Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy, Palais des Congrès de Liège, Belgium, April 19th, 1964 (Colorized) 

And Mingus

br0 i love eric dolphy too

Forever Dolphy🙏

Love ‘em both - giants

Me also

One of favorite best comments ever on this website

Mingus looks healthy here

True statement, his part in Fleurette Africaine (with and composed by Duke Ellington) is one of the most beautifully and haunting bass work I've ever heard...

And, after how many lesser innovators/influencers was James Blanton inducted into the Down Beat Hall Of Fame? That to say, the Bass has always been overlooked...

A tragedy considering how fit he still was in that concert.

R I P under rated genius. Maligned by the ignorant establishment.

His solo is insane

Instantly recognizable

@@thomasreuter1614 No, his solo is his solo. Billions of people KNOW his solo is insane. Is there any reason mentioning the obvious? This solo is insane, and Church Hill had the blues.

That's Eric..... one off... we've loved every note and animal call he's played in 51 years of listening.

Also loved his time with Trane.

Great, indeed.

Having been a fan of Dolphy for about 15 years now, I definitely feel like I needed the life experience to earn seeing this for the first time

And that's saying nothing of Minus's greatness, whose virtuosity at my natural instrument intimidated me but creativity with it and as a composer had me locked in from day 1

Tué par le préjugé raciste.

R.i.P

On the other hand the doctors in Celle saved Les McCann and he was forever thankful for this

Racism literally killed him. Just so tragic.

​@@asianshoegaze2342 Wasn't racism. Nobody knew he was diabetic and considering how popular heroin was in the jazz scene you can't fault the medical staff for assuming that.

We in Europe were less racists than USA. Still we are

Totally

Yes, He played all this with excellent recall,no charts.. He ,obviously did alot of one on one w/ Mingus.

There were a number of years where, other than music, my life was hell. Those were really great years.

Wow, what a great comment. It’s a deep insight and yet simple at the same time. Kudos….😊

😊​@@peterrothfuss6042h

It’s worth to live for music.

Yes, apparently unknown to him at this time right here, two months before he passed, Eric had a very serious diabetic problem that was not diagnosed and that’s what killed him. Yes, the stupid German doctors didn’t help by assuming he was a drug addict and giving him other stuff, but his diabetes would’ve killed him eventually anyway…..

And, unlike most American bassists, he used the French bow.

underrated? he was and is considered on of the most relevant composers/arranger/conductor/band leader in whole jazz hystory... as well as Elington or Jelly Roll Morton... and a great bass player, too

@@emilianoturazzi I was making a joke simply about the way he waved his bow as if he were conducting an orchestra. What I said wasn’t meant to suggest that he was an underrated musician and composer

@@evanfurrow7115 sorry I didn't understand :) - it was a nice joke to be honest :)

I would like to know from which year is this recording?

You lucky Guy!

Dannie was such a beast. Never understood why his name isn't mentioned as often as other jazz drummers.

That's so heavy...some serious bragging rights...

I can only imagine.

He couldn't compromise

"toppen" we say in Sweden ... just the J A Z Z I like .. from age 15 until 85 - thank youuuuu !!

Toppen! All the best to you, my new Swedish friend, all the way from Ohio, USA!@@bjornjanlert1013

He plows right in and takes the band with him. SO GOOD.

I truly love dolphy. So wild and free. He used to piss off miles in there brief moment together

how is it free form, explain yrself ?

@@beanstalk7893 , it is largely self explanatory - simply being less tied to conventions, like a regular tempo. For me personally it is similar (though hardly identical) to the progressive rock era of the late sixties and early seventies mostly (though it still exists & probably always will) where pieces often either progressed from a definite initial structure before branching out into a much less defined extended jam session, then returned back into the original, more crystalized initial phase. But that is only an analogy. But to get the general idea, that to me would be a good start. Jazz obviously predated rock, so some might find that comparison insulting, just as some jazz aficionados found Miles Davis’s foray into fusing jazz with rock distasteful; and some folk aficionados were shocked/depressed by Bob Dylan’s embrace of electric instruments. In short, it is simply about greater freedom.

This is amazing but def not free jazz. Meditations and Ascension is bona fide freeform

Almost none of Mingus’s music is ‘free form’ …

I would thumbs up your comment but if Baphomet is your god, then black folks don't need your blessing kind sir.

Agree, agree

@@zackp3401 It's just an image, i highly doubt there are people seriously worshipping Baphomet, you should look into the Satanic Temple, they are nice people. Not really my bag, but they're a lot less horrible and bad for the world than Evangelicals.

White people invented jazz the blacks just stole it

Dannie Richmond fabulous on the drums

Exactly it look like today

I wish people wouldn't colourise archive film. It is a distortion of historical documents.

Maybe that's coz people aren't black and white

Not really, not when you can refer to the original black and white to experience it that way. This concert happened in real life in color, and the colorization of the film is really quite good. Makes it seem like less distant (I agree with the above comment) and that is good, as these important American musicians might be remembered better and for longer as a result. @@Khayyam-vg9fw

@@jonaszepog1829 It was not in this artificial colour. Such a process is a distortion of a historical document, and while it might create the illusion of less distance it actually removes us further from the genuine event as recorded at the time. If there is any sanity left in the world (yes, I know), then musicians of this calibre do not and will not require fake colour and other falsification to preserve their reputations.

exactly.

Eric and Danny and Mingus and Clifford are totally awesome

Sorry I forgot to mention Jaki on piano

Agreed. What a combo!

thanks snakefinger, now i'm crying too haha oh gosh

As well you aught!

Ditto

I feel the same!

The poster could choose not to monetize this.

The poster has no right to monetize copyrighted material.

imagine getting free access to historic shit like this and complaining about 30 seconds ads

Actually from what I can find it's his 10th to last as this was April 19th and there were 10 shows/days left in their European tour before it was over and Dolphy would stay in Europe

@@leamers100 that's about right, except this was actually the 12th performance from the last. They did a few private performances that was not on the ticket. Mingus was awesome.

​@@breakfastplan4518 14th to last, because he played two private drawing room dates.

I absolutely treasure you for that relation in talent. ❤

Mr Richmond Mr Byard Mr Jordan

I don’t understand the point of telling us this.

Timeless

😮I Saw The Same Thing Happen To Star Pitcher For NY Yankees 'El Duque' In Bal Harbour (Surfside) Miami Bch. It Was 5 O'Clock And To The Little Jewish Cleaner 5 O'Clock Was 5 O'Clock. They Were All Standing Inside A Locked Door And I Was Trying With Him To Get Their Attention. No Deal. And He Was Leaving For NY That Night.

@@peterrothfuss6042He is perhaps referring to the album cover for ‘Out to Lunch’

Technicolor or disney would have been better but i’m touched ❤️