Bill Withers & McCoy Tyner - SOUL! (full episode, live 1971)

[@lking3024]

Started watching in 1968. It was a gateway and we were so lucky to have it. You will never see this kind of honest programming again.

[@tomtheeagle1]

Amazing that these two giants of black music died within weeks of each other. They have left huge legacies. May they rest in peace.

[@jlz9278]

Same age, too

[@proverbblanket.]

I love Mccoy Tyner! I know all of his songs and albums

[@munyansebastien7127]

I feel this is the point where Tyner went from being Coltrane's disciple to being his equal: the Africanized playing, the percussive power, the deluge of notes. It is perfection.

[@marshacreary2442]

Bill Withers rocked those turtlenecks didn't he?

[@mastrjo1255]

Yup, he was the John Legend of the time.

[@vincenthorner6332]

😀👍

[@Auntkekebaby]

@@mastrjo1255 No

[@ziggysway]

I WAS ADDICTED TO THIS SHOW. THIS SHOW WAS IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE.

[@susankennedy5739]

I just discovered this show a couple of years ago and subscribes to WNET to gain access to the episodes they have (not complete). If you know how to find episodes, please post, it is at such a high level -- not equaled still.

[@GerriWritesAbit]

I was a little kid when this show was out. I’m enjoying this so much as an adult

[@AmatolPreviews]

@@susankennedy5739 I found this show on Shout Factory (just the first season looks like) I really wish I could find the whole thing! www.shoutfactorytv.com/series/soul

[@diowil1]

I think this show meant a lot to us all, some of us treasured it while others were threatened and intimidated by it. The latter held the purse strings of finance.

[@trawannarogers3280]

McCoy Tyner is phenomenal on that piano.

[@KSmall109CAB]

Ironic that McCoy Tyner and Bill Withers made their transitions within a month of one another. Both are giants whom the ancestors will great with open arms.

[@orionduckstein3116]

Intelligent, meaningful conversation, no pandering, no plugs and corporate tie-ins. Music, poetry (on TV!!!!), and a positive message. And the music! McCoy's absolute mastery of the instrument, and Bill's 'I am only me, no more no less' persona. Thank you to Piza1973.

[@j.mauricerojas3650]

Beautiful. Bill Withers has such a presence. I wish he were still around. Thank you for the upload!

[@dreamcoatcreatives]

America had this level in 1971... 1971... Wow

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

That was LESS than 30 years prior. We don't know what we are or what we have, as a result Hollywood pimps our genius and turns it into vulgarity.

[@melvinpruitt3907]

Old school Grandmas were one of a kind and that era is gone 4ever!!

[@t.ruththeblack]

So glad these exists!

[@charlesbrazell2136]

So am I! 3-25-24.

[@justinwmusic]

Bill was (and still is) one of my favorite humans to listen to whether signing or just talking. So much wisdom, so insightful, always keeping it real.

[@stedye]

Bill Withers was great!! McCoy Tyner a genius on piano .Enjoyed Sisters poetry.

[@paolaginelli5277]

" Ebony Queen " : MASTERPIECE !!!! 😍😍😍😍

[@donaldcurry9472]

That Brotha was always down to earth & his music reflected just that. His music will live forever in our hearts, spirits, souls & mind. R.I.P. Brotha Bill Withers.

[@MicahManaitai]

thank you for this absolute treasure, appreciated especially today

[@webbgems67]

I was only three years old but I wish I could have seen these wonderful episodes... Thanks a million for posting 👍🏽

[@wowzimusicchannel8487]

Many Thanks and Kind Regards!👍😊😊😊

[@melvinpruitt3907]

My brother on the drums is so tight in the pocket that it's like having your last quarter in your pocket and you're on your way to the penny candy store with your hand stuck down in there so that you won't lose it.lol

[@karateday]

Alphonse Mouzon went on to record a few albums himself, great stuff!

[@jafuso61]

& the great Poet Mae Jackson! Thank you for sharing!

[@jonylawson73]

Wow youtube has truly blessed me ...two of my absolute favourites

[@pacinorules752]

There were a bunch of shows like this that cropped up in the 70's. Rest in peace Bill and McCoy.

[@Curbudog01]

Amazing show. Bill passed this day. What a person.

[@zombi3907]

For anyone interested, at 31:20 the host tells us that the names of the other players in the quartet are saxophonist Sonny Fortune, bassist Calvin Hill, and drummer Al Mouzon. That lineup puts this right at the time he had recorded the album Sahara on Milestone Records in 1972, so just after his Blue Note era. I had wondered if the sax/flautist was Eric Dolphy, but I was wrong. Excellent musicians!

[@jonylawson73]

Thanks man ..I was sat wondering what album he would have been on ...

[@jonylawson73]

Do you know what tracks mccoy is playing ?

[@jakezonis17]

Amazing content, wonderfully available for free. I wish the whole Internet would come across this. Enrichment!

[@ashleywills8761]

There was something bout Bill Withers I always liked not jus for the music he jus had this hip grandfather thing about him jus full of wisdom and life🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@OngoingBox]

probably my favorite era of Tyner's compositions and playing

[@selectorken]

Didn't know this featured Bill singing I'm her daddy. Wow. What an amazing piece of history this video is.

[@GerriWritesAbit]

I agree!!!

[@samuelodomph.d.7323]

Simply outta sight! Dig it...the melody & lyric...powerful!

[@martyshousecommunityorg.2890]

Wow that interview with Bill is a classic! He was a quiet King.He just sang and no interviews.This is a classic)!

[@GerriWritesAbit]

“I’m 5 years old at home by myself with some cold bologna while mama’s out cooking steak 🥩 for someone else.” “Shole is cold and I’m sleepy but ima wait up for mama bcus if them rich white folks don’t eat all the meat, she’ll bring me some.” Wow #TrueFacts!!! #LoveBill

[@GQBlue3]

The documentary about Ellis is gorgeous work. I really enjoyed it!

[@mr.soulthemovie752]

Thank you so much @GQBlue3!!

[@JoEna0517]

Brave Mae Jackon!

[@edwardcowan7851]

That version of Grits ain't Groceries at the end is UNBELIEVABLE!!

[@geebus83]

Great video- so cool to see Bill in his prime.

[@johnstinchcomb8156]

If I could start a band with any drummer in their prime it would be hard to pass on James Gadson. He was absolute money. Plays exactly what's needed.

[@CoCre8ors]

Timelessss!!! Incredible human being #genius

[@JR-yl5iw]

Now all we got is reality 📺.So much talent back then

[@JR-yl5iw]

Damm I'll be my people.

[@buildingworks6035]

I'm feeling this so much...takes me back to when my parents used to religiously sit me in front of the tube with them to watch SOUL! I was twelve, but it's influence has been with me even to this moment. So happy to see it again..🤩

[@nicksc91]

This is just heaven!! Thanks so much for uploading it

[@charlesbrazell2136]

I never, for some reason, ever heard about this show coming up in Detroit back in the early 70s-just found out about it in the last two years from the internet-wow. Dig McCoy Tyner-his approach to playing the piano is like the MONSTER FRANKENSTEIN-"I'm coming to get you"-seems to be what he is saying(through his playing, to all who behold his playing)! The ease, speed and fluidity with which he plays his notes is just something marvelous to behold also! Just looking at him again-and hearing what he is doing simultaneously, I believe shows he was like NO OTHER PIANIST there ever was! He "claws" the piano like a hawk or an eagle GRIPPING it's pray, about to KILL it-and he proceeds to do just that! Do you follow what I'm saying people? I could be wrong about it but I've never, ever seen anyone else with this technique(not in Jazz music anyway)! And the SOUND he is getting from the piano is(and was then)trend-setting and of such far-reaching and revolutionary effect among the great pianists of the decade of the 1960s that I don't think it truly can be said there was an equal to him. This cat was IT-one of a kind! I dug Bill Evans-Herbie Hancock-Chick Corea-Cedar Walton-Harold Mabern Jr.-the LEADING PIANISTS of that era-and all the rest-but this cat here...I've said it before and I'll say it again-he set the standard for ALL Jazz pianists to follow, and there's never been anyone since that has usurped that standard that he set back in the 1960s! Yes there's been many fine pianists in Jazz who have since made their "mark" in this world, but in terms of INFLUENCE, I don't know of another pianist who has had such a major influence on such a broad level among jazz musicians since the time of McCoy Tyner... And does anyone know who the rest of the personnel are? It would be nice to know(can't recognize who they are, right off). P.S.: And I've always said that the mark of a great artist is that they are able to sound just like the records they made when they performed those songs in a live performance, which, from what I remember of seeing the number of acts I saw, back in the 70s and 80s, wasn't many; you can, however add Bill Withers name to that list of all-time greats! 10-11-22.

[@munyansebastien7127]

Alphonse Mouzon on drums, Sonny Fortune on sax, Calvin Hill on bass

[@charlesbrazell2136]

Thank you for your reply-not familiar with Calvin Hill the bassist, but I am familiar with Sonny Fortune and to a certain extent, Alphonse Mouzon; and again, thank you for the info! 3-25-24.@@munyansebastien7127

[@emmanueladiang1007]

Incredible great artists; two of them just left recently. RIP Mc Coy and Bill.

[@brentcarterandfriends]

I can't thank you enough for posting this! ❤❤❤

[@richardcawston6377]

love

[@panish101]

Just love peace🧤

[@blackbroadwayandbeyond]

Thank you for posting this amazing show! I've been searching for full episodes everywhere.

[@MelodyMaker151]

My this is lovely. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@wrinaldi]

thank you for this great thing you posted!

[@nitehawk-de8fy]

use me till you use me up / covered that song . . . / RIP bill withers

[@elldre3]

Bill Withers was quite a character. In one of the few interviews he willingly submitted to in his later years, he described how a hedge fund titan wanted to hire him to sing at the former's birthday party. Withers said he told the man that he hadn't performed live in a long time and wasn't interested. Withers then stated that the tycoon started throwing performance fee figure quotes at him which grew so high 'that I got a nose bleed'. He performed at the party. Godspeed, Bill Withers.

[@lavernegray4606]

This is so good.

[@adibsabir]

Video gold!!!

[@garethmcaleer7429]

Great video mate,,so interesting,,the entire band all big big names,,love it

[@audiodramatist]

No one has done it better, before or since, than Brother Ellis - undisputed fact. I was fortunate enough to catch all the broadcasts at da time of airing over channel 13 in NYC. Now folks can have that experience via KZbin. His introductions were always profound; As a produce, his artist flow -program flow- was unapparelled.

[@drummmmerfish]

nice long interview with bill. never heard of this show before. i wish the audio would be officially released.

[@kymlawrencemonroe5244]

Thank you ❤❤❤❤

[@laurawalker9326]

I enjoyed that that was interesting history true history

[@louisgreen3915]

Gadson and Mouzon on the same show. WOW.

[@yogifish4721]

Thank You for this @Piza 73 .. just the vibe I needed.

[@yusufraja276]

Beautiful

[@SuperVodkaChick]

Please post more of these if you have them. I remember watching them.

[@lilpp1]

Mae Jackson should be in the title

[@Stregamomma1]

She absolutely should. She's a wonderful lady and such a talented poet!

[@guitarradeplastico]

Bill Withers with: Benorce Blackman-Guitar Melvin Dunlap-Bass James Gadson-Drums Mike Stokes-Piano

[@oluhamilton2121]

McCoy Tyner is too deep for the internet.

[@guitarradeplastico]

01. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (Live) (03:37) 02. The McCoy Tyner Quartet - McCoy Tyner Quartet Jam, Pt. 1 (Live) (04:21) 03. Mae Jackson - If I Could (I'd Build a Castle) (Live) (04:40) 04. Bill Withers - I'm Her Daddy (Live) (03:07) 05. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (Reprise) (Live) (02:15) 06. Mae Jackson - When We Were Young (Live) (03:23) 07. Bill Withers - Interview with Bill Withers (Live) (09:56) 08. The McCoy Tyner Quartet - McCoy Tyner Quartet Jam, Pt. 2 (Live) (08:34) 09. Mae Jackson - Please Don't Fall (Live) (04:00) 10. Bill Withers - Bill's Intro (Live) (01:24) 11. Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands (Live) (02:19) 12. Bill Withers - Grits Ain't Groceries (Live) (05:31) 13. Bill Withers - Harlem (Live) (04:22)

[@hasanx4637]

we were much further along as black people back then. PBS wouldn't allow an all black show like this today. a white man would be the host.

[@217champion]

You right it would not be a show like this on TV today for black people.

[@fillur22]

You must be a Bot. Nothing else would bother to post such lies.

[@hasanx4637]

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[@nomoniker7917]

@ fillur22 You must have your eyes tightly closed & understand very little.

[@qwisp]

Man, this show had class!! How many episodes of "Soul" are there??

[@mr.soulthemovie752]

There were 130 Episodes of SOUL! from 1968 - 1973! Have you seen our film Mr. SOUL! the Movie?

[@jonylawson73]

​@@mr.soulthemovie752 no but im going to seek it out ..many thanks

[@antonioarcas3159]

The McCoy Tyner Quartet 03:24 & 31:28 McCOY TYNER piano Sonny Fortune , s s Calvin Hill , b Alphonse Mouzon , d

[@jacobgraulund8483]

do you know the name of the compositions?

[@antonioarcas3159]

Jacob Graulund No, sorry !

[@antonioarcas3159]

Jacob Graulund p r o b a b l y songs from "SAHARA", McCoy's Album, 1972 with identic group

[@jonylawson73]

Is there any more episodes available?

[@FortyNineHudson]

23:32 Bill’s story about the toilets. 😂👍

[@marshacreary2442]

2:05-2:30 Illiterate/Alliteration/Punishment by Law/ Smuggling information through music

[@copanationdie]

Do you have the Three Degrees episode?

[@marshacreary2442]

29:49-30:03 Graves and old coal mines

[@motherlove2109]

ASHE

[@jonsmith848]

Alphonse Mouzon..drums

[@CameronCustoms]

17:41

[@sharonholly2524]

Installed cameras in the toilets? 😯 What kind of person was Bill Withers?

[@jonylawson73]

Jesus ...it was a JOKE ....

[@mistercool3859]

Does anyone know if Ellis Haizlip had HIV or not?

[@marshacreary2442]

23:09-25:00 Interesting

[@marshacreary2442]

Mona Lisa was a full grown man?

[@GerriWritesAbit]

Right! I’m waiting for the explanation for that! Ha ha

[@meetdogblack8277]

‘Black Experience’ my ass!...I call that JAZZ!!!