I was assistant manager of the nightclub The Bitter End (Other End) and the manager and I were walking back up Bleecker to work when we saw Stanley ('82 or so) busking there. We were mesmerized, jaws dropped and in-between songs spoke to him about taking the train in from Princeton to busk around the city and a bit about his astounding methods. We had to get back to the club where we informed the owner he must get this young man in and fill the club with music industry folks. Rob Crocker a preeminent DJ on WRVR came to see him and rest is his story!
I bought his album back when I was about 18. He played a great version of Eleanor Rigby on it. I also saw some collaboration with Jeff Healey. This Stanley Jordan is certainly fascinating!
1st time I saw Stanley Jordan play was on the Tonight Show, the great Johnny Carson introduced him to the world. I was a young man than, I am 61 now. I was a fan from note 1, this was around the mid 80's. This guy was amazing then, he is amazing now!
Words to convey what I have just seen simply escapes me. It is incredible. I saw him for the first time at the Jazz Cafe London in 1994/5. He was amazing I'd never seen anything like it at the time and 30 years on I am saying the same thing today. Wow
He does sometimes physically play two guitars. He also has played with one hand on guitar while playing the other hand on piano. He's not your "standard issue" guitarist.
Crazy that he’s been playing like this for ~40 years and only in the past 10 or so have we seen people catching up and he’s clearly been pioneering/refining his technique that whole time. He’s definitely improvising on at least to some degree but I’d guess a significant amount on the lead lines and wouldn’t be surprised if the majority of both hands were and structure were. That is absolutely insane to me because his left hand stays so consistent in the moments I am 100% sure he’s improvising with his right. Keeping the dynamics and accuracy so clean and still sounding each note in one hand while focusing on the other is so far beyond the capabilities of almost every other guitarist on this planet. I can think of maybe 2-3 guitarists tops who would even believe could attempt that but I don’t believe they could come close to Stanley Jordan in a live situation
him playing the piano would be more efficient. to me, the guitar's strength is its ability to manipulate the notes and amplify it with effects, and that's being wasted here if you only tap or hammer on/pulloff.
@@Dovahkiin0117 he's playing the blues like how a pianist would play, not a guitarist. didn't hear any bends. Idk where did you hear him manipulating the notes. Sure he can do whatever he wants, but it'd make more sense if he was a pianist. He's playing the guitar completely like a pianist. There're guitarists who think like a pianist, but plays a guitar like a guitar. Pasquale Grasso comes to mind, with barry harris influence.
I have been a fan for years and have seen him 3 times live. This video leaves you feeling the same way after seeing him live, just shaking your head and saying "How? Great video.
love how everyone talks about his amazing technique on the instrument, while I've always been a total fan of his sense of rhythm. he might have been a drummer and achieve the same level of greatness
I saw him live back then in a small venue and it was magic. What was really impressive was he had about 4 rows of just about every type of effect pedal you could think of in front of him, and of course he knew exactly which one to hit at what time all while moving what appeared to be wildly steady with two hands on his fretboard. It helped that the sound was impeccable, I'm assuming his own soundman traveled with him. Definitely a master!
Yes it was, I was also there, I was expecting a much bigger turnout out than that! I was two yards from the stage at points. I'm not really complaining about that but the the man is something of a legend.
quite often, I feel a bit reluctant to watch videos of old bands and musicians performing, feeling their best years have gone by... but there is a difference when we are talking about pure music, pure technique, it only gets better and better. like the other day I saw Jack Dejhonette playing like a breeze what used to be a hell lot of drumming in Miles Davis quintet. (or quartet, excuse me, but definitely not a trio).
Incredible player! I think it was in the ‘80s-he was the opener for, hmm, Kenny G (I think!). I had never heard of him, then he amazed the audience-been a fan ever since. Great to see his incredible skills still at such a tremendous level! God bless you, SJ!
I apologize Mr Jordan and your hard core fans. I have never heard of you. I thank u tube and your fans for pushing your music. Thank you all and Mr Jordan excellent. Happy Christmas. Thank you
SJ always leaves me in awe with his skill level. I think each finger has a brain of its own to do as they please and he's just listening to them do their thing in the play ground. Fan for Life!
Stanley don't let them bleach your skin your curly is natural and god given get rid of weave you don't need it you are gifted. You don't need anything else
30 years now I been listening to Stanley. The problem is that there is no equal. Nothing like this has ever been done before. So it's a hard sell. Incomparable
I wouldn't say nothing. Check out Charlie Hunter. He gets a better low end + more groove because of his guitar setup (separate channel for bass and guitar).
Actually, Emmitt Chapman invented the Stick, which is a 10 or 12 stringed instrument designed specifically for two handed tapping that was developed in the early 70's before Stanley decided to do his two handed tapping technique on a 6 string guitar.
I saw Stanley Jordan at Saratoga performing arts center (SPAC) He was part of the Jazz Festival, and he took a break and said his hands hurt, and he spoke a little bit. Stanley Jordan seemed shy and introverted in a very Extroverted way, back in the late 80s.
My guitar teacher took me to see Stanley in ‘85 when he was busking on street corners in NYC.
Wow great guitar teacher!
I saw him in the village where I was living then...said he was a piano major and adapted the techniques to the gtr!
I was assistant manager of the nightclub The Bitter End (Other End) and the manager and I were walking back up Bleecker to work when we saw Stanley ('82 or so) busking there. We were mesmerized, jaws dropped and in-between songs spoke to him about taking the train in from Princeton to busk around the city and a bit about his astounding methods. We had to get back to the club where we informed the owner he must get this young man in and fill the club with music industry folks. Rob Crocker a preeminent DJ on WRVR came to see him and rest is his story!
My brain really can't even process this. Still. After listening to him for over 30yrs. Extraordinary..
I bought his album back when I was about 18. He played a great version of Eleanor Rigby on it. I also saw some collaboration with Jeff Healey. This Stanley Jordan is certainly fascinating!
1st time I saw Stanley Jordan play was on the Tonight Show, the great Johnny Carson introduced him to the world. I was a young man than, I am 61 now. I was a fan from note 1, this was around the mid 80's. This guy was amazing then, he is amazing now!
OOnly ONE Guestion remains: Gan HE Blay is gtr left handed...? cause I cant..........Im 58... Kimmoin Finland
How are there not fifty million views? Absolutely gigantic.
The right hand absolutely knows what the left hand is doing.
Superb!
Good one!
No words can express this mans god given talent!
The best players are not mainstream . !
I'm sure the mainstream would disagree
@@meself349😂
A freak of music nature. A universal treasure. The Paganini of our time. Sublime!
Paganini? Mabey Django?
Stanley on a 1-4-5 blues in E is pure magic. I've never seen or heard him do this.
It’s definitely pure magic, however it’s predominantly in G since he’s always coming back to the third fret of the E string for the one chord
GENIUS!!! GENIUS!!! GENIUS!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏A MUSICAL GENIUS!!!!
I remember buying his Magic Touch CD in 1990. Blew me away then and he gets nothing but better.
Words to convey what I have just seen simply escapes me. It is incredible. I saw him for the first time at the Jazz Cafe London in 1994/5. He was amazing I'd never seen anything like it at the time and 30 years on I am saying the same thing today. Wow
Wow! It's like he is playing 2 guitars. Fantastic musician.
He really understand music in Deep study What I really believe The immense time it needs to get so free
He does sometimes physically play two guitars. He also has played with one hand on guitar while playing the other hand on piano.
He's not your "standard issue" guitarist.
When the bass player and rhythm player call in sick.... Stanley still goes on.
and plays all the parts.
Crazy that he’s been playing like this for ~40 years and only in the past 10 or so have we seen people catching up and he’s clearly been pioneering/refining his technique that whole time. He’s definitely improvising on at least to some degree but I’d guess a significant amount on the lead lines and wouldn’t be surprised if the majority of both hands were and structure were. That is absolutely insane to me because his left hand stays so consistent in the moments I am 100% sure he’s improvising with his right. Keeping the dynamics and accuracy so clean and still sounding each note in one hand while focusing on the other is so far beyond the capabilities of almost every other guitarist on this planet. I can think of maybe 2-3 guitarists tops who would even believe could attempt that but I don’t believe they could come close to Stanley Jordan in a live situation
him playing the piano would be more efficient. to me, the guitar's strength is its ability to manipulate the notes and amplify it with effects, and that's being wasted here if you only tap or hammer on/pulloff.
@@KP-by4eucept he’s still manipulating them they way he wants
He’s playing the music he likes on the instrument he likes it’s not about efficiency
🍺 Hold my beer...
My sister smokes him th-cam.com/video/ZevaygLh_bM/w-d-xo.html
@@Dovahkiin0117 he's playing the blues like how a pianist would play, not a guitarist. didn't hear any bends. Idk where did you hear him manipulating the notes.
Sure he can do whatever he wants, but it'd make more sense if he was a pianist. He's playing the guitar completely like a pianist. There're guitarists who think like a pianist, but plays a guitar like a guitar. Pasquale Grasso comes to mind, with barry harris influence.
I have been a fan for years and have seen him 3 times live. This video leaves you feeling the same way after seeing him live, just shaking your head and saying "How? Great video.
love how everyone talks about his amazing technique on the instrument, while I've always been a total fan of his sense of rhythm. he might have been a drummer and achieve the same level of greatness
i played with him when I was younger!
GOAT!
🐐
Saw him on TV in like 1982 or 83. Blown away. Hope to catch him live
I saw him live back then in a small venue and it was magic. What was really impressive was he had about 4 rows of just about every type of effect pedal you could think of in front of him, and of course he knew exactly which one to hit at what time all while moving what appeared to be wildly steady with two hands on his fretboard. It helped that the sound was impeccable, I'm assuming his own soundman traveled with him.
Definitely a master!
I was there. Amazing gig. Surprisingly small turnout for such a talented and unique guitarist.
Yes it was, I was also there, I was expecting a much bigger turnout out than that! I was two yards from the stage at points. I'm not really complaining about that but the the man is something of a legend.
I saw him about 20 years ago at the Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis.
My jaw STILL hurts today!
I hope the floor was ok.
He is playing in Georgetown next Thursday and Friday
I'm a pretty strict classical guitarist , but no matter the genre I recognize a master when I hear one .
I feel sorry for you. The worst musicians to be around are uptight strict ones. Especially classical ones. 🙄
@@FYMASMD You're probably a know-it-all that everyone avoids especially classical people .
Very excited to see him for my first time in Washington DC on April 4, 2024 at Blues Alley.
It was FANTASTIC! Full band covering Grateful Dead songs
quite often, I feel a bit reluctant to watch videos of old bands and musicians performing, feeling their best years have gone by... but there is a difference when we are talking about pure music, pure technique, it only gets better and better. like the other day I saw Jack Dejhonette playing like a breeze what used to be a hell lot of drumming in Miles Davis quintet. (or quartet, excuse me, but definitely not a trio).
Stanley just doesn't seem to age!
I don't know what's more impossible...his virtuosity, or the fact that he's in his 60s
He did this when he was 19.😂
@@leuta-topic8470not as clean. He showed courage but now he hits every note with much more control.
My sister smokes him th-cam.com/video/ZevaygLh_bM/w-d-xo.html
@@CharlesLouisRosario🙄🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤡🤷♂️
he appears in Blind Date (1987) movie and Bruce Willies say that Stanley is a genius and he is still is))
How to play piano on the guitar! Fantastic!
Saw his hendrix tour in 2022 and it was sublime, no tapping but absolutely sublime.
I loved him since he released Eleanor Rigby in the 80's
Really Beautiful.
I've been a fan since Magic Touch came out. Saw him at King's Place in London a few years sgo and was not disappointed. A unique talent.
Incredible player! I think it was in the ‘80s-he was the opener for, hmm, Kenny G (I think!). I had never heard of him, then he amazed the audience-been a fan ever since. Great to see his incredible skills still at such a tremendous level! God bless you, SJ!
Amazing player
Met Him at a concert in Birmingham once, back stage. He's a cool dude.
Wow, I haven't seen or heard him since the 80's- Thanx for helping me remember!
Holly cow 😮 how??? This is amazing 🤯
This guy is in All Style at home even classic No one can copy him
Amazing feeling.
I apologize Mr Jordan and your hard core fans.
I have never heard of you.
I thank u tube and your fans for pushing your music.
Thank you all and Mr Jordan excellent.
Happy Christmas.
Thank you
I liked the part where he gave the bass player a solo.
Very good very funny! You always gotta get the Bass Player solo. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.
SJ always leaves me in awe with his skill level. I think each finger has a brain of its own to do as they please and he's just listening to them do their thing in the play ground. Fan for Life!
I cannot comprehend why this genius is not more commercially successful.
Hes been a Master of Masters for years.
Impossible. I love how he ended on that flat 2nd. Only Stanley could make that work.
I wonder if Jeff Healey ever jammed with SJ. This is so cool to hear his style playing blues.
A genius among us!
Love this; my ears are very happy!!
I remember seeing him on tv, so long ago, I can still remember it, made quite an impression on me
I did'nt know he's still playing. Last time I'v seen him 40 years ago at tv.
The Master at work........ thank you Stanley!!!!!
I can't even hold a fork properly, never mind doing what this virtuoso is doing flawlessly
Out of this world!! ...and tuned in 4ths 😱
I didn’t recognize him visually…but definitely recognized his one-of-a-kind sound and technique. Truly gene-ee-us!!
Dude is like an angel!
Stanley don't let them bleach your skin your curly is natural and god given get rid of weave you don't need it you are gifted. You don't need anything else
Look at the size of his hands. He was born to be a master guitarist.
A true talent. I wish I had it.
My talent is recognizing I don’t have any… wait that’s gonna my head blow up
😍😍😍😍😍
🙏🏽❤️👍🏽
Regards from Spain, what a legend !!
What a superb musician and human.
I remember Stanley Clark playing a whole set like this '74',75
Blue Monk! That’s wild
I like the tapping bit
30 years now I been listening to Stanley. The problem is that there is no equal. Nothing like this has ever been done before. So it's a hard sell. Incomparable
I wouldn't say nothing. Check out Charlie Hunter. He gets a better low end + more groove because of his guitar setup (separate channel for bass and guitar).
Actually, Emmitt Chapman invented the Stick, which is a 10 or 12 stringed instrument designed specifically for two handed tapping that was developed in the early 70's before Stanley decided to do his two handed tapping technique on a 6 string guitar.
Scotty Mishoe!
Oh my this is wonderful so different Really Love it thank you
Ottimo taping, ed accordi. Sembrate in 2 musicisti. Ho alcuni tuoi cd. Una perfezione assoluta. Merry Christmas. Modesto🎉❤😊
Just Awesome.
Yes Sir Great Stanley Jordon
Beautiful!
First time I seen him was on Johnny Carson doing Stairway to Heaven
Crazy good
現代には、もっと多弁で、雄弁なギタリストが山ほどいるかもしれないけれど、結局スイングできるか否かだけが問題
この人の演奏は観る芸としてももちろん最高クラスのエンターテイメントだけれど、聴くだけでも踊れるくらいに楽しい
一人だけでやっているとか、そういうこともすごいのだけど、とにかくポジティブなエネルギーに溢れた空間をクリエイトできることが時代も場所も超越するアート。同じ時代にいられただけでも運が良かったとさえ思える
Sick!
Maestro!
Fenomenale!!
I bought Magic Touch way back when (on cassette)
Magic
Magnificent
Truly Beautiful inside out
OMG 😳
magnifique
Bem enjoativo
I saw Stanley Jordan at Saratoga performing arts center (SPAC)
He was part of the Jazz Festival, and he took a break and said his hands hurt, and he spoke a little bit.
Stanley Jordan seemed shy and introverted in a very Extroverted way, back in the late 80s.
F E N O M E N A L E E E E!!!
this in one word "HANDS"
To us it's like a high wire act on the moon. To him it's a Tuesday.
Shouldn’t the description say Stanley plays All Blues! Loved Stanley since he was in the film with Bruce Willis
❤
Cte dinguerie.
I dont know how he does this. Its crazy.
It's called practice like a mother f*****!
Very distinctive right hand technique way up on the neck.
😮I seen him with Chet Adkins several years ago,he gets better and better with time 🙌🏼🎸
Jazz savant!!!!
とてもいい演奏です。
Check out his appearance in the Bruce Willis movie blind date
That's a sick M F er.....@!!!!!!!
I think he has more fingers than I do.