Great singer/bandleader. Diz & Bird plus a big band? Miles, Dex, Sarah and other greats too numerous to name. It doesn't get much better than that. One of my best friends who was a receptionist at the mega law firm where I used to work hipped me to Eckstine. I thank her! May she rest in peace.
Mr. B, amazing talent, history, crooner, trombonist, big band arranger. This song is amazing too. Too bad Dick was not cultured enough to understand the genius of Mr. B.
You're right. Cavett was in over his head in trying to interview Billy Eckstine. He doesn't have the musical knowledge or cultural appreciation to do the job.
Unfortunately that's most of the country-- Jazz (I'm talking real jazz, not the commercialized, electronic, diluted crap that also carries the label) is underappreciated and undervalued in general, especially in the USA, of which it is an indigenous classical music! Sad!
My gosh..From 1944-1947, Mr. B had the most exciting and seminal big bands of the bebop era, including legends like Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Art Blakey... plus arrangers like Tadd Dameron and Gil Fuller-- Man, I would have asked him how he got all of them together, and what it was like rehearsing, recording and touring with them... plus looking back, his views on how important that band was to jazz history... Instead he asks if his voice is lower when he wakes up (duh, everyone's voice is, due to relaxed vocal cords), and something about golf? I very emphatically must say, "WTF" ????!!!!!!
One of the great things about Eckstine was his personal sacrifice to his own bank account to have this legendary 1944-47 band. Eckstine could have easily exploited his "Jelly Jelly" Earl Hines success by singing stereotypical blues/commercial material in 1944. Instead, he used his success to promote the lesser known and lesser accepted music of Gillespie/Parker and their cohorts. This was bold and self-sacrificing. Eckstine appointed Dizzy Gillespie as musical director of his new band and allowed him to recruit many of its members. No band ever rivaled its power or individual talent. The 1944 Armed Forces Broadcast (unfortunately, after Diz and Bird had departed) and the 1947 movie short "Harlem After Midnight" are the most prominent documents of this band 'live' and we have to be glad they are available - unlike anything from the 1943 Earl Hines band, from where probably half of Eckstine's personnel came when he formed his 1944 band.
I do have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like all the other Dick Cavett interviews
What's your favourite Billy Eckstine song?
I see your face before me but he could have sung the phone book and I'd happily listen!
Isn't he famous for the song "Laura"?
Probably "I see your face before me"
A Cottage For Sale
Dedicated to You.
MR B My Father's favorite singer...thanks for this video!❤😅
I could listen to him all day long. And all night.
I saw Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan in concert at Symphony Hall in Boston in the 1980s and it was wonderful.
sarah vaughan hits me deep. striking voice
Their version of Everyday I Fall in Love is a great recording of a great, criminally underknown love song.
Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine could easily outperform the vast majority of performers today because they are singers. True singers and artist.
Just magnificent !!!!! That voice!!!
His speaking voice is awesome as well.
Eckstine was more than a singer. You could have done an entire show with him about the big band era in American music.
exactly
one of a kind...billy Eckstine was the finest bass-baritone singer in the history of pop music
You said it better bravo
Oh boy he sure was you said it better thanks
A great song made even greater by Mr. E's interpretation.
What a stunning voice!!!
Great singer/bandleader. Diz & Bird plus a big band? Miles, Dex, Sarah and other greats too numerous to name. It doesn't get much better than that. One of my best friends who was a receptionist at the mega law firm where I used to work hipped me to Eckstine. I thank her! May she rest in peace.
It doesn't get any better than this!
They last work Billy said was 'Basie'. The Count was waiting for him.
Da Comrade!
Typo - the last word Mr B said was Basie
WHAT A VOICE! What a man!
Mr. B, amazing talent, history, crooner, trombonist, big band arranger. This song is amazing too. Too bad Dick was not cultured enough to understand the genius of Mr. B.
You mean valve trombone !
You're right. Cavett was in over his head in trying to interview Billy Eckstine. He doesn't have the musical knowledge or cultural appreciation to do the job.
Unfortunately that's most of the country-- Jazz (I'm talking real jazz, not the commercialized, electronic, diluted crap that also carries the label) is underappreciated and undervalued in general, especially in the USA, of which it is an indigenous classical music! Sad!
My idol Mr. B❤
My gosh..From 1944-1947, Mr. B had the most exciting and seminal big bands of the bebop era, including legends like Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Art Blakey... plus arrangers like Tadd Dameron and Gil Fuller-- Man, I would have asked him how he got all of them together, and what it was like rehearsing, recording and touring with them... plus looking back, his views on how important that band was to jazz history... Instead he asks if his voice is lower when he wakes up (duh, everyone's voice is, due to relaxed vocal cords), and something about golf? I very emphatically must say, "WTF" ????!!!!!!
One of the great things about Eckstine was his personal sacrifice to his own bank account to have this legendary 1944-47 band. Eckstine could have easily exploited his "Jelly Jelly" Earl Hines success by singing stereotypical blues/commercial material in 1944. Instead, he used his success to promote the lesser known and lesser accepted music of Gillespie/Parker and their cohorts. This was bold and self-sacrificing. Eckstine appointed Dizzy Gillespie as musical director of his new band and allowed him to recruit many of its members. No band ever rivaled its power or individual talent. The 1944 Armed Forces Broadcast (unfortunately, after Diz and Bird had departed) and the 1947 movie short "Harlem After Midnight" are the most prominent documents of this band 'live' and we have to be glad they are available - unlike anything from the 1943 Earl Hines band, from where probably half of Eckstine's personnel came when he formed his 1944 band.
One of the absolute best ever……………………Pittsburgh boy
black or white doesnt matter, i know they had their fair share of problems but alot to admire about the olden days
I do have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like all the other Dick Cavett interviews
Ask him what it's like being manager of The Beatles.
(Joke)
Hil frickin larious 😂😂
B!
cavett was a horseshit interviewer. timid, unsure, dancing around a question or topic. I never understood why people liked him.
Long live freedom and democratic communism
Long live insurrectionists and republican confederates
thanks for the fake news josef, please stick to weird jokes!
Wow that interviewer sucked.
Axe him to leave
great singer but he needs to learn mic management (it works better if you point the mic in front of yo mouth!)