Earl Hines Solo Montreux 1974

[@eat.ya.greenes3758]

Genius at work. I miss you grandpa

[@wayneconn1079]

Earl was your grandpa Wow . That's so nice to hear . Do any of your family play piano? 😊

[@Thouveninpascal]

One of the rare guys how had Bird and Diz in his big band...

[@jameswalton3796]

His rhythm is so perfect. I sounds like it's going somewhere out of control, but he ties it together and keeps a steadfast rhythm, and it quickly becomes apparent what he was doing.

[@anonymous203020]

This is my first time listening to Earl Hines. My brain couldn't really process the complexity of the first song, so I immediately went back and listened again several times. My impression is that this is a demonstration of human creativity at its highest level. The melody switches between hands and ventures off into several variations, changing harmonies and meters while still maintaining structure. I would love to be inside his mind for a minute when he's playing this song and seeing this music unfold... unreal.

[@drbekken]

This man remains - in my opinion - the most creative musician ever to play jazz on a piano.

[@MrTolesi]

In mine too ....

[@fernandovalverderuiz5219]

art tatum

[@vitesenzafine]

@@fernandovalverderuiz5219 He and Tatum of course. But sometimes I think Hines was superior even to Tatum.

[@kwenahlako2987]

This man was a true legend, my favourite jazz pianist of all time

[@teresabendanarodriguez1745]

Art tatum is not that good musically.... Earl Hines, Eubie Blake, Errol Garner, James P Johnson, Fats Waller and Lambert are the best.

[@luisdimarco5102]

An underrated musician in the world of jazz. He really was a Master!

[@Thouveninpascal]

underrated? By you perhaps.

[@StrideLatinProgRick]

One of the greatest pianists of all time, period.

[@Laurenzatto54]

The most original and creative pianist ever

[@chrisrees5017]

One of the highlights of KZbin to my ears and eyes.

[@kzustang]

There's great music we can appreciate and music we can even play. There's music we can barely grasp, and then.....there's THIS!!! The man who revolutionalized Jazz alongside Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Art Tatum. A combination of Franz Liszt, Scott Joplin a ton of imagination, creativity and ectasy. One of the best music performances I've ever seen. I knew he was an important figure in the history of Jazz forever, but I didn't understand really.

[@MrTolesi]

I hope you've found this too Doron - it, or rather Hines, is JUST SO-WONDERFUL - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJjRhZqupLKSbas

[@Santosificationable]

Thank God this guy lived long unlike other greats of his time such as Waller and Tatum.

[@Smoothenbolly]

legendary & fucking astonishing piano player this man was.

[@wayneconn1079]

Love Earl always will 😊 but lets no forget the man they all play homage to Fats Waller 😎 i was looking for someone who played like me and i like them . Then i found Earl

[@lucafrancesconi]

Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson and Earl are the very very best of all time .. it is so incredible, amazing, terrific, there is no way to explain these brains ! My mind is broken! Holy Jesus!

[@kennethhodges3187]

You have mentioned 3 of my 4 favourite jazz pianists of all time. The other one being Teddy Wilson

[@kennethhodges3187]

@Happiness is not liveable Ah yes, Erroll! All that talent and the guy couldn't even read a note of music!

[@colorred5383]

My list contains em too: Earl Hines, Memphis Slim, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Jelly Roll Morton, Bobby Timmons, Alfred Brendel and Glenn Gould those might be my top fav pianists

[@FROMME2BEV]

+ Erroll Garner

[@chickenringNYC]

West Side Story is astonishing!

[@alvistd2168]

I love Jazz piano, the coding keyboard to the genius of the un·con·scious. Math, percusion beauty. Truly the the best of humanity.

[@andrewgriffith4807]

The first medley on the video sounds like an improvisation on "I'll Follow You" followed by "Girl From Ipanema" followed by "Bluesette" followed by a reprise of "I'll Follow You". Wonderful footage, thanks for posting it!

[@andrewbarrett1537]

Starting at 4:27, we hear "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" by Irving Berlin, played in the left hand with right hand embellishments, then completely improvised upon.

[@johnjensen4984]

Earl Hines Are wizard on piano 👍

[@novelliification]

Esse Earl Hines é simplesmente notável, em minha opinião é o maior pianista de jazz de todos os tempos!

[@douglasscharnberg3883]

Like a breath of fresh air. Thanks for posting!

[@john-patrickdickson9663]

Thank God for KZbin. Father had a long recording career, But this is like having been a special guest at his performances.

[@garyinbellerose]

The greatest....when I listen to him play I don't know whether to practice more or throw out all my keyboards :-)

[@dvkerner96]

garyberger Practice more :)

[@spadiu]

It happens to me too, but I still enjoy playing less difficult but very musical things. Hello

[@kennethhodges3187]

@@spadiu Never give up just strive to go on getting better all the time!

[@spadiu]

@@kennethhodges3187 yes, you are right, but Earl HINES had received as a gift what not everyone can have "MAGIC TOUCH".

[@1splunk]

LOL!

[@vova47]

I was at this concert. It was fabulous... Jay McShann and Roland Hanna also played solo concerts that year at Montreux.

[@vova47]

And Cecil Taylor, of course. I almost forgot.

[@massofgass]

God that must have been heaven...

[@kennethhodges3187]

I wish I had been there too! A great year for jazz piano concerts at Montreux and at least I am glad to have the Hines & McShann concerts on LP!

[@phyll75]

C'est époustouflant! Quel pianiste,quel improvisateur!!!

[@mrjimmienoone2130]

This gentleman started JAZZ piano - in contrast to ragtime or blues piano - in the mid-1920ies (Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, J.P. Johnson, Willie The Lion Smith, and Duke Ellington played something like modernized rag piano at this time). And in the seventies, he still sounded fresh and original. It's not by chance, that he is called "Fatha". HE WAS THE VERY FIRST:

[@Garramedia]

Quite right!!!

[@teresabendanarodriguez1745]

And Eubie Blake or Errol Garner.

[@MrTolesi]

Have you all found the just-wonderful Earl Hines docu on Vimeo? If not - just go there - utter magic

[@larrymayer]

Saw him at the Stern Grove Festival one summer in San Francisco in the early '70's. He lived in Oakland, Ca. so it was no big deal for him to hop over the Bay for a day in the park. We were gobsmacked, as the Brits like to say. That old man, along with his sidemen, tore the joint up. He was so much fun, I'll never forget it.

[@MrSalsa1973]

Saw him in living room fest,Miami Florida...👊🏾😁Amazing

[@eat.ya.greenes3758]

Yes he lived in Oakland. That's my grandpa!!

[@MrTolesi]

@@eat.ya.greenes3758 Lucky you Eat.Ya.Greenes - respect, REAL respect

[@northlakestudio4584]

Wow, just discovered Earl Hines during my search through the history of Art Tatum. Great stuff!

[@northlakestudio4584]

I am a big Fats fan, will have to check out Teddy

[@birdonthehorizon]

Nat King Cole's piano work should be in there, too.

[@kennethhodges3187]

Together with Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson and Oscar Peterson, Earl Hines was one of the greatest jazz piano players of all time!

[@MrTolesi]

For me the very greatest of them all ....

[@anandapandya1]

I would also include Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell.

[@katsumikenjou5203]

アート・テイタムもびっくりこいた！！

[@philippel.5013]

This music makes me feel sick. But in that lovesick kind of way. It is so amazing I feel queasy. Thank you for posting this.

[@AshrafRezkmusic]

How come I've never heard of him... I have oscar's discography, and studied a lot of the music in this era... IT NEVER STOPS

[@MrSalsa1973]

Because he is underrated...But,sshhh..._His music goes for low $$$ at ebay or anywhere and I love it.👊🏾😎

[@thoughtsforthebuilders]

yo man the deeper you dig the more comes up. and every find in and of itself is a potential universe of study, dissection, digestion… there’s always more work to do (;

[@jazzlars7122]

Mr.Earl Hines=Mr.Genius

[@moiraelliott953]

Sheer genius!

[@Chesterton7]

Greatest ever.

[@mrgrayhistory101]

People always assume with jazz it’s just natural talent. I remember the story of a trumpeter who was playing with Hines and left his trumpet at the venue overnight becoming back in the morning to retrieve it he found Hines at a piano just rattling off Mozart and Bach to “keep his fingers loose. “

[@eat.ya.greenes3758]

That's my grandpa!!!

[@chrisrees5017]

He was a great musician.

[@MrTolesi]

@@chrisrees5017 He was an UTTERY great musician - one of the very, VERY, greatest in all history

[@longhaulblue1145]

Awesome! Love his inner voices.

[@MrTANGUISMO]

THE BEST!!!

[@MrTolesi]

the VERY best ....

[@eat.ya.greenes3758]

Yes my grandpa was the best!!

[@jackhewitt7067]

Longest, most beautiful fingers in the biz, may have even clipped the webs between them. Wow. So many musicians are born with the best tools before they even start.

[@Mehefinheulog1]

just beautiful

[@simocontugi4237]

Beautiful! I have the recording on CD of this concert where he played "Solitude" as a tribute to Duke Ellington, his close friend, who died that year and a medley of West Side Story. Thank you for posting it! It would be great if you could upload "In my solitude" he played asking the audience for humming when he nodded to them and "Things ain't what they used to be". He's been awesome as always and even more!

[@kennethhodges3187]

'In My Solitude' is beautiful! I usually hate audience participation on numbers but in this instance I make an exception!

[@philippepagot5990]

@@kennethhodges3187 @simo contugi I agree over 100%, "In my solitude" is really moving. I was in Orange that same year where he also played it and that was one of a kind in the Orange. What drives me mad is that there is a bunch of great unissued music from this concert. A that time, Earl was always playing the same thing (program) each time in a much different way. He was one of the very few true improvisor. I was lucky to spoke to him and I asked him a question : "what would you recommend me to learn improvising solos". His answer was one of the most amazing I have ever heard.

[@simocontugi4237]

@@philippepagot5990 let me know his answer, please!

[@Garramedia]

He was 71 years old then

[@BREN248]

Absolutely Incredible!

[@kennethhodges3187]

Along with Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Oscar Peterson, Earl Hines was simply one of the best jazz pianists of all time!

[@MrTolesi]

Earl Hines especially!

[@luigimusico6116]

Kenneth Hodges ...and Fats Waller?

[@jeffcraven7376]

Descendants of Earl "Fatha" Hines; Earl was the best, and yes he could've played bebop style, cool, post bop and on. Remember Earl is the father of what came afterwards him on jazz piano. We can include descendants of his original style like past great artist Art Tatum and Errol Garner, but Earl "fatha" Hines is the forefather of piano jazz; bet we'd recognize each other at the first train stop in heaven.

[@absolsa]

Is he improvising are there songs I can look up from this that someone knows he name of?

[@umbrellashotgunman]

He's mostly improvising, like most jazz musicians do (Hines himself was probably the most influential jazz pianist of the 1920s and 30s), but he's basing those improvisations off a variety of precomposed songs, again, like most jazz musicians. The songs he's playing off of in this particular video include: Antonio Carlos Jobim's "The Girl from Ipanema", Burt Bacharach's "Close to You", and a bunch of melodies from Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story". I should note that, Earl Hines being one of jazz's greatest improvisers, the originals are very different in character from Hines's take on them.

[@liammcooper]

3:13 - 3:23 would be a dope sample

[@conn88key]

Help!!!How can i get a copy of this concert?? does anyone know ? please could you let me know .Thanks everyone :)

[@simocontugi4237]

+MRBOOGIE WOOGIE This has been recorded with the label " Black Lion" and the title is: Earl Hines -West side story ( it contains a medley of West side Story , Solitude, Things Ain't What They Used To be, Close To you and Why Do I Love You?). I notice that the title " Don't get Around Much Anymore" is wrong. There's also, with the same label, Earl Hines - One for my Baby. The two cd had been recorded in 1974.

[@conn88key]

Hi there thanks so much for the reply .Can you get this on dvd at all ? thank you

[@simocontugi4237]

+MRBOOGIE WOOGIE I don't know, sorry. I have the cd only

[@conn88key]

THANKS BUDDY :)

[@sashakingcrimson187]

💻💻💻💻

[@travisbeck2777]

The "other" Hines from Pittsburgh, PA.

[@AlexandreBakunin]

At 2'48" Antonio Carlos Jobim, Garota do Ipanema acchord.

[@yrlanguedes1682]

his's playing since before this theme hahah

[@MrDriller36]

Correct me if I’m wrong but at 6:17, that looks like Chick Corea, what do you think?

[@crownpropeller]

right, I'd say

[@oviajantepassageiro]

1º - Garota de Ipanema "Girl from Ipanema"

[@b00i00d]

Lets skip idiotic comments like "greatest ever" and such (people: stop trying to judge art like you do a 100m sprint) and just say: Beautiful! The End.

[@ct1216]

Should I burn my piano or practice more I dunno

[@nobreroxo]

iNSUBSTITUÍVEL!!!

[@gordonstevens6050]

You either love all this stuff, (like the hero worshipers below) or you feel youre being attacked by a swarm of mosquitoes

[@MrTolesi]

Thus speaks Gordon-the-Morris-Traveller-Man ... yet again. Takes all sorts (even Morris-Traveller hero-worshippers!) but I hero-worship Earl Hines as being the VERY greatest piano-player of them all.

[@mr.billthrower7392]

Lol. That hair tho