John Mayer is amaaaazing.
Superlative.....so very wistful and regretful and four-aye-emm-and -I-can't-stop-missing-her awesome. The feeling and the humanity resonates across all the years since Sinatra recorded this classic.
Beautiful rendition.
i am a big sinatra fan! john mayer's voice an talent is twice that of frank sinatra and i am a 53 italian man. I have seen both live in my life time. Keep it it up john I love it!
Tommy D johns great but no where near Frank get out of here with that bullshit!
Jack Fulton Music have to agree with you! His voice is higher pitched, Sinatra really brings the bass!
This is a 7 year old comment
@@WolffeLive yeah Frank's is so much nicer to listen too
Frank Sinatra didn't write any of his own music. Justin Bieber of the 1930's.
This made me slide down in my chair and I never wanted it to end. Just beautiful and the passion came through.
He's absolutely amazing!
Wow..he CAN enunciate lyrics. So beautiful, especially when you can make out what the words are.
Delightful and relaxing song. John Mayer did a excellent job.
FRANK WOULD BE PROUD. WONDERFUL
Hell no
@@lihengdong579me when i'm stupid
@@weler1maybe chet baker would be proud, but definitely not sinatra. He is an extremely picky listener, much less be proud. He dosent like it when people sing with a “draggy” voice like how John is doing it.
These folks have got to do this more often. They're a great combination!
this is my fav John Mayer performance.
Very nice effort. By no means my favorite version of this song but the musicianship is top notch. More than anything I'm very impressed with Mayer's developing depth and breadth as a musician. He's very subtly introduced Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding and now the great Frank Sinatra into his repertoire. He's reintroducing standards of American pop music to listeners that would have never discovered them on their own. Bravo Mr. Mayer!
So long i didn't hear this.. every time i see it i keep thinking how beautiful this is.
So beautiful...I wept...so did Frankie.
Excellent arrangement, and performance. Thanks for posting!
wow gave me chills...
this is relaxation music at its finest
In the wee small hours of the morning
While the whole wide world is fast asleep
You lie awake and think about the girl
And never, ever think of counting sheep
When your lonely heart has learned its lesson
You'd be hers if only she would call
In the wee small hours of the morning
That's the time you miss her most of all
When your lonely heart has learned its lesson
You'd be hers if only she would call
In the wee small hours of the morning
That's the time you miss her most of
I was pretty skeptical about John singing a Frank Sinatra song. But he did very well.
I enjoyed it.
John is a Master; for sure he will never sing like Frank "the voice" but the way he perform, how he plays, how he sings; he's simply great ...
Don't ever be skeptical about this man. He is living legend and never stops proving that.
I was skeptical of your musicianship Carly....oh hang on, you don't have any...how clumsy of us!
@@RR-qv8uz That's mean. Why say this? Is there something you have to prove?
Awesome love this version ❤
Sometimes a performance simply comes together in a perfect way. On this night Mayer and Botti were at their best, the support players were as well. This haunting classic as turned into an experience of musical bliss. And we are the fortunate ones.
Man. They should have made an album together.. It's not too late John!
wow, what a great musicianship.
My goodness that is amazing
This is my favorite Frank song
lol john threw in blues licks. Yet, they fit the song well. I'm impressed.
I agree with Letterman again..finally!!...That was Great..That was Great..That was just GREAT!
Clean and simple..and great ! love it.
He sung that song so beautiful!! It's a beautiful song, I never have listened to John music before, that was beautiful what a voice!! What more can you expect from a fellow "Libra", done with eloquence and class!!
Unbelievable!! Quite a departure for Mayer. Thanks for the post, great!!
Fantastic!
I love frank sinatra and chris and john.. nice one john =D
Just on my run of John mayer letterman performances dont mind me.
I like this version better. John's voice is so soothing and gentle. Don't kill me Sinatra fans.
i chuckled a bit in the beginning where all of the sudden it just pops up "BUY THIS DVD" anyway this is just great
Beautiful.
Fabulous!!!
this guy somehow remade Frank Sinatra's song and is actually really good
Miss this year 2008-2009 simple days
John Mayer: Nice rendition of this Sinatra classic and Chris Bottii is great!
BUT, Music Lovers know there is only one INCREDIBLE version of this song and it is also on TH-cam. Sinatra sang this song first in 1956, when he was at his best vocally!
If you'd like a real treat, check out Frank Sinatra "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning." It is truly beautiful!!
Exelente, e me fará ouvir Frank Sinatra que ainda não conheço muito sobre. Obrigado John Mayer
Enchanting
Why do I think of christmas when I hear this song?:)
Christmas songs usually have jazzy arrangements similar to this one
@@nkm11tbm yeah, people just associate anything jazzy with Christmas, quite sad actually
"how about that guy over there" hahah i love david letterman
Splendid!
The tone...good lord the tone of that L5!
2023, back here yet again. ❤
Hat down! Good job
Came here from Life with John Mayer!
Perfect....
John Mayer surprises me.
Really nice number
That's Mark Whitfield on guitar. He's one of the world's foremost Jazz guitar players. Check out a performance where he can really stretch out. John Mayer certainly keeps good company.
The his guitar was made by guitar builder Stephen Marchione near where I live in Houston, TX. And yes, it's quite red.
Leo Amuedo got also a marchione
Gee, I like this......... time and again!
Im making this my new christmas song!
Thanks bud!
@Jme501 I prefer a softer vocal. It captures the emotions of the lyric. The world is quiet at 3am, and many people have performed with that in mind. I love Frank, but I thought the belting was a little much.
beautiful
John was great, but Chris Botti took it beyond the stars, he is a master horn player.
the drummer is really feeling it at 2:36
Pergaps this could be a new direction for Mayer, Jazz/ Jazz Fusion. I'd like to see him with more jazz guitar performance.
that guitar of his has the sexiest jazz tone
glad to be the 500th to like this video !
call me insane, but i really prefer this to the original...John's voice is really good
they should have put a mic on John's guitar, too bad we missed his superb guitar playing!
bought it BECAUSE U SAID SO!
2020, i am here...
his guitar strap matches his suit, class act
When Bottii plays this song with anyone (see sting), it becomes a battle of how soft everyone can perform... I miss the way Sinatra still belted away at a few of these lines. Somethings lost. Still gorgeous, but Sinatra will always own this one.
Letterman said "how about that" like 732 times in this video.
Just go listen to Frank.. I like Mayer but.. go see Frank ;)
Or Christian McBride's bigband arrangement.
Nobody compares to Frank Sinatra.
Ben Webster
He's dead
The annotation doesn't lie. Buy that DVD.
amazang
Better than I expected...
The interlude for solos was musically thrilling, and had absolutely nothing, whatever, to do with the tune.
If Mayer's flavor-of-the-month celebrity (from my superannuated perspective) introduces a new generation to this great tune, God bless him.
**The Django Riders
John Mayer is faaaar from Flavor Of The Month. Maybe back when he was doing "Body Is A Wonderland" that could be said, but this dude will go down as a legend. Probably the greatest blues guitar player of this generation.
*****
No offense...
...but I've heard it all before.
**The Django Riders
I'm confused, so is it that you refuse to listen to him? It's not just me saying this John has been praised by just about every legendary blues guitarist you can name. Eric Clapton and BB King have both said he is the future of blues music. If you haven't heard his John Mayer Trio album then your really missing out, because it's some of the finest playing you will ever hear. The man is just ridiculous .
@@The Django Riders
If I've stepped on your toes, I apologize.
There's a limited musical vocabulary for a soloist in this idiom, and I've heard it all before... as I said before, I'm superannuated...
...and I've been listening to this stuff for an awfully long time.
(Also, I believe he's a bit of a kiss-and-tell guy, and I choose not to listen to such a cur, no matter how accomplished he is.)
**The Django Riders
No not at all, I was just wondering if you had actually listened to him. To each their own my friend.
**Pascal Suski
you now over years i have learned that jazz is someting more than playing hip stuff over chords its internal expression combined with the rhytm, its a beutifull version accessible for jazz musicins as well for others
**Pascal Suski 6 months ago
this is a real musician comment
@@Pascal Suski
What is?
**Ian Mitchell
+tuxguys I can see where you're coming from on the superannuation thing. Mayer doesn't really do anything new- what he does is make new combinations of old things, and he does that very well, but no one would accuse him of being a revolutionary. However, I have to disagree with you elsewhere. Anyone who's done research will know that Mayer's public persona is a gross distortion of his actual views and activities. Such is the case with anyone who spends a disproportionate amount of time under heavy media scrutiny- but more importantly, it doesn't matter. His being a bit of a womanizer does not qualify or preclude his musical talents, and it's hypocritical to say otherwise. All the guys in Basie's band were strung out on opium, and what about all the crazy shit that Clapton's done that we've forgiven him for? Maybe you've just got rose-colored glasses on, but eliminating anyone with a lifestyle we find distasteful from the talent pool leaves us with not much of a pool at all. Ultimately, you've either got to rule out all artists' personal lives, or hold them all to the same exacting standards. You can't have it both ways.
@@Ian Mitchell
Read my comment again:
I don't care that he plays around, more power to him; I think that he's a louse because he talks about what he's done, and with whom.
(A Gentleman never asks, and a Gentleman never tells.)
**Ian Mitchell 1 month ago
Something a gentleman does do is know what he's talking about before passing judgement. As I said before, a person of Mayer's celebrity is bound to have their every move dissected and read into by the press. Have you met the man? I have, and it's important to remember that you can't trust everything (or anything) that you read in a tabloid.
@@Ian Mitchell
Sage advice.
I don't read tabloids.
Billy Kilson on drums.. the dude knows how to amp up a solo section.
I won't name the things I'd do for tone like that. My, oh my.
@andrewguitar67 its not the l5. its the player. pino paladino came as a studio musitian on a few songs, with two year old strings on a mm stingray and fender jb, and it didnt sound right when the others played them. when he started playing, everybody was stunned how did he get that sound in an instant from that strings and guitars. its all about the heart and knowing the instrument
peace and love from Serbia
Chris Botti added so much richness ❤️