George Benson was playing guitar as sophisticated and mature for a 20 year old was just amazing!
@dixjam225811 ай бұрын
I know it is apples and oranges, but this is freakin' 1964, and while everybody was in awe about George Harrison's solo on Till there was you (which I love), Benson was doing perfect chicken noises out of his guitar, in tune and in the pocket. A completely different skill class.
@Daddytang677 жыл бұрын
the 11 people that gave this a thumb down were smoking crack laced with ex-lax and were unable to feel the soul power. pure joy!
@thomasforsythe46706 жыл бұрын
Daddytang67 You know you right!!!????
@thomasforsythe46706 жыл бұрын
Disregard the ?
@johnbishop53166 жыл бұрын
Don't become the down thumb policeman on here. Just ignore them. Thumb Downs syndrome.
@rafrodr5 жыл бұрын
Thumble
@direstraights5 жыл бұрын
Not everyone understands Sycopation 🎶👍🎶🎶. 🎶🎶
@johnnyloungejazz54775 жыл бұрын
Red Holloway is a underrated Master. You dead if you don’t like this.
@mikeheaton84242 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing !
@daldieduckweather53202 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@GeorgiaBoy19613 жыл бұрын
Good lord, Jack McDuff is about to melt that keyboard! No fooling around, or warm-up - he and the guys come busting out of the gate with a burner. It's just so impressive watching how he holds down the bass with his left hand and plays the changes and lines with his right. That's real talent right there! And how unusual to see George Benson playing a solid-body Les Paul! Don't see that every day. The underrated Red Holloway and Joe Dukes in great form, too.
@lc40023 жыл бұрын
You're right. Most musicians have warm their chops up with a few easy numbers before they can even think about that breakneck speed.
@GeorgiaBoy19613 жыл бұрын
@@lc4002 - "Most" being the key word. You've really got your game together when you can blast off like that from the jump. Of course, we can tell ourselves he warmed up behind stage, right? ; ) Jazz is one of the most-Darwinian musical environments on earth. If you don't have your act together folks are going to find out right quick, because there's no place to hide. You haven't lived until you've heard the bandleader or head of the jam call a fast tune which cycles through all twelve keys in the cycle of fifths/fourths. Ask me how I know! (got the scars to prove it). Anyway, easy to see how young GB was forced to get his chops together.... Brother Jack was leaning on him pretty hard every night.
@lc40023 жыл бұрын
George was scaling the hell out that Les Paul.
@PeterRiesinCO Жыл бұрын
I definitely need more Jack McDuff in my life.
@alanblakeguitarist6 жыл бұрын
I used to play with Jack. Dude was super soulful.
@37BopCity7 жыл бұрын
Amazing! This gets my vote for one of the greatest music videos on KZfaq. Jack McDuff's left hand is incredible. Never heard George's chicken clucking lick before, wonderful. All these guys are virtuosos.
@joeyfloress11316 жыл бұрын
37BopCity 2017 it kills me how his left and right side of the brain are synced together- I don't know how he does those sick bass lines while soloingb
@Johngonefishin Жыл бұрын
And George is playing the ultimate rock/blues setup....a Sunburst Les Paul Standard thru a tweed Fender Bassman.
@ronanzann48515 ай бұрын
He had some kind of 3 lobed brain !!!!!!!!!
@brianbrock84683 жыл бұрын
George Benson playing an original 1959 Sunburst Les Paul Standard!
@dalegregg27003 жыл бұрын
I cannot imagine doing improv melody like that on one hand, and walking bass in the other. ALL amazing musicians, of course.
@jaaklucas13293 ай бұрын
People think of George Benson the pop jazz star, this guy is a monster player!
@bustabass9025 Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest B3 wizards to ever walk a left-handed bass line. There were many, but few capable of coaxing the most mesmerizing sounds from this legendary instrument. Here was the original. Rest in peace my brother.
@williamlowe77187 ай бұрын
Only one other can stand in that circle...the late great Joey Defrancesco.
@patbrennan65722 ай бұрын
I don't know how the floor could have held all that talent.
@blueribb99 Жыл бұрын
My dad introduced me to the music of Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Richard Groove Holmes and others back in the late 1960's, early 70's. I'm 72 now and still enjoying this type of music. With the recent passing of Joey DeFrancesco, the number of artists playing the Hammond B-3 organ is shrinking.
@ChromaticHarp Жыл бұрын
True and jack Mcduff also moved on to the next zone….
@luckywethy3 ай бұрын
Actually, the B3 is currently having a renaissance. Almost every jazz pianist in San Francisco is playing organ these days, including me!
@jazzbuff6302 ай бұрын
I've grown up, in Harlem, hearing his genre since I was a kid. 64 now, and never tire of this music.
@YaoEspiritoАй бұрын
Sir, make sure you see some Cory Henry, a natural young heir to those B3 greats.
@perrywelsh4364 жыл бұрын
There are no words to describe this except MAGIC !!!!!!
@raycampos75974 жыл бұрын
That's crazy how Jack is playing the Bass with his left hand at that tempo, without missing a beat! Wow!
@haloskater244 жыл бұрын
They make musicians like this anymore
@haloskater244 жыл бұрын
Don’t *
@stonelenny4 жыл бұрын
@@haloskater24 Of course "they make". It´s called organist. Both popular and classical king of musician play bass with left hand and feet. Just search Organ Trio.
@baguette3000-V24 жыл бұрын
yeah what a swing dude!
@haloskater244 жыл бұрын
stonelenny see my comment below the first one , I meant “they don’t make musicians like this anymore”.
@jokeyman2943 Жыл бұрын
This is what I grew up listening too! Was depressed, surrounded by my instruments here out in the woods. Looked up Brother jack Mcduff, feeling much better now. I played in a trio back in the 60s in Newark, a few clubs with Richie McCrea-another phenominal B-3 player (I was on drums) in the same neighborhood as big Joe Williams and George Benson, I met big Joe the sweetest nicest gentleman even though I was a skinny little white boy he shook my hand and smiled, never forgot that. I missed meeting George Benson who lived down the street. What an experience being in that circuit for at least a month or so. I had no union card (I was only 18, just got a car to drive my drums around in) and i couldn't play those clubs anymore until I got one-I was carded in a club. Pissed those guys off no end! These guys-had the fire. Anybody can play nowadays-but few I've seen have that fire anymore. You had to, or you wouldn't work. I had to play my b***s off to earn my keep as a little white boy in all those black clubs, look at my competition back then, this drummer is on fire too. God I miss it!
@janbateman9 жыл бұрын
This is genius on every level. Humor being one of them. Genius playing.
@RJ-go3sn5 ай бұрын
Revisiting these greats here in 2024! Jack, Red, George, and Joe were (are) exquisite talents, and should be in some Hall of Fame somewhere! Each a phenom on his own, and together, perfection! Thank you, guys.
@davidbloom29409 жыл бұрын
Joe played in my band in the 70's. Jack McDuff fired and I hired him the next day. He was a gentle guy with explosive chops. We recorded at Phil Upchurch's studio in 1977.
@davidphilipsmusic8 жыл бұрын
+David Bloom Cool story. Is that record around to hear?
@davidbloom29408 жыл бұрын
Never released. Maybe sometime. Thanks for your interest David
@GuitarZen838 жыл бұрын
I too would love to hear it.
@numbernine22076 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to meet Red, Phil Unchurch & Chuck Rainey in L.A. when they did a small tour with my cousin Robert Walter for his 'There Goes the Neighborhood' release. He was able to get his dream session personnel that also included Harvey Mason.
@craigbrowning94486 жыл бұрын
Why did Jack fire him?
@tylerbrandon4605 жыл бұрын
Now this is some sweet romance to the ears. Scaling to the heavens, triplets, ghost notes, quarter time, halftime, 32nd note shuffles. Musical genius.
@barrydee5874 жыл бұрын
56 years ago and it's still fresh!!!
@alphonsepetitboudu65523 жыл бұрын
Festival international de Jazz d'Antibes Juan les Pins, France, 1964. Concert présenté par André Francis, la voix du Jazz en France pendant plus de 60 ans.
@paulya12696 жыл бұрын
That bass line played with his left hand...amazing!
@OutrageExtreme9 жыл бұрын
SMOKIN! George Benson in his youth was already a bad ass player in 1964. No wonder. All these cats here are simply audaciously talented.
@stevecomins78375 жыл бұрын
Wow wow wow. George Benson fired up at 21. Thanks to the French audience and crew. Brother is always real great. I love the French, when I was in Paris at the Lourve underground stop - a beautiful flutist was receiving attention and donation, then when on the outskirts of the city, a man was was playing a toy synth with beat and one finger and seemed to get a similar crowd reaction. They love the arts.
@kingcake545 жыл бұрын
One of the best organ quartets at their peak!
@sisterg7333 жыл бұрын
This is totally awesome! A real unique band sound and attitude! amazing players all of them
@1955drv5 жыл бұрын
Great respect to this amazing Quartet 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@bluv65 жыл бұрын
This is superlative on every level, with all 4 great players in top form and the whole band so tight. But beginning it at about 5:12, oh my goodness Brother Jack just hammers the hell out of it.
@Toddkray2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!! Into orbit. What a wonderful clip. Thanks for posting!
@richievasquez134 жыл бұрын
Amazing!! What a band, what an arrangement, and Bro.Jack's "conk" is off the charts!!!! Just a killer video!!!
@lc40023 жыл бұрын
That's what I call real, real playing. Almost 60 years ago and they'll shame lots of noisemakers of Today.
@rboaxx90652 жыл бұрын
as lord mccartney, for instance...
@Fari-1002 жыл бұрын
Amen to that!
@jaycee308652 жыл бұрын
But you have to admit that Cardi B and Nicki Minaj are excellent musicians.
@genewilliams6172 жыл бұрын
Well said!!!
@michalslepcik19312 жыл бұрын
Point well☝️taken !
@pumpdumpster2 жыл бұрын
Incredibly well played, wow! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@Fitzliputzli236 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a sparkling energy! Wish there was a band like this today.
@farshimelt3 жыл бұрын
Drum solos that make musical sense. Will wonders never cease?
@Alanoffer5 жыл бұрын
Best eight minutes on you tube and listen to George benson give a comping lesson
@mayormc5 жыл бұрын
This is incredible.
@albertsystem3 жыл бұрын
What a left hand, Jack, out of this world!
@oldmannewman6 жыл бұрын
Have Mercy! The talent on that stage!!!
@SuperBillybob532 жыл бұрын
That is the shit right there. Tearing it up. Benson on Les Paul. A very young Benson. Red Holloway on sax a great player.
@aimeeauairterre____65063 ай бұрын
Oui! là c'est de la musique de musique... magique
@dexxxhunt7 жыл бұрын
Damn these cats are cookin.Love the fun they're having as well!
@peterlloyd52855 жыл бұрын
George...wonderful articulation and phrasing.
@TroubadourJuggernaut8 жыл бұрын
another whole level of musicianship ......
@darkplanetmoon4 жыл бұрын
Never knew George Benson was at this level on guitar. Green/Montgomery level. Rocking song all around. Thanks for posting.
@jipes3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this fabulous performance, the sound quality is purely stunning. I thinks it's the Festival Jazz à Antibes
@a9323hj5 жыл бұрын
Excellent performance.
@HealthyHappyFitFashion6 жыл бұрын
Thanks to the Jazz promoters in Seattle, for bringing this Jazz legend to town, Brother Jack McDuff performed along with his daughter in downtown Seattle it was a real treat.
@williamlowe77187 ай бұрын
One of the best live performances on KZfaq....ever...
@neiles3353 жыл бұрын
these guys really rock... love the organ
@billyd53836 жыл бұрын
Great personal recounts of such fine musicians. Thanks for sharing. This has to be one of the greatest live performances I’ve ever seen!
@paulgibby69322 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. The clucking (George) and the laughing (Red). They were having fun.
@giosanta20002 жыл бұрын
Disconcerting, absolute, incredible modernity.
@DeliquescentinsightАй бұрын
Timeless talent, these guys all played cooperatively as well which is a miracle
@brotherloveakarhythmicsola29433 жыл бұрын
This shows that there is very few true musicians today,Because we let ourselves be. Bamboozled!
@rhythmfield2 жыл бұрын
The great Joe Dukes on drums - strong swinging player - not remembered or widely known by subsequent generations I think.
@webstercat Жыл бұрын
Heard of but didn't know this was him. Monster for sure...
@pcm73155 жыл бұрын
I purchased an album called "Soul Shack" back in 1964, or thereabouts, to listen to Sonny Stitt. Anyway, there was a organist named Jack Mcduff that caught my attention. His rendition of "Love Nest" is still one of my favorites. Still have album, but no phonograph.
@direstraights5 жыл бұрын
Here ya go Love Nest kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptZ1dbt4zdq2nok.html
@direstraights5 жыл бұрын
I imagine one can search KZfaq for any and all recordings for the most part.
@chakatania3 ай бұрын
When Jack is jammin' the organ is jumpin' -- literally & musically!
@TimRiehle Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this! Jack McDuff is amazing, and it's so great to see some early George Benson (and playing a burst, no less!)
@willcaviness6 жыл бұрын
Damn, that groove is rock solid...mcduff really slapped out those basslines!! love red holloway what a sound. dukes is swinging and geo benson obv killing
@vcp934 жыл бұрын
OMG! That is just smokin' I didn't know that George Benson played with Jack McDuff. What an incredible video. Thank you so much for sharing. Cheers!
@FromtheSoultotheFretboard3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload!! Dig that Les Paul in George's hand. I can only imagine the history that guitar has seen!! The band is really vibin, thanks again!!
@reneematte84263 жыл бұрын
Merci Bob Hardy via Brother McDuff Quartet 🎹 🎸🎹🎹🌺🎧🎼🎼💙
@garys89908 жыл бұрын
Great organist and Love that Hammond Organ!! Great Tenor Sax player. the two greatist sounds Tenor Sax and Hammond Organ together! Thanks for posting.
@lesbrown3316 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to 63d & Cottage Grove..digging this group LIVE...
@1curbfeeler9 жыл бұрын
RIP JACK, GLAD TO HAVE MET AND PERFORMED WITH YOU!
@olusesanfesobi52192 күн бұрын
I spotted a young Harvey Mason at the drums; he and Georgy really came a long way. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@ustwoalberts5 жыл бұрын
wonderful drummer -great to play with, i imagine - so decisive - you'd always know exactly where you were !
@petercallaway33765 жыл бұрын
The drums were mic'd and recorded so well...it's amazing!
@farshimelt3 жыл бұрын
you're always supposed to know where you are. The drummer isn't a crutch.
@geoffm.68422 жыл бұрын
Who are the players? Sonny Payne on drums??
@gruuvdr22 жыл бұрын
Amazing and exactly what jazz really is all about!!
@bobgure8 жыл бұрын
A Nobel Prize for Posting! Thanks!
@SonyasAnnoyingAssVoice2 жыл бұрын
George Benson brought me here. Well, reading Benson's autobiography and my obsession with his music compelled me.
@soulnik5 жыл бұрын
Brother Jack and the cats burning rubber throughout!
@Sured709 жыл бұрын
What a sound, wow! These cats are seriously on fire!
@Davebold-Guitarist7 жыл бұрын
Wonderful stuff! Love GB's 'Chicken Reel' quote at the start of his (4th?) solo.
@nissebjorn99169 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a band, playful and wonderful !
@waynespeirs10245 жыл бұрын
Brother Jack can really cook!!
@bobaldo23393 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@madjazzmike5 жыл бұрын
Hi ‘ to All’ - 1 of the finest sessions you’ll ever see - such Talent ! - cheers to All .
@corysea30705 жыл бұрын
Fantastic performance!
@kingquadroon9 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, Granddady Red.
@brucenicholls8544 жыл бұрын
Great group! Everybody is on.George Benson is in a "Cookbook"mode.👍👍👍👍👍
@bardicpearl4 жыл бұрын
This is such a fantastic video. I wish I had been there!
@tuxguys6 жыл бұрын
(How do YOU spell "ferocious?") Break-neck Blues, played by a classic Jazz Organ Quartet (tenor, guitar, Hammond, and drums), in this case, the one that put George Benson on the map. (The beginning of Benson's future success as a Pop Star is eleven years in the future from this performance; coincidentally, Holloway is eight years away from joining John Mayall's "Jazz/Blues Fusion" band.) Three interesting features here: Formally, each soloist comes in on the last four bars of the previous soloist's chorus (I've never heard that before); The Jazz counterpoint between the four of them, which begins at 6:37, is stunning; I'd always assumed, when listening to Brother Jack's records, that the bass parts were his feet, kicking pedals... I am absolutely blown away to see that the bass parts are in fact played by his left hand. And, most miraculous of all: These four guys are having the best time, being this good, in front of an audience.
@amazing500002 ай бұрын
As a person who was born in the mid 1970's and grew up in the 1980's & 1990's, I'm having a hard time believing that George Benson had been on the scene since the 1960's Motown Era & Stax (Otis Redding), The British Acts, James Brown. even Sam Cooke was still alive around this time, because when I think of him I think of his hit records that I grew up on in the 1980's like "Give Me The Night" & "Turn Your Love Around", but this is historically accurate. Nice piece of history here.
@zivkovicable4 жыл бұрын
I love how Jazz musicians presented themselves back then. Looking & sounding sharp. Modern players should respect tailoring more.
@johnpandolfino8663 Жыл бұрын
Some band....thanks for posting 🤞👍👏🎶🤓🦫🇺🇸😎💰👌🔥🤙💪
@trobson99522 жыл бұрын
Incredible. Imagine being able to breathe like Red. Thanks for video.
@erikbaran71975 жыл бұрын
Got to see Capt. Jack McDuff, as he was known in the 90s, a few times at a little dive blues joint in Minneapolis called Blues Alley. The house band was Jimi "Prime Time" Smith, and he and Big Walter Smith would sometimes come down and sit in. Big Walter was a regular at the Uptown Famous Dave's rib joint. I was just turning on to the Blues back then, and little did I know who I was seeing.
@johnnieguitar57246 жыл бұрын
Amazing footwork on the organ bass pedals! As a guitarist that always amazes me--- three body parts playing musical notes altogether. Whew!
@johnnieguitar57246 жыл бұрын
Aha, that explains it. I marvel at Joey De pedaling just as fast.
@tdm19955 жыл бұрын
I can't tell from the vid if there are bass pedals here... (camera man didn't pan down to feet!!) His left leg seems to be busy, so I kinda think he IS playing pedals on this... plus the amt of bass we hear seems a bit much to just be lower manual keys... .
@farshimelt3 жыл бұрын
@@tdm1995 It was all left hand.
@musicofanatic2 жыл бұрын
@@farshimelt Correct
@GeorgiaBoy19612 жыл бұрын
Yeah, how about it! Drummers and organists... both get huge respect for having so much going on at once and still keeping things musical and tight.
@VoodooDewey69 Жыл бұрын
I was ten years old and just started trumpet lessons .I was totally clueless in those days
@bigeman254 жыл бұрын
OMG, nice treasure I came across here! This music is hot, everybody did the damn thing!!
@GreyHorse0194 жыл бұрын
Incredible!!!!
@MrMinowahiro7 жыл бұрын
I have most of Prestige LPs of McDuff but this performance is outstanding! Everybody is on fire!!!
@imbees24 ай бұрын
Love this music.
@chadrips5 жыл бұрын
Jack McDuff is not only playing a piano with each of his his hands, he is playing two more with his feet, and those of you thinking he is sat on a stool may wish to take a close look, hahaha! respect to Benson goes without saying
@brotherrap17228 жыл бұрын
George Benson was getting his education playing on the jazz circuit with one of the several Hammond B-3 masters, Brother Jack McDuff, along with the excellent saxophonist Red Holloway, and drummer, Joe Dukes. Benson however, added to the life of one of McDuff's greatest live albums, "Live at the Key Club" doing Rock Candy and a Real Goodun. The circuit was tight, and you had to play your ax in those days in thos little night clubs but back in the 60s and through the mid-70s those were the good old days. The Blue Note, Mpls, The Key Club, Newark, Flukies, Chicago, OG's Kansas City, Club Baby Grand, Harlem, NYC, and so many more that memory fails to serve me. But they were the circuit, with so much soul, pretty cars, pretty women, and, and, and, so much more that time has passed on by.
@matsnilsson5657 жыл бұрын
You speak as you was part of this whole scene, really appreciate your input. KZfaq comments aren't known for this quality!
@brotherrap17227 жыл бұрын
Mats Nilsson That was my time, I was young, on the move with eyes and ears wide open.
@matsnilsson5657 жыл бұрын
Next, you tell me that you also witnessed and participated in some of the live magic that GEORGE and especially JIMMY created...right? Doesn't matter if you did or not, you my friend are one lucky soul that was born and raised in this beautiful time and place!
@brotherrap17227 жыл бұрын
This live magic you speak of was an everyday affair in the racially segregated years in the U.S. where these chaps played on the so called "Chitlin Circuit" and we were their audience cheering them on. However, as a young cat I thought they were some of the best, most liveliest days, where the music was raw, "straight-no chaser". The Europeans appreciated it that way too, but in America it had to be watered down to be accepted and the only way these artists could make some real money. I did not care for the cross over stuff, but the hungry days when the music was driving and raw and the rooms were crowded and no bigger than a closet was the most exciting days for me.
@matsnilsson5657 жыл бұрын
The "Chitlin Circuit" tell me more about it. Was it possible to witness, lets say McGriff in a random joint back then? If so, did you ever catch some of this absolute in music?
@perlilliehook19972 ай бұрын
Very good and with the lesley too
@babarayhey4 жыл бұрын
Smokin' hot! Everyone in that group!
@johnsons18124 жыл бұрын
Blues one and eight one of my favorite Brother Jack McDuff songs.
@rogermansour6085 Жыл бұрын
As a Christian I don't swear but these guys are so good I said. Holy s... Amazing, fantastic great. Forget the junk today they try to pass as music. Evangelist ROGER MANSOUR
@rikshaw223311 ай бұрын
Advanced Level, Amazing Musicians.
@brettgroh11128 жыл бұрын
Oh...Man!!! There's a little talent here. They play so freely. Thank you, for posting this Bob Hardy.