I feel this is the point where Tyner went from being Coltrane's disciple to being his equal: the Africanized playing, the percussive power, the deluge of notes. It is perfection.
Ironic that McCoy Tyner and Bill Withers made their transitions within a month of one another. Both are giants whom the ancestors will great with open arms.
“I’m 5 years old at home by myself with some cold bologna while mama’s out cooking steak 🥩 for someone else.” “Shole is cold and I’m sleepy but ima wait up for mama bcus if them rich white folks don’t eat all the meat, she’ll bring me some.” Wow #TrueFacts!!! #LoveBill
Intelligent, meaningful conversation, no pandering, no plugs and corporate tie-ins. Music, poetry (on TV!!!!), and a positive message. And the music! McCoy's absolute mastery of the instrument, and Bill's 'I am only me, no more no less' persona. Thank you to Piza1973.
For anyone interested, at 31:20 the host tells us that the names of the other players in the quartet are saxophonist Sonny Fortune, bassist Calvin Hill, and drummer Al Mouzon. That lineup puts this right at the time he had recorded the album Sahara on Milestone Records in 1972, so just after his Blue Note era. I had wondered if the sax/flautist was Eric Dolphy, but I was wrong. Excellent musicians!
My brother on the drums is so tight in the pocket that it's like having your last quarter in your pocket and you're on your way to the penny candy store with your hand stuck down in there so that you won't lose it.lol
I just discovered this show a couple of years ago and subscribes to WNET to gain access to the episodes they have (not complete). If you know how to find episodes, please post, it is at such a high level -- not equaled still.
@@susankennedy5739 I found this show on Shout Factory (just the first season looks like) I really wish I could find the whole thing! www.shoutfactorytv.com/series/soul
I think this show meant a lot to us all, some of us treasured it while others were threatened and intimidated by it. The latter held the purse strings of finance.
That Brotha was always down to earth & his music reflected just that. His music will live forever in our hearts, spirits, souls & mind. R.I.P. Brotha Bill Withers.
There was something bout Bill Withers I always liked not jus for the music he jus had this hip grandfather thing about him jus full of wisdom and life🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I never, for some reason, ever heard about this show coming up in Detroit back in the early 70s-just found out about it in the last two years from the internet-wow. Dig McCoy Tyner-his approach to playing the piano is like the MONSTER FRANKENSTEIN-"I'm coming to get you"-seems to be what he is saying(through his playing, to all who behold his playing)! The ease, speed and fluidity with which he plays his notes is just something marvelous to behold also! Just looking at him again-and hearing what he is doing simultaneously, I believe shows he was like NO OTHER PIANIST there ever was! He "claws" the piano like a hawk or an eagle GRIPPING it's pray, about to KILL it-and he proceeds to do just that! Do you follow what I'm saying people? I could be wrong about it but I've never, ever seen anyone else with this technique(not in Jazz music anyway)! And the SOUND he is getting from the piano is(and was then)trend-setting and of such far-reaching and revolutionary effect among the great pianists of the decade of the 1960s that I don't think it truly can be said there was an equal to him. This cat was IT-one of a kind! I dug Bill Evans-Herbie Hancock-Chick Corea-Cedar Walton-Harold Mabern Jr.-the LEADING PIANISTS of that era-and all the rest-but this cat here...I've said it before and I'll say it again-he set the standard for ALL Jazz pianists to follow, and there's never been anyone since that has usurped that standard that he set back in the 1960s! Yes there's been many fine pianists in Jazz who have since made their "mark" in this world, but in terms of INFLUENCE, I don't know of another pianist who has had such a major influence on such a broad level among jazz musicians since the time of McCoy Tyner... And does anyone know who the rest of the personnel are? It would be nice to know(can't recognize who they are, right off). P.S.: And I've always said that the mark of a great artist is that they are able to sound just like the records they made when they performed those songs in a live performance, which, from what I remember of seeing the number of acts I saw, back in the 70s and 80s, wasn't many; you can, however add Bill Withers name to that list of all-time greats! 10-11-22.
Thank you for your reply-not familiar with Calvin Hill the bassist, but I am familiar with Sonny Fortune and to a certain extent, Alphonse Mouzon; and again, thank you for the info! 3-25-24.@@munyansebastien7127
01. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (Live) (03:37) 02. The McCoy Tyner Quartet - McCoy Tyner Quartet Jam, Pt. 1 (Live) (04:21) 03. Mae Jackson - If I Could (I'd Build a Castle) (Live) (04:40) 04. Bill Withers - I'm Her Daddy (Live) (03:07) 05. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (Reprise) (Live) (02:15) 06. Mae Jackson - When We Were Young (Live) (03:23) 07. Bill Withers - Interview with Bill Withers (Live) (09:56) 08. The McCoy Tyner Quartet - McCoy Tyner Quartet Jam, Pt. 2 (Live) (08:34) 09. Mae Jackson - Please Don't Fall (Live) (04:00) 10. Bill Withers - Bill's Intro (Live) (01:24) 11. Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands (Live) (02:19) 12. Bill Withers - Grits Ain't Groceries (Live) (05:31) 13. Bill Withers - Harlem (Live) (04:22)
I'm feeling this so much...takes me back to when my parents used to religiously sit me in front of the tube with them to watch SOUL! I was twelve, but it's influence has been with me even to this moment. So happy to see it again..🤩
Bill Withers was quite a character. In one of the few interviews he willingly submitted to in his later years, he described how a hedge fund titan wanted to hire him to sing at the former's birthday party. Withers said he told the man that he hadn't performed live in a long time and wasn't interested. Withers then stated that the tycoon started throwing performance fee figure quotes at him which grew so high 'that I got a nose bleed'. He performed at the party. Godspeed, Bill Withers.
No one has done it better, before or since, than Brother Ellis - undisputed fact. I was fortunate enough to catch all the broadcasts at da time of airing over channel 13 in NYC. Now folks can have that experience via RU-vid. His introductions were always profound; As a produce, his artist flow -program flow- was unapparelled.
