Ralph Towner Group 1978 - Love Theme From Spartacus

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  • Molde Jazz Festival 1978_ Ralph Towner piano; Jan Garbarek tenor sax; Eberhard Weber bass; Jon Christensen drums

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  • @happynhalfway
    @happynhalfway 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    i had no idea ralph could play piano like that. i've always loved his guitar playing. how is this sort of talent humanly possible? (glad that it is)

    • @paolomelotti3540
      @paolomelotti3540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He plays piano very well, despite the length of the nails ( guitarits nails ) in the right hand !! He is forced to keep the right hand fingers very straight , as Thelonious Monk did .

    • @stuartdryer1352
      @stuartdryer1352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He actually played piano before guitar, has a degree in piano performance.

    • @triadicpath
      @triadicpath ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also plays French Horn and Trumpet

  • @david8905
    @david8905 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    As a teenager I thought Garbarek's tone and appearance was otherworldly, and I wondered whether or not he was a Vulcan.

    • @drewismynick
      @drewismynick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I call him Saxophone Gandalf.

    • @CediBeMe
      @CediBeMe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      With that haircut? Totally from Vulcan.

    • @YouzTube99
      @YouzTube99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CediBeMe Indeed. Cut to hide the tell-tale ears.

  • @mizpahboy7513
    @mizpahboy7513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The bass player is wicked

    • @BayardAugust
      @BayardAugust 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Eberhard Weber has many good albums out. Check out the "Colors of Chloe" album.

    • @dandeecollins3715
      @dandeecollins3715 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interestingly good, however, I like the Ramsey Lewis Trio's version the best (live ""In crowd" LP). DANDEEE

    • @stuartdryer1352
      @stuartdryer1352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's a legend.

    • @hughhockemeier8355
      @hughhockemeier8355 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BayardAugust An ETRAORDINARY understatement B !

  • @virgilrw
    @virgilrw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I didn't know Ralph Towner played piano since he's such a brilliant guitarist!
    ☆☆☆☆☆

    • @markdarnell614
      @markdarnell614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Piano was Towner's first Instrument!

    • @debs4mysweetbaby
      @debs4mysweetbaby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Paul Mina Storm you're very rude

    • @paxwallacejazz
      @paxwallacejazz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@debs4mysweetbaby perhaps but it's true rude or not. But I do encourage you to listen to All of Oregon

    • @lesgoe8908
      @lesgoe8908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Paul Mina Storm As the old saying goes, "You don't know what you don't know." All of us have pockets of ignorance even regarding things we are interested in.

    • @wm.kipmiller4021
      @wm.kipmiller4021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@markdarnell614 RT is not a bad trumpet player either. In the early days of Oregon it was not unusual to hear him play trumpet. He is also one of the best modern day classical composers on guitar. Classical guitar players all of the world play his pieces and his works are highly regarded.

  • @ripaseca
    @ripaseca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Weber is an absolute genius.

  • @dlv1977
    @dlv1977 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    That such a great piece of music was created from a great true story of a slave who gave his life to fight tyranny
    and oppression makes it all the more beautiful x

    • @noahvale939
      @noahvale939 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep, that tireny, that's what ya gotta look out for. It'll getcha in the end if you're not careful.

    • @dlv1977
      @dlv1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's great that's all you got from the comment but yeh lol

  • @stuartdryer1352
    @stuartdryer1352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I listened to so much ECM music in the 1970s and 80s. Only now thanks to TH-cam do I get to see them perform it.

  • @uneedtherapy42
    @uneedtherapy42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    the saxophone playing in this tune feels so ethereal it's like it is coming from some other dimension

  • @artcamacho9366
    @artcamacho9366 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for posting… always loved Jan,Eberhard, and Towner… ❤

  • @justbeamensch
    @justbeamensch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I love the Bill Evans/Jeremy Steig version of this tune, and love what Yusef Lateef did with it on oboe.

    • @TheSpitacular
      @TheSpitacular 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That Yusef Lateef version makes me cry tears of gratitude.

    • @northernsky-kh7bs
      @northernsky-kh7bs ปีที่แล้ว

      Also beautiful recent Daniele Sepe version

    • @deskwerks
      @deskwerks ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahmad Jamal's take is also quite lovely

    • @user-francescob
      @user-francescob ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes sir! The Evans/Steig version is my favorite tune of all time. It's special, even with the little imperfection when Evans wants to wrap it up and states the head, but Steig says "" and takes off again.... and Bill follows. This is how real, live music happens.
      Two masters, with different ideas getting resolved in real-time - with no fighting. I'm glad they let this take be on the record.

  • @sixfingr
    @sixfingr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Stunning. Absolutely gorgeous.

  • @artcamacho9366
    @artcamacho9366 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The wealth of these guys' s knowledge and innate talent is, and can never be ignored.... bedt musicians ever...thanks for posting❤❤❤

  • @vanodyssey1659
    @vanodyssey1659 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing!

  • @Cathomatic1
    @Cathomatic1 ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful!

  • @zoranmatijevic9984
    @zoranmatijevic9984 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Какве легенде,сваки је маестро на свом инструменту.
    Не зна се ко је ко више познат.

  • @2calvaria
    @2calvaria ปีที่แล้ว

    >>>>>> heard many a rendition of this track...
    nothing anything like this.
    quite the stage full of talent !!!

  • @chrisisland7792
    @chrisisland7792 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mercy 4 share Enrique!

  • @vlzmusik
    @vlzmusik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I just figured out why Towner has such a strange right hand technique. He needs to protect his nails because he's a classical guitarist! I always wondered why he played without curved fingers... watching him always made me anxious! Anyway, left hand is just fine but no long nails there. Amazing musician.
    Hard thing to combine, guitar and piano.

  • @deanflight1
    @deanflight1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    AWESOME ONELOVE

  • @polobede9054
    @polobede9054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    il joue très bien du piano ce guitariste - sourire ! ! -

    • @polobede9054
      @polobede9054 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      4 énormes monstres ensembles ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

  • @michaelcorenzwit716
    @michaelcorenzwit716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Is that Jan Garberek on sax. Great group.

  • @JoeJonesvinyllover
    @JoeJonesvinyllover 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Was this ever released on vinyl? Its amazing

  • @teddycondello928
    @teddycondello928 ปีที่แล้ว

  • @roberttownson9459
    @roberttownson9459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please add the composer's name to the description. Music by Alex North

  • @jiyujizai
    @jiyujizai 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    💙🌱😃🌸

  • @jiyujizai
    @jiyujizai 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🎶💙😃

  • @BayardAugust
    @BayardAugust 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is good, but the Bill Evans rendition is my favorite.

    • @ClaptrapRapture
      @ClaptrapRapture 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I find it rare a Bill Evans version isn't my favourite. Especially if it's from the LeFaro/Motian trio!

    • @robertsmithshair4199
      @robertsmithshair4199 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is great but Nothing beats the Yusuf Laatef version

  • @11fukui3
    @11fukui3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ええやんん

  • @parkmontsouris4381
    @parkmontsouris4381 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mit Eberhard Weber + J. Christensen!..

  • @alejandrosurin9135
    @alejandrosurin9135 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pat Metheny had made a tribute to Eberhard Weber..nothing else!

  • @yessir6353
    @yessir6353 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This does not make me consider loves melancholy. This makes me want to talk about the weather due to lack of inspiration with strangers in a hotel lobby.

  • @yessir6353
    @yessir6353 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There is no pain in the saxophone? Where is the torment in this quartet? Where is the longing, morosity and sadness?

  • @sociablemisanthrope9066
    @sociablemisanthrope9066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Spock on the tenor.

  • @geraldcroft9020
    @geraldcroft9020 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can skip to 2:36

  • @alan30189
    @alan30189 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Unless you like slow, painful bass solos, save over two minutes to your life and go to 2:32.
    Piano player is creating his own song, far away from the "Love Theme From Spartacus."

    • @paxwallacejazz
      @paxwallacejazz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      alan30189 Guitarist Ralph Towner's piano solo is straight up over the chord changes of the tune. So is Garbereck's. But it's hard to find a true Ballad treatment outside of Bill Evans.

    • @gitmantube
      @gitmantube 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's Ralph Towner for you.

    • @guruleinii
      @guruleinii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I actually love Eberhards bass solos and playing in general. People should make up their own mind on that whether or not they'll find it to be painful, imo.

    • @thomaswenglinski
      @thomaswenglinski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      imho, eberhard is one of the best bassists alive. if you’re not already familiar with his own work, i highly recommend checking out his albums like “stages of a long journey” or “little movements”.
      i’ll welcome a two minute solo from him anytime.

    • @marcusstoica
      @marcusstoica 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I respectfully disagree. Weber's playing is astonishingly expressive here.

  • @jiyujizai
    @jiyujizai 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    💙🌱😃🌸