Ben Monder playing the $#@& out of a bird blues

[jcbgtr]

Thought I'd share a video of our favorite mind bender playing Parker's tune "Bigfoot" with his trio in 1996

I've listened to this hundreds of times and I still can't wrap my head around the stuff he plays... hard to believe it's a blues when you just listen to Ben's solo. Out of this world harmonic knowledge and application. Genius!!!

[James W]

Awesome. Thanks for posting.

[wolflen]

here are some advance harmonic adventures ..Monder showing his Ted Greene studies in action.

[marcwhy]

He looks so young!

Speaking of Ben ... just received this new CD from Jerome Sabbagh today!

[jcbgtr]

Jerome's new record is great!! Also shows that Ben has been on the highest level of guitar playing for *at least* 30 years. I wish more of his trio stuff from the Vanguard this past summer was up online. So far only one set has surfaced...

[wolflen]

Jerome's new record is great!! Also shows that Ben has been on the highest level of guitar playing for *at least* 30 years. I wish more of his trio stuff from the Vanguard this past summer was up online. So far only one set has surfaced...

Have you heard/seen him with Bad Plus? Though not for everyone it seems a good fit for Ben

[AdroitMage]

[Sam Sherry]

here are some advance harmonic adventures ..Monder showing his Ted Greene studies in action.

That reminds me of watching Eliot Fisk play Bach harpsichord pieces.
You can hear that it's hard. You cannot hear that it's impossible for almost anybody else.

[joe2758]

That reminds me of watching Eliot Fisk play Bach harpsichord pieces.
You can hear that it's hard. You cannot hear that it's impossible for almost anybody else.

hmm. I think I disagree with that. Monder makes it look easy as where Fisk generally looks tense and like he is struggling to get through it. I'm more impressed by "look how easy he makes it seem"