Excellent! It is particularly good to see anything on film of Phil Seamen. Few British Jazz players combine such a legendary reputation for his playing combined with such a dearth of recorded material to verify it... Sadly, he is likely to be remembered for all the wrong reasons :-(
Bless old "Uncle Phil"...He wasn't my uncle really....just a good friend of my Mum's...her brother had been one of the first jazz drummers in London...way back...I think Phil bought some of his drums when he was first starting out...after he died Phil always kept in touch with my Mum...when we left London in 1968 ...around the time of this recording actually...the night we were off he came round to say goodbye and did a drum solo on all the boxes...I was only 5 and remember it to this day
I saw Al Cohn, together with Sal Nistico and a bunch of other big jazz men, in a tiny little jazz club in Terneuzen (Holland), about 20 years ago... and man... they burned the building down...!
Important footage of some British Jazz masters plus Zoot and Al. To be able to hear these guys swinging through What the world needs now is invaluable scholarship for musicians like me.
Reading through "Swing to Bop" by Ira Gitler. Both of these guys were highly regarded among the boppers in Woody Herman's band. Now I know why. Thanks for the upload.
Smokin'it down. Not a tense muscle anywhere on that stage. What a great op to see Zoot & Al with a fantastic British rhythm section. Yeah, the Brits figured it out right away...Tubby Hayes, anyone remember?? He could slap some serious hurt on the tenor!! Thanks-love this video!!!
thanks a lot to give us this vid....al cohn and zoot are my favorite players and it's really hard to see a vid with this guys...really thanks you ....you make me feel happy...if you have more vid ....it will be the same pleasure.
Thank god this video exists, otherwise there'd be no live footage of Al Cohn on youtube. Thankfully, there's a bunch of live Zoot. Al and Zoot's band was also very great and they made many great albums together, with lots of great rhythm sections. My favorite is Live At The Half Note with Mose Allison, Knobby Totah, and a young Paul Motian swinging his butt off. A lot of people mention Zoot being underrated, and of course he was, but so was Al; a supreme tenor player and wonderful arranger. Thanks for posting!
Aweeeesome ! Phil Seamen is sadly missed even now. Instant rapport with any front line was that man's forte. Al Cohn & Zoot Sims always made a great combination and even better with Scott Hamilton helping to blow up a storm. Coleman Hawkins has a lot to answer for. Pop fans - eat your hearts out !
You maybe interested to know that Zoot played tenor sax on the track 'Lonely Women' (1968) by the Bronx rock/pop singer/songwriter Laura Nyro, from her revolutionary 2nd LP "Eli and the Thirteenth Confession'. Also on this LP are Joe Farrell, Bernie Glow, Mel Davis, and an array of New York's finest jazz players. Nyro was unusual as a rock/pop act in that she used only jazz players on her first two LP's. Her first LP' More Than a New Discovery' (1967) has Toots Thielemanns and Buddy Lucas. Miles Davis was a fan of hers and they did a few shows together in NYC. Nyro was a child prodigy and considered an artists artist in rock/pop. She is a huge favourite, and her fans range from Alice Cooper, to Bob Dylan, to Stephen Sondheim, to Barry Manilow and rap artists. Jazzman Billy Childs recently did an LP of her songs. Some consider her one of America's greatest composers. She is Barry Manilow's favourite ahead of Chopin.
I saw this Cool of the Evening programme when it was first broadcast back in 1968, and I'm amazed to see it again as a lot of the BBC tapes were erased. These programmes were only about 15 minutes long and just slotted in among the normal programmes in a sort of random manner. Others in the series included flautist Johnny Scott, and one with Sonny Stitt with an organist called Bob Stucky. I still have a reel to reel of the Stitt session in the attic.
My pleasure. For me, it's particularly great to hear the two frontliners with such a superb rhythm section - Stan's excellence is a given, Phil Seamen was legendary for sometimes non-musical reasons, but I don't think enough credit is ever given to Dave Green. He's one of the front rank of British jazz bass players - I'd put only Ron Mathewson, Roy Babbington and Andy Cleyndert on a par with him.
not as much as the world 🌍 needs Al and zoot and the rest of these hip cats !.. that's what the freaking world needs.. the world needs hip mfrs like this..
for those of us who refuse to let this music die let us all join together and pass it on to our kids and grandkids..that is our purpose here on earth...don't let the coming generations think that all we listened to was the shit that is given us by "top 40" radio stations and the cashbox magazine....
As the uploader of this video, I have to say that I love the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and if Flea digs this stuff, he's just gone even higher in my estimation.
The title of the programme was 'Cool of the Evening'. The first track is Burt Bacharach's 'What the World Needs Now', the second seems to be called 'Zootleootle'.
@p6ulo Yes, I have an lp called motoring along and What the World Needs Now Is Love is on there and the second song doodle oodle is on live at the half note again and on body and soul
David MacGowan I knew Phil back in the day most aspiring players and those who already played admired his technique, his feel and his musicality. He was, despite everything, a great bloke to know and an inspiration.
@28handcraft Doodle-Oodle is NOT Sweet Georgia chances. I couid tell you which tune it is, but it would be good for you to figure it out. Al and Zoot, the Kings of the swing tenors
You are wright my friend....Zoot Sims was a BAD tenor player. I saw Al Cohn in New york city in the 80's playing a duo with Lew tabaquin and they were smoking man!
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Being OLD I had the pleasure of seein g Al and ZOOT at th e Half Note in th e early 60s. Many others as well. Always liked each of them
I’m an old guy too, and heard Al and zoot many years ago, if you’re still out there thanks for the memories.
Excellent! It is particularly good to see anything on film of Phil Seamen. Few British Jazz players combine such a legendary reputation for his playing combined with such a dearth of recorded material to verify it... Sadly, he is likely to be remembered for all the wrong reasons :-(
The inimitable Phil Seaman on drums!
Phil Seamen... everyone spells his surname incorrectly!
Including the tv credits at the end!..Good to see Phil in action!!!
@@tunefultonyjohnson4100 lol nice try, it’s spelled Phil Spunkmeyer
Bless old "Uncle Phil"...He wasn't my uncle really....just a good friend of my Mum's...her brother had been one of the first jazz drummers in London...way back...I think Phil bought some of his drums when he was first starting out...after he died Phil always kept in touch with my Mum...when we left London in 1968 ...around the time of this recording actually...the night we were off he came round to say goodbye and did a drum solo on all the boxes...I was only 5 and remember it to this day
I saw Al Cohn, together with Sal Nistico and a bunch of other big jazz men, in a tiny little jazz club in Terneuzen (Holland), about 20 years ago... and man... they burned the building down...!
Important footage of some British Jazz masters plus Zoot and Al. To be able to hear these guys swinging through What the world needs now is invaluable scholarship for musicians like me.
And surely that is the great Stan Tracey on piano too! What a band!
Dave Green was, and continues to be, a great, great bass player.
The legendary British jazz drummer who influenced Ginger Baker and numerous other jazz and rock drummers
Reading through "Swing to Bop" by Ira Gitler. Both of these guys were highly regarded among the boppers in Woody Herman's band. Now I know why. Thanks for the upload.
Smokin'it down. Not a tense muscle anywhere on that stage. What a great op to see Zoot & Al with
a fantastic British rhythm section. Yeah, the Brits figured it out right away...Tubby Hayes, anyone remember?? He could slap some serious hurt on the tenor!! Thanks-love this video!!!
I remember working at a record store and the rockers (employees) taking the piss because I put Zoot on the turntable. This is the bomb.
rockers tended to be quite uptight back in the day...😎
thanks a lot to give us this vid....al cohn and zoot are my favorite players and it's really hard to see a vid with this guys...really thanks you ....you make me feel happy...if you have more vid ....it will be the same pleasure.
Thank god this video exists, otherwise there'd be no live footage of Al Cohn on youtube. Thankfully, there's a bunch of live Zoot. Al and Zoot's band was also very great and they made many great albums together, with lots of great rhythm sections. My favorite is Live At The Half Note with Mose Allison, Knobby Totah, and a young Paul Motian swinging his butt off. A lot of people mention Zoot being underrated, and of course he was, but so was Al; a supreme tenor player and wonderful arranger. Thanks for posting!
Aweeeesome ! Phil Seamen is sadly missed even now. Instant rapport with any front line was that man's forte. Al Cohn & Zoot Sims always made a great combination and even better with Scott Hamilton helping to blow up a storm. Coleman Hawkins has a lot to answer for. Pop fans - eat your hearts out !
Extremely great stuff! Zoot is one of my heroes. Never "seen" Al Cohn before, but always loved his sound, too. Thanks for posting!
Al Cohn was a beast on tenor
This is too much; Absolutely awesome. I can't thank you enough. One of my dreams has been answered.
You maybe interested to know that Zoot played tenor sax on the track 'Lonely Women' (1968) by the Bronx rock/pop singer/songwriter Laura Nyro, from her revolutionary 2nd LP "Eli and the Thirteenth Confession'. Also on this LP are Joe Farrell, Bernie Glow, Mel Davis, and an array of New York's finest jazz players. Nyro was unusual as a rock/pop act in that she used only jazz players on her first two LP's. Her first LP' More Than a New Discovery' (1967) has Toots Thielemanns and Buddy Lucas. Miles Davis was a fan of hers and they did a few shows together in NYC. Nyro was a child prodigy and considered an artists artist in rock/pop. She is a huge favourite, and her fans range from Alice Cooper, to Bob Dylan, to Stephen Sondheim, to Barry Manilow and rap artists. Jazzman Billy Childs recently did an LP of her songs. Some consider her one of America's greatest composers. She is Barry Manilow's favourite ahead of Chopin.
Heard Phil at the Gargoyle club, West End. He was in fine form and it was very nice to meet him.
I saw this Cool of the Evening programme when it was first broadcast back in 1968, and I'm amazed to see it again as a lot of the BBC tapes were erased. These programmes were only about 15 minutes long and just slotted in among the normal programmes in a sort of random manner. Others in the series included flautist Johnny Scott, and one with Sonny Stitt with an organist called Bob Stucky. I still have a reel to reel of the Stitt session in the attic.
Hats off to the late Great Phil Seamen !!!
Georgous playing. I think many of Bacharach's songs lent themselves to a jazz interpretation. Classic British trio in the back.
The great Phil Seamen !!
That arrangement of What the World Needs Now might be the most elegant, sublime and hip version of a Burt Bacharach tune.
What a gorgeous arrangement. Makes this heart melt EVERY TIME. Even with the odd warbly bits from the source video.
The warbly bits are the best part..👍
totally hip arrangement and great playing
My pleasure. For me, it's particularly great to hear the two frontliners with such a superb rhythm section - Stan's excellence is a given, Phil Seamen was legendary for sometimes non-musical reasons, but I don't think enough credit is ever given to Dave Green. He's one of the front rank of British jazz bass players - I'd put only Ron Mathewson, Roy Babbington and Andy Cleyndert on a par with him.
Burt's Tune from 68',Great Post, THE World still needs it.
not as much as the world 🌍 needs Al and zoot and the rest of these hip cats !.. that's what the freaking world needs.. the world needs hip mfrs like this..
for those of us who refuse to let this music die let us all join together and pass it on to our kids and grandkids..that is our purpose here on earth...don't let the coming generations think that all we listened to was the shit that is given us by "top 40" radio stations and the cashbox magazine....
This is so seriously cool Im sitting here shivering.....
Real Musicians.
As the uploader of this video, I have to say that I love the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and if Flea digs this stuff, he's just gone even higher in my estimation.
I'm not usually patriotic, but it's great to see these London lads well up to the job
when you hip you hip...
The title of the programme was 'Cool of the Evening'. The first track is Burt Bacharach's 'What the World Needs Now', the second seems to be called 'Zootleootle'.
Wonderful.
Those were great days, at least its all recorded
Fantastic line-up...
Great clip! Thanks for sharing!
So groovy!
Amazing.TY for posting.
Beautiful
That is some hip phrasing.
I agree, it's "What the World Needs Now is Love Sweet Love" Bacharach
Indeed...what the world needs now...
wow simplement merveilleux!
still love it!!
They really could swing. We really miss them. When they played unison lines, it sounded like one sax.
@p6ulo Yes, I have an lp called motoring along and What the World Needs Now Is Love is on there and the second song doodle oodle is on live at the half note again and on body and soul
These guys are pretty good!
Loved this. Thanks for the upload !!
It is "What The World Needs Now Is Love" - and was frequently done by Zoot & Al.
awesome!!!!!
The year I was born.My soul thought Earth is a cool place...I really didn't knew,it will be like hell in 40 years...
excellent
Did Phil ever play Stateside? I do not know much about him except for the Ginger Baker connection.
Thanks. That makes sense.
2 years later after/EskilIsDaShit's reaction on this music it is about time somebody explains again this is worth?
Who said white guys can't swing? Zoot and Al knocked this out the park. Smooth as a single malt scotch.
You said it !!!.... The fact that you even mentioned something so stupid and ignorant
zoot sent me here, master!!
mastery!
Zoot Sims did work on Jack Kerouac- American Haiku
Wowser!
thanks flea
Hey so did I !! That must have been around 83. i saw Zoot in Ronnies and he looked terrible, but played brilliantly
Fantástico
Zoot S. is an underrated sax player in my opinion.
flea from the chili peppers brought me here. he got amazing taste in music. Excellent bass player
What a team…..
'Doodle-oodle' is based on the changes to 'Limehouse Blues'.
and Sweet Georgia Brown
One best drummers ever according to Charlie Watts
Best Britain ever produced. Check out ginger bakers views on him. He was a Fuked up junkie but man he could groove
Simon Phillips is no slouch. But you might be right- after all, as acrobatic as Simon's playing is, he cannot groove like Phil did.
He was Ginger Baker's mentor for a long time and introduced him to African drumming.
Ginger brought me here.
ever hear Zoot with Tony Bennett singing " I'm Coming Virginia"? WOW is all I can say!
Read the description! Great stuff :)
Phil Seamen was Charlie Watts' early hero.
David MacGowan I knew Phil back in the day most aspiring players and those who already played admired his technique, his feel and his musicality. He was, despite everything, a great bloke to know and an inspiration.
And most notably, Peter "Ginger" Baker.
@@roadrocket7 I was at school with Peter.
was´nt Phil the teacher of Ginger Baker?
Yes..
as long as you're here...
@28handcraft Doodle-Oodle is NOT Sweet Georgia chances. I couid tell you which tune it is, but it would be good for you to figure it out. Al and Zoot, the Kings of the swing tenors
Zoot was Getz with a wonderful nasty tone. Getz was Zoot with a beautiful tone.
@soulfullyanointed
A lot of truth in what you say. However, what about Eric Alexander? He can be pretty tough.
@LordViczerez Yeah, cause that's basicly all the music that is up today...
Bacharach's composition is kitsch but this recording is sensational!!!!
@28handcraft
zoot plays a radio improved as far as i know
@28handcraft - What tune do you say now?
@28handcraft
haha ok thanks i didn't know that
Flea is my master, and I'll see everything that he see :)
No expert but do they effortlessly slide into a latin rythmn in the middle eight??
Kinda of !
Phil is playing on the cymbal crowns I beleive, which would be a typical thing to do on Latin.
Thums up if Flea send to this video :)
I don't think this the cool of the evening but... it is what the world needs now (is love sweet love)!
@oldgolfman
Think he does, but blimey if it wasn't working he's even better than I thought.
The drums aren't loud enough.......
Nine fools to put that clip down...?? Come on...
what song is this?
+erel matita what the world
needs now
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" (not Cool of the Evening)
And before anyone picks me up on it, Rick Laird's Irish, not British...
phenomenal horn players who never got their due with the jive ass critics..
@28handcraft - Nope. Still not it. Hint: Count the number of bars.
Flea :D
@terrymod
Lol!
@zheopharyx flea sent me here
because all the people that play it today aren't as good as the old guys.
You are wright my friend....Zoot Sims was a BAD tenor player. I saw Al Cohn in New york city in the 80's playing a duo with Lew tabaquin and they were smoking man!
twin you know you can't win. selling flowers aB RIXTON TUBE
5 stars, bitches.