Allan Holdsworth (Blues For Tony) {JohnFloyd}

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14 жыл бұрын

Allan Holdsworth (Bradford, 6 agosto 1946) è un chitarrista e compositore inglese, tra i più influenti e importanti della musica jazz rock..
Dopo aver suonato il violino durante la sua infanzia, inizia a suonare la chitarra a 18 anni, diventando successivamente uno dei più grandi chitarristi di sempre. Intorno ai vent'anni, una volta entrato nel campo professionale della musica, incentra il proprio ascolto su Django Reinhardt, Jimmy Rainey, Charlie Christian, Joe Pass, Eric Clapton, e John Coltrane. Ha inventato diverse tecniche, imitate e riprese da svariati artisti. È un maestro della chitarra sintetizzata e sempre pronto a innovare il suo stile e la sua musica.
Ha iniziato a suonare con gruppi appartenenti alla scena progressive britannica come Soft Machine, Tempest, UK.
Il suo genere è un misto di jazz e rock progressivo e viene spesso catalogato come fusion.

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@carloscappellini1687 3 ай бұрын

Perfect drummer, no egos, Chad just plays for the music

@chih-shengcheng1130 5 жыл бұрын

An Allan a day , keeps the diatonic away .

@BernieHollandMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Best comment yet !

@jacksonvalad8012 4 жыл бұрын

So true!!!!

@davidscott1052 2 жыл бұрын

Not that there is anything wrong with diatonic....listen to Coltranes Dear Lord ...but its still an amusing comment

@mimmobaia9367 Жыл бұрын

😅😅

@alessandrodecarli2462 Жыл бұрын

❤

@thedragonmasterALPHA 13 жыл бұрын

Allan Holdsworth - guitar, Alan Pasqua - keyboards, Jimmy Haslip - bass, Chad Wackerman - drums. La creme de la creme.

@ulikaup9467 Жыл бұрын

thanks a lot

@chrisrueda9704 5 жыл бұрын

The best jazz-fusion guitarrist ever, my dear teacher ..

@redzone77p 5 жыл бұрын

Not a flashy dude...a great under rated player and did not get the recognition he deserved... a technical player personified.....a musicians musician.

@Nedwin 3 ай бұрын

This blues version of Holdsworth made my day! ❤

@kevinsmojo 3 жыл бұрын

I mean really Allan. What the hell??!! It’s amazing. Seeing him land on a C note made me realize he uses the same notes as all of us. I just thought...he had different notes???

@jakethemistakeRulez Жыл бұрын

Didn't he have basically his own music theory he came up with? He's crazy amazing.

@WbadasAllDay 10 ай бұрын

Well. The diminished chords help with them. As well there are Slash Chords

@neebinmakwah349 4 ай бұрын

Very funny😆 Most aren't aware of his incredible (Violin) playing, yes....check allan holdsworth violin.. incredible.. some Ponty and Goodman stuff😲

@reah7213 3 ай бұрын

Karzie key off velvet darkness@@neebinmakwah349

@jackmercer4803 2 жыл бұрын

How this doesn’t have millions of views I do not know

@thomasjdigennosr7370 4 жыл бұрын

There are only innovators and imitators, he was one of the truly great innovators.RIP

@kupsingh 7 жыл бұрын

RIP Allan. You were an amazing talent!

@dahnkors6068 4 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back to this, snippets of Holdsworth’s solo get stuck in my head and I must hear this in entirety. Improvisation at its best, his ability to draw from an enormous knowledge of every scale, mode and timing is truly the mark of a master musician. This is the zenith of unconscious competence.

@2wayplebney 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Allan would ease in like a nitwit, then dazzle.

@snowfiresunwind 4 ай бұрын

@@2wayplebney Exactly - its like someone just shoved a guitar into his hands for the first time! A tentative few notes that bear no relation to what has just been going on then all of a sudden he's taken you into a higher universe and completely different level.

@rickketchum8668 4 жыл бұрын

Whether he played with Tony W. JLPonty UK Gong Jack Bruce or his own bands, he had a signature way of playing guitar unrivalled by any I have ever heard. RIP my friend.

@rodneylee4026 4 жыл бұрын

Dang that bass player. perfect groove

@clarkewi 4 жыл бұрын

I was a kid of 17 studying jazz drumming in LA starting late 1968. I thought I was pretty good playing in a highly regarded high school jazz band. And recording with a popular band in the Valley. My legendary drum teacher Chuck Flores was dialed into the local scene. He would send me out to see great drummers like Max Roach when they were in town. My most memorable "assignment" was when he sent me to see Tony Williams. Tony who was only a couple of years older than me was playing in Shelly Mann's club in Hollywood. Tony had and unknown (in America) John McGlaughlin on guitar and Larry Young on organ calling the outfit the Tony Williams "Lifetime". I was sitting within 10 feet of the surrounding trio. I gave up drumming after that and became a science teacher.

@jameshullihen649 2 жыл бұрын

So wonderful yet so funny!!!

@2wayplebney 2 жыл бұрын

I am an English teacher for similar reasons.

@deepakpillai6384 Жыл бұрын

As funny as it is, you shouldn't have given up. Simple as that. It's okay to be inferior to someone & use that as motivation to reach whatever level we could reach while continue to strive to be better.

@svenjansen2134 11 ай бұрын

Never ever give up. That's not what Tony wanted. He wants us to play. Play on brother

@essegotdatheat3310 7 ай бұрын

@@deepakpillai6384no need to be the best there was. Just the best version of you! I agree.

@tacomadc 7 жыл бұрын

I love the starts of Allan's leads where he always sounds like he's trying to figure out how to play the guitar, lol. Then the fun starts.

@MonkeysTimes2 7 жыл бұрын

So true. "Where on to you Alan. bassdoc even posted it. LOL! Needed a laugh since I just learned yesterday of his passing. One of the last contemporary musical intellects has returned to that place where all are loved and a I-have-so-much-more-2-learn humbleness is a good thing. Thanks to our god AH and your feel-good post.

@lipsterman1 6 жыл бұрын

It's like he's doing a sound check, then plays a little here and there, then a little more, then mind blowing, then beyond mind blowing, then out of this world, then back to timid chords. Just incredible.

@alg573 5 жыл бұрын

Lol!!

@wooge3199 5 жыл бұрын

so true lol

@Trombosilbo 5 жыл бұрын

He is like shitposting in the begining and then starts to make very serious philosophical arguments. The Socrates of the guitar.

@monconillsegon Жыл бұрын

I was in one of the concerts of this tour and have the opportunity to speak with Alan and Allan. And both sign me the Tony Williams record "Believe it"

@adalaku 11 жыл бұрын

If Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstein" made it into the Smithsonian, then there should be a platinum statue of Holdsworth. His playing had an immense impact upon Van Halen, Vai and Satriani, just to name a mere few. And to this day, NO ONE can do what he does better.

@mixodorians12 2 жыл бұрын

@Andy Butler EVH was completely groundbreaking and brought joy to millions. I mean Satriani and Vai were more inspired by Led Zepplin. Vai is in another universe. He is just exceptional in lots of areas that are not inspired by Holdsworth, who was British BTW, so he won't make into the Smithsonian.

@Alberto-cv5cz Жыл бұрын

Matteo Mancuso from Palermo, Sicily...Italy...plays "Fred"....a great tribute for Allan imho

@Allrights Жыл бұрын

Yea, we know who enters as "Earth's contribution for THE Guitarplayer of the Milky Way! "

@pobinr Жыл бұрын

Lots of copies now. But only one Allan.

@user-hk7hz9cn7v 10 ай бұрын

@@mixodorians12There’s literally a video of Vai fanboying out for Allan and praising him so…yea…

@philsackett7341 Жыл бұрын

I love Alan Pasqua on keys with Holdsworth. Steve Hunt was great too, but for me there is a real excitement with Pasqua on the team.

@captainbandini 7 жыл бұрын

Chad wackerman on drums. what a killer.... so versatile, dynamic, melodic . He's so RELAX on drums. steeve gadd touch sometimes.. also, the DW drums set is just incredibly well tuned .

@tonyrome3119 5 жыл бұрын

similar to the Tama tones

@tanderson8213 5 жыл бұрын

captainbandini Yeah ..now he has calmed down .. he used to be all over the place.. I didn’t recognize him at first. No kidding..

@1973833 5 жыл бұрын

Great drummer indeed!

@mortenfredenlund3016 5 жыл бұрын

One of Franks's best drummers

@shinfukuda1853 3 жыл бұрын

quite agree with you

@jazzfusionaire 4 жыл бұрын

I was so blessed to be at this gig!

@TheStudioDrummer 3 жыл бұрын

What year was this?

@jazzfusionaire 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheStudioDrummer 2009😉

@SLAYERSWINE1 4 жыл бұрын

I was fortunate to see Allan Holdsworth with Jimmie Johnson & Chad Wackerman 3rd row at a small club in Illinois in the late '90's. My jaw was on the floor...

@noorvanprasetyo3772 Жыл бұрын

Impressive...sound of keyboard...

@bacobill 6 жыл бұрын

Incredible genius is an understatement

@raniertyler5553 5 жыл бұрын

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE, NOOOOOOO DOUBT ABOUT THAT BROTHER

@newvultraz 8 жыл бұрын

Chad's drums sound AMAZING

@zebonaut 7 жыл бұрын

Ø very unusual cymbal sounds and an amazingly aggressive even new wavish snare 🥁

@EgoShredder 6 жыл бұрын

The tuning of the toms sounds different too, a kind of upward ringing synthetic sound to the higher notes.

@TheRealHucasys 5 жыл бұрын

And how the tone of symbals and toms goes together...

@wooge3199 5 жыл бұрын

tuned high but played amazing

@davidpfeifer9489 5 жыл бұрын

EgoShredder Just really tiny rack toms, smallest on average is 12-13 inch racks. This dudes using an 8 and a 10 inch it looks like... dope, sounds a little like Billy Cobham

@Cassiro 7 жыл бұрын

rest in peace one the greatest guitarists of all time, thank you Allan, I'll miss you dearly

@UniversalSouls 5 жыл бұрын

No you won't... He's an immortal... He isn't dead and never will be

@dionezauro7881 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr Holdsworth for thousands of flight hours in your music.

@YaoEspirito 6 жыл бұрын

What a glorious tone on that axe. Like no one else out there.

@bradleyjacked 2 жыл бұрын

It's fun to hear the way he navigates minor blues!

@jakethemistakeRulez Жыл бұрын

Years ago when I first heard him I was basically like either this is way over my head or it's just playing lots of notes and i leaned more towards that it was probably just lots of notes. Well over 15 years later and now I know for sure that it was definitely over my head. This guy us amazing and underrated.

@zeruchofficial 11 ай бұрын

I was at this show. It was amazing.

@snowfiresunwind 4 ай бұрын

I envy you.

@thejohnirvineband 7 жыл бұрын

Throughout this concert Holdsworth seemed so pleased to be playing with Alan Pasqua. And quite right, the guy is a monster. I love the way AH just stands and listens to his solo.

@allyourmoney 5 жыл бұрын

GODDAMN who can jam in this tonality with that much authority???? Allan, all day long.

@digitaldesigner5284 3 ай бұрын

The best guitarist.

@bobgure 13 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. Brilliant performance from the master.

@snowfiresunwind 6 жыл бұрын

Love the tone of Allan's guitar - so thick and dense.

@degslind08 4 жыл бұрын

I just quit playing guitar! The man was phenomenal. Saw him live in Sheffield in the 80s, unforgettable (I should have quit then)

@fabiolingua2084 8 жыл бұрын

I saw Allan with Soft machine in my teens and , u can believe me , he was already there in those years !!!! May be he was coming from mars or something similar but with a simple Gibson SG and a Vox AC 30 he was simply incredible also in the '70 . Today we simply had reached him too late ....

@TheSpoonwood 8 жыл бұрын

There a KZfaq video out there in the ether ..... He's playing that combination SG / Vox. It's mind bending...

@jamesjordan139 5 жыл бұрын

Fabio Lingua yes he was mind blowing in Soft machine , some of his best work if you ask me

@Hiwatt100W1 2 жыл бұрын

You know, that's funny because I have an SG/LP with three humbuckers like Allan used and I've put it throught an AC30TB too- I never sounded like Allan LOL!! What a great guitarist, that must have been awesome to see him in those days

@MrAlcides1611 9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic guitar player. He plays like Coltrane played in the sax.

@badgerbunnybadgerbunny5184 5 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that!

@Simon-xi8tb 5 жыл бұрын

no.

@Simon-xi8tb 5 жыл бұрын

@@uke500 NO! I hate it when people compare AH to Coltrane, or vice versa. Their music is nothing alike, they come from totally different worlds. Scott Henderson talked about this in guitar wank podcast. I can't remember his reasoning at the time, but he would agree that their music can't be compared and is nothing alike. Even harmonically AH is in a completely different world and don't get me started on solos. They are both giants though, each the ruler of it's own world.

@skineyemin4276 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, he sounds more like Dolphy.

@99beatmonster 4 жыл бұрын

@@Simon-xi8tb Holdsworth admired Coltrane, he wanted to be a sax player , his dad bought him a guitar instead. So there is some connection perhaps...but...Holdsworth developed some amazing chords and the form of the music was inevitably his own. Coltrane was an influence though.

@J410music 4 жыл бұрын

Allan was a force of nature. Just like the namesake of this song. Imagine them jamming in the clouds now, they are.

@tonyfranklin4422 4 жыл бұрын

I was reading the comments below and everybody's commenting on Allan Holdsworth and Chad wackerman and occasionally Alan pasqua and those are great musicians but nobody saying anyting about Jimmy haslip the man is a genius add one of the best bass players ever !

@swedeinla 4 жыл бұрын

The best player, any style, of all times....RIP you ole legend!

@PhilAxeMan1 5 жыл бұрын

I have been so blown away from this mans playing.... i saw him live playing w/ U.K. on the pier ..... i about quit Guitar that night saying, "why do i even bother"... Rest in Piece Mr. Holdsworth

@jakethemistakeRulez 2 жыл бұрын

Soooo yeah...put 🎧 on.

@jakethemistakeRulez Жыл бұрын

How am I the first person you 👍 this comment after a year?

@Mike383HK Жыл бұрын

I was at this concert on the front row in Huntington at the AMAC In 2006. Alan had cramps that night in his right hand but he still played on. My wife didn't understand why I listened to him until the concert was over. Then she said she could listen to him all day. she al so paid me a great compliment. She said Chad Wackerman sounded like me. Yes I was a professionally taught drummer from NY.

@darrenkiefer1236 4 жыл бұрын

This song is chad at his best

@ManfredElsingBielefeld 2 жыл бұрын

this band cooks,very amazing!

@dejanhasecic9124 2 жыл бұрын

Oh My God! Watched this video at Yoshis for so many times.. never got tired. Awesome!

@alwhitaker1925 Жыл бұрын

This is music

@YaoEspirito 5 жыл бұрын

I think, of all electric guitarists, Alan is the one with that elusive 'perfect' tone. Almost always achieves that immaculate texture.

@user-pf9pd1wq7i 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like the death throes of a strangled walrus. Genius.

@stereoroid 7 жыл бұрын

Now somebody has to write a Blues for Allan ... :-(

@lifegoeson2422 6 жыл бұрын

Brian T Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold could do it

@blackie75 5 жыл бұрын

@@lifegoeson2422 he's not worthy to lick the piss from Holdsworth's boots and I'm not even a big fan lol

@sheercerebralpower 5 жыл бұрын

I will and put it on my next record for Enja Records......I have written it already......It is called “Viva Brewer”

@josephzdyrski 5 жыл бұрын

Good idea .... I'll probably do that.

@MrFrankFurter 4 жыл бұрын

Steven Seagal will.

@TimsEnthusiastGarage 5 жыл бұрын

Toughest decision of Allan’s life had to be choosing between Chad Wakerman and Gary Husband. Such a hard choice. Exceptional performances here!

@andrewkarp5067 3 жыл бұрын

I think the consolation prize was playing with John McLaughlin that summer.

@Mustang_G 8 жыл бұрын

the keyboardist is awesome. at least i loved his solo

@NisseOhlsen 8 жыл бұрын

Check out Santana's 'Aquamarine'. He (Alan Pasqua) cowrote that.

@Mustang_G 8 жыл бұрын

***** thanks Niels. :)

@finarollerz 6 жыл бұрын

Allan and Alan played together with Tony Williams...

@niwa957 5 жыл бұрын

As a drummer you can learn a lot about rhythmic modulation from Chad Wackerman. That man can really play the drums. Knows a thing or two about tuning a drumset too...

@bourgeoisbrats 4 жыл бұрын

...I was just thinking of how nicely his kit is tuned...and mic'd :-)

@jackmercer5590 4 жыл бұрын

what time signature is this?

@eliotmccann2589 3 жыл бұрын

@@jackmercer5590 it's 4/4, believe it or else... just filled with tasty accenting.

@kanasatka1 3 жыл бұрын

any guy that played with both zappa and holdsworth has some cred.

@niwa957 3 жыл бұрын

@@kanasatka1 The only gig left is McLaughlin with 4th Dimension but that unit has TWO drummers.

@peternewman1179 2 жыл бұрын

I caught this tour in a small venue in NW Ct. It was shortly before Mr. Holdsworth passed. I am so grateful to have had this experience.

@soundethersinfo135 5 жыл бұрын

It's pure adventure, it's the spirit of music itself that flows from his improvisation. It makes me feel so grateful and full of joy.

@murrayrowley2900 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent sound quality on this series of videos ✅👍

@josejunior-wn4rj 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Allan Holdsworth..

@chrissquire8542 4 жыл бұрын

... Acid Rock. Alan Holdsworth & John McLaughlin. No. 1 and 2. Different styles but the top 2 guitarists. Both number one....

@billdarnell5650 4 жыл бұрын

That badassed drummer is drivin it on down the road.

@timberwrightsvs480 4 жыл бұрын

It's great how Allan (God Rest Him) stands by while everyone else in the band plays their arses off ... as they glance over for the man's approval. Nice video.

@timberwrightsvs480 4 жыл бұрын

@juna wood No, I'm saying that the band is (obviously) playing at their best due to who they're playing for.

@anidemolimacnauj 7 жыл бұрын

everyone killed it in this one

@darrenkiefer7648 2 жыл бұрын

Fiberskin heads so clear!

@georgemorris4142 4 жыл бұрын

awsome musicians!! Allan from another dimension. 🎸

@locksh 5 жыл бұрын

Outstanding performance, drummer is really something as well.

@jimstahlhut1917 10 ай бұрын

One of my favorite videos of Allan. Hot band.

@bjrnwinnss1505 Жыл бұрын

Maybe the cracyest piece of jazz, ever...

@francinebacone1455 Жыл бұрын

Allan was an absolute assassin

@dahnkors6068 2 жыл бұрын

Allans scale is the fretboard. Remember this is improvisation at hyper speed.

@bungeechord1 2 жыл бұрын

Chad killing it!

@RodyCar 8 жыл бұрын

Great mega Chad Wackerman...... il live di Frank Zappa 'Make a jazz noise here' con lui è unico!!! Thanks for this amazing video... And more drummers on my KZfaq playlist 'Percussion page' !!!

@danielconnolly8461 6 жыл бұрын

Carlo Rodio wat?

@741ed 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Allan Thanks for the music

@abirdynumnum9612 5 жыл бұрын

Such a joy to see Alan Pasqua playing here. An amazing virtuoso himself (Pasqua) (Live at Yoshi's Jazz Club, I believe).

@manningbartlett522 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, Yoshi's in 2007. Alan Pasqua is currently living in Santa Monica and is still in touch with the family. We have been discussing the idea of him recording an acoustic album of Holdsworth tunes, but nothing is confirmed yet.

@MarkJPerry 3 жыл бұрын

Flipping heck - love this line up :-) and the sublime racket they made!

@thomasfarmer1730 5 жыл бұрын

The only guy on the planet who made a guitar not sound like a guitar

@pieroaycart785 4 жыл бұрын

Do not forget robert Fripp

@mbolduc 6 жыл бұрын

Love everything about this

5 жыл бұрын

Incredible! RIP, master Allan

@santyjazz 5 жыл бұрын

Chad Wakerman and Allan Holdsworth in their best!! Simply amazing!!

@josephkemler6979 2 жыл бұрын

He's a one-man string quartet!

@kneebitten1 Жыл бұрын

Truly amazing best of the best a legendary guitarist RIP

@LoorLombardo 11 жыл бұрын

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH Y SU BANDA: QUE MUSICOS!! A ESTOS TIPOS NO SE LES PUEDE PEDIR OTRA COSA QUE NO SEA ESTO: TALENTO!! SUENAN MUY COMPACTOS!! TODOS GRANDES!!!

@greatmusic382 4 жыл бұрын

To the Moon, Stars, Galaxy & Beyond !!

@danielcutting2796 6 жыл бұрын

Tony would be proud

@emmadetten 7 жыл бұрын

A 10 bar blues without the final turnaround, how cool. And the man's gone now. Dayum

@waterdog_1995 4 жыл бұрын

A transcendent player who still takes me to space and back. The work he did with Ponty (Enigmatic Ocean) should not be missed. Miss you AH - thanks!!!!

@greatmusic382 7 жыл бұрын

SUPERNATURAL AND DEEP AND VAST,,,, WE HAVE ARRIVED ON ANOTHER DEAR BLUE PLANET,,, THIS IS EXTREMELY EPIC EPIC EPIC

@robertobob6574 5 жыл бұрын

Allan the God of guitar. RIP

@greatmusic382 7 жыл бұрын

guitar solo here BOGGLES THE IMAGINATION - even fo the most ardent and studious Allan Holdsworth follower... LOVE this tune,,,,,, what a band effort..... like a soundtrack for 007 James Bond we never got to hear.... thank you for posting

@davemilnes1147 4 жыл бұрын

I could watch and listen to Wackerman all day...he just makes it look effortless

@absolutedrumsya 3 жыл бұрын

Extroadinary musicianship! True craftmanship! A splendid performance of a wonderful piece of music!

@MrStRaKeR58 12 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@drdyna 4 жыл бұрын

Like I needed to be more sad about the current state of pop music. RIP you absolute madman.

@myjjdn 3 жыл бұрын

keyboards!! killer!!

@deadhands1981 5 жыл бұрын

7:45 NES game boss fight.

@darrenkiefer7648 2 жыл бұрын

Maple is nice but high tune birch is clean as well! Minced up, great tone for this great jam!,

@brucespruce4689 6 жыл бұрын

rip. what a fabulous band alan had behind him.

@Simon-xi8tb 5 жыл бұрын

listening this on my 20000$ headphones, man...thank you for posting. Feels like I am there.

@ThePeanutButterCup13 5 жыл бұрын

Simon you’re joking right

@ericsvich1228 Жыл бұрын

Many comments suggesting that Allan was underrated, he was far from that, we all know the immense talent he possessed and har far ahead he was and still is of everybody else. As a guitar player, the standard Allan set is so high, that for most of us it's not obtainable, it scary as to how good he was. I am just immensely happy to have discovered his music. Allan will always hold a special place in my heart and taught me that you can do anything in this short life.

@frankie_lanaro 11 ай бұрын

Those who need to know, know it