Gene Bertoncini - "A Medley of Standards"

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  • Опубліковано 11 гру 2024

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  • @loudrimshot
    @loudrimshot 3 роки тому +13

    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.

  • @adamtullymusic
    @adamtullymusic Рік тому +3

    Gene is one of the greatest!

  • @davidlaskiewicz4963
    @davidlaskiewicz4963 4 роки тому +6

    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 !!!!

    • @patrickcollins9091
      @patrickcollins9091 2 роки тому +1

      that's so wonderful I met him in similar circumstances on a bench in central park

  • @robertdouglas4293
    @robertdouglas4293 Рік тому +1

    A true pleasure for the ears, this, his music can indeed caress the soul.

  • @GiuseppeContinenza
    @GiuseppeContinenza 11 років тому +20

    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....

  • @martyndormer
    @martyndormer 3 роки тому +3

    Have just discovered Mr Bertoncini this evening; wonderful, revelatory and inspiring!

  • @Drewster58
    @Drewster58 3 роки тому +2

    Inspired improvisational flow, very beautiful harmonic vocabulary. I love Gene.

  • @jimmyb1tch35
    @jimmyb1tch35 10 років тому +4

    I had the pleasure of playing with Gene about a year ago. Great guy.

  • @jazzisification
    @jazzisification 6 років тому +2

    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.

  • @Ribazmayn
    @Ribazmayn 10 років тому +3

    Plays with a tonne of heart... just lovely

  • @kevinsspanish
    @kevinsspanish 6 років тому +4

    Enjoyed! Thanks for presenting this master musician.

  • @danielceline9505
    @danielceline9505 2 роки тому +1

    I didn't know him, now I will

  • @juampyjuarez
    @juampyjuarez 11 років тому +4

    I love Gene's arrangements, I played with him many times, and besides being a monster solo player, he is a wonderful human being.

    • @randallpmcmurphy7501
      @randallpmcmurphy7501 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah, I’ve seen you play, Juampy. You’re a monster player too. Birds of a feather flock together.

    • @juampyjuarez
      @juampyjuarez 4 роки тому +1

      @@randallpmcmurphy7501 Thanks a lot Randall!!really appreciate it.Big hug!

    • @randallpmcmurphy7501
      @randallpmcmurphy7501 4 роки тому +1

      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? 😂🤣🙏🏻

    • @juampyjuarez
      @juampyjuarez 4 роки тому

      @@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

  • @markweintraub8551
    @markweintraub8551 3 роки тому +1

    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

  • @shahareffendiaazizi5360
    @shahareffendiaazizi5360 3 роки тому

    Lovely.....fantastique

  • @yammerskooner
    @yammerskooner 11 років тому +2

    He's the best. And there are plenty out there.

  • @ChrisFosterSongs
    @ChrisFosterSongs 7 років тому +4

    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

    • @miariod
      @miariod 7 років тому +3

      @Chris Foster Songs: I think it's ' Gone with the wind' (from 2:08)

  • @БранДэрас
    @БранДэрас 6 років тому +3

    Красавчик Старичок!!!

  • @kiyoshipf
    @kiyoshipf 10 років тому +1

    Thanks wonderful performance video. I subscribed :)
    Pianist Kiyoshi from Japan.

  • @danarcotta1283
    @danarcotta1283 2 роки тому

    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

  • @gregleroy1
    @gregleroy1 3 роки тому

    👍🏼

  • @trabrex7697
    @trabrex7697 7 років тому +3

    12 fret, six stings = 72 notes of wisdom.

  • @reubenjames2301
    @reubenjames2301 8 місяців тому

    Ok

  • @randallpmcmurphy7501
    @randallpmcmurphy7501 4 роки тому +1

    The empty theatre makes this all the more poignant.

    • @jazzman1954
      @jazzman1954 3 роки тому

      Nah, it’s just a typical jazz gig. Ha.

  • @porkyo123
    @porkyo123 8 років тому +3

    Love his playing but not the tone on that guitar for his style.

    • @禺囸
      @禺囸 3 роки тому +2

      yea, the pickup isn't good

  • @guitaristmathewsloan8006
    @guitaristmathewsloan8006 9 років тому +2

    full venue.... lol

  • @joepalooka2145
    @joepalooka2145 6 років тому +2

    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.

    • @zu0832
      @zu0832 6 років тому +1

      Problem is partly in the amplication...needs to Mic his guitar rather than put it through an amp

    • @jazzman1954
      @jazzman1954 5 років тому +2

      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
      @禺囸 3 роки тому +2

      @@jazzman1954 Charlie Byrd, Ralph Towner?

    • @jazzman1954
      @jazzman1954 3 роки тому

      @@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.

    • @jazzman1954
      @jazzman1954 3 роки тому

      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.

  • @carlosrivera4546
    @carlosrivera4546 7 років тому +1

    What the shit is he playing? No melody no song. just wing it. time walk out.

    • @tonymottola5602
      @tonymottola5602 2 роки тому +3

      "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.

    • @frankbueti5510
      @frankbueti5510 Рік тому +4

      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!!!

    • @alvisgrady3357
      @alvisgrady3357 Рік тому +1

      Very well said 👏