The piano was quietly retired after this show and now lives peacefully in a home for the highly strung. She sometimes talks about the experience but only after a couple of beers and a joint. Do take care though, the nurses will throw you out if they catch you.
This is 1981, at the Montreal Jazz Festival....it is from the soundtrack to One from the Heart. On the soundtrack, there is a montage of two instrumental pieces, Tango and Circus Girl, they run the pieces together. This is a live version of Tango. There is nobody quite like Tom, and I feel fortunate to have been alive to experience his 50 years of subtle genius.
This is my favorite video to show my nieces and nephews come the holidays when we're shaking the dust on the grandparent's vibrobox and people complain "that's not how you play". Bullshit. That's exactly how you play - maybe with some pattern and idea, but they already have the technique down perfectly. It's my favorite thing.
yea my daughter turned me onto him about a year ago and he is mostly all i listen to now and i have tons of cds from other bands i will put one in for awhile but always come back to waits
i hope the piano has been drinking, caus that foot is hitting hard hahaha! Tom has always liked to get us out of our comfort zone wich became very comfortable along the years.... what a genius!
The Montreal Jazzfest is probably my favorite to watch and listen to. I've seen him live at least 10 times but none were this early plus I always enjoyed seeing him play with Greg on bass.
Thank the Lord for the likes of Tom and captain Beef heart they don't follow what's hip or what's the current musical in thing. They do their own thing and are all the more respected for it
He hates playing the exact same thing at shows, and he likes to shake things up, literally, at each show. Best example in my opinion would be “Lucinda” from the Glitter and Doom concert
The piano has been drinking. You'd drink too if Tom Waits beat you like a cheap rug! Yowsah that's some merciless piano ass kicking!! Fan-dabby-f*ckin-tastic!!!
I think this show is where Tom also plays kettle drums....amazingly, all to Pasties and a G-String. Why he never touched them again, after showing such mastery, I'll never know. How about that bass? I miss that sound in his later albums...the forward sound of the bass.
Forget Salgan, Pugliese and Di Sarli, this is the way to play the tango. It reminds me of Fresedo when he wanted to have some fun and played a fox trot. Or when I get some bullshit and use it to shine my shoes...
Does anyone of you know which year is that? Tom seems to be so young here! Great performance! I love the pose he's making at the end! His movements are just perfect.
In case anybody wants to learn the piano to the piece this is based around, you can find it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y5IGN-OO1A8.html Video has sheet music, and walks through the whole piece. Just found out that this tango was based on El Choclo, found a good video for how to play it, thought I'd save someone else the trouble by posting it here!
