Coleman Hawkins - Body & Soul

[philjes1]

COOL

[philjes1]

HOWW

[JudgementDayPro]

This Jazz just makes me beleive even more< that I was born in the wrong time...

[Warlockblack]

Is amazing. When you feel the song you know is good music

[morpheus514]

I know it's teh internets and all, but it still amazes me that even 20 people could dislike this. The tone is heavenly.

[cf1987]

Happy Birthday Hawk.

[praxylite]

82 years old !. as moving now as it ever has been, or ever will be.

[oculii1]

Beautiful.

[bondboy104]

20 people tried to dance to bebop, 686 danced to bebop

[Erix360]

Maybe the people who disliked this video forgot to plug their headphones in.

[samadjhi]

The Hawk never let go. it was his beginning to end.....

[lilyroxmysox]

he looks like montez from the Addams Family.

[colinwells4]

Awesome! I can't imagine anyone not liking this. Yeah and i was talking about Mr Hawkins,not the tune; but the tune was also great.

[colinwells4]

Awesome! I can't imagine anyone not liking this.

[mrgalaxia12]

im beginnind to think that that 19 people are bots, how could you not like this song!!

[roscoegino]

19 people make me wonder.

[francine523545]

@roscoegino 20 :(

[imbracamintedefite]

Body & Soul - Move it baby  2011

[ack848]

Recorded Oct. 11,1939. I can vocalize every note by heart. My all time favorite piece of music. Been listening to it for over 60 yrs.

[NASSERP2]

Sexiest Jazz song Ever!!!

right?

Maybe Sexiest song ever?

[IamAlessandro1]

Coleman Hawkin at his best, music for dreaming. G R E A T

[farno100]

The Bean will always Be..

[dagharr2]

OH WOW. unreal phrasing.

[TopTenCrew]

Music from the 1920s...spooky!

[ian45451]

@TopTenCrew 1930 actually

[SatchmoSings]

@TopTenCrew This was recorded in late summer or early autumn in 1939.

@ian45451

[SatchmoSings]

@ack848 Why did you remove your post? All you did was clarify the exact date this record was made.

[ack848]

@SatchmoSings I reposted Oct.11,1939.

[ack848]

Is this not one of the greatest recordings of all time?

[roscoegino]

@ack848 it is. a ballad like no other.

[Brown115Productions]

@ack848 I agree totally. Jazz is the absolute best. So is Coleman Hawkins.

[salsrl]

Ci hai fatti neri !

[shamoney1026]

colman your hairr mr hawkins

[MrAudioProducer]

This is one of most significian record in jazz history!

[HalSamuel]

MILESTONE

[88coldsummer]

One of the things im grateful to Youtube... Let his music talk

[dinmolle]

i'm learning about this in school... gah hard work

[erivera123able]

@dinmolle Nice work if you can get it.

[zestb114]

@dinmolle same here mate,and then I stumble to this wonderful work

[ForgettingIntentions]

The first recording to ever use the tritone sub.... Musical Genious

[fatguyonpc]

@ForgettingIntentions

Actually tri-tone substitutions been around for hundreds of years.

Maybe first time in a jazz recording?

Still an important and beautiful recording :)

[srkooy]

I like to hear playing him every day .......great !

[ManagerGuy1]

I loved this! Do you have Coleman playing "I'm In The Mood For Love"? He recorded it in 1944 and i'd love to hear it again. Thank you kindly. I'm a new subscriber to you. I enjoy your sounds.

[jaycowing]

this is heroin cant get enough of it!

[colinwells4]

A great performance,a great man,a great tune.This man was as influential as Louis.

[nosnetromj]

This is an audio landmark on the landscape of 20th Century music; a jazz Mt. Rushmore.

[phoshigs]

Timeless, REAL, music.

[da19lila38]

Today, i.e. November 21 is Hawk's birth date.

Friendly regards to all those who love him!

[gijimmbo]

whoever disliked this should be tied to a chair and beat repeatedly with hammers

[Hedmanification]

@gijimmbo thats happened before...

except they didnt tie their victims

search on google 3 guys 1 hammer

the most horrible thing ive ever seen in my entire life,

so dont joke about those kind of things thank you. :)

[MrFootball102]

@Hedmanification totally agree dude, seeing someone get beaten with hammers is not cool

[JapaneseModernist]

@Hedmanification Much worse things have happened. That one just happened to be seen by you

[GrootveldMusic]

@ivi610 Je me demande cela aussi. Cest comme un clarinette. trop drole

[themichaelmikel]

the best...!!!!!!!

____Coelman____

[mimiciobrao007]

@cricrijobim

With you all the way on that one,

Thank god some people know it

Long liveLester !.

[Keitarts]

One of my favorite versions of one of my favorite songs.

[fakanqk]

I really hate songs like this one. They make me repeat them to death.

[gusg1982]

THE BEST SAX SOLO EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1967ax]

@gusg1982 Undoubtedly, unquestionably. This solo changed jazz forever.

[Ambaryerno]

@gusg1982 It's great, but I've gotta go with Paul Gonsalves's monster solo from the '56 Newport performance of Dimenuendo and Crescendo in Blue.

[lovehamsters14]

I LOVE this kind of music. I hate the jazz that plays nowadays, it sucks fucking cock! Kenny G isn't horrible, unlike most of the jazz artists today!

[henryfire]

CooL

[bmc31190]

kenny g sucks

[elvaelvirababe]

Personal favorite would be a list..

1. Coltrane

2. Henderson

3. Coleman

[gotmeagrape]

@elvaelvirababe I can respect that list lol

[fafation]

@elvaelvirababe

4. Webster

[peppersax]

This is the definitive version of Body and Soul. My next favorite is by Coltrane. "Bean" just plays the melody with embellishments of arpeggios. His solo captures everything. GENIUS is all I can say!

[Giwilly18]

just close your eyes and feel your body and soul

[TJW595]

@Whatisthescore Well even though it sucks he has to not break copyright laws

[paulostroff99]

awesome

[paulostroff99]

awesome

[ICEMAN6282]

GO KENNY G!

[MrPetepohl1]

WONDERFUL been listening to this for the last 60yrs !

[ElviraVk]

mmmm

[ziomekjakzloto]

Miles Davis once said: "When I heard Hawk I learned to play ballads."

I LOVE IT! :)

[leighchristopher]

@Whatisthescore lol agreed

[escagad]

where is the coda?

[stampedeokoalas]

so glad i found this on vinyl XD

[PebblesRawr]

@stampedeokoalas oh my god i would kill to have some old bebop or free jazz records O.o better watch out.. haha jk xD

[stampedeokoalas]

@PebblesRawr

yeah i nearly shat myself when i saw it...and then almost pissed myself when i found out it was only like 2 dollars. gotta love used record stores.

[riffraff6259]

this is love

[jjdra]

Thank you so much for posting this!!! Intoxicating. :)

[samadjhi]

The best saxophone solo ever! Hawk

[number1saxophone]

Hey "salamidrip" you only say that because you haven't seen my band's new video "Peccadillo Circus" yet. Time for some schoolin'.

Go ahead now.

[tristramshandy3]

@samadjhi my favorite is Coleman doing Mood Indigo with Ellington; makes me weep like a girl scout fresh out of thin mints on a sleet filled wind driven drowsy cloudy day in dallas.

[samadjhi]

@tristramshandy3 You have good taste my friend.......

[baghend]

@tristramshandy3  now THAT's weeping! Love your comment.

[zkyggen]

@tristramshandy3 then get over here and suck my penos

[josepharchbold]

@tristramshandy3 How did you do that?

[LBG4000]

Jazz journalism seems to suggest that bop ushered in all these radical ways of soloing: extreme chromaticism, more extensions, more substitutions etc. But all of that seems to be here in this prebop performance by Hawk. Sometimes it seems to me that the radical changes that bop brought in had more to do with the rhythm section. Of course I'm not ignoring bop's predilection for insane tempos.

[maolruanaidh]

I can't believe this has been here for two years. I love this song and it is very annoying how it is cut short in this upload. Take this down if you can't upload it properly. How can you be so absent-minded? Why can't we get the last few seconds of this song? Stupid!

[jazzpsalti]

get off your lazy asses and buy the disc... at least he uploaded most of the tune. one of the best solos ever!

[jocdavid13]

Why dont YOU upload it good ..

[Dedalusalley]

Why the hell this video has so many views? It's cut short!!

[JazziJBC]

drifting far far and far awayyy haha...

[ChronicAficionado]

these guys were so next level. timeless.

[helluvagun]

18 seconds lacking!

[ack848]

@helluvagun How could they leave out the great fnale? You are right on.

[MrJamontoroja]

Los primeros y mas fundamentales capítulos de la historia del saxofón tenor en jazz fueron escritos de puño y letra por Coleman Hawkins. Ello fue fruto de una larga y concienzuda evolución de un instrumento que adaptó perfectamente para el lenguaje musical del jazz

[edson503]

imho, the greatest jazz tenor solo of all time!

[geoffstockton]

Oh so very very nice. Anybody know what year he put this take down? Sounds like about 1932-1935ish, arrangement-wise but the recording is so clean. It had to be later.

[jonnyboy559]

1939

[geoffstockton]

Thanks

[helluvagun]

11 october 1939

[danya4ball]

1939

[geoffstockton]

Thanks

[TheJazzthusiast]

So stylin' with his improvisation in this!

[mwoldin]

Is this the 1939 Bluebird version? Wow.

[jeffmat4355]

Always brings me to tears

[golsno147]

This is his original first performance and recording of Body Soul and was reported to be completely unrehearsed.  It was justifiably regarded as probably the greatest jazz tenor solo of all time. I wouldn't argue with that!..

[MattieSongbird]

Where's the rest!???

[Bob0p]

Its bebop its just played that way. Wikipedia bebop if you want the actual definition of it and it should give you examples of artists.

[MehefinHeulog]

in my head

in my body

in my soul

thanks to Hawk

[eric1love]

ahhh, what a tasty groove!

You just can't find these old shuffles anymore.

[MJLatora]

As much as I love music, I'm really not well versed on the technical definitions of its terms...harmony vs. melody, pitch vs. key etc.....

But, at 2:13, when Hawkins returns to the melody ( ? ) in a higher key ( ? )--- that's one of my all time favorite musical moments

[utheywood]

What you hear is a shift to a different key, usually higher. More important than higher or lower, is that it's a shift to a key based on a note outside the previous key. Do you know the C scale, which uses all the white notes to give the do re me fa so etc effect? A modal shift (commonly used to touch spiritual feelings, which is what you have heard) is a shift to a key or scale starting on a black note, having started in C. You could learn music theory in 2 weeks, since you have a good ear.

[JazzFanMan19]

IT is actually just the bridge of the song.... At least your ear tell you something though good job

[jazzmunky]

eh? I'm not sure about that! He doesn't play the melody, he just sets into his solo after the first phrase of the song, but the harmonic framework of the whole song is there, no?

Also, this video cuts off short

[shepgthollywood]

He does play the melody, just embellishes on it a lot.

[haitianjack5]

please, me more immature

[JezZmoOsH4eVeR]

i have heard the sound of love....desvanecedor murmurs of the tenor saxophone..!! wonderful..!!

[ivozig]

perfect

[OBELIXxoxoxo]

Simply a masterpiece! Timeless!

[mooaks]

Coleman Hawkins was one of the first jazz saxaphone players that many many jazz sax player wanted to play like. His heavy reed playing had a great deal of appeal. Flip Phillips and the Hawk used to battle it out on 52nd street in N.Y. at after hours jams. His recording of Spellbound is a classic. Not only does the Hawk talk, but he walked the walk.

[Valeeeotro]

so nice !

[NilTheHaze]

poor selfish man... you cant feel what you only like to see.

[AlannahBabalon156]

This solo never dates, and its a complete school of improvisational mastery all on its own.  Ive got a transcript of the solo on my wall framed for inspiration.

[texasflood93]

Thats very cool, where did you get the transcription?

[AlannahBabalon156]

There's a book called "Solos For Jazz Tenor Sax" in the All That Jazz series, published by Carl Fischer (its still in print Id imagine, and the transcriptions are by Stuart Isacoff). I photocopied the three pages of the solo so I didn't need to take the music book apart.

[tbaum9]

RIP. 40

[escagad]

the very best version of body & soul of all the times.

[violatione]

It's pretty boss!

[ABrandsma]

There is also a marvelous version from Ben Webster, recorded a few years later. Although Webster obviously is inspired by Hawkins, his tone is probably even more beautifull.

Of course Hawkins has to be credited for being the first to play this way on a ballad, but Websters version is a bit overlooked.

[davidgray2]

That may be nice. But there's only one thing that annoys me about youtube: every single music upload there's always someone to suggest a better performance by someone else.

[honkysaxophone]

Coleman Hawkins is an inspiration to saxophonists everywhere

[danohrly]

And generally to musicians everywhere

[richied3454]

gerry rafferty baker street is soo much better

[paulostroff99]

Wonderful!  Bravo! TY.

[Lightandgold]

... where's the rest!??

[TheDrkKnght1988]

One of my favorite tenorists. Coleman Hawkin's classic!

[alrossi123]

You people are crazy with this Kenny G. stuff. How can you compare a successful commercial player like KG with an acknowledged genius of the instrument like Hawkins? It's ridiculous and unfair.

[swarmoflocusts1]

Kenny G.'s name should not appear in the comments for this video. Coleman Hawkins is one of the greatest saxophone players ever; Kenny G. is one of the worst.

[gtarszzz]

i love 1:35 my favorite part!

[procrustesuk]

Me too! There's a similar moment in Gerry Mulligans "prelude in e minor" where Art Farmer and Bob Brookmeyer come in after Mulligan's solo.

[333maxwell]

A bloody treasure...

Hats off!

[misterpeaky]

Love it!

[BenMiller137]

you guys are too hard on kenny g... he's very successful at what he does, and a lot of people like it

[zeytoun23]

A lot of people eat McDonalds. Good for them, but prime rib it ain't.

[Starrii]

Good Music = Virtually free

Prime Rib = $>MacDonalds

Nobody is going to choose to eat MacDonalds if they were offered prime ribs for $5. But people still choose to listen to his music.

Music is dependant of taste. NOBODY--Rappers, Rockers, Pop artists alike--make shitty music; it's simply what OPINION dictates.

If people like it, then it is "good".

[Saxophoneking]

I completely agree

[indiadrummer]

agreed.

[Saxyman14]

Good is too relative to determine a final definition. However, music can be judged certain ways.

Most people think that music is good if it has a beat and is catchy. These people are normally your everyday Kmart shoppers and 9-5 working spouses with 2.5 kids.

Then you have music for musicians, which is good if the band is communicating, playing off each other, and have virtuosic technical facility on their instrument. It's harder to understand and normally isn't enjoyed by the previous.

[Starrii]

I cannot find the original comment you commented on, I'm sorry. D: But I hope my reply is sufficient:

The funny thing is, I listen from swing to classical to rap to rock to jazz to whatever I can find. I barely skim the top of most of these, and I'm mostly what you describe as Kmart shoppers--though I have to admit I've never been to one.

For me, music is good if it touches the soul. Whether this is through a catchy beat or soulful lyrics, I feel that is GOOD in my definition. C:

[Saxyman14]

That's exactly the problem. He chooses to make shitty music purely for money.

[nosnetromj]

@Saxyman14 : not just for the money, but I suspect he does it for the adulation from the ignorant, unwashed masses.

[guitarman63mm]

I believe he once said he'd rather play golf all day, but sax is what brings him money. He's a very successful entrepreneur, but I don't think anyone here considers him a real musician. I know I don't.

[rockharddieyoung]

I am not sure it is fair to make such a comment, who are we to decide what makes a "real musician" and let's not forget that we don't know the context in which that was said...

[LittleBill989]

Kenny G. has great technique, as do many other musicians, but he doesnt speak through his instrument like coleman hawkins, miles davis, clifford brown, and lots of other guys do. if you really listen to them, its like poetry: their solos are like stories, not just notes out the end of a horn.

[coronachilla]

i wanna hear him play a Charlie Parker solo with that "great" technique he has

[LittleBill989]

Personally I HATE Kenny G.'s playing, but you gotta admit that he does at least have good technique

[nventi]

I imagine you're talking about Kenny G, not Hawk?

But, there is a story about Bird playing Body and Soul... he shows up to the gig right as the band hits, gets up on stage, and lightning strikes. Hawk is there on the session too and there's this gap after Bird's solo when the band doesn't know what to do - Hawk was supposed to play after Bird and the band was trying to coax him into it but he refused knowing that the date was being recorded, not wanting to ruin the gem of music that bird made

[coronachilla]

of course i meant kenny g lol but i wanna hear bird playin body n soul that sounds like wow lol

[chogo888]

he did play it with the jay mcshawn band. its awesome

[samadjhi]

Kenny G couldn't carry Hawk's dick across the street!!!

[jkadvices]

that's funny

[Whatisthescore]

@jkadvices Ya but he's a racist.

[jazzmunky]

lol

[kevinherbert]

@samadjhi : but he has the money to pay someone else to...sad but tru

[7thvenom]

@kevinherbert DUMB REPLY MY FRIEND !! WHAT IS MONEY WHEN U SUCK AT PLAYING AND GET NO RESPECT FROM THE JAZZ COMUNITY

[kevinherbert]

@7thvenom : you're living in a dream world if you think all players crave acceptance from the jazz community.....Miles Davis says people like you should be making musical instruments, and not commenting on the playing of them.

Kenny G is a fine commercial reed player...EOS

[7thvenom]

@kevinherbert OK but if i was making instruments i would want to be considered on of the best horn makers !

And your in a dream world if you think players care about how much money they make.

But i do agree with you kinda, Kenny G is a pretty good "Comercial" reed player.

When i here Coltranes "Giant Steps" the last think that pops in my mind is Kenny G lolol

Peace Fam

[livinginmonkeyland]

so true my freind.