Barney Kessel - I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face video free download

Federico Gnech

Grande Barney.

Jason Argos

What a great recording. By a beautiful cat.

Harri Heinsoo

Can anyone tell me which guitar amplifier is he using in this video?

MrMjp58

The older I get, the more I prefer this sort of melodic playing - especially when done at this level of sophistication. I had the pleasure of seeing him in the eighties, and he was not only a great musician but seemed a wise, witty, entertaining and uplifting human being.

Jazzwayze

The strap-no strap debate. I found that playing without a strap; as I was first taught, was playing merry Hades with my back. So I took to using a strap. It meant I could sit upright, and access to the finger board was also much easier. Mind you I still can't play like Barney. This is just superb, a song played with so many moods and colours. Great stuff.

EADGBE 6

O yeah. Ssssoo cool... it brings tears of happiness to my ears

Chris Nashvillerocker DiMella

Barney Kessel - I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face

Tim Hitt

very hip and to think he was from Muskogee Oklahoma

epf1961

Neither-- Guitar sits on my right leg.

fomomoto3

Just curious when you do this (assuming you are sitting) do you have the body resting on your left leg, or between your legs? I myself sometimes raise the headstock if I have the guitar between my legs with the lower bout resting on the inner part of the right leg.

epf1961

It's not unnatural, and actually is very comfortable. If you look at many of the jazz guitar greats, they play this way. The strap is taking up the weight, you just bend your elbow a bit. To just have the guitar sprawled across your lap seems precarious-- But hey, Kessel is doing it and he looks pretty comfy, so who's to say? I think it's whatever you're used to.

fomomoto3

The position that you are describing with the headstock up by your left ear sounds like a very unnatural position for you left arm, which would induce a lot of tension in that arm and your wrist. The position Kessel is using is much more natural and relaxed for his left arm.

Gabriele Falchieri

Tutti noi chitarristi dobbiamo tantissimo a questo grande " BARNEY KESSEL " Ascoltiamo i grandi leoni del jazz. Le lezioni piu' belle.

Bevell Charles

I can't hear anything suggesting that this is not one of his finest. It's clearly creative, with a lot of colorful voicings.How he does those harmonics with those chords is beyond me; mine don't turn out as sweetly.

Kostya Berger

Very nice quality recording, too. And I really like the sound of his Charlie Christian pickup.

Duane Dungee

Here's a lesson on humor, chord solo jazz, creativity, how to swing a tune, single note solo, blues, block chord solo, all with no special effects, in short, talent. All inside of 6 minutes! He's one of my all time favorites.

soyghost1

barney always had the most stylish duds imaginable...what a hip dude

Jeffrey Thomasson

This is fantastic. I wish there was a way to have all the Club Date episodes on DVD.

epf1961

Barney Kessel is my current favorite guitarist. Used to be Johnny Smith. I'm a sax player, but I dabble in jazz guitar & took some lessons from Peter Rogine years back. Rogine was very adamant about playing with a neckstrap. So I got used to playing with a strap & the headstock of the guitar up by my left ear..So when I watch jazz guitarists play without a strap, they look SO uncomfortable, like the guitar is going to fall.. Especially big hollowbodies like the one in this video.. Funny...

James C

great post

I'll Remember April

I'll Remember April - Barney Kessel 1978