Eddie Harris: The ORIGINAL "COLD DUCK TIME"

[@mikehimes347]

Brilliant Benny Bailey. Absolute crazy trumpet. Love it. This is when cool was cool.

[@jpsned]

Benny Bailey's solo is one of the most compelling trumpet solos I've ever heard. Great stuff! 😀

[@mikedag1176]

If I'm not mistaken that Cold Duck Time tune was totally improved ..they hadn't seen it till MINUTES BEFORE. WOW!

[@BUF-vr5cr]

Instant fame for him.

[@uhlijohn]

This album was my introduction to jazz....I was in high school in the 1970s when I bought it after hearing tracks from it played on a Chicago progressive rock station WGLD.

[@indriadrayton1132]

The bass is everything!!!!! Shoulders start movin in time to it!

[@edwardg2003]

Man this was my Mom's ABSOLUTE favorite song...in the world. THANK YOU SO MUCH for POSTING this. Damn. LOL!!! Rest In Peace Shirley Jean Robinson...gone but not forgotten. (Feb 7,1938 - May 19,2002)

[@Laraquse]

I've been trying to figure out the name of this song for almost 2 years and I finally figured it out today. Thank the lord.

[@postatility9703]

One of the funkiest opening bass lines,along with"The Sidewinder" And let's take a moment to remember the late Eddie Harris,the unsung genius and innovator of the saxophone....

[@joshuagrant6192]

@Postatility Ah Yes "The Sidewinder" By Lee Morgan. I Was In The 10th Grade The First Time I Heard It On MusicChoice!!!😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@vinyltapelover]

@@joshuagrant6192 I was in the 9th grade when it hit the airwaves in '63, in L.A..

[@tonewall1]

EDDIE WHO.............the greatest most under rated Sax player and composer ever.....i pity the robot who disliked this.....

[@guitarman6742]

He claps on 1 and 3.

[@mikedag1176]

Aw man ANYONE who disses this has taste in their ASS!! HA!

[@1mattadams]

Pity the fool.

[@lisamann]

Love how Leroy just goes "OOOOPS it ain't a swing" and corrects himself on target

[@MarioBruneau]

Well he corrected himself after hearing the drums' straight feeling. Probably was not specified on the chart if there was any.

[@mikedag1176]

I know!!! Ha ha... awesome stuff...

[@ElizabethSnyder-Baldonado]

AAAAAaaaaawwwww, MAAAAAAAAAN.....🤩 Nuff tapped. Y'all.

[@IlhanErsahinOfficial]

ahmet ertegun , the vision, please acknowledge ! love this ! met eddie a few times, da man !!!!

[@riversidepete6128]

Eddie Harris was a game changer

[@tee5630]

I wish some of this kind of music would come back

[@Repav1]

terence hollis never went away, just not at the forefront

[@markbritton6798]

It does! you just have to look for it,which can be exhausting,but when you find a gem among the others that stands out by it merits & not exposure alone,makes all the searching worthwhile!

[@mikedag1176]

Me too... I bought this LIVE LP. in 1977 and I was BLOWN AWAY...pardon the Pun,lololo.

[@dannyfinnz8385]

My forearms cramped something terrible practicing this song with my college's Jazz Workshop totally worth it love this song

[@boomerang905]

They be jamming. I saw Eddie Harris once long ago.. Awesome.

[@MrRezillo]

Speaking as a musician, this is REALLY fun to play.

[@JusticeExplorer]

Yes I totally agree.

[@valenmt94]

bixntram it is haha

[@oRuTRa45]

bixntram Just played this the other night for the first time. I'm familiar with Eddie Harris, but I had never heard of the tune. It was fun.

[@fazebean7675]

bixntram especially on bass

[@cozasful]

That head mellody dude. Is just too addicting with the maj7 harmony. Wild blues tune.

[@edpad5824]

I've been listening to this KZbin feed of jazz greats & realized how pop musicians later bit chunks of their classics. But that is the norm for every branch of knowledge. Still, to hear it instead of being told is a powerful lesson.

[@joycelloyd8922]

One of my brothers favorite cuts!

[@shelleymoore1]

This is sure to brighten your day! I Iove funky music and Eddie Harris is one of my favorites!

[@MichaelBurtonSr]

Drinking early this morning. Offering you a cup or a glass. Sip slow thou and make it last. Loving it.

[@olddavid4]

I wonder how jazz would have fared had the Ertegun brothers not signed Led Zeppelin? Would they have continued to promote and sign the music as they did in the early '60's? Would jazz be the footnote it has become? It grieves me to see the state of music today. No one is making money except Google and Apple. RIP Eddie and thank you Les

[@jantrieger4500]

i remember when this album came out, this song and "compared to what" got heavy airplay on radio. totally cool stuff! still sounds "GROOVY". by the way, when this came out in 1969 i was 15, i'm now 64, keep on rockin' everybody.

[@williamtilton1652]

highschool in the 1970s...my intro to jazz...whur fm...Washington d.c....many thanks MWHSNA &you tube

[@budharpey]

I just bought this LP on the flea market for 4€ and I did not know what I was buying, besides that is has Les McCann on it. Great album with a nice original Cold Duck Time and a fabulous Les McCann on the piano! Every song on the album contains one of his amazing solos.

[@wedge4hire]

The fall of 1969, I had this LP on 4-Track and I wore it out!!! One of my favorites of all-time! Benny Bailey ran all the cooks out the kitchen!

[@mikedag1176]

Llololo. BENNY sure ass hell did. Didn't he??.The big man had it all...ALL THE FELLAS DID SURE miss these super cool gents.

[@Shaylynn3333]

Amazing. Can't believe I'm just finding this now.

[@JudeScott007]

This is a favorite cut of mine...

[@garryreece935]

This is quintessential house party music. Reminds me of parties at my Aunt Mercy D's house.

[@newtonbrown344]

My Favourite Eddie Harris Song. I still have The Album.

[@TheAtlantamidtown]

Me too!!!

[@larrysmac]

Me three!!!

[@jpsned]

Me four!!!

[@JamesFolkers]

Okay - me five!

[@jimspake]

I’ve listened to this since about 1972. I always thought that ending was live, but after seeing the live performance at Montreux on KZbin I realize it was edited!!

[@mikedag1176]

I thought the same thing but they did several shows

[@user-lq3um6uh2x]

One of the greatest solos of all time by Benny Bailey.

[@donmurrin5269]

Ikr ! He achieved total heaviosity. I have to turn it down a taste, in work. He overpowers my lobby.

[@mikedag1176]

Loved his horn work! God he was special...

[@techxdabruiser]

Hey Pops (RIP), Happy 70th Birthday !!! He wore this album out, I found the 30th Aniversary Edition CD for him in '06, he was one happy bro ! Thanks Pops, for being a jazz junkie...without you, I wouldn't know shit about jazz (LMAO) ! Time for another toast.....bring on the Crown Royal !

[@dansellers210]

I must, say Eddie is so clean and clear, the notes form sharp to flats, and his one of a kind way of bringing it to us, goes with out saying. Dangee................... BLESS HIM WITH ALL OUR HEARTS!

[@lamontjackson4355]

I thank Eddie Harris is one of Best .

[@747claudio]

I was there!!!!!!

[@emusic96785]

Claudio Crociani Lucky you!!!

[@ignaciocastoldi]

greaaaaat

[@andyfulour6461]

you try to make it real compared to what?

[@jameswhite7128]

That's cool, man. I wish I was there too! 😎

[@SirMoee]

to experience this in real life 🥲

[@gibletsnchips]

The epitome of cool! If you don't dig this you have a hole in your soul! Apologies to Wolfman Jack may he rest in peace!

[@mikedag1176]

Thats right, if you don't dig this, someone done stole yo soul!

[@Money0nion]

What a great tune, and an amazing album!

[@JamesFolkers]

This song has a groove like no other…

[@WilliamHampton]

I was ... & am still breathless . Not in France but over my table in Long Beach long ago. Too refined a place to stock Cold Duck so probaly settled for Asti . But it was awesome !

[@jimneely861]

What a great melodic line... so many covers over the years. STILL holds up as one of the all time Jazz tunes. Thanks Eddie Harris for your energy, we still listen to your music R.I.P.

[@BlackMountainization]

How can we forget this one. Wow! It just gets better every time you hear it. With the new Eddie Who Re-Mix released around September 2017 this year you cannot go wrong listening to the Original Eddie Harris.

[@mikedag1176]

I never get sick of this album never I can play it over and over and over and over and appreciate it every damn time

[@albinahajd4451]

Phenomenaly, incredible, imptessive

[@sharemysoul1]

takes me back to da seventies. damn dats groovn. thanx. peace

[@onede]

God I love this. Eddie Harris is amazing.

[@smoker6683]

Love it

[@Porschedude8]

Pure Brilliance!!!

[@rudyorosco4938]

Classic Jazz good for the soul.

[@realone9046]

Love this track

[@johnarena9339]

if you can't feel this your dead

[@robbinkrakauer7367]

this is the one that hooked me , now i play sax, First song i figured out. saw them in california do this song in a tiny place with a hundred or so people.

[@Niawen2011]

Dang! That's sweet!

[@luckyjohn873]

That was probably Pasquale's in Malibu. Owned by studio bassist Pat Sentor.. seen them there couple times.

[@211bill]

Soul/Jazz standard. Essential listening.

[@devinpohl5532]

I absolutely love this song! Played it in a combo at a jazz camp, easily one of the best songs I played there. During one of our practices we repeated the ending "ed mortem." (Until death) Everyone started to compete for who could play the highest. By about the 12th time around, everyone was off their horns playing double F's and G's. I'm known in my school for my range, and soon started competing with a trumpet player. (Don't want to be rude or boastful at all, IT WAS JUST SO FUN TO PLAY) The other trombone player and I ended up on top of the trumpet player, both playing triple F's. Before it ended I hit a triple Bb, I never knew I had such range. It seems this song brought out the best in me. I'm so going to play this in every combo I can from now on!

[@malloryotsuka4776]

Oh wow, I'm a trombonist playing this in a jazz camp combo, I would love to be abe to play that high!

[@ronaldspencer573]

This some bomb trumbet by Benny Bailey

[@bees034]

I have seen a video online, were it shows them playing, and also scans to show her walking in.

[@markokalcic3113]

poor bass player :))

[@indriadrayton1132]

@@markokalcic3113 off the chain!!!!

[@mortskaew]

I saw these guys at the Harvest house in La Jolla in '82?. I sat right up front and I imagined Ella Fitzgerald sauntered in. Awesome!!

[@johnnystaccata]

Benny Bailey was really great and underrated. This album was my first exposure to him. I loved what he did with the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, and on his own. It was sad to hear of his passing.

[@Whistlejocket]

One of my best albums, thanks for posting.

[@TheLilsanisista]

Benny Bailey on trumpet takes it to another level

[@MrRezillo]

You got that right about Benny Bailey. Bad solo! I didn't even know he was on this; first time I'm listening to it; it got called at a jam session I was at tonight.

[@carolannmileshughes7922]

Used to hear this at all the Joints and Strip Clubs. What's up?🎉

[@douglasstreet9588]

SOME OF THE BEST

[@ennui406]

fantastic - thanks for posting

[@JTPrime08]

Noice, luv it. I play bass and I absolutely love the bassline. It’s amazing ha-ha. Other than that, Jazz is an awesome form of music.

[@loufratangelo1847]

....wish I could have been there for this one. And they thought they didn't know it?...Really!

[@bjnelson7995]

Goddammit...... that trumpet man!!!!!

[@jrobinsondrums]

My professor told me the story behind why people start cheering like mad in the middle of the trumpet solo at 3:20 - apparently Ella Fitzgerald was late to the festival and had just showed up, so everyone started cheering, haha!

[@jpsned]

Thank you--I've been wondering about that ever since I got this album! 👍

[@mikedag1176]

Yeah you can see Ella walking between people's feet taking a seat that was awesome

[@ladybugs860]

THIS WAS THE JAM!

[@peterdarrylslaughter7390]

2023 still is no doubt folks are still sleep.

[@ThePianofreaky]

That bass is amazing!

[@PeterTschirky]

for more informations about eddie harris see the worldwide first book about Eddie "Eddie Harris sings the Blues" by Peter Tschirky Sincerely Peter Tschirky

[@brothersouth1037]

Eddie is as smooth as a piece of silk on this cut , Bennie Bailey is almost "miles-like on the trumpet, what a great musician .Grew up listening to this cut , still sounds good....

[@Jager-yoo]

Let's do it!

[@LexxieMoody]

We're doing this in Jazz now (: Great!

[@patmackie3499]

Quality....1luv 😎

[@islamicchronicles5381]

THANK YOU

[@stephensmith799]

Swings real sleazy. Love it.

[@santapeter]

cool !!

[@gilwisdom2877]

LISTEN TO THIS SOUL FOOD FOR STAYING ALIVE.!

[@SeerTrulth]

@edwardg2003 Might as well have been for him. Ground-breaking solo.

[@jplew138]

@wedge4hire And mine too...the groove can't be beat. I like the tension between the straight eights on the cynbals and the swing of the actual melody. I first heard this when I was 15...and it just gets better with age ;)

[@patford5690]

SO mellow

[@yoavhalperin5852]

i played it on guitar with some friends and it sounds really good

[@stormyaviation5734]

I will find who put a thumbs down on this. Lol

[@railcar123]

"Yeeeeaaaahh" (0.26)

[@misterk4580]

railcar123 Not to mention "WAAOOOOWWW!" @ 1:50

[@dogs1life2002]

Beautiful!

[@imbees2]

ooooooooooo weeeeeeeeee now!!!

[@Wile37Coyote]

To Les McCann. That concert in Germany in 2004 with the local musicians is Fantastic. We you allow it to be on KZbin or tell me where I can buy a DVD ! Ditto your Invitation to Openness album. Thank you regardless.

[@JudeScott007]

...and this is the first day we saw it....

[@jean-lucbersou758]

What I call "open space" tune .Pefect for groove and easy for impro !

[@rollettz]

This is real jazz

[@josephwelch2696]

#Respect #Legendsneverdie

[@misterk4580]

As coool as it gets...

[@nadiazayman779]

I saw footage of this. When the crowd cheered during the trumpet solo it was for Elle Fitzgerald, who arrived late and was getting to her seat. Notice the trumpeter's instant flurry of notes, trying to impress her

[@jpsned]

😀

[@daviddoyle4516]

They popped this crowd,,,,what can I say? If the music sounds good,,,it is good,,,,,They popped this crowd,,,listen to the applause,,,,,,DD

[@davide.gabert8458]

This chilly mallard warms me up!

[@Mehefinheulog1]

sweeeeeet

[@lucilabarrientos2498]

Sublime

[@peterrenggli6171]

Das waren noch Zeiten in Montreux

[@ziruini5071]

this is a bop

[@postatility9703]

Make that"One of the FUNKIEST bass lines'

[@indriadrayton1132]

That drum and bass!

[@EmileRyjoch]

Yeah! Bailey! Wow!

[@debo2665]

14 year old trumpet who plays this for fun I love this song

[@robertailman5092]

Ha! I see the comment from Hisani and totally agree - it was true two years ago and is true today. Mr BB has the part of the joker - and the joker is wild.

[@earlgoodman8674]

Notice the clapping and cheering about 3 1/2 minutes into Compared to What during Benny Bailey's trumpet solo, how it seemingly did not acknowledge anything spectacular or significant about his solo at the time. Well, it is my understanding that they were clapping and cheering for Ella Fitzgerald who had just walked into the Montreux Casino, the venue at the time, to enjoy the Les McCann & Eddie Harris set.