ERROLL GARNER watch what happens

[brinham6]

I don't know if this is THE best version, but it certainly is the best I'VE ever heard.He was brilliant!!! Thanks for uploading.

[nadinecohenjazzco]

genius !!!!

[mike11206]

The Conga player was Jose Mangual Sr. on Congas, very good Percussion player. He also Played Bongos with Dizzy on the Mantega LP

[amber123446]

He was amazing an never read a note!!!!!his version of Michel Legrand's is the best!!!

[okeanelzy3]

Perfectly composed tune!!!!! Thank You for uploading it!!!!!

[mitubo]

Is that Mongo Santa Maria on congas?

[Tatane73]

@mitubo

Johnny Pachecos

[pontiacgpuk]

@mitubo It certainly looks like him!

[jayjem22]

@mitubo

Jose Mangual Sr. on Congas

[raypianoplayer]

Absolutly beautiful........Great style....nice touch on the keys.

[exjazzbassbaz]

fabulous. the wonderful mr garner .piano giant.many thanks.

[searcherboy]

I just love when he starts synchopating the beat and melody at 1:44.

[mrigmaiden1]

My word, this is taking me to another level. Thanks for posting it! Whoa! I am elevated by listening to this!

[Kirapa65]

He was self taught, and never learned to read music....

[MrMaChu2]

makes me wonder if he plays by ear bcuz of no sheet music. if not... DAAAYYYUUUMMMM

[astrawberrymoon0224]

@MrMaChu2 all spirit...just flowin...improv whatever have you. once youre super comfy on a certain instrument you can just flow like this...no thought...just all running through you

[claitontesch]

beautiful!!!!

[RichadTheLionHeat]

@claitontesch - We are so blessed to have such talented musicans as Mr. Garner to share their talents with the world. I love listening to him and watching his performance. I have my young children watch him, along with other performers, vocal and instrumentist. So passionated with his heart when playing. Thank you Mr. Garner. Be blessed!

[dewmikester1]

"Watch What Happens" is almost a combination, chord structure wise, of "A-Train" and "How High the Moon", as some soloists will quote the melody lines to those two songs over the progressions as a comical homage to all three tunes. Nonetheless, Errol & co. really swing on this one. Salud!

[thehifidoc]

A Great Tune by any name

[johndega]

HEARING ANYTHING BY GARNER MAKES ME HAPPY. AND WHEN IT'S A FAVORITE SONG, LIKE THIS, I AM TRANSPORTED TO ANOTHER STATE COMPLETELY. I AM SO GLA D THESE SELECTIONS ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO WHENEVER I PLEASE. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.

[yasujiro48]

Great tune, by Michel Legrand, from the movie The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

[loocee95]

Well Done!

[Insomaniaartist]

A man standing...Watching...motion drift by....in his ipod...this song is playing....what a lulaby.

[64giuliano]

erroll i love you

[golsno147]

kaymany . Why did Erroll Garner not become popular like Bill Evans??? Surely you cannot be serious? Garner performed to sell out audiences ,internationally, for many years prior to his premature death

" Concert by the Sea", is, to the best of my knowledge, one of the top selling jazz records of all time!.

[dissidencello]

How I wish he was still around... Great that these films exist, however !

[StanislavRodionov]

-perfect!

[detlefshremph]

this guys is awesome !

[detlefshremph]

this guys is awesome

[zelmanzelman]

This is so great to watch and listen to. I cannot thank you enough. Live well and prosper.

[zelmanzelman]

Music by Michel Legrand. Words by Norman Gimbel. From the 1964 film "The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg". It doesn't get any better......so enjoy!

[kaymany]

how come this guy never got popular like bill evans , ray charles ,and the likes ?

[DYNODRUM]

what a Sound coming from this Ensemble and He played w/ so much Dynamic control and phrasing, Obviously does not need any Help ....Sheer power of control ...

[zackyko]

lovely!!

[odysseetheater]

thats what is fascinating me too: to lookat his face and do see - no .. better to FEEL .. how happy he was by doing his job. and today i have the feeling that in music the definition is either on the side of "work" and not fun. they are maybe perfect in the surrounding, tecnics, but the feeling, the soul....... i miss this so much. this music has it!!

[jazzzzdude]

Oh, I was waiting for something unexpected to happen!

[wteo340]

The beginning has chord progressions of Take the A Train

[Andreeeiiii]

@wteo340

that´s why it is pretey similar, "at the beginning"..

[The1812overture]

His intros are fantastic!!!!!

[kellotherig]

The genius at his best, beautiful.thanks,

[MsPeperonata]

His music always makes me so happy, the greatest pianist EVER!

[bestfenris]

Thanks Errol!!!!!!:))))))))))))))))))­))))))))

[LittleRedKing]

What a beautiful person.

[KittraKittra]

Awh! That's good, baby!

[amber123446]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it

[elizabethfaraone]

This song is "Chez Dubourg, le Joaillier" that I believe was composed by Michel Legrand. Erroll Garner plays it so beautifully.

[BoroOman]

This is one of the best examples of jazz piano I have ever heard. The introduction is child like, the theme exquisite and the improvisation is genius. What a player.

[BelytaRuiva]

Magic!

[jazzkeyboardman]

That introduction (0:00 - 0:22) is pure genius. It's beautiful and kinda quirky all at the same time. Mr. Garner himself seems to be enjoying the irony, as he smiles in the throes of a joke only he is privy to :)

[Oreon207]

Making great music transcends time. Awesome!

[kenllow80]

The Garner touch still melts me!!! SO cool!!

[BuckshotLaFunke]

Cool, yet melting.

[TheReturnOfStephan1]

SWEET!

Thanks for posting.

[wkriski]

awesome piano playing! - ERROLL GARNER 'Watch what happens'

[almeronfilms]

He looks like Amadeus Mozart from the profile. He's an angel.

[jazzkeyboardman]

Maybe he WAS Mozart. If there is life after death, reincarnation seems as plausible a theory as any. Remember, Garner couldn't read a note of music. His pianism defies rational explanation, unless you believe he may have been channeling someone, or something.

Maybe all beautiful music is just out there, like radio waves, and some people have learned how to be receivers.

[salvadorsimp]

@jazzkeyboardman Or maybe you just practice and find the music yourself.

[DYNODRUM]

@jazzkeyboardman Yes ...

[chexg]

is "watch what happens" the name of the tune?

[Tatane73]

Yes, it is.

[doradovitali]

@chexg The original song is titled "Recit de Cassard", composed by Michel Legrand (French lyrics by Jacques Deny) for the movie "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg".

[doradovitali]

@chexg The original is titled "Recit de Cassard", composed by Michel Legrand (French lyrics by Jacques Deny) for the movie "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg".

[doradovitali]

@chexg The original is titled "Recit de Cassard", composed by Michel Legrand (French lyrics by Jacques Deny) for the movie "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg".

[diggingtreasures]

@chexg + it is what you've got to do

[amber123446]

thanks Mr. Garner and thanks Michelle Legrand for such a beautiful melody.....

[ferrarif40]

His hands literally dance across those keys. So fun seeing a musician who is literally beyond thinking about technique and just moves with the music.

[adamerik]

Genious- a true real one- music should never be different than this!

We are so fortunate that he gave us all these magic moments!

Thanks Mr. Garner!

[mharbaugh]

Garner had such an incredible sense of time...his 16 notes just swing so hard, so to speak. He can make a latin tune swing and still sound latin-y. Awesome.

[fernmann7]

The biggest single moronic statement I've ever heard or read. Bar none.

[pschitt1]

Sounds like a Hal Galper quote...so not that moronic I'd say.

[Flextones]

The trick is not get excited. It's to be exciting. Erroll was both excited and exciting. I really miss that cat.

[califgirl101]

Wow! What a fun groovy tune this is! All this time I always wondered what Erroll Garner's music sounded like as well as the man...now I know! Although I can say that I wasn't to enthusiastic with the camera work but, I can say without a doubt this is truly a fantastic video! A special holla to all the Erroll Garner fans out there! By the way, could somebody tell me please how and when Mr. Garner passed away? Thanks again my friend! :)

[frescobaldi1987]

@califgirl101 - 1/2/1977 Complications from emphysema.

[yugyhs]

for some reason this song reminds me of something that would be played on Charlie Brown

[priapus56]

Yogis sit around meditating for hours before they reach a state of spiritual bliss...listen to this toon and you'll be there in 30secs....! That's what happens.

[Mazinga]

Hahaha...great comment;D

[Renagade70]

Legendary!

[elvin211]

Genius

[priapus56]

dis is dee DEFINITION of COOL!

[5656bigsteve]

Ah!! That's better.

[12rosebud12]

WHY is it that each time I listen to good ole Erroll, I ALWAYS catch his I-feel-good virus? There simply ain't no gloom in his sound, however melancholic a tune be, when played by other folks. Alas never met him personally, but had the priviledge of shaking his brother Linton's hand, one year before his passing away.

[priapus56]

Far better than shaking it one year after..

[12rosebud12]

Xcellent joke. You feel good too, keep it up.

[jazzkeyboardman]

Awesome and inventive introduction, by the way.... who but Garner would've thunk it?

[jazzkeyboardman]

I love the way he was always SMILING when he played....

[Orazioflacco78]

the greatest vocal version of this song is undisputably by sinatra...

[arschlecken150de]

so perfect! I love it...

[thatzpoker]

Mongo Santamaria on conga

[TheMrElambia]

Jose Mangual es en congas,no Mongo.

Percusion Afrocubana.

Saludos

[blah148]

awesome

[magicmrmadman]

from 0:42-0:46, the congaplayer could be barrack obama

[Gminor7]

What great thing have I done to deserve this? Errol Garner and a good conga player - 2 of my favorite things in life!

[jdidear]

Great song--- love to hear erroll playing it! JOHNNY MATHIS sang these lyrics:: One someone who can look in your eyes And see into your heart Let him find you and watch what happens Cold, no, I won't believe your heart is cold Maybe just afraid to be broken again Let someone with a deep love to give Give that deep love to you And what magic you'll see Let someone give his heart Someone who cares like me

[knausspiano]

OK, Erroll Garner. I have always preferred his later recordings. Not that his early work was bad, it's just his later stuff was simply out of this world - he reached up and grabbed stars musically and entered a place where very, very few musicians ever go.

As well as Legrand he recorded Stevie Wonder, Beatles etc. Covers. Sadly died (in an elevator I believe) still a young man in his 50s. Also check out his brother's life (Linton) if you are new to Garner.

[PhiberOptik001]

test

[yvesami]

Oh, I forgot to say, today's hip hop artists are just as talented as Garner, Bird, Rollins, etc. Definitely!

[slapmyfunkybass]

this has got to be a joke... no really... its a joke isnt it... the famous jazz musicians used to practise for around 12 hours a day... improvising takes years to develop, what you've said here is like saying harry potter is as good as shakespear

[yvesami]

What I said was a joke. Irony sometimes doesn't come across well on a computer screen.

[PhiberOptik001]

One day Yvesami opined:

Y> Oh, I forgot to say, today's hip hop artists are just as talented as Garner, Bird, Rollins, etc. Definitely!

Oh to be so awfully certain of oneself.

Mr. Error Garner wrote Misty in 1954 and jazz ensembles play it to this day and I wager will play it for years to come. If you think musicians will cover Snoop Dog (poop) and others of his ilk sixty years from now you need to give your so certain opinion some thought.

[yvesami]

PhiberOptik001, what I said was a joke. I agree with you 100%. Irony doesn't always come across in text on a computer screen. I thought my little hip-hop comment was so absurd no one would think I was serious. You right about Garner baby!

[yvesami]

Erroll genius. Dizzy called him 'our most sanctified pianist.'

[dreadtodred]

errol gave most box players a run for their money,and he didnt even read music

[johnbresnik]

Garner was the most creative jazz pianist and entertainer of all time ... at least he's MY favorite -- what amazes me is that he hardly ever looks at the keyboard. He always looks like he's enjoying himself -- how many jazz musicians look like they're enjoying themselves while playing? -- I've been watching them for 55 years and most of them are miserable... but not Garner... he had fun playing the piano. Glad we have these videos so we can watch this great man in action.

[BuckshotLaFunke]

johnbresnik, for me Garner was Nr 1 too, but have you ever watched Bud Powell play? He never looked at the ivories, either.

[pianoplaylist]

That's the first thing I ever noticed about his playing. The second is that never ending, ever present smile as he played.

[johnbresnik]

yes, I saw him in Paris in '63 -- he was past his prime by then, but it was still "special" to see this great piano man at work. He wasn't playing as well as he had in the past, but every so often he would dazzle. Chet Baker was there at the same club... those were the days...!

[oldwarcraftgamer]

well, but this is normal, lots of pianists dont look @ it, if u play piano ur whole life, u know where the ivories are placed, remember george shearing, he is blind since he was born and has impressive stride, piano skills..

[PhiberOptik001]

John Bresnik offered us this bit of wisdom:

JB> I've been watching them for 55 years and most of them are miserable...

Gee whiz. As a jazz musician who plays regularly with other jazzers I find many if not most of us are very pleased to be able to play and improvise on such beautiful music as that currently available to us. Miserable? Speak for yourself, sir. You do not speak for me and the people with whom I play jazz.

[johnbresnik]

I am speaking for myself -- that's the point of these commentaries... you give your opinion and observation. tell me: when you watch jazz people play (not play with them) ... when you see them in a video -- do any of them appear to be enjoying themselves? Erroll Garner does, but most people I've seen in videos are not having fun.

[Tatane73]

Miserable ? I'm not sure.

Some are able to smile and laugh, some not.

Oscar Peterson, Willie Smith, Fats Waller were often smiling of laughing.

Some others couldn't, very concentrate about their music.

But I'm not sure they were miserable at all.

[markbra]

I think it is where the music is coming from in your body, and you can`t have any tempo problems.

[yvesami]

Hey JB, there is a politics and a history behind this. The Black jazz players who come up within 10 yrs (plus/minus) of 1955 - were reacting against what they saw as the degrading showmanship of older generations of Black musicians e.g. Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller. MANY younger musicians reacted against them as buffoons.

[yvesami]

Some of the young cats would in later years realize they were being unfair - the times had changed; Louis had struggled the best way he could, in his era.) Anyway, the scowls, the berets, the dark glasses - nothing to do with 'not having fun' - it was cultural-social rebellion. See Leroi Jones (Blues People) and David Rosenthal (Hard Bop). My 2 cents.

[donnajazz]

The one and only Erroll G.

[dutchkeys]

simply the greatest , no doubt about that , best selling jazz artist of the sixties !! most of you don't know

[klavier1us]

Erroll was a Master. Don't get me wrong Pops was a huge figure in Jazz BUT it big as he was it wasn't defined solely by him. Burns approach was dictated by that view. So -no Jazz was made since Pops died, Erroll who? Jobim -shmobim, Latin Tinge- say what, and euro Jazz -Django who?. Too Bad for everyone that the true story HASN'T been told by a longshot and sad that so many are gone who should & could have told the tale- firsthand. B&W photos and talk ARE as still as the grave.

[jamssmith]

ken burns jazz series was mostly about racism and iconography.Erroll Garner probably didn't have a sad enough hard luck story for Burns to wallow in.

[loveinthenow]

Let someone start believing in you, let her hold out her hand

Let her touch you and watch what happens

One someone who can look in your eyes, and see into your heart

Let her find you and watch what happens

Cold, no I won't believe your heart is cold

Maybe just afraid to be broken again

Let someone with a deep love to give

Give that deep love to you, and what magic you'll see

Let someone with a deep love to give :-)

[UICOMEDY]

Ken Burns did not include this man in his "history" of Jazz...what a faggot. I've never seen anybody look like they were born to play an instrument more than this guy. He never learned to read or write music, played everything by ear, never played a song the same way twice. He makes it look so easy...pure genius.

[oss587]

c'est envoûtant ! du Garner ,du bon ,avec un fond tropical ,extra !

[Mazinga]

Best version of this song!!!!!!

[Mazinga]

This track is awsome and Erroll is da man!!!!!

[wamij2]

guaraldi is not in the same league as errol garner and many others. kind of like like sylvertor stallone is no L. olivier.

[stevegj0]

AMEN.

[johndega]

It didn't take this song long to become a favorite standard, It is such a pleasure to watch a musician enjoying his own music so much. I wish he was still here.

[rdr555]

Just so effortless for this genius !!

[WhereMightWaldoB]

guaraldi is a tad bit better in my opinion

[RL248878]

陽気な気分になるね。

[mattleemattlee123]

Garner is the greatest. He took accessible pop themes and kept it listenable, but if you are the least bit musical you can appreciate the insanely great depth at which he operated. This is as heavy as anything by Tyner, Peterson, Coltrane, Miles or whomever. Garner just happened to be musical and very entertaining as well. This stuff ALWAYS makes me smile!

[Jigov]

Exactly." but if you are the least bit musical you can appreciate the insanely great depth at which he operated" YES

[54spiritedwill54]

Loved it!

[bigslick45]

Harvey Mason on Drums...Wow

[DYNODRUM]

@bigslick45 are you sure its not a young Harold Jones ..Harvey would have been in his teens,posibly..

[DunhillHilton]

Erroll Garner was the greatest of them all.

[Twizzledoc187]

Check out Oscar Peterson also.

[seizetheweakened]

no shortage of clinkers but hey, close enuff for jazz

[Tatane73]

Hmmm, ok but what does it mean in fluent english ?

Or in french if you prefer...

Regards

[K531]

Erroll Garner was billed as "The Man that the Piano Was Invented for". I think he had jazz just right. Listen to "Concert by the Sea" Album. It was taped for armed forces radio. Dave Brubeck was supposed to headline the next night with Garner. He was in the audience the first night and cancelled due to sickness.

K531

[yumayi]

what a great version of Legrand's music, I never heard this guy before. Could someone tell me where to find his music?

[Tatane73]

A music store ?

[rjq552]

Anytime you want to hear Mr. Garner's music, a good place is in Verve Records.

[yumayi]

thanks rjq552!!!!

[slapmyfunkybass]

my only regret in life is that i never saw this man live... amazing pianist and the greatest jazz piano improviser

[MrDMMartin]

If you are very good in this life you might get to listen to him at the Pearly Gates - his band will be sitting in behind Saint Peter as he struggles to find the right key!!

[aerofredywr]

Erroll enjoyed playing as much as I enjoy listening to his music. Tks for posting.

[leesterg]

There's none to compare!

[963821]

anyone know who the congero is?erroll garner, flawless as always

[963821]

i will take a guess and say jose mangual sr. even though he is well nknow as great bongosero.

[Tatane73]

Yes it is Jose Mangual.

regards

[TonyonPiano]

Never heard Erroll playing this Legrand number before. Played it for years myself with a Trio. The change of dynamics in the 2nd Chorus is particularly pleasing with the stabbing left hand. Takes a brave person to give a video response to a Garner movie (LOL).

[Tatane73]

Paru en 1974 sous le label Telarchive réf: TELARCHIVE CD-83337

Issued in 1974 TELARCHIVE CD-83337

Erroll play Gershwin and Kern

[pianoplaylist]

He never looks down at the keyboard! Always smiling...having fun...that's what it's all about.

[Tatane73]

You're right !

But sometimes he did: while playing ragtime or stride piano with the style of Fats Waller.

[steveoflydd]

this is so cool wish i could of seen him live

[XAROPESY]

upssssssssssss!!!!bueno.-un saludo a la distancia.-

[vargabela]

THE BEST

[slapmyfunkybass]

just great playing; think the percussion player's playing is something else, subtle yet effective and really compliments the piano

[DunhillHilton]

Erroll was the greatest of them all !

[joeholtsnotes]

Loved it!

[sam990]

this tune makes me feel like in another world, i used to listen to it on my ipod, walking to my (ex) girlfriends house whilst the warm breeze blew over me, happy. i guess music has a way of bringing back memories, especially the fine music of errol garner. i like wynton kellys version of this jazz standard.

[mcrohof]

UNKNOWN TUNE???

It's already been posted-- one of the finest ever performances was by Oscar Peterson in Russia Album-- This version may well have inspired him... Also Oscar played it on Tristeza ON Piano in the 60s - great vid!!

[stevelovesjazz]

Peterson in the 70s

[apostro]

Tnank for placing.

It works fine with me.

Ankh, it can be someting in your cache.

BTW

This is a nice to try

[pianojazz66]

The title of this song is Watch what happens by Michel Legrand. Thanks for posting!

[Tatane73]

Yesssss ! You're right. I couldn't remember the title, but I knew I got it in another record. It's in "Magician".

Thanks for posting.

[SourianteLH76]

Yessssss and the tempo in the album "Magician" is much faster...;either way, it's great, because Erroll GArner IS GREAT !!!

[ankhaton]

I'm at One minute » This is

so very very good.

I never heard that is uncryable.

I'm at my 'clavier' now to do some try

Wow