John Coltrane - Vigil (Live) 1965

[JAZZI40]

This sounds like Resolution?

[spuddypablo]

Hey everybody has their own opinions of this kind of music. Mine is that this is wonderful.

[elintrep]

this is a piece of solemn crap.



[Josedono]

@elintrep You're a bit of a silly bastard, wouldn't you say?

[55pogue]

@elintrep ,you shouldnt speak until you understand music

[jazzbummer]

@elintrep If this is a "piece if crap" then why does ever University with a jazz program studie his music? Why does every sax player say atleast one time in their lifetime after listening to Coltrane "I want to play like that?" I know, it's all crap.

[elintrep]

this is a piece of solemn crap.

[chivelegs]

Have you seen the band that play music using a Tesla Coil? Coltrane could do that using only a tenor sax. Awesome.

[Flatwound1000]

2:12 - 2:27 I would give anything to hear Trane clearly.

[jazz1bro]

His soul was screaming!

[MatthewKarns123]

I encounter people today that think that something is "good music" and I really feel sorry for them because they have never experienced the music of John Coltrane. I don't even know hwo to accurately describe how he touches me-such an unbelievable artist. Coltrane transcends music and touches the soul of the universe.

[lokanta100]

i love this  kind of sound and mc coy incredible power

[fctchk]

Mr Coltrane is one of those rare musicians whose instrument has become so completely an extension of his person that you can recognize him almost instantly merely from the texture the air takes as it goes through his horn.

[germzneverdie]

this is so intense

[treehouse722]

I think this is the best Coltrane I've seen on video. The only slight downside is that Jimmy Garrison is hard to discern, I think because recording equipment in those days had a hard time picking up bass.

Nonetheless, this clip shows why so many of use adore Coltrane and his wonderful Quartet. The howl of the horn, Tyner's pounding piano and Jones' frantic drums. The power, passion and intensity are intoxicating. The moment I hear this my spirits are lifted and I feel alive. Magic.

[DaveVelo1]

To try and explain Coltrane's journey, I will reference what Bird said, and I'm paraphrasing. "The music finally came alive. Now I can play what is in my head". Being a jazz musician who's ideas are continually changing, I understand this... Coltrane's mind reached out beyond the rim. His music "is" whatever you wish it to be.

[chocogarcia]

When I was learning sax in the Dominican Republic I used to do all these type of sounds and I didn't know about Coltrane. This gives me the right to explain what was going on and why I did play this way. . It's not a matter of searching or looking for something new it's a matter of playing or doing what is in your heart. I don't think you can fake this type of music. The good thing is that everytime you play you play something new. Coltrane told us it is in you play it and you'll love it.

[mrtonymay]

What a load if discordant rubbish.

[SolSorrell]

It's very lonely...without all these giants. Someday we'll jam with them...someday.

[docolli]

Those dudes are sweatin!!!!! I dont think i have ever played that passionately.

[Josedono]

Not into jazz but I'm not blind either. If that isn't a god amongst men I don't know what is.

[j2dixon]

6:53 DAMN

[questioningsilence]

i cant get over the moments when his playing becomes inaudible. i think its too perfect for us, our ears are too flawed to be able to find these heights of emotion, they go past humanity.

[jibsmokestack1]

An other-worldly possession! Truly amazing stuff! Trane's artistic integrity cannot be surpassed in my opinion! Honest self-exploration with no-ego! True enlightenment!!

[thomaseiler]

1 person accidently missed the Kenny G video, while searching for "love, spirituality and saxophone"

[RCAvhstape]

Wow

[marianolombard]

muy buenoo!

[jfjjfjff01001011]

Sloppy, Flailing away nothing to really lock onto. Duck Goose bird noises. Just do not get the overplaying noise, but must give him credit for cutting loose. Do not go for the one voiced musice, boring.

[4lps]

@jfjjfjff01001011 you are lost my friend. Listen closer, there is zero flaw, every nuance and shrill tone is exactly as intended and coming as the result of one of the most remarkable journeys any musician has ever undergone in the history of mankind

[porterhall27]

@jfjjfjff01001011 listen to his early work then progress up through his later stuff then you might understand

[jfjjfjff01001011]

Sloppy, Flailing away nothing to really lock onto. Duck Goose bird noises. Just do not get the overplaying noise, but must give him credit for cutting loose.

[skidog110]

@jfjjfjff01001011 you're doing it wrong.

[TheKenShain]

Soundtrack of the times. The vigil continues.

[cavaleer]

Now this is PRICELESS!!!!!!!!

[slowuncle]

nowhere near Trane at the top of his game----nevertheless priceless since the video record of Trane is so meager

thanks!!

[TheKenShain]

Master of closure he is; makes you feel smart when you get what he is playing, but you got to be familiar with the language. OK, so McCoy translates for the rest of us. Another master at work. Four, in fact. Great video too; the intensity of the foursome is undeniable

[riderrm92]

there all trippin balls

[Chico313]

he very well may be possessed...gained access to being-in-itself, and lost conception of self, just him and a piece of metal converging in an attempt to translate what is transcendental

[j2dixon]

don't get me wrong , coltrane is the man no doubt about it. But DAAMM Mcoy tore that shit up!

[teddypantelas]

truly inspiring. thanks for posting this footage.

[afrikan57]

Genuis here! All of 'em! Check McCoy's hands! They're huge...can a typical human deal chords...play like that?  NO!

[ChrisCoplandDrums]

McCoy Tyner was just laying shit down on top too. Elvin is obviously godly, but mCcoy really went to town on this. His comping is so rigid and unyielding. It's heavy.

[geraldfer]

You cant make this kind of jazz these days...not "smooth jazz" REAL JAZZ the stuff that comes from deep in a tired weary excited and in love with the sound of life within them...jazz...Now can you DIG IT!!??!! I knew you could.

[rhbxyz]

John so desperately wanted to "Push the Limits" of his sound and musical approach! This is a stunning document of that process!

[mrfish4lyfe]

you can litterally see the steam coming off elvin...GOOD GOD

[geraldfer]

@mrfish4lyfe I see the steam and I am screaming..GOO GO GO!!!

[CitizenKane28]

oh wow!! thank you for posting this!!!

[aaronamccoy]

world class madness!

[SuperHidebon]

怒涛じゃあ

怒涛の演奏じゃあ

[Mytruevalentine]

the soul of music its beyond comprehension, anyone can play the notes perfectly but only a few can give the notes a life of its own

[havochi]

John Coltrane plays sound of stuttering.And stuttering is, a man will say all thing, but he doesn't have anything more to say.But it will never convey to others.Because it is the ringing sound only in his brain.

Coltrane plays sound of it.

[ReggieRawls]

some people would ask what that "sound" is and i wouldn't be able to answer only Coltrane could but i believe he didn't even know what it was he was just searching for something more. something unexplainable.

[havochi]

In other words, if he would try to go beyond the story told,he'll stand in a story just told by him.

Then,what he can do?That is stuttering.

Gas pedal should be continued to step.

something unexplainable.Yes it is.

[lljtam1960]

@ReggieRawls

Trane Knew.

[opinioninflicting]

@ReggieRawls No insult intended, but Coltrane knew exactly what he was going for. Honestly I don't have the ear for it like I once did, but I once did...know EXACTLY what he was going for. Look up "THE SCREAM" on Google Image Search. That's what he was going for.

[cavaleer]

@opinioninflicting Not at all. It wasn't the scream cause he was FEARLESS. Totally different force and energy and goal. He was after the ultimate, highest, deepest level of self-mastery through creative-mastery. He said, "When one pursues perfection, one must be vigilant." That's not the Scream at all, in fact it's the opposite.

[cavaleer]

@ReggieRawls He was digging for gold. But his shovel couldn't reach deep enough. He kept digging anyway.

[avantyoel]

@ReggieRawls :)

[elagobolus]

@havochi This Music brings tears to my eyes.It's total truth. Some people can't hear the truth. Trane is a Master on a high level

[pongosgroove5]

@havochi this sound penterates to heavinly

[mahoose6]

this is why god exists

[teniciay]

Since god created us so that he could have experience thru us. then what you said is right on the nose

[LazarusGordon]

MASSICCIO

[MungoBones]

Machine elves are leaking on my desktop, I would declaim happy be if would I see soon, too.

[mrblitz00]

He had that impeccable approach to music.

[djalminha083]

Coltrane makes me feel lonely... I wander the streets and everywhere i go, i hear all the popular junk coming out of all radios. Do they want me to believe it is music that i hear? Can i call this junk music? What is Coltrane then? You would have to find a new word to describe Coltrane's universe of sound... How can you listen to anything else after you've listened to the Trane... What sweet loneliness!

[ReggieRawls]

exactly. i don't know how to respond to that

[cavaleer]

@ReggieRawls THIS IS PRICELESS!!!!!! Eternal thanks. I've listened to the only recorded version of this for the last 20 years. I never thought I'd be able to see him perform this live.

[IkeeBee1]

That is a profound statement man ..beautiful. I feel the same way too.

[powerhouse50]

what an elegant expression you have presented of what it is to be chasin the trane. You tell someone else hear this and they will smile in acclaimation or they will call you a doctor; usually I am put in touch with a doctor. Keep writing please.

[danylongshaft]

@djalminha083 once you've crossed the river, theirs no going back mannnnnn

[cavaleer]

@djalminha083 Loneliness or ALONE AT THE TOP??? The latter is what Coltrane knew and lived and didn't give a damn about the rest or the popular. There are the man and the masses and there are the Few and the Elite.

Coltrane is clearly the latter. And Eternity alone can give him an award. haha

[zakcattack]

@djalminha083 I feel your loneliness, but you must realize that others, even modern musicians have listened and become connected to the Risen Trane as you have. The spirit he expressed is still alive, it sounds loudly in modern jazz, but also it echoes across the rock and even the electronic realms. As wonderful as Coltrane was, I think he wants us to believe that the best is yet to come. Let us fulfill his wish.

[ncodrington]

@djalminha083 Spot on. I too don't know how to describe how correct you are.

[cavaleer]

@djalminha083 They don't say it's "lonely at the top" for no reason. haha Coltrane separated himself through the relentless pursuit and attainment of creative mastery. By listening to him, one is inspired to do the same in one's own life. This is not loneliness. This is solar genius. The Sun is not "lonely".

[Craigomyeggo]

@djalminha083 Keep in mind that modern music radio stations are restricted to whatever's been released in the last week or so, whether or not it's actually any good. Lots of horrible music was released in the past too, but nobody listens to it anymore because, well, it was horrible. That said, Coltrane is awesome!

[skypanther1]

@djalminha083 Sun Ra is the only place left to go after Trane :)...I highly recommend the sounds of Alice Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders as well...

[alexistexias]

wonderful everybody should hear

[DaZeuhlUndazir]

YES

[timmy841212]

Genius!

[caneochico802]

I want to be there.....a time machine,please...?

[enzio81]

thanks my friend :D  love this

[forestdavisjr]

people can say what ever they want but in the end Trane is the man

[ReggieRawls]

you're right it's that simple

[alexistexias]

terribleeeeeeeeeeee.......

[Jazzman555]

why would you post that you ignorant fuckwit you have obviously cannot hear talent. go and listen to brittney spears fucking wanker

[ReggieRawls]

couldn't of said it better myself.

it's terrible how people today will like garbage music with no creativity and emotion and insult real music like this. what coltrane was trying to do was bigger than himself and anyone else. something that person will never understand.

[xxmattisfatxx]

how can you call someone ignorant just because they have an opinion that something is bad, your the ignorant one, not everyone gives a shit if he's outting all his emotion into it they care about how it actually sounds to listen to and this music is over the top which isnt to everyones taste, get a life

[ReggieRawls]

do you like it?

if not?

do not comment on it?

this IS music in it's purest form and it sounds wonderful and you are ignorant also for standing by a comment that was indeed ignorant. do me a favor and go listen to some of the today's autotune garbage and then come back here and see the difference this music stands the test of time.

[xxmattisfatxx]

i didnt say i didnt like it....

i personally think its not that bad....now im sorry for giving an opinion youtube i hope you not gunna hav a go at me for saying its not bad

[ReggieRawls]

no in fact i wanna know how you came across this video.

[xenakis9]

How sad that you cannot hear the beauty in this performance.

[alexistexias]

coltrane have perffect technics

his sprit eternally....this film is so great

performans

[jancivil]

and you are qualified to say this, how?

I recognize your handle btw. you troll music posts which are beyond your comprehension often enough, just to come in & disrespect it. prat.

[eyeheartchrist]

Please fill us in on what your definition of "terribleeeeeeeeeeee" is. I think it would be an interesting thing to hear...or not. The reason I say or not because there's always that option of it being either or. ha

[aaronamccoy]

unmasked horRoR! reminds me of that movie lost highway when that shixzo sax player in the bar was blowin craziness..lynch i bet loved coltranes  streams of consiousness..

[joznick1]

oh ya! i feel like they both could/can/did/do tap into that realm "behind" conscious reality

[nbv556]

SAINT COLTRANE!!!

[trufiend138]

f-ing crowd with "golf claps"..they should of stayed at home, most do not "feel this" at all. sorry trane.

[trufiend138]

he completed destroyed western music ! and replaced it with something so daring...."stunned", never seen this clip..

[Mojomatrix]

Another reason why America grooves !

[gilouseb]

Thanks for this video...

[ReggieRawls]

don't thank me. Thank John Coltrane, Mccoy Tyner. Elvin Jones And Jimmy Garrison. They are the one who should really be thanked.

[whykatera81]

im back to this video yet again!!! soimething keeps bringing me here!!!! Got the volume on 10!!!!! louder!!!!!

[caoniya]

me too! we are awfully 'vigil-listic' aren't we.

does anyone know of an album out there with the audio from this performance?

[ReggieRawls]

i don't think it exist but the original is on "transitions"

[boertush]

but you have to do without McCoy and Jimmy on that version.

[gilouseb]

The first original vinyl issue was on the B side of "Kulu Se Mama" with Welcome. Then reissued on CD on "Transition", but there's a version of Transition without Vigil and Welcome (one of my friends had this version).

Transition in an incredible album. The theme and the Coltrane's solo in one of the peaks of his work. I love him.

[4lps]

@gilouseb yea Transition is one of the highest peaks in that incredible man's life IMO. I spent years transcribing it and still cant play most of it hehe. But even forgetting the amazing mind bending technique displayed, but rather the intent, focus, spirit, direction - there is nothing that can even come close to comparison

[avantyoel]

@gilouseb me too. thank you.

[masterofallhesurveys]

Fourth dimensional energy,focused at planet Earth by the greatest crew ever.Everyone here is in absolute transendence of their craft. I play this alot and when I don't I'm thinking about it.Godlike.......Great site Reggie, Loving your tunes. Respect.

[laylasheleh]

Theres Free Jazz ..and there's FREE

WOW

[caneochico802]

great,amazing,inmortal music and light for the soul of the desperate,thanks for posting this very rare video...

[DekalbBlues]

Christ, this will just have to do!

[clicks "Awesome"] Absolue de fumer!! Thanks for posting, RR.

[caoniya]

louder!!!!!!

[SidewalkFrequencies]

The shear Power of this music is something so astounding it always leaves me breathless.

[jazzsaxman100]

This has to be the best video ever made. Coltrane really knew how to express him self in his playing. This is true jazz!

[caoniya]

I've been making daily pilgramages to this video for months now, and i never tire of it, one of favorite songs of all time, and superbly filmed, i love how the editing become more hastey as the film progresses, cutting between coltrane and jones. esp from 7:30. those two were capable of the most freakish musical monsters imaginable!

[kyrokanshura23]

Where was this performance??

[ReggieRawls]

in belgium

[ahleucha]

I think Elvin hit it spot on when he said 'if there ever was such a thing as the perfect man, then John Coltrane was him.'

Thank God his music lives on forever.

[TheAnav]

Once again,i see this,the BEST musical moment in the history.Thank you for uploading this!This is IT!

Rhythms,ideas and melodies and heaviness.........what is there after this?NOTHING.

They broke the mold after these guys!

Shalom to all,enjoy the clip :) DIG IN !

[whykatera81]

that chord at 5:53 yikes!!!!!

[caoniya]

mccoy such a god send

love him with a passion

[ReggieRawls]

he is my favorite piano player of all time. the chords and scales he put together where something out of this world

[pablosaxo]

ooo yeees, is altered????

or what?

[JAZZI40]

Want some power from music...?There it is..

[claryscat]

Trane n Elviin speak the truth! Young McCoy and Jimmy Garrison laying down a think carpet of groove. I played tenor and wore the grooves off vinyl for 40 years but never "saw" Trane play until YouTube. Thanks for the posting. This iz some chunky music as opposed to the regular kind.

[daddysevenpointfiver]

boom shaka lakka that rocked like in yr f'in face

[samtriggy3]

terrifying!...he blast it out,somethin'out frm this planet,..bow to beebop legend'

[iiirhd]

seeing this has just pulled me out of a really dark low

[ReggieRawls]

i'm glad to hear that.

[BassLudeman]

holy crap, this is hardcore! Elvin and McCoy are mind-blowing here. At 7:30 to 7:37 is incredible, the piano and drums lock in perfectly! Best performance ever.

[ReggieRawls]

one of the greatest bands of the 20th century.

[BassLudeman]

Indeed, and especially as a whole group, not just Coltrane alone. Coltrane is amazing, but its too bad the other players are overlooked so much.

[ReggieRawls]

they were symbiotic. they couldn't perform together out of sync even if they wanted to.

[dalecedric]

lastime someone put this whole video up youtube deleted it. hope that doesnt happen again! the best trane footage in my opinion.

[ReggieRawls]

thanks for watching

[boertush]

I really like the ending when they are all playing.

[ReggieRawls]

it was pretty epic right?

[boertush]

I love the whole song, but I get chills all over my back when I hear the last part, it´s just frightening.

And probably the most emotional and expressive piece of music I´ll ever hear.

[ReggieRawls]

when i first started listening to trane i didn't even want to hear anything else because coltrane was the greatest music i ever heard and still is.

[MusicwithBALLS]

so little views...i guess it just shows the state of the world we live in. luckily coltrane is a MUCH needed oasis in the midst of a barren desert of humanity. deep ehh. shit

[ReggieRawls]

yeah man coltrane is really an oasis his music can really get me through a bad day. i just put on my headphones and travel

[houndbutt]

I'm sorry but the Vigil take on "Kulu Se Mama" was the -ever so brilliant- original studio recording released on Impulse!. but this live take is, as always, even more awesome. Looking forward to the next ones...

[joshpurwar]

I agree this is brilliant![& brilliant quality too!] & I've never heard it before-is it on a CD?