Dexter Gordon - Body and Soul (4K 60 FPS Colorized & Restored Audio)

This video has been colorized, upscaled and brought up to 60 FPS using AI (artificial intelligence)
The audio track has been manually cleaned up from cracks and clipping, repaired and enhanced by me. Using special plug-ins I made it sound like it was recorded at Belgium Opera Theatre of Ghent.
With Colorizing AI it's a hit or miss, but still pretty impressive and makes you think what people are gonna come up with in a decade or so.

[@taftchatham7456]

1964, Belgium. George Gruntz - piano Guy Pedersen - bass Daniel Humair - drums (Info supplied by Kyrill Poudavoff Music)

[@saxhubdotjazz]

It's kirill lmao

[@imbees2]

ok

[@SidLaw500]

He understands this standard deeper then anyone I've ever heard. All his versions feel iconic to me.

[@albiondi4078]

there's only one Dexter

[@imbees2]

Dexter Gordon , one of the best saxophonist of all time.

[@imbees2]

The music of people that play , understand and create fluid, harmonic, rhaposodic music

[@bartleby4957]

So right, my friend.

[@AustinShadduck]

This is incredible! Obviously the colorization is amazing, but I also love the close up where we can clearly see how his lower lip and head move as he goes up and down the range of the horn. Higher notes, head up, lower lip out, more of the reed vibrating. Lower notes, head down, lip in, less of the reed vibrating for that lovely subtone.

[@JiveDadson]

That's the 5* mouthpiece that was stolen.

[@lucianoinvernizzi5027]

I agree, Luciano invernizzi ❤

[@JeffCoffinOfficial]

my god, what a tone!

[@martindalmasi5340]

The tone!!!!! No other. 🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷

[@imbees2]

That was amazing, watching Dexter's face, playing. Amazing.

[@sunnysaxman]

What a sound. How can anyone 'thumb down' this one??

[@olebirgerpedersen]

Must be by accident !!!!

[@christopherfischer6998]

Thank you for restoring! Dexter was always my favorite tenor player on ballads. The amount of soul, feeling and passion in this solo is unmatched.

[@taildragger53]

Wo, the sound is PURE Blue Note captured onstage! That haunting echo. This is the best video of Dexter ever. Thank you so much.

[@pnojazz]

Dexter at 41. He looks as if he’s still in his 30’s. I love how he quotes other songs during his solos. Here his quoting “Chestnut’s on an open fire.” Great job with the AI! The video is exceptionally well done and the audio is of high quality. Very impressive!!!

[@lucap75]

in the final part of the number, as the piano solo ends, Dexter starts playing again but what you hear in the first 20/30 seconds is not the reprise of the main theme, but the first notes of "the Christmas songs"...! But it flows in so well it does not sound like coming from a different tune

[@imbees2]

When you watch the player you admire, play the music you love in person, it's out a sight, Amazing!

[@royalhartigan]

beyond the sky, you are with us always, mr. gordon, in spirit and music.......

[@enochchristiansen490]

Just finished transcribing this. Best solo ever

[@toughtenor]

I'd like a copy of that :)

[@enochchristiansen490]

@@toughtenor only done by ear. Have written out a few sections without rhythms though

[@toughtenor]

@@enochchristiansen490 that's great. Even better not writing it down and learning it by heart straight from the source. Tried to write some of this down once myself and it was really hard on the rhythm side of things.

[@enochchristiansen490]

@@toughtenor yeh exactly. Because of that I just thought most of it couldn't be notated and I'm terribly at transcribing rhythm

[@theseventiessaxstraps]

@@toughtenor En heb je hem gehad Trinus? Zou ook graag een kopie hebben. Groet, Patrick Bausewein

[@rahulbhatt3431]

Beautiful. What a saxophonist. What an artist.

[@coloradospringsbuilder5967]

The big guy in spectacular form, he owns this one! Thanks for posting

[@garryfimister6878]

Wow! This might be my favourite version of Body and Soul. Excellent work

[@wendellharrelson2815]

Excellent selection and excellent job preserving and colorizing this classic performance. My thanks.

[@lucianoinvernizzi5027]

Around about midnight one of the best film about jazz , your Luciano invernizzi trombone player😊ciao

[@L1stener]

Thank you for the preservation of this gem.

[@christiansanders8606]

Brilliant job, dude!!

[@djjohnnymedley9919]

Awesome job!!! Thanks so much for doing this.

[@theseventiessaxstraps]

So great job Kirill , thanks for doing that.

[@tiagoerazu9664]

Awesome job man!! Dexter would be proud! :)

[@andrelarue3812]

Great work! Bravo and thank you Kirill!

[@Blijdenstein]

Fantastic job Kirill, thanks for sharing!

[@ukaszj8845]

Amazing job man!

[@DrSelfridgeMusic]

Love it! Amazing job.

[@gallillito]

Awesome! Thank you Kirill

[@bakjechips]

Impressive restoration of the original. You're a real pro, thanks.

[@toughtenor]

Many thanks Kirill, this has been one of my favourites for years, it's even better now !

[@glowiestardust6671]

Thank you so much for doing this , It means a lot ... ♥️

[@karlnehring6114]

Amazing restoration of a wonderful performance. Thank you for the work, dedication, and yes, love that you put into this task.

[@desafinadoP]

awesome!!.Excellent work 👏

[@Debukochi]

This is beautiful and I have no idea why I'm just finding this now. I had to chuckle a bit when half-watching this video and half-working, I looked up @5:35 and thought, "Is he checking his phone?" As soon as I heard Dexter resume playing, I imagined that he received a text from Mel Torme asking if he could work in a few lines of "The Christmas Song." This happens when you are old and distracted. 😕

[@MilesLeonSax]

this is freaking awesome!!!!!

[@Bozo1360]

How beautiful!

[@JonasSSilva-uf6fy]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 obrigado por compartilhar essa maravilha!👏👏👏👏👏

[@pederlong1784]

Gorgeous

[@DeMariThompson]

I'm pretty sure Dextor Gordon reincarnated as you! I can't even spot a difference between you guys! Love the content you produce man❤

[@kpoudavoff]

Oh, thank you! Means a lot!

[@kingseth2628]

Im transcribing Dexter here and he sounds amazing. But the piano solo is beautiful.

[@tremot7143]

Amazing performance! And in my hometown, which makes this extra special for me. Next to Lady Bird, shot on the same day, this must be one of Dexters finest moments caught on video.

[@kpoudavoff]

Yes! I’ll do the same thing with his Lady Bird record. These two are really iconic records of him.

[@ms3515]

WOWWWW!! so glad i found this!!

[@claudiognoni8097]

he is singing on the saxophone, unfortunately modern jazz players prefer to give ample virtuoso demonstration rather than enrapture you with the expression of a few notes. Great Dexter

[@imbees2]

jazz, jazz, jazz, wonderful representation of the music.

[@slmjkdbtl]

what a great sound

[@lenyaeger9969]

I love the quotation from "The Christmas Song" @ 5:52.

[@imbees2]

Wonderful jazz music by Dexter Gordon.

[@anthonywinkler6666]

Wonderful!

[@rwrae72]

A masterpiece!

[@juliansilva1774]

ooooh!! gracias amigo!!

[@carloschneidergraziosi7178]

Love and Peace

[@imbees2]

Dexter at his finest.

[@imbees2]

Back in the day, a really great song, was almost 8 minutes long, like this one by Dexter Gordon!

[@affan_24_sid]

Damn bro you did a hella good job restoring this! Must've took a while. This shit looks so cool.

[@kpoudavoff]

Thank you! Yes, it did take a while!

[@o2807]

and here i was always thinking that colorized yt vids comes from some companys film archives. sorry for my ignorance. thank you for the vid.

[@imbees2]

Very Deep Dexter

[@elliotharris9056]

Never aware of this..un believable that this happend when it did as they would tour together extensively in later years...and he used the trumpet player in the bands trumpet !!!!!imagine how that cat felt having Miles play his trumpet!!!!

[@dannywoody5497]

Dexter always So beautiful always love the bass player

[@imbees2]

here we go now, Dexter!

[@DillonRing]

Awesome 👏

[@kpoudavoff]

Thank you, man!

[@tracyolivermusic]

Nice how he uses Nancy With The Laughing Face in his solo!

[@imbees2]

Here we go with Dexter!

[@Marcosls2015]

Wow!

[@zamstahh_]

I love you..❤ body and soul

[@imbees2]

Dexter Gordon now!

[@imbees2]

Dexter is a very good looking man. Just saying. and he is plying supreme horn tonight.

[@FranciscoPereira-px6mu]

The best.

[@imbees2]

Play it Dexter Gordon!!!

[@CHEKO1111]

IMPRESIONANTE !!!....DEXTER GORDON CON SU MEJOR SAXOFON DE TODA SU CARRERA SU LEGENDARIO CONN 10M QUE SUENA COMO LOS DIOSES COBRO MAS VIDA A COLORES QUE SOLO VERLO EN BLANCO Y NEGRO Y EL SONIDO LIMPIO Y VARONIL DE SU SAXO TENOR QUEDO COMO LOS DIOSES, FELICITACIONES REALMENTE ES UN GRAN TRABAJO EL QUE HAS HECHO KIRILL

[@kpoudavoff]

Thank you!

[@sebastianL423]

5:53 nice Christmas Song quote

[@imbees2]

this how we do. Dexter.

[@760Piper]

Wow. That run at :58 is just sublime. The color adds a lot for sure. Love this take on a great standard. Was this session ever put out as a record?

[@kpoudavoff]

I don’t think so. It has been released on DVD called Jazz Icons.

[@imbees2]

Dexter, did throw in "chestnuts roasting on an open fire"

[@imbees2]

And Dexter was very young

[@Taymour77]

Oh yeaaaaaa

[@imbees2]

Dexter!

[@pierreboudry7515]

Thank you so much! Could you please provide link to the original video if publically available?

[@CrybabyArtist]

I want the tiny toy drum set so bad! Gretsch Where are you!.. 17 inch Bass people still want that!

[@floaty10]

Good job all in all. The only thing bugging me is the colour of the conn 10m looks all wrong to me. It has silver -plated highlights, whereas I'm sure his conn was all gold lacquer, but someone may wish to correct me on that. Good effort, though. Thanks.

[@kpoudavoff]

Thank you. It’s obvious that AI doesn’t know what 10M is and what color it should be.

[@ordaineddoodle4970]

That Easter egg was a chestnut @ 5:53

[@imbees2]

Play that saxophone, Dexter Gordon!

[@davidrennie8197]

Sound is wonderful. Personally I don't need the colourisation thing but some will like it

[@olebirgerpedersen]

Dexter at his best. Wonderful.

[@RobertAnchipolovsky]

Really great! Can you make the same with Bird's Videos or Cannonball?

[@kpoudavoff]

Yes, for sure!

[@imbees2]

This is watching Mr. Gordon play.

[@sebsamblast]

can i have more infos pls? what year was this prestation? and other musicians with him if possible.

[@kpoudavoff]

1964, Belgium. George Gruntz - piano Guy Pedersen - bass Daniel Humair - drums

[@theseventiessaxstraps]

Wow what a great job it take my interesting richt away Wow!! Thanks for doing this. And stop talking about me on Instagram😂😂😊

[@marcroigcebrian]

3:05 🎷👏

[@imbees2]

alright Greg Gruntz!

[@nicolaasschroder4953]

Could someone tell me what that reference is when Dex comes back in

[@kpoudavoff]

Christmas song

[@vannigio6234]

uah! 🐻👍 💥🎷💥 ❤️

[@jrbeckman2194]

He quotes The Christmas Song at 5:50

[@mrodas7845]

Glad someone else caught that 😅

[@user-qo8qr1vc9c]

🎷🔝🔝🔝 🎹👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 🎻👏👏👏 🥁💯💯💯

[@imbees2]

This is some shit. Dexter is on the money tonight! in this video!

[@thehastysamurai3058]

0:46 part of mario kart lick?

[@kpoudavoff]

No

[@imbees2]

This is how we do, Black folk, white folk, play music that all folk can enjoy.

[@sebastianL423]

That’s right because jazz is human music not “black” or “white” music

[@benturner6270]

who's in the trio accompanying him?

[@theseventiessaxstraps]

Whats the comment upside 😊

[@iksaxophone]

Is this sped up? Dex is tuned about 10 cents sharp!!