Count Basie, Cleveland Eaton - Special Midnight - Booty's Blues

[Mrphatbastard1]

Let's face it, it's Cleveland's show!

[ex59neo53]

Music at its finest ,except if u have a broken ankle ^^

[croscrane]

doesn't get any better

[DrBass6]

Listen to Cleveland Eaton 2:05 magic!

[bassralphy]

The drummer had a great feel from the start... Until he flipped the rhythm. Hehe.

Hey we all mess up sometimes. No biggie

[1wayne12345]

@bassralphy 4:57 I remember watching (taping) this from HBO or Showtime back in the 70's and I was tracking with the drummer. I think it was Basie who started the the chording early around 5:17 and turned the beat around. I'm impressed that the drummer realized what happend so quickly after his solo to get back on track.

[MrMarkoNovak]

Just look the Basies reaction on 1.38 sweeeeet :)

[CloseTheDoor69er]

3:41 The cameras couldn't handle the brillienace of Roy Eldrige!

[seerskater]

haha, poor drummer

[MCGEHEE1]

Yes!

[jazzmember4life]

cmon zoot you don't have too wait for a que just jump in man,,,,Groovy !!!

[mandobaron]

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[palanzana]

da paura

[beat80cj]

Cleveland was throwin down on that bass, you can tell he loves to play.

[matthewR77]

A little issue coming out of the drum solo.

[theinvisiblelight]

Anyone know the key here?

[valvetrom]

@theinvisiblelight Just in C

[theinvisiblelight]

@valvetrom Thanks.

[Jgdola]

hahaha huge!

[dizzypeanut]

Its a crazy how someone who lives in a van down by the river can swing that hard!

[theinvisiblelight]

wow, man. this is one of my favorite bass players tbh.

[faxelok17]

drummer!omg!!he is so funny!!GREAT song

[rustyspo0ns]

Well, a piano is more powerful than a bass. My bassist is usualy wired while I'm not (on the piano).

[peatote]

think about it if the bass is wired then count would have to as well if you notice none of them are playing directly in the mikes

[wachita15]

this guy plays the sickest bass to blues Ive ever heard!

[theinvisiblelight]

those scoops the bassist does are soooo hip!

[ThatsTooSmall]

i looooooooooooooooooove the introoooooo

[cv41393]

GREAT Cleveland Eaton

[ordnasselaainafets]

That's Base-Line man.....!

GREAT!!

[nyvareh]

Un pur bonheur....

[ex59neo53]

@nyvareh Je confirme ^^

[lynage1]

This is what makes my head swim with jazz...listen to Mr. Eaton..what a talent!!!Has always been and will always be!

[caspercio]

Gigantly!)) @eaton: sounds like theh perfect "Variations on G-String" by Paganini))!Fantastic

[redhouse7]

hahaha clev at 1:32

[leeromell]

lol execeltnt peice...lovin the cleve eaton on the bass...but duffy jackson looks like he is gonna rape the count lol look at him at 0:21

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

FABULOUS! They can really *speak* through their instruments! I LOVE IT!!! - Diane

[xc1816]

the other video of this performance doesn't have the skip in it. check it out.

[bassralphy]

haha. Great drummer, but he totally turned the beat around during his solo! hehe. Oh you white people. (Just a joke, lets not get offended)

[notsofatz]

Right you are. Can't trust us white guy drummers from time-to-time. :)

[redhouse7]

i love the last note basie plays...a maj. 7 ahhh drives me nuts

[ODCinc]

You can see Cleve every Sunday at the Open Door Cafe' in B'ham, Al. 11:30 AM til 2:30PM.

[Valekorn]

cleve eaton best jazz bassist with jaco p.

[smoothbv]

This is just pure jazz at it beautiful form, nothin' crazy or way off charts, just grooving to the blues

[pinky0926]

It's great not only to see basie amused (as usual), but also impressed. Eaton's flashy and doesn't sacrifice the groove. How many musicians can do that?

[kcbigbandjazz]

This is the same clip, and certainly better video quality that I have posted. It's a shame that Roy's solo is broken up, or this would be the perfect clip of this performance of "Booty's Blues"!

[WhiteSummertheBand]

what is this song called?

[rgbsax]

Well, the intro is the same intro to Segue in C, but it could also be Good Times Blues. :)

[notsofatz]

It would be a dream to play with Cleveland Eaton.

[selmer1939]

I agree, this guy swings so hard, and he's loving every minute of it. That's what it's all about.

[imaonarseal]

pity about roy's solo being broken by the elements, but y'know I was also struck by the same thing regarding cleveland eaton's playing on this video, i think he was clowning cause he was supposed to hand over his solo to the sax and never looked up to make the changeover at 2.02mins.

[publicenemy1010]

basie's getting pissed because he keeps changing the key

[klactv]

Basie is sparse and subtle as usual. I love Zoot and Roy. But the bass player displeases me: I hate that electric sounding tone, without depth, and I hate his clowning. I must be a square not to dig that, but can't be helped.

[rezi206]

you know that's Cleveland Eaton right? Probably, not too arguably the greatest jazz bassist of all time?

[mynamisdan]

haha...yeah... urm you can't really talk when the bass player is cleve eaton.

[funstuff2006]

Now that you mention it, watching it a second time through, I notice the electric tone of the bass, too. It doesn't necessarily offend me, but I'm curious as to what is causing it. Do they have a pickup on the bass, instead of microphoning it?

[axxissww]

love it glad I found this one lots of Count

[derofficer]

great video!

thanks a lot!

you enriched my musical horizon tremendously since i have been adoring count basie and his alumni for more than twenty years now.

yours michael:-)