The great McCoy tyner! Alone with bill Evans the two most influential pianist of the last fifty years. His playing is like no one else. His left hand is like a Symphony on its own. His right hand brings forth technical prowess beyond belief, he is one of the greatest jazz musicians in the history of this glorious music. An extremely gifted composer and band leader. Along with monk,Andrew Hill, Jackie byard, phinas newborn and bud powell, not to forget bill Evans. My favorite masters of the piano.
McCoy Tyner was the reason I began to love classic jazz and especially avant garde jazz sincerely. He left a great imprint in music history, he will never be forgotten
I don't recall McCoy ever breaking strings on pianos. As powerful as he is, he has the control. And as a composer he's absolutely terrific---I just picked up his "Best of McCoy Tyner Big Band" CD and I just love it.
According to web sources regarding the television broadcast of this concert, the personnel consist of Earl Gardner, Virgil Jones, Kamau Adilifu, trumpets; Frank Lacy, Clark Gayton, trombones; John Clark, French horn; Howard Johnson, tuba; Doug Harris, Joe Ford, soprano saxes, alto saxes, flutes; John Stubblefield, tenor sax; McCoy Tyner, piano, leader; Avery Sharpe, acoustic double bass; Aaron Scott, drums.
@@@tunefultonyjohnson4100 Maybe he did it on purpose. In fact, John Coltrane had a big hand in the performance. When he and Tyner had been working on "Africa/Brass", McCoy had been forming his plan for "Fly With the Wind", and 'Trane had some helpful advice regarding sonorities. He knew more than most composers about not only brass but also woodwind sonorities, and he knew that McCoy had something different in mind for his piece, so he gave him some suggestions as to the utilization of the higher frequencies of both the woodwinds and the trumpets. And incidentally, 'Trane was most likely familiar with a work by Jean Sibelius called "Lemminkainen Suite"---the recurrent motive in the upper registers of those instruments does recall something in the last movement where the Sibelius goes into E-flat minor and we hear a motive in the woodwinds. In any event, he did have a hand in the performance. Isn't that just like him, eh? I love it.
This band live is so impressive and exciting. All McCoy Tyner's work with the big band is so elegant and powerful especially live. He choses musicians that sparkle and glitter. McCoy's compositions are orchestrated with deep spirit talk and melodic and rhythmic precision. Love the guy, love his music and musicians.
Those chords at the beginning, along with the unfettered but meaningful percussion, made me instantly fall in love with this piece back in my teenage years. As someone with an untrained ear in jazz, seeing this performed live was like an awakening back then. Rest in peace, McCoy
One night McCoy was playing and I stood in front of the speakers, the music was so powerful and healing...after all these years, I'm here seeking refuge healing and higher light attunedment in this now tlme,..thanks to the All!!!!
Line-up: McCoy Tyner (p, ld) Avery Sharpe (b) Aaron Scott (dr) Kamau Adilifu (tp) Earl Gardner (tp) Virgil Jones (tp) John Clark (frh) Frank Lacy (tb) Clark Gayton (tb) Howard Johnson (tu) Joe Ford (as, ss, fl) Doug Harris (as, ss, fl) Junior Cook (ts) John Stubblefield (ts)
Got the chance to see this amazing musical legend at the Blue Note in NYC some years back. They started off with Fly with the Wind and man, the piano intro that Mccoy laid out before they even got into the song....jaw dropping. Literally watched this man aided by other men and im pretty sure his wife, damn near crawl to the stage but when he sat on that chair and press his fingers on those keys, I felt like a portal opened and my life essence flew to another dimension. The feeling was complex yet truly incredible. Gary Bartz was also in attendance which was another gem of a surprise. They absolutely killed it for two sets each damn near 2 hours. Genuis composer.
Personnel ; John Clark (French Horn); Avery Sharpe )bass); Virgil Jones (trumpet)...Howard Johnson (tuba); Aaron Scott (drums). Earl Gardner (lead trumpet).
Let me start over---my computer would not let me finish. Okay---if you're listening to this live performance, watch the musicians---they are AMAZING! Also, Tyner---who does sound like he's got eight hands, maybe more---obviously picked up some ideas about brass sonorities from having worked with John Coltrane on the "Africa/Brass" album; the sound here is absolutely terrific. I just picked up "The Best of McCoy Tyner Big Band", and I just love it. Keep up the good work!
I'm not certain that "sonority" is the word you want, for the voicing here is different from the voicing of Africa/Brass. Its force and color are different and here Tyner's piano - unlike his piano on that album's magnificent "Africa" - leads the band rather than serve as its point of gravity. Is there Coltrane in this recording? Of course there is since the band follows Tyner and Tyner himself states in interview after interview that, through his own mighty talent and awareness, he absorbed musical expressions from other musicians and from other cultural traditions. I won't argue against your hearing Coltrane in this recording, but I would ask that you explore the other 51 cards in Tyner's sonic deck. As an aside, here's a great article about Tyner. He was a phenomenon in music but also as a man. bradleybambarger.medium.com/mccoy-tyner-the-intensity-of-a-jazz-original-4c28b342da91
I got to see this band in New Orleans around Jazz Fest of 1992. Someone had booked them into one of the bars around Tulane and Loyola Universities. Great bunch of gentlemen. No, they shouldn't have been playing in a dive like that but if it bothered them, you couldn't tell. They smashed it. First time I heard this tune and I was floored.
McCoy Tyner did more to influence jazz to have a rockier edge than anyone. This tune is a perfect example. I had more guitar students who couldn't play a triad but could play a fifth it was comical. McCoy was a true vituoso on the piano. Check out his version of " In a sentimental mood ". Brilliant!!
People talk about Jazz Giants - McCoy Tyner surely was one! His solid piano work with John Coltrane allowed the sax man to go into new areas of improvisation. And when Coltrane went too far for his tastes, McCoy stayed true to what he heard in his head and continued to make important music for decades later. The My Favorite Things album was 1960 and here he is with his big band in 1990.
Stan: The "Nommo" you were referring to is a composition by Jymie Merritt, who played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for a few years and who started a new and different harmonic and rhythmic system he called "Forerunner". You may be familiar with it; I was, because he explained it to me in a between-sets conversation we had once. And with all that, he was one of the greatest and most inventive bassplayers of all time; I had the great good fortune to not only see him in action but also sit in with the Messengers a few times. The composition is available on a recording by Max Roach---the title is something like "Drummer Speaks" or some such.
You may have seen Hubert Laws on a couple of other recordings---other versions---of "Fly With The Wind"---but he's not on the big-band recording. Doug Harris was the flute player, and he was no slouch.
The great McCoy tyner! Alone with bill Evans the two most influential pianist of the last fifty years. His playing is like no one else. His left hand is like a Symphony on its own. His right hand brings forth technical prowess beyond belief, he is one of the greatest jazz musicians in the history of this glorious music. An extremely gifted composer and band leader. Along with monk,Andrew Hill, Jackie byard, phinas newborn and bud powell, not to forget bill Evans. My favorite masters of the piano.
Merci mr MC Coy pour cette Œuvre d'art.
A departed legend.
RIP McCoy Tyner.
Great band
McCoy Tyner was the reason I began to love classic jazz and especially avant garde jazz sincerely. He left a great imprint in music history, he will never be forgotten
McCoy Tyner! An American icon! When my life is over! I hope to listen to sound of McCoy Tyner! Then I'll know, I've reached heaven!
Grand pianos everywhere must have been terrified of being played by McCoy Tyner... :))
Or thrilled. :)
Brubek was the most feared. Oscar Peterson said Brubek left a trail of destruction behind him on tour.
I don't recall McCoy ever breaking strings on pianos. As powerful as he is, he has the control. And as a composer he's absolutely terrific---I just picked up his "Best of McCoy Tyner Big Band" CD and I just love it.
Thx Mr.Alfred McCoy Tyner i only share a live concert in 2007.... unforgettable experience!
RIP McCoy. You were a giant. A few years ago McCoy performed in NY at Dizzys Club (part of JALC). So glad I went with my son.
According to web sources regarding the television broadcast of this concert, the personnel consist of Earl Gardner, Virgil Jones, Kamau Adilifu, trumpets; Frank Lacy, Clark Gayton, trombones; John Clark, French horn; Howard Johnson, tuba; Doug Harris, Joe Ford, soprano saxes, alto saxes, flutes; John Stubblefield, tenor sax; McCoy Tyner, piano, leader; Avery Sharpe, acoustic double bass; Aaron Scott, drums.
+ColtraneWasGod -- Thanks Mr Coltrane for posting the McCoy Tyner Big Band personnel....Rather too modestly you left off your own contribution.
@@@tunefultonyjohnson4100 Maybe he did it on purpose. In fact, John Coltrane had a big hand in the performance. When he and Tyner had been working on "Africa/Brass", McCoy had been forming his plan for "Fly With the Wind", and 'Trane had some helpful advice regarding sonorities. He knew more than most composers about not only brass but also woodwind sonorities, and he knew that McCoy had something different in mind for his piece, so he gave him some suggestions as to the utilization of the higher frequencies of both the woodwinds and the trumpets. And incidentally, 'Trane was most likely familiar with a work by Jean Sibelius called "Lemminkainen Suite"---the recurrent motive in the upper registers of those instruments does recall something in the last movement where the Sibelius goes into E-flat minor and we hear a motive in the woodwinds. In any event, he did have a hand in the performance. Isn't that just like him, eh? I love it.
@@zitacarno4443 This record is primarily about strings, not brass. Coltrane died 9 years before McCoy wrote the arrangements for FWTW.
Junior Cook - tenor saxophone!
James Newton flute?
Goodnight mccoy!!!! Thank-you,.!!! from the depths of my heart.
This band live is so impressive and exciting. All McCoy Tyner's work with the big band is so elegant and powerful especially live. He choses musicians that sparkle and glitter. McCoy's compositions are orchestrated with deep spirit talk and melodic and rhythmic precision. Love the guy, love his music and musicians.
Those chords at the beginning, along with the unfettered but meaningful percussion, made me instantly fall in love with this piece back in my teenage years. As someone with an untrained ear in jazz, seeing this performed live was like an awakening back then. Rest in peace, McCoy
One night McCoy was playing and I stood in front of the speakers, the music was so powerful and healing...after all these years, I'm here seeking refuge healing and higher light attunedment in this now tlme,..thanks to the All!!!!
A tour de force! Even more of a treat for the flute and french horn solos! McCoy is always amazing. Thanks for posting!
Line-up: McCoy Tyner (p, ld)
Avery Sharpe (b)
Aaron Scott (dr)
Kamau Adilifu (tp)
Earl Gardner (tp)
Virgil Jones (tp)
John Clark (frh)
Frank Lacy (tb)
Clark Gayton (tb)
Howard Johnson (tu)
Joe Ford (as, ss, fl)
Doug Harris (as, ss, fl)
Junior Cook (ts)
John Stubblefield (ts)
Thank you
Wow, French horn solo was awesome! Never seen that with a big band.
JOHN CLARK plays French Horn !
Got the chance to see this amazing musical legend at the Blue Note in NYC some years back. They started off with Fly with the Wind and man, the piano intro that Mccoy laid out before they even got into the song....jaw dropping. Literally watched this man aided by other men and im pretty sure his wife, damn near crawl to the stage but when he sat on that chair and press his fingers on those keys, I felt like a portal opened and my life essence flew to another dimension. The feeling was complex yet truly incredible. Gary Bartz was also in attendance which was another gem of a surprise. They absolutely killed it for two sets each damn near 2 hours. Genuis composer.
Mr. McCoy Tuner!!!! Mr. Aaron Scott!!!! The Whole Band!!!! So Uplifting So Swinging...
RIP McCoy Tyner
Enjoy, this legendary music artist will not be with us forever... Sadly. I met him back around 1977. He was truly very cordial.
Thanks
Saw him two nights in a row at the Vanguard in the early/mid 1970s. During the Ashanti stage. Mesmerizing. He's one of my all-time favorites.
Personnel ; John Clark (French Horn); Avery Sharpe )bass); Virgil Jones (trumpet)...Howard Johnson (tuba); Aaron Scott (drums). Earl Gardner (lead trumpet).
Great piece of music! Nice video!
Stuff I grew up listening to. ❤
Excellent cd love MCCoy Tyner RIP
I am really liking this!!!!
Masterpiece Big Band lead by the late McCoy Tyner ! Greetings from Jazz man Kuala Lumpur.
Great big band at its best. Thanx McCoy!!
Absolutely sensational. Been binging on Tyner. This is still my favourite. Legendary musician with a legendary band
Quel extraordinaire solo de traversière!Sacré Tyner ton big band me botte,ça swingue l'enfer!
A FRIGGIN MASTERPIECE
This is So in the zone!!
Thanks mr tyner
Thanks so much much
Thank you for the good music.
Thanks very happy
RIP Great McCoy. Terrific performance, makes me thrill
Awesome person to have met talented beyond belief. Life enjoys you,as well as I.
Great great wonderful composition and live performance
I heard a lot this tune at jazz cafe in Sapporo. RIP
A great treat !
Thanks a lot thank you
Let me start over---my computer would not let me finish. Okay---if you're listening to this live performance, watch the musicians---they are AMAZING! Also, Tyner---who does sound like he's got eight hands, maybe more---obviously picked up some ideas about brass sonorities from having worked with John Coltrane on the "Africa/Brass" album; the sound here is absolutely terrific. I just picked up "The Best of McCoy Tyner Big Band", and I just love it. Keep up the good work!
Great !
I'm not certain that "sonority" is the word you want, for the voicing here is different from the voicing of Africa/Brass. Its force and color are different and here Tyner's piano - unlike his piano on that album's magnificent "Africa" - leads the band rather than serve as its point of gravity. Is there Coltrane in this recording? Of course there is since the band follows Tyner and Tyner himself states in interview after interview that, through his own mighty talent and awareness, he absorbed musical expressions from other musicians and from other cultural traditions. I won't argue against your hearing Coltrane in this recording, but I would ask that you explore the other 51 cards in Tyner's sonic deck. As an aside, here's a great article about Tyner. He was a phenomenon in music but also as a man. bradleybambarger.medium.com/mccoy-tyner-the-intensity-of-a-jazz-original-4c28b342da91
Love this.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful music for sure McCoy Tyner is great ! Cheers from New Orleans the city of jazz .The other musicians are great too.
The french horn soloist is epic
John Clark!!
@@sepiaknight47 so talented
Great to hear it get a solo. Many folks don't notice that the horn is played left-handed.
Hoooooo weeeee ... great
Set them horn players freeeeee
And flute player . So good !!
love mr mccoy...saw this band in london and brum ....great stuff....
Thank you to forever
Joe Ford playing a blue Jumbo Java mouthpiece. Doin' his thing...
I have to break in my Vanodren 2-2.5's.
keithsy75 Huh?
The best jazz piano player !
こうゆう感じでこの壮大な名曲を聴きたかったんです！
Yay McCoy and Howard ! RIP Howard.....
Outstanding set !
I got to see this band in New Orleans around Jazz Fest of 1992. Someone had booked them into one of the bars around Tulane and Loyola Universities. Great bunch of gentlemen. No, they shouldn't have been playing in a dive like that but if it bothered them, you couldn't tell. They smashed it. First time I heard this tune and I was floored.
Flautist is Doug Harris.
R.I.P. McCoy Tyner!
I love Aaron Scott's touch on the drums. He's just so silky. Thank you for posting!
Yes Ms.Penny you like I can feel something unique about him.He's like a drum sprit if that makes any sense.
@@richardlawrence3770 Totally agreed! I definitely feel a lot of spirit and air in his playing; very unique indeed.
Gracias x subir este concierto! Subirlo todo si podes ! ' El cd es impresionante ! Crear base rítmica..Aaron.Scott !!
Love that tuba!
Thanks thanks thanks
French horn solo was so good
👏🏾👏🏾
Great band Virgil JOnes TPT! :-)
A remember from Encarta 2000 brought me here
Taking us to fly with the wind!
McCoy Tyner did more to influence jazz to have a rockier edge than anyone. This tune is a perfect example. I had more guitar students who couldn't play a triad but could play a fifth it was comical. McCoy was a true vituoso on the piano. Check out his version of " In a sentimental mood ". Brilliant!!
People talk about Jazz Giants - McCoy Tyner surely was one! His solid piano work with John Coltrane allowed the sax man to go into new areas of improvisation. And when Coltrane went too far for his tastes, McCoy stayed true to what he heard in his head and continued to make important music for decades later. The My Favorite Things album was 1960 and here he is with his big band in 1990.
McCoy sure put a big responsibility on the tuba player. It's a hard instrument to play especially with the music that Tyner wrote for it.
Flying brass and a mad tubist ;-)
sounding like a stern message from God
BUT STILL WISH I COULD SEE THE BAND THAT MADE THE ALBUM
This is the best fuckin big band that ever existed
Tuba workout. Blow like the wind!
Howard Johnson on Tuba!
🎧🎧🎧
Nice!
I think the flute player is Doug Harris.
Did Billy Cobham ever perform this song live with McCoy?
💙😀🌱
Any information as to when this performance took place? 80's? 90's?
Always thought this was heavy enough for big treatment it gets here, not that the studio date was slack but this is nice
Grand pianos were never played with more ( look it up )
"Nommo Force" since McCoy Tyner !
Stan: The "Nommo" you were referring to is a composition by Jymie Merritt, who played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for a few years and who started a new and different harmonic and rhythmic system he called "Forerunner". You may be familiar with it; I was, because he explained it to me in a between-sets conversation we had once. And with all that, he was one of the greatest and most inventive bassplayers of all time; I had the great good fortune to not only see him in action but also sit in with the Messengers a few times. The composition is available on a recording by Max Roach---the title is something like "Drummer Speaks" or some such.
Sorry, I don't know who the flute player is, but that man is not Hubert Laws.
Doug Harris
Looks like a mirror universe Diondre Cole from What Up With That who got the job he actually wanted all along...
Yes, it is Doug Harris, who also plays a couple of single-reed instruments.
Who is the flautist?
Hubert Law´s flûte solo, and amazing french hors solo! Who's this guy?
+François Lindemann Doug Harris on flute, not hubert Laws.
I believe the French Horn is John Clark
The only problem I have with this wonderful composition is the subpar drummer, Joe chambers would have brought it to another level.
the flutist is Hubert Laws, Ronnie Laws older brother, Debra's big brother also. Looks like weight gain
You may have seen Hubert Laws on a couple of other recordings---other versions---of "Fly With The Wind"---but he's not on the big-band recording. Doug Harris was the flute player, and he was no slouch.
The greats that lit our world. Cought them at the Vangard, The Village Gate and any other place of great great music.
RIP my dear brothers.
No its Joe Ford
Mm sounds good but dated instrumentation idk