George Benson was playing guitar as sophisticated and mature for a 20 year old was just amazing!

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.

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!

Red Holloway is a underrated Master. You dead if you don’t like this.

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.

I definitely need more Jack McDuff in my life.

I used to play with Jack. Dude was super soulful.

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.

George Benson playing an original 1959 Sunburst Les Paul Standard!

I cannot imagine doing improv melody like that on one hand, and walking bass in the other. ALL amazing musicians, of course.

People think of George Benson the pop jazz star, this guy is a monster player!

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.

I don't know how the floor could have held all that talent.

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.

There are no words to describe this except MAGIC !!!!!!

That's crazy how Jack is playing the Bass with his left hand at that tempo, without missing a beat! Wow!

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!

This is genius on every level. Humor being one of them. Genius playing.

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.

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.

Now this is some sweet romance to the ears. Scaling to the heavens, triplets, ghost notes, quarter time, halftime, 32nd note shuffles. Musical genius.

56 years ago and it's still fresh!!!

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.

That bass line played with his left hand...amazing!

SMOKIN! George Benson in his youth was already a bad ass player in 1964. No wonder. All these cats here are simply audaciously talented.

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.

One of the best organ quartets at their peak!

This is totally awesome! A real unique band sound and attitude! amazing players all of them

Great respect to this amazing Quartet 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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.

Amazing!! What a band, what an arrangement, and Bro.Jack's "conk" is off the charts!!!! Just a killer video!!!

That's what I call real, real playing. Almost 60 years ago and they'll shame lots of noisemakers of Today.

Incredibly well played, wow! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Wow, what a sparkling energy! Wish there was a band like this today.

Drum solos that make musical sense. Will wonders never cease?

Best eight minutes on you tube and listen to George benson give a comping lesson

This is incredible.

What a left hand, Jack, out of this world!

Have Mercy! The talent on that stage!!!

That is the shit right there. Tearing it up. Benson on Les Paul. A very young Benson. Red Holloway on sax a great player.

Oui! là c'est de la musique de musique... magique

Damn these cats are cookin.Love the fun they're having as well!

George...wonderful articulation and phrasing.

another whole level of musicianship ......

Never knew George Benson was at this level on guitar. Green/Montgomery level. Rocking song all around. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for sharing this fabulous performance, the sound quality is purely stunning. I thinks it's the Festival Jazz à Antibes

Excellent performance.

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.

One of the best live performances on KZfaq....ever...

these guys really rock... love the organ

Great personal recounts of such fine musicians. Thanks for sharing. This has to be one of the greatest live performances I’ve ever seen!

Disconcerting, absolute, incredible modernity.

Timeless talent, these guys all played cooperatively as well which is a miracle

This shows that there is very few true musicians today,Because we let ourselves be. Bamboozled!

The great Joe Dukes on drums - strong swinging player - not remembered or widely known by subsequent generations I think.

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.

When Jack is jammin' the organ is jumpin' -- literally & musically!

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!)

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

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!

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!!

Merci Bob Hardy via Brother McDuff Quartet 🎹 🎸🎹🎹🌺🎧🎼🎼💙

Great organist and Love that Hammond Organ!! Great Tenor Sax player. the two greatist sounds Tenor Sax and Hammond Organ together! Thanks for posting.

Takes me back to 63d & Cottage Grove..digging this group LIVE...

RIP JACK, GLAD TO HAVE MET AND PERFORMED WITH YOU!

I spotted a young Harvey Mason at the drums; he and Georgy really came a long way. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

wonderful drummer -great to play with, i imagine - so decisive - you'd always know exactly where you were !

Amazing and exactly what jazz really is all about!!

A Nobel Prize for Posting! Thanks!

George Benson brought me here. Well, reading Benson's autobiography and my obsession with his music compelled me.

Brother Jack and the cats burning rubber throughout!

What a sound, wow! These cats are seriously on fire!

Wonderful stuff! Love GB's 'Chicken Reel' quote at the start of his (4th?) solo.

Wow! What a band, playful and wonderful !

Brother Jack can really cook!!

Hi ‘ to All’ - 1 of the finest sessions you’ll ever see - such Talent ! - cheers to All .

Fantastic performance!

Rest in peace, Granddady Red.

Great group! Everybody is on.George Benson is in a "Cookbook"mode.👍👍👍👍👍

This is such a fantastic video. I wish I had been there!

(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.

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.

I love how Jazz musicians presented themselves back then. Looking & sounding sharp. Modern players should respect tailoring more.

Some band....thanks for posting 🤞👍👏🎶🤓🦫🇺🇸😎💰👌🔥🤙💪

Incredible. Imagine being able to breathe like Red. Thanks for video.

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.

Amazing footwork on the organ bass pedals! As a guitarist that always amazes me--- three body parts playing musical notes altogether. Whew!

I was ten years old and just started trumpet lessons .I was totally clueless in those days

OMG, nice treasure I came across here! This music is hot, everybody did the damn thing!!

Incredible!!!!

I have most of Prestige LPs of McDuff but this performance is outstanding! Everybody is on fire!!!

Love this music.

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

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.

Very good and with the lesley too

Smokin' hot! Everyone in that group!

Blues one and eight one of my favorite Brother Jack McDuff songs.

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

Advanced Level, Amazing Musicians.

Oh...Man!!! There's a little talent here. They play so freely. Thank you, for posting this Bob Hardy.