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Guthrie Govan playing "Donna Lee" bebop song by Charlie Parker

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    Guthrie Govan playing Jazz

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  • @FeodorBivol
    @FeodorBivol  3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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  • @leoos3497
    @leoos3497 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    It has been 7 years and this video still scares and amaze me simultaneously.

    • @jahfarihazelwood4499
      @jahfarihazelwood4499 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @cjgreen4331
      @cjgreen4331 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @davidsanchezvazquez9025
      @davidsanchezvazquez9025 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      X3

    • @ILoveOS
      @ILoveOS 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      9 years

    • @elgeorge2001
      @elgeorge2001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @HoldsworthGovan
    @HoldsworthGovan 11 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    I used to be a fan of playing fast scales & sequences, ultra technical arpeggios and a 'music fan' who only wants to listen to shred & tech-death-metal, but then i discovered this guy.. I'm amazed with the diversity and open-mindedness of this guy! Guthrie introduced me more to jazz & blues music, now i really enjoy listening to Wes Montgomery, Martino, Charlie Parker, Brecker, Derek Trucks, SRV, Buddy Guy, T.Emmanuel.. I'm embarrassed to say that i haven't heard much of those great stuff before

    • @eelamite
      @eelamite ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it would be embarrassin if u said its just random nonsense which ik a lot of ppl think bc ive heard them say that, U good bruh

    • @albertoanguitacastilla6546
      @albertoanguitacastilla6546 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It happened similarly to me several years ago, a few years after I started playing guitar. Better late than never! It's all about enjoying these incredible artists. :)

    • @kevincasals2008
      @kevincasals2008 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here

    • @guitarttimman
      @guitarttimman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, I got tired of shred in the 80s, so I learned jazz, and then I remembered a particular type of jazz that I love the most: Beatnik Jazz. My goal was to come out with Modern Beatnik Jazz as an alternative to shred. I still like shred, but Beatnik Jazz is a nice, laid-back escape into another kind of cool-land. I was hoping to get a band together and just play my Beatnik Fusion, but Ifinding the time and the people who can follow it is tough. In addition to being a good player, it requires getting the right feel for it.

  • @ed_rig
    @ed_rig 12 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I totally agree. Being from the jazz world, being a big fan of Metheny, Montgomery and Scofield, I'm discovering Govan, and he CAN play jazz, haters should just go and try to play a 1/4 of this piece and show it on youtube. Guthrie Govan seems like he is a polyvalent guitar player, at his ease in every style. That's what makes him an unbelievable guitar player, and he just proves it on this video by playing a hard bebop piece and incorporating some country/rock licks besides classic sequences.

  • @MCShapiro88
    @MCShapiro88 10 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    well that was great. I wish he played jazz more often

    • @ZachariahMustafa
      @ZachariahMustafa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      seriously!!

    • @mendoxx097
      @mendoxx097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah, right?

    • @sayanorasonic
      @sayanorasonic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I think he played a lot of jazz in his younger years with his band the fellowship, when he's not that famous yet

    • @lostinspace7782
      @lostinspace7782 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He plays jazz all the time, maybe it's just not bebop

  • @achmadyanuar9914
    @achmadyanuar9914 7 ปีที่แล้ว +602

    Why no one mention there's a guy behind that camera who whistling like God.. How he do that that's insane

    • @merttalay9702
      @merttalay9702 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I thought same

    • @vn_1
      @vn_1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That must be a flute

    • @fankitonkizonki
      @fankitonkizonki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@merttalay9702 di mi valla

    • @merttalay9702
      @merttalay9702 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fankitonkizonki aynen

    • @thelordofthestrings
      @thelordofthestrings 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      That is actually me when I attended this fine Freak Guitar Camp

  • @Patbwoy
    @Patbwoy 11 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This guy can play EVERYTHING!!! The most accomplished musician I've ever seen!

  • @jeffreygeorge4537
    @jeffreygeorge4537 8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    The pedal steel-ish solo on the second chorus is insane!

  • @michelthegreatable
    @michelthegreatable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    you know how guthrie says he would learn everything he heard in recordings on his guitar by ear....listen to the jaco pastorius version of Donna Lee. Guthrie starts his solo here the same way Jaco started his! it's always cool to find references like that in music :)

  • @SummoninVOoDooChilD
    @SummoninVOoDooChilD 12 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    If there's an aspiring guitarist here: Learn your lesson by listening the master Guthrie Govan : Explore every musical genre and learn how to love them all. Being 100% blues, 100% rock or 100% metal leads you nowhere except boxing yourself in...
    This man should inspire everyone on earth to pick up a Jazz album or whatever you're not into and hopefully find the detail that cracks the whole thing wide open ! This man is a just incredible: ahead of his time while anchored in the past... An artist

    • @stealthmermaid40
      @stealthmermaid40 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Incredibly put! That’s the living learning lesson of jazz. All sounds can be harmoniously arranged by training your body to externalize your ear!

  • @ChuloDavidcito
    @ChuloDavidcito 10 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Good lord! I knew Guthrie was among the greats, but I had no idea he played bebop, or that he could blaze through it like a house on fire. There's no end to his prodigious talents! Back in the day I played this tune loads of times, and never got close to this! As a bonus he's even a likable, fun guy. Gee, I wonder if he plays flamenco, too. ;)

    • @Jordarr8994
      @Jordarr8994 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's because he worked as a professional transcriber for so many years before he became a professional guitarist and all that information transferred down to his playing

  • @JonnyHalfton
    @JonnyHalfton ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i like how during the second run through he played the solo as if it were back home in indiana (same changes to donna lee) just with different swing and twang. amazing versatility

  • @ereni5752
    @ereni5752 10 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    I have a mad respect for him because he's a self-taught and he's doing such a variety of styles. He didn't go to MI/GIT, Berklee, etc. he went to Oxford instead :))

    • @martyisabeliever
      @martyisabeliever 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lit major...

    • @RyanB747
      @RyanB747 10 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      He dropped out of Oxford, he was studying English Literature and ended up working in McDonald's... Which is absolutely crazy but I don't think that anyone would want it any other way :)

    • @martyisabeliever
      @martyisabeliever 10 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Ryan Bailey "self-taught" is a broad term... Those who desire to learn any discipline ( e.g. Guitar/ Painting/ Photography/sport, you pick one ...) put in the time on the "instrument" and in the books...we are all just sharing from a common pool of knowledge from those who have gone before; hoping to put a bit of personal spice or flare, something instantly recognizable as "You". And Guthrie, I believe learnt his kindergarten lessons on sharing better than most of this worlds egotistical shred posers will ever understand, When it come to guitar NO ONE is "a guitar god" some are just far more diligent in the pursuit of personal excellence than others, and for this Guthrie is indeed a Player worthy of much distinction and accolade; His public displays of humility make me believe he too would say there is NO "ONE best" guitarist...knowing the truth is there are a very many great ones from whom there is much to learn as they share, but it is only for those who have learned to listen not only to the notes but the narrative as well.....

    • @RyanB747
      @RyanB747 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      martyisabeliever Do you ever see a comment that so perfectly describes something and you don't want to ruin it with a crappy reply? This is one of those comments

    • @martyisabeliever
      @martyisabeliever 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ryan Bailey well thanks Ryan

  • @DiegoPujolT
    @DiegoPujolT 9 ปีที่แล้ว +418

    I can play the part from 2:29 to 2:32.

    • @tonydjangolopez
      @tonydjangolopez 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Diego Pujol so you think you're special?? i can play the chord you hear on 0:01 as well :)

    • @DiegoPujolT
      @DiegoPujolT 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      tonydjangolopez Please teach me!!

    • @pakk82
      @pakk82 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Diego Pujol I think its just a regular dominant 7 major 3rd chord.

    • @Emmanuelle_Neo09
      @Emmanuelle_Neo09 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Diego Pujol easy it's G#maj7 try this 2 positions: first 4-X-X-0-4-3 second 4-X-X-5-4-3 Guthrie used the first n.n

    • @tonydjangolopez
      @tonydjangolopez 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Emmanuelle de jesus you're wrong. there's much more behind that chord.

  • @damirstipetic2123
    @damirstipetic2123 10 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    When i hear Dona Lee,i always remember Jaco Pastorious and his masterful live performance,Ok Charlie is first,but Jaco,half naked,full of sweat,with Fender Jazz bass,who look it used in first line in a war,only more overused guitar is Strat from Rory Gallagher.RIP both.Guthrie is just playing for fun,but he's got fair share of talent,and its really pleasure to listen him when he let his fingers flyin

  • @robby188
    @robby188 12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No doubt , Guthrie Govan is one of the best guitarplayer of this 21th century in the world... difficult to find better... CONGRATULATIONS GUTHRIE FOR YOUR PLAYING AND YOUR PASSION FOR THE MUSIC THAT YOU SHARE WITH US.

  • @verandi3882
    @verandi3882 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    just fascinating, his technique, improvisation , his tone, this guy is the hero we need to bring back virtuosity and diversity in modern music

  • @ViolentVibrato
    @ViolentVibrato 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cont: His sense of melody, however, is so, so good. Definitely way ahead of most jazz guys. You can hear all throughout the solo that he's playing Donna Lee, no question.

  • @playingforbritain
    @playingforbritain 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love how at the end you can just hear him starting a sentence with "So it's just...". This guy is amazing and so nice and modest about it :)

    • @icecreamforcrowhurst
      @icecreamforcrowhurst 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What did you expect him to do, jump up and tear off his shirt? 😂

  • @alxmtncstudio2066
    @alxmtncstudio2066 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A pride of mine, is to have discovered Guthrie when he was still such a nobody that he bowed at me for telling him how much I love him in 2008. Back then he told me "music doesn't pay, look at my t-shirt" lol. Hope he's got some money now with the fame.

  • @lesezeichen9662
    @lesezeichen9662 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    To me the most complet guitar player. Superp technique and musicality in any style.

  • @johnfa51
    @johnfa51 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Best guitarplayer ever !!!!

  • @2mdallas
    @2mdallas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Killed it! Really nice and the 'pedal steel' bends were awesome, never heard those with Donna Lee before.

  • @alessandrorossini8704
    @alessandrorossini8704 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He's such a humble and friendly guy, this is one of the things I like most about this gifted and incredible guitarist. Off course I like a lot the way he touches the axe. In example did you, guys and girls, see him on the Vigier fretless? No words for it, only dropping jaw and a continous smile on my face. Great guy, great musician, devastating guitarist, one of the best and most versatile I've ever seen in my life (and I'm 53...). Hats off.

  • @scottfree6
    @scottfree6 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my God, the guy just continues to amaze and evolve. every time you think he has reached THE pinnacle he just raises the bar, this may not be everyones favorite thing to listen to but that was an extremely difficult piece of music to play. Damn Guth, unreal :)

  • @juancarlos-dx1or
    @juancarlos-dx1or 9 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Some jazz nazis here complaining about his swing, but he negotiated those changes like a boss

    • @hadiffnazhan862
      @hadiffnazhan862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah bro he got the swing

    • @Sandemose
      @Sandemose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, if I wanna hear jazz I dont go for Guthrie but when I just wanna enjoy a genius minds curiosity he is my go to player.

  • @henriquealejandro7247
    @henriquealejandro7247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks to this video, it played a huge role in making me understand walking basslines, about 3 years ago!!

  • @guitarttimman
    @guitarttimman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think every jazz player should know this one. Guthrie did an amazing job.

  • @palonazo
    @palonazo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    When will this debate end? This man is just the most advanced, complete and versatile guitar player in history PERIOD.

    • @palonazo
      @palonazo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Allan Holdsworth is amazing, of course. I'm sure there are hundreds of dozens of guitar players among which not one can be considered the best, but I've been listening to top level guitar players for 20 years and, before Guthrie, I though I had seen it all.

    • @palonazo
      @palonazo 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      *****
      Oh, and I know defining someone as "the best" in music is impossible. I just can't find a different way to define how much I enjoy this guy's playing. I'm sure there's a 5 year old somewhere that will run circles around him some 20 years from now.

    • @paul43700
      @paul43700 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      art isnt something that can be compared, there is no "best" per say. Would you compare painting or sculpture the same way?

    • @palonazo
      @palonazo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      paul43700
      That's the easy answer.Guitar playing is art, but not only art. It takes skill, and therefore, it can also be partly seen as sport, due to the fact that one gets better over time, as he practices.
      During the practice years, a guitar player will find out the things that are more difficult for him to play, and gets a grasp of how long it would take for him to master a certain technique or a mental skill... and then you see a guy who can do everything you can do and more, so you are right to say "he is better than me".
      Again: Guitar playing is music, so it's art, but it's also "sport", and there's nothing wrong with that.

    • @paul43700
      @paul43700 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      we have really different views on this subject then. I guess shredding is kind of a sport though, I get that.
      I think the end goal of a guitarist is not to have the best technique ever, it is to compose music. And imo, Govan isnt even close to the "best" when speaking of composition. Then thats definitely a matter of taste.
      But I agree, govan is one the most technical player out there

  • @TheInboil
    @TheInboil 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    best guitarist on the planet. period.

  • @scottfree6
    @scottfree6 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he's just an incredible musician, philosopher, songwriter, visionary....it is rare that the world is blessed with such an inspirational talent such as Guthrie...it's just amazing to see him do what he does, so naturally, so effortlessly...it's almost hard to imagine that there was a time that he was unable to do this, and was just beginning to play the guitar, but i would imagine that there was something different even in his "learning" stages of the guitar and music. Wish there was some footage

  • @pocewar
    @pocewar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a wonderful, versatile & gifted guitarist he is...

  • @houseofcharm
    @houseofcharm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When you 1st started practicing that number, you had a crew cut...!

  • @markovcornelius
    @markovcornelius 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, after watching this video. I've learned that, I can play part from 2:32 to 2:33

  • @mickenilsson
    @mickenilsson 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is just nothing stopping this man.... on and on and on and on .... Energizer Man! Where does it all come from ...

  • @ChimpFromSpace
    @ChimpFromSpace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It looks/feels like his playing comes as naturally to him as having a conversation.

    • @musihada
      @musihada 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think in one interview he said that practicing to the point where you can play while having a conversation or watching The Simpsons is more important than practicing speed.

    • @diversunidade
      @diversunidade 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is just a medium, like a string puppet. A lot of people doing incredible stuff are like this. Maybe he does not even know and believe that the skills are his. Sound insane? Humanity has been hijacked. NJ.

  • @richyseb
    @richyseb 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    JAZZ JESUS :-*

  • @imit
    @imit 10 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    guitar jesus strikes again!

    • @aryotaheri7421
      @aryotaheri7421 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and by that comment, you sir win the internet... =)) It made my day

  • @cyrusjerome
    @cyrusjerome 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fuckin awesome. just discovered guthrie govan, and being a guitar player its a really good treat to be able to hear someone this good that you've never heard before

  • @MrSonicAlchemy
    @MrSonicAlchemy 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think it's called having fun. I've seen Guthrie live with The Aristocrats and they have a blast on stage while playing incredibly "serious" music. We in the audience were alternately freaking out and cracking up. Kind of like Frank Zappa and/or ZPZ. I love it!

  • @JohnBenoit46290
    @JohnBenoit46290 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He's not just attempting jazz. He's doing it better than everyone else. And To be honest, Guthrie is everything, and nothing. He can be anything he wants.

  • @TheVintageyear
    @TheVintageyear 10 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Actually he's not trying to play a real jazz here, he's just having fun. He mixed it up with country and rock licks.

    • @ereni5752
      @ereni5752 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ***** I was at Guthrie masterclass in Indonesia, and i asked him about this video and Guthrie admit it himself that he was just "messing around" with the solos (1:32 and 1:50 onwards), I've seen him improvise over Herbie Hancock's tune and he's much 'scarier' than this.

    • @captainshiner42
      @captainshiner42 10 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I don't know why the term "real jazz" irks me so much. It just does. A jazz musician should be able to interpret jazz tunes in whatever way they see fit. If they didn't. then they would cease to be an "artist".

    • @EvanSlackable
      @EvanSlackable 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      aint no fucking thing as real jazz

    • @JimmyLundberg
      @JimmyLundberg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Or rather, there's no such thing as fake jazz, innit.

    • @xebio6
      @xebio6 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Evan Slack I want a t-shirt with your comment on it

  • @robertm2000
    @robertm2000 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Opening up your horizons on the instrument - I'd say that's a great thing! A lot of good music out there. Props to Govan for heading you toward it, and to you for getting into it!

  • @prez58
    @prez58 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I should have known Govan would be all over this bebop classic. The steel guitar bit and the bebop shredding were superb.

  • @maurellox
    @maurellox 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    DAJEEE A CAPELLONEEE

  • @Pon-farrLovin3
    @Pon-farrLovin3 9 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    I'd love to hear him play this on a proper jazz guitar, a big hollow body.

    • @paul43700
      @paul43700 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the tone dude

    • @bensonsire-cummings7568
      @bensonsire-cummings7568 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It completely changes the way you play. If you want to play jazz and have the sound and tone of a real jazz musician you really have to use a hollowbody. And bends really aren't considered proper in the world of jazz guitar but you can bend on a hollowbody

    • @BigFiveJack
      @BigFiveJack 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      A PROPER JAZZ GUITAR, there's no such thing. Simply, when GIBSON presented the Hollow, Carved, Archtop guitar to the world, IT soon replaced the BANJO in many bands, the banjo having much greater volume ability over flat top / flat back guitars. Having the archtop and back increased the acoustic guitar's VOLUME potential over flat top / flat back guitars, to meet that of the banjo. Subsequently electric amplification pickups were added to the Hollow, Carved, Archtop guitar for even greater volume, bringing unwanted "feed back" with them. Les Paul wanting to fight off this "feed back" problem, affixed an electric amplification pickup into his invention, the ELECTRIC, SOLID BODY GUITAR, with OUTSTANDING Success. The Fender Telecaster was presented to the world as the first mass produced S/B Electric, "Spanish Style" guitar in 1951; "players quickly realized that Fender had given them something... well-designed, easy-playing, efficient, rugged, affordable and, above all, great-sounding." [ credit the last 21 words beginning with "players quickly realized..." to: www.fender.com/articles/gear/the-one-that-started-it-all-a-telecaster-history ] TELECASTER the word, came from "television" a new medium, and "broadcast". The guitar was very plain Jane in appearance though. In 1953 JAZZ guitarist ,TELECASTER user, and WW2 veteran Jimmy Wyble, in his debut album "The Jimmy Wyble Quintet" had his ability in JAZZ on display. Thereafter, he worked with JAZZ men Barney Kessel and Benny Goodman. He also worked his guitar with Red Norvo for eight years, including touring Australia with powerhouse Frank Sinatra. NUMEROUS other JAZZ guitarists have chosen the TELECASTER as their "Proper Jazz Guitar" to steal your words. Fender's STRATOCASTER guitar body shape resulted from a desire to create a guitar that was MORE comfortable on a SEATED guitarist's lap, a position many JAZZ musicians took while performing! HOW ABOUT THESE jazz GUITARISTS on Strats?: th-cam.com/video/bZYRiv5nnqA/w-d-xo.html - LET'S RECALL JAZZ GIANT LES PAUL again, as GIBSON presented the "Les Paul" model S/B, Electric, ARCHTOP to us in 1952, with it's Gold Colored top and two P90 electric amplification pickups. GIBSON wanted to offer a High End, beautiful looking instrument to JAZZ musicians, as opposed to the plainer looking FENDER products. We could go on, but you get my point I'm sure. A Proper Jazz Guitar is created in the hands of excellently skilled JAZZ guitarists, NOT by those building the guitar. Best regards!

    • @lakevermillion1814
      @lakevermillion1814 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @ Cummings, No, you don't have to use a 'hollowbody'. Not even close. Guys like Ed Bickert didn't 'discover' that Telecasters had 'good Jazz tone'. They just didn't get sucked into the bullshit paradigms that influence kids like you, did their own thing and demonstrated that 'tone' is one of the most overrated and stupid things in guitar music.

    • @JazzJunkie4
      @JazzJunkie4 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @BigFiveJack Yes a good musician can play jazz on any guitar and in fact, when it comes to fusion music, solid body guitars have been the preference of many guitarists for years (they are more versatile for effects as well as both clean and distortion tones). But when it comes to straight ahead jazz, the thickness of a good archtop is undeniably more suitable and the reason why the VAST majority of guitarists, when they play straight ahead jazz, do so on an archtop. It has nothing to do with feedback, otherwise there would be no reason for george benson to tape his f holes playing an archtop in stadiums when he could just grab a solid body.

  • @TheGuitarrabbit
    @TheGuitarrabbit 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just found this guy this morning and every video just gets better and better. Thank you so very much Guthrie Govan.

  • @danhope77
    @danhope77 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He's always amazing

  • @Mr59coconut
    @Mr59coconut 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    LOL. Did I just see that. Pinch me I'm dreaming.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge 12 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    anything's possible but he seemed distracted there so I'm guessing he just was 1 fret back by mistake. Just my guess. If you disagree, that's fine.

    • @cirobarbagelata7194
      @cirobarbagelata7194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry but no, he was in the right key, and a player of that caliber don't mess an improvisation by 1 fret. Distraction has nothing to do with ear, obviously he can miss 1 note (not in this improv tho) but not miss all the improvisation by 1 fret, that only occurs on people absolute begginer that have no ear at all

    • @TruthSurge
      @TruthSurge 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cirobarbagelata7194 at :44 he is playing the wrong notes. You either are not familiar with the tune or you "have no ear at all". He started of right but then when he turned his head, the notes were wrong and it seems he was just 1 fret too low. Yes, he most certainly DID mess it up. Maybe you are not a musician?

    • @cirobarbagelata7194
      @cirobarbagelata7194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@TruthSurge I'm guitarist and you certainly are a troll, he didn't mess any note at 44s. If u want to think that ok, clearly u have to tune yours ears.

    • @TruthSurge
      @TruthSurge 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cirobarbagelata7194 I've learned that you can't argue with people who are clueless. So, adios and good luck, my friend!!!

    • @mk.1524
      @mk.1524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TruthSurge If you were a "musician" as you consider yourself, you'd know that "wrong notes" shimmer up the atmosphere, there are no wrong notes by a real virtuosos.

  • @bigpeej92
    @bigpeej92 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    he actually plays everything REALLY well with unrivaled facility, acumen, and authenticity...i doubt guthrie sought out to write classic rock and roll anthems that middle aged parents and their kids can get with...he is a guitar player's guitar player...and i think the most profound aspect of his talent is that he is able to put a variety of genres into contexts that are easily accessible to guitar players...he can also write a hot instrumental...we already have one John Mayer

  • @RonaldWilkinson-lm4yw
    @RonaldWilkinson-lm4yw หลายเดือนก่อน

    Guthrie you wonderful being

  • @TheSnelly101
    @TheSnelly101 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Will you ever see someone better than that on a guitar?

    • @jonyanhko4610
      @jonyanhko4610 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      TheSnelly101 eventually, but it will take a few generations

    • @jamesadcock5235
      @jamesadcock5235 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheSnelly101 yes he is great but u can find buskers just as good. but u won't find another slash out there . I know I will get laughed at for saying this. But it's the truth

    • @aryotaheri7421
      @aryotaheri7421 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      +James Adcock You're right. You did get laughed at.

    • @jamesadcock5235
      @jamesadcock5235 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      seeing more of Guthrie I will take that back coz he really is a great player. I was commenting with green ears

    • @aryotaheri7421
      @aryotaheri7421 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      James Adcock Well, that's rare on the internet :) Hats off to you for having an open mind. I'll also take back what I said.

  • @1nzi
    @1nzi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is that Steven Wilson sitting there on the right?

  • @flemminghedemann8119
    @flemminghedemann8119 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful man with a beautiful mind. . Otherwise you could not become, the most complete and diverse guitarist in the world.

  • @eelamite
    @eelamite ปีที่แล้ว

    whenever i think of the perfect video exampling loop pedals i think of this exactly

  • @JahJahBruh
    @JahJahBruh 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    He should do standards more, with his own twist.

    • @kantvishi
      @kantvishi 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      that moustache..no homo

  • @leeDs718
    @leeDs718 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i would love to hear the reasoning behind why people dislike videos like these. i dont care how mundane or ridiculous the reason, i am so curious.

    • @danielbeta4605
      @danielbeta4605 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Is because his improvisation lacks of musicality. Maybe he has a lot of technique, harmonic knowledge and speed, bur there is no a good phrasing in his solo, there are moments where you just hear like excercices, scales played very fast up and down, there is not much motif, its just a non jazzistic vocabulary.
      Pd: sorry for my english jajaj

    • @richardjonas3275
      @richardjonas3275 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      totally disagree if you listen to his albums especially West coast grooves they're very musical. I've not heard any other guitarist that can turn his hand to any musical style and play like he's been playing that music all his life. the man's a genius!

    • @alteredninja
      @alteredninja 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Leo D. Calle obviously you have never listened to the Erotic Cakes album

    • @pedroalexandrerainho
      @pedroalexandrerainho 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It relies in a simple fact: subject incomprehension (or lack of feeling for it). You 've got an example of it, for instance, in Daniel Beta comment (no offense).

    • @Flawlesslaughter
      @Flawlesslaughter 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not sure, but he rushes the 8ths notes at the start of the solo and from then I feel like he needs to leave some space and come in again. But apart from that all the notes he played were super nice, I find the first super fast run didn't really work that well.
      But on a whole way better than I could play

  • @bustedfender
    @bustedfender 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best bit of Guthrie’s playing is the humility.

  • @mindisaction
    @mindisaction 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's no doubt that Mr. Govan can be any kind of musician he wants!... It's so clear he knows well what's doing.... Next live I'll try to get better hands and better connected to my brain.
    Great respect!

  • @MrPsy0pus
    @MrPsy0pus 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    dude, seriously, just listen to "Wonderful Slippery Thing"
    Greetings
    ^^

  • @tarunx60
    @tarunx60 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    awesome skill and picking style but that jazz feel and swing is missing . My respect !!

    • @metakatana
      @metakatana 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's a famous guitarist .....

    • @panamanian911
      @panamanian911 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Louis B bop players swing too lol
      guthrie is definitely swinging here though

    • @WilliamSlaght
      @WilliamSlaght 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ssb not necessarily swingin hard enough for pretencious jazz enthusiastics

    • @digitalboomer
      @digitalboomer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tarun Majumder Spoken like a person who can't do any of it.

  • @zero15388
    @zero15388 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    how he changes styles so effortlessly and mixes them together !!

  • @elherna262
    @elherna262 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been a jazz guitar player for a couple of years now and i have to say govan rocks, no matter where you come from

  • @ShiningTrapezoid
    @ShiningTrapezoid 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Part of me is like "why do I even play guitar?" but then part of me is like "who the fuck actually listens to this?"

    • @Filmersk8B
      @Filmersk8B 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written

    • @mistermeister1368
      @mistermeister1368 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sorry, but AC/DC just isn't musically talented

    • @ShiningTrapezoid
      @ShiningTrapezoid 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mister Meister the fuck does that have to do with anything?

    • @ShiningTrapezoid
      @ShiningTrapezoid 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mats Hilmer I know what Donna Lee is, but listening to some dude noodle all over it is boring to me. Even if he is super talented.

    • @mistermeister1368
      @mistermeister1368 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shining Trapezoid Yeah you must be into metal or something.

  • @maxomilian
    @maxomilian 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This a Miles Davis tune . He wrote to better understand Charlie's bebop vocabulary .

    • @CRRochaGuitar
      @CRRochaGuitar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is Charlie Parker and Benny Harris tune

    • @maxomilian
      @maxomilian 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Do your homework , Miles Davis composed the tune in 1947. Parker was credited for the first recordings.

    • @gavinreid8351
      @gavinreid8351 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      max castellanos Do Your home work . The songwriter credit is to Charlie Parker.

    • @joecool415
      @joecool415 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do your homework Miles Davis is infamous for stealing tunes by his members to get royalty money. Charlie Parker wrote Donna Lee, Bill Evans wrote Blue in green.

    • @k.padraigokane1472
      @k.padraigokane1472 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Miles NEVER composed this tune and at the time this tune appeared, Miles couldn't even play over this tune well... AT ALL. However, Miles said he wrote it, because Miles did shit like that. Nothing about this tune is Miles.... AND Miles couldn't even play the head on trumpet anyhow. Every historian known Miles never did, nor could write this tune. It was 100% Parker's vocab. (I'm a University Jazz professor btw who spent 17yrs teaching in the World's Best Jazz performance school).

  • @Paulwilliamsukmusic
    @Paulwilliamsukmusic 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy is amazing he has the gift of music and uses the guitar to bring the music out of him

  • @PaoloCastilloMusic
    @PaoloCastilloMusic 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like how one other guy was whistling along :) Amazing improv and I like the walking bassline + chords!

  • @chrisparks22
    @chrisparks22 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Somebody should play Guthrie some Bird recordings, maybe he'd learn how to put a rest in his phrasing. Sheesh

    • @timpelletier5938
      @timpelletier5938 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ok, you play some Bird now... ok... still waiting... and...go!

    • @palonazo
      @palonazo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why? What if he's a drummer who has been playing with amazing guitar players... to have an opinion on a player you do not need to be better than him or even as good. Guthrie is probably the best player in history, but we can still prefer other people's versions of some songs he plays.

    • @TheCabo87
      @TheCabo87 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well he is more versatile convincent than anyone of us!.

    • @musec07
      @musec07 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      it's bebop mate

    • @alexbrint3798
      @alexbrint3798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      chrisparks22 hey you must listen to a lot of bird and know a lot about jazz! Cool man, thanks for sharing!

  • @davebartholome2924
    @davebartholome2924 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know I shouldn’t trouble myself about such things, especially given the (so far) 9.2K upvotes, but I can’t help wondering who would give a thumbs down to this delightful performance. People who don’t like jazz? People who don’t like long-haired guitarists? People who are jealous? People who are sad, bitter, and lonely? You know, it occurs to me that they don’t show the number of downvotes for comments-why show them for the videos? I mean, really, who cares? It’s nice to have the upvotes-a sign that a performance is making people happy. But who needs to know how many don’t like it? (The people who really feel a need to express their dislike can always leave a comment-and if they can’t be bothered to do that, then f-k ‘em, I say.)

  • @JangJeong-yeon5185
    @JangJeong-yeon5185 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The sound is so clear!

  • @johnhrock1009
    @johnhrock1009 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guthrie is amazing hes playing the walking bass line chord comping and playing the solo and to add he throws in some country licks for more flavor.

  • @QueenToKingOfSpades
    @QueenToKingOfSpades 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    The great thing about those guy is that their sound is so personal that can't be replicated. Same thing with Guthrie.

  • @MaximillianNewman
    @MaximillianNewman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude wtf.... is there anything this guy can't do?? Im absolutely floored

  • @scottmatheson2390
    @scottmatheson2390 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The thing that's cool about these classic bop numbers is once you learn the head you can mess around with it a bit and turn it into a solo!

  • @Shredderik
    @Shredderik 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    The amount of practice leading up to this seemingly effortless jam must be astronomical!

  • @sethmorse3139
    @sethmorse3139 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Coming from I blues cat, I absolutely love Guthrie... whenever he I see him play there's this since of adventure in his playing. Like a few times in this video he missed like one or two notes, but somehow it's okay cause immediately after that he locked in the lick and kicked some ass

  • @wombozombo
    @wombozombo 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guthrie never ceases to amaze me

  • @skeetv123
    @skeetv123 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you imagine taking up jazz because you know you'll never be able to shred like Guthrie Govan & then see this and realize he's already achieved jazz guitar mastery. Like what the fuck can't this guy play ? Truly the guitar chameleon of our generation.

  • @richtraube2241
    @richtraube2241 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it.

  • @chumleyshaver7942
    @chumleyshaver7942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just landed here after listening to Matteo Mancuso playing Donna Lee. Interesting comparison, Guthrie perhaps the final virtuosic zenith of old school, Matteo the shining new next generation step forward

  • @jobaba64
    @jobaba64 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG. I first heard this guy from GT magazine when I was just starting to play like 15 years ago. He just gets better and better every year. It's doubtful there's anybody better than him as an overall player.

  • @essamguitars
    @essamguitars 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    omgggg thanks for posting! always knew he could wreck bebop!!!!! just couldnt see it! i read somewhere he studied joe pass alot

  • @AdnyWrackin
    @AdnyWrackin 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Of course it's always true people can have extremely varied tastes in music, but he still has incredible talent and is probably one of the best alive today :P

  • @BrainDamageComedy
    @BrainDamageComedy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    bloody brilliant

  • @johndellaselva687
    @johndellaselva687 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great musician! U derstand many languages of Music!

  • @yuyin3389
    @yuyin3389 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How can human be THAT good... I'm now feeling like I must be a tree or something

  • @ZakkaZ666
    @ZakkaZ666 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    never ceases to amaze me

  • @JeanPaul-Godtier
    @JeanPaul-Godtier 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dona lee is one of my favourite jazz standard, I love how guthrie plays it !

  • @kevincasals2008
    @kevincasals2008 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In his book he has mentioned that one of his prized possession was Charlie Parker's Omni book . So i don't know what jazzers think about him but he surely has studied jazz you cant deny that

  • @tomyhas
    @tomyhas 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i really love this guy...

  • @hehehe7626
    @hehehe7626 ปีที่แล้ว

    Underrated guitarist of all time

  • @Hello000dbek
    @Hello000dbek 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he's so gifted

    • @waynemiller6070
      @waynemiller6070 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He practices so much....
      😉

    • @joejoe5921
      @joejoe5921 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@waynemiller6070 we musicians know... ;)

  • @ministryoftruth8523
    @ministryoftruth8523 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic!

  • @EuphoricRaccoon
    @EuphoricRaccoon 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    yeah poor guthrie .. but man I'm still so glad this is online I really wanted to hear him play a standard.. I really loved it and it's quite inspiring

  • @GuitarCailuong
    @GuitarCailuong 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    The most versatile guitarist ever!

  • @daskren2
    @daskren2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice - and I'm glad to hear you actually SWINGIN those 8th notes, at a nice tempo!

  • @harley7777777
    @harley7777777 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    anyone who doesnt appreciate guthrie is clearly a child that cant appreciate a incredible musician while he doesnt play the sort of music i like i understand the immense talent it takes to do what he does INCREDIBLE

  • @Spaceman2921
    @Spaceman2921 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The cameraman felt the awesome power of guthrie's fusion lick, and he fell out of this dimention.
    Luckily the camera was on a tripod, so it didn't fall over

  • @david-ky7rt
    @david-ky7rt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    absolute legend Guthrie Govan