Ed Bickert - A Jazz Guitarist You Need To Know About!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Ed Bickert is the secret super hero of Jazz Guitar. He is somehow always under the surface, but you don'w want to miss checking him out! Probably most of us know him from his great playing on Paul Desmond albums like Pure Desmond and Desmond Quartet Live.
This video is on a solo on the Standard Have You Met Miss Jones, off a live trio album with Don Thompson and Terry Clarke.
What I really like about Ed Bickerts playing is his sense of melody and also how he is amazing at adding chords to his solos. But the examples in this video also highlights his use of reharmonization and cross rhythms.
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Who else would you recommend of the more unknown guitar players and what is a great album? 🙂
Gilad H.
Hank Garland.
Which one is the guitar player and which one is the album? :)
2 players, no particular album. ;-)
Gilad is a current player and Hank was equally adept at jazz and country.
Speaking of Canadians, check out Lorne Lofsky. Got a great album called Bill, please. He is also very influenced by Bickert and how he uses chords and guide tones.
Yes! Lorne's debut album is absolutely fantastic!
I studied Jazz in Toronto and you could say that Bickert's spirit is prevailing over there. I love his playing. He is the kind of player that makes it seem so easy. And he doesn't play any bs 🤠
That would indeed describe his playing very well! Did you study at Humber? Who was your teacher? 🙂
@@JensLarsen yes Humber. The main guitar teacher there is Ted Quinlan. Very influenced by Bickert. My biggest influence of the teachers over there was Pat Labarbera.
Sounds great! Lorne teaches there as well or not?
@@JensLarsen no he is at North York. also in Toronto.
Ed has a huge influence here in Toronto, my teacher Joey Goldstein has a similar custom jazz tele. Always hear a bunch of Ed bickert during transcription performances in our masterclass
Ed is legend here in Canada, and one of the finest guitarists ever imo. Lorne Lofsky is another great guitarist who did several duo albums with Ed. So glad you know about Ed and are spreading the word.
Ed is the master of understatement. I have lived in Toronto all my life and saw him play many times. Once I asked him how he got such a distinctive tone. He replied in humour, "...that distinctive muddy tone?" And showed me how he had replaced the neck pickup in the Tele with a humbucker. I did get to see him with Boss Brass at Ontario Place in the 80s in the rotating stage. So many greats in the band including Moe Koffman! Excellent show and Rob McConnell is sorely missed.
Nice story! Thanks!
Jens, bars 16 to 19 sounds like a quote from 'Love is the sweetest thing' or I could be totally wrong... Anyway it's a great lesson. 'Pure Desmond' one of my favourite albums!
Really great to see this video, Jens. Canadians know who Ed Bickert is----- the finest Canadian jazz guitarist, along with Lenny Breau. One of the interesting things about him is that he played a Fender Telecaster for virtually his entire career. I know of virtually no other jazz player of his stature who played a Telecaster, as virtually everyone else plays archtops. He achieves a beautiful warm tone that is exceptional. I've been studying the transcriptions and chord studies on UA-cam. Ed is one of the greatest.
Ed bickert is probably pretty well known for his collaboration with Paul Desmond. Lot's of jazz guitarists play teles: Frisell plays a telecaster really often. So does Julian Lage and Jakob Bro. Lorne Lofsky also always played a solid-body guitar and Abercrombie did that as well.
Ted Greene played one too
I like his slower tempo playing like, “At the garden party.” It has beautiful voicing and very tangible solos.
That is indeed a great album as well!
Ed is one of the reasons I wanted to play guitar. My dad used to take me to see him when I was really young and he always just sat there looking so cool playing bad ass jazz guitar like it was nothing. A real gem.
Ed does indeed rule! 🙂
Lucky you !
Lorne Lofsky is another top notch Canadian jazz player 🎸👌👌🎸, unknown to the masses.
Very true! You should check out what I recommend in this video 🙂ua-cam.com/video/fw9OAfsOo-0/v-deo.html
Listen to some of Lornes youtube lessons A Genius most studio players i know in Toronto put him at yet another level He gives lessons too!
Back in the day...I was sitting in a club in LA and next to me was Paul Desmond's Wife. She was wonderful as we talked into the night.....Thanks Jens another great video
Thanks Ron! Glad you like the video!
A huge thumbs up for turning people onto the playing & musicianship of Ed Bickert!!! I've been fortunate to have attended a few performances of Ed Bickert when he's played in a club when he comes to Montreal. What a treat to be witness to these wonderfully intimate sets. :-)
It's a great treat to have seen your video...Thanks Jens!
Great! I would love to see him play live!
I've been listening to Ed for years. I kept seeing a cd in the store (a long time ago) called the mastery of Ed Bickert. I thought it had to be good. It was in my car for about 10 years...almost all I listened to. Ed is a total badass.
Nelson Symonds was another Canadian jazz guitarists who Wes Montgomery "feared if he ever came down to the US". There is a Wes interview about Nelson Symonds.
Yes, I remember hearing that interview.
I hope most people know him - he’s a legend! I think a lot haven’t heard him though and he is a legend like a mythical creature in that case. Such a killer player though and such great voicings. Ted Greene is another one - just an absolute monster and a great guy. I think you can’t get much better than a Tele for solid body jazz guitars and it can hold its own with an archtop. Leo did it right the first time.
Judging by the amount of comments on this I would say that a lot of people know him actually 😄
I used to watch him often, thanks for your stuff, if you ask, I can relate, memories!
R.I.P. Love his sound!
Indeed! A giant musician!
I love Ed!! One of the many gems I’ve found from Spotify’s similar artists tab
Great! I rarely find Spotify's recommendation useful 🙂
Seeing some of these great guitarist’s names brings back some great memories. I was lucky enough to see Ed Bickert in Toronto in the early 90’s. I also studied with Ted Greene in the early 80’s and saw Lenny Breau play at Donte’s in L.A. in ‘79 or ‘80.
Nice! I never saw any of them live 🙂
Just passed away. November 29, 1932 - February 28, 2019. Heard him on the Dark Orchid album by Sammy Nestico just peaking occasionally above the orchestra. I'll need to check out his other stuff. Thanks Jens.
Very sad! :)
Ed Bickert...... one of the finest Jazz Guitarists to ever walk the earth. His sense of melody and use of chordal tones during his solos..... simply amazing! Joe Pass and Ed Bickert are my favorites.......
Thank you. Ed Bickert is one of my very favorites thank you Lars, you have the best channel for guitar enthusiasts like me.
You're very welcome! It is rare to have comments from supreme evil beings 🙂
I’m a guitarist but I actually came to Ed Bickert through my love of listening to anything with Paul Desmond.
I brought double stops and 3 on 4 rhythms to my jazz playing from my blues days. A mentor turned me on to Ed Bickert as someone who could get me "over the threshold", he has become a favorite...! Great breakdown as usual, so helpful to get a road map of the material I hear, Thank You.
Glad you like it Donald! 🙂
One of the greatest of all time. One of my favorites. Glad you did something on him.
Glad you like it! :)
When I moved to Toronto as a guitarist who saw Jimi Hendrix and George Benson and loved violin,
I went to see Ed Bickert because everyone was saying I should get into the jazz nightclubs.
When I saw him playing a Fender Telecaster it wasn't controversial for me, getting into it right away.
That was around 1972. I had a P.A.F. Humbucker by the neck on my '64 Strat, jazz tones for me.
I don't think solid body guitars were ever that controversial in Jazz, only among the guitarists (and especially the "purists" or whatever you want to call them)
A '64 strat with a PAF neck pickup must sound pretty awesome! 👍
Jens Larsen! John Watt here. I wrote what is below before I realized you are the host here.
I also added a reply to another posting because I saw Ed Bickert when I lived in Toronto.
Here we go, back to the past blast.
It's an accident of birth that has allowed you your attitude here.
If you were born in the Niagara Peninsula, or southern Ontario,
the home of the first hydro generation in the world with all the following wealth,
you probably would have been caught up in a life of over-manufactured and an over-owned
wealth of guitars and electronic instruments.
I say North America is over-saturated with musical instruments and no-one disagrees.
Kim Mitchell, the lead guitarist and vocalist for Max Webster, became a guitar playing friend.
He ordered DiMarzio P.A.F. Humbuckers when they first came out, showing them to me.
It was controversial at the time, the duality of American manufacturing, and what you could do.
Fender and Gibson were big players with that, Fender being 250k and Gibson being 500k.
Guitarists were told parts weren't interchangeable because of these different electric values.
It was an easy thought for Kim and I to agree that if 500k pots let a stronger current through,
they would also allow the 250k of Fender. Of course it worked right away.
We also got DiMarzio "Fat Strats", sounding the same but having a little more volume,
so they were a rhythm volume to match the lead volume of the P.A.F.'s.
And yes, you're right, it did and still sounds awesome,
if you can imagine a humbucker allowing more depth and sonics for Jimi Hendrix sounds,
as well as George Benson to Santana humbucker uses.
Here's a tip for you.
After all this time this has turned out to be the best way to wire an electric guitar.
With a humbucker by the neck, where the string vibration and picking depth is deeper,
and two single coils in the middle and bridge position, use a Switchcraft toggle switch.
Wire the humbucker on one side with the two single coils together on the other side.
With the toggle switch on single coils you have everything you can ask for from a Strat,
and with the toggle on the humbucker you have everything a Les Paul can deliver.
A Stratocaster was designed to be played with the volume on full, think of that.
When you switch from the single coils to the humbucker the middle position is both,
so there is no sound at all when you change from what could be feedbacking leads,
to a clean rhythm if you are using effects. That's wonderful if you are also singing.
And just as good, the middle position with all three pickups on has just the right volume,
for fingerpicking, and all three pickups on allows you that range of motion for your hand.
You need identical single coil pickups to do that,
and what made DiMarzio unique was using machinery to wind their pickups,
not by hand like Fender and Gibson, when you could have two different volumes and tonals,
on the same guitar. That's old man talk, but that's what I am.
I have gone on beyond that build. Please look at "semi-solid-body John Watt" for a new design.
I am also john at johnwatt dot ca, if you want to get messages with photos and scans.
I'm living alone for the first time and giving this address to a stranger for the first time,
but I'm sure if you are interested in "unknown guitar players" and electric guitars,
we could get into it.
The only music domain I am a member of is Magle.dk, owned by a Danish keyboardist,
with member forums. That might be a more neutral ground for you to share with me.
Ed was my best friend's uncle. I've met him at his sister's place. Good to see such a detailed breakdown of some his use of harmonizing. A great musician that deserves more recognition.
Live at the garden party might be the best jazz guitar record ever.
That is indeed a great album! 🙂
Who else would you like to see a video on?
Your comment should be taken VERY seriously. It's just extremely unfortunate that the record is virtually impossible to find (especially south of the border) and that most guitarists will be cheated out of the opportunity to hear it. But it's otherworldly playing: great tone, brilliant single-note, pristine time-feel, and an unparalleled, awe-inspiring mastery of Jazz harmony via rootless voicings.
Thanks Floyd.Ed was the Lawrence Olivier of the jazz guitar .
Was very lucky and saw ed bickert live a half doz times in the 70ies with m.koffman and solo in halifax..made a tele sound like a steinway..always the coolest cat in the room!!..ns
Nice! A huge loss for jazz guitar!
Thank you for introducing Ed Bickert. Ronny Jordan is another guitarist who is probably not so well known but worthwhile checking out . I like the dynamics of his play, his groove and his courage to present simple ideas that work well." The antidote" is an intersting album.
Ed was frequently featured on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio broadcasts. These were mostly in-studio sets but some were tapes of live events. His ability to stretch out in a solo was well represented by those broadcasts.
Nice! I didn't know that. Great that CBC were supporting the Canadian Jazz guys! Are they still doing that?
Jens Larsen They take pride in Canadian jazz artists. There is “Phil Dwyer’s Jazz Canada” music stream.There is also some local programming such as “Hot Air” that features Vancouver artists. For the music streams, you would need a VPN to appear to be a listener within Canada.
Love his album At The Garden Party. Lovely tone, voicing and phrasing.
That is also one of my favourites! :)
I have watched a few videos of Bickert. He is also one of the few players who plays jazz on a Telecaster if I am not mistaken. Loved the video, Jens. Very well explained.
Thank you very much! Glad you like the video!
actually so does Lorne Lofsky who is equally good and teaches at U of T. and don't forget your country man Jens -- Jan Akkerman And Jon Damien from Berklee (Boston) plays a telecaster.
To add to your analysis: Am7-Abm7 the Abm7: Eb=D# Cb=B Gb=F# so the B TRiad II inversion is also recogizable as a D altered without the /" C", C-F# B D# = 7-3-13-b9 NR Thank You Jens for letting get acquainted with all those Great solutions of Ed Bickert
Jens is the MASTER!! Thanks Jens
Thanks Jume! 🙂
Love Ed's playing on Pure Desmond..a guitarist to check out is Clint Strong!!.an amazing bebop player from Texas who was in Merle Haggard's band back in the 80's..such an inventive player who never seems to run out of lines.
Thanks Sean! I will try and find some stuff with him! Any recommendations in terms of albums?
I'm not sure he's ever recorded a solo album..seems to be quite a maverick, hard-living guy!!..but plenty on UA-cam ..particularly a gig where he's is playing a bar gig in a quartet on a Parker fly..just search for Clint Strong.
Clint Strong was a prodigal student of Howard Roberts during the 1970s. Clint mastered jazz guitar at an early age. I highly recommend listening to Clint playing on: (1) Billy Sheehan's You Tube video of "My Favorite Things" with Billy Sheehan and Mike Gage, (2) CD, "Marchel Ivery Meets Joey DeFrancisco", 3. CD, Eric Scortia "The Tone Generator".
Sylvan Luc and Birelli Lagrene are two guitar players from France. Both have done great work and have their own sound with original ideas.
The photo at the very beginning of this video, the studio portrait of Ed used on the cover of the 1984 Concord album "Bye Bye Baby", always makes me think that Carl Jefferson of Concord left a message on Ed's answering machine and said "Hey Ed, we don't have a cover idea for your album. I want you to go down to the Sears photo department and get a portrait. My real estate agent told me that's where he got his photo done, and it turned out great. Oh, don't forget to get the guitar in the shot. Thanks Buddy." And then Ed just went and did it, because who could argue with a super-salesman like Carl Jefferson?
Great story 😁👍
Discovered Ed Bickert in high school (in the 80’s) when my band director purchased some charts and recordings by Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass. He is on several of those big band albums and though he’s sometimes kind of buried in the arrangement when he’s featured it’s always fantastic. Thanks for the video. BTW my favorite “hidden superhero” is Barry Galbraith.
Nice I have to look up those recordings! Do you have a suggestion?
Jens Larsen I need to go back through them, too. But check this recording out especially at about 2 minutes in. ua-cam.com/video/6Yagb4BLhTM/v-deo.html
That seems to be the only readily available track from that recording. I’m pretty sure it was the main one my band director had.
Ed Bickert is awesome, I just LOVE his "Bye, bye, baby" album, it was my introduction to this guitar master.
Thanks! I actually don't know that one! I have to check it out!🙂
@@JensLarsen Unfortunately, it seems to have never been released on CD. You can find an mp3 download of it with pretty good sound quality out on the Internets. His first Concord record, a live quintet session, is likewise out of print and I haven't been able to track it down yet.
One of my favorite guitarists. Awesome video, thanks!
A lot of his recordings are hard to find, even here in Canada (maybe they're easier to find in Toronto). His contributions to jazz music deserve a wider audience, thank you for delving a little into his work!
Glad you like it! What is your favourite album?
Thanks so much, I love Ed Bickert, please do more videos about Ed's playing 😉 I love his album 'i wished on the moon', thanks for your videos! 😃
You're very welcome! I will probably make more videos on Ed along the way :)
@@JensLarsen that would be cool :-) his chord work is amazing! For example on 'just squeeze me', also on the following channel this guitarist has played a few Bickerts solo's and played through them ua-cam.com/play/PLrXe4vgEeW-q-LFVAK7Jnov65_dU77xrb.html
I am definitely hip to this cat! For many years. Great Jens!
Thanks Bob! 🙂
Really nice Ed Bickert lesson, Jens. Please do more.
Thank you Philip! I probably will 🙂
I am jazz guitarist based in Toronto, I watched around town all the time in jam sessions. I saw him so often that I did not quite understand how underrated he was. One of my favourite guitarist who often played with him was Sonny Greenwich another Canadian. I am sure you hear of Lenny Breau who was also based in Toronto. Nelson Symomds based in Montreal was another unknown great whom Wes Montgomery himself praised for being a monster in the axe.
One unique thing about him to me is he played all his great jazz on a Telecaster. Ted Greene liked that too. I usually think of a Telly as a blues ore country choice. I'm glad to see you talking up Ed Bickert. He's been sort of overlooked by the mainstream and he deserves recognition as a fine artist.
I first saw Ed Bickert on a CBC program live, he wad using a Telecaster through an Orange Roland Cube amp, I couldn’t believe the tone he was getting. I was still young and it was then that I realized it was the player, not the gear. He’s one of my all time faves, love his playing.
Rest In Peace, Ed....
Yes, very sad
Always loved this recording of Have You Met Miss Jones. I just wish it was easier to find many of his recordings online
Actually I think quite a lot of it is on Spotify? This album is at least, and so is the duo with Don Thompson. The Paul Desmond stuff is there as well 🙂
Yeah that stuff is there but a lot of his discography is hard or impossible to stream
Thank you so much for this great video Lars!
My pleasure!
nice extract and lesson, I didn' t know him -- nice sound
Ed Bickert is really worthwhile checking out!
The first part of the lick at 7:30 is from "Pavane pour une infante defunte ." by Maurice Ravel.
Underrated guitarist
But with a strong following if you judge from this video!
Incidently i bumped into Bickert playing Deep in A Dream.. He plays it very dreamy, with soft picking.. i call it cotton-picking. Didn't learn it, seemed above my level, instead went for Jim Hall's version. Just finished listening to Walk It Off, lovely tune. I'll try to sink my teeth in that one. Thanx for sharing your thoughts on the man !
Glad you like the video! Good luck with the song :)
Thanks for the analysis. I think I became aware of Ed Bickert because of Tim Lerch referencing him in regards to using telecasters/solid body guitars in Jazz. I haven't listened to much Ted Bickert yet though, thanks for putting him back on my radar.
You're welcome! He is certainly worht a listen :)
Wolfgang Muthspiel is also quite spectacular, he comes from the classical genre but has done many original things in Jazz. I would love to see you do a video on him.
We'll see if I can find something that might work 🙂
love this. bickert was one of the first jazz names I ever came across because I'm also a telecaster player :)
You could do a lot worse than starting with Ed Bickert! 🙂
Heard Lenny Breau Ed Bickert and Lorne lofsky Dozens of times over the years Geniuses All
A critical aspect of EB’s brilliance is a concept handed down from Billie and Lester- playing ahead, and behind the beat. It is why he swings so hard. Also an incomparable right hand. Very much as Bill Evans did. Nice work.
Absolutely incredible! Thank you for this lesson!
You're very welcome Sergej!
Just getting into this guy but John Stowell is definitely worth checking out. His chord voicing is incredible and not what you find most guitar players doing. He and Dave Liebman have a duo record that came out in March.
Nice! Got to check that album out :)
Thanks for doing an excellent video on Ed Bickert! I've been a fan of his for a long time. I'm sure you've noticed that Don and Terry are also the rhythm section on "Jim Hall Live" (from 1975). Love "At The Garden Party"! Especially their version of "Alone Together". For some people, bass solos are an "acquired taste" but I find Don Thompson's playing to be consistently listenable! For me, it's difficult to rank players but I would definitely say that Ed Bickert is in my top 5 jazz guitar players! Thanks again Jens!
Thanks! I didn't notice that it was the same rhythm section actually. That is interesting! Maybe it was through that connection that Jim recommended Ed Bickert to Paul Desmond?
It's possible. After all, Ed Bickert was being compared to Jim Hall throughout his career. Maybe I'll do some digging on one of the old USENET newsgroups...
effsixteenblock50 Jim Hall said that Ed Bickert was so good that whenever he walked in the room Jim would start shaking.
His improvisation is so strong, even when he doesn't do that comping-ish solo thing hehe
Ed Rules!
I heard Ed Bickert play many times back in the 80’s. My favourite time though was a bit odd and caught of centre. I walked into long & mcquade music store on bloor street in toronto and there in the entrance was Lorne Lofsky and Ed Bickert sitting in chairs and just pulling guitars off the rack and playing duets. The guitars were shredder guitars not jazz guitars they were demoing for Long & McQuade i guess but man they could make those guitars sound so good. I stood there for an hour hardly anyone there listening to chord melodies, bass lines and the most incredible solos iver standards on crazy colorful heavy metal guitars. Its all in the fingers, concept of tone etc. it was a beautiful moment. Ed is gone but Lorne is still cookin check him out Lorne Lofsky!!!!
That guy was genius. His chord Melody was comparable or more advanced than West Montgomery‘s if you can believe it but I’ve been listening to him a lot and he is super sophisticated. He plays the guitar like a Fender Rhodes piano with the long sustain in the chords leading up to build up. A lot of his chords he doesn’t even use a roots most of the time they are all upper register chord notes.
There’s another transcription on Francois Leduc’s channel of Ed Bickert doing a duet on April in Paris where he’s doing sort of Freddie Green style comping, though a little fuller voicings, and that stuff is a master class on jazz guitar comping. Such beautiful chord movement.
Jens can you do a lesson on different approaches on how to comp with a piano player?
Maybe, but there is no real lesson or solution for this. It is about both you and the piano player.
I talk about it in this video ua-cam.com/video/aifxivjcv8M/v-deo.html
You should give the “Edification” album a listen. It’s an album of Toronto guitarists paying homage to Ed.
Interesting! I will look it up! Thanks!
I love his style. I've tried playing along to his fast songs like this. Very hard to keep up
For those who stand big bands (I love them...), his work with the Canadian Boss Brass is TOP. He does a lot of soloing, but, even more interesting, a lot of amazing comping, sometimes alone with McConnell on trombone. He is my model of the guitar sideman. The one every horn player dreams to play with.
Ed great guitarist always so musician and he legitimized Jazz on a Tele. From what I understand Ed quit playing a number of years ago, I remember reading an interview and he didn't give reason why he stopped just that he stopped.
Yes I heard that he retired as well! Never heard a reason why. But I can imagine that you also might want to stop at some point?
Jens Larsen One reason I heard was that he broke his arm falling off a ladder or something while doing repairs, and it was painful getting back into playing at his age. Another reason I heard was that he was depressed after his wife passed away.
Ed was the best
I had a late brother , Larry , that was around that scene in the 60,s not same genre, but was familiar with Ed's work in Toronto, We should talk, if you like.
There are many great Cannadian musicians and guitar players. Can also mension Oliver Gannon, who has done some instuctions for PG music in Canada. I have learned alot from him and his arangement. A very god instructor too.
Rune Gusstafson was a great swedish jazzguitarist. He was a very fluid guitar player . Very few video with him. But he did do some solo albmums and many with Arne Domnerus who do the fameous Jazz at the Pawnshop 1 & 2.
Sure! But I can't do all local jazz guitarists :)
Ed Bickert was a local Toronto guitar hero. If you played jazz locally, you certainly knew who Ed was. We were blessed with many fine guitar players who spent time in Toronto. Lenny Breau was another Canadian guitar genius.
Love Bickert. The fact that he played a Tele is just cake
I actually have another video on him coming 🙂
Gilad Hekselman - split life
Or gilad on NY standard-Ari Hoenig
Thank you Vladimir! I need to check out that Ari Hoenig album 🙂
Ed is great !!!!!
He certainly is :)
very true
Phrase / quote sounds a bit like opening melody to 'Till there was you'.....which sounds great as a jazz/ bossa nova...😊
Also, he never seems to play a "normal" triad as most are rootless. For me his most masterful playing was on the "Pure Desmond" LP with Ron Carter and Connie Kay. The other Canadian of legendary status is of course Lenny Breau... good luck to anyone who can figure out, or play what he does.. Ted Greene is in there as well with chops to burn and brain off the charts. Ed grew up in a log cabin in Canada listening to a radio. Fortunately, it was the big bands with all their rich voicings that inspired him.
Excellent. Thanks!!!
You're very welcome! Who would you like to see a video on? 🙂
@@JensLarsen Julian Lage would be fantastic!!!
I will get to him along the way! :)
Listen to Lenny live at Shelleys Manhole Bluesette Phrasing Touch Dexterity Melody sheeeesh In my 70’s and still my favourite lucky to have seen him live at the Riverboat in Yorkville So Many Times and at George’s spaghetti house
Very nice work
He ıs my favorite!
Glad you like it!
Also love his strange chords
I’ve wondered what Ed’s years as a session musician contributed to his playing, both positive and negative.
Most Jazz guys work a lot as sidemen so I wouldn't say that really sets him apart?
He played on a lot of pop stuff and for commercials. I think that studio work like that rewards competence but punishes a distinctive sound. Kenny Burrell worked a lot as a sideman but the casual listener would probably recognize his sound easily. Ed is rightly praised as being understated but this reflects the need in studio sessions to have your sound blend in with the ensemble as much as possible.
Jim Hall, Barney Kessel and lots of others also did a lot of studio work. I am not so sure I really agree with you on this 🙂
@@DovidM Ed definitely had a recognizable sound, tone-wise and in term of what he played. His tone is certainly mellow, not unlike say Paul Desmond, but when he's playing jazz, he has a very sophisticated and graceful way of implying harmony with 3 and 4 note voicings. This is what his peers and students (like Lorne Lofksy, who was both) said they admired about him. His chordal work was enhanced by his use of a solid-body guitar. His deft touch combined with the sustain of the solid body gave his chords a piano-like quality. He could let them hang there and ring just as long as was appropriate, and then back off into silence. He was probably less distinctive as a soloist, but his solos had a singing quality, like Lester, Chet, and Stan. He was a walking encyclopedia of traditional popular music (his repertoire went well beyond the 200 or so most common standards), and he really loved that material and those melodies--he wasn't just waiting for his chance to blow over changes. I wouldn't argue that he changed jazz guitar like Charlie or Wes, but he's not unlike pianists Red Garland, Hampton Hawes, and Kenny Barron, a master you can recognize after a few bars once you know his playing.
Since Ed is no longer playing, Lorne Lofsky is now the top Canadian jazz guitar player. I recommend Lorne.
Lorne is indeed a great guitarist 🙂
the Quote could be from: "My Romance first statement of the Them??
Great video on an unsung hero.
I would love to see you do a video of Hank Garland's Velvet Guitar album. I was a kid and that album blew my mind. There is an awesome transcription available by Mike Joiner.
Thanks! I stopped doing videos like this because people were not that interested and they were really bad for the channel :)
Ed recorded a beautiful duo album with Jim Hall's wife, jane. If you can find it...
Interesting! What is it called?
@@JensLarsen Not sure. I got it through Jim Hall's site once. It was on my old computer. I wish I had it. Beautiful versions of Alone Together and It might As Well Be Spring.
@@JensLarsen The album is called "With a Song in my Heart". Was initially recorded on tape as a present for Jim Hall as far as I know. It is available on youtube. Great fun listening to!
@@schnirzelzwirn Thanks. I'll look it up 👆
Jens, that line you're wondering about: It's a quote or, actually, a close paraphrase of the first six bars of British bandleader-composer Ray Noble's "Love Is The Sweetest Thing." ua-cam.com/video/LChx6cNpONs/v-deo.html Noble, incidentally, wrote "Cherokee."
... Excellent Bickert lesson!
Thank you Elizabeth! Immediately I don't hear that it is the same, but I will give it another listen.
Interesting how loud the guitar is on that Ray Noble song.
OK, actually he's placing a paraphrase of bars 3-6 (1-2 are essentially the same as 3-4) of the Noble melody over bars 1-4 of Miss Jones; to me, it's a very sly move in this context. I caught it right away in your discussion, but then listened to the Bickert recording for reference.
Re: loud guitar ... yeah, I'm a big fan of dance band guitar of that period -- making me the dinosaur, I suppose, of your subscribers. :-D
Actually I hear it now, just needed to hear it twice I guess :)
Yeah Jens! We Canadians love Ed!
Doesn't seem to be limited to Canada 🙂 What is your favourite album?
Jens Larsen The duo recording with Don Thompson is excellent, I also like “The Guitar Mastery Of Ed Bickert” a lot. But it’s all very good!
I need to check out Guitar Mastery! I know the other one already :)
This is good too although I'm not crazy about the tune selections or dated sound the playing is great. ua-cam.com/video/KvT5Z_HR5TI/v-deo.html
more Ed Bickert Please!
Thanks! I am sure I will do more on him along the way :)
If you have ever seen him play, I understand a mutual appreciation, back then, they would call him and YOU, a cool CAT!
Thank you very much Robert! 🙂
Hey Jens, what is that blue thingy you have around your neck near the nut? Is it a damper?
It's hairband that I use as a mute for open strings, but it does not really do anything when it is behind the nut- I sometimes use it while recording or practicing legato.
I love Ed's playing.
Especially with Paul Desmond playing "Everything I Love" on Pure Desmond
I think these interviews are of him and his son:
vimeo.com/user25681287
He is indeed great! Yes, I seem to remember that his son made that documentary too?
Not too sure if a documentary was made, however, I do seem to recall that Jim Hall recommended Ed to Paul Desmond as his replacement.
Thanks for this video Jens.
I put it in my music lessons list.
Julian Lage is also a great Jazz Telecaster player.
True :)
I think I am missing something, I really do. Jazz guitar on reddit, youtube, facebook is all over Julian. I have listened to him plenty of times and I just don't get his music.
Hey Jens speaking of Teles how about a vid on ted greene chord voicing s!
To be honest I think that there are so many videos on that and an entire website dedicated to him that I would not really add something to it 🙂
Maybe you should check Tim Lerch channel, he's an amazing guitarist and teacher especially about Ted playing!
@@ilmatteo95 yea I check out Lerch page every now and then.
@@JensLarsen your updated take on things could be more clear. But it's all up to you my friend!
Thanks Daniel! I feel a little like I am going in on the territory of people who are specialized in that.
There are so many people like Tim who mostly do that topic. In the end I am more of a band player than a solo-guitar player, that is the music I mostly play and listen to, even if I have a lot of respect for the solo thing (and a 3 set solo gig in a few weeks 😄)