1978 - Mary Lou Williams & Jo Jones - Nice: Caravan

[@antnybrown]

The Queen of Jazz - without whom there would be no Dizzy, Monk, Bird or Bud - & the Papa of Jazz Drums=Timeless Masterpiece!

[@deebee9751]

Playing that great at age 66 is unbelievable. RIP Papa Jo Jones

[@nealsausen4651]

Now I don’t know how old Jo Jones was when this video was made, but the fact that he still had all those reflexes at his disposal, physical reflexes to play all those complex rhythms, and at that speed is nothing short of amazing, miraculous! This is a lot about how Jo Jones lived his life that he’s this healthy and such an advanced age to play these kind of rhythms at the speed, precision, power, equality, that he is playing at is just mind-boggling! The man was a genius, the musical genius! In the tradition of BIG SID CATTLETT! (yes, and I know they were contemporaries)!

[@Pawel1014]

he was 67

[@Rockinpeter]

Jo Jones, IMO one of the greatest Drummer ever

[@thrashtoad6956]

I can watch this sober AND high as a kite and be fucking amazed both times. A true master of the instrument expanding it past what anyone thought was possible. Incredible

[@colmmoran.2700]

A fellow enjoyer of the niche hobby of high jo jones watching

[@jameshicks7125]

There are only a few drummers that capture my attention with a solo. Jo Jones is one of the few that keeps my attention waiting to see and hear what he'll do next.

[@ianboard544]

Joe Morello being the other one for me.

[@simpleharmonicmotion16]

Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell

[@ditroyable]

Il m'est juste d'ajouter la grande classe de Mary Lou Williams. Comment elle allonge les valeurs du thème, auquel elle donne ainsi plus d'élégance... Voici un Trio pour lequel rechercher des archives.

[@chipstern1]

When GIANTS Walked The Earth [PS: Saw them all live...Boykins with Sun Ra]

[@evertvanderhik5774]

Papa was really one of the coolest drummers. Unique style.

[@ditroyable]

Jo Jones est devenu un autre exemple parmi d'autres pour moi (comme pour bien d'autres batteurs jazz) : quelle inspiration, que de contrastes de "moods", de tempi, et toutes ses trouvailles dans sa frappe; je peux dire qu'il m'a motivé plus que jamais ! Grand bravo !

[@fsib8652]

Superbe musique et le grand Jo Jones accompagne cette "Caravane" avec beaucoup de finesse, de subtilité et de swing....topissime !!!

[@yqisq6966]

mad respect to whoever edited the film to make the image and sound sync up perfectly.

[@brandonboyce2954]

4:26… I am speechless, his creativity is unreal

[@liberte5847]

Merci beaucoup from Paris France for M L Williams First Class rendering rendez-vous version. 👍👍👍

[@ZeroConso]

merci pour ce partage.

[@bebobalula]

Caravan in Nice. Nice, very nice!

[@scottymclean9473]

Never heard a drummer make drums talk before !

[@miyazakihayao9763]

Magic Hands

[@mikehinterschied]

5:06 he realized how nice he is.

[@ajn465]

Beautiful capture of father time himself late in his career but still playing great. What we now think of is the funk owes everything to Jo and Count Basie's Rhythm Section of the early 1930s. The same thing that makes Swing Swing makes Funk funky.❤

[@reythmband]

Two great timeless musicians who never sounded dated, They could be anywhere between 20 and 80 in their musical concepts.

[@REAL6]

Don't you mean 3?

[@Gruuvin1]

I would leave her out

[@Dominos-el7qr]

I wouldn't.

[@nealsausen4651]

This video is a study, in what musical drumming is all about every serious drummer //MUSICIAN should study this video intensely!😅

[@vipermad358]

Best camerawork for a drum solo I've ever seen! Thanks to the camera man for focusing on hands and not the Jo's face the whole time. Editing gets a little too "creative" at the end, but still awesome.

[@JAZZCLASSIQUE]

The director was the very creative Jean-Christophe Averty, a true jazz fan if there is one .

[@philbutcher6959]

Personally thought it a woeful tendency in music film editing at this time - 2/3 second edits make it impossible for old eyes to watch. At least they didn't play around with zooming in and out.

[@MarkMogom]

Excellent upload, good sir.

[@wannabeadrummer]

All superb musicians

[@adambarnard1989]

The Master at work. Too bloody marvellous for words, to paraphrase

[@groovealate74]

I-AM-A-FAN!!😁😁😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@MarineloArsenal]

LONG LIVE DUKE ELLINGTON.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Gruuvin1]

She was draggin and he was givin her the stink eye!

[@simpleharmonicmotion16]

Nope

[@alb4u]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@wilburbum]

ohhhhhhhhhh pero que barbaridad , gracias !!!!!

[@2007christian]

Incredible performance!

[@Shevock]

It doesn't get better.

[@tacitoneryferreira8980]

👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

[@whhhhhhhhh]

WOW

[@alphonsepetitboudu6552]

Le batteur est un barman de sons. Jean Cocteau.😎

[@christiankitzinger2039]

Hey ! Où j'apparais en fond de scène dans la dernière minute de la séquence !!!

[@tuttosommato9631]

A drums Master

[@daulab]

💖

[@richardmarques2144]

muito bom 🤠

[@misfit2022]

I am not a huge fan of drum solos but when soloists are as good as Jo Jones then the drum solo becomes art and incredible stick control. Also at 7 mins 40 he even had time to throw in the intro to Am I Evil by Diamond Head which is pretty impressive as this is two years before it was released.

[@JAZZCLASSIQUE]

Ella Fitzgerald in the backstage audience ... Nice was irreal !

[@АудиоСказки-ю2ш]

Молодец мужик!

[@meowingmeow9940]

F*cking stupid advertisments that suddenly pop out in the middle of the solo.....an insult to art of music! Jo Jones the legend!

[@jorymil]

Wow! This is something worth studying. It looks like he's playing a 16" or smaller cymbal there: way smaller than I was expecting.

[@GusELP]

😵Papa

[@eddierivera1860]

The great Papa JO JONES who thought John Bonham was the first to play snare drum with his hands? NOT ME!!!

[@kennethellison9713]

Wonderful music, but the camera work fell like it was edited by a chihuahua on speed. I just couldn't watch more than a minute of it.

[@jimbrown1559]

Yeah, is sure is busy! But it lends to the appreciation of Jo Jones's wonderful drum solo, and even there' less busy would be good!

[@dmytryk7887]

That's the editing not the camera work. But, yeah, it's annoying.

[@BobSchoepenjr]

Yes hé did too much his best 😅. Anyway this recording is a pearl🤩

[@bigjimcbob]

Agreed. This is an amazing musical performance. It doesn’t need a crazy creative editing job to help comprehend. Just hold the camera on Jo Jones as though you were sitting there watching and listening. Can’t stand these editors.

[@mickfelder2017]

Half the magic of Jo Jones is watching him as well as listening, too bad the director was clueless!

[@TikTok_refugees1977]

Hold up did he just do the whip the cream roll? if so it was very good

[@TheHeater90]

The vast majority of old school drummers roll like that. I don't know who decided to stop teaching rolls that way, but it's a much smoother way to roll than the standard way.

[@nealsausen4651]

@@TheHeater90: to get that “whipped cream roll” effect you have to allow your sticks to roll in “CIRCLES“!. The right stick rolls clockwise while the l LEFT STICK rolls counterclockwise Occurs simultaneously! practicing it in a triple rhythm is a good way to get into it.

[@BmakinFilm]

Papa Jo Jones appears uncomfortable w Mary Lou William's playing throughout (his facial expressions offer a clue as well) - beginning with her laying the melody line way back (Jelly Roll Morton actually developed this style many years prior ... some people thought it was a mistake when they first heard his recording...) and by the end of this song Jo Jones springs up from the drums before Williams is done with her fermata/cadenza. Jo Jones and Williams were not together - Jones was just too frustrated trying to find her groove ... As a professional drummer I can spot this and relate ... sometimes when playing outdoors, live festivals, the sound can be off - if a drummer can't hear the bass player or pianist well enough they cannot hear where others are placing their time feel. His show biz chops take over after he springs up off the drums and he offers his arm towards her with big smiles for the audience. Typically a jazz drummer will roll around the kit with everyone else in the fermata and make an attempt to orchestrate a grand finale hit...

[@Simbosan]

Giving the keyboard player with dodgy timing the side eye a few times at the start

[@markchristopher9716]

Zephyr tom

[@AndreyJazz-gw5yk]

ЗАЧЕМ ТАК МНОГО СНИМАТЬ РУКИ? СНИМИ ТЫ КРУПНЫЙ ПЛАН: ТАМ И ЭМОЦИИ, И ФИЗИОЛОГИЯ, И МИМИКА, И ТЕХНИКА, НО НЕТ ЖЕ...(((

[@maiqtheliar_]

Mary Lou... not quite my tempo...

[@Frontdesk99]

He played the same solo over and over through the years. Always the rimshot tricks, always the fast 'clicker' on the floor tom.... Yes he was a great drummer, but if you compare a solo from 1960 with this one... nothing has changed.

[@mikehinterschied]

No need to change perfection.

[@ninagomes7713]

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