Sonny Rollins There is no Greater Love 1973

[blackandtanful]

ｱﾙﾊﾞﾑ"ｶｯﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｴｯｼﾞ"のﾗｲﾝｱｯﾌﾟ時のｿ­ﾆｰ･ﾛﾘﾝｽﾞ､"ThereIsNoGreaterLOve­"～ｱﾄﾞﾘヴがｱﾄﾞﾘヴを呼ぶ稀有天才 #jazzm 

[drgnfr]

How can I put a "like" on top of my other "like".

[drgnfr]

fantastic sound! colossal!

[Audi0Phil]

I guess the drummer is god and the saxophon player should be Jesus ?

[jazzuffe]

He is killing Dexter Girdon here. And Dexter liked it.

[MrFunxy]

@jazzuffe

*Gordon

[RareAirSupply]

It took them 6 minutes to find the one...

But seriously, just great!

[andrea22213]

Where is the tune?

Without a tune it is just chords.

Ah, at about six minutes he plays the tune.

[wiliscool]

@andrea22213 Dont be ridiculous. Without the chords there isnt a tune.

[gorkamorka86]

This is jazz how it is meant to be played!!!, fucking real instruments!!real sound, no tricks no nothing. Incredible musicians, in-cre-di-ble

[adeduction]

Wow! There will never be a greater version of 'There is No Greater Love' than this one. Rollins played one greatest saxophone improvisations ever. Sounded like he had been playing this tune over and over for 40 years every day until he had finally got it PERFECT! And of course, he hadn't! It was on the spot! Did you all see Yoshiaki Masua shaking his head in utter unbelief at what he was hearing near the end of this virtuoso outing? I can do only the same. God! What a giant!

[jazzuffe]

Rolins is wearing the "Bird" flag beyund times!

[kingpleasure]

This is such classic stupendous Sonny, and one person voted thumbs down.....the mind boggles.

[Streamline09]

This drummer is a revelation! Is he still on the scene?

[thetornado]

@Streamline09 No. He quit playing in the late 90's, due to complications from schizophrenia. There's an Ellis Marsalis cd from 1995 available, that he is playing on.

[Streamline09]

@Streamline09 Oh, that's too bad. I wish him well. What's the name of the CD and I'll look for it. Thanks.

[jazzuffe]

Some waistful thinking.. If this would have been don with NHÖP??

[jazzuffe]

This may be the most fantastic improvisation over the the "tin pal al..." There is no greater love" Despite Dexter Gordon in Geneva 1972.. It is more than unbelivibule.

[jazzuffe]

Licks is intuition and the art we perform!

[BossTenor]

Yeah I really dig this sht man !!!!

Thanks 4 posting

[smellovision]

holy triplets, jazz man

[floke15]

thats keith jarett on the drums... it looks like anyway

[valvetrom]

@floke15  I thought he was a top class pianist, maybe a name double.

[MAJORSNODGRASS]

What a drummer accompanies SR perfectly.Just as fertile a musical mind as Sonny imho.

[jmelkonian]

listening to Sonny is exercise for the brain.

[ashrafilm]

finally met the great on 15th november, 2009.

[jazzuffe]

I can not belive I am listning and seeing this, but it is true!

[gwalkron]

This is great!

[valentynesuite]

no gymnastic for rollins! only greatness and originality

[spenhenda]

great

[newkbean]

Speed doesn't enter into music in any way, your way OFF!

And in case you probably haven't listen to Sonny playing bebop

at breakneck speed! Some of his co-musicians used to say:

"He started out real fast and doubled the tempo!" This "discussion" of speed and "licks" is rediculous!

and NO true players are prone to use "licks"!

SONNY ROLLINS IS ONE OF THE MOST INTUITIVE PLAYERS I'VE COME ACROSS!

HE'S ABOVE LICKS!

[helluvagun]

@newkbean

and I met Mr Rollins May 1 2006! The most memorable event ...

[littlebones18]

@newkbean That's not true man. Sorry. Many great players use, and assimilate lines, and transcribe to gain them. The artists that expand the idea of a line they like, or use the theory within a line and make it their own are great. Example: Joe Henderson.

[mussman717word]

@newkbean

Well spoken, brother.

[djjjamin]

@newkbean evry1 uses licks. if u play a phrase it is going to hav licks in it. Yes, sonny rollins made up his licks on the spot but they are still licks. u r using bad english sir.

[jamalrollins]

This is "Alfie's theme" free improvisation,

hear again "Alfie's theme" from the same owner

[jazz1bro]

Definitely spontaneous improv! Great a playing from a master.

[doddsalfa]

Like always for sonny.

[jimbosingleton]

great new orleans master David Lee on drums. too bad most of sonny's badass solo at the beginning is missing.

[domkeller]

well, sasurai4646 your comments... it's all greek too me.

[baccypouch1]

domkeller, pretty sure it's japanese, I think I understand more of it than you. If you read it carefully, there is a number 30 in the second line

[sasurai4646]

やっぱりソニーロリンズはすごいプレイヤーですね。

３０年近く前、新宿の厚生年金ホールへ一人で行った事

を思い出しました。あの時のギターも増尾好秋でした。

[Zfate]

Honto nii! hai hai

[qiitxx]

@sasurai4646 all jazz is is licks

[fluidjazz]

@qiitxx cock

[JohnsonMax]

This is the most ridiculous statement I've ever read.

[Regisphilben]

@qiitxx, in a way, you could claim that of any song with written a "melody", stupid head :)

[ROME216]

Who's on drums?

[Craigios]

Sonny is the best, what a player!

[kingpleasure]

This is just great up tempo cooking all the way. He spits those lines out so fast it´s amazing. What a vocabulary! The only other tenor player this fast is Johnny Griffin and like him, Sonny is so classy because of the way he quotes old standards so deftly. There is 2 seconds of "Without A Song" at 3:45 that´s a gasser. & great drum solo at the beginning. BTW it´s David Lee, not Davis as listed.

[tbcass]

Rollins is great not because of his speed but the harmony melody and swing of his playing. Speed is only 10% at best of great playing.

[Whatisthescore]

Isn't speed just how well you know your shit (harmony, melody, rhythm)?

[tbcass]

Not necessarily. Yes as you learn more the easier it is to play and, as a result, the faster you can play. It is possible however to play extremely fast without knowing much through practicing repetitive riffs. By playing certain riffs over and over you will gain speed playing those riffs only. It becomes a reflex or what is referred to as muscle memory. Most Rock shredders play super speed using this method but they really don't know their shit like a Jazz player does.

[Whatisthescore]

Ya you're right. There is nothing more annoying than someone just playing licks, but I truely think that everyone has to go through a period like that before they can start playing there own licks.

[tbcass]

Your absolutely right. As a bass player myself I went through that period. It took a lot longer and a huge amount of practice and playing before I was able to really create spontaneously. Many if not most players never reach that point because they aren't willing or are unable to put the practice time in to achieve that goal.

[Whatisthescore]

So true. People may try to make it LOOK like they practice by playing a lot of licks when really that's just the beginning of practice when it comes to jazz. I also think a lot of people are affraid to trust what THEY think sounds good and step away from emulating their heroes. It's all about trusting yourself and knowing that honesty is what sounds beautiful in music, but that's the hardest step to take for a lot of people.

[60jord]

Powerful and relentless as always. Brilliant!

[tonyfreejazz20]

Great stuff. Thanks for posting this on you tube.

[explodinghippie]

Another side of Sonny's playing. Beautiful and inspirational as always. Thanks for posting this.