Irish George Benson at 12 years old

Desmo

Here is a link to a youtube page by a young kid
(Andreas Varady now aged 12).
http://www.youtube.com/user/MultiBEATA#p/u
His family are Hungarian I think but they live in Limerick and I first
heard of him from a friend of
mine who lives in Cork who had seen him busking with his dad, playing
Django style stuff at full speed.

Well there is a competition on RTE2 to get people to vote for
guitar playing kids
http://www.rte.ie/tv/twotube/theguitar/index.html

There are only a few in so far. The first 2 are going for the big Rock/
distortion sound but check out what Andreas plays (number 3).
It is only 1 minute or so. In the interview he described hearing
George Benson when he was 4 and deciding he wanted to play like that.
He is half way there.
He plays So What with the full George Benson rock beat and the solo is the first section of Miles' solo on the original. It is dead good and for a 12 year old it is fantastic.

Bodysmart

That was fantastic!

He has a great feel for jazz. A lot of kids can develop the motor skills to play very quickly but many times, they don't really play with great feel.

I hope to hear a lot more from this great "Irish" guitarist

Desmo

Desmo wrote: »

Here is a link to a youtube page by a young kid
(Andreas Varady now aged 12).
http://www.youtube.com/user/MultiBEATA#p/u
His family are Hungarian I think but they live in Limerick and I first
heard of him from a friend of
mine who lives in Cork who had seen him busking with his dad, playing
Django style stuff at full speed.

Well there is a competition on RTE2 to get people to vote for
guitar playing kids
http://www.rte.ie/tv/twotube/theguitar/index.html

There are only a few in so far. The first 2 are going for the big Rock/
distortion sound but check out what Andreas plays (number 3).
It is only 1 minute or so. In the interview he described hearing
George Benson when he was 4 and deciding he wanted to play like that.
He is half way there.
He plays So What with the full George Benson rock beat and the solo is the first section of Miles' solo on the original. It is dead good and for a 12 year old it is fantastic.

ok, folks, voting begins this evening at 6.30;
lots of blues-ish stuff and, again, check out number 3 (Andreas Varady) for a 12 year old jazz prodigy.

stevejazzx

astonishing - fudge me. he's good for any age..he navigates those changes brilliantly. bastar*d!
amazing one of the best young guitarusts I've ever heard..is he really playing that? damn!

Desmo

stevejazzx wrote: »

astonishing - fudge me. he's good for any age..he navigates those changes brilliantly. bastar*d!
amazing one of the best young guitarusts I've ever heard..is he really playing that? damn!

Check him and his dad out on youtube; under name multibeata .
He is good alright :-)

postdarwin

Andreas is playing his first major gig next Thursday. Good line-up too.

http://bocktherobber.com/2010/01/speakeasy-jazz-jazzypsy