Norman Brown is truly awesome, and this one is one of many of his songs. If anyone has smooth jazz collection, then you definitely have to add Norman to it. 😊
This guy is so kickass, he taught our music note reading class at GIT, MI music school. He was so cool and kicked back, great teacher too, he put up with our goofy jokes etc.. He was so great then too he was like 26 years old then, he was a major player already then.
Extremely Talented. Norman Brown is great..Love the style: Norman Brown, Mark Whitfield, Nick Colionne, Tim Bowman, Jeffery Smith, Bruce McKenzie A Ray Fuller, Micheal Vince, I frankly love them all. They are all in my music collection.
Everytime I listen to this guy, all my negative thoughts vanished and I feel so relaxed as I'm flying and feel like I have everything what's needed in life to feel free, I'm so rich and feel abundance by just listening Norman's music.
Call the fire department Norman... ! Cause that was fire !...Note blaze'n ,marshmallow melt'n...fire! And just a honey sweet lovely frick'n axe as well sir! . Thank you indeed for share'n this Mr. Brown.
This truly brings back the best memories. Growing up this was one of my dads favorite musicians. One of my favorite guitar players on earth🙌🏽 there’s nothing like the sound of the great Norman Brown!!!🎸🎸🎸
It was such an amazing experience and great honor for me to host Norman Brown here in Uganda, 2014. Such a fine gentleman, great sense of humour! Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤❤️
Much respect! MR. NORMAN BROWN my wife and I met you years back in Los Angeles you shook my hand and took a picture with us it still hangs in my music room right now all these years later! Thanks for all the wonderful music!
love everything in this video: the colors, the sound of the Johnny Smith, but mostly the playing of Norman - including these little charming imperfections and the stunning climax of the solo - just great
NORMAN on this Gibson L5 was a great Surprise to me❤ But His artistic style was not diminished On That Guitar ❤ Thanks Norman ,for these memories John Barnett aka A Voice In The Mall ❤❤❤❤revisted July 1 2024 ❤
I heard this song back in 1999ish, followed the trail, and fell into the rabbit hole. Hours and hours of such joy and pleasure ever since, not to mention getting my head in the right space. An amazing talent. Thank you, Norman Brown. Gifted. Hero.
Drive the pacific coast highway 1 north from Carmel to San Francisco solo with my man playing, pure healing and a spiritually reflective inner experience.
Thank's for this Post! Norman is Guitar Gold! Years ago, in December 1996, I drove out of Norfolk, VA and headed back home to Wyandotte County and KCK: My Hometown, and Mr. Brown's Hometown. I LOVE Better Days Ahead!!It was a few months out and up the Smooth Jazz Charts quickly! I listened to that particular cut ALOT, and just as I hit I-70 East into Missouri, MY CASSETTE BROKE!!! 😮 😥 I was completely DEVASTATED and started to cry. I saw that as a SIGN that I would NOT have Better Days Ahead, but just the opposite. I have never stopped groovin' to Norman, but sometimes BDH makes me cry, when I think about that night! And look at Norman now! 🎸🏆 I've had some Good Days AND some bad ones, but like the the Williams Brothers say... I'm still here! Much Love to My Wyandotte County, Kansas City, KS Guitar Heroes: Norman Brown, Julian Vaughn and Carl Roland! Talent Times Three! 🎸💜
Same here, I would attend his or George Howard shows 2-3, 4 times a year an enjoyed every minute. I was Black, proud, young, talented, and handsome ...
My main man! Me and the wife had the pleasure to meet this great human being on a jazz cruise. Very down to earth person. He has been my guitar teacher for 15 years. And he doesn't even know it. Lol
I can recall listening to Norman on my way to and from work. Then I would go home and do round two to relax. His music always put me in an elevated frame of mind.
He does not always play relaxed like this.. Sometimes in concert he really burns it up, gets people standing up on their feet.. Not so many Jazz guitarists can do that, get a rock crowd reaction.
One of the BEST! He makes me smile and cry at the same time, this song is bitter sweet memories of my life. ThaNK yOU MR. BROWN, ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE..........
I walked into Tower Records when this album debut and they were playing it, I had to ask one of the workers who was this and walked out with 3 of his cds! Now I have most of his stuff!
Such eclectic guitar playing. Very smooth and artistic? I always say the lyrics accompany the notes to a song. Just imagine putting words to "together at last."
Wow!!! Love the beautiful chords at the end as well as all the great soulful phrasing and tone that Norman has here! Norman was an awesome Musicians’ Institute instructor (G.I.T. in Hollywood Ca.) when I was a student there.I still remember how encouraging and complementary he was to me when he and I played a real book jazz tune in front of the class.Everybody liked and respected Norman and his abilities there. I became a Guitar instructor at M.I. after graduating there. I still remember Norman congratulating me on that too. I hope that he is still blessing people with his encouragement,tremendous playing and teaching abilities! Mark Caviness (Nashville Tn.)
I have all of Norman Brown's CDs way back when he was on the MoJazz label up until now. His entire music catalog. His music is "timeless". Talented brotha.
Norman Brown is my greatest greatest greatest guitarist I'm a professional wildlife artist and I listen to his music all the time when I'm drawing God bless you Norman Brown keep playing
I can remember am musicians drummer played with him other in the city late70s early 80s as am in military he had band playing across the street from 1812 Oakland kc ks in the basement where he started family well know around kc the move got bad band he became Mr jazz keep it moven my bro god bless
I met Sir Norman Brown hanging out in Columbus Ohio at the Jazz and Ribfest.. Not only did he have one of the greatest smiles and personalities I've ever met, (no ego)but he lit the place up on stage!!!! May God bless him always
La obra esta tiene su principio y el fin .Su comienso y termino . En comienso dice veni ya te cuento una historia y cuenta que avia un chico enamorado con toda su alma y cuando dice a su amor que esta enamorado de ella , y a ella le encanta todo de el y ahora estan disfrutando los primeros pasos muy dulces de sus hermoso amor . Y alfinal dice que acuerdense que el amor pura de verdad hay que decir a quien le quieres y seguero que vas a encontrar tu amor de verdad . Muchas lindas colores !
My dad passed away 10 month ago, this song was also his favorite, we be been listening Norman Brown whenever we drive together. This song reminds me him, and i wanna say :thank you dad for this musical taste i ' ve got, i love you so much, and i will always love you!
Thank you for sharing this video! I've wanted to see this type of video for years. So nice to see him play my favorite song of his and to see his hands up close!
Wow what can you say....... this peice never fails to inspire me to get on with my life no matter the obstacles and what a performance, the energy the vibe he puts out is contagious, god bless Stormin Norman ❤️🙏🕊
That's why he remains among the elite...
I first heard Norman play this song when I was 10 and immediately thought, this is a song I’m going to listen to for the rest of my life.
Why?
Norman is one of the most gifted guitarist in the world!
100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I so agree!!! Smooth
Give me a break. Most gifted is Pat Metheny. No one comes close.
Indeed he is! Had the pleasure of seeing him at the concert venue in Douglasville, Ga in 2018. He and his band were awesome!!
I concur!!!
Norman Brown is one of a kind..black quitarists are some of the worlds best guitarists around...
😘💚💚
Exchanging between his thumb and the pick in the blink of an eye!!! Making it oh so smooth!!! You're the best Norman!!!!
Blew me away.I am 75 years old.Wish you the best.😊
Quand j écoute ce monsieur j ai mal au plus profond de mon être humain pas mot tellement ça me prend ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 3:12
Dude's a BEAST!!!! Been listening to Mr. Brown for close to 20 years. His music never disappoints. Seeing this though....He's next level.
EXACTLY RIGHT ON POINT MY FRIEND!
Norman Brown is truly awesome, and this one is one of many of his songs. If anyone has smooth jazz collection, then you definitely have to add Norman to it. 😊
Holy Joe Pass! I discovered Norman by accident. Thank goodness.
My favorite guitar song for years and likely always will be. Great job Mr. Brown!!!
This guy is so kickass, he taught our music note reading class at GIT, MI music school. He was so cool and kicked back, great teacher too, he put up with our goofy jokes etc.. He was so great then too he was like 26 years old then, he was a major player already then.
There are videos of him playing at GIT with a mean jerry curl back in the day😂😂😂
This one of my favs of all time, love Norman Brown
And THAT is Norman's sound... JS mini-humbuckers are gold in his hands....
Extremely Talented. Norman Brown is great..Love the style: Norman Brown, Mark Whitfield, Nick Colionne, Tim Bowman, Jeffery Smith, Bruce McKenzie A Ray Fuller, Micheal Vince, I frankly love them all. They are all in my music collection.
Damm!!! Norman Brown, my brother, You Got talent!! God bless!
whatever, wherever, norman can put me in "the zone." thank you norman brown for your wonderful playing
Best smooth jazz guitarist in my life time so far.
No one else come close
EXACTLY RIGHT ON POINT MY FRIEND!
Norman.B ..the best Soul an RB guitar solo stylist since G.Benson.. guitar🎸 heaven.
That's who taught him. His mentor, along with Wes Montgomery. You're so right!😘💟🎸
Right now Norman reigns as the guitar ing god as the sweet and tender free flowing musical notes joyously pour out of his instrument.
Everytime I listen to this guy, all my negative thoughts vanished and I feel so relaxed as I'm flying and feel like I have everything what's needed in life to feel free, I'm so rich and feel abundance by just listening Norman's music.
Execelente en plena pandemia ,un regalo ,, mundial ❤
This is a great guitarist. More importantly, a genuinely good person.
Thank you lord ! We still have talented jazz guitarists. Could listen to Norman all day long.
Eu ouço várias vezes ao dia amoooo me lembro do Wes Montgomery do tempo que tinha 19 anos hoje tenho 74 e gosto muitoooo de Jazz
Thanks God for this amazing talented guitarist. Thanks Norman❤❤❤💥💥💥💯💯💯👋👋👋🙏
Call the fire department Norman... ! Cause that was fire !...Note blaze'n ,marshmallow melt'n...fire! And just a honey sweet lovely frick'n axe as well sir! . Thank you indeed for share'n this Mr. Brown.
This brings back old memories as a kid when my stepfather used to play these Norman Brown songs throughout the house on the CD player.
I wish world leaders would listen to smooth jazz!
I met him at a show in Jackson Ms great artist great guy and he signed all my Norman Brown cd's , yes cd's no downloading here.
Norman has skills galore!🎉
“Better Days Ahead” ohhh ! One of my favourite songs in the world *ever* !
Beautiful Wes Stylings Here Mr Brown with a Little Hats Off to GB as Well.... You are The Man Sir 💯💯
Percebam que ao ouvir as músicas de N.B. você praticamente entra em transe. Viaja em paz . Muito Obrigado NB 🙏🙏🙏😍👏👏
If you don't feel that, you ain't human and you don't have a Soul, you just exist!
This truly brings back the best memories. Growing up this was one of my dads favorite musicians. One of my favorite guitar players on earth🙌🏽 there’s nothing like the sound of the great Norman Brown!!!🎸🎸🎸
EXACTLY RIGHT ON POINT MY FRIEND!
Quiero oír esta canción todo el día!!!!
WOW YOU ARE AMAZING. ALL YOUR HEART IS IN THIS THANK YOU. WONDERFUL🙏♥️
It was such an amazing experience and great honor for me to host Norman Brown here in Uganda, 2014. Such a fine gentleman, great sense of humour!
Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤❤️
Quelle belle musique inspirée de Georges Benson...magnifique♥️♥️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
We need more players like this in the UK ...Great stuff..sticky stuff..
Niiice! Always has been….. Always will be!! Keeping smooth alive!! Love it!! Healing in dem wings boy!!!
Norman is a GOD on the strings
Better Days Ahead. Heard Norman Brown for the first time back in the early 1990s on a drive from Santa Cruz. Wow, so amazing a musician
Mr. Brown your music always get's me right where I need to be. Thank you!
Good stuff! Whenever I go flying locally I have this music in my headset.
Sweet my brother, I am a fan now, when I ride in my car all I listen to is 90s smooth jazz
Much respect!
MR. NORMAN BROWN my wife and I met you years back in Los Angeles you shook my hand and took a picture with us it still hangs in my music room right now all these years later! Thanks for all the wonderful music!
The way he floats his pick from between his fingers and back again when thumb strumming....seamless.
yes. The way he does everything.
love everything in this video: the colors, the sound of the Johnny Smith, but mostly the playing of Norman - including these little charming imperfections and the stunning climax of the solo - just great
Love your comment dispite your charming imperfections.
何だか魂に響くメロディー 素敵過ぎる
Always a classic smooth jazz groove no matter when ;-)
I have loved Norman Brown for years
This man still has it, talent like that will never fade away..
Even when he messes up it still sounds sooooooo good!
NORMAN on this Gibson L5 was a great Surprise to me❤ But His artistic style was not diminished On That Guitar ❤ Thanks Norman ,for these memories John Barnett aka A Voice In The Mall ❤❤❤❤revisted July 1 2024 ❤
Norman Brown, George Benson, Lee Ritenour, Paul Jackson Jr...and many more, they are great guitarists..
j'adore Norman Brown,he's unique. Love for smooth jazz
I heard this song back in 1999ish, followed the trail, and fell into the rabbit hole. Hours and hours of such joy and pleasure ever since, not to mention getting my head in the right space. An amazing talent. Thank you, Norman Brown. Gifted. Hero.
Years ago I commuted from LA to San Diego; this man and his guitar always got me down I-5 without stress (what traffic?)...thanks for sharing.
Drive the pacific coast highway 1 north from Carmel to San Francisco solo with my man playing, pure healing and a spiritually reflective inner experience.
When our radio station played this style,947 the wave!!!!
Thank's for this Post! Norman is Guitar Gold! Years ago, in December 1996, I drove out of Norfolk, VA and headed back home to Wyandotte County and KCK: My Hometown, and Mr. Brown's Hometown. I LOVE Better Days Ahead!!It was a few months out and up the Smooth Jazz Charts quickly! I listened to that particular cut ALOT, and just as I hit I-70 East into Missouri, MY CASSETTE BROKE!!! 😮 😥 I was completely DEVASTATED and started to cry. I saw that as a SIGN that I would NOT have Better Days Ahead, but just the opposite. I have never stopped groovin' to Norman, but sometimes BDH makes me cry, when I think about that night! And look at Norman now! 🎸🏆 I've had some Good Days AND some bad ones, but like the the Williams Brothers say... I'm still here! Much Love to My Wyandotte County, Kansas City, KS Guitar Heroes: Norman Brown, Julian Vaughn and Carl Roland! Talent Times Three! 🎸💜
Same here, I would attend his or George Howard shows 2-3, 4 times a year an enjoyed every minute. I was Black, proud, young, talented, and handsome ...
Yeah, like my 91 west from the IE to the OC...20 years of it...smooth music is still tops.
Monster! Perfection! Beautiful! Elegance!
My year at G.I.T. with Stormin' Norman was incredible!!!....Thanks Norm for being such a great Musical Mentor!!!
This is sick!! What a live performance, and I love this song so much.
My main man! Me and the wife had the pleasure to meet this great human being on a jazz cruise. Very down to earth person. He has been my guitar teacher for 15 years. And he doesn't even know it. Lol
I can recall listening to Norman on my way to and from work. Then I would go home and do round two to relax. His music always put me in an elevated frame of mind.
He does not always play relaxed like this.. Sometimes in concert he really burns it up, gets people standing up on their feet.. Not so many Jazz guitarists can do that, get a rock crowd reaction.
Young Gifted and Blessed Norman was and is one of the most beautiful musician of our time this music keeps me relax at all times keep Blessed Bro
One of the BEST! He makes me smile and cry at the same time, this song is bitter sweet memories of my life. ThaNK yOU MR. BROWN, ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE..........
Norman was given that Gibson Johnny Smith by Paul Brown!! Norman is a great person, player, friend, and teacher!!
He said he uses that beautiful Gibson for all his recordings.. he only use those crappy Ibanez's on stage
I walked into Tower Records when this album debut and they were playing it, I had to ask one of the workers who was this and walked out with 3 of his cds! Now I have most of his stuff!
Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful!! 👍
Magnífico! Para dizer pouco. Que maravilha para se ouvir sempre! Bravo!!!!!!
Such eclectic guitar playing. Very smooth and artistic? I always say the lyrics accompany the notes to a song. Just imagine putting words to "together at last."
Wow!!! Love the beautiful chords at the end as well as all the great soulful phrasing and tone that Norman has here! Norman was an awesome Musicians’ Institute instructor (G.I.T. in Hollywood Ca.) when I was a student there.I still remember how encouraging and complementary he was to me when he and I played a real book jazz tune in front of the class.Everybody liked and respected Norman and his abilities there. I became a Guitar instructor at M.I. after graduating there. I still remember Norman congratulating me on that too. I hope that he is still blessing people with his encouragement,tremendous playing and teaching abilities! Mark Caviness (Nashville Tn.)
Sounds like a great guy. I think he is so talented.
I have all of Norman Brown's CDs way back when he was on the MoJazz label up until now. His entire music catalog.
His music is "timeless".
Talented brotha.
What a finger! He deserve to be a Grammy award winner.. awesome...
Thank you for years of Wonderful Music Mr. Norman Brown you are indeed a Living Legend.
Norman Brown is my greatest greatest greatest guitarist I'm a professional wildlife artist and I listen to his music all the time when I'm drawing God bless you Norman Brown keep playing
Like always súper my friend and teacher at GIT, all the best for you and your family Norman.
He is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Love his playing and composition. A genius.
Norman Brown One of Jazz Greatest I love NB music, Awesome!
I've read some of the comments and, well...they've said it all ! Thank you, sir Norman. Play on and on...
I can remember am musicians drummer played with him other in the city late70s early 80s as am in military he had band playing across the street from 1812 Oakland kc ks in the basement where he started family well know around kc the move got bad band he became Mr jazz keep it moven my bro god bless
Go Brother Brown!!!! We love you in Texas!!!!!
Absolutely fabulous!
I see why they called him "baby George" back in the day. However, I believe Norman has a sound of his own. Simply amazing
I met Sir Norman Brown hanging out in Columbus Ohio at the Jazz and Ribfest.. Not only did he have one of the greatest smiles and personalities I've ever met, (no ego)but he lit the place up on stage!!!! May God bless him always
I remember him at the jazz rib fest in Columbus ohio
He's a' back this year! - Sunday | July 23, 2023 @ 4:00 pm
I remember when he was all over the jazz station especially the wave here in L.A
I got to meet him in his northridge home what a legend
Truly A Master Of His Craft….!🔥🎶🎵🎶🔥🎼🎼🔥🔥
La obra esta tiene su principio y el fin .Su comienso y termino . En comienso dice veni ya te cuento una historia y cuenta que avia un chico enamorado con toda su alma y cuando dice a su amor que esta enamorado de ella , y a ella le encanta todo de el y ahora estan disfrutando los primeros pasos muy dulces de sus hermoso amor . Y alfinal dice que acuerdense que el amor pura de verdad hay que decir a quien le quieres y seguero que vas a encontrar tu amor de verdad . Muchas lindas colores !
Thee Norman Brown!!! Blessings!
Norman Brown !!! We used to attend all his shows in LA back then, still great !!! love him
Just love norman music sooo.much...
Welcome back, Norman!!!!
He sound sooooo gooooood❤️🎶⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
My favorite smooth jazz guitarist. That is a beautiful guitar also
I haven’t heard this song since my daddy passed! Definitely one of his favorite songs and blessed it randomly popped up!
I am sure your dad is looking down on you.
My dad passed away 10 month ago, this song was also his favorite, we be been listening Norman Brown whenever we drive together. This song reminds me him, and i wanna say :thank you dad for this musical taste i ' ve got, i love you so much, and i will always love you!
Sooo sorry for your loss 🤭😇🥲 Be at peace!
Thank you for sharing this video! I've wanted to see this type of video for years. So nice to see him play my favorite song of his and to see his hands up close!
Oh my days.... 🎸🎸🎸🎸 Masterclass
Just discovered Norman Brown. Really happy to have found his music.
Same here . 53 years old and feel like a kid at Xmas
Wow what can you say....... this peice never fails to inspire me to get on with my life no matter the obstacles and what a performance, the energy the vibe he puts out is contagious, god bless Stormin Norman ❤️🙏🕊
I got into it, I got off on it, and I'm happy to say I listened to the end, and it had an ending, nice, very, very nice.