Yo lo descubrí el año pasado y tengo 65.....nunca será tarde para descubrir este majestuoso músico; lo sorprendente es que nunca aprendió a leer música. Saludes desde Colombia.
A delight to see these musicians having fun. An incredible rhythm section that allows Ernie Shepard to be seen well (as in few films). Johnny Hodges' Mood Indigo is one of the most beautiful I've heard from the Duke orchestra. I think Paul Gonsalves' solo on Diminuendo is even superior to the Newport version, because, apart from him, the orchestra is at a point of perhaps more intense complicity. Congratulations for posting this marvel.
8:15 este músico no tiene que mirar el teclado,es el único que lo hace,desde la década de 1930, cuando tocaba en el carne hi hall con un memorable trío maravilloso ❤❤❤❤
It’s all about virtuosity and STYLE. Erroll is off the charts in both cases. In my humble opinion, no other pianist even comes close. There are more than a few fine and even great pianists and I have studied many of them but Mr. G is my hands down favorite. I am 82 years old and had photo taken of he and I when a lad fifteen years. It hangs proudly in my bedroom. If I were single it would be poster size in my living room. Very few days go by when I am not listening to his music. A good deal of the remaining time is spent with his music running through my head. Crazy huh!
Erroll Garner is surely one of the greats, but I believe Art Tatum and Bud Powell are strong contenders too, each being sublime at their own particle style and method. Bud Powell is my personal favorite, many of the reasons being how much I can relate to aspects of his life and the amount of compassion I feel for him, but Erroll Garner fills me with such a powerful and radiating happiness that it makes me want to spread it to everyone. That is a very unique power he has that I one day wish to be able to induce in people myself. I believe Mr. Garner really had something special, as did the other two I mentioned. I loved reading your comment! You put it very well. Have a wonderful day and enjoy your tunes :)
Dude I absolutely love Errol garner but I gotta say…Oscar Peterson? Liiiike dang. His quick style and just the sound he commands out of the piano is anazing
Technical education please. How did Erroll only have to hear a song to get it then engraved in his memory to play for us? How does that work? hundreds of songs.
If anybody on this planet knows of a jazz pianist who was or is better than Errol Garner please name him/her and place their playing on world news for us all to judge.
That's Jose Mangual on Congas and I believe Ike Isaacs bass and Jimmy Smith drums, Jimmy I saw with Lambert Hendricks Bavan at Birdland on a bill with John Coltrane.
And Sven Asmussen delivering a most moving tribute to his idol Stuff Smith with anecdotes and jokes in his typical danish style. He then plays “Lullaby for Stuff” on his viola. Heartbreaking!
