I met Mulgrew in Germany while we were both at the same hotel and on tour. He was touring with Ron Carters trio. Both he and Ron were very kind and answered my questions about how it was to play with Tony. Ron left soon after but Mulgrew stayed and talked with me for a bit. And then he passed away. Total shocker. Never did get to see Tony in person. I don't think I could've even handled it. Tony was the one and only Tony. Often imitated but never duplicated. Never. I make all of my students watch Tony. His unique musicality taught me soooo much about the drums that I was missing before. Hell yeah Tony freaking Williams! And Mulgrew Miller!
@robertzeek40203 ай бұрын
Much longer story. But I heard Tony back in 1968 when he was playing with Miles in the village. I heard the music and walked in and asked are they going to play that night and they said "We're playing now. Sit down!" That was 4pm and they stopped playing (with breaks) at 1am. (And no one charged me anything. I had water, a hamburger and more water.) Talked to all of my idols at breaks. Tony was the most introverted. Tony was born to be a bottom and top drummer. With perfect pitch and a desire to make playing the set drums as if they were "a large set of tympani's" and he was succeeding even then. He had a great ear and could feel a change before it happened. Since I was more of a Tympanist than a set drummer that was my ambition as a set drummer. But i clearly did not have the chops and since I was 20 at when this happened I realized that I would not get them in my lifetime. I had a vision that was in harmony with Tony's. That was a great lift as I changed my ambitions. This happened in the fall of 1968 when he and Miles exchanged rhythmic and lyric licks for hours on end. Hearing lyric drums was music to my ears!
@pipebandrudimentsАй бұрын
My cousin from Scotland loves Americans and enjoys talking to them when he gets a chance. He was in a club and started chatting with an American and was talking about Mulgrew Miller (our last name is Mulgrew). My cousin is a talented pianist and was talking about how much he enjoyed Mulgrew Miller's playing. The "American" said, "would you like to meet him?" The "American"....Branford Marsalis...lol.
@crazy8sdrums3 жыл бұрын
Tony was as much an anomaly as Miles. So different from others in vision, their lenses a fair bit stronger. Boldly going where no others went. Who else in Jazz could pull off that badass yellow kit? Nobody but Tony!
@SteveNanda3 жыл бұрын
Elvin Jones
@crazy8sdrums3 жыл бұрын
@@SteveNanda Very much so. I regrettably overlooked Elvin.
@andyshuttleworth83413 жыл бұрын
It was the red powder coated lugs on his DW kit.......with the TW yellow shells which looked......how should I say..........really weird. P.S. I loved that yellow. I had that finish on a Meazzi Hollywood kit that Art Blakey once played. Gorgeous kit. The red lugs (and red rubber tom feet!) ??????
@angelgarcie2 жыл бұрын
@@andyshuttleworth8341 crazy thing is that he made the son of the DW owner cry because there was one rubber tom feet that was black instead of red 😆 on a clinic in the mid 90s
@raymondcardona26352 жыл бұрын
Tony, a constant source of inspiration. Best drummer that ever picked up the instrument. Genius Innovator
@emanuelsimpson5723 жыл бұрын
I believe KZbin is the best thing since the invention of TV.This outlet is a very powerful tool to study the masters and capture the spirit of their genius.....
@shawnbruce69342 жыл бұрын
Greatest Drummer In The World. Period.
@mattdelany67994 ай бұрын
Vinnie Colaiuta. Thomas Lang. period
@PeterBrown-mz4nvАй бұрын
I don't think either Vinnie or Thomas think they are greater than Tony was. Not likely.
@yoshipercussion51266 ай бұрын
0:05 Citadel 7:35 Ancient Eyes 18:18 Crystal Palace 27:09 City Of Lights 33:15 Geo Rose 43:39 Sister Cheryl
@iracoleman241 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this, great memories playing with Tony at La Pinède de Juan les Pins! It was very special for me, I grew up not far from Antibes. My parents took me to see many artists perform on that stage by the beach in the early sixties…
@mikebassy2 ай бұрын
Hey Ira , I was at the gig your 29th birthday at Ronnie Scott’s when you played with Freddie Hubbard . I was 18 then and that gig was the most amazing thing . I remember your bass was split down the front but you kept playing regardless. You gave me some great advice about playing bass which was don’t worry about solos just work on playing good time which is what band leaders want . Like an idiot I ignored that advice and worked on soloing ha ha . However you were right . I have been a fan since that gig and what’s your latest release ? I have some stuff The Mike Edmonds Quintet out on KZbin and Spotify. Just released Silk Street Vibrations some tracks like Hot House I play guitar , bass and keyboards. Always thought you were great and thank you
@RonCarterBassist Жыл бұрын
👏🏾👏🏾
@iracoleman241 Жыл бұрын
Ron, you were my inspiration for playing with Tony 🙏🏼
@mohamadasgari6458Ай бұрын
Amazing ❤
@rmoraespinto4 жыл бұрын
All of them are masters. Starting, of course, with Tony. I single out Ira for my comment here -- what a great bass player;and so well recorded! Thanks!
@iracoleman2412 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ricardo, I'm glad this recording exists. Great memories of a balmy summer evening with the beach right behind the stage.
@EricFontaineJazz2 жыл бұрын
I think the personnel is: Piano - Mulgrew Miller Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone - Billy Pierce Trumpet - Wallace Roney Drums - Tony Williams Bass - Ira Coleman??? (I don't recognize him but am guessing based on looking up internet who Tony played with then). It would be nice if the uploader figured out who is on this and put it in the description.
@EricFontaineJazz2 жыл бұрын
0:06 Extreme Measures 7:35 Ancient Eyes 18:18 Crystal Palace 27:10 City Of Lights 35:14 Geo Rose 48:09 Sister Cheryl (main melody starts then, but maybe the setup is before that maybe in the extended drum solo prior) I think this is correct cause I checked the melodies with the studio recordings...and if so, then please put these song names and times in description.
@matthewhughen56132 жыл бұрын
That lazy uploader should get his shit together, amiright?
@martinkent_4 жыл бұрын
Never get enough of Tony!
@shawnbruce69342 жыл бұрын
what is So cool About this is that Tony Raised These Very Young Musicians at this time to Be Epic. Once You Leave a Band Like This You Leave With Super Musical Knowledge and a TON Of Experience.
@dasglasperlenspiel10 Жыл бұрын
What a great setting for Tony's art! And by that Mean, what great colleagues to share in his vision!
@davidmaraman855 Жыл бұрын
That great Gretsch sound! Tony Williams is on fire in this video and the rest of the cats are right with him. Thank you for uploading this concert!
@saracinesca98644 ай бұрын
Very beautiful,thank you!
@davidmaslow3994 жыл бұрын
Oh my God! This is Wonderful!
@shawnbruce69342 жыл бұрын
It Is. It Is a Blessing.
@shawnbruce69342 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! T Bone Has ALWAYS Been My Favorite Drummer. Will Always Be.
@raymondkarlsson97944 жыл бұрын
This is Tony on the top!
@shawnbruce69342 жыл бұрын
It Is. Better than New York Live. This was on Steroids.
@julianferrer578627 күн бұрын
wow 🔥🔥🔥
@willwagnerwaguinho3 жыл бұрын
Som e imagens, incríveis. O Tony é um gênio. 🥁🇧🇷
@bedlamkin60395 ай бұрын
What I love about Tony Williams is the oopsies. Never afraid to push the envelope.
@tomhurstdrums3 жыл бұрын
So good!! Thanks again Matt. Quality of video/audio production is fantastic (as many have commented).
@SoundOldies10 ай бұрын
French tv was very good at recording and filming jazz, the radios as well, we respected theses musicians a lot here
@fcubic3 жыл бұрын
what a collection of guys,beastly!
@kimhunter4634 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload. Any one of these cat's is worth an hour, altogether, it's ecstatic! BTW Tony Williams is god on the drums.
@charlesdexterbrewer658610 ай бұрын
Mulgrew making Tony laugh developing his comping to his Nat King Cole Mona Lisa quote @ 48:52 and Wallace @ 50:31.
@raymondkarlsson97944 жыл бұрын
Great camerawork
@uninoculated3 жыл бұрын
Mulgrew Miller, Wallace Roney, Bill Pierce, and Ira Coleman.
@shawnbruce69342 жыл бұрын
And That Pitbull On The Yellow Drums. T Bone.
@shawnbruce69342 жыл бұрын
Thank You So Much For This Gem! Much Appreciated. Subbed.
@davidmaslow3994 жыл бұрын
Oh, Thank You for this!!!
@davidmaslow3994 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this!
@JoEsp4 жыл бұрын
Awesome Tony Williams uploads man! Thanks for sharing!
@samkilion34683 жыл бұрын
29:00 Damnnnn. Ok Tony, we know you are there.
@davidmaslow3994 жыл бұрын
About as good as it gets!
@shawnbruce69342 жыл бұрын
I think This is One of The Best Live Feeds of tony and This Band. New York Live Was Fantastic. This Sounded Better to Me.
@derrickstallworth56173 жыл бұрын
When You Hear Tony Williams play, Billy Cobham Was Influence By Him.
@magn81953 жыл бұрын
I was amazed when he said that. I wonder what musical vocabulary Billy developed from Tony?
@derrickstallworth56173 жыл бұрын
@@magn8195 Listen To Tony Williams Play Double Stroke And Single Stroke Rolls, And His Improvising on All Of The Toms. Playing Forward And Backwards. Tony Williams Died Before His Time, He Had So Much More To Give To The Art Of Drumming.
@drummaman12 жыл бұрын
And vice versa, definitely. But after TW saw BC perform on those monstrous kits he played in the 70's, TW followed suit with three floor toms, two toms up, and a 14x24 bass drum. He was playing with his New Lifetime group at the time, but even for acoustic jazz, he played the 24, which is mind boggling.
@shawnbruce69342 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Billy Was more technical in My opinion Tony Was Just Ferocious.
@paoloalcantara24652 жыл бұрын
I’ve always thought Tony was more musical than Billy
@sapientisat53083 жыл бұрын
7 Peter Criss fans gave this genius thumbs down
@shawnbruce69342 жыл бұрын
LOL. True.
@JarrodJohnson-py2ks Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@jiyujizai3 жыл бұрын
😃💚🌱💙
@juliopereira8632 Жыл бұрын
26: 25 ... insane tony williams fiils
@atticusspc2 жыл бұрын
what is the first song?
@apacho322 жыл бұрын
What is the name of the wonderful piece at 35:15?
@yoshipercussion51268 ай бұрын
Geo Rose
@raymondkarlsson97944 жыл бұрын
Shit, this might be the baddest clip wirh the quintet!!!
@tobykearns77823 жыл бұрын
My thoughts too, some absolute killer playing from Tony
@sterlingwrighte94133 жыл бұрын
Mr. Raymond, jazzical Afrikan/ Amerikan music is not feces [ shit] . Pink[ white] people's music is feces. Do not ever say that again about Afrikan/ Amerikan music. KAFAH!
@carlosi.mastrangelo9187 Жыл бұрын
LASTIMA HAYA CAMBIADO LA SUTILEZA POR LA FUERZA, IGUAL ES MUY IMPACTANTE, ES TONY W. PERO LEJOS DE AQUEL DEL QUINTETO DE MILES DAVIS. ( ESPERO NO OFENDER) .
@magn81953 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the song at 27:16?
@hughenmatt3 жыл бұрын
City of Lights off the 1989 Angel Street album.
@magn81953 жыл бұрын
@@hughenmatt Thanks!
@dundai1004 жыл бұрын
ça barde....
@nomoreblitz Жыл бұрын
beautiful. Tony really listens to the soloist (and everything else, of course). Odd spot after playing blistering stuff with the piano solo, he sounds like he stop for a bar? stops playing to take a drink perhaps or he went down to ppppppp...on just his BD 🦻 5:03