Charles Mingus: bass George Adams: tenor saxophone and vocals Don Pullen: piano Jack Walrath: trumpet Dannie Richmond: drums Gerry Mulligan: baritone saxophone Benny Bailey: trumpet
I saw Mingus live twice, in the early and mid-Seventies. He had an aura about him, like he was 50 feet tall, a force of nature. On one of the gigs his long-time drummer, Danny Richmond, was sick and absent. Mingus held the band together with the rhythm and beat from that bass like it was an unstoppable steam locomotive. Breathtaking.
I was at this festival and saw this set. I met Mingus the next day at an sidewalk cafe across from the train station. He asked me where I was from and when I told him Vermont, he said wryly, "I think I know where that is." He was smoking a cigar. His hands were massive.
This is the first tune I learned to read music with, circa 1981. I first learned it on piano from a Fake Book. Decades later, I have learned to play it on harmonicas, on both diatonic and chromatic harps. My unrequited love number one, Joni Mitchell, wrote lovely lyrics for this tune. This is the ultimate "moody ballad". I practice it every day, always making new solos. I'm amused that some think this a difficult tune to play.
The pianist is Don Pullen, a frequent collaborator with tenor saxophonist George Adams. The sound mixer seems to have been asleep, missing Walrath in the opening ensemble. Benny Bailey, Mulligan, Pullen, and, of course, Mingus are that standouts. Great to see video of Mingus stalwart Danny Richmond.
Lengendary! - if mystical, even. A truly sublime bandstand of masterclass improvisational artistry. And, Milligan's kaleidoscopic range of facial expressions easily conjure a precious utopic one moment in time. We're extremely obligatory to technology that allows constant visual-audio playback! Undoubtedly, Mingus would be proud of this lineup special; and with Mitchell's socially captivating lyric their collaboration is almost etched in Jazz Folklore.
I can’t understand why they chopped up this video into segments, the one I watched ended just before Mulligans solo. No link to the other segments missing from this piece or to the recording of the whole Mingus set. A really puzzling stupid decision.
Fico aqui pensando no que o Mulligan deve ter pensado ao ouvir o solo do Benny: "faz isso comigo não véi, assim você me faz chorar". Solo maravilhoso de lindo.
esse é o melhor solo de trompete da história da música em todos os tempos e locais, incluindo hipotéticos outros planetas com seres mais evoluídos também fazendo música.
Eu concordo plenissíssimamente com você, e que absurdo de técnica, eu quase chamei palavrão de tanto orgulho ouvindo esse solo, pelo amor de Deus. Vontade de tá lá junto kkkkk
Maria Muldaur played the set just before his. Her band was supposed to play the first weekend of the festival but their equipment got lost in transit. So they fit the band in on the last night, Sunday, July 20. The crowd was hardcore jazz enthusiasts. The entire audience starting loudly booing. They turned up the house lights. It was like a bathroom break. I was embarrassed for her and her band. She was crying. Her guitar player was cursing the crowd.
Great tune, great performance, but does anyone know what key it was originally in? The "Ah Um" version is in Eb, this one is in E, and I've got a lead sheet that says it's in F.
original one is in Eb, the uploader of the video might have pitch shifted this one before the upload. Never heard anyone play in a diferent key, unless it was a singer!
Dem Porkin' de Pie.. Oh Me Oh My! Me try to ask dem why? But dem all too high .. dem reachin' out to de sky.. dem wanna fly.. de mood make one sigh.. time to say Goodbye...
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