Gene is my father's first cousin. At family gatherings we would sometimes jam out on some Jazz standards. Me on drums, cousin Matt on bass and Gene. It was a family thing. It is so cool to have a legend in the family.
I was in Queens 12 years ago. Walking from subway . A gentleman on the street saw me with my guitar and invited me in to a auto repair shop. He said I want to introduce you to my friend. Gene sat in his office. He introduced his self and said he use to perform on the Johnny Carson Show with Doc Stevenson . I said what are you doing here ? He said his friend owned the business and they were tuning his car. We jammed in the office of a auto repair shop in Queens ! Excellent guitarist ! I was uplifted throughout the rest of the day !!!!
Gene is a refined taste like a fine wine his playing is built on hundreds of years of other players and it takes a historical context to appreciate what he designs. I still think his comping on Paul Desmond's bridge over Troubled water is the most beautiful guitar playing I can think of.
Juampy Juarez thanks, mate. I watched you playing those polychord, or bitonal things a few weeks ago and I just thought, “I’ll have whatever that guy’s had”. Back to shedding on G Steps for me. I have NO idea where you’re getting all that harmony from. Are you from the future, sent back here to freak the rest of us out? 😂🤣🙏🏻
@@randallpmcmurphy7501 lol thanks a lot Randall for your kind comments.Happy that you enjoyed my stuff.I wrote 10 books and also I teach at mikesmasterclasses.com if you need some of my material.All the best and stay safe!! juampyjuarez@hotmail.com my email
I went to hear guitarist Gene Bertoncini one year. It was mostly for guitar and bass fiddle. Gene spoke. "Thank you all so much for being here tonight Now we'd like to play for you, a composition. It's by, Lennon and Mccartney. Eleanor Rigby!" Gene said, and he and Michael began playing. I heard the duet of guitar and bass fiddle. -Mark Weintraub
Here is what I hear. Please correct me if I'm wrong and please identify the 2nd tune. 0:00 But Beautiful 2:01 ???? ---Not picking this one up? 4:25 East Of The Sun 6:30 - The Shadow of Your Smile 8:40 Agua De Beber
He did a recording with my father, a vocalist. New York at A&R with Phil Ramon Herbie Hancock George Duvivier Grady Tate Clark Terry Jerome Richardson Melba Listen doing the arrangements 1966 and1967 Awesome 5 tunes
I know he's a great player, but that classical guitar just doesn't make it.. Very little sustain, and when he hits notes they quickly die out or all you get is a percussive click. Very thin sound, and would be a lot better on electric.
I agree. However playing jazz on a nylon string solo is just about the toughest guitar thing to do. I can only think of Lennie Breau who could pull it off.
@@禺囸 Actually Lenny Breau was probably the best. Monster monster player. Listen to him if you can but he didn’t record much. Charlie Byrd I didn’t rate and I haven’t listened much to Ralph Towner.
I sat through a Gene Bertoncini work shop once sitting right next to him. I have to agree his sound was not good. The guitar was made by Buscarino I believe but I actually thought his strings were as dead as a door nail.
"But Beautiful," "Gone With the Wind," "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," "The Shadow of Your Smile," ... that kind of shit. Gene was trained in architecture at Notre Dame University and builds beautiful spaces in music.
Exactly. We have to remember that we also myself sadly included have been deprived of tonal color and bombarded by commercial crap, not art, but garbage music designed for money and popularity. We have to open our ears if we want to reap the benefits of real artists like Gene who are the real superstars of the artists who have a trained ear. Keep listening again and again and you’ll see the beauty. It’s right in front of us. A Masterpiece!!!
Gene is my father's first cousin. At family gatherings we would sometimes jam out on some Jazz standards. Me on drums, cousin Matt on bass and Gene. It was a family thing. It is so cool to have a legend in the family.
Gene is one of the greatest!
I was in Queens 12 years ago. Walking from subway . A gentleman on the street saw me with my guitar and invited me in to a auto repair shop. He said I want to introduce you to my friend. Gene sat in his office. He introduced his self and said he use to perform on the Johnny Carson Show with Doc Stevenson . I said what are you doing here ? He said his friend owned the business and they were tuning his car. We jammed in the office of a auto repair shop in Queens ! Excellent guitarist ! I was uplifted throughout the rest of the day !!!!
that's so wonderful I met him in similar circumstances on a bench in central park
A true pleasure for the ears, this, his music can indeed caress the soul.
Gene is simply a guitar genius and a wonderful person ...we just recorded an album together and I'm so glad to play with him....
Kudos. Bet you’ve got chops out your ass.
Have just discovered Mr Bertoncini this evening; wonderful, revelatory and inspiring!
Inspired improvisational flow, very beautiful harmonic vocabulary. I love Gene.
I had the pleasure of playing with Gene about a year ago. Great guy.
Gene is a refined taste like a fine wine his playing is built on hundreds of years of other players and it takes a historical context to appreciate what he designs. I still think his comping on Paul Desmond's bridge over Troubled water is the most beautiful guitar playing I can think of.
Plays with a tonne of heart... just lovely
Enjoyed! Thanks for presenting this master musician.
I didn't know him, now I will
I love Gene's arrangements, I played with him many times, and besides being a monster solo player, he is a wonderful human being.
Yeah, I’ve seen you play, Juampy. You’re a monster player too. Birds of a feather flock together.
@@randallpmcmurphy7501 Thanks a lot Randall!!really appreciate it.Big hug!
Juampy Juarez thanks, mate. I watched you playing those polychord, or bitonal things a few weeks ago and I just thought, “I’ll have whatever that guy’s had”. Back to shedding on G Steps for me. I have NO idea where you’re getting all that harmony from. Are you from the future, sent back here to freak the rest of us out? 😂🤣🙏🏻
@@randallpmcmurphy7501 lol thanks a lot Randall for your kind comments.Happy that you enjoyed my stuff.I wrote 10 books and also I teach at mikesmasterclasses.com if you need some of my material.All the best and stay safe!! juampyjuarez@hotmail.com my email
I went to hear guitarist Gene Bertoncini one year. It was mostly for
guitar and bass fiddle. Gene spoke.
"Thank you all so much for being here tonight Now we'd like to play for you,
a composition. It's by, Lennon and Mccartney. Eleanor Rigby!" Gene said, and he and Michael began playing. I heard the duet of
guitar and bass fiddle.
-Mark Weintraub
Lovely.....fantastique
He's the best. And there are plenty out there.
Here is what I hear. Please correct me if I'm wrong and please identify the 2nd tune.
0:00 But Beautiful
2:01 ???? ---Not picking this one up?
4:25 East Of The Sun
6:30 - The Shadow of Your Smile
8:40 Agua De Beber
@Chris Foster Songs: I think it's ' Gone with the wind' (from 2:08)
Красавчик Старичок!!!
Thanks wonderful performance video. I subscribed :)
Pianist Kiyoshi from Japan.
He did a recording with my father, a vocalist. New York at A&R with Phil Ramon
Herbie Hancock
George Duvivier
Grady Tate
Clark Terry
Jerome Richardson
Melba Listen doing the arrangements 1966 and1967
Awesome 5 tunes
that's some all-star band
👍🏼
12 fret, six stings = 72 notes of wisdom.
Ok
The empty theatre makes this all the more poignant.
Nah, it’s just a typical jazz gig. Ha.
Love his playing but not the tone on that guitar for his style.
yea, the pickup isn't good
full venue.... lol
I know he's a great player, but that classical guitar just doesn't make it.. Very little sustain, and when he hits notes they quickly die out or all you get is a percussive click. Very thin sound, and would be a lot better on electric.
Problem is partly in the amplication...needs to Mic his guitar rather than put it through an amp
I agree. However playing jazz on a nylon string solo is just about the toughest guitar thing to do. I can only think of Lennie Breau who could pull it off.
@@jazzman1954 Charlie Byrd, Ralph Towner?
@@禺囸 Actually Lenny Breau was probably the best. Monster monster player. Listen to him if you can but he didn’t record much. Charlie Byrd I didn’t rate and I haven’t listened much to Ralph Towner.
I sat through a Gene Bertoncini work shop once sitting right next to him. I have to agree his sound was not good. The guitar was made by Buscarino I believe but I actually thought his strings were as dead as a door nail.
What the shit is he playing? No melody no song. just wing it. time walk out.
"But Beautiful," "Gone With the Wind," "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," "The Shadow of Your Smile," ... that kind of shit. Gene was trained in architecture at Notre Dame University and builds beautiful spaces in music.
Exactly. We have to remember that we also myself sadly included have been deprived of tonal color and bombarded by commercial crap, not art, but garbage music designed for money and popularity. We have to open our ears if we want to reap the benefits of real artists like Gene who are the real superstars of the artists who have a trained ear. Keep listening again and again and you’ll see the beauty. It’s right in front of us. A Masterpiece!!!
Very well said 👏