Oscar Peterson Trio - Live in Italy 1961 - Part 4

[waltsimsjr]

@masolv1...In Pittsburgh, where Ray Brown and Roy Eldridge call home, It is perfectly normal for top notch Jazz musicians to have spontaneous Jam Sessions and the hired Trio or Quartet would serve as a rhythm section. In 1961 the two most popular venues for these guys were the Crawford Grill and the Hurricane. This trio would have backed up a very young George Benson, Stanley and Tommy Turrentine, Jimmy Smith, etc....

[melsamba]

Sorry but the drummer on this video doesn't look like Ed Thigpen,...

[MaximusDowns]

Man, what a line up! Great choice of tunes, everyone working well together, totally in the pocket. Man, this stuff is great, it makes me want to practice more and play in front of people more. Totally inspirational!!!

[ivanovickr]

the best swing cat is roy eldridge..

[drinkinginspanish]

50 years later, and we're still digging on this.  That's the staying power of blues/jazz/Oscar.

[BestoShohore]

does anybody know where can i listen to "sittin' In" by Roy Eldridge ?

[Trumpetplayer60076]

FANTASTIC!!! Thanks for posting.

[dstol62]

This is called "Soft Winds"....

[julesmonendrumface]

Thats not Thigphen on drums ??

[Beauxdeauxfinglok]

First time I've seen a trio with five dudes in it.

[StradMan37]

Need to read, in the description:

"Featuring: Roy Eldridge - trumpet & Herbie Ellis - guitar" (guest stars).

[samadjhi]

@StradMan37 Roy Eldridge was just sitting in The name of the group was the Oscar Petterson Trio

[BuckshotLaFunke]

Author Gene Lees tells how during a JATP performance Oscar Peterson changed the mouthpieces on the trumpets of Eldridge and Dizzy, when no one was looking. Dizzy then picked up his trumpet, but could produce no sound at all, while Roy only managed a sort of moan.

[bjazzer795]

is this a freddie freeloader cover?

[redhouse7]

i think so

[tje111]

It was the other way around.

Soft Winds was co-written by Benny Goodman and guitar genuis Charlie Christian, sometime 1939. On the recordIngs, you can hear the Soft Winds melody as bar chords on Christian's guitar, which is why I think he composed it.

Freddie Freeloader was written in early 1959. Freddie's final two bars have an A-flat substitution in place of the traditional B-flat chord, giving it Miles' unique stamp.

Stay in the pocket, kindest regards.

Tom

[leoluifer]

solo posso dire che e' bellissimo!!!questo maestro era l'icono del mio babbo!!!e' adesso anche mio!!la vita da piacevoli momenti ,ma senza musica non avrebbe senzo vivere!

[silensen]

<3  <3 <3 <3 <3

[masolv1]

What are all those people doing in a trio ?

[leone7227]

Just love "Little Jazz"'s sound. Great, great performance by all here!!!

[jookyle]

What is this from? Is there an audio version on CD of the concert?

[motreby]

The tune is called "soft winds" composed by Charlie Chrisitan and Benny Goodman. The head( melody) is 16-bars extended blues form, however after stating the head players usually improvise on 12-bar jazz blues progression.

[herperatu]

Just love oscar's smile while he's groovin with herbie. Puts a smile on my face every time.

[PeterKoreaKim]

i wish this was on youtube or some place where i could download this exact version

[EricDymond]

this is youtube...? lol

[pierrjazz]

little jazz and GIGANTIC SWING!

[lomalindajazz]

WOW. I agree with andrew17660. This must be the best jazz movie out there. And I am(was) a Dave Brubeck finatic.

[MagicRain505]

PLAY DEM BLUES, ELDRIGDE! YESSSSS!

[Ianmc26]

'soft winds' by goodman/hampton

[andrew17660]

I gotta say this is probably one of if not THE best jazz recording (video or audio) ever. So much swing. I'm at a loss on this one.

[Ianmc26]

now THAT's real music

[pnebenzahl]

"Little Jazz" - as Roy was called - showing us where Miles got his feel from....straight out of Roy Eldridge!

[frankpearce]

Yes, rpool444, John is now using Ray's last instrument. But he has always used a "Ray" bass. The one he has recorded with for years was obtained by Ray for him when he was a student of Ray's. Check the recent Diana Krall in Las Vegas on YouTube. It was done in June '07 and John is playing Ray's bass.

[jazzclarinet2006]

Hey, they're playing a benny goodman sextet number! Great work with it too! Gotta love Ray Brown on that bass...

[pekoe67]

Nice work if you can get it!

[rpoole444]

did you know that the bass that john clayton (of the clayton hamilton orchestra) plays, is ray browns bass? once he (ray brown) died, it was given to John as a gift

[HighwayCinema]

Super bien suuuuuuave!

[keys59]

The BOMB!!

[wfarnaby]

Dynamite!

[gwincinski]

best rhythm section in galactic

[jwdlvw]

cool! never seen this before.

[NOBODYtuff]

Ahahaha Ray is so young in this.

[billysfender]

great stuff.they seem to be having a great time.

[jmreisser]

The drummer is the great Gus Johnson

[stammerdijk]

fppstra, you did a great job! Ilike it very much and

the best wishes for 2007

[billybillfat]

It's not Ed Thigpen, though....

[fopstra]

Why not?

[YerbaCCS]

@billybillfat Yes it is, it's written "ET" on the bass drum, which stands for Ed Thigpen...

[jgrodnik]

The tune is "Soft Winds." Great stuff.

[BassThrasher]

Yeah, thought so. There's another version of this tune on youtube with Peterson and Joe Pass.