McCoy Tyner Quartet Montreux 1973 Part 2

McCoy Tyner, Azar Lawrence, Juni Booth, Alphonse Mouzon at Jazz Festival, Montreux, 1973. Please also visit my blog: crownpropeller....
Nebula (0:00) Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit (12:38)

[@poigmhahon]

To me this is McCoy Tyner at his peak, I saw him and his band at the Keystone Korner in S.F. the year after this and was mesmerized. He had the ability to surround himself with amazing talent and inspire them. What a great musician...awesome.

[@raystraughter-hi5iz]

Yep 1974...I took was there...beautiful scene..music ( Todd Barkan's) club...memories Irie Ites🎑🎶💎

[@jazkat56]

I was there too for the Atlantis Recording! Loved Keystone Korners... Many Great Shows and Artists!

[@jsinaiko]

I was there - 43 years ago. One of the best sets I have ever seen anywhere by anyone. I thought I'd never hear it more than once. This is great - thanks!

[@johndeegan3612]

+Jesse Sinaiko Enlightenment - 1973 - Milestone/OJC

[@marcibolton5718]

KZbin can sometimes be a positive lol

[@roxannebrown4503]

Beautiful solo, Juini Booth! What a performance!

[@gagaface26]

Juini is an inspiration

[@georgemerriweather8048]

Beautiful performance for a beautiful lady

[@michaelgargano1860]

The kindest man I've ever had the privilege of speaking with. Miss him.

[@jedtulman46]

Just what I thought and felt. JUNI Booth solo is so special as well .

[@shsarfati6159]

Big sop sound ❤

[@raystraughter-hi5iz]

Aihh...the best...break me free...mcCoy...you's * Dangerous...they all unleashed My God...the Jon !!!🎶🎑🪇🕊️☄️🎡 Yah Azar Sizzle Oracle loose now...go vend that 🐬🪬Shah'dhi....Enlightment...left the body babe!!! Go Guys...gets no better...🎡Salute📸🌌🌇

[@rosiamcknight9446]

R I P Juni Booth

[@RonCarterBassist]

👏🏾👏🏾

[@electrojazz14]

what an amazing drummer...

[@KSmall109CAB]

The late Alphonse Mouzon, the pride of the South Carolina Low Country!

[@vladimirtrop8658]

Yes, yes, yes ... spirits talks in Walk spirit, talk spirit. Beautiful composition, beautiful memories ... I heard this excelent group with same program at Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, Croatia in my youth as student (it's 50 years! I can't believe.). Later same evening was at the same stage great Argentinian saxophonist Gato Barbieri, also at peak of his powers. Barbieri was very known and popular, but public was almost shocked with Tyner's (emotionaly strong and direct) music and young musicians (so good they were) - brilliant Azar Lawrence on sax, Joony Booth on bass and Alphonse Mouzon on drums. It was one of best ever concerts in my life and expirience is still very strong, unforgettable. This group and program are also well documented on double live album "Enlightenment" (Milestone records) from Montreux jazz festival (including Walk spirit, talk spirit). In my opinion was this Tyner's best group as leader. ... It was a special evening 🤩 and very special night. Returning from concert from Zagreb to Ljubljana i met on the train beautiful young girl 😍(she was also on concert), which is still my loving wife today! Happy me 😋! Regards from Slovenia! Vladimir Trop

[@WillsJazzLoft]

This is a performance for the ages

[@jazzorphin]

McCoy and his famous left-hand hammer: wow, what a fantastic tour de force!

[@WillsJazzLoft]

Some of his most exciting and adventurous recordings began with McCoy's 1968 record dates with Blue Note all the way up through his work with Milestone. This is definitely from that period. It's enrapturing.

[@ethiopianmusicoldies599]

Mouson connects perfectly with Tyner , Lawrence is great and even greater when you consider he is only 21 here, and Booth plays beautifully. A creative peak indeed

[@lukelaplante2690]

Everyone is incredible but Mouzon is the man!

[@jazzman642]

If you’re going to have one album by Tyner, this (enlightenment) would be the one to own.

[@jaribumapinduzi]

BANG!!! Billy Bang was a colossal Meteorite that struck the planet with phenomenal joy!

[@pameliemusic]

Such a great universe of sounds

[@sssnacksss]

montreaux sure did get to see some serious jams in those days….lucky crew over there. anyhow this set: fire. love the vertical cymbals….

[@Ewerb7]

McCoy is simply brilliant! Wha great footage of this master and his incredible players on fire! The Spirits do walk and talk!

[@niallmunday9115]

The deepest bass solo ive ever heard

[@gagaface26]

Juni is absolutely incredible

[@paulamrod537]

I talked to Alphonse in Germany while he played in Kaiserslautern in 1985 and at that time he did not want to know anything about this time in his life which was for me his absolute best. What a fantastically talented drummer!!

[@satosheeee6557]

I love Juini(Joonie) Booth's Middle Eastern bass solo.

[@alvarocordova3664]

Such a great moment to get immersed in this phenomenal trance 'saw this band with Eric Gravatt on drums ,Sonny Fortune and Joe Ford and Guillherme Franco on percussion at the Village Vanguard in.N.Y. And several times at EL Mocambo in Toronto 75-76. Trane' s spirit was there. Mc Coy was second to none. Sad today this vibe is lost.

[@jamesmorton81]

R.I.P.

[@JohnArmwood]

I had the good fortune of seeing this band many nights at the Village Vanguard.

[@jzzft11]

Me too

[@peleeisl]

Saw them at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Still gives me the chills. Tyner and Mouzon amazing!

[@petercampbell7199]

stunning

[@inflames2112]

Amazing

[@hendrikboehnke6752]

They are so close together. One of the best jazz quartets I ever heard. Azar Lawrence age 21(!) , Juni Booth and Alphonse Mouzon age 25 ! I listened to the Combo two years later at the german Jazzclub domicile but Alphonse Mouzon was replaced by Wilby Fletcher and Guillerme Franco. Two for one but at this night they didn´t create the spirit of this fantastic Moutreux concert.

[@KSmall109CAB]

Mouzon was definitely special. His was definitely a hard driving drummer. This was an exceptional quartet.

[@chuckcarroll1729]

Just beautiful.

[@mikedolan6824]

Saw McCoy Tyner at Pauls Mall Boston, mass in 1972,or 1973, I think. Went with my drum teacher from Berklee. So amazing. I went back the next nite to see him again.

[@spercoco]

+mike dolan Who was your drum teacher? I was studying with Alan Dawson about 5 yeas after that. I know he taught at Berklee before he went to having private students at his house in Lexngton where I went for my lessons.

[@iggirotrot1]

@@spercoco I studied with Alan Dawson in 71 & 72 at Berklee...... Amazing man and teacher. Alphonse Mouzon is amazing !

[@spercoco]

@@iggirotrot1 But I don't think Alphonse tilts his cymbals enough.

[@tommylockett99]

I saw McCoy in 76 there....Cheers

[@paolaginelli5277]

Amazing !!!!

[@jonathangreene4843]

This is amazing. I bought the album soon after it came out and it is still near or at the top of my all-time favorites. While McCoy was the draw for me, I have always thought Alphonse Mouzon's drumming here to be some of the best I have ever heard. His playing with McCoy for me is the tightest keyboard and drum playing I know of. Thank you so much for posting these!

[@alphonsemouzon]

+Jonathan Greene Merci Beaucoup Jonathan!! I had the same Piano-Drum chemistry and tightness with McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock!!

[@paulamrod537]

I followed this quartet through their states tourney in 1973.

[@albolger2099]

heaven

[@rocknrebb]

That was so great to finally see this after listening to this music for so many years....thanks for sharing! I have some Alphonse Mouzon performances on my youtube page that are from more recent shows if anyone is interested. Cheers!

[@DeniseLaFranceCDNpainter]

They're on FIRE.. Excellent^^

[@tizianotononi9370]

This is great powerful music that I first heard and saw on the TV in '74, and the four of them impressed me so much! Mouzon became one of my very favourites, together with Eric Gravatt and Stu Martin, a flow of effortless energy, not many drummers know him and even less try to play in that direction. Great move crownpropeller, thanks a lot!!!

[@paulcullen6662]

A. true. force. of. nature, ott, energy, the best.

[@countsmokula]

Serious Music Here Folks!!!! :D Thanks for sharing...after watching this --> Im really looking forward to 'Seabird Jazz Club tonight' to see Azar Lawrence Quartet w/ Alphonse, Juini, Theo, Henry!! :D

[@crownpropeller]

Playing: Nebula (0:00) Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit (12:38)

[@carlosespinoza5871]

Otra obra de arte en vivo.

[@pukulu]

Tyner became more sophisticated and toned down over the next 15 years or so but the sheer energy and vitality of his playing during his youth was breathtaking. I saw him in Northern California at a concert at Humboldt State University back in 1976, I think it was. The acoustics were not so good but Tyner was incredible as always.

[@marcibolton5718]

I fell in love as soon as I heard him with Miles. For me that was over 50 years ago, and my husband and I had a chance to catch Tyner about 15 years ago. He was certainly quite on in age, but so so mellow that we were both lulled to sleep like children being sung to! Sounds crazy but true. It was absolutely, positivity hypnotic, and we weren't the only ones in the audience. We talked with others afterwards, and they shared similar experiences during the show.

[@pukulu]

@@marcibolton5718 I saw Tyner again at the Vine Street Bar and Grill on Hollywood Boulevaard in the late 1980s. We got to sit very close. At that time he was both polished and energetic and it sounded like more than 1 instrument. There may never be another pianist who could generate such a powerful sound.

[@bobjuke4216]

Thanks for posting this

[@charlespeterson3798]

I heard this in Mexico,1990's. It is not listed on his discography. I had thought for years it was a momentary shift in my reality. Now that I have rediscovered the recording, yes, BIG SHIFT.

[@socrates1818]

At 10:14 he quotes the great songwriter Judee Sill

[@jeffbabko834]

SO KILLING

[@andymartin8162]

Good things happen when a man puts on a pair of bell bottoms.

[@etilcareh]

From Coltrane's world...

[@shsarfati6159]

❤

[@quintaesenciarumi941]

Que tiempos aquellos donde los gigante músicos del siglo veinte evolucionaban con sus raices negras.

[@ZeAlfredo]

Quintaesencia rumi exacto. por eso la música de hoy es tan débil porque los música se han abandonado sus raíces negras. sin raíces el árbol cannot grow

[@RAMLIA1]

❤️❤️❤️

[@tonyfreejazz20]

Nice

[@marcibolton5718]

Miles knew.

[@cali22boi]

He performed at this very festival in 1973

[@alphonsemouzon]

Next show with The Alphonse Mouzon All-Star jazz funk & Smooth Jazz Band (Brandon Fields, Tateng Katindig & Bruce Lett) will be in Long Beach, CA on March 19, 2016 at Roscoe's Seabird Jazz Lounge. Get your tickets online & save money at the door. www.eventbrite.com/e/alphonse-mouzons-all-star-jazz-funk-smooth-jazz-band-tickets-21569013500

[@ColeHolland]

Alphonse Mouzon rest easy, Alphonse. powerful playing, spirit and energy

[@michaelrushlander7696]

Is that Rob Reiner sitting in the audience? Visible at 29:11. Looks just like him. His mother was a jazz singer.

[@jardimsantos2373]

the sweat is real!

[@buddabirne4661]

I was there, Alphonze is a killer even better than Tony Williams, love those vertical cymbals.

[@jeanmarcblanc2903]

Le bassiste est vraiment excellent: qui est-il?

[@nicolassimion6967]

what an energy, mama mia ! are they aliens or what...?

[@KSmall109CAB]

Aliens, no. Playing cosmic music, yes.

[@ethiopianmusicoldies599]

They are Human - us zombies are the aliens

[@grutherford591]

Is this on vinyl?

[@jazzman642]

Yes double album enlightenment

[@WillsJazzLoft]

I can copy some of the things that are more basic to McCoy's style of playing. Yet I wouldn't dare try to play outside or atonally - it would sound like nonsense. McCoy can play outside and atonally and it sounds like music

[@ethiopianmusicoldies599]

Play yourself - this is your gift to the world