4K -- EXTRA HOT STUFF -- Barbara Dennerlein, Dennis Chambers, Andy Sheppard, Mitch Watkins

On May 14, 2006 I uploaded the first video clip of Barbara Dennerlein on YouTube. This was before Google acquired YouTube, and at that time the maximum resolution one could upload was only 360/240, there was also a small size limit, and a 10 minute time limit. Thus there was no way to upload the entire clip, so I made the decision to focus on Barbara’s 5 minute solo.

She was very well known in German speaking countries, but my goal was to increase her visibility worldwide. Ironically, I got the original clip on a DVD from a tape trader who lived in Argentina -- I suspect it was a third generation copy of a VHS cassette. Nevertheless, that very low quality clip got a million views in three years, and opened the flood gates of people sharing videos of Barbara Dennerlein.

Serious fans of Barbara will know that this song is actually “That’s Me.” The album before that was “Hot Stuff” and because I was trying to reach people unfamiliar with her, I thought, “well this solo is about as hot as it gets, and Hot Stuff will be more likely to attract viewers' attention,” so I gave it the title, “Very Hot Stuff.” Because this new clip contains everyone’s hot solo, I called this one “Extra Hot Stuff.”

This year I bought some video up-scaling software that uses A.I. to correct, enhance, and up-scale video. I was excited to be able to share with you this high quality version of the entire clip with these four fantastic musicians: Mitch Watkins on guitar, Andy Sheppard on tenor sax, and the incredible Dennis Chambers on drums.

If you haven’t been to Barbara’s website lately, it just got a major makeover: barbaradennerlein.com

If you want to go deep on her discography and television appearances visit: bebab-jazz.de

If you want to read or listen to my interviews with Barbara and 30 other fantastic musicians, visit my site: talking2musicians.com

Thanks to all of you, if this clip gets some traction I will do some more for you.