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  • @ianson3
    @ianson3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    Freakishly talented. Came here from David Hamburger's Fretboard Confidential, and until this day I had never heard of Slim Gaillard.

    • @Michael_Malice_Music
      @Michael_Malice_Music 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      samething for me

    • @olben58
      @olben58 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too

    • @mdyerlrb
      @mdyerlrb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too.

    • @vze2gsgr
      @vze2gsgr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same.

    • @tamjammy4461
      @tamjammy4461 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yip. I had heard his name before but that's it. Truly fantastic!!!

  • @billwillock7245
    @billwillock7245 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    Hands like gigantic spiders. Huge spiders that are badass piano players! Is there anything he couldn’t do??

  • @robertward9780
    @robertward9780 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Pure talent gone forever. I wish we had nowadays musicians with that Pure talent.

    • @turienlammers1739
      @turienlammers1739 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Youre living in the Past man, listen to Corey Henry with Snarky Puppie !

    • @machinecode1388
      @machinecode1388 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      There still some talent around, but thanks to the digital age, I'd have to agree in large part.

  • @cellpat7392
    @cellpat7392 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

    Wow he had big pianist's hands. And a good sense of humour. (1916 - 1991)

  • @def6849
    @def6849 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Because my dear friend Johnny G said "You gotta hear this guy!", I had the great pleasure of seeing, hearing, and experiencing Slim live here in Toronto, must be 30 years ago and more, at a little jazz club called Top of the Senator. What a privilege ♥

  • @jimbrown1559
    @jimbrown1559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Great talent, both musically and as an entertainer. Slim had a long partnership with the legendary jazz bassist Slam Stewart.

  • @nemesisguy
    @nemesisguy หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Met Slim at a gig in Truro Cornwall UK. He indented an autograph in a small gold foil ashtray as we didn't have any paper. A treasured memento of a treasure of a man

  • @schoop
    @schoop 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    A master at work and the largest hands in captivity.

  • @Adriatico90
    @Adriatico90 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    That’s what you call a artist. A real ARTIST.

  • @aaronservice86
    @aaronservice86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    His timing is perfect

  • @jerryjohns7358
    @jerryjohns7358 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Big hands. Huge talent.

  • @unclvinny
    @unclvinny 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

    I’m pretty old and I’ve seen a lot in the piano world, but never have I seen anyone play piano with their hands upside down.

    • @benascg-ll7sq
      @benascg-ll7sq 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      That's something Nasa teaches just in case the piano turns upside down while travelling to Mars

    • @carmendemetrio7685
      @carmendemetrio7685 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@benascg-ll7sq
      😆
      Buena❗️

    • @gkiahu6589
      @gkiahu6589 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😂​@@benascg-ll7sq

  • @marcialdelgadofernandez2389
    @marcialdelgadofernandez2389 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Thanks to Jack Kerouac and On the road I have discovered such an artist!

    • @msorg16
      @msorg16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Dig him man! He knows TIME!

    • @cs0oti
      @cs0oti 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      MeeToo!!

    • @norasautter3265
      @norasautter3265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      do u know, if he´s from greek

    • @marcialdelgadofernandez2389
      @marcialdelgadofernandez2389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was born in Detroit.

    • @BlantonDelbert
      @BlantonDelbert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can't find the "Lampshade" Jazz musician that Kerouac mentions on page 177 of OTR.

  • @P1No1R
    @P1No1R หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    that lady's and gentlemen and everybody in between and around, THAT is entertainment: watching, smiling, beeing amazed ... they don't make that today anymore

  • @rajsuss
    @rajsuss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    To Neal Cassady, Slim Gaillard was "God."
    "God! Yes! Slim knows time, he knows time."
    Jack Kerouac's description in his classic, culture-altering 'On The Road' of his and Cassady's visit to a San Francisco nightclub where Slim was playing (in reality occurred in NYC) made an impression on me when I read the book for the first time, during my first term of college, in October of 1976, having "borrowed" my copy from the packed office shelf of a debonair 40-ish English professor who was schtupping some of the girls in class (my freshman logic was that if he was stealing potential girlfriends I'd steal his 'On The Road').
    Five years later, in October of 1981, I hitchhiked from Portland, Oregon to Olympia, Washington to visit a friend for the weekend.
    After settling in and relaxing for a while at my friend's little house, I noticed a copy of the previous night's newspaper and upon browsing through it discovered that Slim Gaillard was going to be playing that very night at The Rainbow Tavern, downtown.
    Oh, my God! Slim was playing that night downtown!
    The friend I was visiting also was a fan of 'On The Road,' Kerouac in general, Neal Cassady, The Merry Pranksters, The Grateful Dead, and related culture.
    Upon arriving at the humble tavern downtown, we found an open table close to the stage where Slim would be performing, and as it worked out, Slim was very pleased to join us for each of his breaks between sets.
    I bought him glasses of bourbon-orooni aplenty-avuati throughout the evening, and a very good time was had by all, to say the least.
    Slim was 70 at the time, living with his daughter in nearby Seattle.
    www.litkicks.com/Texts/RoadJazz.html

    • @yakovhadash
      @yakovhadash 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      DOPE STORY

    • @mtdavis9568
      @mtdavis9568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Daaaamn! That means I was living in Seattle at the same time & could have run into him at some time & never known it! Aughh! You are so fortunate to get to visit with him! Kudos & envy-roonies!

    • @MadeleineBettina
      @MadeleineBettina 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      what a great story!! how lucky you were.

    • @normanleach5427
      @normanleach5427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...and as if it matters how high the moooon..here's 10,000 more upticks 'n finger-clicks!

    • @violinimpulse
      @violinimpulse ปีที่แล้ว

      Amazing

  • @viewwithice4500
    @viewwithice4500 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    The most attractive thing in this world is music

  • @marcservais8314
    @marcservais8314 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    how is that possible that, as a music lover, very curious about musicians i did not know this talented chap.

    • @Pikestnt
      @Pikestnt หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Me neither and I have a particular interest in jazz pianists of this era. Still, it’s a nice surprise when you (re)discover someone as good as this

    • @renesbbwi
      @renesbbwi 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Man, I have literally just just discovered him on Facebook.

  • @fabioloffchagas8347
    @fabioloffchagas8347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    THIS IS SLIM GAILLARD, THANK YOU LORD

  • @claudelebel49
    @claudelebel49 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Pure joy !!!!

  • @stickypalmping
    @stickypalmping หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wow this man was a genius!🎉

  • @IndridCool54
    @IndridCool54 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I first saw Slim on the television show Night Music on NBC in the late eighties. He was pretty advanced in age and I didn’t realize what a great musician he actually was. Thanks for posting this. 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @TonyHislop
    @TonyHislop หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A real entertainer🎉

  • @vincemacek681
    @vincemacek681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I only found out about Slim Gaillard seeing him in a retro-themed movie from the 80s "Absolute Beginners". It's always great to have a few decades worth of work to catch up on - guy knows how to put on a show!

  • @DawnMcGhee_Official
    @DawnMcGhee_Official 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Jan's extremely talented father... and Nona's grandfather... talent runs blood deep...

  • @j.gairns
    @j.gairns หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I saw Slim at the Ottawa Jazz Festival many, many moons ago. Amazing!!

  • @MARKMANIATT
    @MARKMANIATT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    There was a gent with frightening amounts talent.Saw him in the 80’s. What a privilege!

  • @PIANOBYMAURICE
    @PIANOBYMAURICE 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I just happen to find this, very impressive, a great, unique entertainer. First time I've heard of him, will never forget him.

  • @misterfrugellhound
    @misterfrugellhound 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Very mellow & vout. Slim&slam...legends...

  • @TaboraMusic
    @TaboraMusic 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That man's hands were made for the piano! What a blessing to hear him play.

  • @e.b.4872
    @e.b.4872 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This man a genius and a virtuoso...

  • @auroratejerina8856
    @auroratejerina8856 11 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This was on the Steve Allen Show, which was in the mid-60's. You catch a glimpse of Steve just at the beginning.

  • @marciamagnanii3326
    @marciamagnanii3326 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Fantástico, genial, maravilhoso, ficaria ouvindo horas seguidas. 👏🏼☺️

  • @asteverino8569
    @asteverino8569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This man hears and knows musical sound!
    And dose hands 🙌🏼 😘

  • @elizabethsnyder_baldonado39
    @elizabethsnyder_baldonado39 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Another great example of Mr. Gaillard's fabulous talents!!!😀

  • @gabrielmondragon1294
    @gabrielmondragon1294 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    what an absolute genius

  • @ignorecorporatenews
    @ignorecorporatenews 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Musical and Comedic Genius

  • @Robert-ts2ef
    @Robert-ts2ef หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Fantastic talent.

  • @donmilland7606
    @donmilland7606 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Good Lord! I read about him once. Had no idea!

  • @Dggb2345
    @Dggb2345 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    OMG. True Birth of The Cool. Swinging insane

  • @WandaSueOQuinn
    @WandaSueOQuinn 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Good times and Happy times! Thank you! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025.❤😂SUZE'Q

  • @CovertKeller
    @CovertKeller 11 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Just discovered this guy, great fun, huge hands !

  • @thomasmartinscott
    @thomasmartinscott 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a consumate entertainer! I could watch him all day!

  • @bluenational
    @bluenational หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He reminds me of when I'm drunk playing my instruments ... excellent groove 🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @aclifford652
    @aclifford652 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Huge unwieldy talent, obviously, which must have resisted any packaging.
    In the late eighties I watched on TV a recording of Memphis Slim at Ronnie Scott's. Slim Gaillard was in the audience and Memphis Slim persuaded him to come up on stage. They did a duo boogie number.
    Went looking for Slim Gaillard LPs or CDs everywhere afterwards, but here in Melbourne Australia, there was next to nothing to be found.

  • @ohgeezus
    @ohgeezus ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great to see Real Talent....

  • @boomerguy9935
    @boomerguy9935 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is there anything he couldn't play? He was wonderful! 😊

  • @BestFitSquareChannel
    @BestFitSquareChannel 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you. Brilliant talent. 🤸🏾‍♂️🎶🌞

  • @skykingimagery899
    @skykingimagery899 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sensational. Wow, look at those digits.

  • @sreekumarkakkad
    @sreekumarkakkad 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    0.30 He invokes Music and it flows !! ❤

  • @Елена-ъ6ь4й
    @Елена-ъ6ь4й 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Потрясающий!!! Просто, очуменный!!!

  • @richardelliott8352
    @richardelliott8352 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    had to type something to trigger the payment algorithms to support this wonderful video. I can't add to that talent with my words.

  • @HopeIanHope
    @HopeIanHope หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I certainly didn't know he played piano so well.

  • @okartwork6176
    @okartwork6176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The King of swing, thx for sharing 👍

  • @jbuk4369
    @jbuk4369 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This was what the term 'hipster' originally meant. Slim was hip as were all the old jazzers. Jazz doesn't swing like this anymore. The way Slim and the band laid down the groove makes your feet tap and want to dance. Listen to the crowd clapping along in pure joy. Ever since jazz took on 'chamber music' pretensions, with musicians vying to be as arcane and unmelodic as possible, with no care at all for their audience, this no longer happens.

  • @nelsonpenaranda2745
    @nelsonpenaranda2745 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Genio inspirador para todos los que amamos la música ❤

  • @jenniebaker7180
    @jenniebaker7180 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is just terrific. Never heard anything to Touch it

  • @mariuszpuchloski1663
    @mariuszpuchloski1663 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Super Slim!

  • @pfkmsandiego
    @pfkmsandiego 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    dude is incredible.

  • @shangrila73eldorado
    @shangrila73eldorado ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I heard the Beats liked him a lot

  • @dominiccrocker2155
    @dominiccrocker2155 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I've loved Slim Gaillard for a long time and far be it for me to suggest he could add anthing to his routine (and his talents extend so far beyond those displayed in this video) he should have put minIature passports at the 3rd and 5th frets of his guitar. He plays so good that the first through third frets cover Spanish Flamenco technique, third through fifth cover the subtle rhythms of Cuban guitar (my personal favourite). I'm saying his fretboard mastery could qualify as international travel, ok?Once upon a time in the past that would be a pretty neat brag.

  • @EnricoMarasea
    @EnricoMarasea 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Meraviglioso

  • @dennispreszler3528
    @dennispreszler3528 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow! Awesome! Just read about this guy in a Kerouac novel.

  • @billifair
    @billifair หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He spent some time in UK in his later years--He had lots & lots of children.

  • @songsongsy
    @songsongsy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    왠지 디즈니 같은 느낌 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 즐거우면서도 놀랍습니다!!! 물론 아름답기도 하고요✨

  • @robinmacquarrie4625
    @robinmacquarrie4625 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    what a showman..

  • @JimmyBlues99
    @JimmyBlues99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is one talented & funny guy !

  • @megeek727
    @megeek727 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Before my time but, his talent transcends time. I Googled part of his bio and this guy is obviously of genius intelligence. He can learn anything instantly including multiple languages. I would love to have known him.

  • @superjules
    @superjules 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Those Hands!!

  • @gessimargomes7274
    @gessimargomes7274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nossa, esse cara tocava demais. Nunca vi alguém tocar piano com as palmas das mãos para cima. É fantástico ! Adorei.

  • @jlucguitar
    @jlucguitar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Un artiste doté d'une musicalité .........j'aime

  • @AndersTornqvistsvedbergh
    @AndersTornqvistsvedbergh หลายเดือนก่อน

    Saw him at Pori festival (Finland) -85. He was sort of MC and started a sing along rain go away song and it worked!

  • @ghairraigh
    @ghairraigh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Slim Gaillard was more than a triple threat.

  • @ralphups7782
    @ralphups7782 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I know Slim Gaillard, from his song "Flat Foot Flugie" I bet that I spelt it wrong but I sure do love that song. Looking back at it now I am guessing pop hung out with cats like Nat king cole , you can hear it in his music he tips his hat on some songs.

  • @jerryday9838
    @jerryday9838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a talented man.,May GOD bless him

    • @jsmall10671
      @jsmall10671 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Too late

  • @davidval7188
    @davidval7188 หลายเดือนก่อน

    so much talent out there O have never even heard of

  • @richtraube2241
    @richtraube2241 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    ¡Olé! 😊

  • @rehobothwell
    @rehobothwell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gifted Man.

  • @BeCrazy_
    @BeCrazy_ หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What playfulness throughtout 1:52!

  • @sherrykephart5913
    @sherrykephart5913 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for posting this I bought his 78 record CAVORTS today wow

  • @danielemalinconico2819
    @danielemalinconico2819 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Genio musicale

  • @ergbudster3333
    @ergbudster3333 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A genius.

  • @jeanfarre1874
    @jeanfarre1874 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Très fort je ne sais pas combien il mesure il doit être très grand en plus avec c’est grand main bravo

  • @arybrandaopereirafilho979
    @arybrandaopereirafilho979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    SENSACIONAL, agradeço ao Jo as citações sobre ele em sua biografia, que recomendo, com ênfase.

  • @matrox
    @matrox ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I understand he plays horn and vibraphone too. And speaks 5 languages.

  • @Alffovinni
    @Alffovinni 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing feel!

  • @elquebi
    @elquebi 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Slim comes out after the intro and say, "Thank you. I'd like to play my second number here. It's a special arrangement. I'm gonna arrange it now"

  • @danielstoddart
    @danielstoddart วันที่ผ่านมา

    Oh wow, Slim Gaillard! He knows time! And I know most of the bits of songs he performs here, but what is that last one he plays on guitar? "Round and round???" What is the name of that?

  • @kayc6770
    @kayc6770 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    😂😂😂bro
    ...Oscar Peterson I know, and here is Gaillard😅.. beautiful 😊

  • @panizshakeri
    @panizshakeri หลายเดือนก่อน

    Legendary 🌅

  • @anamusicaycine
    @anamusicaycine 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful!

  • @ПрофспілкаПасічниківУкраїни

    Виртуоз мастер.

  • @stephanleo
    @stephanleo 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Those are some big ass hands!

  • @ignorecorporatenews
    @ignorecorporatenews ปีที่แล้ว

    The great Slim G. presented by the great Stece Allen

  • @ralphups7782
    @ralphups7782 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just listening to the great man speak, I thought I could hear some Portuguese or Brazilian in his voice.

  • @CandiceJoergan
    @CandiceJoergan หลายเดือนก่อน

    AMAZING!!!!!!

  • @leonardodalongisland
    @leonardodalongisland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Little known fact, Slim was Marvin Gaye's father-in-law-and my ex-girlfriend-Jan Gaye 's-father

  • @FY1234
    @FY1234 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🎶上手い!凄く上手い。🎶本物だ。

  • @markeddeckmusic7202
    @markeddeckmusic7202 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hero !

  • @JoaoSantos-bp5rm
    @JoaoSantos-bp5rm หลายเดือนก่อน

    does anyone know the name of the songs?

  • @j.lietka9406
    @j.lietka9406 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When was this recorded? Thank you! 👍👏👏