Humble geniuses are the best. Showboating is just overcompensating or narcissistic and ruins great music. This is some spot on writing in my opinion. We are all one. Make America Honest Again
The saxophone player is like a statue when he's not playing. Reminds me of the changing of the guards guys who stand motionless for long periods of time without blinking.
Mind blowing masterpiece. Master drummer and composer, his then wife with her unbelieveble art of vocal expression of any kind of human feelings. Also great contribution of all members of this quintet: Cliff Jordan on sax, Eddie Khane on bass and (very underrated and almost unknown composer and pianist) Coleridge Perkinson on piano. Best regards from Slovenia!
J’ai vu Max et son orchestre en 1971 à Metz au caveau des trinitaires. La classe! Il est venu me parler à la mi-temps. J’étais sidéré de la qualité des orchestres de jazz américains. Je n’oublierais jamais.
Love it. If this was today, there would be a new camera angle every second, a bunch of focus pulling in and out, whip pans and glide cams galore. Also the set design is Art. And Max and Abbey together--it doesn't get any better.
Georgios Vlachos / 6th of March 2022 / Greece 58 years have passed since this jazz piece. The amazing playing on drums by Max Roach and the wonderful voice of Abbey Lincoln, donate to us an unforgetable duet.
Towards the end, the quality of her voice and even some of the notes/phrasing remind me of Clare Torry's beautiful, soulful work on "The Great Gig in the Sky" on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album.
@@jmfs3497 I've tried the 13" over 14" ala Max Roach. With the shoulder of the stick you're playing the bottom hat and with the tip of the stick you're playing the top hat, when the hats are closed. I personally wasn't a fan of it, but he made it work.
Abbie was an remarkably resourceful singer. I can easily imagine that this gift was nurtured by one of the world's greatest drummers. Thanks for posting.
Well sure, Bonham also takes parts of The Drum Also Waltzes, you can it that clearly during his drum solo in the Royal Albert Hall performance filmed in 1970
I wonder if a 13 o'er a 14 as exposited in Mr Roach's set-up really cuts down on "hi hat lock" or hihat choke where the pedal note is rendered inaudible due to a plunger-like effect of those old school hihats? ( Something I've never met anyone whose experienced before but I have seen the holes drilled on a bottom hat occasionally)
In another video, someone compared Buddy Rich to Star Wars, and Jo Jones to Citizen Kane, watching this video I can only say that Max Roach is 2001: Space Odyssey
I like the fact that the female singer screams and yells. She does so combined with Max's drumming but does so in such an artistic fashion. Whats with the Buddy Rich clip at the end?
There is a video of this band playing this music where the set is each individual band member in a jail cell. Anyone ever seen it or know where I can find it? Great performance as is this one but the visual put it over the top
It isn't just metal though either! Jazz has had such an incredibly widespread influence on modern music, everything from contemporary pop music, to breakcore, to avant garde noise stuff takes massive influence from jazz. Even if the artists making the music don't realize were those influences came from.
in this historical context of those days of segreggation, we can see how seriously and creatively advanced was this american art form despite the mainstream ingnorance..
na fuck tool ,why cant these black artists have their own stuff without yall comparing them to tool and pink floyd etc ...white artists that already got their shine!
@@james5637 everything white boy ,its always black music artist being compared to white artists who are palatable to white people in the comments, I peep game!
Marcus Bendon Sympathetic snare buzz. The tom is activating the snares on the snare drum. All drum kits do this to some degree. Modern recording techniques might subdue it but that’s the actual sound. Same thing happens when the bass player plays just about anything.
Max is the greatest. He never overplayed. He was confident in his skill, never felt he had anything to prove to anybody...
A genius at work.
Humble geniuses are the best. Showboating is just overcompensating or narcissistic and ruins great music. This is some spot on writing in my opinion. We are all one. Make America Honest Again
Only realised it was in 5/4 when Max started playing phrases he usually plays in 3/4… incredible.
I knew something was off!
Abbey Lincoln was a phenomenal musician and knew her instrument well.
I could never hold a bass line like that while the drummer is going nuts. Amazing.
Bass line is the lead... everyone else plays off of..
Sorry ,the name of the bass player ? And piano if you know, thanks in advance
@@zuconne3334 Eddie Khan is the bassist . Not sure of the pianist.
The saxophone player is like a statue when he's not playing. Reminds me of the changing of the guards guys who stand motionless for long periods of time without blinking.
He was lock ed in with the high hat.
Never lost time the whole piece
proof that punk and elegance are not mutually exclusive.unfucking real.somebody give that camera-man a medal too.
Pure gold! Love Max Roach especially.
the first time after 40 years i finally understand max roach... i've had it wrong for years
Mind blowing masterpiece. Master drummer and composer, his then wife with her unbelieveble art of vocal expression of any kind of human feelings. Also great contribution of all members of this quintet: Cliff Jordan on sax, Eddie Khane on bass and (very underrated and almost unknown composer and pianist) Coleridge Perkinson on piano. Best regards from Slovenia!
5/4, music's most defiant rhythm.
nah
Hardly
Agreed
Max Roach wasn't ever playing on the same planet as anyone else.
Agreed, unreal playing. Self taught as well.
My favourite drummer. Have you heard Max drum solo on Sonny Rollins, Album: Saxophone Colossus ( 1956) track : Blue seven.
Totally. He made them.
No comment just pure original music 😎♫♪♫♪♫
J’ai vu Max et son orchestre en 1971 à Metz au caveau des trinitaires. La classe! Il est venu me parler à la mi-temps. J’étais sidéré de la qualité des orchestres de jazz américains. Je n’oublierais jamais.
My god, this is perfection....
This is pure soul.
I have no words....
Your words are perfect praise
@@astraluna6is9 so, so beautiful.
One of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. DAMN
They are all magnificent, but holy f*cking shit Max Roach!
Such a class, ✊🏽 this is human heritage!!!!!!
POWERFULL !!! Max on Drums and Abbey 's haunting vocals ~
...in the timbre and rhythm a strong imprint of truth
Love it. If this was today, there would be a new camera angle every second, a bunch of focus pulling in and out, whip pans and glide cams galore. Also the set design is Art. And Max and Abbey together--it doesn't get any better.
Georgios Vlachos / 6th of March 2022 / Greece
58 years have passed since this jazz piece. The amazing playing on drums by Max
Roach and the wonderful voice of Abbey Lincoln, donate to us an unforgetable duet.
Powerful. Mighty
Absolutely wonderful!!!
2:28 OMG! Amazing!
hahaha you got that right!
What a beautiful song
What a masterpiece.
Masters of American Music! Love it, thanks for posting. Max Roach!
As they say....another level!!
It’s the top shelf
still love his drumming and his attitude!!
se non erro, questa Cantante era la😍 MOGLIE 😍 di 👑🏆 MAX 🏆👑 ...., by mladic .....
Genuinely exciting music!
Music can take you to far away places.
Legend.
Towards the end, the quality of her voice and even some of the notes/phrasing remind me of Clare Torry's beautiful, soulful work on "The Great Gig in the Sky" on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album.
Very nice observation.
I've often described this song as a mix between "The Great Gig In The Sky" and "Moby Dick"
Indeed. Music speaks to us across all bands of the spectrum.
Clearly they have lived in an era of gentlemen, ladies and talent. The diversity and depth of this masterpiece cannot be found nowadays.
Also an era of Jim Crow unfortunately.
And heroin...lots and lots of heroin
Eh. You're just not looking hard enough.
... but also an era of true musicianship and the classic jazz sounds instrumentally and vocally. True jazz 1946-66.
A karaoke go-to of mine
top 5 youtube comment. 💯
Hysterical! I hope everyone was singing along or even tried to hum the tune😖
Max used two different size hi hat cymbals. Unusual.
He said cymbal sizing forced sound out
Just noticed that for the first time and searched to see if anyone else commented on it. I want to try that now.
@@jmfs3497 I've tried the 13" over 14" ala Max Roach. With the shoulder of the stick you're playing the bottom hat and with the tip of the stick you're playing the top hat, when the hats are closed. I personally wasn't a fan of it, but he made it work.
First time hearing this and WOW! Man sounds like a metronome from another dimension.
Wow, UA-cam is a treasure. Jazz music forever. Love the style. As always Max Roach is classy. As is the whole band.
Wow the buzzing on the 12 tom, from the snare. I hate that. And it is very hard to get rid of it. But Max is amazing, as always!
l'indipenenza tra mani di MAX è UNICA !!! 👑👑👑👑🏆🏆🏆🏆
Happy 100th birthday Max❤
❤ Go Max
Max for President !!!
Abbie was an remarkably resourceful singer. I can easily imagine that this gift was nurtured by one of the world's greatest drummers. Thanks for posting.
Played now, that would be considered avant garde. It's incredibly ambitious, given the time, and it would be now.
3:00 John Bonham got one of his licks from Max!
Well sure, Bonham also takes parts of The Drum Also Waltzes, you can it that clearly during his drum solo in the Royal Albert Hall performance filmed in 1970
@@humbertosandoval55 Hey, if you are going to steal, steal from the best.
Bonham was playing tribute to the master. Bonham loved Max.
He was pulling more from Elvin.
Timeless
I ain't seen no drumming like that ever.
That was powerful. And unfortunately so apt for the times in which we are living.
darwin this is good
Max was so much more precise playing the small kit with trad grip.
Go head Max!!!!!!!
Merci
Original Dire Straits drummer Pick Withers brought me here!!!
Som fino...
DAT hithat o.o
Coukikou !!!
Man these cats were playing in 2064
I wonder if a 13 o'er a 14 as exposited in Mr Roach's set-up really cuts down on "hi hat lock" or hihat choke where the pedal note is rendered inaudible due to a plunger-like effect of those old school hihats? ( Something I've never met anyone whose experienced before but I have seen the holes drilled on a bottom hat occasionally)
Ele era um às da bateria ....
Is it just me seeing Kirk, Spock and Uhura flying by in an earth near orbit, wondering what´s going on there?
Aprendiendo de lo bueno
THUMBS UP !
In another video, someone compared Buddy Rich to Star Wars, and Jo Jones to Citizen Kane, watching this video I can only say that Max Roach is 2001: Space Odyssey
I like the fact that the female singer screams and yells. She does so combined with Max's drumming but does so in such an artistic fashion. Whats with the Buddy Rich clip at the end?
Yeah, very artistic. Woo hoo!
Free expression
@@Etherealsex2 Representative of a movement in the 1960s called "Free Jazz".
There is a video of this band playing this music where the set is each individual band member in a jail cell. Anyone ever seen it or know where I can find it? Great performance as is this one but the visual put it over the top
Yes, you can find this on You tube. Recorded on January 15, 1964 in Baden Baden, named Complete German concert. Regards from Slovenia!
Now I see where Death Metal actually came from
It isn't just metal though either! Jazz has had such an incredibly widespread influence on modern music, everything from contemporary pop music, to breakcore, to avant garde noise stuff takes massive influence from jazz. Even if the artists making the music don't realize were those influences came from.
Death metal 😑🙄 you dont know good music
in this historical context of those days of segreggation, we can see how seriously and creatively advanced was this american art form despite the mainstream ingnorance..
Max going crazy we see a lady's teeth. great camera work...
clifford jordan on the tenor sax
The tune here is actually Tears for Johannesburg
thank you!!! you just saved my life
I was confused since the original song is just vocals and drums.
Be nice to see max drumming away at the end instead of this woman's open gob :-o
Masterpiece
🙂🌸💛
Max’s response/homage to Take Five?
8:10
Goth / rock music innovators.
who is vocals?? please!!!
This is a tool song....think about it....5/4....haunting repetition .....droning bass...lol. Awesome. Influences are ageless.
dude you're so right on about that. I couldn't agree more
@@KickflipGnasty yup. Once it clicks it is so obvious..yet so awesome..lol.
na fuck tool ,why cant these black artists have their own stuff without yall comparing them to tool and pink floyd etc ...white artists that already got their shine!
@@samtotheg What does skin colour have to do with anything? 🙄
@@james5637 everything white boy ,its always black music artist being compared to white artists who are palatable to white people in the comments, I peep game!
So good! Who is that on bass, tho?
Yoko Ono at the end?
Anyone got the lyrics to this? 🤔
The black scream shouting against the barbarism of racism. Impressive presentation. Clapping
You're being sarcastic , right?
You're being sarcastic , right?
Who's in control here?
Fuck u 2 administrator!
@@richardbutler4528 Of course not, it's real. Connect man
Man what a hecktic scene.
2020, not much has changed
Ok... either he's playing both the snare and the tom with one hand, or he's got snare's attached to his tom. Any drummers here? What's going on there?
No, he is playing one at the time.
Notice that his tom is tuned higher than the snare. That's why you had that feeling
Gustavo Estevam what ? Si you mean that sound like a snare is really the high Tom tuned higher ?
@@santiagojosecaballerocalab3750 yes. That is right. It is the tom tom tuned very high.
Marcus Bendon Sympathetic snare buzz. The tom is activating the snares on the snare drum. All drum kits do this to some degree. Modern recording techniques might subdue it but that’s the actual sound. Same thing happens when the bass player plays just about anything.
Gustavo Estevam I just can’t believe that and I never thought about doing that this is a creative genius
Mr High Hat.
2:26 what
Wait. Where’s the one ?
Hear some strong joe morello influence on those 5/4 grooves and the solo at the beginning. Couldn't blame him though
I heard that
Max was doing it years before Joe actually
@@bugbugbugbugbugbug yeah max wasnt influenced by joe at all!
exactly backwards
is this on a record?
Traditional grip trip.
Masterpiece. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 iiiii
Yoko Ono was like 👀
3/4 ?
5/4
Where can I find more amazing stuff like this?
@@musicircle thank you so much
In the second half I would like to have seen more of Max's amazing drumming and less of Abbey's mouth
that's funny. I like to hear more of Abbey's mouth and less of yours.
What a Demon!
who's on the sax? anyone knows?
That's Clifford Jordan.
@@Pacific_maps Do you know who's on piano and bass??