I grew up in hip hop, grunge, DC punk, and now I do free improv as a middle ager, and all the jazz music is new to me, and I see where Coltrane, etc have left off in the direction of where the future of "jazz" was headed. It's not about imitating or playing standards. It's as fresh as what hip hop, grunge, and punk were to me in my teens... and yet it is older than me and still diving deeper than so much of what I thought was new.
man, at 16 i sat by the stage and listened to mycoy tyner. something freed in me when i heard the modal release, strong structure and technical proficiency. it stayed with me. RIP. you inspired me who became a sculptor not a piano player...
Sculptor has always struck me as one of the more interesting professions. I have to say, I always thought Elvin Jones provided the physical texture and form; and that Tyner and Coltrane painted upon that, but it’s just how I feel. It’s cool that you hear the piano and visualize that as the sculpture
@@markd523I do not disagree with you about Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. In later more orchestral format where he was featured solist there were times when I felt he got suck on certain sequences that would have been pushed forward by smaller group format. About visualizing sculpture, that not quite the thing. its more about the state of focus, repetition, and how certain intervals that tease bodily reaction....that state of mind is something that served me as an artist and I learned about it listening to this music....
Lost them all now! But heaven's gain, and in my Old Irish idiom, these giants of love and spirituality will always be with us. Heaven rest them now. Bless them!
This is actually a re-upload because this Jazz casuals video used to be around in 2007/08 but got struck down in 2012 ish. I used to watch it everyday and it had close to 1 million views which was insane for the times
Amazing performance by some of the greatest musicians to have ever lived! That piano on Impressions sounds like an electric orchestra, amazing! Hard to believe this was all acoustic, with that much dynamics.
I would love to see the creativity and genius heard here become more mainstream once again. Those guys, and many others from their era as well, were some of the greatest musicians to ever come out of the USA.
@@weedanwine It should have been mainstream. And forward thinking musicians see the genius it was now. Perhaps there will be an awakening of new genius music? I hope so. Popular music today is lame. If not out-right degenerate and a de-evolution of everything talented musicians have fought to uphold in the last 100 years.
Actually I helped him to step down the stage because his managers didn't nor did Gary Bartz who played too. He was so fragile. He hugged me, looked directly into my eyes and said "Thank you, sir". I couldn't sleep for 3 weeks afterwards.... Alfred McCoy Tyner was the best piano player (maybe besides Bill Evans).
RIP McCoy..!! Saw him play so many times in NYC at the Bottom Line, Blue Note and at the Keystone in San Francisco. He would really pound the keys...!! They are all playing in the heavens together
I got nothing to add. What can you say? World class players locking in throwing ideas back and forth with such conviction and personality. As good as music has been. That's fact. Not up for debate.
It's wonderful to see them play. I'm looking for their performance of Out of this World. I thought I saw them play it on Jazz Casual a few yeas back, but haven't seen it since. It featured Jones' solo.
Weed an' Wine it was meant to be inspiring for just those players, I think they would agree, I'm one of them. Whatever your conditioning is, you've misled yourself.
Mccoy Tyner is my biggest inspiration. I am a beginner composer and i've been inspired a lot to make music because of Mccoy, every time I hear his music it makes me want to make music. I'm still just starting though one of the songs inspired by him i posted on my channel and i would love feedback, im still no mccoy and probably never will be
the grateful dead's bob weir has been on record saying a lot of his inspiration comes from listening to jazz pianists, specifically tyner. listening to tyner and coltran, i hear a lot of the garcia / weir interplay. pretty cool to hear the inspiration for many of the dead'a extended improv tunes, like playin in the band
Not really simply because he's in this legendary quartet but I can understand why you would say that. Bass players get the least respect in a jazz band unless they're the leader like for example Mingus.
One thing i don’t understand is how the f they could play so well and tight as they did with no monitors and Elvin playing as loud as he did? How is that possible?
zaidbassist Yes it’s a great sound. But I couldn’t notice the drummer playing 12/8. It sounds just like 4/4 to me lol. Or is 12/8 more like 6/8 (waltz feel)? Any advice how to hear that?
@@maxwesmont Good question. I am amateur bassist, but I hear a lot of music with odd time signatures. Maybe this helps. Listen to this in youtube TOOL Jambi, RUSH Time and motion, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN new blues, old bruise. ESPERANZA SPALDING Noble Nobles (a difficult one). First hear it and count, then google them to find the time signature.
zaidbassist You have a good ear! Thx for these suggestions, I will check them out. When it comes to odd time signatures we have to mention Dave Brubeck, especially Time Further Out and (of course) Time Out.
I cried for 2 weeks when McCoy Tyner passed away. Just when the pandemic began. At least he didn't have to see Trump destroy America. I saw McCoy at the Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood California in 1997. He signed his album Infinity which had just been released and I shook his hand. The best day of my lifetime. 🙏🏻❤️
At the end of a concert in Bern, Switzerland, I helped him get off the stage because he was so fragile and his stupid white managers didn't help at all. He hugged me, looked into my eyes and said "Thank you, sir!" I mean, that was a legend. Couldn't sleep for one week afterwards.
