Victor Feldman Trio - 1965

[@lanesblitz]

Victor Feldman is a criminally underrated genius of Jazz. How he builds up solos is miracolous.

[@robertdore9592]

Born and bred in Edgware....

[@pianoman2215]

Yes. He's one of my all time favorites. His voicings are heavenly and his solos are a roller coaster of sound!

[@alansenzaki4148]

R.I.P. Rick. He was young and only 24 here and had a long and successful career.

[@BartonFarley1]

RIP Rick! Thanks for your music!

[@andyshuttleworth8341]

RIP Rick Laird. What a life.

[@MrBongoagogo]

R.i.p rick will be miss solid time keeper on upright bass .great soloist.

[@massimomoccia]

This trio is a thing of pure beauty!

[@Wilsonbangy]

Genius pianist and genius viber .. Got into him after his awesome piano solo on Black Cow by steely Dan .. something else

[@robertdore9592]

..and...THAT, is how you do research :-)

[@katie200101]

thats my uncle ronnie on the drums no joke i miss him sooo mutch :'(

[@wighatsuperreggie]

Wow, best drummer ever! Nice touch!

[@jlrmoody]

awesome drummer!

[@AnthonyToth-t5v]

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

[@pallhe]

Wonderful drummer! Here is an unbelievable video where he's playing with Martial Solal: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foHJpHygqtaHkNU&ab_channel=GregBagley The song, "On Green Dolphin Street", begins about 40 seconds into the video. Would be really proud to have Ronnie as my uncle!

[@vennettegloud3128]

Still one of the most talented and nicest guys I've had the pleasure of working with.

[@mikebuddy1]

I love the series of recordings he did with Shelly manne & his men at the Black Hawk 1959.Thanks for sharing.

[@Gloopert]

That's my Great Uncle Ronnie playing drums

[@joelocatelli]

This is one of the best trio`s .Ever.

[@warrenstutely1093]

Quite astounding harmonic and melodic invention. !!!! And the technique to realize it. !!!

[@charleswinokoor6023]

It took a lot to get those young, intellectual British audiences very excited. Sensational arraignment and playing.

[@magn8195]

RIP Rick Laird. 😭😭

[@richardworth350]

Now RIP Rick Laird

[@DarkeningSkies1]

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!

[@exjazzbassbaz]

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.

[@ocnoreen]

So great. Words fail to express how wonderful it is to hear Victor play. So creative and accomplished.

[@epn10]

I've never even heard of Stephenson, but he's got incredible feel!

[@killercrabman]

fantastic drums, those little solos were pretty hardcore.

[@carlstephenson5851]

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

[@Bandit-md6hn]

Played golf with Ronnie years ago at Strathmore Golf Club in Scotland..... true gentleman

[@johnhguitar]

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.

[@grafikdrummer]

I never heard the name of Ronnie Stephenson before. What a fantastic drummer! And a fantastic trio!

[@mick5137]

Stephenson was Mitch Mitchell's hero.

[@kewlfonz]

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...

[@sofiztykat]

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!!

[@exjazzbassbaz]

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.

[@craigedwards2940]

It's an obvious idiocy, I've being saying that for a long time, it's the deaf ear's that have a habit of going nowhere.

[@robertgadze7344]

RIP Rick Laird

[@promerops]

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.

[@robertdore9592]

Don't forget the LA Express too....

[@ssg263]

in the words of Miles Davis: "Victor Feldman could play his ass off"

[@philipterzian4581]

RIP Rick Laird (d 4 July 2021)

[@srbbgd1]

Absolutely wonderful!!! Like from Serbia!

[@jazztete1]

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

[@pkel2003]

Music like this is evidence that we have a soul

[@DYNODRUM]

Best Fine Trio I ever Heard

[@tipofelice]

I hear Philly Joe in Ronnie Stephenson's fours and I dig it, molto tanto.

[@MoGreensEye]

Feldman's solo on Adderley's "Sack o'Woe" on the live Lighthouse album is one of the greats.

[@1969sdh]

This is so good!

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love it!!

[@robertoferrari1838]

Vim pelo Vídeo do Ed Motta,Imaginei um vinho,um bar...e Victor Feldman Trio.Sensacional....

[@rutherfordBHAZED]

WONDERFUL!!!

[@niedernhall1]

Love it!

[@stephenvincent4989]

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.

[@eatablelove]

Rick Laird, Mahavishnu Orchestra!

[@mrmusic248]

eatablelove: What a switch from this to Mahavishnu !!!

[@memzehni]

What a pleasure, what a treasure....

[@Alino17]

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

[@glevito]

Spectacular

[@duchessofpercy]

NICE! How smooth is this

[@jmb92555]

you're right... the drummer is great

[@stpd1957]

Beautiful playing. Seán

[@LENCRAWLEY1]

No doubt one of our greatest Jazz players

[@MitchHillerMusic]

Love this

[@alfredoremus4409]

Un grande en el mundo del Jazz!!

[@lapps22]

WOW everybody loved Vic, British to!

[@VK-br1br]

Ronnie Stephenson is literally ripping those drums!

[@peteryeoman4162]

without doubt along with george shearing our greatest jazz export to the states

[@inkwetat]

Good trio.

[@HenryAlliance]

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.

[@loupomanti1]

Listen to him on the Rickie Lee Jones album. Fantastic.

[@magn8195]

RICK LAIRD in 1965 - The soon-to-be Mahavishnu bassist! 😲😀😎

[@alansenzaki4609]

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!

[@alfredoremus4409]

Un grade del piano en el Jazz!!

[@rjhrebecca]

Ronnie Stephenson IS GREAT ! ! !

[@22typee]

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....

[@zinwah]

I agree with all the comments praising this . But let's not forget how good Dudley Moore was playing in this vein

[@EphemeralProductions]

I like Victor on the vibes a lot! I'd have to say that my fave xylophone and vibe player though, is Roy Ayers. :)

[@jampoles]

Mine too right after Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson, Red Norvo, Bobby Hutcherson, Gary Burton, Terry Gibbs, Mike Mainieri, and criminally underrated Victor Feldman.

[@sleigh64]

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.

[@jassbo]

Vic Feldman got the gift by GOD, he is unique.

[@johnrossini3594]

great

[@paxwallacejazz]

Rick laird from Mahavishnu Orchestra on Rickenbacher. Geez he's more interesting here.

[@katie200101]

:') there my uncle on the drums god i miss him ( im not jokeing btw )

[@blip3]

his work with cannonball is phenomenal. Azure Serape, for example. Just have a seat good.

[@charleskatz2606]

Like Eddie Costa Feldman could fill a leader or sideman gig on vibes or piano.Great stuff

[@TheBMVM]

Great

[@MarcBosserman]

Whoooo Hooooo! : )

[@jampoles]

No word on screen about the drummer? Come on!

[@alanhawkshaw3522]

Look up his Azule Serape, played with Cannonball Adderley. Just the best.

[@Claymor621]

...featuring Sunderland lad Ronnie Stephenson.

[@paulcannon5065]

That old snob Littleton

[@lawrenceofarabia5299]

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!!!

[@SuperMikado282]

Shut up

[@Nuxunumo]

3:58 whaaaaaaaat !!

[@MAJORSNODGRASS]

Victor Feldman is great. Better than George Shearing the other major British pianist at the time. Drummer RS really swings.

[@patriciagullickson2046]

Everybody is better than somebody else blah blah blah.... how bout' just saying he's great .... they were all fantastic

[@SuperMikado282]

@@patriciagullickson2046 Exactly....well said. Immature boys.

[@bedrock2000]

consummate musicianship

[@241mrmark]

Amazing that you can get to Mahavishnu and Steely Dan from here….

[@student702]

I wanted to see vibes! :-(

[@colmac4]

@katie200101 You must be Carl's cousin then?

[@johndoe1765]

MAN TALK ABOUT EXECUTION = BRAVO .

[@kayserbondor]

Gan' on then bonny lad.

[@CrandMackerel]

3:07 Beatles quote! LOL

[@spadge1able]

miles davis was dead right he certainly can play.super dooper.

[@dancelli714]

SWINGING

[@ronwass]

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?

[@jsilence418]

Trilaterus.com Did they write and record with Ellington?

[@johnmarass3021]

They are overpraising Miles. If Joe Gordon wasn't a jazz master Cannonball should be considered one.

[@electrojazz14]

baaad

[@reallife7235]

Bass player is off tempo just by a bit and is messing up the groove.