Ronnie Scott - On Green Dolphin Street

[jazzinbee]

great, great , great!!!!!!!!

[avril2]

This was just before Ronnie decided the parting had got so low that a comb-over was no longer do-able.

[12rosebud12]

Goodness me, what crap is that supposed to be? How many of these be-bop beebos have actually SEEN the Green Dolphin Street movie??? They really ought to, so they'd get the idea what the tune was written for and would stop butchering it.

[jazzdrum100]

@12rosebud12 It's called jazz - no rules. Get over yourself!!

[blueyedboymrdeath]

Like SciBucks I listed to Trane, then Getz, then came to Ronnie Scott here. He takes a much shorter solo, but gets alot into it. Gets around the horn! Would have been nice to hear him stretch it out.

[HendrixcommaMartin]

Jesus, could that bass player be any more ahead of the beat?

[SciBucks]

Really nice to watch - first time seeing Ronnie Scott play actually - He is a really nice player for sure. I watched the John Coltrane verison, then the Stan Getz Version right b4 I watched this one, what I really found interesting was the way that Coltrane and Getz put something other than the notes or tones or techniques into the piece. They really draw you in to the emotion and MAKE you feel the piece where with Scott I was listening to music being played without really feeling it all.

[gasiraz]

Scott and Clare played with the famous Kenny Clarke/Franci Boland band many years ago. Scott was a very outstanding soloist and also owned the Ronnie Scott Club in London for many years.Great jazz man indeed!!

[IOLTA]

Stalwarts of EuroJazz - Ronnie's bud Pete King is my *favorite* alto player. Monsters all.

[memzehni]

Kenny Clare on drums...Clare, not Clarke!

[darzil007]

Dose ANY body knows where is this drum set now...?

[mrbean1812]

Is that Roy Babbington on Bass?

[jykds]

Thanks for your comment, the bassist is Ron Matthewson

[pyromohanzed]

That's some fast fast playing! I wonder how this contrasted with other music in the 80's such as Kiss, Flashdance tracks, Hall & Oates. Would most people have liked this?

[Flcracker94]

at 3:04 right after the bass solo, was he circular breathing??

[robbertzzzzz]

I don't think so... If you see him breathe almost desperate for air afterwards, it just seems he uses his lungs...

But his throat is going wild, so I don't know for sure.

[punkbmxr]

yes i think he was circular breathing. he is way better at it than i am

[mrhosehose]

The guy on the bass looks a bit like Max Middleton

[lukasdatree]

Great video, thanks for posting this. Was wondering if you knew who he bassist was? I'm a Contrabassist studying jazz and would love to hear some more of this guy's playing.

[jykds]

Thanks for your comment, the bassist is Ron Matthewson.

[KeePractising]

Hank Mobley is right. Ronnie was so much better than many of those more famous.

He used to joke about hurting his back bending over backwards to please Stan Getz. Well there is a moral there. A long-standing prejudice in favour of US artists.

I saw Ronnie so many times in the 1960s along with many of the great US names appearing at the club. He was just as good as most but more self-effacing.

[xPearldrummer7x]

incredible.

[michellekim116]

the guy on the piano is so cute! look at his facial expressions!

[AlannahBabalon156]

Brilliant Stuff!!!!!!!! Its great to see that in Britain we had guys who could cook like hell!!!! Now if we could possibly have some Ronnie Scott re-issued on CD, that would be great too!

[warriorprince1010]

What is the point of jazz? Is it supposed to be relaxing? or are we supposed to admire the musicians?

[jtromsness]

both

[mgzt190plus]

look at the timing and skill. It's an art don't you know!

[emanonami]

LOL If you need to ask then you just "don't get it!"

[warriorprince1010]

I needed to ask so I must not get it indeed. In others you do not know what it is about either.

[emanonami]

That's okay. "Art is not for all the people and if it is for all the people, it is not Art."

That said, there are dozens of sub genres in Jazz, I guarantee you, if I went through some jazz with you, we'd find stuff which makes you want to dance, stuff which makes you want to sing, stuff which makes you want to cry.

You have to find the Jazz YOU like! (I suggest listening to Swing and Jazz-Funk to get you started!)

[warriorprince1010]

""Art is not for all the people and if it is for all the people, it is not Art.""...lol, no one seriously said that. I love art, but I do not get jazz. The songs seem to be soothing and that's fine, but I want more than that from music, that's all.

[Dihelson]

@warriorprince1010 this is a question that if the person don´t know the answer by his own soul and ears, he will never know the answer! It´s like questioning why Bach is great...there´s not a single answer who would fit completely.

[warriorprince1010]

@Dihelson Bach is good to the ears. Jazz has no emotion or tune so it must be the technical aspects that people admire.



[dragoneyes8888]

hes playing on a berg larsen

[HustleJust2]

seen it yesterday! lets chat

just moved new area tj

[poetlorryit]

John Critchinson on the Rhodes is still a regular feature at The Bull's Head in Barnes. Can anyone tell me what year this is?

[MOGLIDER]

Spring1980.

[poetlorryit]

PHEW! Already 29 years ago. I was only 11 then so hadnt yet caught the Jazz bug! As for this video all I can say is YEAH!!

[pyromohanzed]

Thank god you got the Jaz Bug!

[dragoneyes8888]

when did this guy die

[dragoneyes8888]

this is the only song i know i am working on other songs so when i grow up i can go to the navy band

[dragoneyes8888]

wow for how short his solo was i love this. i don't really like piano solos.

[sandaglad]

Thank you for posting this, perhaps the best of the MANY versions here of my favorite number, "On Green Dolphin Street."

[STILLAVRIL1]

ps. very funny too. I enjoyed his joke.

Benny Green said to him you're a naturally funny man, how come your jokes never change?

Ronnie replied 'they do. Impercepitibly' :-)

[STILLAVRIL1]

Ronnie is often remembered as a Jazz club propriater, but first and foremost he was a really great tenor player.

One of the best, along side Tubby Hayes and Dick Morrissey.

Alas all now gone.

[joshuasound]

i'm a tenor player...had heard of him, but never had heard him. really like his tone.  kinda like 70s sonny rollins...it's a broad,deep sound. not easy to do on tenor. he's got the feeling and i like the rhodes with it.

[hankmobley]

So much better than many more famous people and its about time some of you admitted it..

[sakulin]

Well, not as good as Hank Mobley, or 'Trane and several others, but I enjoyed his solos.

[bobbyjayr]

I was a regular

[sakulin]

Saw Ronnie when he was playing with the Ted Heath Band at the Palladium concerts in the 40's. Sad that he died. Jazz lost another great artist.

[sealerdave]

You are right I followed Ronnie Scott all over the North of England wherever he played we were there..He was the KING in the 1950.s

[monteoner]

my grandad hank shaw (RIP) was good friends with and played with ronnie scott

[hankmobley]

Hnk was a great bebopper - Henry Shalov sky!

[wietsk2]

Super!!, as a youngster I once visited the club.... in the the afternoon, nobody there and now, the music in my studio, thanks!!

[Cykelkurt]

What a joy to see Ronnie Scott alive and playing the tenor sax. I was (for the first time in my 60 year life) at the club in Frith Street this Monday (13. aug. 2007) to see Johnny Griffin. He has grown old, tired and drunk, but the place and the other musicians (e.g. James Pearson on piano) were just terrific.

Thank you very much!

Kurt Starlit, Copenhagen

[jykds]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[GhosthunterFrance]

Saw Ronnie Scott live a year before his death !! Brings back memories !!

[jykds]

Thanks for your comment. Sadly, I never saw Ronnie live, a great player & character.

[hankmobley]

Many thanks for posting these ! top playing by Ronnie

[jykds]

Thanks for your comment, I have another to upload when I get a chance.

[gds33]

superb thx for posting anymore of Ronnie Scott?

[jykds]

Thanks for your comment. I have another couple, I will get them uploaded when I get a chance.