Great interview so thank you. I saw Jakko during the King Crimson tour in 2019 and was blown away by his incredible talent. I have the King Crimson DVD "Meltdown" and he and the entire band were absolutely amazing. If you haven't seen it, it's every bit worth the price.
The good interviewers allow the guests to breathe. So many interviewers interrupt the guest and make the interview about them. Good music producers and sound engineers allow the musicians space and time to express themselves especially when improvising. Dont get in the way - dont stifle creativity - dont contaminate the moment
@@TheRealHucasys that’s usually just a problem of camera placement. So, it’s more of a tech issue than an interview style or substance issue. I usually overlook (or side-look) that problem. But I rarely look down at it. Or askance. Sometimes I look cross-eyed at it.
Thanks for interviewing Jakko, he always comes across so well, and for a stellar musician he seems humble, grounded and reflective. Great interview too
Brilliant interview Jakko always is so interesting to listen to like Steven Wilson . Thanks for this and for not interrupting like other interviewers who seem to want to make it all about them. 👍🏻
Thanks for having Jakko on, I really enjoyed the interview. I have been following Crimson for years. I've seen the band 7 times. First time was in 82 and the last time in the late 2010s. I saw the band with Jakko four times and those were some of the best gigs I have ever experienced. I really like Jakko's gutiar work and singing. One of the songs I enjoyed the most that was performed by the last line up was Islands. The recent version of that song has become one of my favorites. Jakko's vocal on that song is sublime. I also adore the KC Projekct album A Scarcity Of Miracles which has become one of my favorite Crimson related albums.
Wonderful to hear from someone who is so obviously such a tremendous talent yet seldom gets a spotlight like this to himself. Thank you. PS: Jeff Beck, for sure.
Thanks *Barry!* For a very interesting interview with *Jakko,* who I've seen only once live, when he was in *Dave Stewart's* band *Rapid Eye Movement.* I didn't realise that he'd also played for *Level 42* , so all in all a very impressive resume, and he comes over as a "good sort" in the discussions. I was also a big fan of *Hatfield & the North* and of course *National Health.* I hope someday you might review some of that prog/jazz influence on your show, or perhaps fetch that *master of the keys ~ Mr Stewart,* to come on down to shoot the breeze. Cheers 👌
Cool interview! I only really know Jakko’s music from when I saw him with King Crimson in 2018, and he was amazing. He had such a powerful voice and he sang KC songs from every era, somehow it was one voice the whole concert but going through 50 years of KC it always fit really well.
On the album Guaranteed, they have Holdsworth as part of the band yet Dominic Miller plays most of the guitar and Jakko is on the album cover and played on the tour.
First heard Jakko on Sam Brown's Stop record and then was over the moon when Mark King chose him for Level 42. Along with Gary Husband an amazing line up.
I still have the 12" of "I cant stand the pressure" ... Fantastic song ! ... Jakko is a great person and very skilled Musician ... Great interview Man !
On the Jeff Beck technique thing. Jeff would do things with his instrument that no other players would imagine to even attempt them. With the vibrato bar manipulating pitch TONALY (particularly with harmonics) and also his skill with the volume knob there are some things guitarists should consider and this is my analysis ok. Jeff abandoned the pick to sound the strings with his right thumb instead. This meant that he was operating the vibrato bar with FOUR fingers of his right hand, not three…Now this gave him far greater sensitivity of articulation to manipulate pitch than players who traditionally held a pick with finger and thumb and could only work the bar with their three remaining fingers. Jeff’s four gave him the ability to hit one single harmonic note and work the pitch into tonal 8 note melodies. This would sound astonishingly original and unlike other players to the ear…Jeff was combining this skill with the volume knob on a Stratocaster which is significant because on a Stat the volume knob is in very close proximity to where the picking hand sounds the strings. So when combining his skill with the knob with his skill with his vibrato bar Jeff would create things which were sonically beyond the reach of other players. Jeff was just extraordinary. (Paul)
Big Beck fan but I gotta be honest, the volume swells, whammy tricks/ending all of the phrases messing with it and playing with the thumb are all details and small ones at that. It's his taste that made him unique more than anything. Just the type of tunes he wanted to do
@@colinburroughs9871 imo 90% of his most interesting music was done before he switched to the strat. Got to respect the desire to always go his own way though.
Lovely. Thank you Barry, what a good interview. Jakko's such a gentleman as well. I can see why so many great musicians have wanted to work with him over the years.
I had the pleasure of seeing Jakko perform with King Crimson in Osaka and Nagoya during their last Japanese tour -- it was a powerful, elegant musical epiphany for me, so thank you so much Jakko giving me such a moment of beauty. Thank you Barry for interviewing such outstanding musicians.
Miles said there's no mistakes because what you play after makes it right. Similar but not the same. I think Sonny Rollins said to play the mistake again.
I saw the famous Robert Fripp photos you mentioned, and as a foreigner seeing it from afar, I considered it a typically British eccentric thing, perhaps under the influence of his wife Toyah, and in the end I was no more surprised than that.
Robert Fripp tells the story of when he met Jimi Hendrix. I believe it was backstage at some festival, Jimi had his right arm in a cast for some reason, and when he ran into Fripp and went to greet him he said, shake my left hand, it's closer to the heart.
Loved the story of Levin's screw up and recovery. Speaks volumes of his talent and professionalism to work out of it, and for those around him to not panic and trust him lead them back. The greats can do it and most in the audience are never the wiser.
I saw Giles play with Crimson in ‘69 at the Marquee Club. His playing was unlike anything I had seen before. He had incredible control and attention to detail, from a whisper to a scream. As a very young drummer at the time I could barely take my eyes off him. He’s largely unrecognized in the pantheon of drummers but I consider him to be a true pioneer.
@@randydoak6638 Hats off to you. He’s simply a great drummer and I have nothing but respect and love for him. Mr. Fripp once mentioned that the reason he had Bruford and Muir together is that between the two of them they might handle the scope Michael used to cover.
When I was running Ents at Imperial College students union I booked 64 Spoons as often as I could get away with it, as I recognised there was so much skill going on, and couldnt get enough of them. I still have their one and only 7 in single somewhere.
If Fripp was growing up today, he'd definitely be considered 'on the spectrum'. I think he's a brilliant musician, but he does talk some bollocks at times.
I love em both ...alot...but they didn't have enough incentive to stay soft inside in the heart. Fripp ..lol, imagine how much bigger KC would he if fripp blessed bootlegging. (Esp as EG fkd him so hard lol). These 2 dudes didn't puff and were uptight hard-working geniuses. But they were often asshats to work with. Fripp has pulled 80s interviews where he waS being 100% an ass to BB. Its hard being a genius and run a band. If all the accounts are true ;-)❤
Robert Fripp said that although he was a better guitarist than Hendrix, Hendrix was the better musician. The same applies when it comes to Jeff Beck. Beck is the better technician, but there is nothing in his body of work that equals the power of Purple Haze, or The Wind Cries Mary, or All Along the Watchtower. Hendrix's cultural impact dwarfs Beck's, and rightly so.
True. Beck was mostly "just" a great guitarist, he didn't have the strong songwriting or frontman ability Hendrix had to carry a band himself. His post-yardbirds to pre-fusion era were really good bands (and the mixture of hard rock and soul on the Mk II lineup was innovative too), but they didn't have the level of consistent original songwriting/ distinctive melodicism to take them into the sort of cultural impact Hendrix/Zep/Sabbath and others managed. The fusion stuff was fun, but just following trends and they, as well as everything that came after, were never going to have the cultural impact of a Hendrix as jazz-fusion and instrumental rock guitar albums are niche in comparison. btw I don't think Beck was a better technician than Hendrix in the '60s or first half of the '70s. He was about on par as a lead player, wasn't any more harmonically sophisticated, and was a non-existent rhythm/chordal player in comparison. His advances technically were more once he switched to the Strat and mainly related to the whammy bar...it's not like he suddenly started being able to burn like John Mclaughlin or Holdsworth once he went instrumental.
Roberts a gem just watch Toyha and Roberts Sunday lunch quite entertaining their a daft pair of buggers i don't think they take them selves too seriously
I think comparing Beck and Hendrix is apples and oranges. Certainly I respect Beck's breathtaking technical capabilities, but his playing seldom moves me as Hendrix's so often does. This Brit habit of numerically rating artistry that is largely subjective, is something that needs to be outgrown, don't you think?
Jeff Beck "kept pushing the envelope" - easier because he didn't die. We heard where Hendrix went from/to in 3+ years, so we can only imagine had he lived. Hendrix's musicality is of a magical level even in that short time, and compared to Beck THEN - Jimi was likely the most adventurous and bold guitarist on the planet.
The hendrix Beck thing is not a fair comparison if you're going to compare on the work. Jeff deck did when Jimi Hendrix was alive its not even close. Jimi's many levels above JB.. We don't know what would have happened if Hendrix had lived. But tJeff Beck is one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived at the time of his death was probably the best electric guitar player on the planet.
They have made him known to millions who up till then never knew who he was, If a few of those people get into Crimson by this route then that is great. His reputation is not in danger - he was always considered ''eccentric'' and it works for him and he doesn't really care what others think. Top man.
you ruining fripps reputation highly doubt it he still has plenty of fans out there im one of them in fact I never heard of this Jakko guy. what does michael Jackson and Gene Simmons have to do with king crimson? lol
Great interview so thank you. I saw Jakko during the King Crimson tour in 2019 and was blown away by his incredible talent. I have the King Crimson DVD "Meltdown" and he and the entire band were absolutely amazing. If you haven't seen it, it's every bit worth the price.
Of course he had to mention politics
Very interesting and informative interview. Nice that you let Jakko talk without interrupting; Wish others followed your lead on this.
The good interviewers allow the guests to breathe.
So many interviewers interrupt the guest and make the interview about them.
Good music producers and sound engineers allow the musicians space and time to express themselves especially when improvising.
Dont get in the way - dont stifle creativity - dont contaminate the moment
My early interviews are a bit like that, but you learn your trade as you go
Yeah, just makes me a bit uncomfortable when he's looking to the side (at his phone?) and not at Jakko while he answers.
@@TheRealHucasys that’s usually just a problem of camera placement. So, it’s more of a tech issue than an interview style or substance issue. I usually overlook (or side-look) that problem. But I rarely look down at it. Or askance. Sometimes I look cross-eyed at it.
Thanks for interviewing Jakko, he always comes across so well, and for a stellar musician he seems humble, grounded and reflective. Great interview too
Couldn't agree more!
@@classicalbum He appeared on the Andertons Music channel in one of the "The Captain Meets" features. Very interesting indeed.
Brilliant interview Jakko always is so interesting to listen to like Steven Wilson . Thanks for this and for not interrupting like other interviewers who seem to want to make it all about them. 👍🏻
Thanks for having Jakko on, I really enjoyed the interview. I have been following Crimson for years. I've seen the band 7 times. First time was in 82 and the last time in the late 2010s. I saw the band with Jakko four times and those were some of the best gigs I have ever experienced. I really like Jakko's gutiar work and singing. One of the songs I enjoyed the most that was performed by the last line up was Islands. The recent version of that song has become one of my favorites. Jakko's vocal on that song is sublime. I also adore the KC Projekct album A Scarcity Of Miracles which has become one of my favorite Crimson related albums.
Wonderful to hear from someone who is so obviously such a tremendous talent yet seldom gets a spotlight like this to himself. Thank you.
PS: Jeff Beck, for sure.
Thanks *Barry!*
For a very interesting interview with *Jakko,* who I've seen only once live, when he was in *Dave Stewart's* band *Rapid Eye Movement.*
I didn't realise that he'd also played for *Level 42* , so all in all a very impressive resume, and he comes over as a "good sort" in the discussions.
I was also a big fan of *Hatfield & the North* and of course *National Health.* I hope someday you might review some of that prog/jazz influence on your show, or perhaps fetch that *master of the keys ~ Mr Stewart,* to come on down to shoot the breeze.
Cheers 👌
What a lovely fellow! Interesting interview. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cool interview! I only really know Jakko’s music from when I saw him with King Crimson in 2018, and he was amazing. He had such a powerful voice and he sang KC songs from every era, somehow it was one voice the whole concert but going through 50 years of KC it always fit really well.
That was great. I never knew he was in Level 42, they certainly had some heavyweight guitarists pass through, including Alan Holdsworth
On the album Guaranteed, they have Holdsworth as part of the band yet Dominic Miller plays most of the guitar and Jakko is on the album cover and played on the tour.
@@cagesoundI didnt know that either, Dominic Miller is another favourite of mine
Great interview! I watched it while trimming my nose hairs. Jakko's work with Crimso is brilliant. This was my favourite KC band!
First heard Jakko on Sam Brown's Stop record and then was over the moon when Mark King chose him for Level 42. Along with Gary Husband an amazing line up.
I still have the 12" of "I cant stand the pressure" ... Fantastic song ! ... Jakko is a great person and very skilled Musician ... Great interview Man !
On the Jeff Beck technique thing. Jeff would do things with his instrument that no other players would imagine to even attempt them. With the vibrato bar manipulating pitch TONALY (particularly with harmonics) and also his skill with the volume knob there are some things guitarists should consider and this is my analysis ok. Jeff abandoned the pick to sound the strings with his right thumb instead. This meant that he was operating the vibrato bar with FOUR fingers of his right hand, not three…Now this gave him far greater sensitivity of articulation to manipulate pitch than players who traditionally held a pick with finger and thumb and could only work the bar with their three remaining fingers. Jeff’s four gave him the ability to hit one single harmonic note and work the pitch into tonal 8 note melodies. This would sound astonishingly original and unlike other players to the ear…Jeff was combining this skill with the volume knob on a Stratocaster which is significant because on a Stat the volume knob is in very close proximity to where the picking hand sounds the strings. So when combining his skill with the knob with his skill with his vibrato bar Jeff would create things which were sonically beyond the reach of other players. Jeff was just extraordinary. (Paul)
Holdsworth's use of tremelo was at least as innovative. The way he stretched and slurred notes was incredible.
Big Beck fan but I gotta be honest, the volume swells, whammy tricks/ending all of the phrases messing with it and playing with the thumb are all details and small ones at that. It's his taste that made him unique more than anything. Just the type of tunes he wanted to do
@@colinburroughs9871 imo 90% of his most interesting music was done before he switched to the strat. Got to respect the desire to always go his own way though.
Lovely. Thank you Barry, what a good interview. Jakko's such a gentleman as well. I can see why so many great musicians have wanted to work with him over the years.
I had the pleasure of seeing Jakko perform with King Crimson in Osaka and Nagoya during their last Japanese tour -- it was a powerful, elegant musical epiphany for me, so thank you so much Jakko giving me such a moment of beauty. Thank you Barry for interviewing such outstanding musicians.
Great interview. Not into prog but I know of Jakko because of his time with Level 42, and so glad you asked about that.
You don't like an entire genre?
Fantastic interview. Great guy. As a mental health professional I found his insight really interesting.
Ditto.
I saw Crimson in ‘21 in Nashville and Jakko sounded unbelievable on vocals. Great interview.
That show was incredible
I agree. I saw them in Antwerp in 2016 and remember being blown away by his singing on Epitaph.
Same, I hadn't expected him to be THAT good.
Great show great interview thank you😅😊
Great interview. Jakko's great in the KC documentary. Nice impression of Fripp too!
Damn good interview! Jakko is an inspiring and brilliant musician! Thank you for your content!
Didn't Robert Fripp say about THIS King Crimson "First time I am in a band where non of the other members regrets my presense"?
That “jazz musician” who said play the mistake again like you mean it was Miles Davis
Miles said there's no mistakes because what you play after makes it right. Similar but not the same. I think Sonny Rollins said to play the mistake again.
Good to know Fripp's got an image to keep up. Cheers🍺
Brilliant, thank you both
Jakko's impression of Fripp is spot on.
I saw the famous Robert Fripp photos you mentioned, and as a foreigner seeing it from afar, I considered it a typically British eccentric thing, perhaps under the influence of his wife Toyah, and in the end I was no more surprised than that.
Great interview!! Much appreciated!
Robert Fripp tells the story of when he met Jimi Hendrix. I believe it was backstage at some festival, Jimi had his right arm in a cast for some reason, and when he ran into Fripp and went to greet him he said, shake my left hand, it's closer to the heart.
Great conversation! I'll look for the new book. Thanks!
Excellent interview. Thanks
Great interview as always Barry. 😉✌️🎸🏴
Cheers, that was a nice surprise this morning when it appeared in my UA-cam feed.
Loved the story of Levin's screw up and recovery. Speaks volumes of his talent and professionalism to work out of it, and for those around him to not panic and trust him lead them back. The greats can do it and most in the audience are never the wiser.
Great interview, many thanks.
Glad you interviewed him and not me: I would’ve pestered him with endless questions about Michael Giles.
I saw Giles play with Crimson in ‘69 at the Marquee Club. His playing was unlike anything I had seen before. He had incredible control and attention to detail, from a whisper to a scream. As a very young drummer at the time I could barely take my eyes off him. He’s largely unrecognized in the pantheon of drummers but I consider him to be a true pioneer.
@@randydoak6638 Hats off to you. He’s simply a great drummer and I have nothing but respect and love for him. Mr. Fripp once mentioned that the reason he had Bruford and Muir together is that between the two of them they might handle the scope Michael used to cover.
What a thoroughly decent chap he is!
Frank Zappa is the one who said repeat your mistake is the solution.
Crimson has always possessed a gravitas that Yes could only aspire to. Cheers!
Great interview!
When I was running Ents at Imperial College students union I booked 64 Spoons as often as I could get away with it, as I recognised there was so much skill going on, and couldnt get enough of them. I still have their one and only 7 in single somewhere.
King Crimson really are a magnet for so many extraordinary musicians. Bill Bruford. Edwin Jobson. Greg Lake. John Wetton. The list is endless.
No, Robert is ruining his reputation all by himself with Toyah.
I always had good impression of Jakko and now I know why. He seems like such a nice fellow as well as a great singer and player.
64 Spoons was the reason that I dropped out of college and bought a drumkit.
Brilliant band.
Fab Robert Fripp impersonation.
Great interview, could have been a lot longer!
Robert Fripp & Ian Anderson being ‘difficult’ probably just means perfectionist & not suffering fools. 😂
I don't know much about Fripp, but I am a huge Ian Anderson fan and nice to hear that Jakko got along fine with him :)
If Fripp was growing up today, he'd definitely be considered 'on the spectrum'. I think he's a brilliant musician, but he does talk some bollocks at times.
I love em both ...alot...but they didn't have enough incentive to stay soft inside in the heart.
Fripp ..lol, imagine how much bigger KC would he if fripp blessed bootlegging. (Esp as EG fkd him so hard lol).
These 2 dudes didn't puff and were uptight hard-working geniuses. But they were often asshats to work with.
Fripp has pulled 80s interviews where he waS being 100% an ass to BB.
Its hard being a genius and run a band.
If all the accounts are true ;-)❤
@@shirleymental4189 It sounds like you're using autism as some sort of insult which isn't great to hear.
FWIW I agree on the Hendrix Beck question because Beck had a whole lifetime. Hendrix did not
Robert Fripp said that although he was a better guitarist than Hendrix, Hendrix was the better musician. The same applies when it comes to Jeff Beck. Beck is the better technician, but there is nothing in his body of work that equals the power of Purple Haze, or The Wind Cries Mary, or All Along the Watchtower. Hendrix's cultural impact dwarfs Beck's, and rightly so.
True. Beck was mostly "just" a great guitarist, he didn't have the strong songwriting or frontman ability Hendrix had to carry a band himself. His post-yardbirds to pre-fusion era were really good bands (and the mixture of hard rock and soul on the Mk II lineup was innovative too), but they didn't have the level of consistent original songwriting/ distinctive melodicism to take them into the sort of cultural impact Hendrix/Zep/Sabbath and others managed. The fusion stuff was fun, but just following trends and they, as well as everything that came after, were never going to have the cultural impact of a Hendrix as jazz-fusion and instrumental rock guitar albums are niche in comparison.
btw I don't think Beck was a better technician than Hendrix in the '60s or first half of the '70s. He was about on par as a lead player, wasn't any more harmonically sophisticated, and was a non-existent rhythm/chordal player in comparison. His advances technically were more once he switched to the Strat and mainly related to the whammy bar...it's not like he suddenly started being able to burn like John Mclaughlin or Holdsworth once he went instrumental.
Roberts a gem just watch Toyha and Roberts Sunday lunch quite entertaining their a daft pair of buggers i don't think they take them selves too seriously
I think comparing Beck and Hendrix is apples and oranges. Certainly I respect Beck's breathtaking technical capabilities, but his playing seldom moves me as Hendrix's so often does. This Brit habit of numerically rating artistry that is largely subjective, is something that needs to be outgrown, don't you think?
It's a kind of conversational piece type of question really to end the interview
You can only fairly compare Beck and Hendrix up to Sept 18th 1970.
Jeff Beck "kept pushing the envelope" - easier because he didn't die.
We heard where Hendrix went from/to in 3+ years, so we can only imagine had he lived. Hendrix's musicality is of a magical level even in that short time, and compared to Beck THEN - Jimi was likely the most adventurous and bold guitarist on the planet.
Very sorry to hear Peter Collins died…Peter of Rush and Flying Colours 😢
Book ordered.
When I started this video I didn’t have Liza Minnelli, Gene Simmons and Michael Jackson on my bingo card.
“Politically right with Atilla the Hun” WTF?..
“Politically TO the right of Atilla… “
This guy is a left wing nut so anyone who is moderate is far right to him.
The hendrix Beck thing is not a fair comparison if you're going to compare on the work. Jeff deck did when Jimi Hendrix was alive its not even close. Jimi's many levels above JB.. We don't know what would have happened if Hendrix had lived. But tJeff Beck is one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived at the time of his death was probably the best electric guitar player on the planet.
Yes but can be make it interesting… 😮
Hendrix is the greater - Beck is the Better
Jimi
Fripp's a weird dude no doubt, then again Jokko is no Greg Lake either
He sucked in KC. Bring back Belew
I don't know why Fripp does those stupid videos with Toyah, those are bad for his reputation...
He’s old! He doesn’t have to worry or care anymore!!!
They have made him known to millions who up till then never knew who he was, If a few of those people get into Crimson by this route then that is great. His reputation is not in danger - he was always considered ''eccentric'' and it works for him and he doesn't really care what others think. Top man.
@@neilparnell5712 you think those videos would get anyone into Crimson?
@@bradleypower4803 Not by their content - but out of curiosity !
you ruining fripps reputation highly doubt it he still has plenty of fans out there im one of them in fact I never heard of this Jakko guy. what does michael Jackson and Gene Simmons have to do with king crimson? lol
Jakko's horrible MOR vocals ruin anything he sings on.
Jakko is spot on about Jeff Beck