The Victor Feldman Trio - featuring Rick Laird on bass and the criminally underrated Ronnie Stephenson on drums - go 'Swinging On A Star' in 1965. Infectious, happy jazz.
Hello Katie I would like to know is there any drumming videos of Ronnie drumming I’m a big fan and got into drumming by listening to drum spectacular with Ronnie Stephenson and Kenny Clare any old footage this is the only video I could find he’s an amazing drummer
Victor Feldman one of the greatest! From drums, to vibe, to piano just got better and better! R.I.P. Ric Laird. Few people knew what a great upright player he was. (Oh, it's funny how the BBC refers to him as an "expat". He was Irish, but because he did well he got "included". lol.) Thanks. Great drummer 2.
I prefer this traditional approach to jazz but putting your own stamp on it. This is great stuff! When people say they play their own music that doesn't mean it's automatically as good as anything that's ever been done. I love tradition taken to a high level like this. Victor Feldman was loved by the best musicians in the world and that says it all.
Ronnie Stephenson is EASILY up there with the best UK jazz/session drummers. Top player. Like his playing with Barney Kessel playing that white Sonor 4 piece - beautiful jazz drumming. Great pocket...
cheeseford bang on about ronnie s. he was a fabulous drummer i met him a few times in london in the 50s when i was working for mecca happy days.what can you say about vic feldman he was one of the greatest musicians this planet ever had miles was desperate to keep him.that tells you everything.many thanks.
Wow. Really cool to see Rick Laird so young (I only really knew him from Mahavishnu Orchestra Mark I). I enjoy Feldman's conception, and he has a great compositional ear ("Seven Steps" and "Joshua" are two Miles favorites.) Thanks for posting!
My old ron tyred to get me into jazz but all I wanted was to make noise in punk bands and still do but I am finally getting all the then I thought crap called jazz and we worked together I would set his kit up and.. Now I have started to get open to his shit and wish or hope he can hear me say this love and miss you ron my best friend and father x
victor was a unique player on the WORLD stage a fantastic musican a massive loss to all.i spoke to him briefly over 50yrs ago and he new people from my home town of leeds .what a lovely man .i was just a bop mad kid then but he took time to have a word.always remember that.i followed his career ever since and he went on to be one of the very best many thanks.
always loved Victors playing he swung like a ........... and I worked with Ronnie's brother Bob---great pianist and Ron--------- A superb drummer and nice guy
I was a teenager when my cousin took me to her current boyfriend’s performance at the Royal Albert Hall that also featured Johnny Dankworth, that was my intro to the great Victor Feldman.
My parents used to speak about Victor Feldman, having admired this precocious young drummer in the bands to which they danced in the 40s. I first came across the name (again) on Miles Davis's 'Quiet Nights' and wondered if it could be the same artist. Finding him again on Barney Kessel and, of course, Steely Dan records, plus on his own work, confirmed this to be the case. A very, very fine musician, and, it seems, a very likable man who passed away too soon. Thanks for uploading.
The second half of the statement that Victor Feldman was "1) the first British jazz player to collaborate with a bone fide jazz master .... 2) when he played on the Miles Davis recording 'Seven Steps To Heaven' in 1963" ignores that in 1960 he worked and recorded with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet on its "Live at the Lighthouse" album for Riverside, produced by Orrin Keepnews. A great album, by the way.
Cool! What a fine musician. No wonder some 10 years before he started performing i trio in the US with a 20 years old guy named LaFaro Scott... Rick Laird has a tough role to carry
Very nice piece of archive film. Thanks for uploading it. An amazing player. Managed to see Vic a couple of times before he scooted off to the States. Oops, I guess that gives my age away!!
The first Brit to play with a jazz master? I think not! Benny Carter recorded with whole bands of Brits on the 30s, and he wasn't the only one. Then there was Ray Noble's work with people like Bud Freeman, Ronnie Ball with Lee Konitz....
beautiful piano player. no wonder miles wanted him. wish he would have made less commercial albums. his first album, "arrival" and a hard to find japanese trio album are outstanding!
It's coincidental that you mentioned Derek Smith. I recorded with him when I was still a kid in NYC. It was a Jersey session in the mid 1970's for a good Italian singer. Jay Leonardt was on bass, but I do not remember the drummer. Anyway, I love playing Victor Feldman's own compositions.
Mine too right after Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson, Red Norvo, Bobby Hutcherson, Gary Burton, Terry Gibbs, Mike Mainieri, and criminally underrated Victor Feldman.
The vic feldman trio, true dat the Bill evans trio was tight, put how come these cats are a lost hidden abberation? all three were of the were before silver lidded garbage can leftover food with flies funky in the 60's, rick laird, the.notorious elephant holder, a great black & white treasure!!!
First brit to collaborate with a jazz master? In 1963?. C'mon. You telling me Duke didn't play with any brits when he went there 1933 and no one else did in the interim?
