Les Paul Documentary for JVC JazzFest 2005
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Here is a little doc which I cut (and shot the interviews) for Gibson guitars. It was shown in Carnegie Hall as part of the 2005 NYC Jazz festival
Duration : 0:7:22
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Chet Atkins & Les Paul #2
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Chet and Les play “Avalon”.“Nola,” three-guitar Les Paul arrangement
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
“Nola” was composed as a ragtime piano piece in 1915 by Felix Arndt. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amMz6AAKE4Q for a version of Liberace performing the piece on piano in 1969.
The arrangement I recorded here, though, is the one by Les Paul — see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzf7Ux9Q6iQ for the classic 1950s recording. Les Paul recorded the high-pitched lead guitar part by speeding up and slowing down the tape, so I used the same effect here. The lead guitar was recorded at half time and sped up 200% to give it that classic Les Paul sound. (The other guitar tracks were recorded in real-tempo, with no speeding.)
NOTE: For some reason the lead guitar video freezes toward the end of the clip. I believe this is due to a bug in Final Cut Express — couldn’t figure out why it was happening.
Duration : 0:2:40
Atlanta Artist Corey Barksdale BB King Sketch/Speed Drawing Jazz Artist
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Atlanta artist Corey Barksdale has created a drawing/sketch video about the life of famous Blues musician BB King. At the beginning of the video Corey Barksdale sketches a portrait of BB King using a ball point pen and sharpie marker.
As a painter, Corey Barksdale explores the artistic landscape inspired by the music of jazz greats like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. The result is a stunning collection of paintings that celebrate the jazz experience.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 5, 2005 — As a painter, Corey Barksdale’s work is continually inspired by jazz. “It frees me to do what I feel when I’m painting,” Barksdale says. When he’s in the studio creating, he often listens to jazz greats like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. The result is a stunning collection of more than 30 paintings that celebrate the jazz experience.
B. B. King arrived in Memphis for the first time in 1946 to work as a musician, but after a few months of hardship he left, going back to Mississippi. There he decided to prepare himself better for the next visit and returned to Memphis two years later. Initially he worked at the local R&B radio channel WDIA as a singer. In 1949, he began recording songs under contract with Los Angeles-based RPM Records. Many of King’s early recordings were produced by Sam Phillips, who later founded Sun Records. King was also a disc jockey in Memphis, where he gained the nickname “Beale Street Blues Boy”, later shortened to “B. B.” Before his RPM contract, B. B. had debuted on Bullet Records by issuing the single “Miss Martha King” (1949), which got a bad review in Billboard magazine and did not chart well.
In the 1950s, B. B. King became one of the most important names in R&B music, amassing an impressive list of hits including “You Know I Love You,” “Woke Up This Morning,” “Please Love Me,” “When My Heart Beats like a Hammer,” “Whole Lotta Love,” “You Upset Me Baby,” “Every Day I Have the Blues,” “Sneakin’ Around,” “Ten Long Years,” “Bad Luck,” “Sweet Little Angel,” “On My Word of Honor,” and “Please Accept My Love.” In 1962,B.B. King signed to ABC-Paramount Records, which was later absorbed into MCA Records, and then his current label, Geffen Records.
In November 1964, King recorded the Live at the Regal album at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
B. B. King in concert in France (1989)
B. B. King in concert in France (1989)
King’s first success outside the blues market was his 1969 remake of Roy Hawkins’ tune “The Thrill Is Gone.” King’s version became a hit on both pop and R&B charts, which was rare for an R&B artist. It also gained the number 193 spot in Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Songs Of All Time. He gained further rock visibility as an opening act on The Rolling Stones much-ballyhooed 1969 American Tour. King’s mainstream success continued throughout the 1970s with songs like “To Know You Is to Love You” and “I Like to Live the Love.”
[edit] Going mainstream
The 1980s, 1990s and 2000s saw King recording less and less. Yet throughout this time he maintained a highly visible and active career, appearing on numerous television shows and performing 300 nights a year. In 1988 King reached a new generation of fans with the single “When Love Comes To Town,” a collaborative effort between King and the Irish band U2 (on their Rattle and Hum album). In 2000, King teamed up with guitarist Eric Clapton to record Riding With the King. In 1998 B. B. King appeared in “The Blues Brothers 2000″ playing the part of the lead singer of the Louisiana Gator Boys, along with Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Koko Taylor, and Bo Diddley.
In 2003, King shared the stage with the rock band Phish in New Jersey, performing three of his classics and jamming with the band for over 30 minutes.
In June 2006, King was present at a memorialization of his first radio broadcast at the Three Deuces Building in Greenwood, Mississippi, where an official marker of the Mississippi Blues Trail was erected.Blues Artist, Blues Musician, Blues Music.
http://www.coreybarksdale.com/
Duration : 0:5:51
Sound Unbound Vol. 3: Beat Poetry & Jazz Trailer
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Trailer for
Sound Unbound Vol. 3: Beat Poetry & Jazz
dir: Anne er, 2008, 90 minutes, NR
Screens Monday April 14th - 10 pm
Alamo Ritz (320 E. 6th St.)
Sound Unbound Vol. 3: Beat Poetry & Jazz casually examines the relationships between the Beats and the jazz music that served as their inspiration. Featuring clips of Jack Kerouac and Steve Allen, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Herbert Huncke, saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, saxophonist Sonny Rollins, organist Jimmy Smith, rare footage of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Giuffre, Miles Davis, Art Farmer - Jim Hall Quartet and aspiring Beat Dennis Hopper. Also featuring actor Gary Kent reminiscing on the L.A. beatnik scene of the late 1950’s - early 1960’s and Ginsberg’s difficulties with the ’s Angels.
Duration : 0:0:39
Epiphone Les Paul Review
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
A video review the Epiphone Les Paul guitar and about the Pro’s and Cons of buying a guitar online and of course the differences between the Gibson and Epiphone versions. This is the transparent black Les Paul Classic with Grover tuners. Full review can be read here http://www.technogab.com/?p=150
Duration : 0:6:8
Chet Atkins & Les Paul
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Les starts with “Birth of the Blues” and Chet joins in.Kerouac, Charlie Parker and Bop Prose
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
See other clips for longer version without time code.
Jack Kerouac returns to Earth in the abandoned body of a street bum on the 30th anniversary of his own death. He drops in on a poetry slam held in his honor and tells the crowd how bebop sax player Charlie Parker helped inspire a new writing style. Vincent Balestri as Jack.
Duration : 0:1:53
Kerouac, Charlie Parker & Bop Prose (long version)
Friday, February 20th, 2009
Longer clip.
Jack Kerouac returns to Earth in the abandoned body of a street bum on the 30th anniversary of his own death. He drops in on a poetry slam held in his honor and tells the crowd how bebop sax player Charlie Parker helped inspire a new writing style. Vincent Balestri as Jack.
Duration : 0:4:57
Jason Samuels Smith: “Tribute to Charlie Parker”
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Jason Samuels Smith performs “Tribute to Charlie Parker” at the 2007 New York City Tap Festival “Tap Forward” event.
http://www.atdf.org/
Duration : 0:3:1