Salle Pleyel concert hall in Paris, France on December 15, 1969. Bassist - Nate Hygelund Philly Joe Jones - sitting in for drummer Paris Wright Tenor saxophonist- Charlie Rouse.
I love how Monk would just get up and dance/wander around the stage when he was really feeling it. He just stands there, with his back to the audience, mesmerized by Joe's playing. So cool.
Been searching for this video for years, thanks! Some chode took his video of this down on account of the comment section complaining about the rushing bassist lol
Funny how those of us mere mortals would just get shit on for doing that. With a band I play with, when that happens, it's pretty much a group effort like it is here, but in amateur-land everybody blames the drummer. I don't know why people always have a heart attack when tempos drift. I've heard the best players fall victim to it. It's not like Jazz is on a click. Nothing and no one is perfect.
My drum teacher introduced my to PJJ through Miles Davis' Porgy and Bess, specifically the amazing fill work on "Gone, Gone, Gone". And yeah, the temp goes up like 30bpm in the middle solo section! Still genius though...
great comment :) there's a Fats Waller tune (shame on me for not knowing the name) where he's digging a clarinet solo and at one point the clarinetist pauses and Fats hollers "Yeah! Make that thing sweat!"
Met Philly Joe at Woodie's on the hill in DC. Introduced myself as a friend of his son drummer Chris Haskins. Philly told me how Chris showed up at his apt in Philly one day and introduced himself as his son. Philly asked him to come in. They stayed together for awhile. But Chris didn't pick up his style. He was more into Billy Cobham back in the early 70s
WOW!! Philly Joe at his best, I think. Sometimes toward the end, his playing fell off quite a bit, but if most of us had his life, we wouldn't have been even able to find the bandstand. One of the greatest drummers, to whom we all owe a debt!!
Go to wiki and look up all Philly Joe’s album appearances post 1975, including those with him as a leader, listen to the albums, and I doubt you’ll ever say “sometime toward the end, his playing fell off…” again.
@@danyelnicholas in the jazz business some nights are better than others. It is the nature of creativity especially live spontaneous improvisation it won't be great all the time
