Erroll Garner in London "Honeysuckle Rose"

[charlesnorte]

Que bueno es trabajar sonriendo! ( How good it is to work with a smile!)

[UncleRed1234567]

1:40 reminds me of "will you still be mine?"

[rogelio2ify]

I love the stride!

[thapervysailor]

That stride at 3:05.

I cant stop listening to it.

[panlemans]

Eeven after having seen this clip a hundred times or more, he keeps me amazing.

That pure joy of playing....

[pelares666]

two people were searching for 'honey suck my nose' :P

[player0639]

A true genius and piano virtuoso. He has no equal, his style is truly unique!

[Rigbro]

Eddie Calhoun had an impossible job when playing with Errol who can easily be called a two fisted player. Except where Garner's driving 4beat left hand has no bass line, Eddie has to cover exactly the lines of the piano. Being a bass player myself, I had the opportunity to play bass with boogie woogie greats including Mead Lux Lewis and Charlie Beal. The toughest gigs I ever worked.

[LoSignorino]

Lol @ Eddie Calhoun around :50, what a great trio this was...amazing

[TheGroovestock]

heheheh!! 0:45 the bassist complains about where to begin!!

And Garner seems to be jokeing!!

[emcee2308]

Great Video!! Notice how the bass player just waits for almost a minute until Garner starts the tune; he even gestures to the audience that he doesn't know what Garner's going to play. I just kept watching the intro.....

[TheGroovestock]

@emcee2308 hhaha, yeah!! I notice the same!!! haha Garner was very unpredictable almost in all his intros. He dirves the other musican mad

[sailin1934]

he was also known as the little giant from pittsburg.

[sailin1934]

who were the 2 tone deaf morons who turned thumbs down on this jazz classic

[4205lr]

From BBC2 in 1964.

[TrishBell1]

So much talent!

[lamoeblabla7]

Is this on any dvd or cd available for purchase?

[icedrum2]

@lamoeblabla7

I'm sorry, but I don't think so.

[NfiniteXdestinY]

@icedrum2 Just another reason why I hope Youtube doesn't start pulling/censoring content. YT is turning into an archives of sorts and I (along with many others, i assume) feel like it should eventually fall into the same realm as say, the Smithsonian. So much classic footage and audio clips that would be lost if this site went down. Including this!

[spastjan]

@lamoeblabla7 It is.

[spastjan]

@lamoeblabla7 It is on DVD.

[mannedge]

@lamoeblabla7 I'm not sure if it's the same performance, but there is a great

DVD called "Erroll Garner - In Performance" that is avaliable for sale on Amazon.

[hughtonks]

@lamoeblabla7 it's part of BBC2's ancient "Jazz 625" season (625 being the number of lines on the screen for BBC2)..

Some of them are available via Amazon:

[Brainstorm3002]

I like how at 0:50 the bass player shrugs cause erroll want let him in on the bass line. Erroll jus showing lol

[splanky87]

I had a professor in college who had the stride style down pat, it's really an experience to see people play that way live. The forward motion is infective and begs to to move your foot. Still haven't heard a piano player with that same left hand touch, his comping sounds EXACTLY like a rhythm guitar. What a treat!

[chkjns]

@splanky87 I read Erroll's bio - that rhythm guitar sound is influenced by Count Basie's guitarist, Freddie Green. Read the rest of his wiki, it's AMAZING! My channel is over 600 playlists of the best music on earth & EG is one of 400 artists I've playlisted, this is the guy who composed 'MISTY' ! ! There are 111 playlists for every year since 1900, so I put one of EG's 'mistys' on the 1954 list. Amazing to see atune performed by its creator ! ! Hope you stop by, chuck

[kagerou0313]

0:49 ---- LOVE IT!!!!

[harryoakley]

Miracle of miracles - Erroll Garner playing stride piano!

[SharmaYelverton]

What I love, amongst other things, about Garner is that he seems oblivious to the fact that what he's playing is suppose to be hard.

[aammirr]

...although there are not many pictures of him; Jimmie Smith was Garner's drummer for decades. No not the organist; that was Jimmy, with a 'Y'.

[TheDarmardar]

fantastic, wonderful happy music by all three.

[vimana19]

He always makes me smile, brings such cool and laid back humour to his genius, and yes Jazz.

[theyoungdwarf]

who's the drummer please? joe'jones?

[4205lr]

@theyoungdwarf The drummer is Kelly Martin. I have the dvd.

[theyoungdwarf]

@4205lr thanks a lot

[steelydanbowler]

Beautiful playing :D

[5lowrollD]

At :51 , the Bassist shrugs cuz he cant follow along. very funny moment

[rutischi]

fantastico

[odysseetheater]

purer wahnsinn.. allerdings begleiten hätt ich ihn nicht wollen, ein albtraum..jedesmal was anderes, da bist du auch als begleitung gefordert. aber er muss ein ziemlicher witzbold gewesen sein, so sitzt ihm der schalk hinter den ohren .. grinst sich eins ab..pausenlos.. herrlich zu schauen und hören. sonderklasse, genie....

[foggy4180]

I love it when I see the bass player take several times position to start playing the bass and every time Errol starts a new variation on the intro.

It must be a real blessing when you can play in a band like this because you have to stay focussed all the time, Errol gets the best out of every musician and every time it's a surprise what come's up to his mind.

Beside all this it's like heaven to hear complete freedom in music, awesome!

[orestepinziettoni]

This is so brilliant... The into is a masterpiece of creativity, freshness and musicality... WOW!!!!!!! When I think this fellow did not know how to read music (just like Django Reinhardt for instance) I'm so ammired and astonished! What a sense a rhythm, what a beatiful impro... He was the same thing with his music... :)))))))))))))))))))))

[dnettles]

I read of an account between Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson, shortly before Tatum's death, where Tatum told Peterson to watch out for "the little guy" (Garner).

[mrpossibilities]

One of the most underrated jazz artists... and one of the most important. You can hear how much he influenced Ahmad Jamal (who I believe was one his students, if my memory doesn't fail me)

[zviato]

Oh my god ... Left hand starting @ 3'05" !! :)

[joeholtsnotes]

Happiness!

[jiver222]

Is that Woody Allen in the audience

[dnettles]

What a swinging piano sound. God rest your soul Erroll Garner.

[rexydad]

Wonderful!

[JLorz84]

The stride is phenomenal

[963821]

2 notes and you know who it is. thats what its all about

[goldenlady1983]

He was phenomenal.

[Brassens4ever]

@goldenlady1983

Yes, no difference between right or left hand !

His left was not used to hold the bass-line !

Here's the perfect example what you can do ! ! !

Incredible

[artielon]

@963821 70 notes and you had no idea what was coming - Erroll´s intros were always a mystery.

[Redflowers9]

@963821 subscribed!

[noinas01]

With all due respect, its thin flighty and annoyingly ostentatious compared to hearing Fats play it solid and with real depth....even Erroll's stride is wooden somehow....guess I'm jist a Fats fan in the end that's all!....still enjoyed it though!...thanks for posting!

[MrFlemball]

A natural!!!

[harryoakley]

Sheer joy! Just look at little Eddie Calhoun on bass, gesturing to the audience that he's in the dark as to when it starts for him!

[hommefriday]

the stride à la Fats is brilliant. I am learning left hand chords - does a book of the Garner chords?

[AlbertGBaierII]

@hommefriday Search for -- Dick Hyman Garner -- on YouTube; he's got DVD's on which he analyzes the styles of all the greats...

[IRACEMABABU]

Enorme !

[Flextones]

Honey suck my nose that is so clever. He has got his bass player puzzled. Then he settles in the key of F at a blistering tempo, with Honeysuckle Rose. I never realized how small Erroll's hands are. Oscar Peterson was a big man with freakishly big hands. When I see Erroll's hands I see there is hope for me.

[ebutuoybdr]

check out kylan / foundring

[SinisterDexter1]

wow wow wow and garner is great at stride as well!!!!

[marioestanislau007]

eu nunca vi ninguem tocar com tanta alegria!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[st3phtuff]

During the intro even the bass player had no idea what was coming. he just smiles and shrugs his shoulders! Priceless!

[Purviews]

@st3phtuff

Ha ha. a beautiful sight.

A flummoxed bass player and a happy pianist.

[pfeld]

AND ERROLL GARNER COULDN'T READ A NOTE OF MUSIC. He was truly one of a kind. Chills me to this day.

[marioestanislau007]

fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OscarPetersonFan]

One of my favourite tunes by one of my favourite musicians. Actually it's my favourite tune beside Take the A train.

[peppersax]

This man swings so hard and yet, so effortlessly. He was a TRUE GENIUS! Not what they call every rapper these days. Look at his expressions on his face. He loved every minute of it!! Good music NEVER dies!

[victorsethy]

But come on!Can you show up ONE pianist even close to him,coming up in the past 10-20 years???

[peppersax]

If you read my comment again, I never said anything about any other PIANIST. There are plenty of pianist that were, and are in the same league as Erroll Garner (Red Garland, McCoy Tyner, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum) and hundred's more. I said that the phrase, "TRUE GENIUS" shouldn't be applied to just any 'Lil D, Poop Dog, Dr. Ne....Understand?

[victorsethy]

I agree.But you say,that good music never dies...what I'm saying,that it seems to be dieing in these days.The real talents are already almost all gone,the new ones ignored by something called music-business - wich is there for some rich kids,who know nothing about music...

I'm also a pianist.Spent this winter in 7-9 celsius degrees,still can't pay my bills.Having no gigs,no TV,no radio,no heat,no food...just because I'm better,then most of the local ones.

Past 41 this spring...and disappointed:(

[peppersax]

Sorry to hear about your current state. It seems that great musicians always end off on the streets or die penniless (remember Bartok?) He died broke with only ten people at his funeral. Listen to his "Concerto for Orchestra"..WOW! Most of these RICH stars today, couldn't even buckle tie shoe laces.

[Thetaquo]

Give Jamie Cullum a few more years, Brian Culbertson maybe, and maybe even Brian McKnight if he played something up-tempo; he DOEs have the musical brains for it though.

[halo3face]

how about peter cincotti?

[DrumTchr]

Yes, I can come up with a many, but you want ONLY one, so I will give you 1. Hiromi Uehara

But see, you make a HUGE mistake when you compare musical artists. This is not a sport. Each great artist has an individual SOUND and personality when playing the music. Why not enjoy them all with what they each individually have to offer? BTW Sethy, YOU YOURSELF are a pretty fine player. :-)

[Jigov]

yes, today's starts - Madona, Rihana whatever their names are can only bring Erroll's coffee and NEVER play music around him, it will heart his Musical soul haha )

[ray123ification]

pepper.. sax.. is this les by any chance??

[peppersax]

Sorry, no.

[Teajazzgirl92]

love yoooou erroll!!!!!!!!!! :D

[johnbresnik]

What swing bass? That's what we used to call it in the 50s.. don't know what they call it now. What he's doing at 3:06 and onward is what I call "swing bass"... and he very seldom played that style and I've been listening to him since 1954. But, maybe I'm using the wrong word... not sure.

[natostar1]

I would say it's called "stride style"...and yes, i've neither heard him playing this style..

[Dave78m]

What a genius! Errol Garner was noted for beginning many songs with a few seconds of improvisation that had nothing to do with the song. He takes that further here, by playing almost a full minute of perfect boogie-woogie before commencing with the melody of Honeysuckle Rose. On the other hand, do you think the average boogie-woogie pianist could play jazz like Garner? Don't bet on it!

[johnbresnik]

I've never heard him do swing bass before -- that guy was amazing...

[motreby]

Here is Eroll with his famous intros..that even his own band did not know what was coming up....a real jazz.....

this was recoded in BBC London...no body took his film..in U.S.

There are plenty footages of Elvis and other copy cats in U.S. but most of the jazz footages are preserved by other countries....this IS the AMERCIAN MUSIC....how sad.....

master at work....

[Jigov]

you are so correct. The genius people are never tolerated in their own country, same here in Bulgaria, the best are abroad :( sad but true.

[peppersax]

Worthy point!

[oss587]

quel toucher ! et la main gauche unique ,toute la rythmique à elle seule !

c'est du prodige !

[Jigov]

very nice and interesting, ty for posting.

[ChubbyCheckerChannel]

Talk about a "two-fisted" player!!

[heywally]

Ridiculously good.

[professor501]

Agreed.

[MrDMMartin]

Whatever happened to Eddie Calhoun?

[icedrum2]

Well, he died in '94 72 years of age. After his time with Garner, Calhoun played with Norvel Reed (1967-68), then ran a nightclub called Cal's in Chicago in 1972-74 and led a sextet at the Fantasy Club from 1975-80. From 1980 to 1986 he accompanied Lennie Capp, then joined the Chicago All-Stars alongside Irwin Hoffer for a tour of Europe.

[DunhillHilton]

One of his true masterpieces!