The Eternal Triangle - Pat Metheny, Roy Hargrove and others

[AtmosphericObialoPax]

Nice Pat quotes "Move" by Art Taylor at 2:13

[guitarrasco]

I bet Pat s wearing his blue and white stripe t shirt under neath the tux.

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[LuktarGvendur]

grandioso! es como si los instrumentos conversaran entre ellos :D

[apil87]

He already was in a suit on a concert of Jobim actually)

[westoak1106]

WOW ! This must have been a special occasion, I've never seen Pat Metheny dressed up. Carnegie Hall appears to be a beautiful place - large, grand and elegant, pleasing to attend or to play.

[whitetruck76]

Does anyone know where they are performing? I remember that the last song was "Now's the time." It had a lady scating and a wicked solo by Jackie McLean.

[teemingup]

Wow. I have this whole tribute on video but.... I`ve moved to Japan now, and can`t play it here. Thanks to You Tube I can still pick out my favourite pieces. Thanks so much for posting this, although I played the downloaded audio that I have, to go with this little video hihi.

[whitetruck76]

@teemingup

Where was this recorded? I want to find the last song of the night. I believe it was "Now's the time"---it had everybody playing and had a nasty solo by Jackie McLean.

[teemingup]

@whitetruck76 This was recorded in Carnegie Hall in 1994 or something like that. It was part of a salute to some fine musicians of a while ago and more recent. The last song was indeed `Now`s the time`, with intro`s by Ray Brown and Christian Mc. Bride. Speaking of goosebumps. Just be patient, because the person that posted the other stuff can also post this. So let`s just hope that this will happen soon!

[streetscaper69]

Daammm . . . Whew, that put holes in both my socks. . . .

[jazzweston1]

I love Roy's tone and intensity among other things. But did he play a wrong note as his first note in the introduction. Or was that intentional?

[SpencerMA89]

this is good but nothing will compare to sonny side up

[oober349]

mclean is god

[Kitschead]

Yeah excellent music. I'm not diggin the setting though. Sharp suits in an opera hall just ain't jazz.

[SamHoffmanJazz]

@Kitschead

you really care about something that petty when there are legendary musicians making great music?

[Kitschead]

Seriously man, I was just making an aside. I already said that it was amazing music. You don't agree with what I said?

[SamHoffmanJazz]

@Kitschead

not really. jazz is increasingly treated as a form of "high art" like classical music and, in some ways, it is being increasingly institutionalized (being taught at unioversities, etc.) there are drawbacks but i think its cool that the music is treated with such respect

[Kitschead]

Ok well I guess our opinions differ.

[Stanford1690]

I love Pat Metheny, but I don't think his sound fits very well in this group.

[valdrighi]

what a dream team! pat can be great even wearing a suit!

[saxman8845]

I find this kind of funny because Roy Hargrove's current sax player (Justin Robinson) is a McLean clone.

[themacintrasher]

@saxman8845

I don't think that Justin Robinson sounds much like Jackie Mclean. He sounds a lot more like Eric Dolphy.

[becciihh]

This clip reminded me how great Sonny Stitt was and how all these big names of today can´t come anywhere near him or young Sonny Rollins playing what must be one of basic forms of jazz- Rhythm Changes.

[Jaketrombone]

rhythm changes till you get the bridge, then its ascending chromatically through II V's

[vova47]

@becciihh Thank you, my sentiments exactly. But most people have not studied jazz history and harmony so they can't telll the difference.

[vcosner]

pat metheny isnt wearing jeans or a stripped shirt

[spongey222]

Holy crap! Pat metheny in a tux... lol This is fantastic. What a line up...

[boricuatrumpet69]

SiCK!!!!!!

[runeskyler]

This is a great song, if you guys get the chance you should check out the Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt version.

[t3hwasabi]

And the Jimmy Bruno version.. :)

[bigredsaxy]

Roy and Pat are bleeding to death courtesy JMAC!

[DopplegangerLv21]

matheny seems to kind of be the oddman out in the trading, mclean and hargrove are rediculous not to mention the all star band

[DarianHarman]

Yeah, McLean and Hargrove started to go way outside with their phrasing. Metheney usually has a direct approach.

[exvotivezach]

This is not a jam at all... They clearly reharsed that begining part.

[insanojazz]

thats how the song actually starts. but yeah its a show so obviously they had to rehearse time frame and that kind of stuff

[Brothergeppetto]

jam doesnt always mean absolutely no rehersal. and especially for musicians of that caliber, intros to standards like eternal triangle are well known. if you expect to "jam" with experienced cats, you better learn your intros, i.e. Groovin' High, Star Eyes and All the Things you Are.

[jazzcatuna]

you're an idiot.

[JazzzRockFuzion]

LoL Dude, listen to Herbie's introductory explanation. They're jamming on the head of Sonny Stitt's Eternal Triangle. It's a 32-bar Rhythm Changes. "Jam" doesn't mean make shit up from top to bottom.....study some jazz, man.

[remilburne7]

it's not about ego here. These guys all have great chemestry especially considering the fact that this the trio from the parkers mood album (roy, christian, stephen) and they are just jammin' on monster levels.

[SlikkTim]

Jackie McLean destroys it !! The hardest alto sax blower :)

[trumpetman]

I don't think ego is the problem here. The whole program is contrived. They obviously had too many rules to make music happen in a natural way, because it was not a natural jazz setting... Considering, it still sounded great, and who is going to sound like stitt, sonny and dizzy ever again, thats aside from the point, no one should sound like them ever again. We should find our own voices...

[jonifli]

amazing!!!the way the piano player makes metric modulation before roy starts is sooo great.

by the way the keep the changes, is a rhythm changes and it's pretty clear,and anyway for that we have christian who is the guy to trust

[vova47]

The solos actually have little to do with the tune or the changes. There´s a lot of ego and

not enough music on the stand. If original version of this tune was as bad as this one,

it would never have become the classic that

it is.

[vova47]

Oh yes, of course, they are "THE SUPER STARS",

but that does not mean that they make great music every time they are thrown together on

the bandstand, as they did not this time. (IMHO). As for smoking ME with one note...

it´s possible, depending on the choice of note.

However if they won´t stick to that magic tone

they can experience second-hand smoke. Peace,V.

[intrepidpooch]

@vova47 Whatever Mr. Know-it-all. Let's hear your video that sounds better than this one. Sounds to me like Roy and Jackie are bringing a whole bunch of music to the bandstand, what do I know though?

[Saxotomitry]

I don't think I've ever seen Metheny wear a suit before.

[sokolovtina]

lol

me neither

[spongey222]

@Saxotomitry Weird eh! I miss the stripy shirt to be honest lol

[kevinm4435]

@Saxotomitry same here - i'm a little surprised it doesn't have horizontal stripes.

[CJ81]

@Saxotomitry I know! Its hilarious and he looks so uncomfortable in it!

[elortibamal]

@Saxotomitry The music is more important than the clothes

[jazzguitarfanatic]

Stephen Scott! Love the way he did that mambo thing toward the end. When you play as hard as he does you can pretty much dictate the feel!  Totally badass!

[ColtraneGilg]

rollins actually wrote the tune

[intrepidpooch]

Sonny Stitt actually did write it, he was playing it years before the Sonny Side Up session under the name "The String." He added a different bridge with the half-step descending thing and it became the "Eternal Triangle."

[cuaddu]

wooooooow....

[kevinm4435]

thanks!!!