Jimmy Smith w. Kenny Burrell - Organ Grinder's Swing - 1993

[JackOrion0670]

Peanut butter and jelly, beer and pizza, baseball and hot dogs, teenage girls and mini skirts, B-3 and guitar, you know the rest.

[JHelak]

Jimmy Smith and those great Blue Note recordings defined "Funk". I always thought he brought out the best in guys like Burrell as well.

[johnnyirvine]

god bless you jimmy smith. you make me want to cut off my fingers.

[gyrgrls]

Acid jazz at its best. Didn't Basie pen this one?

[flakeyF00nt]

mr. grady tate is a master of the drums

[TheReelsofJoy]

This is NICE!

[mehmetursan]

2 people hate their lives

[machinegunlicks]

kenny burrell is amazing.. I'm also a pianist and I love jimmy smith.. when I first heard the studio solo kenny plyed on this tune I was completely speachless.. and it's still my favourite jazz,blues,swing solo ... genius.. pentatonicgenius XD

[Bebopflea]

I love Jimmie and Kenny!  amazing duo!

[jayhtee1974]

Great vid from a stage of true masters!!

[baldieman4]

Checkout: search "jamiegodwingroup" on here. New Hammond jazz with a kick!

[joeycigar63]

It just doesn't get much better than this...miss you Jimmy!!

[giovannibulgari]

fuuuckkkk jimmy!!! YES! Does anyone have hobson's hop?

[Mewsicat]

this is the stuff .... the real thing.... groovin'

[Ouellette1978]

This is nice post, great musicians to say the least...

[spadge1able]

really very cool & unique.what a swinger top draw music.

[cattymanly]

Back in the 1980s I did some video camera work in Washington, DC at a reception honoring Sammy Davis, Jr. and Felix Grant (one of the top jazz radio DJs). On the way out, one of the guests was Kenny Burrell and he asked if I could give him a lift to his hotel in the Dupont Circle area. I gladly did. He was a very gracious and kind man, I enjoyed talking with him.

[gezunder]

brilliant

[stevezurier]

The sense of swing and phrasing can't be beat!!!

[superblop27]

Totally Solid-Sending FAB !!

[SSINHA700]

awesome band, with grady tate and kenny burrell - it just doesn't get better than that - there is a wonderful cd too "fourmost return"

[197supreme]

These are the guy who coined the phrase "Jam session' can you dig it man

[rtw1313]

I've never listened to Jimmy Smith and not felt happier afterwords. I wish I could have told him that in person. He and Kenny seem to nail it every time. Thanks for posting!

[88sublunaire]

C'est une impression ou il 4 bras et autant de jambes?Incroyable!

[garyguitar]

JS was the wildest and to me the most talented B-3 player, Kenny is great too. Their Blue Note albums were killer.

[spadge1able]

real groovy man

[LesPaulGoldTop21]

Yeah!

[organham]

This is the mannnnnn, he started this Hammond thing!!!!!!!

[MusicManMarlin]

Long LIve The King of the Hammond B3, and lets not forget Kenny Burrell, Love this

[GrantchesterMeadows]

Thanks for this,  a real treat

[thechallengeresponse]

Awesome!

[bluehazer]

888000000, C3, 3rd, Leslie on chorale. Add talent and go!

[DocFuzzB3]

Takes we waaaaaaay back!

[dingoswamphead]

Amazing the new feelings that great musicians can continue to discover in such a simple format as the blues. Thanks.

[Exposethefrauds]

This is jazz. Not like the junk today with a thousand useless notes.

[betozabrockis1]

@Exposethefrauds This is for reeeeeeeeal!

[ultrabot90]

@Exposethefrauds What are you calling junk...Modern jazz, or metal?

[taildragger53]

@Exposethefrauds

 Absolutely the way i see it. So much music lacks FEEL, emotion and sensuality,.SWING basically. Blues has be the sensual basis for Jazz and many musicians today just can't interpret Blues and tend to complicate it into mathematical "chamber music".

[nsmith4cg]

@Exposethefrauds i didnt know you were on the tinternet dad ??!!??( ps are you still shouting out of your car window at cyclists without lights ?)

[johnnylance]

What was that starting at 3:42?? That's what I'm talking about!!

[bluehazer]

@johnnylance BOP!

[quietstormprod]

all HAIL Jimmy Smith!!!

[Anon5K]

Top billing the first time I saw Jimmy Smith 1957ish, was Billy Eckstein and Sarah Vaughn. Nothing I saw there ever came close to Jimmy. In New York at the time you had to have a Caberet licence to work in any of the main clubs. Jimmy had been quarantined/limited to the Grand due to some personal issues at the time and was denied a licence.

[Anon5K]

Jimmy Smith beat anything I ever saw at the Apollo, including all their top billing. Late 50's used to sit at his organ at the Baby Grand and be transported.

[chakrachaser]

I was 13yrs old, in Dallas Tx. when Jimmy came to town, State Fair Park Hall, Wow, he had the whole crowd rockin, one guy up in the balcony was completely lost in the music, got up dancin, almost like he was speaking in tongues, witnessing the holy ghost:). The spot light pulled off of Jimmy and zoomed up to this guy rocking out:) God those were incredible memories for a 13yr old kid:) That was mid 60's. Jimmy, an inspiration, and icon on the Hammond no one ever came close to.

[quagliagol100]

this music comes from heaven

[taildragger51]

Oh, i meant to thank you, bobjazz11 for this unbeatable video. Long live Kenny Burrell !

[DYNODRUM]

gRADY'S THE gRAVVY -HERE AND THERE,great Drummer.......&

[minoustudio]

great, thanks!

[faxelok17]

when you listen to jazz this which have to dance is you soul not your body

[faxelok17]

1950jimbei i agree with you so much............

[putitupmike]

For years I have wondered why people don't dance ot jazz. I am wondering again. This sooo rocks, and I sure as hell can't stand still...

[1950jimbei]

Jazz can be dance music but it is mostly music to listen to. You can and should shake, swing or sway to the music whether sitting or standing, but once you start dancing, you become self conscious of how you're dancing and try to dance as much in style as you can. Thus your concentration shifts from listening to dancing. You may still be able to concentrate on the rhythm, but you're not really listening to the melody, chords or tones, let alone delicate notes and many other musical intricacies.

[putitupmike]

Na, na, na. I have been going to Jazz and Blues shows all my llfe, and dance has never gotten in the way. If I want chords or tones I just put on some vinyl. When I go to a show it all about getting "INTO" the groove. I drink Martinis so have no problem forgetting what I look like. Three years ago I was fortunate to find a woman to go to the Russian River Blues Festival, and dance with me for two days solid. The only shifting my brain did was going from the music, to her swaying.

[1950jimbei]

Pls read your own comment again, and you'll find it self-contradictory. Jazz is not rock'n'roll or disco music. Well, blues are closer to rock'n'roll, but basically narrative, so you still have to listen. I have the same attitude in listening to music whether listening to CDs/LPs or in concerts. Yes, what I do is LISTENING. It's the main thing. You seem to be a likable chap, and I'm happy for you that you had such an irresistible distraction at the blues fest. Cheers!

[tickleperson2]

jazz was the dance music of the early part of the last century...

[1950jimbei]

Yes, you're absolutely right. Jazz "was" dance music.

Jazz grew out of it long time ago.

You can also think about the difference between rock'n'roll and (art) rock.

[taildragger51]

1950jimbei: Yes, i agree. Had to give you a "thumbs up" twice.

Also jazz grew up from ragtime which was seriously highbrow music on par with classical. Scott Joplins recitals were like Mozarts. The thing that upset Charlie Parker was that jazz suddenly drew teeny boppers who didn't really listen at all. Earl Bostic took over.

[groovedoc]

i love to dance to jazz music and i although get every single note while dancing, maybe cause i studied music and have very good ears but i think every one should be able to this, if he trys first switching back and forth attention between movig and listening and then more and more melt it togehter to one "broader" attention, where the body dances from himself and you can enjoy music at the same time completly as if you were sitting and only listening

[1950jimbei]

I'm impressed you can pay attention to every single note while dancing. You must be a genius. Well, let me quote what I wrote about musical geniuses to one of my YouTube friends some time ago. <This is what I've been suspecting for years about a few truly genius musicians. Do you know Keith Jarret grunts while he plays? Do you realize his grunting is often not in harmony with what he's playing on his piano? My analysis (or analogy) is that his brain is like that of a simultaneous interpreter.

[1950jimbei]

Simultaneous interpreters are different from plain multilingualists. The latter can shift from one language to another, but cannot really think, listen or speak in 2 different languages in a fraction of time which can be regarded as "simultaneous". Simultaneous interpreters and a few truly genius musicians can get different regions of their brains to work on 2 different things at the same time. I think Jarret becomes a listener as a separate/total entity while his alter ego plays the piano.

[1950jimbei]

You don't have to split this way when you scat in unison with your guitar. What Jarret does must be a totally different brain activity. I mentioned fantastic fill-ins by Chick Corea; I suppose more than one different phrases, chords and even rhythms are ringing in his brain simultaneously and he can take whichever is the best suited at each moment. It's said that Wes Montgomery could engage in chat while playing, but I suppose this kind of ability is most likely to develop in pianists

[1950jimbei]

because their right and left hands continuously do different (though related) jobs. (In that sense, Stanley Jordan is again "exceptional".) You know, hand use is closely connected with the brain. I wish I could go further, talking about the right and left hemispheres of the brain. But since I'm a layman about the subject, I think I should stop here.> groovedoc, pls don't expect ordinary people to be able to do what only geniuses can do. I wish I could see you dancing beautifully to Coltrane.

[organham]

Most organist just sit there and play,no movement or expression.Thats not the case with Jimmy Smith and Dr. Lonnie Smith.They dance on the organ bench, not to mention the happy facial expressions!!

[jazzvec]

kenny - excelent choice of tones (as always).

[chuchelov]

just great

[bobbywatley]

You guys said it all. Jimmy Smith was a bad muther fu yuh.

[Beppe161]

Good...Good...

@Beppe

[tornspeedo]

WOW JIMMY! OMG!! And full agreement with the tone post Superfuzzymama, A GREAT STOCK late model B-3 and 122 RVs. Nothing can match it when they're right. What a sweet growl it has.

[1950jimbei]

I've been hooked on Jimmy & Kenny playing together since their 1972 New Port Jam Session.

[Benfatbackbeat]

loving your work kenny!

[sfregolare]

the best jimmy

[chalone2]

talk about your all-star casts!!

[superfuzzymomma]

JIMMY GRUNTS JUST LIKE MONK.

BRILLIANT!

HIS B3 GOT beyond THE PERFECT

TONE.

thanks for this

[drnubian60]

what I always loved about Jimmy is that he always gave his sideman room,not crowding them, but in command at all times

[hoestreicher]

I agree. Great musicianship. Oh yeah, Jimmy's left hand & left foot!!! :o

[dennerlien]

Glad someone else can hear the grest bass line this guy plays. Do you know before Jimmy played the Hammond he started with and old slap bass laying around the place?

Bob,Laguna Woods.Cal

[roland395]

This is what jazz and organ playing is about