John Coltrane - Afro Blue

[helpingharry]

is jimmy harrison on the bass

[tovstenko]

I wonder what is he thinking about

[tovstenko]

Strange music

[hziegler]

I think it would bother most players, nothing worse

[SupernalOne]

Watch out, the Trane is gonna blow!

[SupernalOne]

any of the many ethnic/racial populations in the US who invents a musical form like jazz is on my permanent A list -

[thechileano]

thumbs up if you loled at 0:08 secs of this clip...

[meinLiebsterFeind]

FIFTY YEARS AGO AND YET IN THE FUTURE -- HOW? AND WHERE ARE WE GOING IN 2011?

[sarubado]

as hyped as gospel chops are right now........NOTHING can ever top what Elvin Jones does at 4:58-5:00

[SeerTrulth]

Bright-bright Elvin Jones friend to all mankind is driving this.

[SeerTrulth]

Young and old, fuck the dumb shit, you are watching artists who actually provided for your freedoms with their inordinate talents in days of lesser freedom.

[liljgliss]

This sounds like background music for an episode of Little Bill

[TheGuiTarHero931]

Senza Parole

[cj1212121]

Only 'Trane could make Kenny G's instrument cool.

[LemijJones]

The best...Same level as a Love Supreme.

[2consul]

That 'goofy old white guy' promoted jazz tirelessly and you would not be watching this terrific performance were it not for him. His name is Ralph Gleason. My, you are rude. Post a picture of yourself somewhere, and maybe we can call you a goofy idiot. Coltrane and his group loved Ralph Gleason for his tireless promotion of cutting edge music. Grow up.

[l2udolph]

@2consul It was a joke. -.-

[AakwardAardvark]

@2consul he didnt insult him. id say goofy is a good adjective. You just seem to be trying to find some reason to argue. I think it is very true that that would make it very hard to concentrate. He didn't call him an idiot. Just leave it please.

[lrrlrllr]

@AakwardAardvark

I thought it was funny.. and true. That would bother me!

[SandlwdnSunflwrs7]

LOVE!!!

[taitadeocho]

Actually, music 's beeen damned...........but, people like ours knows the fuckin' roots..................VIva Chile

[taitadeocho]

@taitadeocho 

[taitadeocho]

Rock

[sk8er812161]

Like!!!!!

[gypie4]

.....shame we never got the pipe solo.

[Carlinhosviolao]

That was cool how you showed those video clips and tune cuts prior to starting Afro Blue,, nice.

[xxxxxxMustafaxxxxxx]

0:08 wtf...

[mussman717word]

Don't get me wrong, I love the sound of any sax Trane is blowing into, but a Tenor would've sounded really nice with this tune.

[trawamaciej]

trzynastu osobom słoń nadepnął na ucho :P

[moepre]

This music is the reason. I mean THE reason. Jazz explains everything

[AirTerranean]

Threepwoodlist, you misunderstand me, I nkow that they practised and that they are human, but you have to admit, they really can do it. Now I do appologise for that and an we get back to listening to this wonderful piece?

[marquinhodub]

12 Deaf hate so much that they can't hear this song

[oldwarcraftgamer]

those mccoy tyner-quart viocings have always sounded best to me

[bobibaz]

That snake-charmer soprano sound is just awesome !! The whole band is !

[xuanfengtui]

elvin jones is playin like a mutherfucker 

[pope07040]

@xuanfengtui check the Live at Birdland version - Elvin goes nuts!

[ayanonay]

McCoy too!

[AirTerranean]

they do not play Jazz, they must be it in human form.

Any other way they play so well?

[Threepwoodist]

@AirTerranean yes, they practice a lot, people like you annoy me, because you think that these people are beyond human and didn't practice at all, like they are Shamans or Wizards that managed to just do it without any help or struggles or problems learning the language of Jazz. They got to where they were and are by sheer and hard practice of their respective instruments. They may have had some intuition, but it's 99% persparation, 1% inspiration.

[ethansimon94]

McCoy's left hand is like a train. it's as much a part of the percussion as elvin is.

[xuanfengtui]

@ethansimon94

just another example proving that rhythm is as important as melody in jazz

[Ahash31]

@xuanfengtui I think rhythm is MORE important!!

[guitarmachine13]

He must have incredible concentration if he can improvise that well with some goofy old white guy leaning on his piano, smoking a pipe and staring at him.

[Threepwoodist]

@guitarmachine13 he's waiting on getting the notes wrong, so he can lynch him.

[hymnofashes]

@Threepwoodist haha racism

[Threepwoodist]

@hymnofashes no, I'm laughing AT racism, you mentioned the 'goofy old white guy', you are actually the racist.

[DRONGOBILLY]

@guitarmachine13

Whats white got to do with it?

[andygray]

@DRONGOBILLY The white guy is the host of the show, Ralph Gleason. He was very famous jazz & pop music critic.  Gleason was one of the first critics to perceive the importance of Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Miles Davis. He also gave many black artist the opportunity to appear before a wider audience on TV.

[crackerjohnnybravo42]

@guitarmachine13 he must have incredible concentration to be able to function on all the drugs he took! lol... not hating on coltrane. but man he loved smack!

[meinLiebsterFeind]

@crackerjohnnybravo42

Glad for your insight - shithead.

[lrrlrllr]

@guitarmachine13

lol funny... and true

[afroiberico]

Magistral interpretación al piano ... y al saxo

[Antoshik81]

Elvin Jones, a beautiful soul, i've seen him live in 2002 shortly before his passage.. he could barely walk on stage, but he still was drumming like a monster!! McCoy Tyner, John Coltrane, likely Jimmy Garrison, if one day i end up in heaven i want to see these guys around!

[area5productions]

Can someone tell me which song plays at the beginning, during the introduction, before Coltrane's piece begins?

[kimromano24]

What song is that at the beginning?

[MicGeronimO1]

just beautiful !!!!

[woodall1993]

That gyus cheeks are so big!!

[dreadtodred]

coltranes runs at the end sound like bag pipes,MAN HE WAS A GENUIS

[nickkunzedu]

shred. hard.

[ginger3ita]

yheaaaaa!!!!



[stemajor7]

Who was the trumpet player at the intro to this video with the bulging neck?

[1mustafaa23]

@stemajor7 Dizzy Gillespie

[xenezie]

@stemajor7 I beieve thats Dizzy Gillespie

[MrGoldfangaz49]

I like this whole experience here, even the way the white guy was grooving with his pipe leaning on the piano, this is good shid!

[tranesonic]

@MrGoldfangaz49 that white dude is one of the founders of Rolling Stone Magazine, there are also some shots on this DVD where you can see John's wife Alice sitting on a couch behind them while they perform. If you like this video, I suggest checking out the DVD Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual featuring John Coltrane.

[MrGoldfangaz49]

@tranesonic --> Thank you for the response. I'm in here again getting more of this,,,,,,,style.

[dagharr2]

when tyner kicks in at 1:30 is he comping with fourths in F(aeolian)? i'm having trouble with my analysis of this tune. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I assume that, outside the head, it's all quartal.

[salvitore01]

Hes actually comping on the augmented 5ths of the phrygian. And you think it sounds quartile, but if you really listen you can tell its quintal...

[dagharr2]

@salvitore01 i guess i hear some of those intervals...how are his chords constructed? is he stacking +5s in the same way that you'd stack 4ths? and is it F phrygian throughout (minus the head, which seems to move from dorian to phrygian)? thanks for the help, by the way.

[donnyab]

I know shit about playing piano but methinks Tyner's playing is really complex

[rigogurt]

the crazy thing is that if they stopped playing it would be silent. it seems so powerful that its infinite. its hard to believe mere mortals are producing this.

[thagodfather007]

0:08 dam

[MUSICRTW]

Look at that left hand comp!

[dbldee22]

Its a shame Elvin is cut out of so much of that video, he really drives that song

[larimbaud]

Pure magic.

[jbeng1953]

8 have no culture. coltrane is a ledgend!!!!

[alhajem]

Whats the name of the drummer?

[colpadrian]

@alhajem

Elvin Jones

[John5000873]

that ending was sublime

[dan19beav74]

This is so spiritual. I can really feel the energy.

[xSONxOFxCALIFAS]

@dan19beav74 can you feel the heroin addiction too?

[blopblopbloop]

i think he stopped before this recording

[dan19beav74]

This is soul spiritual. I can really feel the energy.

[philserious]

JC I'm turning into a cobra, MT that was some very cool playing. cat in the sweater I think your face is melting off.

[Nezmundo00]

badass song

[bkobes14]

Derek Trucks cover of this on slide guitar is out of this world.

[slowuncle]

Soprano Supremo! what a stellar rendering of this Trane classic. Yes, Monster Mac on piano

[jabbour99]

mccoy tyner on the keys?



[Lucade2210]

@jabbour99

yes

[rapuddes]

the soul of music

[kamaculo]

That's how you know he is badass he was playing while holding a cigarette

[Hubbingbird]

This isn't bad but I prefer a brighter tone like Kenny G

[TubeYouScreen]

@Hubbingbird lol

[sparkinup33]

@Hubbingbird ok dude thats great that you like kenny g but hes pretty different hes a pop musician not a jazz musician and stylistically worlds apart from john coltrane so its kind of like comparing apples and oranges.....i mean dont compare them john coltrane is a much more influential and real artist and remember: you wouldnt compare 80's power ballads to john coltrane so dont compare kenny g to him either!

[jabbour99]

@Hubbingbird wrong so so so wrong

[JohnPInfante]

@Hubbingbird it's cool that you prefer Kenny G. He has a lot of fans. But G and Coltrane are not in the same genre or league or sport or universe. Galaxies apart.

[SeniorConcha]

Awesome, The Doors stole a part from a song, search Universal Mind

[coldspyderSLS]

Just a thought

[Juupp]

Elvin Jones is the best jazz-drummer ever!

What a quartet...wow

5*****

[Jordainio]

Elvin sounds KILLIN!

he must have had the good stuff on this show.

[dpcization]

This should be required watching for all Americans.

[tom0734]

17 years have gone by and i missed this...

[Uv7x77]

gotta love this song

[jakedeving]

your mother exposed me her goodness too...

[kamalama76]

#1 Upload

#1Peace!!!

[keyztos]

John, Jimmy, Elvin and McCoy at the peak of their Commerical period.... I prefer what came after... but this is interesting because how many of us actually got to watch this TV show...... thanks for the creativity John !

[donnyab]

anyone know the documentary here ?

[Uv7x77]

@donnyab i believe its called jazz casual

[donnyab]

@Uv7x77

yeah how the hell did I miss that its emblazoned everywhere.....

[Uv7x77]

@donnyab lol it happens to all of us

[aeflint]

Does anyone think there is a better McCoy Tyner video on youtube?

[ojbdemaria]

superbe



[ofthetoo]

I love Elvin Jones. His drumming is like water or air; it's organic, necessary; it's inside the muisic, inside the groove. I saw McCoy Tyner in concert in the late 80s. His style to me was kind of muddy--real thick chords. This is great jazz . It really swings.

[d1egone]

C.O.N.C.H.E.T.U.M.A.R.E. = D.O,P.E.

[mazedull]

man, Ralph Gleason is groovin with that pipe.

[robicork]

Trane, yeah...

[docolli]

dam... he is f***ing that piano up...

[ledzeppelinbojo]

Excuse my ignorance but who is the drummer?

[blastcarpet]

@ledzeppelinbojo The drummer is Elvin Jones.

[RoGuExXxAsSaSiN]

I fucking love this pianist, he's so rythmical...

[DrFunkLove]

Best Jazz ever made!

[DUANESKEE]

THE train did it like no one else. Truely a great listen.

[archy4e]

Forgive my ignorance but coltrane ... afroblue?????? I believe that far from the blue coltrane it was the best saxo of the jazz

[EWCCM2]

i LOVE the drums at 5 min...

[KingWasp1]

Jones' rum roll and crash at 3.58-59 is truly superb and so ahead of it's time..listen to it and tell me it's not rock and roll!!! Awesome Jazz, awesome Coltrane!!! A true genius at work.

[ZeppelinRules]

And this is why Tyner was the only guy good enough to play with Trane.

[dshiz425]

@ZeppelinRules true, until Coltrane's later, more experimental writings and Tyner and Jones left because they felt uncomfortable with Coltrane's "new style"

[queekers]

Am I the only one completely annoyed by that guy with the pipe leaning over the piano like that?

[monkeyy992]

@queekers yup

[bakegla]

>>>>>>>>

[remiemay]

so whose the guy near the pianist smoking a pipe?

[shadowknight132]

@remiemay

I think this was performed on a tv show like most musicians did back in the 50ish and 60ish.

He's probably the host of the show.

[Lymdarosela]

@shadowknight132 If you look at the beginning of the video you'll see the gentleman sitting down with a musician--they're sitting on folding chairs. He is the host of the show.

[monkeyy992]

lol the guy at the piano with the pipe xD

[fulani5]

wow!

dear coltrane...

[kognac100]

This real music

[childofreletivity]

Define real music for me music is playing/singing from the heart no matter what genre it is still do stuff from the heart

[alandsouzab12]

@kognac100 its john coltrane music and the song is called afro blue thats what it is

[gomerijos]

@alandsouzab12 The author of AfroBlue is Mongo Santamaria.

[foonlyvision]

man, that piano solo just destroyed me

[lvanhalen]

@foonlyvision I must agree that was amazing solo

[fecalomas]

a lot of sentiment...

[henkokwithoutherbie]

Well done Mr. Coltrane. I love it.

[GiannuzzO73]

Greensleeves!!!

[JazzyZenBrotha]

Excellent skills on that Sax, Mr. Coltrane.

[pistok2]

omg y is McCoy Tyner such a freakin monster

[HippieDrummer06]

@pistok2 omg i know right!

[JimmyPage97]

@pistok2 Which dude is that?

[naccienac]

@JimmyPage97 The pianist

[JimmyPage97]

@naccienac oh yea totally. What is he playing in like all fifths or something

[naccienac]

@JimmyPage97 I have no idea :P

[JimmyPage97]

@naccienac yea haha me neither.

[halitoid]

@fourths!\?!?!?!

[JimmyPage97]

@halitoid i don't know. Its something like that, especially for the intro part i think .

[danieljones013]

@JimmyPage97 thats mccoy tyner playing in fifths and fourths. fifths in the bass cleft, and fourths higher up

[JimmyPage97]

@danieljones013 nice. That can't be easy 

[HippieDrummer06]

whos the drummer

[HisRoyalMarkness]

Elvin Jones, he's a beast

[willgonow]

so good !!!

[molinmusic]

This is what my dreams are made of! Thanks for posting!

[taylor317]

a great version of this song, if any of you are interested, is The Derek Trucks Band version, off of his album, "Soul Serenade"

[Sibarit1973]

Amazing Mongo, I love this song

[jdean9]

This version seems to have better audio quality then the other ones

[bastiaanvanbeek]

wow great improvs and compositions, specially the end part. i'm just blown away, amazing.

[jtaray]

McCoy Tyner doesn't just play piano, he attacks it.

[MetalTillDeth44]

fuckin awesome

[claudinqui]

Maravilloso, que placer ver tocar a estos monstruos del jazz. Uffffffffffffffffffffffffffff. McCoy y John. Gracias por la música.

[amusicianinparis]

I hope you're right.

[Raequan2025]

This song just makes wanna cry! Trane is the Greatest Sax Player of All Time! He be hittin them high notes. I think about this song all day!

[dal4018]

Yes Love Crew I see what your talking about Dizzie and those crazy jaws of his WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bakunin53]

Mcoy Tyner plays the piano? Amazing Coltrane.

[Andreeeiiii]

those hands are big!!

[OneLoveOneCrew]

0:07 damn :P

[modir23]

@OneLoveOneCrew haha I was like oh man his head is gonna blow !!

[222nietzsche]

Im not familiar with to much Jazz but that pianist blew me away.

[perromanchado]

priceless!!!!!

[blackfalconsungodzzz]

The copy cat lookn at the piano player,,standing their with that pipe in his mouth, learning how to copy Afro-Jazz! but it cant be done, you gotta have soul for this..

[FatManRedemption]

Yo guys, I'm just really compelled to say right now that Coltrane kicks fuckin' ass. The Final Boss of the Saxophone.

[jerzysokolsky]

What's the title of the song in the beginning of Jazz Casual?