Leonard Cohen performs his classic song with a mind-blowing assist from saxophone giant Sonny Rollins.
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@dmande34 жыл бұрын
RIP Hal Wilmer, the wonderful producer of the late 80's "Night Music" TV show from which this performance is taken - a genuine visionary.
@zizoumonk1016 жыл бұрын
love the guy in the background going "TELL ME! TELL ME! TELL ME!"
@scwells684 жыл бұрын
Sweet Pea Atkinson. RIP
@simonjager92593 жыл бұрын
@ zizoumonk #metoo
@ajcarr19652 жыл бұрын
and in response, Leonard cracks a tiny, knowing grin 1:50
@Frank_Cohen14 жыл бұрын
Sonny Rollins with Leonard Cohen!?! Wow! Mindblowing. One to be played over and over again. Two music legends and they mesh sublimely.
@gesuyarou6633 жыл бұрын
Everyone in this is such a class-act. I love the bassist's movement, the emotion in all the back-ups singers, the percussion is so good and different from the original. It's all so good.
@joeoutofthepast786212 жыл бұрын
God Bless David Sanborn. The alto sax player to Rollins' left is a fine player in his own right, but shows the respect, class and good judgement to let Rollins have all the solo space.
@TheSamygamgy6 жыл бұрын
Joe Outofthepast even the silence of sanborn in that song is a all way of playing....
@roberthouston61306 жыл бұрын
Yes David Sanborn. That's what you do when you're in the presence of a great one. Leonard Cohen rip and Mr. Rollins probably go back decades.
@davideisen1437 жыл бұрын
#LeonardCohenRIP If only the Nobel Prize for Literature could be awarded posthumously...
@fenris0404957 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly
@ExodusPessoa7 жыл бұрын
I second that.
@user-vw5we4dl2b7 жыл бұрын
Lisa Jacks all
@wallypbmerrill23715 жыл бұрын
This rendition with Sonny is the greatest! Leonard will live forever through his beautiful music and lyrics.
@JohnWatersJH2o11 жыл бұрын
The saxophone is so soulful. I love it. Great song, reminds me of when i lived in Germany and went to Jazz Clubs. Just great music.
@michaeldominici6102 жыл бұрын
The great Sonny Rollins
@jOsSeLFeO13 жыл бұрын
The way Sonny Rollins moves his face, and shoulders and lips, is a poem. The way L. Cohen applause the beauty at the end is a poem too...
@dme10167 жыл бұрын
Stunning show. Cohen, Rollins, the house band, & the energy that Was (Not Was) dislayed....all live. Diverse peoples united in music.
@miphka664 жыл бұрын
Whoever had the idea to have Sonny play on this tune is a genius
@michaelkarn22164 жыл бұрын
Thanks Giselle
@Papercupsthebandchicago7 жыл бұрын
thank you leonard cohen for the most gentle music. gentleness has been bleached out and eradicated from our music, our ears, our collective mind for music. your gift was letting listeners put down their guard for a hot minute and just exist. there is no music that seeks out gentleness like yours did. goodbye friend..
@dirkness426 жыл бұрын
Well put friend. He was a gentle man.
@turbogrammy9 жыл бұрын
Doesn't get any better than this.
@MichaelDominici19689 жыл бұрын
+Pegi Emiliani It truly doesn't. And, after watching the crap that passes as 'Late Night' television these days...to think that this was performed live on late night television and that both of these titans are still out there on the road and in their 80's is pretty amazing as well.
@maryblackchurch15 жыл бұрын
Bloody awesome this is... stunning arrangement.
@ties33309 ай бұрын
SUPER SPECIAL, juist this day!!! R.I.P. Mr. Cohen. Always in our heart!!!
@Psylocke009 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!! Great sax solo, great song
@tehila8949 жыл бұрын
this song is based on "U'Netaneh Tokef", the moving prayer recited on Yom Kippor (start today), about G-d determining who will die and who will live in the coming year.
@carynjoy14408 жыл бұрын
Yes and a superb musical innovation. Even the sax at the end reminded me of the shofar. For those of you who don't know, the shofar is a ram's horn, used like a wind instrument, for religious purposes in the Jewish tradition. It is used especially to mark the end of Yom Kippur. Hence the significance with the U'Netaneh Tokef / Who by Fire, prayer. I love you Leonard!
@davideisen1437 жыл бұрын
lizzi dizzi That sax finale was the greatest Tekia Gedola I ever heard! ת.נ.צ.ב.ה
@josephcesana84547 жыл бұрын
Amazing... Where did you read this? He was a great singer... we loved him around the world and particularly in France...
@eisteachbhinn4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this. It adds to the very substance of his poetry and sing to know such things. 🙏🏻❤️
@daeuri10 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I have seen this since this first aired on Sunday Night with David Sanborn and Jools Holland. An awesome collaboration of talent on an awesome song. Thank you very much.
@mira454415 жыл бұрын
the best version of this song!! wonderful!!! the singers on the back and the saxsophone are great!! they add so much to the song.
@magoulianitissa15 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest piece of music! I just love it! I could leasten to this for ever.... Leonard and Rollngs thank you!
@gesuyarou6633 жыл бұрын
I'd love for a better quality of this to surface someday. It's such a wonderful performance with multiple legendary artists. It gives you the chills. Glad I got to see Leonard once before he went.
@Soul7417 жыл бұрын
I loved how Rollins took Cohen's melody and condensed and stretched it for his solo. I dare you to put something like this on TV today!
@Katesghost16 жыл бұрын
OMG..this is PHENOMENAL. How I love love love Leonard C! He's my Man!! (lol, for those of you in the know)..I'm knocked out here by Sonny Rollins! Who else could pull off these lyrics but L.C. and maybe God?? What a genius. Thanks to the person that posted this. Head to toe chills!!
@GhemF0X15 жыл бұрын
i just love sonny... so lucky to have seen him last year.
@Anilu1sunset17 жыл бұрын
No words, I can listen to this song all day long, is just amazin beutiful, the lirics, the voices, the saxophon...more please more.
@unionguy39011 жыл бұрын
Sonny Rollins - wow!
@eleninefeli15 жыл бұрын
Je pensais connaître mon Léonard Cohen par coeur depuis 40 ans eh bien non je ne connaissais pas cette version extraordinaire, merci pour cette vidéo magnifique et très bonne qualité.
@jbelafonte7 жыл бұрын
One word: sublime. Rest in Peace Mr.Cohen.
@anthonycooper65793 жыл бұрын
Yo, and Sonny’s still rolling at 90 years young
@CliffHendroval3 жыл бұрын
@@anthonycooper6579 Sadly, he can't play anymore because of health reasons, but we're still lucky that there are recordings.
@lagrange655357 жыл бұрын
It's amazing that such simple melody combined with the wonderful lyrics can be so touchy. For me this is a masterpiece.
@broadfeor13 жыл бұрын
Unequaled and absolutely mind-blowing. I'm so glad I stumbled upon this.
@JanileighCohen12 жыл бұрын
I love how he uses soft female backing to a company his haunting Voice, he is an amazing man in every single way i feel honoured to share his last name. I am only 19 and have been listening to cohen for only a year now and he has truly inspired me. I wish more people grasped the beauty within his music, his words and his presence. God bless you L. Cohen.
@KATLINRIMER0814 жыл бұрын
who does not love Leonard cohen...love this ......katlin
@AbbbasGirl14 жыл бұрын
Hauntingly beautiful...
@duhonmj17 жыл бұрын
I saw this when it originally aired and sat numb, realizing I just witnessed one of the hipest things on tv. Thanks for showing this.
@Toriach15 жыл бұрын
To the person who posted this. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I was in my early teens and I saw this one late sunday night on NBC and I was transfixed. I didn't remember the singers name, but the song stayed with me. I went in a couple years later to my local public library and happened to be talking music with one of the librarians. I told him about this song I could not get out of my head and he said, oh yeah that's Leonard Cohen. I took home a best of CD and was hooked...
@purpleturtle60687 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ART! ת.נ.צ.ב.ה May his soul be bound in the bundle of life On Rosh HaShana they are written And on Tsom Yom Kippur they are sealed. How many shall pass, and how many created: Who shall live and who shall die; Who in their time and who not in their time; Who by water And who by fire; Who by the sword And who by a beast; Who by hunger And who by thirst; Who by disaster And who by sickness; Who by strangling And who by stoning; Who will rest And who will wander; Who will be go peacefully And who will go violently; Who will be calm And who will be harried; Who will be poor And who will be rich; Who will be degraded And who will be exalted.
@JSL10106410 жыл бұрын
I saw this when it aired on Sanbornes late night, It blew me away then and does more so now. Just incredible!
@blazestriker14 жыл бұрын
Simply awesome! I love both of these artists and would have never guessed that they came together for such a work of art. Bravo!
@jennynichols39286 жыл бұрын
Still missing you Leonard. You left behind your greatest gift your songs and poems. Thank you.
@supersaiyanhair Жыл бұрын
this is one awesome song, i could listen to this every day.
@DarkeningSkies112 жыл бұрын
The great existentalist of jazz playing in perfect harmony with the greatest lyricist who ever lived- even if this is all David Sanborn ever managed to acheive on "Night Music", I forgive him all his middle of the road/ pop sax /dentist office music for THIS clip right here. Still blows me away.
@dwidmark2 жыл бұрын
I never get tired of sharing the greatest live performance of Leonard Cohen and the most awesome tenor player that ever lived Sonny Rollins. Notice Sandborn do
@Toriach15 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten so much about the appearence, (like the very sax heavy aspect of it) but I always remembered the set and the back up singers. So when I found this I was beside myself. And best of all I now get to share one of my best musical memories with my wife. Oh and to all you haters or those who claim that the guest artists took attention away from LC? Not even possible. The man has one of the most powerful voices ever.
@ricbear18 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this! I remember being blown away by this performance when I saw it on TV years ago!
@rrpprp14 жыл бұрын
the most exciting, bold, creative version of a Leonard Cohen song I´ve ever heart.
@RossM383816 жыл бұрын
Well put. Like all great musicians Sonny Rollins doesn't just play. He listens as well.
@rondabolton20146 жыл бұрын
Always loved his backup singers. They were with him forever and such an important part of his music. I think he wrote songs that featured all the power in the background. Incredible!
@kines6814 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!!! By far the best, most vivid version of that great song I have ever heard! Thanks for having posted it here!
@IndridCool542 жыл бұрын
One of the best performances on one of the best music shows on television.
@Zadalove15 жыл бұрын
i love the saxophone....love cohen...love fire...
@ZupaDub14 жыл бұрын
..wonderful.. thanks for letting me see & hear this , appreciated xxx
@aroneus16 жыл бұрын
The nexus of these two greats at a place dear to all those who hear and play music--soul and conviction--is obvious to, for one, my seven-year-old daughter, who lights up like a candle anytime she hears this!!
@julaybib16 жыл бұрын
The smatter of applause for Sonny in mid-song by hard-boiled jazz fans made me smile, but in no way detracting from a performance that is by every measure a genuine nugget of gold. Great music, and Len is at his uber-coolest.
@marensinc15 жыл бұрын
unbelievable to see these two amazing performers sharing the stage! Thanks for this gem!
@Teefrog113 жыл бұрын
words can not express how incredibly talented this man is..........awesome!
@sebs2617 жыл бұрын
my dad taped this show each week and i remember him showing this when we had some guests over. i must have been about 7. i distinctly remember saying, "that guy has a good poker face." the I'm Your Man album was also the soundtrack to my parents' parties for most of the early 90's :)
@trapperbt14 жыл бұрын
Sonny Rollins did a performance at Berklee for us in 1973. Talked about Jazz and improv. Great player great school
@robertbrown64004 жыл бұрын
Sonny Rollins one of The colossus of the tenor saxophone.R.I.P. Leomard Cohen.
@petermikolay15 жыл бұрын
Had a barbiturate coma this summer. This song was my wake up ringtone for months. Seeing him tonight at Budapest.
@iankelleher12314 жыл бұрын
I like this performance. How lucky Leonard was to perform with Sonny Rollins. I wish I was famous and got to play with both of them
@celticgodsoriginal14 жыл бұрын
the absolute best version you will ever hear of THAT song, oh my god, Saxophone Colossus indeed.
@sheercerebralpower7 жыл бұрын
The celestial Leonard Cohen with the jazz deity Sonny Rollins....
@AnaliaDecaminos14 жыл бұрын
Two genious of music with the contribution of a great group of musicians. Simply fabulous. In regard to the "sax guy", at least according to the ear of Leonard Cohen himself, his solo gives new richness of the original. Bravo.
@SirSpleenovich16 жыл бұрын
Bloody amazing saxophonist.
@coyoteartist7 жыл бұрын
One more to the choir of the heavens
@renzatanini30746 жыл бұрын
da brividi..........grazie per averci lasciato una immensa eredità!!!
@gilbertroland19534 жыл бұрын
Nite Music was one of the best t. v. shows of the '80s. Saw some great musicians doing some great collaborative numbers like this one combining the talents of Was Not Was and Pharaoh Saunders with the Poet Laureate Leonard Cohen. A real treasure. Sure wish this show or one like it was still on the air!
@Keiji123416 жыл бұрын
Great great great version.Leonard cohen is a giant and an immortal.
@jackson84217 жыл бұрын
Sonny Rollins ... "Saxophone Collosus"...along with Bird, 'Trane, Art Pepper and a few others...one of the all time greats....
@ebaylistentomusic4 жыл бұрын
I loved every moment of that series but this was the high water mark right here.
@Vggamegod16 жыл бұрын
hehe, saw your comment - really is true. i'm a pretty hard-core metal-head and i love cohen's music
@bs575015 жыл бұрын
Thanks all you guys who explain more about the history, and the really intelligent informative comments.
@joeyrighteous7 жыл бұрын
Who in your merry merry month of May? Who by very slow decay? Who shall I say is calling? Goodbye, Leonard.
@MrMkayultra6 жыл бұрын
Joe Howell peace
@liamciaran12 жыл бұрын
We need more like you in our generation.
@cslop0117 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this when or was broadcast back in the 80's. I really didn't know who Sonny was at the time but later that Monday (the show was broadcast at 1:30am on Ch 4 in NY) I went to the record store and picked up "Way Out West" -- and that started the ball rolling. This entire show was great - Was Not Was, Leonard Cohen, Sonny Rollins. WHEW!!!
@fransas17 жыл бұрын
A great moment of music ! A very inspired Sonny Rollins for a beautiful song.
@yans3389 жыл бұрын
Outstanding!!!!
@Danibrontale14 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the music - it`s full of beauty!
@grumpywine15 жыл бұрын
One of the hippest Montrealers of all time. Nice to see that he's still living there and not sold out.
@5teel55516 жыл бұрын
Great versjon of the song! I especially like that back-up vocalist with the hat, he makes the song even better.
@artmaniac5315 жыл бұрын
two giants in a mystic time! thanks!
@goatcheese197511 жыл бұрын
Saw him in Boston tonight old boy just put on a 4 hour show amazing
@vanea9916 жыл бұрын
What a great artist ! Musician and writer.
@nopedx17 жыл бұрын
Absolutely stunning, and as of today 8-7-07 Sonny Rollins is one of the few truely great tenormen still alive...
@chaosmusician16 жыл бұрын
Sweet! That is none other than Robben Ford on electric guitar.What a band.Thanks for posting.
@frankiesdemise15 жыл бұрын
magnificent brilliance. this is an astoundingly beautiful performance which i had never seen. thaank you mr. mcenroe.
@lcoulman14 жыл бұрын
This was on one of those late night music shows with Sanborn as host. They used to have different types of acts that would play together at the end. This was probably the most magical moment ever with Sonny's great sax and backups by Was Not Was.
@toterola45115 жыл бұрын
Thanks for getting back to me on this. I'm gonna see the old man at Coachella, and I'm going with some much younger friends who had never heard of Leonard. I made them a sampler disc, and they were instant fans (of course!) Thanks again!
@kjf66616 жыл бұрын
This guy is so fucking beautiful, a million miles above any other artist.Can't wait to see him when he tours England.
@108gamma11 жыл бұрын
Sonny Rollins is a beast
@adriananaya81047 жыл бұрын
I agree. He really deserved a Nobel Prize. There must be a way to give it to him posthumously. Te vamos a extrañar, Sr Cohen!
@19678707 жыл бұрын
he is more than noble but politics
@ClubdelosImposibles14 жыл бұрын
such a beautiful song! This is MUSIC! This is ART!
@debash123413 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I found this... two of my favorites playing together...I never would have thought.... Kinda like Joni Mitchell and Charlie Mingus! wonders neve cease!
@chukcanuk17 жыл бұрын
Stellar performances all round.
@addman2713 жыл бұрын
All that wanted to know, (including myself). This clip is from the U.S. TV show "SUNDAY Night Live" also known as "Night Music." It Aired, February 13, 1989 with David Sanborn & Jools Holland. It's ashame that it was never put out on album or CD. He also played "Tower of Song." on the show. It might be available on a DVD collection. I'm assuming that's where this version came from. It's the BEST version of "Who By Fire" i ever heard, and I've heard all of them. Leonard is a prophet!
@AnonymerTom15 жыл бұрын
Wahnsinn! Leonard ist einmalig!!!!
@ThubtenChokyi12 жыл бұрын
I adore Leonard Cohen! According to Wikipedia, the words and melody of "Who by Fire" echo the Unetaneh Tokef, an 11th-century liturgical poem recited on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
@lamota7516 жыл бұрын
exelente!!!!genio!!!!!amo tu musica!!!!! desde la argentina jose....
@dmande313 жыл бұрын
To danmcenroe, a 1000 thanks for this video - from the "Sunday Night" music show almost 20 yrs ago, I remember it well. That show gave us many wonderful performances, but none better than this. To glidrenyc & ruskibog935, I certainly agree with your posts, but don't waste your energy on philistines who have no ears with which to hear. Let's just be thankful to have bright moments such as this music. If we have the least spark of divinity, it's right here.
@letsif17 жыл бұрын
This performance was on a show called Night Music. It was great television, showcasing top musicians and singers in a pure, unaffected, unstarlike manner. It was hosted by the saxaphonist, David Sandborn. "they" took it off. It was too good.
@RudolfSchmidt17 жыл бұрын
well, in the first place, its a crazy thing to play your song 15 years or so after writing it...