Stratusphunk (George Russell) - The Subject Is Jazz

[jazzjanne1]

Outstanding composition!

[ChurroGreen]

hey, who's the bass man in this performance??

[Finkanslig]

Steve Swallow would have been an 18-year-old in 1958; this bassist looks older. The bassist is likely Teddy Kotick, who was 30 years old in 1958. Barry Galbraith is on guitar.

Gilbert Seldes was host of The Subject is Jazz (on NBC). :I:

[diddywahdaddy]

Hey!!

[jdsmith02115]

The late, great Jimmy Cleveland!!! He was definitely doing his own thing and not derivative of anybody I can think of. What an original stylist!!

[Phaidrus]

coolness

[MCalixte89]

That was a young Bill Evans

[dreadtodred]

the great jimmy in the house

[DYNODRUM]

smooth sooth... s....

[jassbo]

who's the bass player. Great harmony. What a sound and tone. Pretty cool. Bill Evans as always, the coolest guy of piano.

[Parvenu333]

I bought Russell's book. It's god damn mind-blowing. So many harmonic passageways that I never even thought of exist.

[cardencommachris]

Ed Thigpen on Drums, Gene Quill on Alto Sax.

[swimologist8]

Look at Bill Evans' hands. They're like baseball gloves!

[Gatapotata]

@swimologist8 I know... theyre bigger tha my feet!

[swimologist8]

As cool as it gets. What has happened to music nowadays?

[RossBrass]

@swimologist8 It's been resurrected in New Zealand at the moment. We play many chart from this era in similar formation. Yeah what a blast!

[pycroft]

art farmer is so underrated

[zuck21]

had the pleasure and honor of meeting mr russell about a year before he passed away.. if it wasent for him kind of blue would have never had bill evans and his conribution to jazz is so essential...

[robsegal]

who's playing drums?

[redsoxjazzfan]

Thank you George for every bit of goodness you gave to this world. You are a giant among men.

[claudthornhill]

I was at Amoeba in Hollywood. Russell's CD, "At Beethoven Hall was blasting. It stopped me cold. I should have known about this man a long time ago. I used to be a major LA , Jazz fan. Every weekend I was at Shelly's, The Rubiatt Room , The Persian Longe, The Rennasance , the It Club and the Down Front Cafe on Sunset and Holloway where Ornett, Donald Cherry and Charlie Haydn played. I now have all of George's music and even though he is honored for theory, it's his soul that moves me.

[tytaniumboxhead]

RIP George.

[dearmalika]

Love jazz!  RIP George Russell !

[jaymusic143]

Rest in peace, George Russell (1923-2009)

[Diosmierdoso]

shitty awesome, amazing. aplausse for george russel.

[pedrodgb]

David Baker is great! He's got so much control it's unreal. Effortless.

[holygroove2]

That's Jimmy Cleveland on trombone and I'm psyched that I found more of him. He had his own way of phrasing and articulation. He also didn't put himself out there as much, but he was on par with JJ and Rosolino, etc.

[musicman9897]

who's the bassist?

[Alino17]

This is a stra-f@c£ing FANTASTIC music video footage!

All Russell's Riverside, RCA and Deccas -Jazz In The Space Age in particoular- are some of my favourite music.

Thank you JazzVideoGuy

[Vict0ri0s0]

Amen

[kiplingrever]

Fantastic!!!!

[gratzr]

yes, "out" but over a blues progression! George is great...

[ssg263]

this is the earliest video I've seen of Bill Evans anywhere. It's before he became an outright junkie.

[Alino17]

I guess he was already... give a read to Pettinger's biography "How My Heart Sings"

[conn48h]

best impro trombone solo on youtube

[seiyuhosono]

Bill Evans is so young. Is this the earliest remaining moving image of him? Or is there anything earlier?

[snonskoid3]

Fantastic!

[georgebarker]

That's Barry Galbraith on guitar.

[barrystock]

Awesome...The Jazz Workshop remains a favorite, wish it would get a proper remastering, though I heard the tapes are in bad shape.

[barrystock]

I emailed the man who did the current version a few years back and he verified that the tapes were in very bad shape, and that the current master is probably the end of the line.

[cemmi2]

Ed Thigpen Drums and Prob. Eddie Safranski Bass 1958

[cemmi2]

I believe that is Jimmy Cleveland on trombone

[davefargo]

I love this tune, G Russell recorded a memorable version of this in 1970(stanton davis on tpt and garbarek on tenor) pubblished in the record "trip to prillaguri" 1982 soul note SN 1029

highly recomended!

[skullketon]

Nice~

The theme really flows, it's almost like serial music but it's got an inner momentum and swing keeping you with it juuuust enough to both marvel at the quirkiness and enjoy the blues elements.

The soloing is fantastic as well, marvellous performances by both the trombonist and especially George himself on piano :)

Great Stuff!!!

[bebopple]

Small correction: Bill Evans is on piano here. George Russell gives a classic demonstration of the LCCTO on piano in the other vid from this series called The Future of Jazz. Great and historic stuff indeed ;)

[skullketon]

Oh woops XD

Thanks for that ^^

[rafikcc]

Very cool. Thanks for posting!

[gsco82]

Very nice piece, easy to listen to. The trumpet playing and overall style reminds me of Miles Davis.

[davefargo]

wonderful art farmer! yes he is cool as miles, and sometimes brilliant in the direction of booker little - clifford... he sounds so personal anyway! dig his recordings with his jazztet (notably solo on Richies dilemma from the album Here And Now, 1962 verve)

[theundisputed7]

Nice easy goin pace with a phunky name... that's hip, groovy, and all the rest of that jive, man! I can dig it, it's really way out