France. (Antibes) 1979 Jazz Jan Garbek (sax), Bill Connors (guitar), Eberhard Weber (bass), more Bill is playing electric guitar, playing with his fingers.
exactly around the time i was studying with him, i remember he had a book on stravinsky on the coffee table he was interested in, it was a pleasure to learn from Bill!!
@@flame-sky7148Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy was recorded by the original lineup of - Chick Corea ~ Electric Piano Stan Clarke ~ Bass Bill Connors ~ Guitar Steve Gadd ~ Drums James "Mingo" Lewis ~ Congas But, incredibly the master tapes are lost!
@@raulmacias6146 Yea, I heard about those lost tapes. Perhaps. they will find them like the did Mahavishnu's Lost Trident Sessions in 1973. Also Tony Williams The Lost Wildlife Sessions of 1974 were recently found. But yea Steve Gadd with RTF!!!
@@jonathanedwards8696 Hello and thanks for the note. It looks and sounds like Christianson, definitely a white guy from the small glimpse. The tune, I believe is PASSING from the Gabarek album PLACES and DeJonette plays on it. I would bet it was JC in the video though. Thanks and take care.
@@jonathanedwards8696It looks like it's most of the lineup from the ECM record Solstice, but with Connors on guitar. Garbarek and Christensen (RIP) are absolute legends here in Norway.
Look at his technigue. Everyone is raving matteo mancuso and his bass/flamengo technique without a pic but look Bill here is doing it 40 years earlier. Also the knock on the mid 1980d Bill is that he copied Holdsworth style. Looking at this video in 1979 I wonder how true that is
When Bill Connors sounded like Bill Connors. Sadly. he tried to become another Allan Holdsworth in the 80s. We all know there is only one Allan Holdsworth. What is Connors doing now I wonder? I hope he has reclaimed his original voice, as he was/is a great guitar player.
For popularity sake, I just wish he had stayed with RTF for a few more years. I mean even his acoustic albums are obscure, even through they are amazing. See had he started his solo/.trio albums in the 70s after his stint with RTF, it would have been before Holdsworth’s IIOU in 82-83. It’s the timing of everything. It’s like when Coryell had to leave the guitar trio. in comes Di Meola and a year later is FNSF.
In this video he already has that Holdsworth legato sound to some extent but notice how his no pick technique is clearly different than Holdsworth? The point? I wonder if the Holdsworth comparison has been overblown
@@thewestfaceofdhaulagiri6697 Nah, it's not overblown, he was basically aping Holdsworth. Granted, his actual playing is a bit different, but his lead and rhythm tones were so similar, that it really is a bit challenging to tell the difference. If anything you could give him credit for doing a good job of achieving Holdsworth's post-1970's lead sound, as it's very difficult to get that specific timbre on the guitar.
@@alexanderyaroslavich2703 I could easily tell the difference between any of Connors playing (including his 80's stuff) and any of Holdsworth playing. Do you think his playing here in 1979 sounds like Holdsworth?
Rolling Stones top 250 guitarists... without Bill Connors 😂😂..🤔🙄🙄🥺😡..100 effing percent he is better...no contest... actual fact...than 220 on that list....a debate with 25 of them regarding position... only 5 guys I think are definitely better than him... his worst spot therefore 30th... maybe as high as 6th
There’s a lot of guys that they missed. But it’s a mainstream magazine. Perhaps someone could produce a more accurate list next time. Just jazz fusion guys and progressive rock.
1970’s jazz rock style guitar had a few great exponents.
For me, Bill was the most listenable of them.
exactly around the time i was studying with him, i remember he had a book on stravinsky on the coffee table he was interested in, it was a pleasure to learn from Bill!!
I didn't know he played without a pick. He's just an awesome playet.
...wonderful solo by Bill Connors.Puttiing all that study of Classical Guitar...into his right hand fingerstyle..great🐝🌈💫
I cannot believe I have never known about this guy . What exquisite control .
You should check out his earlier stuff with return to forever. But here he changed his finger style playing without a pic.
Bill Connors 1st electric Guitar Player for Return To Forever in 1973 !!!!
I just wish Hymn to the 7th Galaxy was produced by CBS records and not Polydor. That album that Connors plays on is my favorite RTF.
@@flame-sky7148Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy was recorded by the original lineup of -
Chick Corea ~ Electric Piano
Stan Clarke ~ Bass
Bill Connors ~ Guitar
Steve Gadd ~ Drums
James "Mingo" Lewis ~ Congas
But, incredibly the master tapes are lost!
@@raulmacias6146 Yea, I heard about those lost tapes. Perhaps. they will find them like the did Mahavishnu's Lost Trident Sessions in 1973. Also Tony Williams The Lost Wildlife Sessions of 1974 were recently found. But yea Steve Gadd with RTF!!!
What a nice suprice;so well done music!!I remember these times,were the best!
What a fusion pioneer thanks for posting!
bill,bill,bill....love the solo...
Thank you for uploading this!
You're very welcome
Incredible!
Thank You 🙏
Tremendous! Just take a look and listen to the line up… fuck!
Who is drumming? I can't tell if its Christensen or DeJohnette.
@@jonathanedwards8696
Hello and thanks for the note. It looks and sounds like Christianson, definitely a white guy from the small glimpse. The tune, I believe is PASSING from the Gabarek album PLACES and DeJonette plays on it. I would bet it was JC in the video though. Thanks and take care.
@@jonathanedwards8696It looks like it's most of the lineup from the ECM record Solstice, but with Connors on guitar. Garbarek and Christensen (RIP) are absolute legends here in Norway.
very well..................................................................................................................................
Progging out!
Now I know the right word "Progging out" before that i use the the term "spacing out"
OHHHH! That's it??? I was just getting into it!
Look at his technigue. Everyone is raving matteo mancuso and his bass/flamengo technique without a pic but look Bill here is doing it 40 years earlier. Also the knock on the mid 1980d Bill is that he copied Holdsworth style. Looking at this video in 1979 I wonder how true that is
I don't know, but Bill Connors did mentioned that he changed his finger-styles more about five times.
Macuso is insane, but it’s an amalgamated insanity. Connors, Mick Goodrick, Lenny Breau: a number of jazz players have played fingerstyle.
@@spb7883We guitar players use our eyes too much especially considering that music is an audio art form….technique is only a means to an end
Playing classical technique on a steel string electric….50 years before Matteo…..😊
Owwwww Mateo is nice though. I’m waiting for his compositions in mass.
Mateo Mancuso plays the SAME EXACT WAY!!!
Yeah, just 50 years later!
Not really! The approach might be similar, but Matteo is way more advanced!
When Bill Connors sounded like Bill Connors. Sadly. he tried to become another Allan Holdsworth in the 80s. We all know there is only one Allan Holdsworth. What is Connors doing now I wonder? I hope he has reclaimed his original voice, as he was/is a great guitar player.
For popularity sake, I just wish he had stayed with RTF for a few more years. I mean even his acoustic albums are obscure, even through they are amazing. See had he started his solo/.trio albums in the 70s after his stint with RTF, it would have been before Holdsworth’s IIOU in 82-83. It’s the timing of everything. It’s like when Coryell had to leave the guitar trio. in comes Di Meola and a year later is FNSF.
In this video he already has that Holdsworth legato sound to some extent but notice how his no pick technique is clearly different than Holdsworth? The point? I wonder if the Holdsworth comparison has been overblown
@@thewestfaceofdhaulagiri6697 Nah, it's not overblown, he was basically aping Holdsworth. Granted, his actual playing is a bit different, but his lead and rhythm tones were so similar, that it really is a bit challenging to tell the difference. If anything you could give him credit for doing a good job of achieving Holdsworth's post-1970's lead sound, as it's very difficult to get that specific timbre on the guitar.
@@alexanderyaroslavich2703
I could easily tell the difference between any of Connors playing (including his 80's stuff) and any of Holdsworth playing. Do you think his playing here in 1979 sounds like Holdsworth?
@@thewestfaceofdhaulagiri6697 no, but his playing on Assembler, Step It and Double Up absolutely do, especially the tone
Who is the organist?
John Taylor?
You know, it’s John Taylor.
... and Jon Christensen
うわーこれギターがビル・コナーズでベースがエバーハルト・ウェーバーじゃん(^^;;
こんな貴重な音源あるんだな。
His guitar was way out of tune. Why.... why! Didn't he hear that?
It is isn’t it, but I posted it due to its historical significance. I wish I had his 80s electric period on video.
Rolling Stones top 250 guitarists... without Bill Connors 😂😂..🤔🙄🙄🥺😡..100 effing percent he is better...no contest... actual fact...than 220 on that list....a debate with 25 of them regarding position... only 5 guys I think are definitely better than him... his worst spot therefore 30th... maybe as high as 6th
There’s a lot of guys that they missed. But it’s a mainstream magazine. Perhaps someone could produce a more accurate list next time. Just jazz fusion guys and progressive rock.