John Coltrane Quartet- Afro Blue

[FSNmania]

this song has ispired "universal mind" of the doors

[adrukker]

1:12 White guy smoking a pipe on Tyner's piano.

[Drummykins]

Amp the bass!

[Drummykins]

Saw them live at Birdland 1961, and zzI'd know Mcoy's right hand anywhere, and I've known and loved great sax players, but this Coltrane era...and the whole K*** G thigis is like putting Sarah Vaughn in the same sentence with Billie Holiday...now we get to play "who shouldn't be with the other?" lotsa ways to score it! LOL

[Hillabybutterfly]

People who dislike this don't kno any betta.

[benneremix]

The Piano sounds so extremly good !!!

[MrAndrejulian]

Damn this sounds soo good to me.



[dschwa00]

The fact that the name "Kenny G" is even uttered here is utterly appalling!!!!

[lorendorky]

Good lawd I love McCoy Tyner's playing with Coltrane! The quintessential quartet.

[soicanspeak]

what is with that goofy looking white guy leaning on the piano while Tyner is soloing? that guy needs to SIT DOWN! goofy ass lookin' fool! who does he think he is??? damn, what a fkn DORK

[StandingBear1956]

@soicanspeak I think that might be Ralph J. Gleason, the producer of the show. Not sure.

[Jija45]

Tyner's soloing sounds (in terms of rhythm) similiar to his soloing on Resolution from Love Supreme.

I like it.

[1967ax]

This Kenny G stuff is so absurd. Here's Pat Metheny on Kenny G and his incessant doodling. The boy can't even play. We're listening to a GOD here: Go to youtube - Pat Metheny on Kenny G. Here the truth.

[19koolaide]

How can anyone dislike this? You kidding me

[werty6918]

un gran clasico

[killerbass234]

whoever says kenny g is preferable to this has no say in music. ever. kenny gs music has no soul or feeling. here is how my theory teacher explained smooth jazz. he said its kind of like a person talking, but theyre talking so fast and using so many words that the sentence they are forming doesnt really have an end and it just keeps going on and on, until it gets to a point where its lost the original meaning of the sentence and by the end, you are just like, what was that crap?

[Camrox]

comparing Kenny G and John Coltrane is like comparing Justin Bieber and Ray Charles

[TheRoyalsound]

check borgore remix

[6Lord6Chaos6]

This is just simply brilliant...

[ApexWizard]

how about improvisation!!!

[LucialerGrantes]

hihi Share ur dreams and thoughts with me

[MOSESTOVIAH]

John Coltrane And His Usual Suspects Blazed The Jazz Trail To I-ternity...Afro Blue Fiyah...Truly I

[colourfulwithaU]

@Dangerousaurus

What exactly do you mean by advanced? Most young jazz players don't practice as much or play nearly as well as these guys. I can't think of a single jazz pianist who is 24 now and can play as well as Tyner did in 1963.

Also, these guys were directly involved with the invention of the jazz language. We aren't. Until you find yourself involved in the creation of a groundbreaking genre of music, don't denigrate these guys.

[MyrleJannetxo337]

erm You will have a fun time with me

[FluidBen]

Too groovy for anymore words...

[kfdisawesome]

around what age was McCoy?

[colourfulwithaU]

@kfdisawesome

He was most likely 24 when this was recorded.

[kfdisawesome]

@colourfulwithaU ah thanks... wow 24 only 4 years older then me...

[Gilnar13]

@kfdisawesome I know what you mean - Michael Shrieve was 19 at his Woodstock performance! I'm 19 and I don't see myself anywhere near... :-/

In know that's latin rock, but hey, good music is good music, whatever the genre.

[theguitarczar]

When I hear the word "Jazz" Coltrane's SOUND is what I think of automatically. I'm a blues/rock guitarist and some of the jazz guitarists are unbelievable. I saw Metheny a half decade or so back when he did a solo baritone acoustic set before the bassist and drummer joined him. The musicianship was very high, to say the least. But -to me- while the sounds were smooth and extremely varied, like ALL good jazz is, it is not what I call "Jazz." Coltrane's music transcends genre and even instrument.

[Lightning5427]

i played this in jazz band

[stevefromvirginia]

McCoy Tyner is simply awesome, just pure sound.

Coltrane, Tyner and E. Jones out of mind ...

[Grouchy2day]

And STILL The Heavyweight Champion, John Coltrane!!

[oliverecords]

Wow, a lit cigarette in a TV studio.

[nebdar]

wow.

[dseabrook2]

my god!

[piashona143]

ey I just wanna have fun with you

[JAMFKru]

mccoy is so BAD!!

[gctuba99]

@JAMFKru ya he's terrible. not

[JAMFKru]

@gctuba99 you realize that in the contemporary american vernacular, "bad" can be translated as "extremely good", right???

[legatoslur]

what is the name of the instrument Coltrane is playing?

[Rudreax]

@legatoslur Soprano Saxophone.

[StonierWilliam]

@legatoslur Soprano Saxophone

[MrJhonnyjones]

clap clap´clap clap clap....

[kevinhagan17]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRANE

[MrAlexandsmith]

@BriansThing - Yes, that's true. Switched in 1950 while playing in a R&B band and then brought it back to jazz.



[MrAlexandsmith]

My favorite Coltrane video clip of all time. Could you imagine sitting that close to Tyner's left hand during that moment? You can literally feel the waves of intensity at that moment... Just wow.

[Zlotrov]

@MrAlexandsmith McCoy's left hand is my favorite left hand of all time

[chapisql]

This is just beautiful.

[BriansThing]

Is it true that he originally started on alto before the tenor?

[oldwarcraftgamer]

45 did not like this vid, i wonder if they really listened to it from begining to ending could not believe so many people honestly did not enjoy this music

[TheBlitz1]

mongo santamaria

[DarthShred1]

Kenny G? JAJAJAJAJAAJJAJAAJAJAJAJAJA

[pcmacfree]

thanks for uploading this - jimmy garrison was an incredible musician and I've heard from a friend who studied with him that he was a phenomenal teacher.

[zypherax]

Whoever is arguing for Kenny G is a pretty good troll. I've done some despicable trolling myself, but I have too much respect for John Coltrane to even jokingly say that Kenny G is preferable.

[GilbertSmith]

@zypherax That's what trolling is all about, saying the most repulsive and disgusting shit and pretending you believe it. Dude is a pro.

[CarlosMacMartin]

@zypherax this is the only time I will say this but I wouldn't even use Kenny G's name in the same sentence as

John Coltrane.

[ProgressingMusician]

@zypherax I dont know how youll take this or whatever, but I think that Kenny G and John Coltrane should not be in the same catagory. Kenny G's style bothers me. However no one should hate on John Coltrane, he is one of the best. (This is my opinion that goes for every one, and Im just comparing the 2 different artists)

[cArLiT02oo8]

intesity from all four players... A-FREAKIN' MAZIN'

[lpvp1]

be for you think just tune in but that not the way it is LIFE IS U KNOW IF YOUR READING THIS

[giuseppe123454321]

i can play those first 19 seconds on the tenor and this is like my favorite song of all time *U*

[hopizuni]

Who is the pretentious clown with the pipe?

[whoisbbg]

Instant happy pill.

[kinchus]

Soulful music from hell

[HERK113]

wachiiin.........

[mightyafrowhitey]

I don't understand how anyone could find this music "difficult." sure he made a lot of very dificult music later on in his career, and a lot of it I can't really even listen to. but this isn't it. it just sounds beautiful to me.

[sponge707]

the 45 people who disliked this forgot to put the batteries in their hearing aids!!

[drumsndrums]

cant hear this too many times. wish i could hear elvin and the bass more though

[justjusp]

PIĘKNE :))

[bertguy7]

A true classic. Senior level playing from start to finish.

[itsuwakicha]

Is that a sopraninino sax?

[fzappa]

@itsuwakicha Naw just a Soprano

[bendigeidfran1282]

And who's the guy smoking the pipe, leaning on the piano. What's he there for?

[Sniz420]

@bendigeidfran1282 pretty sure (although i could be wrong) that is SF Times jazz writer Ralph Gleason

[cerelilqt]

@bendigeidfran1282 He's being jazzy as fuck. I mean, how jazzy is smoking and leaning on something?

[FinnLaden401]

@cerelilqt With the logic that smoking an leaning on something makes you Jazzy.... Lil Wayne's the jazziest mother fucker ever.

[nassreiskulturen]

@cerelilqt Pretty jazzy I would say.

[earinsound]

@bendigeidfran1282

ralph j. gleason, the host. he brought a lot of jazz onto TV in the '60s. Very cool guy.

[salsabluetrane]

there should have been far more TV programs like Gleason's. most of the videos we have now are from European TV. this is historic footage. if Miles Davis really said McCoy couldn't play, he was wrong.

[sam896luc]

Just love Jmmy Garrison's bass on ths one. The chemistry is so powerful in this band!!!

[lparezan]

Four f*cking monsters, incredible

[realfuckinggas]

4:30 : o

[KingWasp1]

@realfuckinggas

yes my man, YES!!!!

[curtnevan]

This is some of the most magnificent Jazz ever recorded. McCoy shines so brightly with Coltrane, and this tune takes Trane to that meditative magical place. That comes through on tunes like Ole' and My Favorite Things too. You don't want it to ever end. This music will live on like Bach and Beethoven, forever!

[brotherbartell]

@cod4masterrpgn I see you are progressive thinker bro, but there would not be the international scene if if weren't for people like Coletrane. Not trying to argue, it is just a thought.

[AndroidJdm]

just a beautiful song.

[pipaspaz]

Soprano Sax Truly Rules!

[rockerdav]

My favorite musicien is the guy smoking standing next to the piano

[pindaric]

So do you want Coltrane to sound like Kenny G? Kenny G plays with a 'pure' tone all right, but he couldn't have stood in the same room with Coltrane, let alone on the same stage.

[wbaranful]

@pindaric Kenny G in the same breath with John Coltrane truly does not compute. The only thing they have in common is the instrument

[mightyafrowhitey]

@pindaric I guess it's all down to personal taste. Kenny G... ok the dude does have a good tone on Tenor but that's about all he has. I personally prefer Trane's soprana tone much more. Just me though...

[GilbertSmith]

@mightyafrowhitey No, not just you. Everybody who appreciates jazz at all.

[somedudefrommizzou]

now THIS is music 

[berslikz]

i was humming the intro to this song the other day and no one knew what the hell i was humming about-.- whats the world coming to?

[77Totems]

Simply beautiful.

[MrSatch49]

As much as I like jazz, I have never been able to get into Coltrane, especially on soprano sax. It sounds more like an English horn. Or perhaps a duck.Not to say he wasn't creative and pushed the envelope. He was and did. I just can't tolerate his tone on soprano.

[RayPaganJr]

I could listen to this version as well as Mongo's, depending on my mood. Both put me in a trance.

[mrbrianagha]

This is true beauty!

[sandortdelnegro]

Also......... Anyone that really knows music understands that one great thing about Coltrane's music is that his dynamics are really good. When I say dynamics I mean how quickly he can go from fast to slow; from loud to soft; etc. That takes a really long time to work on and master. Just to sum it up if we are going to compare Charlie Parker to being the Michael Jordan of jazz then Coltrane would be the Magic Johnson. You can't really end the argument of whoe was more important.

[sandortdelnegro]

One thing that a lot of people don't understand is that Coltrane cleaned up and wasn't on dope when he died. He would study his music for around 10 hours a day and studied different types of music. He used the regular chromatic scale but studied a lot of different forms of those scales that were used in music in the eastern hemisphere. That's why his horn kind of reminds your of indian music. Cats today can't touch him with a 1000 foot pole.

[jazzdrum69]

is that white guy dave brubeck?

[wygakyl]

@jazzdrum69 That's Ralph J. Gleason, famed jazz critic and legitimizer for White America. He had jazz specials on the now-dormant Television Industry networks in the late 50's-early 60's...he later wrote about and legitimized the hippies at the very beginning, 1965-6.

[sbollero1]

it was all created on dope, gotta listen to it on dope.

[atbartholomew3]

hey guys, i did a Recorder solo of this for fun. slightly different but pretty unique and something you might enjoy.

My username is atbartholomew3. Thx! :)

[tonificador]

man, they should turn on the mics on the drums

[samurai7230]

jesusisbling or whatever your name is--Here's a news flash for you: There's a big difference between the words heroine and heroin, just in case you hadn't heard or realized that simple fact yet.

[MrAndreaCaso]

Stop jazz snobbish! Vernon Reid, guitarist in Living Colour (metal/funk, to be clear), uttered he was inspired by listening to Coltrane's "My favourite thing", that by the by is an amazing standard played such a way!

[alsharpton666]

That professor just adds some shazam to it all ;-D

[MJPTHA3RD]

Haha, a musician's ego will always be fatter, darker, and thicker than his tone. :P

[ljkw77]

I am happy to watch these guys play!

[nicolesherburne]

hahahaaaa I love the 50's hipster professor dude with the pipe leaning on McCoy's piano ;)

[rogeiro7378]

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[cptlulz]

Am I the only one who really doesn't care for Trane on the sop.? I mean, it's phenomenal nonetheless. But idk, something about it just doesn't feel right without the tenor.

[MrDavis746]

@cptlulz I kind of agree but Coltrane on anything would be better than 99.99pc of the pretenders. Thank the lord for these videos because the 'media' at the time basically felt it OK to ignore this genius. Now if this guy had been white......

[samurai7230]

TO: FreeKK22, I am so glad that you and your little friends don't/can't appreciate the genius of these men and the wondrous music they create and play--if shitbirds like you could appreciate it, then I'd be wondering about its value. Do the rest of civilization a favor and go back under the rock from which you came. Douchebags like you couldn't even shine the shoes of men like Coltrane , and I ain't lying!

[nico1759]

Oh my God, what a group ! Excuse me this is not a group is one "person" playing all the instruments. I've always been fascinated by the feeling established between group members.

[philserious]

the beauty just pours out of this tune.

[1q2w3e4r660]

aqui hay 43 personas q se pelean por abrazarme el miembro jajajja besar mi hermoso culo los de los votos negativos!!!!!!

[jehubox19]

43 ppl need to know wat is meaning of JAZZ

[nikshk33131]

para polu wraio... teleio otan diabazeis gia thn e3etastikh...!!!!!

[HCxDav3man]

borgore! :DD

[crazyoldbastard]

if there was ever a jazz group made in heaven, this is it.

[ConradLocke]

i love it: this jazz standard is so simple, the theme contains just 5 accords! But the musicians play it so ingenius, that the harmony is very interesting again.

[bassroyalty]

I can't tell if you're trolling or just very misinformed.

Either way it is unfortunate, a lot of young jazz musicians have adapted the sense of humour that comes from meaningless internet squabbles about who knows more, and yet the information they assume new players are unaware of and therefore assumed ignorant to didn't even exist when Coltrane was inventing it.

Pretending you're ignorant to put down others isn't funny, you're just ignorant.

[ConradLocke]

@bassroyalty sorry, but i don't see the connection between your and my post... i guess you just mixed up something here. or maybe just try again to explain to me what you wanted to say, for me it just sounds like rubbish

[bassroyalty]

@ConradLocke That's okay, I understand that you don't understand, unfortunately I couldn't communicate what I understand effectively so naturally it would be difficult for you to.

Jazz :)

[simsdogg92]

we're playing this in jazz band for my college

[j0eX]

Ha ha, nothing like this on TV now. Have you checked out some of the other guests? Damn! Anyway, thanks for posting. One of my faves! One more piece of sweet potato pie.

[cojiciobpc]

Exellent :D

[machopicasso]

Who's the dude with the pipe leaning on the piano? Is he a prop?!

[bradentonguy50]

In his early years, Coltrane was a fair (but not great) tenor player compared to his contemporaries. But this stuff is the pure garbage he played later. No melody, harmony, cognizable chord changes, beginning, middle or end. No wonder it is called "free jazz," I can't imagine how anything could charged for it. This is just "noise" played through a good instrument.

[cerelilqt]

@bradentonguy50 That was my joke >_>

[TimmePipoJan]

man, the piano-player is amazing

[Pachajayu]

magnifico simplemente excelente

[kcshocker11]

How can anyone dislike this?

[Acct1941]

@kcshocker11, I'm sure 60%+ of people who listen to this don't really like it at all. Even as a Coltrane fan, I realise that it is extremely easy to dislike, and that's why I love controversial styles. Songs like "Moment's Notice" and "Speak Low" are probably falling on many deaf ears because the listeners think jazz is cool or sophisticated. But then again, jazz totally depends on those people, otherwise all us Jazzists would run out of money.

[sharpclay]

This performance is incredible! The notes are just flowing out of their instruments as if they were artists stroking a canvas of the listeners soul.

[guat42]

like this you like the man in the background smoking his pipe lookin fancy

[Tommyfazz]

''THERE IS NO GOD, but the mind of woman or man that uses the intellect and imagination to fashion such instruments and the sounds that Issue forth''

Tommy Carroll

[followthehatecrewild]

this sounds a lot like my favorite things, especially tyners playing

[TheThinkerMusic]

@followthehatecrewild

Good ear. The two are in the same key, and have the same 6/8 time feel, especial consistent in McCoy Tyner's playing. Coltrane plays the same instrument, and all the personnel are the same except for the bassist. The melodic shapes are similiar, too.

[followthehatecrewild]

@TheThinkerMusic Exactly, it's reminiscent of my favorite things with the little vamp tyner uses at about 1:02 and throughout the song, a lot in his solo with the left hand as well. i've heard it used a lot.

[victorogunbusola]

my two year old daughter loves this to bits.. thanks coltrane

[250Yogi]

this is when tyner's playing was at its best

[n0cturn4lsh4d0w]

Im halfway thru afro blue, halfway home knowing I cant have you.

[Jonee90210]

FreeKK2 is just an attention-starved nobody. LOL it uses fake accounts to vote up it's own comments. It has my pity. :( Great video! Trane!

[HendrixClaptonSRV]

@FreeKK22 what the hell man? miles davis would beat any motherfucker to the ground who spoke in the way you just did. how in gods name you have 21 thumbs up for a comment like that is beyond me man. Man Coltrane was one smart cat, the guy applied geometry, spirituality, and pure emotion into his playing. Coltrane did more good for humanity in ONE NOTE than you'll ever even come close to in your whole life.

[zxssded]

@HendrixClaptonSRV as much as i would love 2 troll the other dude....geometry??

[mightyafrowhitey]

@HendrixClaptonSRV hate that I missed the comment.  it was probably pretty ignorant.

[Laight4work]

Elvin!

[pick8lock]

thumbs up who came here becuse mf dooms fav album is this as well as song

[ChrisDaBoss712]

Tyner is nutty.

[diggingditch41]

What is this 63? This is nice, but gets a lot more interesting later on, alla one up one down: live at the halfnote

[pwnmaster9]

never liked the way coltrane sounded on the soprano, good solos though

[andres1991eloy]

es super estupenda esta cancion. Y como la toca Michel Petrucciani es impresionante.

[caribemusic]

Fantástico, McCoy con su impresionante técnica, su peculiar forma de digitar, y sus variados colores, Coltrane, ni decir, pues, el mejor Saxo Tenor del Jazz in the histoy..good bye

[jibsmokestack1]

@cod4masterrpgn you are nuts!

[skullamus]

E L V I N !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GustavUppercut]

I love the the facial expression on Gleason at 4:34 after Coltrane's solo!

[RChikNorris]

What key is this song in?

[th1nk21]

@RChikNorris F

[rencemc]

@RChikNorris F minor. but they obviously use notes outside the basic scale

[thinkdreamweaver]

John McCoy Elvin Jimmy and Mongo - A love Supreme - RIP all but McCoy the lobe

[powderdd]

I've always wished I could be the guy chillin in the back with a pipe in Coltrane and Davis' videos.

[bluenotejazz]

Oh my God, it's so amazing I almost cried at the beauty of it