Billy Taylor Trio - Improvation #3

[Lee222222]

I miss you Billy! R.I.P

[Audi0Phil]

Holy fuck i just recognized that this is improvised ...

[ralfodrum]

My friend Ed Thigpen---I got to see him a few years ago with ''The whole Drum truth'' GREAT show,Tootie Heath,Ben Riley,and Jackie Williams----4 drummers!! I got them all to sign a drumhead!!

[enjoipandas123]

what seperates this man from bach or beethoven? his instrumental style is mastered and every note is perfect. mastered

[Ken9Skinner]

Ain't that the chord changes to Sweet Georgia Brown?

[mussman717word]

Damnit, I miss this guy already. Rest in peace, Billy.

[pyannaguy]

Holy Hell!!

Billy was not widely known in terms of big commercial success or recognition outside the Jazz and academic world....which just goes to show what a mediocracy we live in.

Oh, well - some of us can enjoy and appreciate while we're around.

PS: That host could brighten up a room....just by leaving it.

[ehrengm]

As a drummer trying to learn jazz bass, listing to Billy's left hand is really instructive.

[stretchmorgan]

Steaming!

[thebossesdaughter101]

I am in awe.... thanks Jazz Guy!

[harriter88]

Dr T is Great terrific lh and independence his improv 3 is a head arrangement on sweet georgia brown kudos to JVG for all his great uploads have learned alot

[jinalanguniafrika]

SUCH A GIFTED BROTHA.

[eutektyk78]

@mr patricius 2.you are really stupid.sorry.of course oscar peterson is a giant.but this is not athletics.it's music.there is no first ,second ,third ....place.it's a sistem of really great artists who build a sistem,each bringigng his own thing.anyway taylor is ,no doubt,a father of moden ways to express in jazz.phrasing,etc.so...advice.­don't listen to jazz anymore.too much 4 you.

[DTate16]

It sounds like he was improvising to Sweet Georgia Brown.

[mupton19]

Wow... this is incredible!

[shoriffic]

absolutely amazing. he seems like he was classically trained. esp the way that left hand went on a safari

[homePicShow]

Does anyone think he was on speed?

[Mrs912009Sarah]

amazing!makes me speechless

[exbogus]

Awesome. I feel a lot of donna lee phrases in his improvisation.

[ivanovickr]

que notas toka ?

[T3raDownloader]

do re mi fa sol la y si

[MrPatricius2]

Very nice! But I think Oscar Peterson is better :D!

[MrMozBoz]

yeah... I've never heard anybody play like the Oscar Peterson trio. this is awesome though!

[replayfeti]

my godness.. fantastic

[Zefabou]

nice glasses!!

[MattieSongbird]

Why are they set so far apart?

[893165009]

This Billy guy is amazing just found out about him tonight.

[MrWightknight]

Thank you

[wseturki4mo]

wow left hand is amazing

[chexg]

Gosh, he must have two brains..... haha.

[clapontwo]

Lennie Tristano did the contrapuntal thing ina similar way, playing melodies in both right and left hands.

[claptonfan1000000]

Yes! Another thing they have in common is that they both have sounds that are extremely different from anything else. They're not the only ones, but you can ammediately here from their sounds: that's Lennie! That's Billy!

[FRAT99Po]

Did this tune ever get released?

[atombomb31458]

wow--some of the best stuff I've ever heard.

[FRAT99Po]

That's damn impressive! fav point at 3:25 !!! Mental skills

[comeonloser]

that call and response he started at 1:50 was awesome i've been working on something like that with the blues.

one of the greats

thanks for posting

[MRMLINGIE]

pleace say me that i'm draeming, this can not be true! just unbelivibale!

[chazbinst]

hes a piano god!

[KiloLaku]

What a leftie!Truly!

[TinSpajic]

3:24 - 3:30

unglaublich geil!

[ChSilver]

Wow, ein Video mit Vorbildfunktion. 5 Sterne!

Thank you for posting.

[zockerflo]

unbelivibale

[DEEPSAX40]

Thanks for the post! S'Wonderful.

[ODFGERTERS]

WOW

[baloniousdunc]

I hear a lot of Bach influence

[Un1234l]

aha. I thought the same thing.

[claptonfan1000000]

Great music!

It makes me want more of his records.

He sounds influenced by Lennie Tristano. He also had an amzing lefthand. Check out "Scene and variations" from The New Tristano, On the third part he plays solo lefthand great.

Anyway, thanks for posting this

[EverythingPiano]

BILLY TAYLOR IS THE MAN

[horstwedel77]

thank you for this video

this is priceless

[davebeeboss]

wow, dig that left handed soloing, amazing