Imagine that for decades, before the creation of youtube, this footage was "lost", and was only in the memory of the people who watched it live that day in 1980. Our generation take youtube for granted sometimes. This plataform is one of the most important creation in human history.
I am so very glad I was born after all these great talents and my dad - thank you, Dad - shared with me his love of jazz. My life is infinitely better than it would have been otherwise. Thank you for sharing this, Palanzana.
I, for one, am incredibly grateful that these incomparable recordings and interviews still exist and are available on UA-cam for everyone to enjoy. Thanks for posting.
Me too, I heartily thank UTube for these precious sharing. I just adore Oscar Peterson who was my compatriote, (both Canadians) what a great musician he was and he was a real gentleman as well. And I enjoy so much this beautiful piece of music. What a good time I have.
Whenever I find something American that’s on UA-cam, it’s always on the BBC! Let’s not lose our great British contribution to remembering these truly great musicians!
A depressing thing used to happen in the 70's and early 80's. They would re use tapes. So much is lost simply because tapes could be recorded again. BTW I totally got Gene Gene the dancing machine when Basie was playing
You know....Count Basie I realize in this interview, is exactly in life, what and how he plays on the piano. He gives space. He picks his words carefully. His words are sparse but have massive impact and meaning. He had me spitting up my drink with his responses to Oscar. Timing. It's timing. The Count is the master of timing. I laughed so hard and authentically tonight watching this my wife of 36 wonderful years came in and chastised me!
I can't believe I can listen to this for free! 2 of the best Pianist together... Words can't describe how happy I am to have come across this masterpiece. 🇦🇬✊🏾🇵🇷
I find it interesting how masters of jazz so often have such a soft quality to their voice as they speak. There is a certain zen-like quality to their persons which always makes me smile.
I think this observation can be extended to people of genius in other areas as well. Barring some outliers with huge egos, majority of them seem extraordinarily humble, especially in light of the greatness of their achievements. Perhaps it's this journey to the frontier of human ability that makes them profoundly realize how hard it is to conquer oneself (a necessary precondition for greatness, I guess). More often than not also, they're tremendously eloquent, even outside their areas of expertise.
Spoke with Joe and Ella in Munich also about 45 years ago. --- Excellent BBC Four concert and insider chat. They don't mention the great Teddy Wilson who I got to chat with in Munich many years ago. But I was also lucky enough to chat with my hero Joe Pass back in Munich after I out-processed from my unit at the Marine Corps Combat & Development Command in Quantico, VA, where incidentally Joe Pass also had been stationed in the 1940s before he was ousted on a substance abuse drug issue. Joe's piano player back then was Bill Martin; and one day at chow in the mess hall a fellow Marine told me that Bill Martin still resided in Quantico and operated a shoe store on Main Street. Got to know Bill Martin a little bit to hear Bill lament that when Joe Pass came to play a concert in Washington DC he never called Bill. Funny, what are the chances that my orders get me stationed where Joe Pass also had been? But that's how life meant it to be.
I am surprised you should say that when in THIS VERY VIDEO the two icons (including Oscar Peterson himself) acknowledge, and quite rightly so, the unbelievable giant of the piano, Art Tatum himself! were they wrong and you are right???
I was lucky to not only see the great Joe Pass perform twice on the same night but to get to meet and talk with him for awhile. Great guy and excellent musician. I have loved Count Bassies and Oscar Petersons material all of my life
I can beat this! While a student at UCLA in 1976 I went and saw the Count, Joe Pass, Ray Brown on bass and Ella Fitzgerald in Santa Monica. What an awesome experience...:)
I get your point, but I would be inclined to thank engineers, as there are no instructions for developing and deploying complex video capture and distribution systems in any holy books even though it would easy to do so.
Well actually no this is a recording for the BBC and it was transmitted on BBC four. I saw it originally on BBC and I was lucky enough to see it when it first went out. Any brits who think Auntie Beeb is not worth the licence fee should watch this
I just read up on the history of the first tune, "Charlie." Oscar's first wife was Charlotte Huber, with whom he had one son, named Joel, and the song is dedicated to her. In the book "Oscar Peterson: The Man and His Jazz," it says that he composed a few tunes to sum up his relationship with Charlie and his son Joel, beginning with this one, which captures the beauty of his former love, then "Night Child," which is dedicated to Joel, and then "He Has Gone," which encapsulates his emotions surrounding his divorce and separation from his son.
I am listening to Oscar Peterson talking to Count Bassie about the kinds of piano and what it can do to the players playing.....awesome ! Lesson in life. OMG !!! Somebody pinch me.....I can't stop crying !!!!
This is absolutely priceless. The conversation between Oscar and the normally reticent Count Basie alone is a major document in the history of American music--unappreciated by those who don't know jazz history and its true masters. Note how Oscar, the major prankster and intimidator (he loved to tell how he got the better of other pianists, from Shearing to Brubeck) admits that he learned about intimidation by the gold standard of jazz piano, Art Tatum--the ultimate "musician's musician," the challenge that any true musician must work to understand. When Miles asked Hank Mobley to replace the departing Coltrane, Hank responded: 'Miles, Trane was the Art Tatum of the tenor saxophone. I can't follow that!" When a Down Beat critic asked Sonny Stitt why he copied Bird instead of creating a new musical direction, Sonny exploded: "You don't know sh..t, man! Look at Art Tatum. You can't play no better than that!" The public understands Oscar's music much more than Art's. And the same goes for Basie vs. the frequently challenging, sophisticated and subtle Ellington. But when asked, the Count and Joe Williams would speak of Duke as the quintessential American musician, a figure best approached in theological terms. There are so few jazz programs left, and most ignore the incomparable Duke Ellington band--settling instead on playing the pop standards he wrote to support his band. (Please. No more Satin Doll's and Don't Round Much Anymore. Give us the Ellington sax section, rich colors and ironic humor.)
I am totally agree with you! this is a priceless material here!! you said it all about !! Makes me so sad that our society became so little for this days ! Look at this big bands. How many musicians here! all of them so talented. today the guys behind the show -the producers- are not ambitious as the producers from the past !! It was so much love and knowledge to share and money was not an issue ! this particular documentary is an historical piece of art!!
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Jumping in the Woodside....The bassist and drummer's heads were on a swivel, like watching a ping pong match, as they were relishing the moment and trying to stay on top of which was on the lead melody. JOYFUL to hear & watch!
Love these two! Basie’s got the most innocent smile. I hope he was nice and as warm in person as he seems. These are the mellower jazz artists maybe you’d rather be around than Mingus or Miles.
UA-cam is freakin awesome. I probably would've pooped my pants if I had this on video when I was growing up, and here it is when you just type "Oscar Peterson"
One of the few great virtues of UA-cam, is the historical value of videos like these. Things witnessed and talked about, but seldom seen. Photos are good, but can never capture the emotions of actually being there. If you love the subject, this is the next best thing to being there.
Cleveland Institute of Music graduate here. Do not forget this fact. Credentials are solid for this performance by Joe Pass. "Ain't Misbehaving" is splendid. There is subdued energy here worthy of your admiration.
OK. This video just made my day. To all of we pianists and guitarists who have studied their instrument through the years, it's very uplifting and don't we all wish USA TV produced more programs like this? Hats off to the BBC.
Oscar has the most infectious laugh of possibly any of the great jazz players I know of! His response to Basie's remark about "soul" keys at 22:48 just warms my heart.
Wonderful to hear the stories about Art Tatum. Imagine... To think this immense level of greatness was once America's popular music. So vastly advanced & complex yet so swingin & intimate. Notice the twinkle in Count Basie's eye. Musicians don't have that twinkle, that love, that humor nowadays. It's all only about manufactured ego & celebrity, shallow. This tradition & level of musicality & experience that these two embodied & represented is extinct. It was no doubt the greatest of all musical genres, so much more live & complex than any scored 19th c. transcription, so vastly beyond what today's popular musicians do. They were absolute kings.
I understand these musicians are very important to you, and I greatly appreciate their music as well, but to say that not only insults the quality of the music that modern musicians spent just as much time to make, but also borders on worship of people who had signification flaws, and erases the portions of their lives that would do week to serve as a lesson to future generations. From one Jazz lover to another, the older music is amazing, but modern music shouldn't be discredited either.
The first tune i hear it every morning convincing me how making music a major part in my life is the most precious decision that i made in my life...JAZZ talks......
Two absolute masters at their craft. When it comes to jazz piano, you just can't do better than Oscar and The Count. I grew up listening to this. My parents had 4000 jazz records - LPs, 78s and 45s. True artists.
35:31 This is me in front of my new amazing DMA high level piano teacher who can play anything and does concerts. I can't seem to shake the awe and I just fall apart man. To hear Oscar say this REALLY HELPS ME!
What Oscar offers is honest conversation. This is what it sounds like when a God-gifted gentle spirit shares his ideas freely, pouring them fluidly over the silence.
He sounds so effortless and divine. Some humans are just gifted as they were being sewn together in their mothers. I would be happy to have 10% of his talent.
The whole thing is pretty phenomenal from a general music perspective, but the two-piano interview that starts around 15+ minutes in really shows the admiration, warmth& respect these two friends have for each other.
This is without doubt my favourite You Tube video for jazz. It shows what superb talent both these musicians possessed. I love the way Peterson shows respect to Bill Basie. He interviews him perfectly. Have watched this many times and it never fails to impress. The masters!!! RIP to you both. You brought so much love and joy to the world with your music.
I've listened to Oscar Peterson for years, and never heard him speak until now. (Aside from his grunts while playing, haha.) What an amazing piece of video here. Why do we not have humans like this anymore?
Disappointing that so many people pollute the comments with their inability to pay tribute to great musicians without making vacuous comparisons and disrespecting other great musicians.
A thrilling experience……cascades faster than white water rafting in Colorado. I love those guys. The conversation a bonus, the laughter now a lasting memory. Thank you BBC Four, for taking the time to make this a lasting moment for millions of jazz lovers.
8:45 - 8:50 I've listened to Joe Pass - on and off - for decades and he still amazes me at times. So much to study every time I see him play - not enough hours in the day
Horn player here, don't usually get into listening to bass too closely but this dude is standout good. I love that he can play a double bass solo and you can distinctly hear the notes - no mush
It's a crying shame that this programe does not appear to be commercially available to buy! This is typical of the BBC who do not treat jazz with the respect it deserves!
Someone below said there are 2 geniuses in this video, but I think there are at least 4. Basie and Oscar - it goes without saying. But Joe Pass was amazing, and Niels Henning Orsted-Pederson was one of the finest acoustic bassists ever. Oscar, Joe and Niels played together often.... There has probably never been more contrasting styles on piano than Oscar and Basie....
the very first song, the one everyone wants to know about, is called "charlie" from the album night child. from what I can tell it is a peterson original! I love it so much!
Fascinating how elegance in jazz can be expressed with a variety of style, between Oscar's sophistication and Bill Basie's legendary simplicity. This interview is a precious gift. Thank you! Ben
From 38:56 my mind exploded. What a respectful, tasteful, classy son of a bitch were these two monsters. Quality at a high level, hours of dedication to the instrument, they make it look easy. Great.
Owing to Ken Burns’ excellent “Jazz” documentary, I’m just now getting into this world. I’m so glad this is one of the first videos I’m seeing...what an excellent starting point.
Joe Pass is an idol to so ,many of us guitarists . Non jazz players like myself , just love him . His elegant phrasing , his feel its genius . This is GOLD
Imagine that for decades, before the creation of youtube, this footage was "lost", and was only in the memory of the people who watched it live that day in 1980. Our generation take youtube for granted sometimes. This plataform is one of the most important creation in human history.
Thank god my music teacher assigned this to me🙏🙏🙏
Well said
I hope and anticipate that there will be younger people and artists of whom will have opportunities to listen and her this music.
100% agree
and at the same time, it's the worst.
I am so very glad I was born after all these great talents and my dad - thank you, Dad - shared with me his love of jazz. My life is infinitely better than it would have been otherwise.
Thank you for sharing this, Palanzana.
The days of civilized behavior...how nice is it to hear these guys and their audience just share stories and music without extra-terraneous drama?
until you got here
I, for one, am incredibly grateful that these incomparable recordings and interviews still exist and are available on UA-cam for everyone to enjoy. Thanks for posting.
Me too, I heartily thank UTube for these precious sharing.
I just adore Oscar Peterson who was my compatriote, (both Canadians) what a great musician he was and he was a real gentleman as well.
And I enjoy so much this beautiful piece of music. What a good time I have.
Yess... it is great isn't it?
Me too
❤
This is so beautiful ❤
Whenever I find something American that’s on UA-cam, it’s always on the BBC! Let’s not lose our great British contribution to remembering these truly great musicians!
A depressing thing used to happen in the 70's and early 80's. They would re use tapes. So much is lost simply because tapes could be recorded again.
BTW I totally got Gene Gene the dancing machine when Basie was playing
You know....Count Basie I realize in this interview, is exactly in life, what and how he plays on the piano. He gives space. He picks his words carefully. His words are sparse but have massive impact and meaning. He had me spitting up my drink with his responses to Oscar. Timing. It's timing. The Count is the master of timing. I laughed so hard and authentically tonight watching this my wife of 36 wonderful years came in and chastised me!
I can’t stop smiling. This is gold. An affirmation of life itself. High art.
Peterson and Basie, it doesn't get better than this. Both gone but not forgotten.
New Years Eve 2023. I just smiled my way through this whole concert from 43 years ago. Brilliant!
a concert from back when I was discovering Michael Jackson and Beethoven in my late childhood... with a legend from 80 years ago to boot...
I can't believe I can listen to this for free!
2 of the best Pianist together...
Words can't describe how happy I am to have come across this masterpiece.
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I find it interesting how masters of jazz so often have such a soft quality to their voice as they speak. There is a certain zen-like quality to their persons which always makes me smile.
The ones not Masters have deceptive voices..Very clearly not Masters instead often bad imitators!
Monk was kind of like that
Interesting observation!
not only soft but low and very male timber among those black genius
I think this observation can be extended to people of genius in other areas as well. Barring some outliers with huge egos, majority of them seem extraordinarily humble, especially in light of the greatness of their achievements. Perhaps it's this journey to the frontier of human ability that makes them profoundly realize how hard it is to conquer oneself (a necessary precondition for greatness, I guess). More often than not also, they're tremendously eloquent, even outside their areas of expertise.
An era when hard earned musicianship was appreciated, respected and documented on BBC. Peterson, Pass, Basie, you will not pass this way again.
Don't forget NHOP.
I tuned the pianos for these artists close to 45 years ago. The only addition was Ella Fitzgerald. A whole week of these wonderful artists.
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Wow. What an incredible memory and experience.
Too bad you didn't tune this one! What a shame, lovely performance out of tune piano
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Spoke with Joe and Ella in Munich also about 45 years ago. --- Excellent BBC Four concert and insider chat. They don't mention the great Teddy Wilson who I got to chat with in Munich many years ago. But I was also lucky enough to chat with my hero Joe Pass back in Munich after I out-processed from my unit at the Marine Corps Combat & Development Command in Quantico, VA, where incidentally Joe Pass also had been stationed in the 1940s before he was ousted on a substance abuse drug issue. Joe's piano player back then was Bill Martin; and one day at chow in the mess hall a fellow Marine told me that Bill Martin still resided in Quantico and operated a shoe store on Main Street. Got to know Bill Martin a little bit to hear Bill lament that when Joe Pass came to play a concert in Washington DC he never called Bill. Funny, what are the chances that my orders get me stationed where Joe Pass also had been? But that's how life meant it to be.
As far as I'm concerned, Oscar Peterson was the greatest jazz Pianist ever.
+Pink Creams A to the men
+indigoba cool stuff
+Pink Creams i love bill evans and Thelonious but oscars technique is unmatchable
I am surprised you should say that when in THIS VERY VIDEO the two icons (including Oscar Peterson himself) acknowledge, and quite rightly so, the unbelievable giant of the piano, Art Tatum himself! were they wrong and you are right???
Keith Jarrett does not come close, in terms of technique, to OP or Tatum. He's a fantastic improvisor and a beautiful pianist...but that's it.
What a superb CONVERSATIONALIST Oscar is. Never knew or saw that. Fantastic.
Yes, he's a great raconteur. -a charming, articulate man as well as a great pianist. And he and the Count are funny into the bargain!
I love this so much! They are so charming, Oscar such a gentle and funny conversationalist and Basie just wry and on point. ❤
I was lucky to not only see the great Joe Pass perform twice on the same night but to get to meet and talk with him for awhile. Great guy and excellent musician. I have loved Count Bassies and Oscar Petersons material all of my life
This is the drug for jazz lovers
nuarejazz sometimes I got confused if I’m on drug or music.
nuarejazz Oscar Peterson has like a Disney magic auroa around him but it's Jazz instead of Disney.
I love how you can hear him grunt and call out and laugh. He's the best.
Bad choice of words remembering all the jazz greats who died from it but true. Pure soul.
monkeynkl real world just hit hard pretty quickly
I can beat this! While a student at UCLA in 1976 I went and saw the Count, Joe Pass, Ray Brown on bass and Ella Fitzgerald in Santa Monica. What an awesome experience...:)
Thank heaven that artists of this high caliber ever existed. They brought happiness and joy to millions of jazz lovers. Thank God!
Oscar was THE GREATEST. This piece is classic. Wow
The quality for 1980 is way better than I thought it was
Yes. Thank you, BBC. 👍
The tape reels get rebroadcast by BBC on modern broadcasts with higher resolution. Tape has always been high quality, even better than digital
Thank god for youtube....this would be forever lost if we didn't have this medium
Until someone comes with a copyright infringement claim aaaaaaaaaaaaaand it's gone. I hate those people.
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I get your point, but I would be inclined to thank engineers, as there are no instructions for developing and deploying complex video capture and distribution systems in any holy books even though it would easy to do so.
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Well actually no this is a recording for the BBC and it was transmitted on BBC four. I saw it originally on BBC and I was lucky enough to see it when it first went out. Any brits who think Auntie Beeb is not worth the licence fee should watch this
I just read up on the history of the first tune, "Charlie." Oscar's first wife was Charlotte Huber, with whom he had one son, named Joel, and the song is dedicated to her. In the book "Oscar Peterson: The Man and His Jazz," it says that he composed a few tunes to sum up his relationship with Charlie and his son Joel, beginning with this one, which captures the beauty of his former love, then "Night Child," which is dedicated to Joel, and then "He Has Gone," which encapsulates his emotions surrounding his divorce and separation from his son.
I am listening to Oscar Peterson talking to Count Bassie about the kinds of piano and what it can do to the players playing.....awesome ! Lesson in life. OMG !!! Somebody pinch me.....I can't stop crying !!!!
My god. Everything being done here is being done at such a high level, and it’s absolutely amazing. What a great collection of music legends.
Listening to Joe Pass, he is so smooth, my toast just buttered itself
This is absolutely priceless. The conversation between Oscar and the normally reticent Count Basie alone is a major document in the history of American music--unappreciated by those who don't know jazz history and its true masters. Note how Oscar, the major prankster and intimidator (he loved to tell how he got the better of other pianists, from Shearing to Brubeck) admits that he learned about intimidation by the gold standard of jazz piano, Art Tatum--the ultimate "musician's musician," the challenge that any true musician must work to understand. When Miles asked Hank Mobley to replace the departing Coltrane, Hank responded: 'Miles, Trane was the Art Tatum of the tenor saxophone. I can't follow that!" When a Down Beat critic asked Sonny Stitt why he copied Bird instead of creating a new musical direction, Sonny exploded: "You don't know sh..t, man! Look at Art Tatum. You can't play no better than that!"
The public understands Oscar's music much more than Art's. And the same goes for Basie vs. the frequently challenging, sophisticated and subtle Ellington. But when asked, the Count and Joe Williams would speak of Duke as the quintessential American musician, a figure best approached in theological terms. There are so few jazz programs left, and most ignore the incomparable Duke Ellington band--settling instead on playing the pop standards he wrote to support his band. (Please. No more Satin Doll's and Don't Round Much Anymore. Give us the Ellington sax section, rich colors and ironic humor.)
I am totally agree with you! this is a priceless material here!! you said it all about !! Makes me so sad that our society became so little for this days ! Look at this big bands. How many musicians here! all of them so talented. today the guys behind the show -the producers- are not ambitious as the producers from the past !! It was so much love and knowledge to share and money was not an issue ! this particular documentary is an historical piece of art!!
Luis Espanay
@@luisespana2786 decline of civilisation will show decline in all its parts !! Hence music as well declines !!!
Beautifully written my friend, couldn't agree more!!!
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The man starts the show tearing it up then sits in the chair and smoothly talks to the audience. No cuts. What a monster.
No possible in 2023 to listen and WATCH on TV so much great "goliath" artists and ....about jazz !!!
Jumping in the Woodside....The bassist and drummer's heads were on a swivel, like watching a ping pong match, as they were relishing the moment and trying to stay on top of which was on the lead melody. JOYFUL to hear & watch!
this is the second live recording I've seen of OP, and the first of the other artists, what a treat, we really have lost so much in the last 40 years
These guys were more than great musicians. They were intellectual and we'll spoken also...love the musical commentary. Oscar's pianism is unworldly.
Tell me about it. People go on and on about Tatum. Granted, he had an ungodly technique but his solo stuff really didn't blow me away like OP.
.......amazing......43 years ago !...........
Oscar's spontaneous sense of humour and his fear for Art Tatum during his Count Basie interview. A true gem in jazz history.
Love these two! Basie’s got the most innocent smile. I hope he was nice and as warm in person as he seems. These are the mellower jazz artists maybe you’d rather be around than Mingus or Miles.
Oscar Petersen is a treasure to music especially American music. The masters of jazz. Jazz is the original American music.
Canadian, I believe.
Indeed he is Canadian. I met him once when I was a graduate student, many years ago. I’ll treasure his autograph for years to come.
UA-cam is freakin awesome. I probably would've pooped my pants if I had this on video when I was growing up, and here it is when you just type "Oscar Peterson"
And you had to rewind it and that would damage the quality of the tape
Ain't that the truth. This is the good side of the technology.
the bad side of technology is the deceptacons
+Eugene Song haha yep
I must be pretty young, seeing this comment was very refreshing. Just goes to show how much I take technology for granted :)
Pure Magic!!! Oscar, the count and Joe Pass!!! Thank You.
One of the few great virtues of UA-cam, is the historical value of videos like these. Things witnessed and talked about, but seldom seen. Photos are good, but can never capture the emotions of actually being there. If you love the subject, this is the next best thing to being there.
Cleveland Institute of Music graduate here. Do not forget this fact. Credentials are solid for this performance by Joe Pass. "Ain't Misbehaving" is splendid. There is subdued energy here worthy of your admiration.
OK. This video just made my day. To all of we pianists and guitarists who have studied their instrument through the years, it's very uplifting and don't we all wish USA TV produced more programs like this? Hats off to the BBC.
Oscar Peterson's laugh is so precious I love it.
Absolute delight from first to last, and the rapport between Peterson and Basie is pure gold.
Oscar has the most infectious laugh of possibly any of the great jazz players I know of!
His response to Basie's remark about "soul" keys at 22:48 just warms my heart.
Wonderful to hear the stories about Art Tatum. Imagine...
To think this immense level of greatness was once America's popular music.
So vastly advanced & complex yet so swingin & intimate.
Notice the twinkle in Count Basie's eye. Musicians don't have that twinkle, that love, that humor nowadays. It's all only about manufactured ego & celebrity, shallow.
This tradition & level of musicality & experience that these two embodied & represented is extinct. It was no doubt the greatest of all musical genres, so much more live & complex than any scored 19th c. transcription, so vastly beyond what today's popular musicians do. They were absolute kings.
Ja eS This might be my favorite comment, on anything, of all time.
Very well said :)
J S thank you for that thoughtful insight
I understand these musicians are very important to you, and I greatly appreciate their music as well, but to say that not only insults the quality of the music that modern musicians spent just as much time to make, but also borders on worship of people who had signification flaws, and erases the portions of their lives that would do week to serve as a lesson to future generations. From one Jazz lover to another, the older music is amazing, but modern music shouldn't be discredited either.
So awesome!!!
Amazing. I like the grin on the drummer, as though he can barely believe he's there and a part of it.
@michaeloflaherty8424 Absolutely, loved it too!
That drummer had such taste man, brilliantly present yet absent. Amazing read of the musicians he was playing with.
Whoever gives a thumbs down on this is a rube and can’t recognise genius or talent or artistry...Shame on you
joe pass - no Words for him - he is (was) out of this World and he sadly is
Always so great watching these two giants.
Legendary ! And do you realize we will never see anything like this on this earth.
Good night.
The first tune i hear it every morning convincing me how making music a major part in my life is the most precious decision that i made in my life...JAZZ talks......
Basie gives a lesson in time and listening to the space between the notes.
As did Billie Holliday to voice. Such incomprehensible genius
vamps but whispered! :-)
37:04 The absolute best part of this. The reaction Basie has after Peterson finally plays is just lovely.
Two beautiful humble LEGENDS just having a TALK!
I had a blast watching and listening to this. Gods - The Count and Oscar - like Oden and Thor sitting down and having a good time...
Two absolute masters at their craft. When it comes to jazz piano, you just can't do better than Oscar and The Count. I grew up listening to this. My parents had 4000 jazz records - LPs, 78s and 45s. True artists.
35:31 This is me in front of my new amazing DMA high level piano teacher who can play anything and does concerts. I can't seem to shake the awe and I just fall apart man. To hear Oscar say this REALLY HELPS ME!
This music is life changing and beautiful
What Oscar offers is honest conversation. This is what it sounds like when a God-gifted gentle spirit shares his ideas freely, pouring them fluidly over the silence.
Isn't it wonderful how a beautiful jazz pianist is the interviewer!!! Amazing.....both are very very talented musicians.
Beautiful people too!
He sounds so effortless and divine. Some humans are just gifted as they were being sewn together in their mothers. I would be happy to have 10% of his talent.
I've lost count of how many times I have watched this video
And listened?
@@christopherczajasager9030 Of course not! WhO gOeS tO An OsCaR pEtErSoN tO hEaR wHaT hE pLaYs Or WhAt CoUnT bAsIe HaS tO sAy?!
The whole thing is pretty phenomenal from a general music perspective, but the two-piano interview that starts around 15+ minutes in really shows the admiration, warmth& respect these two friends have for each other.
I will never forget my godfather The Count Basie I miss you!!!!!
My favorite jazz pianist, Oscar's personality is as enjoyable as his playing! 🎹
This is without doubt my favourite You Tube video for jazz. It shows what superb talent both these musicians possessed. I love the way Peterson shows respect to Bill Basie. He interviews him perfectly. Have watched this many times and it never fails to impress. The masters!!! RIP to you both. You brought so much love and joy to the world with your music.
I've listened to Oscar Peterson for years, and never heard him speak until now. (Aside from his grunts while playing, haha.) What an amazing piece of video here. Why do we not have humans like this anymore?
i would say his music speaks volumes ;)
@@mrpicky1868 Indeed! Haha.
There are plenty of excellent musicians today but theyre not going to get a TV special like this. You have to go out and find them
@@englishguy9680 Yes, but none that will be remembered to the degree Pass and Peterson are, 50 years from now.
Disappointing that so many people pollute the comments with their inability to pay tribute to great musicians without making vacuous comparisons and disrespecting other great musicians.
A thrilling experience……cascades faster than white water rafting in Colorado. I love those guys. The conversation a bonus, the laughter now a lasting memory. Thank you BBC Four, for taking the time to make this a lasting moment for millions of jazz lovers.
I'll never forget Martin Drew, a great drummer and a genuine down to earth bloke.
8:45 - 8:50
I've listened to Joe Pass - on and off - for decades and he still amazes me at times. So much to study every time I see him play - not enough hours in the day
How lucky are we to have the ability to watch these legends. I was fortunate to see Oscar Peterson on two occasion in Melbourne many years ago
Joe Pass is a wizard
The GOAT of Jazz guitar imho!
Yeah Sure Is But Lets Face It They All Are Masters Of Jazz INNIT SMILE!!!
They make that piano playing look so easy.
Mr. Pederson is the finest bass player ever.
Spot on sir!
Horn player here, don't usually get into listening to bass too closely but this dude is standout good. I love that he can play a double bass solo and you can distinctly hear the notes - no mush
NHØP is a great one. That all can agree on
I came for the Oscar, stayed because of the bass solo in the first tune
Jaco domeroght
This concert makes COVID restrictions bearable. Thank you all.
Absolutely WOW! What a privilege for the people who got to watch this live... Legendary musicians.
It's a crying shame that this programe does not appear to be commercially available to buy! This is typical of the BBC who do not treat jazz with the respect it deserves!
Two undisputed titans of not just the jazz world, the world of music.Genius does not do them justice.
Someone below said there are 2 geniuses in this video, but I think there are at least 4. Basie and Oscar - it goes without saying. But Joe Pass was amazing, and Niels Henning Orsted-Pederson was one of the finest acoustic bassists ever. Oscar, Joe and Niels played together often.... There has probably never been more contrasting styles on piano than Oscar and Basie....
These musicians are for real and some of the best.
UA-cam was and is one of the best creations in the internet world in my opinion.
This is just about one of the best things by anyone about anything that I have ever seen.
WHO THE HELL WOULD DISLIKE THIS???
A low-spirit non-musician. BASICALLY SOMEON UNSOULFUL. Only.
maybe some deaf lol :)
Right!
Doesn't make ANY difference
This is fantastic to hear the various styles of jazz. To hear the masters blending together is a treat.
You keep that Miss Piggy well supplied, lover boy.
the very first song, the one everyone wants to know about, is called "charlie" from the album night child. from what I can tell it is a peterson original!
I love it so much!
thank you!
Ain't Misbehavin by Fats Waller
Thanks so much!
Thank you! Love the interviews as well as the music.
This video is GOLD!!!
I was once Joe Pass's assistant. He always remembered my birthday because it was the day after Count Basie's.
Fascinating how elegance in jazz can be expressed with a variety of style, between Oscar's sophistication and Bill Basie's legendary simplicity. This interview is a precious gift. Thank you! Ben
From 38:56 my mind exploded. What a respectful, tasteful, classy son of a bitch were these two monsters. Quality at a high level, hours of dedication to the instrument, they make it look easy. Great.
Ambrosia for the ears! (hard to believe that some people disliked these incredible performances)
I think I died and went to heaven. Count Basie, Peterson and Pass. It just does not get any better.
Owing to Ken Burns’ excellent “Jazz” documentary, I’m just now getting into this world. I’m so glad this is one of the first videos I’m seeing...what an excellent starting point.
Joe Pass is an idol to so ,many of us guitarists . Non jazz players like myself , just love him . His elegant phrasing , his feel its genius . This is GOLD
In another world 🌎 pure admiration for such fine musicians 👏👏👏
The groundbreaking bass player, Niels Ørsted Henning Pedersen, or NHØP, changed the way jazz bass was played forever ❤❤❤❤❤❤
What a set of musicians some of the finest that ever graced the stage
44:16 Pass’s left leg and Oscar’s right heel. This whole event is genius beyond genius…while being really funny and casual
Saturday night. Sitting in my car. In front of QT. Listening and watching CB and OP and JP on my phone. Life is good.