Would love to know which record that was that he had to turn down!!

great story, inspiring!

My kid used to say, "They call it 'free jazz' because no one would pay to listen to it." 🤣

I saw Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan in Montreal in 1963 or 1964. Yolande made a good replacement for Annie Ross and the group was as good as ever. This interview is a wonderful memory of a golden age of jazz and a good time for me, a young lad from the Lincolnshire Fens in the UK, to then be around in North America.

Nothing is FREE without responsibility. Free Jazz is a Musical selfie. Play for people & pay off your student debt.

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Most pianists and other jazz players who have reached a certain proficiency tell students to be original and find their own approach. Harris said it's my way or the highway. Sorry Barry, but I prefer the road less traveled.

Liebman is a Master. 🙏 Since 70's Miles and Lookout Farm. ❤ 🔥

I love Phil’s attitude, philosophy… real down to earth.

He has demonstrated how little he knows about that area of the music.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IN JESUS NAME AMEN

GOD BLESS HIS SOUL IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IN JESUS NAME AMEN

Problem we have here in Germany is that Freejazz is getting much more funding than mainstream jazz and it's all the critics care about. There's too many musicians who play free jazz and don't know the jazz tradition. I think free jazz should be at the far end of a long path of learning jazz, a style to be played by the best of the best, not by self-proclaimed intellectuals

Absolutely wonderful interview, so moving and informative… Huge respect & gratitude 🙏🏽 ❤

The gigilo album with Lee Morgan on trumpet is one of my favorites

One of the greatest playin some old blues

When J. S. Bach leans over and says "Sounds pretty good kid", you know there's hope for you.

Do what you love

🎸🎸🩷Rest well before you start that great gig in the sky. The great Russell Malone.

Rest In Peace Sir. You made the world a better place.❤

Highly missed brother, may God keep you in His eternal Glory 🙏

Wonderful, inspirational story

Amazing, thanks so much for sharing this.

Thanks for putting this online.

God bless you Urbie. “I going to play my own!” Find your own voice and be True.

Hard work required for high achievement, even if you are supremely talented. Good lesson.

God Bless This Brother In Jesus Name Amen Jesus Is The Way Truth And The Light Accept Christ as your Lord And Savior and receive the Holy Spirit God Loves you so much and Jesus is King In Jesus Name Amen

The Great Bob Cranshaw! Sonny Rollins' 'go to' bassist for many, many decades, starting on the classic vinyl RCA VIctor record "The Bridge". Great historical remembrances, Thanks, Bob. 💙

That’s a beautiful story.

Around 1980 my band opened for Phil in San Francisco. We played a burning set and got a lot applause. Then Phil's band came on and he was so exciting that within five minutes, people were standing up and screaming.

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Thelonious Monk is undoubtedly in my Top 5 favorite classic jazz musicians currently.

Coleman Hawkins had the warmest tone in jazz history. No one could out warm him.

Shoot! I wish trumpet was easy. The embouchure alone was impossible. I took much more easily to sax. I'll never forget when I heard "Tico Tico" in high school.

Junior Mance is another musician who gets almost NO credit today and he is on some of music's most pivotal recordings.

Very inspiring!

To be a fly on the wall at that audition!

A friend of mine in nyc was put in charge of hiring a jazz band for some art gallery event at the last minute. He did not know anything about jazz at all and asked around. Someone he knew said their jazz band could play, he said sure. The band arrived and started playing at the set time, but he said they seemed to be taking forever to tune up or something. After a while he asked one of the musicians when are you guys going to actually start playing? The musician said we were playing the whole time. That was his introduction to free jazz which he didn't know existed. He said the art crowd people all left the music room pretty quickly.

Fantastic Singer and group. Thank you guys!

I could listen to Phil all day. What an amazing story, and what a fabulous time to be alive, while Bird was around.

Genius ...

It's not the horn unless it is in disrepair. I have a Mark VI and can tell you it comes with NO magic pre-installed. None of the great players ever "got there" without very serious time in the woodshed. RIP Phil!

Dave Liebman is not only a superb musician and improviser but also a natural educator and (for lack of a better word) very articulate and eloquent spokesperson for Jazz and music in general.

The MOMENT. Every young musician, if he or she is very lucky, and sticks with it, recognizes it when they experience it.

What a great story. You've got to love his playing, absolutely fantastic.

God, I love that story! I've watched this video repeatedly, but it always hits.

are there full versions of these interviews?

😂 Dinah was hell on wheels but she was everything!