Centerpiece. Hawkins 1964.

Centerpiece Hawkins Edison 1964.
From a film in London in 1964 we see and hear the tune Centerpiece played by Coleman Hawkins on tenor sax and Harry Sweets Edison on trumpet. Pianist is Sir Charles Thompson and drummer is Jo Jones. I cant recall the name of the bassist.

[@amargou]

I am sixteen and discovering the wonders of jazz.

[@vvn2193]

And what ya think

[@amargou]

@@vvn2193 I love it.

[@paulrustigian4651]

Hawk is feelin’ it. I love how many choruses he takes. Everyone is just relaxed and in the pocket. Jo Jones’ drumming is like riding in a Cadillac.

[@megisynynef2224]

Sir Charles Thompson deserves a mention. Beautiful piano solo.

[@karinablacktie]

Sublime. Ahhhhhhhhhh.. And yes, the bassist is Jimmy Woode, whom I believe outlived all these other cats, playing almost up to his death just a few years ago.

[@LenoraHelm]

So beautiful! I continue to bathe myself in the sweet beautiful sounds of Coleman Hawkins and Harry Sweets Edison. What grace! So soulful and swinging!! Wow......

[@THX1449]

I like our generation, it's just the good music, where people really delve into the art of it, isn't profitable to the masses. It never has been. Good music always sticks around, but the bad slips through the cracks of time. Anyone remember a bad song from the 60's? Me neither, because everyone forgot them.

[@bigeman25]

Simply beautiful. Everyone was down to their soulful best, this was a treat for my ears. Thank you all gentlemen.

[@mgoodwin88]

I was there, just out of highschool, digging Mingus and Monk and Coltrane and Dolphy and Hawkins & Edison. It was heaven! We thought it would go on forever. The joke was on us, with the end coming way too soon. But I can remember... Michael Goodwin

[@PERCUSIVE61]

Fantastic!!!!! Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Sir Charles Thompson (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Jo Jones (d) Concert, telecast "Wembley Town Hall", England, October 2, 1964

[@Omarateastwind]

Fantastic! I've died and gone to Heaven!

[@valvetrom]

Thank you Erwig for ressurecting this masterpiece.

[@MrsJazzBassist]

Thanks for this video! I knew Sweets and Jimmy pretty good and had the pleasure to play this tune with Sweets for some years. Today I even call one of my bands "Centerpiece" :-)) This is just great music.

[@Cantbuyathrill]

Love the economy of sound with which veteran players sit back and relax.

[@heinoverbeek]

I love it and especially the drumming of Jo Jones.

[@lastknowngood0]

Hawk / Bean, Sweets, Sir Charles, Papa Joe & Jimmy kicken it! Outstanding!

[@LenoraHelmOfficial]

This is the truth! Beautiful, elegant, soulful, just the Truth!!

[@tromboneJTS]

Harry Sweets Edison's favorite solo

[@petermcintyre100]

You can't beat a good trumpet sound over an electric guitar solo. It gives me one of those natural 'drug free' highs. It's good to hear the original by the way!

[@hiphopgangsterz]

1964 and already Coleman looked so old, I was only born in 1990 so there was never really a chance for us to meet :(. Oh well, you still live on through your music and in my heart.

[@olivierijazz]

Pianista di gran classe!!! Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!

[@Don2Rich]

I learned this song on the bandstand in Chicago when I was kid from the late great Sonny Seals. This song sounds like the essence of jazz. Like being connected to everyone that came before you and the future ones to come.

[@ocnoreen]

Nothin's any good without you, cuz baby, you're my centerpiece!

[@AmericanShia786]

Harry Edison played Centerpiece with Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. In fact, the second time through the theme chorus, the arrangement is similar to the way the LHR album arranged the second time through the theme near the end of the recording. Thanks for posting this video. I like hearing Coleman Hawkins with either Harry Edison or Roy Eldridge.

[@mareaumusic]

that old folks had no rush doing many notes. how much beauty lies therein.

[@orionorion99]

Horns strechin oh yeah love that rim shot papa block chords w double time and wow what a bass player singng those notes time to listen to this AGAIN

[@orionorion99]

Love this tempo and players

[@billmcalpine]

Thanks for posting this. Jimmy Woode on bass per the internet:) Check out Sweets Edison's work with Lester Young.

[@judyglasel5870]

Just what I was wanting to hear !

[@tomsmith9479]

man, this makes you want to cry...

[@captlarry-3525]

great tune

[@larssonwalle]

Coleman...that's the tone!

[@MarieNoelleP]

Awesome Jimmy Woode! :o)

[@kingpleasure]

I've always loved this song which I really only know as sung by LH&R and King Pleasure.

[@rayvegamusic]

My man Jimmy Woode on bass.

[@ignarukih]

PAPA JO!

[@katierose5373]

Singing this at Ronnie Scott's London today! :)

[@zqa12swx]

JO JONES! 5:40

[@lesterwyoung]

Harry Edison composed this tune.

[@valvetrom]

@Johnoooh It was on youtube before the giggle brothers bought it. I loved it and suddenly it was gone (like Gerry Muligans prelude in e minor, Chopin), citing royalty difficulties, but thanks to bob erwig, the canadian cornettists, its back. Its a brilliant blues.

[@dexterlang1403]

This takes me 2 another level....unadulterated

[@diegonunez3877]

Hawk Is THE man.

[@woodysmith6946]

Jimmy Woode on bass.

[@peterbrandtpedersen3145]

yes

[@Carlschwamberger1]

The Hawk flies here, never higher. But, you can also see the strain of age and every other burden in his face. Makes you want to grab the moment and never let go.

[@loumcconnell503]

Carl Schwamberger A diet of lentil soup and brandy eventually caught up with him .

[@lubben3]

Pretty sure it wasn't the lentils. He's only 59 here. Benny Carter at 90 looked better. What a huge sound he had which comes out in the echo rich room.

[@valvetrom]

Because I watched it ca 10 times, then put it on the list of my favourites, went back ,and the Tube pundits had removed it , royalty reasons. Pissed me off,but now its been reuploaded.

[@jiyujizai]

💙😃🌾

[@MrRezillo]

You certainly got that right.

[@daveyjones8686]

I played along with this (I’m a trumpet and when I watched the video I saw the trumpet player also awkwardly waiting for us to come in and I felt like I understood him lol) no offense to saxophone players

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

its funny the difference between rock and jazz bass. Rock you just play roots and maybe a 5th or two, but in jazz you have to really know what your doing.

[@AmericanShia786]

Also, Jimmy Woode is the Bass Player. I had to look it up.

[@JayLeonhartLiveFrom585]

Bassist Jimmy Woode, I think,

[@jpdel31]

@Johnoooh good question, friend...

[@carole365]

Does anyone know who recorded the version of "Centerpiece" that was the theme for the Joe Adams radio show in the late 50's?

[@RussTube59]

Joni Mitchell brought me here....

[@valvetrom]

@heinbanjo12 and his head movements

[@erginyilmaztenor]

Oooh hawk

[@tewbaguy]

I think the bass player is Jimmy Woode

[@mrcountbasie]

Only 81000 views??

[@paulbgo]

Can the bassist be ex-Ellington Jimmy Woode? He lived in Europe in the 60s.

[@MrRezillo]

Guess that's why I play the horn instead of a solid body guitar.

[@MrMinimall]

5:00

[@orchestra92]

Hawkins ok, Edison ok, Thompson ok, Jones ok.... and JIMMY WOODE?