Erroll Garner in Brussel 1964. "I Get a Kick Out of You" 

If you are sad or even very mad, watch and listen to this man, and the day is saved.

He is so happy.

The human brain is a wonderful thing, to be able to produce this amazingly complex feat...genius isn't enough praise.

He never took a lesson in his life he played by ear. Oh how I wish I could play by ear.

To make it even more amazing is the fact that Garner couldn’t read a note of music. But he certainly understood music!

His facial expression are golden...!

I tried to learn some of his songs on piano. I quickly realized that besides not having the physical capability, I couldn't even begin to keep up with his mental processes. His improvisations are so creative, and he just reels them off one after another without even looking at the keyboard. Pure genius!

His technique, timing and imagination are incredible.

We can only hope the people watching Erroll play understand they were witnessing one of the world's best piano players EVER.

I do not care who the best jazz pianist ever might be. I enjoy Errol Garner's playing enormously. He sounds like such a bubbly person. It is all a good mood or teary drama. It moves me. A feel thing.

He has a face of a good man! His fingers are beautiful! Joy all the way.

Plain and simple, Errol always makes me happy. Such a gracious performer and truly one of the greatest that ever lived.

Is insanely out of this world

That was special.... absolutely special.

Kudos to the bass player and percussion for being able to keep up with that.

I've loved Erroll Garner's playing since I was 10 in 1966, I tried so hard to play like him over the years, and of course couldn't. There was an upcoming Radio interview with him on BBC Radio somewhere around 1972 I think, and he was asked about his amazing style and impromptu arrangements, and what his secret was. I sat with my mouth open waiting for the secrets of the great man to be revealed and what he said was ......................... "I play happy".

Erroll Garner's playing is far more effective than Prozac for chasing away depression. Sheer wonder and delight is what I feel when I hear....and watch him play.

Right after the intro, Erroll looks left and smiles at Eddie Calhoun as if to say.... we're on the same page. There is so much joy in Erroll Garner's playing.

luv it when he get's to making his noises. Part of what it takes to play like that

Damn that was fantastic , and they say that he couldn’t read music… Well he could shore play!!!!!

Simply stated-'genius'!

I always come back to Errol Garner and he's always better than I remember. A great player with his own unmistakable sound.

Never needs to look at the keys - amazing.

Lord a mercy! We should all be so blessed as to be in a place where we love every minute of what we are doing as this man does!

phantastisch. Thank you.

The most original, most fun, most fantastic chords octave.. pure joy !!

There's joy in that left hand!

No question, Erroll was a force of nature!

The black Mozart, he doesn't play piano, he IS the piano....I'll never be tired by his genius !

There were SO many great pianists alive and performing at the same time back in the 50's: Oscar Peterson, Monk, Bud Powell, Errol, Art Tatum, Lenny Tristano, Teddy Wilson, Shearing, Phineas Newborn Jr, Billy Kyle, Fatha Hines. And I've probably forgotten as many as I've named, but what an array that was....!!

geni cosi ne esistono pochi. Lo ascolto per ore e ore

It always amazes me when I see these live broadcasts how the audience remains almost motionless. If I was on the front row you would have seen my legs and arms moving to the rhythm.

Fantastisch

What a CRIME it is that Ken Burns did not include Errol Garner in his jazz documentary series. Burns blames the people who advised him.

I have no words in english to describe this genious....what an man...what an feeling....when will there be born an new pianist of this caliper??

El grandioso Erroll Garner!!!

Just watching Error's facial expressions is worth the price of admission.

He was like a computational machine with a heart. Incredible technical virtuosity with an innate grasp of the gist of the piece and complex phrasings that are superhuman in scope. All without looking at the keyboard. Like going for a Sunday stroll.

I have One World Concert which he recorded the year before,great album

Love love love. ERROLL Superb

Oh my god, I love that man. Thank you!!

Eroll certainly has that big muscular sound on piano. Fantastic playing

Un genio assoluto con una quella faccia simpatica ,fa tenerezza , eppure così suonava solo lui,grazie di essere esistito .

After my tenth listening the most mind blowing thing about this is he hardly repreats any bars... every bar is a variation on the last one what a genius

Fantastic!

pure joy

truly awesome talent... love the 'here we go' moments. will someone PLEASE hurry up and invent a time machine

Senti che fraseggio quanti pianisti hanno imparato da questo grande maestro a cui il jazz deve davvero tanto 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹👍👍👍

Magical and swinging

Lovely tune

Brillantissime !!!!!!

Errol loved his crowd to watch him

Whos the smoking rhythm section that was locked into his groove like a fingers in a glove ? A foot in a sock ? Sublime

Such control and contrast.. Erroll sounds new all over again.

BRAVISSIMO!!! ... 👏👏👏👏👏 👍👍👍👍👍

Amazing!

this astonishes me!

Garner, Oscar and Tatum...The best ever, who is the greatest is just a question of taste...

Really good for it's time.

Ditto to all the below comments. Some people should get a forever pass to life. Erroll Garner is one such person. Thanks to youtube in a real sense he has. Wow!!

Quelle joie ! 🥰

Un fuera de serie maravilloso erroll garner

The real mater's of music..

This is just quite SUPERB. Thank you

The world should Fade away and only this music should stay....

Unreal! This gets better every time I listen to it. And the subtlety of his touch is exquisite.

Great

Fantastic

Just great

Maravilhoso maravilhoso

Geniales y maravillosos

Got damn they slappin tf outta this 🔥love Erroll’s rh lines, bout as hip as it gets 😎

A marvellous sound of mambo in this wonderful tune

He possessed something uniquely special, far different and beyond even what the other giants of 20th century jazz piano, such as Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson, could ever achieve.

❤❤

Super

I’d be petrified to play along side Maestro Garner. Oh how I wish that I could just play.... Not many anymore. If you know what I mean.

Спасибо.

There is a saying Don't be the best one- be the only one...There's only one Erroll Garner, just like there's only one Thelonius Monk....

His fingers are dancing on that keyboard!

Um Gênio nasceu para tocar piano ele tem uma conexão com a música Bravo!!!

❤

Csodálatos művész .

The ease!

Totally agree

In Brüssel ist mein feeling mannher

神業👍

😮😮

I can hear a little eroll in red garlands piano playing

What about Ramsey Lewis, and Bob James, and you can't forget Joe Sample also, It's like picking the top 10 Basketball, Boxers, Singers, Running Backs, Gitarist, its total " Conjecture ", pure and simple..

I would not want to be his bass player.

Tai doído 😀

How??? 🥺😳😳😳

Lady piano feeling

Zinas tante viņa jūnijā vela nebūsa maskava no Berlīnes Vācijas kur dzīvo zenja seffers mākslinieks un elka svaba

Han är guld på piano/ flygel

Not having to look at hands.

Rdgjr619 His loss I say!

JAMIE CULLUM MAKES ONE OF A THE GREATEST COVER OF THIS TUNE