Steve Grossman Two Tenors Quintet feat Joe Lovano (Take the Coltrane)

Joe Lovano. tenor sax
Steve Grossman, tenor sax
Valerio Pontrandolfo, tenor sax
Nico Menci, piano
Sal La Rocca, bass
Alvin Queen, drums

[@josephrader1006]

2:48 is the start of a pretty good backing track lol

[@adamrafferty]

I have played with Alvin Queen on 2 tours and a bunch of other gigs. He don't drag, period. He is the groove, period. Either the other cats are not in his pocket, or the sound is bouncing all over the room. His groove would eat you alive. It ate me. Also - what the hell is it with people, when jazz musicians concentrate, they are not pissed. How does anyone know Grossman felt this or that - unless he told you? You have no idea what any of them are thinking.

[@zangsax]

You are right on the money. Concentrating is not anger and getting back into your body after being in the zone takes a few seconds so your not pissed off just coming back.

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

WTF is with total amateurs on here criticizing Alvin? He’s killing it here.

[@danielmok3762]

Rest in peace Steve Grossman!

[@bobblues1158]

Alvin dead on the money-wide beat. Tempo locked baby. Drummer is the band. Joe hooks with the drummer. It´s a jam -just dig it and drop all the negative vibes. Bright Moments!

[@adamrafferty]

AMEN!

[@ianhendersonjazz]

Damn, I wish you could hear his solo :(

[@SurveyofFilmMusic]

who forgot to tell Grossman, ".....INTO THE MIC?!?!?!?!?"

[@thebreathalyzer]

Joe's reaction @3:05 tells you it was good

[@streetwiseguitar5113]

FawltyTenor that's like telling you about a nice set of boobs, but YOU never got to see 'em

[@thebreathalyzer]

@@streetwiseguitar5113 true enough

[@gurugusguru9724]

No es la 1ra vez que ZGrissman toca fuera del micrófono..lo hace a propósito ..desconozco el motivó..

[@johnsweenie]

Makes for a killing metronome for blues tho

[@Thouveninpascal]

Fantastic solo from Grossman, but did somebody hear something ?

[@Ishibashi_0118]

Steve Grossman passed away so young. Such a pity.

[@aa-gi9ui]

My childhood icon did what?

[@jiyujizai]

💙🌸🌱😃

[@FawleyJude]

I've played this a couple of times and I just don't hear the drummer dragging. "The drummer" is Alvin Queen, he's played with plenty of big names, he's not exactly some chump bush league local they picked up for this gig, so you'd think he knows how to keep time. If I'm wrong, then I guess I flunk the "you're rushing/you're dragging" Whiplash class. Who knows what Grossman was doing playing his solo at the drummer. On one of his other videos he's playing sitting on a chair sideways to the audience in front of the drumset, playing his solo away from mic. And I certainly don't see anything to lead me to think the bass player (whose playing I like) was disenchanted with Queen's playing.

[@davidscott1052]

Jude F. the drummer is keeping the tempo it's that Lovano is playing way behind the beat in a lazy style similar to Dexter Gordon .most inexperienced drummers would have slowed down

[@intrepidpooch]

Alvin Queen is swinging his ass on here, not sure what some of you all are hearing lol. Alvin was the drummer of choice for no less than Dexter Gordon, Horace Silver and countless other greats. Steve wouldn’t be playing with him if he didn’t love his playing.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Has anyone transcribed SG's solo?!

[@jiyujizai]

🌸🙄🌱🍀

[@CrandMackerel]

Yeah, Lovano's digging it. You know he's playing some bad shit.

[@felipemendozar]

Lol what happened there? He forgot to play in front to the mic or what?

[@panchovilla4369]

Hey man STEVE GROOSMAN IS SO SOULFULL AND I MEAN HIS CHOICE OF NOTES ALWAYS-ALWAYS TAKES ME INTO MORE OF THE MUSIC I ALWAYS SAID I'M SO GLAD THAT EMM DEE CHOSED STEVE AND THEN DAVE LIEBMAN..THEY HAD TO FOLLOW TRANE MOBLY STITT AND SHORTER AND NO-ONE COULD DO IT BETTER THAN THESE CHAMPS THEN ON TOP OF THAT THEY HAD TO CATER TO WHAT MILES WAS HEARIN....WHICH IS EVEN MORE PHENOMINAL...STEVE AND DAVE PLAYED WITH MY MENTOR ELVIN JONES ! Then jump on board with big ears an all that electric instrumentation Miles taught-us yeah STEVE GROOSMAN JUST LISTEN TO JACK JOHNSON, OR FRIDAYMILES @FILLMORE AND ZULU-STOMP WITH GENE AND DON ....AND DAVID WITH MICHAEL, PETE COSEY ,AND REGGIE LUCUS THESE GUYS MADE STRONG POWERFUL,AND DIFFERANT TENORS WORK TO BRING MUSIC FORWARD ....JOE HENDERSON SAID IT'S HARD TO COMPETE WITH ALL THAT JUICE !! STEVE GROSSMAN AND DAVID LIEBMAN DID IT SO WELL I'M SURE TRANE WOULD APPROVE THANK-YOU AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU.........🎶🎵🎵🎵!!!!!!@!

[@FrictionFive]

Shout out for Zulu stomp!

[@CrandMackerel]

LOL! Grossman trying to light a fire under the drummer's ass.

[@adamrafferty]

What are you talking about?

[@VassilisArt]

drummer is totally out (and on his own)

[@alansenzaki4609]

wish they would list the musicians.give them some credit! we know its joe and steve. who are the rest? is that al foster on drums?

[@felicemezzina2478]

Fake, Grossman don't Play one note, in this video

[@Music_is_Easy]

Argh that big mouth by Lovano was so difficult to watch, want to hear so bad!

[@Jazzmarcel]

I had to laugh when I saw streve grossman with his back to the audience! I guess only a good player can get away that sh*t......still kinda funny!

[@mitchshornick8545]

he was engaging with the drummer. If he had gotten closer, the drum mikes would have picked up more

[@Derek_whipple]

What happened here is the rhythm section as a whole mistakenly slowed down for Joe Lovano. What makes his playing unique is he slightly drags and plays behind in a perfect sweet spot, always has. If the rest of the group starts slowing down with him it just defeats the purpose, which is what happened here. His entire solo sounded like a jumbled mess because they were trying too hard to match him.

[@not2be86]

Bass player isn't happy with the drummer either.

[@bluecrueful]

Well the Drummer is the only one on the bandstand that got to actually play with Trane, so I am not sure what you are imagining

[@persistence_of_vision]

wtf was that?

[@与太郎-g9f]

帽子のオッサン要らんから、早くグロスマン行ってくれ。

[@trumpetboss5483]

When I started listening I immediately noticed mic was too low ! Kudos to Lovano who played politically correct great solo using what he had available at his disposal and came out like a pro ! Oh well he is a pro other 2 cats need to learn a lot more sax and being and dealing with stage !

[@denniswong7355]

Hard to evaluate Grossman's sound since he's off the mike and I couldn't hear him, the Italian player is okay but Lovano smokes. Alvin Queen most have had a bad hangover since he's dragging.

[@adamrafferty]

WTF are you talking about. Queen doesn't drag. Ever. If you are hearing a discrepancy - that means they are ahead of him. Or - more likely, when the sound is less than optimal, bouncing all over the room - glitches are easy.

[@bobblues1158]

Alvin Queen is COMPLETELY STRAIGHT!!! I know him and have played and toured with him. His time is the right time.

[@adamrafferty]

@@bobblues1158 Amen!!!!