Woody Herman Big Band ( feat. Joe Lovano ) - Giant Steps

[Dutch2236]

You know, there was the Duke and the Count and on the fringe there was always Stan the great inovator, always ahead of eveyone. To the uninformed, Woody seemed to always have that "Woodchoppers Ball" stuck to his name but the Thundering Herd was the most dynamic outfit of them all. He was smart enough to blend some of rock into his work in the late 60's and early 70's and they were the Grammy winners.

[gttiger07]

5:01



[cjgaddy]

Oops, left off Corazon - also posted to Youtube:

• CORAZON: youtu.be / 8awUSC_LTBo

Woody Herman - Jazz Jamboree Warsaw 1977

[cjgaddy]

Woody Herman - Jazz Jamboree Warsaw 1977

Youtubes from Woody Herman at Jazz Jamboree Warsaw 1977:

• FOUR BROTHERS: youtu.be 8ZVmNb32g9Y

• GIANT STEPS: youtu.be xPY3ch8ddG4

• FIRE DANCE (Al Vizzutti): youtu.be rOG7RAMlDzs

• LA FIESTA: youtu.be e3NMv1m_gR8

• REUNION AT NEWPORT: youtu.be 6E0ZD5kQ-8Q

Avail here? => jazzcd.by.ru / dvd / 26589.htm (Label: TVP Kultura, 60mins)

[cjgaddy]

Woody Herman - Jazz Jamboree Warsaw 1977

Rec. live at Congress Hall – Oct. 1977 (60mins)

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Saxes(L-R): Gary Anderson, Frank Tiberi, Joe Lovano, Bruce Johnstone(b)

Tpts(L-R): Bill Byrne, Nelson Hatt, Al Vizzutti, John Hoffman, Dennis Dotson

Bones(L-R): Larry Farrell, Birch Johnson, Jim Daniels

P: Pat Coil, B: Marc Johnson, D: Jeff Hamilton

=> Intro, Four Brothers, I Got News For You, La Fiesta, Pavanne, Giant Steps, Corazon, Fire Dance, Reunion At Newport, Unknown

[TehChuckeh]

Purée, Noel Mamère au sax ! :D

[nunchuckification]

3:12 woody herman is like "Holy fuck"

[ssur55]

You have to give Woody credit - his was one of the few big bands from the 40s that stayed contemporary. Most of the others became repertoire bands.

[edieelpc]

smashing



[pindaric]

I grew up on this stuff too. Lovano is a monster.

[kalimeros18]

is Lovano the second one to play? so much better than the first dude

[dangerbooboo]

@kalimeros18 I agree. Joey is a beast.

[pindaric]

The tenors are monsters. No, it's not Coltrane--but that doesn't mean that this is somehow inferior or bad by comparison. Jazz isn't always a competition.

[danieljones013]

@pindaric thier phrasing is sweet but, the melodic development could use some work. They are in the pocket man

[bulletman100]

Herman at 7:17 digging it.

[bob4247]

Good Lord…  Awesome!!

[martyg374]

Do we have to talk about gear all the time. What a waste. It's the golfer not the clubs.

[upT3mpo]

I love how the two lead sax players look like used car salesman...id buy from them.

[stevebul]

Jeff Hamilton on drums, one of the few that was great at big band and small group drumming.

[dazamaru]

THEY beat the fugg outta this...I never got into Woody (racial politics)...but this band is nice....Lovano's always was and still is a beast, just a clever melodic player

[musicmanson]

@dazamaru I get where you're coming from when you talk about racial politics... That's why I never really got into any of these bands... That and a lot of them don't swing. Not to be completely racist, but jazz is the music of African-Americans. It has a lot of the African culture and different aspects of their music in it. And if you look at it historically, the big names (Miles, Trane, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, etc.,) are all black.

[1979saxman]

@musicmanson In his original band with Stan Getz in the fifties there was a black musician.  I forget his name, but I'm sure you can look it up.

[musicmanson]

@1979saxman That band was vanilla ice cream on top of white bread.

[1979saxman]

@musicmanson Well, I know it was one of the bands that the black guy was in. I'm pretty sure he was a guitarist, and I'm also pretty sure it was with Getz. Unless the Getz biography - not autobiography, mind you - is wrong.

[danieljones013]

@musicmanson {I am a black jazz musician) Heyif they swing they swing...lol. Ill play with any musicain anyday. As long as they treat me with dignity and respect. Can i get an Amen?

[leega8010]

Greta sound of Coltrane classic - contrapuntals right on- difficult sax composition.

[boobsax]

Lavano won

[bigloualbany]

We just hope that youngsters continue to hear, see and study this great music. Remember that jazz is our only American Art Form. We miss you Woody. Remember the Metropole in the 50's.

[upT3mpo]

Banging!

[yamotonooyaji]

Woody Herman had been young although

he had been gone.

But his soul is now being in my heart.

[trane1959]

how slick is 5:00-5:03?

[copedogg888]

Lovano is a freakin beast, usin those 13ths on the Maj chords. love it

[mrdog66]

They are both playing Balanced Action's, and Frank's is silver...

[scottfg]

I think Frank's is an SBA -

[CLYd93]

love them both, lovano is closer to coltrane though

[mikemarlier]

That is, indeed, Jeff Hamilton on drums.

[tunnelrat1900]

Love Joe Lovano's Selmer Balanced Action. Steve Marcus also played one. I bought one back in 1975 and just recently sold it for $3,700. Bet Joe's is worth twice that much. I know it was his Dad's. Frank Tiberi was always great.

[mission10106]

Pretty sure Lovano is playing on a Borgani...

[scottfg]

I don't think so - I think that was later he got a Borgani

[dangerbooboo]

@tunnelrat1900 No kidding. It's a great horn and the sound he gets out of it is ridiculous. He walked into one of my gigs through the back door and at the end of my last chorus, I hear this huge sound coming toward me from the back of the club. Halfway through the first chorus, he's standing three feet away from me, absolutely killing it, right in my face. It was not unlike being hit by a freight train. An extremely fucking hip freight train. :P

[kajobike]

Scary! (in a good way) Is that Jeff Hamilton on the drums? Thanks for the great video!

[scottfg]

Yes.

[dilberg1]

Znakomity Frank Tiberi na saksofonie tenorowym.

[robstv]

Rock and Roll!

Man, I grew up to this stuff. The old man had me rocking to Woody and the herd from the time I was an infant through teens. Darn...no wonder...

Cool video. Thank you so much for posting