I agree that Bags wasn't lacking for technique. He simply never required the 4-ballet configuration introduced by Burton. And no one on any instrument played the blues better than Bags. It seems to me that he was the primary influence on vibists increasingly slowing down the rotaters during the '50s. By the late '80s even Lionel had followed suit (and don't dismiss him--he could play deep blues and "Giant Steps").
Woody Shaw was the last link of a chain that started with Louis Armstrong,and after Louis came Roy.Dizzy,Fats,Brown,Miles,Morgan ,Little,Hubbard and Shaw,when Shaw passed away in 1988 he was just starting,what,s a shame
amazing how milt jackson overcame really mediocre technique to be such a fantastic vibes player. really inspirational... shows what a difference it can make to have the music pulsing in your veins!
Great to see footage of the late Woody Shaw after 1980. I learned about him on an Impulse! label disc of Art Blakey and the New Jazz Messengers. After reading about him on Wikipedia I'm amazed he isn't as respected as his contemperaries.
ziemlich unsinnig, dieses Gegeneinander ausspielen, das Du hier betreibst! Hampton und Bags sind nun mal völlig verschieden. Ja und der nächste schreibt so was dann bei einem Bobby Hutcherson-Clip über Jackson...
@BrunoJazzmanLeicht How do you outdo Lionel Hampton? How do you outdo anybody? Jazz music is not a sport. Its art. Self expression. Is Milt expressing himself better then Hamp?
@kingoliver45 -- Yes, and no. Jazz can be like a good soccer match: We have a team of players, we have soloists, and we have supporters (fans) who usually applaud after each individual solo. Milt is deeper, and Hamp is for my taste too circus-like sometimes. By the way: Sport can be an art as well. Some goals I've seen in the last days were certainly very artistic.
@littlebones18 -- Yep, littlebones! He was a great man, and a true artist. Saw him in Cologne in the late 1980's, and it was one of his last concerts. He walked on the stage, almost blind, and he played so brilliantly.
When he died, the last real follower, and torchbearer of Booker Little's art of trumpeting, and composing had left the jazz world.
@littlebones18 -- Thanks, man! -- By the way, I went to that concert right after a very tiresome rehearsal with one of these amateur swing bands I was a member of then; as soon as I heard Woody's first sounds at the "Subway Club" I almost cried because I became instantly aware that this was *real* music, not just the copy-swing of the amateurs I had rehearsed with; real art for art's sake, and no fake.
Cool lyrical solos. I found this while looking for some Woody clips, but one cannot not listen to Dexter as well. But no piano solo? Dude had to comp for 8.5 minutes with no chance to let loose.
Bags is the man.
youbadcrazyman 1 month ago
I bet Dext had a good night after that show ;)
saxophoneninja 5 months ago
Dexter....................
I'm still your fan :)
EndlessMagic 5 months ago
I agree that Bags wasn't lacking for technique. He simply never required the 4-ballet configuration introduced by Burton. And no one on any instrument played the blues better than Bags. It seems to me that he was the primary influence on vibists increasingly slowing down the rotaters during the '50s. By the late '80s even Lionel had followed suit (and don't dismiss him--he could play deep blues and "Giant Steps").
caponsacchi 6 months ago
I saw this concert live...for one of the closing numbers, Dex and Stan Getz got up and blew the roof off the Hollywood Bowl.
Carlinhosviolao 8 months ago
Milt Jackson was something special. What a talent!
CleverDick777 8 months ago
This is great!!!!!!!!
jaylynbob 1 year ago
Woody Shaw was the last link of a chain that started with Louis Armstrong,and after Louis came Roy.Dizzy,Fats,Brown,Miles,Morgan ,Little,Hubbard and Shaw,when Shaw passed away in 1988 he was just starting,what,s a shame
apsomar 1 year ago
Milt Jackson had extremely formidable technique; perhaps unequaled.
1trueNRG 1 year ago
Sax is quoting Roland Kirks riff
valvetrom 1 year ago
amazing how milt jackson overcame really mediocre technique to be such a fantastic vibes player. really inspirational... shows what a difference it can make to have the music pulsing in your veins!
tsbbass 1 year ago
Great to see footage of the late Woody Shaw after 1980. I learned about him on an Impulse! label disc of Art Blakey and the New Jazz Messengers. After reading about him on Wikipedia I'm amazed he isn't as respected as his contemperaries.
1toughmofo 1 year ago
whose in the rhythm section?
whattahead 1 year ago
woody is super badddd.....this is man
astronomicato 1 year ago
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dexter might be a little more focussed in the next season without his wife - on his job - every episode watch DExter for Free -dot -com
inconclusivea 1 year ago
i love dexter..
aaronamccoy 2 years ago
what tune is this?
FightingTheWitness 2 years ago
It's called "Bags' Groove". Great tune.
Pikmar27 2 years ago
Anyone know who that is in the audience right after Wood's solo ?
baltostar1 2 years ago
Looks like Richard Pryor.
jwright123456789 2 years ago
Not certain but he looks like the black actor that was in a cult film titled "The Brother from Outer Space". Dig into it!
flojogrande 1 year ago
One of the many tunes where Milt Jackson outdoes Lionel Hampton -- easily. Plus a really stunning lineup. Boy, how I dig this trumpet!
Feel free to drop by my little jazz & swing site. Link is in my profile.
Thanks a bunch & Peace!
Brew "Light Grooves" Leicht
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 2 years ago 2
ziemlich unsinnig, dieses Gegeneinander ausspielen, das Du hier betreibst! Hampton und Bags sind nun mal völlig verschieden. Ja und der nächste schreibt so was dann bei einem Bobby Hutcherson-Clip über Jackson...
Eines aber stimmt: Woody Shaw ist genial!
aselmerius 2 years ago 2
@BrunoJazzmanLeicht How do you outdo Lionel Hampton? How do you outdo anybody? Jazz music is not a sport. Its art. Self expression. Is Milt expressing himself better then Hamp?
kingoliver45 1 year ago
@kingoliver45 -- Yes, and no. Jazz can be like a good soccer match: We have a team of players, we have soloists, and we have supporters (fans) who usually applaud after each individual solo. Milt is deeper, and Hamp is for my taste too circus-like sometimes. By the way: Sport can be an art as well. Some goals I've seen in the last days were certainly very artistic.
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 1 year ago
@BrunoJazzmanLeicht Trumpet is the great Wood Shaw. Super killin.
littlebones18 1 year ago
@littlebones18 -- Yep, littlebones! He was a great man, and a true artist. Saw him in Cologne in the late 1980's, and it was one of his last concerts. He walked on the stage, almost blind, and he played so brilliantly.
When he died, the last real follower, and torchbearer of Booker Little's art of trumpeting, and composing had left the jazz world.
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 1 year ago
@BrunoJazzmanLeicht Truer words are rarely spoken.
littlebones18 1 year ago
@littlebones18 -- Thanks, man! -- By the way, I went to that concert right after a very tiresome rehearsal with one of these amateur swing bands I was a member of then; as soon as I heard Woody's first sounds at the "Subway Club" I almost cried because I became instantly aware that this was *real* music, not just the copy-swing of the amateurs I had rehearsed with; real art for art's sake, and no fake.
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 1 year ago
Dig Dex ♫♫♫♫♫
Soulnik 2 years ago 12
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Great stuff, cool, groovy, sophisticated!
Love it, thanks!!!
Bruno Leicht
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 3 years ago
Cool lyrical solos. I found this while looking for some Woody clips, but one cannot not listen to Dexter as well. But no piano solo? Dude had to comp for 8.5 minutes with no chance to let loose.
limaktba 3 years ago 3
I wouldn´t mind comping for such soloists for 85 minutes and it can be just as rewarding (if not more so) as soloing.
I am sure they thought of overall lenght of perfomance with three soloists upfront.
vova47 2 years ago