"In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning"

[Chris Whiteman]

[pkirk]

great job on a great tune.

[Chris Whiteman]

thank you!

[matt.guitarteacher]

Really nice and well done, Chris. Thanks for posting.

[ckrahenbill]

Great job! Thank you for sharing!

Cliff

[MarkRhodes]

I agree. Great job on a great tune.

[Chris Whiteman]

Thank you Mark

[lawson-stone]

Just lovely. I like your improvisational chorus. Beautiful. And wonderful tone from your guitar as well.

[wizard3739]

Well done! Beautiful tone and really nice chord selections. Thank you for sharing.

wiz

[Milessmiles]

Lovely stuff

[Spalo]

Lovely.

Sp

[Larry Feldman]

Very nice.

[Hyppolyte Bergamotte]

great musicality !
great sensitivity!
great technique!
bravo!

HB

[Uffe Steen]

Smooth, keeping it simple, yet so full
You don´t stand in the way for the song,
and thats a good skill for a jazz player

[Chris Whiteman]

Thank you so much!

[targuit]

Beautiful playing, Chris! I also checked out your blues style which was tasty and just fine!

Could you tell us a bit about your journey and what inspires you? I am also very impressed by the tones you coax out of your Ibanez guitar and that Victoria amp. Any thoughts about the gear and the journey?

[Chris Whiteman]

Hi Jay,

I've been playing guitar for 29 years and chord-melody has been the most challenging stuff for me. For me it's a study in applied harmony and I learn something new with each tune I work on. I try and listen to many versions of a tune before I pick up the guitar, and that process usually generates some inspiration (and intimidation).

I really love small wattage tube amps for playing jazz. The Victoria Ivy League is a copy of a Fender Harvard, which was made from 1955-61. It's basically a Tweed Vibrolux without tremolo. I could go on and on about amps (I build tube amps as a hobby). The Ibanez has sounded good with every amp I've tried, so that's a big part of the sound.


Chris

[targuit]

You also sound really good playing the blues, Chris! And I loved the tone from your Ibanez through your fingers and your amp.

I suspect the Ibanez you play has excellent "playability" and feel, but it is not a model with which I am familiar. Is it an older guitar or relatively new? Of course, I will check it out on the Ibanez site, but what great tone. I know that a large part of that is due to your touch.

[jasaco]

That's really lovely. I plan to watch more of your vids. Please keep posting links here.

[Duffy Pratt]

I thoroughly enjoyed that. Tasteful, musical, and in keeping with the song. Very well done.