Back in the day, when you went to a Mingus concert, you best be prepared to hang on to your soul. His music could be dangerous, beautiful, sublime and riotious. He cleansed you of bourgeois culture.
This cooks so hard it's on fire. Everybody is burning Nitro. But that was Mingus--A total genius to put music like this together and always have the best players. Both Don Pullen and George Adams were giants--so incredible yet underrated. God only knows why. And has anyone ever thanked Dannie Richmond for being and giving?? I love George's quote of "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" at 2:01. Way Out West, for sure!!
They faced an unespected huge crowd of young people coming to hear jazz as they were going to rock festivals. Nixon was impeached. They went around shaking hands and embracing people. I was there and I remember Mr. Mingus so pleasantly surprised of all this love and enthousiasm around them. If some of us almost cried just for looking at the video, what should be beenthere do?
Hey dolls and guys I was there on the stage may be in Todi (small town near Perugia), the concert was totally free one of the best moment of music for Italy, for my beneration and for me very lucky and very happy to be there
I CAN'T BELIEVE!!!!!!! I was only 17 and I liste only ONE TIME this tune directly from tv when was on air ( sono italiano) ....I remember and I was looking for this tune but I didn't know the title....and now....IT IS HERE!!!!!! I can remember the wonderful theme as I listened yesterday!!!!!! THANKS Stella!!!!!
flowers for a lady was written by george adams for his wife, lady walquer vereen, who currently lives and performs as a vocalist, dancer and speaker in new york city. she is an amazing artist and presence in her own right. and she was a great blessing to george. that's why he wrote the song, and plays it as he does.
Off of one of my favorite Mingus recordings, MOVES. To hear this live is beyond is beyond belief. I love all the beautiful comments as well that fellow Mingus fans have left!
no one, no one in jazz, or any other music has the exhilarating exuberance and freedom of spirit that we behold with george adams and don pullen...and it's from the heart with the uplifting spirit. G-d bless them!!!!
Just how subjective we all feel about music is quite amazing.... "bad & bizarre" are two words I would never use to describe Pullen & Adams' playing on this. I find this (just as i did back then) a real barn-burner, and a display of passion, energy, and, well, life! To me, the typical format some Jazz lovers demand the music remain within, is the antithesis of what Jazz is all about... "Jazz is Everything... Jazz is the freedom of the sounds" - Sonny Rollins
I saw Mingus quite a few times in Montreal, He was my favorite jazz musician - band leader live, and this captures some of the fantastic energy, danger and soul of Mingus live. His records were good, but jazz live is where it's at! He always had consummate musicians who took risks.
Well... sometimes they also took risks to be knived when things derailed or did not meet Mr Charles expectations and plans; especially Mr Don Pullen, whose stretched knuckled solos sir Charles didn't particularly love. Yet my favorite cat possibly.
I saw Mingus a few times and although never saw his band with Dolphy, I always thought his band with George Adams and Don Pullen with Jack Walrath was his best. This band with the late, great Hamiet Bluiett was short lived and any footage is extremely rare, what a great composition!
Charles Mingus and co. are my all time favorite jazz collective. Davis and Coltrane are amazing, but for me, it does not get better than Mingus. He is the be-all end-all.
nickodemus84 Mingus is the best, i just cant compare anything with her monster works, Let my children hear music, The monstrous genius of his work, on top of the music.
i am so glad to have the internet without these comments i would dispair that nobody eavan cares anymore about the kind of enormus talent and origionality of giants among men such as Mingus, vincent van gough and other incredably 'FREE' thinking and feeling individualists.
a prophet is never recognised in his own land!!charles mingus was a god incarnate on bass,his compositions were always cutting edge,superb and luxurious!he was tormented to death,his compositions tossed into a dumpster in the rain along with the furnishings of his home&sometimes music school for disadvantaged youths!he was an international star mistreated&abused in his own land!ostrasized when he should have been treasured,revered and rewarded for his work with youth to instill music in them!!!
what such great display of musicianship . what do u call the way the keyzi moves his fingers , the way mingus bends to the groove of his sax the intensity of the standing base the steady metronomic groove of the drummer.... MAGIC ??
(Continued) Don and George played a unique mixture of inside and outside blues, straight ahead jazz, post bop and modern American music rolled into one. They were unique and unmatched by anyone beffore or since. The fact that you can't hear that well enough to appreciate it is a shame for you because you're missing out on something great.
Hahaha George Adams is such a monster, and huge props to Charles Mingus, as a bass player hes definitly one of my idols. As a sax player... This bari player, Hamiet Bluiett is definitly a wow kinda guy lol ive neverheard a bari do that kind of stuff lol im not sure if I like all of it, but i 100% respect what it takes to do that haha.
...Mr. George Adams Lives!!!... 4~Ever...Great Music...If there are any other vids from this gig, PLEASE post them!!! ( I found Devil's Blues! )... Cheers & Thanks, Fox
This George Benson live take five 1986 and Mile Davis kind of blue should all be compulsory viewing for every one every day to make the world a better place. this is tongue in cheek
oh, and not forgetting the very very talented but also very very underrated Don Pullen on piano. A brilliant example of the 'inside-outside' approach epitomised by artists such as Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson and of course Mingus himself.
CHARLES ,at it's finest THIS MARVELOUS musical group of MELINAN, MADDNESS, had the pelivage of seeing him,many times MR pork PIE Hat ",SIP in the AFTERLIFE.....om....
So true the poor lady may could hear some HM in the beginning and as soon as the brass comes in- this is my flowers... a genius with friends on the stage which are also genius musicians....
george adams wrote "flowers for a lady" for his wife: lady walquer vereen, who is currently living and performing in nyc. she has a one-woman theatre piece: "grand-mother" and she is exceptional. she has performed with greats such as leon thomas, olatunji and teaches dunham technique in dance. she had alot to do with helping george get his thing together. if you're in nyc, check her out!! she's an amazingly blessed and gifted artist and human being.
If I had to chose 1 word to describe Mingus & his music, it would obviously have to be "genius". Some of his stuff is so intricate. He reminds me of a modern Mozart.
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Back in the day, when you went to a Mingus concert, you best be prepared to hang on to your soul. His music could be dangerous, beautiful, sublime and riotious. He cleansed you of bourgeois culture.
This cooks so hard it's on fire. Everybody is burning Nitro. But that was Mingus--A total genius to put music like this together and always have the best players. Both Don Pullen and George Adams were giants--so incredible yet underrated. God only knows why. And has anyone ever thanked Dannie Richmond for being and giving?? I love George's quote of "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" at 2:01. Way Out West, for sure!!
awesomeness dude
swettness
he rocked that solo man
totally rocked it
They faced an unespected huge crowd of young people coming to hear jazz as they were going to rock festivals. Nixon was impeached. They went around shaking hands and embracing people. I was there and I remember Mr. Mingus so pleasantly surprised of all this love and enthousiasm around them. If some of us almost cried just for looking at the video, what should be beenthere do?
Hey dolls and guys I was there on the stage may be in Todi (small town near Perugia), the concert was totally free one of the best moment of music for Italy, for my beneration and for me very lucky and very happy to be there
That footage of the piano mans left hand is thrilling! And no one ever plays the Bari like that!
I CAN'T BELIEVE!!!!!!! I was only 17 and I liste only ONE TIME this tune directly from tv when was on air ( sono italiano) ....I remember and I was looking for this tune but I didn't know the title....and now....IT IS HERE!!!!!! I can remember the wonderful theme as I listened yesterday!!!!!! THANKS Stella!!!!!
Pure Genius! I can listen to this over and over and over and it always blows my mind with the endless depths of profundity it contains.
i love charles mingus and that drummer
flowers for a lady was written by george adams for his wife, lady walquer vereen, who currently lives and performs as a vocalist, dancer and speaker in new york city. she is an amazing artist and presence in her own right. and she was a great blessing to george. that's why he wrote the song, and plays it as he does.
OUTRAGEOUS, one of his most blazing units, that is just awe inspiring
Off of one of my favorite Mingus recordings, MOVES. To hear this live is beyond is beyond belief. I love all the beautiful comments as well that fellow Mingus fans have left!
no one, no one in jazz, or any other music has the exhilarating exuberance and freedom of spirit that we behold with george adams and don pullen...and it's from the heart with the uplifting spirit. G-d bless them!!!!
i creatd a youtube account only to comment this.
it is one of the most beautiful things i ever heard!
no day without this
I like for the jazz it art .so magic what do.best song I listen all day for all Life. Mingas is man
never get tired of this , not jut the music the setting and the freedom
this song is magestic, I can feel it with my eyes closed
Just how subjective we all feel about music is quite amazing.... "bad & bizarre" are two words I would never use to describe Pullen & Adams' playing on this. I find this (just as i did back then) a real barn-burner, and a display of passion, energy, and, well, life! To me, the typical format some Jazz lovers demand the music remain within, is the antithesis of what Jazz is all about...
"Jazz is Everything... Jazz is the freedom of the sounds" - Sonny Rollins
I saw Mingus quite a few times in Montreal, He was my favorite jazz musician - band leader live, and this captures some of the fantastic energy, danger and soul of Mingus live. His records were good, but jazz live is where it's at! He always had consummate musicians who took risks.
Well... sometimes they also took risks to be knived when things derailed or did not meet Mr Charles expectations and plans; especially Mr Don Pullen, whose stretched knuckled solos sir Charles didn't particularly love.
Yet my favorite cat possibly.
Jaw-dropping. Seriously. The talent and beauty that perform in this video IS music.
This was one of Mingus's best groups. I was to fortunate to see them perform live. After Mingus left us, there has come no other even close.
I saw Mingus a few times and although never saw his band with Dolphy, I always thought his band with George Adams and Don Pullen with Jack Walrath was his best. This band with the late, great Hamiet Bluiett was short lived and any footage is extremely rare, what a great composition!
Thanks for that great show! Mr. G.Adams and unbelieveable H. Bluiett, so wonderful!
those r some of the best solos i have heard...
if not the best solos i have heard...
Charles Mingus and co. are my all time favorite jazz collective. Davis and Coltrane are amazing, but for me, it does not get better than Mingus. He is the be-all end-all.
nickodemus84 Mingus is the best, i just cant compare anything with her monster works, Let my children hear music, The monstrous genius of his work, on top of the music.
Shiet, man. I may agree with you.
This is top of the form in every way. They're just amazing. It makes me so happy.
Great sound from every one here, especially Bluiett with that great solo
this is a perfect video I watch it a lot the setting everything its life!!
Damn fine tune, damn fine playing...
Damn.
Nice to think about my country listening to mingus :D peace,
A Master piece !!!
Proprio questo concerto mi introdusse al jazz...di meglio non mi poteva capitare...il top
i am so glad to have the internet without these comments i would dispair that nobody eavan cares anymore about the kind of enormus talent and origionality of giants among men such as Mingus, vincent van gough and other incredably 'FREE' thinking and feeling individualists.
a prophet is never recognised in his own land!!charles mingus was a god incarnate on bass,his compositions were always cutting edge,superb and luxurious!he was tormented to death,his compositions tossed into a dumpster in the rain along with the furnishings of his home&sometimes music school for disadvantaged youths!he was an international star mistreated&abused in his own land!ostrasized when he should have been treasured,revered and rewarded for his work with youth to instill music in them!!!
Great! Great! Great! These are the Masters!
that's cool. great musician...really great musician. it's cool to see them that close
it takes me to a wonderful place...
George Adams adding the theme from Surrey with the Fringe On Top in his solo at 2:00. How cool is that!
what such great display of musicianship . what do u call the way the keyzi moves his fingers , the way mingus bends to the groove of his sax the intensity of the standing base the steady metronomic groove of the drummer.... MAGIC ??
this is the greatest line-up ever
I always wondered what Mr. Adams looked like playing that way.
(Continued)
Don and George played a unique mixture of inside and outside blues, straight ahead jazz, post bop and modern American music rolled into one. They were unique and unmatched by anyone beffore or since. The fact that you can't hear that well enough to appreciate it is a shame for you because you're missing out on something great.
Rouse-Monk, Lafaro-Evans, Coltrane-Tyner, Mingus-Richmond... duetos infinitos en el jazz.
Hahaha George Adams is such a monster, and huge props to Charles Mingus, as a bass player hes definitly one of my idols. As a sax player... This bari player, Hamiet Bluiett is definitly a wow kinda guy lol ive neverheard a bari do that kind of stuff lol im not sure if I like all of it, but i 100% respect what it takes to do that haha.
...Mr. George Adams Lives!!!...
4~Ever...Great Music...If there
are any other vids from this
gig, PLEASE post them!!!
( I found Devil's Blues! )...
Cheers & Thanks, Fox
This George Benson live take five 1986 and Mile Davis kind of blue should all be compulsory viewing for every one every day to make the world a better place.
this is tongue in cheek
I wish I could've been one of the lucky people to see this live
If only my parents were jazz aficionados I could have been there!
wow, complete madness and stellar performances by all a real trip! enjoyed this immensely. out there as in the SUMMIT OF JAZZ! YEAH
YEAH!!!! This is it!
I LOVE the sax solos...
God damn' I want to be there!
Minus looks so cool amidst all that high energy.
oh, and not forgetting the very very talented but also very very underrated Don Pullen on piano. A brilliant example of the 'inside-outside' approach epitomised by artists such as Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson and of course Mingus himself.
if people watched this every day the world would be a better place
I heard this band in Boston. I never heard another tenor player with such athletic ability -- GA could play impossible things!
aaah, the sax-players are great. love it.
stella this is the best jazz piece i never seen,thanx for post it !!
still one o f th ecoolest videos on the net , besides me
at the beach with auntie doris last year
This is one of the better Mingus vids on youtube. Thanks for posting! One of my favs
I've been waiting for someone to upload some Mingus videos. Thank you so much
Finally listening to Mingus tunes. Wow. Exhale.
These were very artists...this was music...this was my Italy...
Great composition and that Adams' solo... !!!!!!!! Mingus Swingus The |Great ;] just enjoy ;]
amazing... just amazing jazz and metal RULES
Both sax players are great. but the baritone sax player. WOW! Mingus was the man!!!
I saw him too with the WSQ. They were all brilliant. Bluiett was fantastic!
i love those free solos...
A very stilysh Session ! Pure !
the master, the genius!
oh my god! this is insanely good! wow.
yo, that sax is killin it! it's ppl like that that make me question y i'm even here
Marvelous! Thank you, thank you and thank you for posting this video!
This entire band played their azzes off on this piece. I love Great music...
Man I was so obsessed with this song in 8th grade!
Thanks!
that is some great energy!
completely enjoyed this VITAL, musical history, stellar show
Mingus is Mingus. Immense.
absolutely the best!
Dang, that's amazing.
CHARLES ,at it's finest THIS MARVELOUS musical group of MELINAN, MADDNESS, had the pelivage of seeing him,many times MR pork PIE Hat ",SIP in the AFTERLIFE.....om....
That was beautiful ^^
So true the poor lady may could hear some HM in the beginning and as soon as the brass comes in- this is my flowers... a genius with friends on the stage which are also genius musicians....
I love the tone of George Adams' saxophone.
Miles Davis said Mingus was the most brilliant MF'ing musician he had ever known.
This is a gem. Thanks for posting.
Why is George Adams so unknown? His recordings with Don Pullen are beyond amazing!
pure, distilled 200 proof genius!
The Tenor and Bari are just, too badass. Never thought it could be achieved, but it has been by these guys apparently.
What a jewel! Thank you so much for this!
Great Sax!
woah. he made that sax sound like a screamer trumpet. RESPECT MY MAN, respect
Far out, man. Don't ever change.
This rocks!!!!!!!
george adams wrote "flowers for a lady" for his wife: lady walquer vereen, who is currently living and performing in nyc. she has a one-woman theatre piece: "grand-mother" and she is exceptional. she has performed with greats such as leon thomas, olatunji and teaches dunham technique in dance. she had alot to do with helping george get his thing together.
if you're in nyc, check her out!! she's an amazingly blessed and gifted artist and human being.
That footage of the piano mans left hand is thrilling!
This is my fav Mingus's music and live performance. Way more enchanced than the recorded version, it's genious!
Traditional compared to what?
George Adams was a fantastic human being whose horn transmitted the beautiful music of his soul. May it live forever!
I like how Mingus just stands there so calmly and chews on his gum like it's no feat at all.
buddy is killin that tenor sax....
Best thing ever.
If I had to chose 1 word to describe Mingus & his music, it would obviously have to be "genius". Some of his stuff is so intricate. He reminds me of a modern Mozart.
I normally love Mingus but I seriously flinched during the sax solo around 6:30 and almost couldn't finish the song.
Imagine having to keep to chord scheme as mingus and the pianist. Such unthankful a job ;-)