First time I ever heard Tony was on that Miles “Ken Burns Jazz” compilation disc, and the song was “Gingerbread Boy” off of ‘Miles Smiles.’ Just absolutely melted my brain.
My respect to Dom (RIP) and Vinnie, great drummers.As a teenager l used to see Gretsch ads and admire the photos of Elvin, Tony, Max and Art. I felt in love with them before l heard the music l started playing rock my héroes were Ringo, Charlie,Ginger, Mitch & Bonzo. One day l bought Poly Currents by Elvin Jones when l put the récord for the first time l couldn't understand it and l didn't finish listening side A ( to heavy for me) but after checking it 2,4,10 times l was hooked and my life changed.
That's somewhat similar to my discovery of some other great drummers. As a freshman in college I was taken under the wing of a senior who had me come to his place to hear some stuff I had never come close to experiencing before. After his wife put their daughter to bed he started playing some various cuts from different albums and some things were so far out there (Bitch's Brew, Conference of the Birds) that hearing this stuff for the first time was overwhelming. But he played a couple other things that just made my jaw drop one of them being Chick Corea's Now He Sings, Now He Sobs with Roy Haynes. I had never heard drumming like that before, so relaxed and so melodic and free. I believe he also hit me with Miles' Four and More with Tony at 19. I went out and bought these albums the next day. Life changing stuff.
The early Lifetime stuff is VERY strange...Tony singing, organ dominated the music etc. The later Lifetime when Holdsworth and Pasqua joined the band is the real shit IMO. You can't touch that stuff. Some of the best music ever recorded....million dollar legs, believe it. GOLD
The first time I heard Tony Williams I didn't really care much for drumming at all. It watched a video on youtube with Miles Davis playing blisteringly fast version of Walkin. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, Tony was playing like a true force of nature, I think the drums became my favorite instrument after that
Tony is to Vinnie as Albert King is to SRV. Any time he solos, you can clearly hear Tony and its great. Tony used unique sticking and you cant really play those licks any other way. Vinnie is one of the few that gets it. The constantly varying open-ness of the flames and ruffs is also unique to only a few.
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First time I ever heard Tony was on that Miles “Ken Burns Jazz” compilation disc, and the song was “Gingerbread Boy” off of ‘Miles Smiles.’ Just absolutely melted my brain.
The saddest part about losing Tony Williams so young is he was evolving into an even greater musician. Truly the greatest.
My respect to Dom (RIP) and Vinnie, great drummers.As a teenager l used to see Gretsch ads and admire the photos of Elvin, Tony, Max and Art. I felt in love with them before l heard the music l started playing rock my héroes were Ringo, Charlie,Ginger, Mitch & Bonzo. One day l bought Poly Currents by Elvin Jones when l put the récord for the first time l couldn't understand it and l didn't finish listening side A ( to heavy for me) but after checking it 2,4,10 times l was hooked and my life changed.
That's somewhat similar to my discovery of some other great drummers. As a freshman in college I was taken under the wing of a senior who had me come to his place to hear some stuff I had never come close to experiencing before. After his wife put their daughter to bed he started playing some various cuts from different albums and some things were so far out there (Bitch's Brew, Conference of the Birds) that hearing this stuff for the first time was overwhelming. But he played a couple other things that just made my jaw drop one of them being Chick Corea's Now He Sings, Now He Sobs with Roy Haynes. I had never heard drumming like that before, so relaxed and so melodic and free. I believe he also hit me with Miles' Four and More with Tony at 19. I went out and bought these albums the next day. Life changing stuff.
The early Lifetime stuff is VERY strange...Tony singing, organ dominated the music etc. The later Lifetime when Holdsworth and Pasqua joined the band is the real shit IMO. You can't touch that stuff. Some of the best music ever recorded....million dollar legs, believe it. GOLD
The first time I heard Tony Williams I didn't really care much for drumming at all. It watched a video on youtube with Miles Davis playing blisteringly fast version of Walkin. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, Tony was playing like a true force of nature, I think the drums became my favorite instrument after that
Mount Rushmore 1/4 🐐 loves Mount Rushmore 1/4 🐐... Buddy and Tony definitely 2 of the 4 greatest ever
Tony is to Vinnie as Albert King is to SRV. Any time he solos, you can clearly hear Tony and its great. Tony used unique sticking and you cant really play those licks any other way. Vinnie is one of the few that gets it. The constantly varying open-ness of the flames and ruffs is also unique to only a few.
Thay's happened to me in the same way when since I was listening Coleman Hawkins and gerry Mulligan, for the first time I listened to ...BIRD!!!!!!