Mr. Gumbs, LOVE your composition "All Things Being Equal Are Not" from this and the Village Vanguard live recording. Wish I could hear all the great stories of Woody from that era.
I've been obsessed with this period of Woody's career, Mr. Gumbs. I especially love the interaction between you, Clint Houston (not featured here), and Victor Lewis! I purchased some live recordings from Woody Shaw III that feature that rhythm section. My absolute favorite piece is "Love Dance"! I can't believe my ears every time I here that! The communication between the members in that group is something to marvel!
Good point. The large symphonic orchestra composition and performance are higher. The architecture of certain large office buildings, structures and spaces. But yes. Point well-taken. By the way, your local high school band and orchestra perform some of these compositional achievements in music. They are available for free, and high school student talent is good enough to provide a decent performance of these cultural / intellectual achievements. It is good to encourage attendance of these easily accessible events. ... Rambling promo off. :) :)
@@mikebarker9187the fact that large symphonic orchestras are sometimes more complex does not make them “higher”. If the criterion is spontaneous invention and rhythmic elasticity- this show is “higher” than any symphonic piece. Both require a lifetime of practice and commitment
'Scuse me, you're exactly right. Carter's an execptionl player. In fact, everyone in this band is! I saw this lineup at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago a month after they recorded the Stepping Stone album at the Vanguard in New York. One of the best things to have ever happened to me in my life.
Carter was so underated. He was a major player unfortunately died at a relatively young age in a mugging...onaje gumbs is also not given his due. All in all a great group!!
I saw exactly this set in Antibes when I was 13 during our annual summer holidays we four spent travelling through Italy and France visiting old cities, museums, cathedrals, swimming in the Mediterranean sea, eating wonderful food and.. visiting jazz festivals as my parents loved jazz. That night it was a double bill with Woody Shaw first and afterwards Count Basie, who was as magnificent as Woody Shaw. Before we had seen at the same festival that year Earl Hines, Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry. Seeing this video wonderful memories come back, this amazing music, the warm air and the good times we had together. Turning now 50 this year its a nice thought that somewhere my late dad and my so much younger self are sitting there encapsulated somehow in this video. Good times.
When we were young. Now I'm a retired 59 y/o stingy bastard, but won't forget the jazz greats I saw still kickin' in the 70's and 80's; those were the days.
Woody Shaw was one of the greatest trumpet players in jazz. These guys are tight, every solo was astonishing. Woody had a great band with these exceptional young players. I loved it!!!
I love to remember the times when every year, as the birds came back in spring, posters announced Lionel Hampton would be in town with his big band. Or you walked through the streets and saw the announcement that there would be a jazz subscription this year (one ticket for four concerts) including appearances of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Stan Getz Quartet, Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin, plus Milt Jackson and band for about 150 DM (now 76 € or now $ 80). Illinois Jacquet with his big band was coming, as Benny Goodman, The Basie All Stars with Freddie Green, Harry Edison and Buddy Tate or a concert for free before the town hall with Maceo Parker making the whole square dance for 2 hours. Also saw Chuck Berry, BB King, James Brown, Miles Davis in Cologne, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald a few times, Sarah Vaughan, Woody Herman, Oscar Peterson and so many more. As you said... these were the days because most of 20th century music was still alive, kicking and on the road. Going to concerts in the 70th and 80th was like a buffet you could chose from anything you liked from Ragtime to Hip hop up to Punk and Pop music of the day. All was there if you got your ass off the sofa and bought a ticket. And it wasn't as expensive as it is today. Cheers to you and all best!
I was in Woody's concerts in Europe in those years. He and all musicians he brought with him were very much admired and appreciated. I remember Woody coming entering the Jazz Cafe Alto in Amsterdam after a concert, where he started to jam again with present local musicians. Great. I never forget it!
I like what the pianist is doing with Dolphin Dance. He's playing the composition correctly; with the appropriate voicing of the changes and right feel of the tune as it was originally recorded.
Woody Shaw Quinteto (Festival internacional de Jazz; Francia, 1979) Temas: 00:00 Dolphin dance (Herbie Hancock) 12:46 Seventh avenue (Victor Lewis) 29:00 All things being equal are not (Onaje Allan Gumbs) 50:59 Rosewood (Woody Shaw) 59:24 But not for me (George Gershwin) 1:20:54 Stepping Stone (Woody Shaw) Músicos: Woody Shaw - Trompeta Carter Jefferson - Saxo tenor y soprano Onaje Allan Gumbs - Piano Victor Lewis - Batería Stafford James - Contrabajo
Even Miles Davis, not known for showering praise on other musicians, especially trumpet players, thought Woody was the best around. Here he is in his prime with his most legendary band - right up there with Miles' own mid sixties quintet IMO. A real treat for the eyes, ears and soul. Thank you so very much for posting this!
From Wiki: As a musician and trumpeter, Shaw was held in high esteem by his colleagues and is today seen as one of the most technically and harmonically advanced trumpet players in the history of jazz and of the instrument itself. Miles Davis, a notoriously harsh critic of fellow musicians, once said of Shaw: "Now there's a great trumpet player. He can play different from all of them."
rev.b I agree, rev. b. I heard this same band right around this time in 1979. They were great. And Woody is still the best jazz trumpeter I’ve ever heard in live performance.
Woody Shaw was, to me, the epitome of artistic integrity. He played and co led groups like this one throughout the 70's into the early 80's at a time when almost NO ONE faithfully focused on the harmonically adventurous but straight ahead post- bop jazz ( think mid to late 60's Blue Note ) that produced most of the greatest jazz geniuses of the last 30 to 40 years of the 20th century. Fusion, electronic music, avant garde, smooth jazz, classic bop revisited - anything but straight ahead modern continuing where Herbie, Wayne, McCoy, Bobby and the hippest most talented of their generation had been heading. Okay to put a cut on it but not put the pure out there. Not commercially viable. So few were willing to keep carrying the torch during those difficult times. Not Woody! What integrity!
Agreed. It was not an easy time for those who loved playing in this genre. What made it complicated was that there were at the time 'young lions' coming up that were revitalizing the music. Most notably the Marsalis clan and those coming through Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. They definitely gave homage where it was due. I think that the debut of Wynton Marsalis kind of derailed the preeminence of Woody Shaw ( the two of them did get along and Marsalis had respect for Shaw ). Between that and the innumerable health challenges that Woody dealt with, it was like swimming against the current.
Not sure why, but it troubles me that Carter Jefferson is not a house hold name as it relates to some of the best sax players of all time. He plays with so much intensity, intellect, passion, and yet he still swings super hard. I'm typing this realizing that Woody Shaw is not recognized in the light of one of the greatest trumpet players. Maybe I'm biased, but I absolutely love his playing and compositions.
The quintet style or genre inhabits a space occupied by jazz lovers and jazz musicians. It's not for the uninitiated. These men made music for people like us. I have a younger brother who knows the name Herbie Hancock but is only familiar with the three compositions, Doin It, I Thought It Was You and Hang Up Your Hang Ups. He knows nothing about Herbie's great 60s output ( i.e. Watermelon Man, Dolphin Dance, Maiden Voyage ) nor his stellar work as a part of the Miles Davis quintet. He loves Herbie's music for the masses. As elitist as this may sound we are listening to music made for music lovers. So, in a sense they are household names - just in my household and your household.
+Landen Howell ... They are talking: facebook.com/woodyshawlegacy/posts/1016095018452479 facebook.com/woodyshawlegacy/photos/a.181718028556853.44433.180953838633272/959621040766544/?type=3&theater
@@landenhowell7454 He made one record as a leader - only one, eponymously titles - and it's FANTASTIC. (I brought my copy backstage to get Victor Lewis autograph it, and, I swear, he cried when he saw it).
The first time I met Woody, was when this band was touring around the Pacific Northwest. An amazing time period, for sure. I will never forget hanging out with you guys. A few years later I was lucky to study and play some of Woody's music with Carter.
Wow! Sounds great. I was lucky enough to see most of them when I was in NY. I also had a chance to perform with Carter Jefferson and Onaje. I miss them.
One of my top five trumpeters of all time. I caught this line up in late 1978 at the Keystone Korner all five nights and they were spectacular. Thank you ever so much for posting this.
My partner in crime Carp and I were in dry dock one time....we thought let's go see who's playing at keystone corner.....we get there and it's a gay joint!..(not that there's anything wrong with that).. Next door is a precinct...we asked the old desk seargent. What's up with that?..... We spent several hours hanging with this cat, listening to his stories about all the heavyweight players he got to listen to and hang out with over the years.....never forget that man. Righteous.
Woody was light years ahead of any trumpet players both spiritually ,technically , harmonically and esthetcally .He was also a very beautiful person who had the greatest impact on modern jazz as any other musician .He also had one of the most tradject endings of his life and carreer than anyone could bear .Imagine your at the top of your game in your musical carreer as Woody was and then to lose his right hand after falling on the subway tracks .Rumor was that he unsuccessfully tried to relearn trumpet with his left hand .It breaks my heart whenever I think of it .God bless the spirit and soul of Mr. Woody Shaw .May his music stand the tests of time for future generations of young aspiring musicians to come .
Very tragic last days for a beautiful man, met him once~’77 or 78 …didn’t know at the time he was legally blind… He played a concert @ a jazz camp…blew the lid of the club. I knew bout Subway incident m didn’t know he tried to learn to play w LH. That s a tough NEURO exercise. Tried to do it so I could improvise unison lines w keys n Trpt… RH piano w LH Trp(cause my RH had much better line facility on keys) It was too difficult…while playing keys…so I did it w LH on keys. Anyway , Woody changed my my playing that summer,bought every Woody record I could get What a creatively refreshing player! Rip
I love the realness of the sense of space this unit occupies. Some things do not need to compared on the basis of ‘greater than or less than’ but rather equal to. Much appreciated share.
I saw the Woody Shaw Quintet at the bandshell in Central ark in the summer of 1978 and he really left an indelible imprint. He was a remarkable musician and his son was very good as well.
Thanks for posting this video of an excellent, unified performance by very good-to-excellent musicians...nice to see-hear the familiar players ( woody, included) and discover others (bassist, piano) . especially liked the swing -blues piece starting about 60 min. mark.
Wow, just amazing. I am just discovering Woody Shaw, and also learning to play the cornet. 30:00 onward is just beautiful, and Shaw's cornet solo is so lyrical and beautiful. I seem to have a gift for embouchure, and the trumpet is such a "feel" instrument. In the hands of a master like this, it's just stunning. Young trumpeter today Ambrose Akinmusire has this amazing depth and feel too. Thanks for posting!
+JeffreyMulac8 It's not a cornet. It's a Bach Flugelhorn. Back in the day I think there were trying to work on the intonation issue by making them more trumpet like. That model didn't last, but Woody seemed to like them.
I really agree with all superlatives here on the comments. I remember this group from a concert at Jazzclub Fasching in Stockholm but Larry Willis on piano. I was so happy that the swedish radio sent it so I could be able to record it. I listen to it over and over again. A fantastic gig and I really miss Woody and Carter Jefferso which no longer are with us. Very very sad!
SiriusXm Real Jazz brought me here. I was saddened to learn to that he died so young at 44. A sad and tortured soul who was addicted to Heroin most of his adult life, and who suffered from a degenerative eye disease and going blind. In February of 1989 he fell on the subway tracks in Brooklyn and had his left arm severed, he tragically passed away on the 10th of May 1989 from kidney failure. Rest in peace King Woody.
+Navroze contractor Mr.Shaw is 1 of the most INTRICATE harmonic voices, up W/Coltrane, Jarrett, Hubbard, Chickie Brecker, Rosenwinkel and Garrett add Allan Holdsworth (check Blue Note vintage 1,and 2001 galaxy theater) .
I'm maybe just a little surprised that the original, Escape Velocity is not included in this set. It's an uptempo number that will get one's pulse racing. Still this is a wonderful set. 😀😃😎🎹🎺
I had the luck to see this concert. After Woody Shaw played Count Basie and his orchestra. Other nights had Clark Terry and big band, Earl Hines, Jabbo Smith with Danny Barker, Phineas Newborn and Ray Charles on stage. Visiting the Antibes festival and the Grande Parade Du Jazz in Nice that year it was musically one of the highlights of my life. It was like stepping into a history book of jazz, all were there, from early Jazz like Earl Hines, Jabbo Smith and Earl Hines, swing Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, to modern like Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie and Weather Report. Were amazing times for a young lad.
I'm amazed (still) at how jazz DJs ignored Shaw throughout the 70s and beyond. One Chicago guy, Dick Buckley, whose knowledge of all jazz irritated people when he put it out there, played Shaw a lot. Nobody else seems to have cared. Carter Jefferson is also unite amazing. Miles was right: Shaw was the best out there.
At 23:15, Victor Lewis starts one of THE GREATEST drum solos of his mastery, if not one of the gr8tist of all time. I'm sure he thanx Max and Elvin for this one, but makes it his own. Thx Mr Victor!
I agree Kradomir, those floral chords, dynamics, and changes, and the way Onaje resolved the chords. Also exceptional comping and phrasing, etc. on Rosewood. Shaw's one of my favorite trumpeters, but Onaje, he's the one who brought it all together On the Rosewood album. This whole band was above the cut, but the main thing I hear is the beauty of Onaje's playing. Excuse me but I need to give my girl some attention, she gets annoyed when I listen to the music I love: JAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Kradomir, you may already know, if someone really wants to hear Onaje playing, don't buy the Rosewood album, you can barely hear him, plus he's playing an electric piano on Dolphin Dance. Onaje does play acoustic piano on "Theme for Maxine" with his beautiful chord structures. My favorite version of "Dolphin Dance" is by the "Jazz Jamaica All Stars.
The very first time that I ever saw Woody Shaw was on a PBS special when he did a gig at Iowa State University. And these were the fellas that he assembled for that performance
@@KarelCuelenaereROIOArchive Thank you for your response. It seems like that would be the performance. It is evidently a portion of a five part series which was recorded from 30JAN1979 to 27MAR1979. Also included in the series are performances by Bill Evans, Phil Woods, Dexter Gordon and Charlie Byrd. I saw it when I returned to the U.S. from overseas in 1980. If my assumption is correct your digital version should have a timestamp or copyright date of 1979. And John Beyer would be listed as the director www.loc.gov/item/jots.200016535
@@KarelCuelenaereROIOArchive There is a proliferation of footage in cyberspace for the other performers in the series. Yet, incredibly Mr. Shaw's performance seems nowhere to be found. I've searched among my favorite websites www.discogs.com : www.imdb.com. I even searched in Amazon. To date I've not found that one performance
@@KarelCuelenaereROIOArchive now that's really puzzling. Your digital copy only has 2 programming segments. The Library of Congress listing shows a total of 5. Is your digital copy a download?
Same horn that young spanish trumpeter andrea motis plays although she is a more mainstream player out of harry edison. Love the warm sound of the horn.
How horrible! >>By the late 1980s Shaw was nearly blind from retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable degenerative eye disease. A user of heroin throughout his adult life, Shaw was in poor health when he returned to the U.S. in early 1989 from a lengthy stay in Europe-he needed a wheelchair at the airport.[7] On the morning of February 27, 1989, Shaw was struck by a subway car in Brooklyn, New York, which severed his left arm and caused other injuries including head trauma. The night before the accident, Max Roach sent a limousine to Newark where Shaw was staying, to take Shaw to the Village Vanguard to see Roach play. After the set, Roach put Shaw into a taxicab at around midnight with enough money to get back to Newark. Shaw did not go to Newark; it's unclear what led to the accident later that morning. During his hospital stay at Bellevue, Shaw suffered kidney failure, was put on a respirator and lost consciousness for more than a month. He died from heart failure on May 10, 1989.[7][6][8] He was 44 years old.
Wow! I knew that Mr Shaw had suffered a number of health related misfortunes. Yet, I was not aware of the details nor the chronology of events leading to his untimely passing. Thank you for sharing these details.
La formazione del Quintetto: Woody Shaw:Tromba- Onaje Gumbs:Pianofote- Carter Jefferson:Sassofoni_ Stafford James:Contrabasso-Victor Lewis:Batterie(per chi non conosce l'inglese,ho tradotto gli strumenti in italiano.Scusatemi,è per la comprensione)
Great music, what an opening, with virtuosity and splendor: Woody Shaw certainly put a great combo together. Compared to Miles whom I love a lot contrasts in sound to Woody's open horn that strikes a cord of clarity.
I for one was blessed to be a part of the Woody Shaw experience-Onaje Allan Gumbs
jazman49 yes man but you owned your place. Great pianism. Beautiful phrases. Aplause for you. Friendly and respectfuly
jazman49 im on fb under my name
Emmanuel Massarotti
Playing jazz afrocuban and classical (as you i presume)
Mr. Gumbs, LOVE your composition "All Things Being Equal Are Not" from this and the Village Vanguard live recording. Wish I could hear all the great stories of Woody from that era.
I've been obsessed with this period of Woody's career, Mr. Gumbs. I especially love the interaction between you, Clint Houston (not featured here), and Victor Lewis! I purchased some live recordings from Woody Shaw III that feature that rhythm section. My absolute favorite piece is "Love Dance"! I can't believe my ears every time I here that! The communication between the members in that group is something to marvel!
Stepping Stones has been at the top of my favorite jazz albums for decades. Thanks for making this inspiring music.
Jazz concerts like these, just before the advent of the computer, may rank among the highest cultural achievements of mankind.
Good point. The large symphonic orchestra composition and performance are higher. The architecture of certain large office buildings, structures and spaces. But yes. Point well-taken.
By the way, your local high school band and orchestra perform some of these compositional achievements in music. They are available for free, and high school student talent is good enough to provide a decent performance of these cultural / intellectual achievements. It is good to encourage attendance of these easily accessible events. ... Rambling promo off. :) :)
Oooh! Very heady statement. Thanks.
@@mikebarker9187the fact that large symphonic orchestras are sometimes more complex does not make them “higher”. If the criterion is spontaneous invention and rhythmic elasticity- this show is “higher” than any symphonic piece. Both require a lifetime of practice and commitment
Why doesn't anyone ever talk about Carter Jefferson? His solos are just badass! They're very intense, fast, and fun to listen to!
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Carter Jefferson probably doesn’t get much attention because he only had one album as a leader, and I think he died fairly young.
'Scuse me, you're exactly right. Carter's an execptionl player. In fact, everyone in this band is! I saw this lineup at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago a month after they recorded the Stepping Stone album at the Vanguard in New York. One of the best things to have ever happened to me in my life.
Carter was so underated. He was a major player unfortunately died at a relatively young age in a mugging...onaje gumbs is also not given his due. All in all a great group!!
I hear you, I still listen to Rise of Atlantis and it continues to amaze me.
I saw exactly this set in Antibes when I was 13 during our annual summer holidays we four spent travelling through Italy and France visiting old cities, museums, cathedrals, swimming in the Mediterranean sea, eating wonderful food and.. visiting jazz festivals as my parents loved jazz. That night it was a double bill with Woody Shaw first and afterwards Count Basie, who was as magnificent as Woody Shaw. Before we had seen at the same festival that year Earl Hines, Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry. Seeing this video wonderful memories come back, this amazing music, the warm air and the good times we had together. Turning now 50 this year its a nice thought that somewhere my late dad and my so much younger self are sitting there encapsulated somehow in this video. Good times.
***** So far I would say I am. It were good times and still are. Thank you very much for the kind reply.
When we were young. Now I'm a retired 59 y/o stingy bastard, but won't forget the jazz greats I saw still kickin' in the 70's and 80's; those were the days.
Woody Shaw was one of the greatest trumpet players in jazz. These guys are tight, every solo was astonishing. Woody had a great band with these exceptional young players. I loved it!!!
I love to remember the times when every year, as the birds came back in spring, posters announced Lionel Hampton would be in town with his big band. Or you walked through the streets and saw the announcement that there would be a jazz subscription this year (one ticket for four concerts) including appearances of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Stan Getz Quartet, Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin, plus Milt Jackson and band for about 150 DM (now 76 € or now $ 80). Illinois Jacquet with his big band was coming, as Benny Goodman, The Basie All Stars with Freddie Green, Harry Edison and Buddy Tate or a concert for free before the town hall with Maceo Parker making the whole square dance for 2 hours. Also saw Chuck Berry, BB King, James Brown, Miles Davis in Cologne, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald a few times, Sarah Vaughan, Woody Herman, Oscar Peterson and so many more. As you said... these were the days because most of 20th century music was still alive, kicking and on the road. Going to concerts in the 70th and 80th was like a buffet you could chose from anything you liked from Ragtime to Hip hop up to Punk and Pop music of the day. All was there if you got your ass off the sofa and bought a ticket. And it wasn't as expensive as it is today. Cheers to you and all best!
Memories are the best things we cherished in our lives. Enjoy Agamemnon!
I was in Woody's concerts in Europe in those years. He and all musicians he brought with him were very much admired and appreciated. I remember Woody coming entering the Jazz Cafe Alto in Amsterdam after a concert, where he started to jam again with present local musicians. Great. I never forget it!
Sad about Woody Shaw. I remember when he passed. Same for Jefferson. Great jazz men. RIP
I like what the pianist is doing with Dolphin Dance. He's playing the composition correctly; with the appropriate voicing of the changes and right feel of the tune as it was originally recorded.
Woody Shaw Quinteto (Festival internacional de Jazz; Francia, 1979)
Temas:
00:00 Dolphin dance (Herbie Hancock)
12:46 Seventh avenue (Victor Lewis)
29:00 All things being equal are not (Onaje Allan Gumbs)
50:59 Rosewood (Woody Shaw)
59:24 But not for me (George Gershwin)
1:20:54 Stepping Stone (Woody Shaw)
Músicos:
Woody Shaw - Trompeta
Carter Jefferson - Saxo tenor y soprano
Onaje Allan Gumbs - Piano
Victor Lewis - Batería
Stafford James - Contrabajo
Gracias, obrigado, thanks
@@naacharya De nada!. Aunque hay que agradecerle a Bob Hardy que subió este maravilloso recital. Gracias Bob!
Thank you!!
Even Miles Davis, not known for showering praise on other musicians, especially trumpet players, thought Woody was the best around. Here he is in his prime with his most legendary band - right up there with Miles' own mid sixties quintet IMO. A real treat for the eyes, ears and soul. Thank you so very much for posting this!
Miles praised someone? What?
From Wiki:
As a musician and trumpeter, Shaw was held in high esteem by his colleagues and is today seen as one of the most technically and harmonically advanced trumpet players in the history of jazz and of the instrument itself. Miles Davis, a notoriously harsh critic of fellow musicians, once said of Shaw: "Now there's a great trumpet player. He can play different from all of them."
here here!
Wow, I didn't know that he was so esteemed by Miles Davis. Thank you very much for this information.
rev.b
I agree, rev. b. I heard this same band right around this time in 1979. They were great. And Woody is still the best jazz trumpeter I’ve ever heard in live performance.
Woody Shaw was, to me, the epitome of artistic integrity. He played and co led groups like this one throughout the 70's into the early 80's at a time when almost NO ONE faithfully focused on the harmonically adventurous but straight ahead post- bop jazz ( think mid to late 60's Blue Note ) that produced most of the greatest jazz geniuses of the last 30 to 40 years of the 20th century. Fusion, electronic music, avant garde, smooth jazz, classic bop revisited - anything but straight ahead modern continuing where Herbie, Wayne, McCoy, Bobby and the hippest most talented of their generation had been heading. Okay to put a cut on it but not put the pure out there. Not commercially viable. So few were willing to keep carrying the torch during those difficult times. Not Woody! What integrity!
Agreed. It was not an easy time for those who loved playing in this genre. What made it complicated was that there were at the time 'young lions' coming up that were revitalizing the music. Most notably the Marsalis clan and those coming through Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. They definitely gave homage where it was due. I think that the debut of Wynton Marsalis kind of derailed the preeminence of Woody Shaw ( the two of them did get along and Marsalis had respect for Shaw ). Between that and the innumerable health challenges that Woody dealt with, it was like swimming against the current.
Not sure why, but it troubles me that Carter Jefferson is not a house hold name as it relates to some of the best sax players of all time. He plays with so much intensity, intellect, passion, and yet he still swings super hard. I'm typing this realizing that Woody Shaw is not recognized in the light of one of the greatest trumpet players. Maybe I'm biased, but I absolutely love his playing and compositions.
The quintet style or genre inhabits a space occupied by jazz lovers and jazz musicians. It's not for the uninitiated. These men made music for people like us. I have a younger brother who knows the name Herbie Hancock but is only familiar with the three compositions, Doin It, I Thought It Was You and Hang Up Your Hang Ups. He knows nothing about Herbie's great 60s output ( i.e. Watermelon Man, Dolphin Dance, Maiden Voyage ) nor his stellar work as a part of the Miles Davis quintet. He loves Herbie's music for the masses. As elitist as this may sound we are listening to music made for music lovers. So, in a sense they are household names - just in my household and your household.
Agree completely :such a shame he died so young.
Why doesn't anyone talk about Carter Jefferson? His solos are just so bodies, rapid, and galvanizing. It's a shame he wasn't recognized much.
+Landen Howell ... They are talking:
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+Woody Shaw Well never mind! Thanks!!!
@@landenhowell7454 He made one record as a leader - only one, eponymously titles - and it's FANTASTIC. (I brought my copy backstage to get Victor Lewis autograph it, and, I swear, he cried when he saw it).
The first time I met Woody, was when this band was touring around the Pacific Northwest. An amazing time period, for sure. I will never forget hanging out with you guys. A few years later I was lucky to study and play some of Woody's music with Carter.
This is the classic line up of his quintet... psychic in their approach.
Wow! Sounds great. I was lucky enough to see most of them when I was in NY. I also had a chance to perform with Carter Jefferson and Onaje. I miss them.
Thx for sharing this pearl !!! Woody IS still living in every jazz trumpet player of the World as he influences most of us... Thx again
Really in love with this band. What a sound! Not many bands these days have soul and knowledge like these cats.
"these days" brother this was 1979, most of these musicians are dead (sadly)
Man I mean today 🎉
One of my top five trumpeters of all time. I caught this line up in late 1978 at the Keystone Korner all five nights and they were spectacular.
Thank you ever so much for posting this.
My partner in crime Carp and I were in dry dock one time....we thought let's go see who's playing at keystone corner.....we get there and it's a gay joint!..(not that there's anything wrong with that).. Next door is a precinct...we asked the old desk seargent. What's up with that?..... We spent several hours hanging with this cat, listening to his stories about all the heavyweight players he got to listen to and hang out with over the years.....never forget that man. Righteous.
Keystone Korner; San Francisco?!❤
I revisit this performance often 🐬
Woody was light years ahead of any trumpet players both spiritually ,technically , harmonically and esthetcally .He was also a very beautiful person who had the greatest impact on modern jazz as any other musician .He also had one of the most tradject endings of his life and carreer than anyone could bear .Imagine your at the top of your game in your musical carreer as Woody was and then to lose his right hand after falling on the subway tracks .Rumor was that he unsuccessfully tried to relearn trumpet with his left hand .It breaks my heart whenever I think of it .God bless the spirit and soul of Mr. Woody Shaw .May his music stand the tests of time for future generations of young aspiring musicians to come .
You are right on !
Very tragic last days for a beautiful man, met him once~’77 or 78 …didn’t know at the time he was legally blind…
He played a concert @ a jazz camp…blew the lid of the club.
I knew bout Subway incident m didn’t know he tried to learn to play w LH.
That s a tough NEURO exercise. Tried to do it so I could improvise unison lines w keys n Trpt…
RH piano w LH Trp(cause my RH had much better line facility on keys)
It was too difficult…while playing keys…so I did it w LH on keys.
Anyway , Woody changed my my playing that summer,bought every Woody record I could get
What a creatively refreshing player!
Rip
This is an amazing set. The whole band is on fire! Woody is one of my biggest heroes, and he is absolutely in TOP FORM here. Thanks for posting it!
Agreed …Woody in top form…I saw him in ‘ 77 in NY area…and he blew me away
I love the realness of the sense of space this unit occupies. Some things do not need to compared on the basis of ‘greater than or less than’ but rather equal to. Much appreciated share.
Indeed
one the best trumpet players ever!!thanks for sharing this video
That solo during the ballad around the 32 min mark is f%@#ing amazing. Another example of why I love Woody Shaw so much.
I saw the Woody Shaw Quintet at the bandshell in Central ark in the summer of 1978 and he really left an indelible imprint. He was a remarkable musician and his son was very good as well.
Thank You for sharing, this is my first time listening to Woody Shaw, another great artist for sure, along with his band.
Thank you so much for posting this, Woody is absolutely on the top of his game on here without question!!!!!!!
woody shaw....TONE!!!
superbe sound of trumpet great Woody Shaw
Thanks for posting this video of an excellent, unified performance by very good-to-excellent musicians...nice to see-hear the familiar players ( woody, included) and discover others (bassist, piano) . especially liked the swing -blues piece starting about 60 min. mark.
Wow, just amazing. I am just discovering Woody Shaw, and also learning to play the cornet. 30:00 onward is just beautiful, and Shaw's cornet solo is so lyrical and beautiful. I seem to have a gift for embouchure, and the trumpet is such a "feel" instrument. In the hands of a master like this, it's just stunning. Young trumpeter today Ambrose Akinmusire has this amazing depth and feel too. Thanks for posting!
+JeffreyMulac8 It's not a cornet. It's a Bach Flugelhorn. Back in the day I think there were trying to work on the intonation issue by making them more trumpet like. That model didn't last, but Woody seemed to like them.
I really agree with all superlatives here on the comments. I remember this group from a concert at Jazzclub Fasching in Stockholm but Larry Willis on piano. I was so happy that the swedish radio sent it so I could be able to record it. I listen to it over and over again. A fantastic gig and I really miss Woody and Carter Jefferso which no longer are with us. Very very sad!
SiriusXm Real Jazz brought me here. I was saddened to learn to that he died so young at 44. A sad and tortured soul who was addicted to Heroin most of his adult life, and who suffered from a degenerative eye disease and going blind. In February of 1989 he fell on the subway tracks in Brooklyn and had his left arm severed, he tragically passed away on the 10th of May 1989 from kidney failure. Rest in peace King Woody.
Incredible line up of first class musicians. Love onaje,carter, stafford, victor!!
Mr. Padar, you are so lucky to listen to this live concert! This was one of Woody's most excellent era's recordings.
real jazz thank God I ahd the pleasure of traveling around to follow the music The Nothe Sea Jazz festival 2015 was something to do
Thank you for posting this. Woody and the band at their best.
Beautiful ! Thanks for posting.
Thank you for posting this. I am a big Woody Shaw fan and love his music.. this set is outstanding
+Navroze contractor Mr.Shaw is 1 of the most INTRICATE harmonic voices, up W/Coltrane, Jarrett, Hubbard, Chickie Brecker, Rosenwinkel and Garrett add Allan Holdsworth (check Blue Note vintage 1,and 2001 galaxy theater) .
Thank you for posting this, this is Woody at his finest. Live and direct. His solo on "Stepping Stones" is truly great.
...Woods Lives 4~Ever...Much Love
To The Family, Fox...
Yes, Carter Jefferson was outstanding. He died very early in quite tragic circumstances too..
Woody s death also tragic
Thanks for posting! REally enjoying this
I'm maybe just a little surprised that the original, Escape Velocity is not included in this set. It's an uptempo number that will get one's pulse racing. Still this is a wonderful set. 😀😃😎🎹🎺
Right off the bat... His rhythm section is taking names! This trio is nuts on their own is what im saying.
Genius indeed! Thank you very much for posting.
I had the luck to see this concert. After Woody Shaw played Count Basie and his orchestra. Other nights had Clark Terry and big band, Earl Hines, Jabbo Smith with Danny Barker, Phineas Newborn and Ray Charles on stage. Visiting the Antibes festival and the Grande Parade Du Jazz in Nice that year it was musically one of the highlights of my life. It was like stepping into a history book of jazz, all were there, from early Jazz like Earl Hines, Jabbo Smith and Earl Hines, swing Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, to modern like Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie and Weather Report. Were amazing times for a young lad.
I have to admit, I envy you. No doubt, it was a life_affirming event for you. Thank you for sharing
One of the best concerts i feel.
I need to listen to Woody so that I can capture some of his inflections in my own performances. Great video with great music!
Superb playing by all musicians, as to be expected. Woody is brilliant and his concepts penetrate the soul.
Saw this band in a crowded room at the North Sea Jazz Festival with more jazz fans trying to gain entrance. That was some jazz experience!
Liked this a lot. Thank you, Bob Hardy.
I'm amazed (still) at how jazz DJs ignored Shaw throughout the 70s and beyond. One Chicago guy, Dick Buckley, whose knowledge of all jazz irritated people when he put it out there, played Shaw a lot. Nobody else seems to have cared. Carter Jefferson is also unite amazing. Miles was right: Shaw was the best out there.
Seventh Ave, the 2nd tune on this set is an example of some of the brilliant composing and arranging coming out of this group's original repertoire
Thank you for sharing this monumental video very much appreciated! !
At 23:15, Victor Lewis starts one of THE GREATEST drum solos of his mastery, if not one of the gr8tist of all time. I'm sure he thanx Max and Elvin for this one, but makes it his own. Thx Mr Victor!
Jefferson really sounds like Coltrane when he's playing the soprano. I say that as a compliment!
Treasure ...thanks for sharing😊
what a beautiful set? Thank you posting. The same group minus the pianist came to India
Best ever sick horn too got the bubbly attacks
The last 10 minutes they all were absolutely killing it.
Beautiful!
Outstanding piano chorus on Dolphin Dance
I agree Kradomir, those floral chords, dynamics, and changes, and the way Onaje resolved the chords. Also exceptional comping and phrasing, etc. on Rosewood. Shaw's one of my favorite trumpeters, but Onaje, he's the one who brought it all together On the Rosewood album. This whole band was above the cut, but the main thing I hear is the beauty of Onaje's playing. Excuse me but I need to give my girl some attention, she gets annoyed when I listen to the music I love: JAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Kradomir, you may already know, if someone really wants to hear Onaje playing, don't buy the Rosewood album, you can barely hear him, plus he's playing an electric piano on Dolphin Dance. Onaje does play acoustic piano on "Theme for Maxine" with his beautiful chord structures. My favorite version of "Dolphin Dance" is by the "Jazz Jamaica All Stars.
A member of the panthéon of Jazz God's!......the trumpet wing of course!
Stepping Stone just amazing.
The very first time that I ever saw Woody Shaw was on a PBS special when he did a gig at Iowa State University. And these were the fellas that he assembled for that performance
Jazz at the Maintenance Shop? I have a digital video of that, I think it was officially released on VHS once upon a time
@@KarelCuelenaereROIOArchive Thank you for your response. It seems like that would be the performance. It is evidently a portion of a five part series which was recorded from 30JAN1979 to 27MAR1979. Also included in the series are performances by Bill Evans, Phil Woods, Dexter Gordon and Charlie Byrd. I saw it when I returned to the U.S. from overseas in 1980. If my assumption is correct your digital version should have a timestamp or copyright date of 1979. And John Beyer would be listed as the director
www.loc.gov/item/jots.200016535
@@KarelCuelenaereROIOArchive There is a proliferation of footage in cyberspace for the other performers in the series. Yet, incredibly Mr. Shaw's performance seems nowhere to be found. I've searched among my favorite websites www.discogs.com : www.imdb.com. I even searched in Amazon. To date I've not found that one performance
John Beyer is indeed credited as the director. It's apparently 2 episodes, counting 2 hours in total. Quality not so great
@@KarelCuelenaereROIOArchive now that's really puzzling. Your digital copy only has 2 programming segments. The Library of Congress listing shows a total of 5. Is your digital copy a download?
Listening again! Wow, they started off with 7th Avenue! I heard them start their 3rd sets with this tune by Victor. .
Woody is on fire and the whole band is taking any prisoners. ps They are burning down the house.
Carter Jefferson in full effect that night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woody, sounds Marvellous on Flugelhorn.
Peace to all.
Essential listening when travelling the spaceways. The Power Cosmic to the memory of this exceptional human being and his friends.
Thank you
thanks for posting it great
Done with a film camera? Original transfer to video? Beautiful...
Spectacular piece !! Some of the stuff done in Europe is out of this world, respecting this artistic gift to the world by these wonderful musicians.
Anyone know what actually happened to Carter Jefferson? He died in Cracow, Poland, in 1993 after an emergency surgical procedure. Great player!
WOW! BEAUTIFUL *****
Woody's flugelhorn was a Bach Stradivarius 182 model. It had a brilliant and warm sound. it resembled a cornet but it was actually a flugel.
Same horn that young spanish trumpeter andrea motis plays although she is a more mainstream player out of harry edison. Love the warm sound of the horn.
@@alansenzaki4148 Thank you for your reply. I know that Andrea Motis plays a Bach trumpet, however her instrument has single stay and silver-plated.
How horrible! >>By the late 1980s Shaw was nearly blind from retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable degenerative eye disease. A user of heroin throughout his adult life, Shaw was in poor health when he returned to the U.S. in early 1989 from a lengthy stay in Europe-he needed a wheelchair at the airport.[7] On the morning of February 27, 1989, Shaw was struck by a subway car in Brooklyn, New York, which severed his left arm and caused other injuries including head trauma. The night before the accident, Max Roach sent a limousine to Newark where Shaw was staying, to take Shaw to the Village Vanguard to see Roach play. After the set, Roach put Shaw into a taxicab at around midnight with enough money to get back to Newark. Shaw did not go to Newark; it's unclear what led to the accident later that morning. During his hospital stay at Bellevue, Shaw suffered kidney failure, was put on a respirator and lost consciousness for more than a month. He died from heart failure on May 10, 1989.[7][6][8] He was 44 years old.
Wow! I knew that Mr Shaw had suffered a number of health related misfortunes. Yet, I was not aware of the details nor the chronology of events leading to his untimely passing. Thank you for sharing these details.
bellissimo grazie
My god Woody was amazing.
Pure excellence!
Just enjoy!!!!!!
Teus Nobel approves of this man.
Any chance of obtaining Clark Terry Big Bad Band with Oscar Peterson from this 1979 Antibes Festival? Thank you.
The tune titled Rosewood is really All Things are Equal Are Not. I am learning this, and thought it was Rosewood. Was driving me crazy.
What's the name of that second tune? Classic Shaw material!!!
Thank you !!
Amazing phrasing
1. Dolphin Dance (Hancock) feat. Onaje
2. Seventh Avenue ( Victor Lewis)
3. Ballad
4. Rosewood(Shaw)
5. But Not For Me (Gershwin)
6. Stepping Stones (Shaw)
Stafford James solo on d.d. Just perfect.
Jazz. Thank you.
La formazione del Quintetto: Woody Shaw:Tromba- Onaje Gumbs:Pianofote- Carter Jefferson:Sassofoni_ Stafford James:Contrabasso-Victor Lewis:Batterie(per chi non conosce l'inglese,ho tradotto gli strumenti in italiano.Scusatemi,è per la comprensione)
OUTSTANDING MUSICIANS!!!!
This has a tranquilizing effect. The third number that they play is especially that way. If anyone knows the name of that tune, please call it out.
Great music, what an opening, with virtuosity and splendor: Woody Shaw certainly put a great combo together. Compared to Miles whom I love a lot contrasts in sound to Woody's open horn that strikes a cord of clarity.
This is special...
grazie. bellissimo
Very cool!!! Bravo woody!
Love Woody Shaw !!!!
wow marvelous