Anybody still around that remembers Ronnie's old club in the basement in Gerrard Street? I have great memories of the all night sessions there: Ronnie, Tubby, Jimmy Deuchar, Stan Tracy, Phil Seaman et al. Great music and great nights. 60 years later I'm still trying to catch up on the sleep!
i'm a tenor player...had heard of him, but never had heard him. really like his tone. kinda like 70s sonny rollins...it's a broad,deep sound. not easy to do on tenor. he's got the feeling and i like the rhodes with it.
Wish these guys were my children's ages rather than mine or my dads. Long live jazz! I'm comforted when I hear a young men or women play from their soul the fluency and creativity of musicians like these. Doesn't matter who you are or where in the world you come from. I can mention the U.S., Canada, The UK, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, etc; there are breath taking Jazz players through out the world. Globalism is a nightmare, but letting music flow freely from all times in the 20th cen. & beyond will make the recording companies and their up-jump controllers realize they'll have better sales if they produce something other that the current Neanderthal level of creativity currently displayed in popular music.
Reply to Joejohnson…….YES!!…I was there,I also went to 100 Oxford street known as Victor Feldman Club 1947,and the Club 11 opposite the Windmill Theatre,1948,and in 1951 the 51 Club opposite Leicester Square underground Station….I bought a vibraphone from Bill Lesage.Now in my 93rd year,and still playing Ladybird,and Good Bait!! on my Rowland 2000….Blossom Dearie was the last time that I was at Ronnie Scott’s club 1966.
Really nice to watch - first time seeing Ronnie Scott play actually - He is a really nice player for sure. I watched the John Coltrane verison, then the Stan Getz Version right b4 I watched this one, what I really found interesting was the way that Coltrane and Getz put something other than the notes or tones or techniques into the piece. They really draw you in to the emotion and MAKE you feel the piece where with Scott I was listening to music being played without really feeling it all.
Like SciBucks I listed to Trane, then Getz, then came to Ronnie Scott here. He takes a much shorter solo, but gets alot into it. Gets around the horn! Would have been nice to hear him stretch it out.
That's some fast fast playing! I wonder how this contrasted with other music in the 80's such as Kiss, Flashdance tracks, Hall & Oates. Would most people have liked this?
After all these years I just found out Ronnie played the tenor solo on Dusty Springfield's "The Look of Love." I always thought it was Stan Getz. Well, there you go!
Hank Mobley is right. Ronnie was so much better than many of those more famous. He used to joke about hurting his back bending over backwards to please Stan Getz. Well there is a moral there. A long-standing prejudice in favour of US artists. I saw Ronnie so many times in the 1960s along with many of the great US names appearing at the club. He was just as good as most but more self-effacing.
Great video, thanks for posting this. Was wondering if you knew who he bassist was? I'm a Contrabassist studying jazz and would love to hear some more of this guy's playing.
@warriorprince1010 this is a question that if the person don´t know the answer by his own soul and ears, he will never know the answer! It´s like questioning why Bach is great...there´s not a single answer who would fit completely.
I don't think so... If you see him breathe almost desperate for air afterwards, it just seems he uses his lungs... But his throat is going wild, so I don't know for sure.
Anybody still around that remembers Ronnie's old club in the basement in Gerrard Street? I have great memories of the all night sessions there: Ronnie, Tubby, Jimmy Deuchar, Stan Tracy, Phil Seaman et al. Great music and great nights. 60 years later I'm still trying to catch up on the sleep!
RIP. Ronnie, Ron and John
Kenny Clare?
I didn’t realise Ronnie Scott was such a good sax player😮
Brilliant music I remember watching this on tv in the 80s x
You are right I followed Ronnie Scott all over the North of England wherever he played we were there..He was the KING in the 1950.s
I love ❤💞 Jazz music x
Ron Mathewson is a monster on that bass!
PHEW! Already 29 years ago. I was only 11 then so hadnt yet caught the Jazz bug! As for this video all I can say is YEAH!!
i'm a tenor player...had heard of him, but never had heard him. really like his tone. kinda like 70s sonny rollins...it's a broad,deep sound. not easy to do on tenor. he's got the feeling and i like the rhodes with it.
Ronnie Scott was a great tenor player and he always had great players in his bands.
Wish these guys were my children's ages rather than mine or my dads. Long live jazz! I'm comforted when I hear a young men or women play from their soul the fluency and creativity of musicians like these. Doesn't matter who you are or where in the world you come from. I can mention the U.S., Canada, The UK, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, etc; there are breath taking Jazz players through out the world. Globalism is a nightmare, but letting music flow freely from all times in the 20th cen. & beyond will make the recording companies and their up-jump controllers realize they'll have better sales if they produce something other that the current Neanderthal level of creativity currently displayed in popular music.
Brilliant music I have a CD of Ronnie Scott's music
He also recorded very little x
incredible.
Thank you for posting this, perhaps the best of the MANY versions here of my favorite number, "On Green Dolphin Street."
Reply to Joejohnson…….YES!!…I was there,I also went to 100 Oxford street known as Victor Feldman Club 1947,and the Club 11 opposite the Windmill Theatre,1948,and in 1951 the 51 Club opposite Leicester Square underground Station….I bought a vibraphone from Bill Lesage.Now in my 93rd year,and still playing Ladybird,and Good Bait!! on my Rowland 2000….Blossom Dearie was the last time that I was at Ronnie Scott’s club 1966.
superb thx for posting anymore of Ronnie Scott?
Saw Ronnie when he was playing with the Ted Heath Band at the Palladium concerts in the 40's. Sad that he died. Jazz lost another great artist.
great, great , great!!!!!!!!
i know john critchenson on piano from way back, great musician.
Really nice to watch - first time seeing Ronnie Scott play actually - He is a really nice player for sure. I watched the John Coltrane verison, then the Stan Getz Version right b4 I watched this one, what I really found interesting was the way that Coltrane and Getz put something other than the notes or tones or techniques into the piece. They really draw you in to the emotion and MAKE you feel the piece where with Scott I was listening to music being played without really feeling it all.
Thanks for your comment, the bassist is Ron Matthewson.
Saw Ronnie Scott live a year before his death !! Brings back memories !!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for your comment, I have another to upload when I get a chance.
The Ronnie Scott Quartet: John Critchinson: Fender Rhodes piano ; Ronnie Scott : tenor saxophone ; Ron Matthewson: bass ; Kenny Clare: drums
Like SciBucks I listed to Trane, then Getz, then came to Ronnie Scott here. He takes a much shorter solo, but gets alot into it. Gets around the horn! Would have been nice to hear him stretch it out.
I think I'll go and look it up for future reference, thanks.
I have managed to get hold of book written by Ronnie Scott's wife Mary Scott and his daughter rebecca Scott called A Fine Kind of Madness
Stalwarts of EuroJazz - Ronnie's bud Pete King is my *favorite* alto player. Monsters all.
Thanks for your comment. Sadly, I never saw Ronnie live, a great player & character.
John Critchinson on the Rhodes is still a regular feature at The Bull's Head in Barnes. Can anyone tell me what year this is?
Thanks for your comment. I have another couple, I will get them uploaded when I get a chance.
That's some fast fast playing! I wonder how this contrasted with other music in the 80's such as Kiss, Flashdance tracks, Hall & Oates.
Would most people have liked this?
After all these years I just found out Ronnie played the tenor solo on Dusty Springfield's "The Look of Love." I always thought it was Stan Getz. Well, there you go!
Nice !!
the guy on the piano is so cute! look at his facial expressions!
Les Feuilles Mortes are in the keyboard player’s improv run, haha, and come to think of it, the two tunes share a lot of chords!!!
The world just isn't the same without Ronnie.
Thank god you got the Jaz Bug!
RIP Critch.
¿Quien es contrabajista? Es genial.... Who plays the double bass???
Ron Matthewson
¡¡Gracias!!
yes i think he was circular breathing. he is way better at it than i am
Hank Mobley is right. Ronnie was so much better than many of those more famous.
He used to joke about hurting his back bending over backwards to please Stan Getz. Well there is a moral there. A long-standing prejudice in favour of US artists.
I saw Ronnie so many times in the 1960s along with many of the great US names appearing at the club. He was just as good as most but more self-effacing.
Spring1980.
Is there a DVD or something of this?
Great video, thanks for posting this. Was wondering if you knew who he bassist was? I'm a Contrabassist studying jazz and would love to hear some more of this guy's playing.
Well it's Ron Mathewson
@@60march Thank you. Goodness, I wwrote that 11 years ago, and had forgotten how wonderful this recording was, thanks for bringin me back here
@warriorprince1010 this is a question that if the person don´t know the answer by his own soul and ears, he will never know the answer! It´s like questioning why Bach is great...there´s not a single answer who would fit completely.
Kenny Clare on drums...Clare, not Clarke!
I don't think so... If you see him breathe almost desperate for air afterwards, it just seems he uses his lungs...
But his throat is going wild, so I don't know for sure.
both
Well!! They certainly made a mess of that.Its not the same without Tubby.
Sounded great to me.
Critch on sparkling Fender Rhodes, and Ron Matthewson on bass... wow
Well, not as good as Hank Mobley, or 'Trane and several others, but I enjoyed his solos.
Jesus!...You might be what in Spanish we call "un perdonavidas!"
jazz polo neck jumpers ha ha
A polo neck jumper is a very serviceable garment.
Thanks for your comment, the bassist is Ron Matthewson