His blues phrases & musicality though. Simply brillant 🤯

his electric blues is legit. and nasty. a virtuoso of many diverse styles. much respect.

when Pat Martino was 14 years old he went to see Wes Montgomery in some club in N York and then he met him at his Hotel and Pat was asking him questions about modes and scales and licks etc and Wes answered hi" i cannot answer your questions just listen what i am playing " see sometimes a musician cannot say some improvisations secrets that took years of practice to discover. and i respect what Birelli said

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a minute... He don't know guitar theory and is considered to be in the top 50 jazz guitarist of all time! I respect him even more👏

I used to work at the bar in the Pizza Express jazz club in London. When Birelli would do week residencies he'd just hang out with the staff in the local late night coffee shops after work. Just like another member of staff. Just a nice down to earth guy.

I love Bireli Lagrene. One of the best players of all time. Easy guy and easy playing. Great. And he plays Jaco bass style too.

What freedom to play like he does and not have to think about theory at all. What a talent

Bireli, Don't worry! No one can copy that strong connection between your playing, musicality and soul. That is the key for personal and unique creativity. Keep on playing! It's fantastic!

Bireli Lagrene: Master of the Guitar! Your humility makes your greatness even more breathtaking.

It blew my mind that he doesn't know anything about theory!! Really impressive!

Ce qu'il y a de merveilleux (et de rassurant pour nous autres, pauvres mortels), c'est qu'il n'est pas indispensable de connaître la théorie de ce qui se joue en musique pour qu'elle soit belle. Biréli, immense guitariste, ne sait pas mettre des noms sur ses gammes, ses arpèges, ses accords. Et malgré ça (ou grâce à ça) son émotion, ses intensions ne sont pas filtrées et partent direct du cœur vers le notre ! Merci Monsieur Lagrène

This is an amazing example of how when someone has a truly gifted mind that was born to do this, everything just naturally flows to him quickly without much thought or hesitation. A highly advanced musicial mind that wasn't trained in school with years of fundamentals and theory is a special gift from God.

On ne s’ennuie jamais avec Bireli.La spontanéité fait la différence sur chacune de ses improvisations.

This man is a genius. You're amazing Bireli!

Bireli is a very great guitarist and really sympathetic , noone needs scales and theories at his level. these are only for guys who can-t play to come near to a higher level, just play. Wonderful.

I used to think his electric rock playing was his weakest style, but he's nailed that as well now! I can watch/listen to so many players but it's always Bireli that really does it for me. Love the fact that he doesn't take himself too seriously and takes risks.

A living genius ... and doesn’t give a flying trombone about theory ... yet plays anything he imagines ... god given gift.

Ehm. Bireli Lagrene playing the electric guitar with overdrive? I almost spit my coffee all over the place.

This also shows how good Denis is too! Hats off to his excellent French also!

Just listen at 4 “38...damn this is dope!!!

One of the very few Jazz Guitarists who would even consider playing Rock Or Heavy Metal.

Un Dieu ce Bireli et d'une modestie désarmante ! Il ne sait peut-être pas expliquer ce qu'il fait mais il le ressent de tout son être et sait le jouer.... contrairement à certains qui savent bien expliquer ce qu'il faut faire mais sont incapable de le jouer ! A God that Bireli and all in a disarming modesty! He may not know how to explain what he does, but he feels it with all his heart and knows how to play it ... unlike some who can explain well what to do but are unable to play it!

Excellent Birelli sur l'instrument et amusant de voir qu'il ne s'occupe pas du jargon utilisé, il joue simplement et avec un incroyable talent...

This guy can play ANY style totally convincingly - Gypsy Jazz, Heavy Metal, Electric Blues - If it's a music with guitars in it, this guy can play it...

I think what Bireli has and those like him is something akin to a photographic memory. The only thing is he can hear something just once and pretty much knows exactly where on a guitar fretboard to go and pick it out to duplicate it. You saw him do that twice here. In a very crude fashion most people can listen to a very simple melody line on a song and repeat it by voice. I’d venture as he’s learned chord positions the biggest key I think is first to get an ear trained so for one note; such as C you know the sound of it as a Cmaj, Cmin , C7th, Cdm etc, etc, etc. Once you learn or can hear those flavors it applies to all the rest of the notes. It will also give you scales based off this. The other thing is being able to hear in your head the harmonizing notes and going to a fretboard to pick those out instantly.

"Mi7 à La... Allah..." Beaucoup d'humour et de légèreté 😂🤣😂🤣😂💞💕 Il a gardé son âme bon enfant ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

It would be interesting to make an interview about his own implicit logic about scales and chords. A genius of its own kind!

I have finally the gall to name him the best!

Le plus grand guitariste de jazz vivant. Il est un géant.

Wow, thanks for sharing this behind scenes video, the human side will always be the most important one. Saludos Maestro Bireli.

Mr. Ingenious!!!!!!!!

Grazie Bireli !! fai piu video cosi...la simpatia vince su tutto !! sei un " Mostro"" di bravura....

A legend.....

Bireli Lagrene ... one of the legend

looove Bireli

hyper sympa cette séquence et BIRELI tel qu'on l'aime !!

I know a piano player like him, who doesn't care to know about the theory of what he does, but is literally the best pianist I've ever met. He can literally play anything like it's nothing. He performs cumbia music as a living though lol hey, it pays the bills

I still see the 15y/o kid Bireli was when he first appeared on TV.....such a lovely guy.

I heard his acoustic playing the other day. Blown away. Now hearing his electric playing. Equally blown away. Such mastery of the guitar with incredible, authentic expression. Still picking my jaw up off the ground...

Even his mistakes are formidable. Amazing musician.

Bireli is my favorite player

Was not expecting that heavy metal shredding 😅

"don't worry most people won't even be able to play these" "i hope not!" hahahahahah :D i fell off my chair xDDD

Super 👌🏻!!! Bravo Denis pour tout ce que tu fais , un travail incroyable!!! Et bravo bien entendu au grand Biréli Lagrene!!

I never knew he was "illiterate" as me when it comes to the names of chords and what not, he just plays what he wants to play no matter whats its called, love it!

Fantastique de simplicité et de talent!

Wow....just discovered about him. He is awesome....

Incroyable Bireli !

Godin guitars don't get to share the spotlight with Gibson, Fender, PRS etc., but they sure should! Bireli also wails live on a Yamaha on the tune "Mouvements"

Good (brotherly) laugh ; I did not expect that from Bireli, and it's even better! This said he is quite in a gypsy tradition, not being so impressed with academic knowledge. Otherwise he doesn't make me any younger. I have a cd he recorded when he was 14 yrs old (in French Alsace).

the man have three jimi hendrix in every finger ... if he move to rock in his own carer he gonna be a legend in this game

love this guy

Merci pour ces quelques idées de phrases du Maître !

C'est bien de savoir en parler ! C'est mieux de savoir en jouer !! C'est ce qu'on appelle un surdoué !!

So stoked you posted that!!! Love it!

for those wondering why he plays blues rock, remember he one day filled in for Gary Moore, with none others than Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker on Montreux's last concert of a GM tour . For contractual reasons, I don't think this video will be disclosed ever

Sometimes you are just born with something extra.

Magnifique..!

formidable, merci

¡Te felicito Bìreli...eres el mejor por tu fraseo musical, y tu intención melódica!...¡Dios te guíe en todo!...

My French sucks.I'm glad they provided English subtitles.

i real preciate it to have a master as bireli lagrene arround reminds me a lot jose monje (camaron de la isla) - sharing to the people - musical feelings does not need explainings

Although is the same think G#major and F minor pentatonic, Bireli probably was thinking about the G#major because he is using a substitute dominant D7>G , G#7>G

Someone I‘d love to Jam with. In our age we don‘t need to worry about ego or branding.

Exceptionnel !

this is really funny. the man behind the curtain naming everything. the artist playing along as if the names of things might matter somewhat, even though the names of things don't matter at all.

great maestro!!!

King

the best one !

Chouette ce type !

Le génie magnifique !

he knows the right notes.....and that´s enough...;-)

Bien drôle. Le II V I en VIII est collector! Merci.🥰👍

bireli the best!!!!!!!

fantastique !

Bireli est un vrai genius, j'aime sa musique, mais cette vidéo, comme leçon…

A bit 'of humor to Mr. Chan would do well! Great Mr.Bireli !

merci beaucoup

Bireli je l'ai vu jouer il avait 14 ns dans un ptit club bar de mon coin ! il jouait déjà tres bien , en fait c'est un surdoué ! par contre ses albums electriquessont assez ...comment dire ...ennuyeux ! et malgré sa tres grande technique en plus autodidacte je prefere 100 fois un guitariste dans le meme style qui vit pas loin de chez moi avec un son sublime et surtout un feeling que je ne retrouve pas chez Bireli ! sebastien felix !

I don't know about scales and theory either ... Sadly , I still can't play like this genius after 50 years , life's a bugger innit .

super! love it :)

so much more interesting than the actual release... xd

And I thought I had "musical hearing!" He just picked up two complicated licks on the first try basically!

Over D major he was thinking G# (Ab) MAJOR pentatonic....tritone sub...not f minor. Subtle difference, but evident if you consider how easy it is to "see" the b5 on the guitar.

c'est très dur de expliquer comment être un génie

C'est un génie

A lot of people can give a technical explanation of what bireli is playing. A very small handfull might be able to improvise at his level.Lagrene is not bound by theory. Describing music is not playing music. Django was illiterate, yet he invented a guitar style to this day, guitarists worldwide, aspire to play.

He's an electric shredder too? :)

If you can play gypsy jazz, you can play anything.

Watch George Benson talk about playing - it's the same thing. It's not that he doesn't know, it's that it's intuitive and he can't articulate it with a bunch of Jazz math. Benson will say, "And then, you know, you go 'bo be bo be do do do be doooo, blop dooooooooo...over the 5th. Then you can always make it go bleeeeeee if you'd like." - that's literally his lesson :)

I’ve seen him in shred mode before ,

Me: How do I learn to play this electric guitar? Lagrene: Ok, you start by becoming a virtuoso on the acoustic guitar, then it is so much easier to learn the electric one. Me:

Dis moi Monsieur L'oiseau tu fais comment pour atterrir sur cette branche la bas en douceur? ben heuu je sais plus trop pour le réglage des volets des ailes, ni l'angle d'attaque mais ça vient tout seul. d'autres questions? En fait j'ai déjà discuté avec Bireli, il en connait quand même un sacré rayon en harmonie par rapport à la moyenne des musiciens manouches...LOL

Le talent à l'état brut !!!!!

Hahahahaha nice! I hope i can get all of them! There is any discount?

Странно что нет Лагрена в электоичестве в плане блюзрока

The guy in the background must be joking telling Bireli what a II-V-I is :-O

Bireli ne connait pas le nom des gammes et des cadences qu'il joue !! Bref, en gros, il ne connait pas le solfège écrit ou les noms barbares de ce qu'il joue ?? Ca fait très longtemps que je sais ça, pour avoir souvent discuté avec lui quand il venait jouer au "Funambule", le caveau jazz à la mode à Strasbourg dans les années 1980 - 90. Mais, est-ce vraiment nécessaire de savoir tout ça pour jouer d'un instrument, quel qu'il soit ?? Lui, Il a réussi à se libérer de toutes ces informations superflues pour lui, alors que nous ont a encombré notre cerveau. Lui, il a préféré former et entraîner son oreille, ce qui est, à mon sens, le plus important. Il en connais plus sur le solfège et son application sur le manche d'une guitare que bien des guitaristes. Pas besoin de savoir le nom de telle ou telle gamme pour bien jouer, la preuve !! C'est pour cela et bien d'autres facteurs encore, qu'il est devenu, pour moi, le meilleur guitariste jazz de sa génération. Je vous salue bien bas Monsieur Bireli Lagrene. Amicalement, Didier. Bireli don't know the name of scales and cadences he plays !! In short, basically, he doesn't know written music theory or barbarous names of what he plays ?? It's been a long time since I know that, for many discussions with him when he came to play at "Funambule", jazz bar in fashion in Strasbourg (France) in the 1980s - 90s. But, is it really necessary to know it all to play an instrument, whatever it is ?? He managed to free himself from all these unnecessary information for him, so that we have a cluttered brain. He preferred to train and lead his ear, which is, in my opinion, the most important. He knows more about music theory and its application on the neck of a guitar than many others guitarists. No need to know the name of a given scale to play well, proof !! For this and many other reasons, it has become, for me, the best jazz guitarist of his generation. I salute you Mr. Bireli Lagrene. Sincerely, Didier.

i want to know something, when the guy play and Birelli copy whqt he play it is instant copy or he knows this?

Qui qu il fasse il EST pro et tres amusant et a l air d un Garçon tres conciliant