I feel this is the point where Tyner went from being Coltrane's disciple to being his equal: the Africanized playing, the percussive power, the deluge of notes. It is perfection.
Intelligent, meaningful conversation, no pandering, no plugs and corporate tie-ins. Music, poetry (on TV!!!!), and a positive message. And the music! McCoy's absolute mastery of the instrument, and Bill's 'I am only me, no more no less' persona. Thank you to Piza1973.
Ironic that McCoy Tyner and Bill Withers made their transitions within a month of one another. Both are giants whom the ancestors will great with open arms.
I just discovered this show a couple of years ago and subscribes to WNET to gain access to the episodes they have (not complete). If you know how to find episodes, please post, it is at such a high level -- not equaled still.
@@susankennedy5739 I found this show on Shout Factory (just the first season looks like) I really wish I could find the whole thing! www.shoutfactorytv.com/series/soul
I think this show meant a lot to us all, some of us treasured it while others were threatened and intimidated by it. The latter held the purse strings of finance.
There was something bout Bill Withers I always liked not jus for the music he jus had this hip grandfather thing about him jus full of wisdom and life🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
For anyone interested, at 31:20 the host tells us that the names of the other players in the quartet are saxophonist Sonny Fortune, bassist Calvin Hill, and drummer Al Mouzon. That lineup puts this right at the time he had recorded the album Sahara on Milestone Records in 1972, so just after his Blue Note era. I had wondered if the sax/flautist was Eric Dolphy, but I was wrong. Excellent musicians!
That Brotha was always down to earth & his music reflected just that. His music will live forever in our hearts, spirits, souls & mind. R.I.P. Brotha Bill Withers.
I never, for some reason, ever heard about this show coming up in Detroit back in the early 70s-just found out about it in the last two years from the internet-wow. Dig McCoy Tyner-his approach to playing the piano is like the MONSTER FRANKENSTEIN-"I'm coming to get you"-seems to be what he is saying(through his playing, to all who behold his playing)! The ease, speed and fluidity with which he plays his notes is just something marvelous to behold also! Just looking at him again-and hearing what he is doing simultaneously, I believe shows he was like NO OTHER PIANIST there ever was! He "claws" the piano like a hawk or an eagle GRIPPING it's pray, about to KILL it-and he proceeds to do just that! Do you follow what I'm saying people? I could be wrong about it but I've never, ever seen anyone else with this technique(not in Jazz music anyway)! And the SOUND he is getting from the piano is(and was then)trend-setting and of such far-reaching and revolutionary effect among the great pianists of the decade of the 1960s that I don't think it truly can be said there was an equal to him. This cat was IT-one of a kind! I dug Bill Evans-Herbie Hancock-Chick Corea-Cedar Walton-Harold Mabern Jr.-the LEADING PIANISTS of that era-and all the rest-but this cat here...I've said it before and I'll say it again-he set the standard for ALL Jazz pianists to follow, and there's never been anyone since that has usurped that standard that he set back in the 1960s! Yes there's been many fine pianists in Jazz who have since made their "mark" in this world, but in terms of INFLUENCE, I don't know of another pianist who has had such a major influence on such a broad level among jazz musicians since the time of McCoy Tyner... And does anyone know who the rest of the personnel are? It would be nice to know(can't recognize who they are, right off). P.S.: And I've always said that the mark of a great artist is that they are able to sound just like the records they made when they performed those songs in a live performance, which, from what I remember of seeing the number of acts I saw, back in the 70s and 80s, wasn't many; you can, however add Bill Withers name to that list of all-time greats! 10-11-22.
Thank you for your reply-not familiar with Calvin Hill the bassist, but I am familiar with Sonny Fortune and to a certain extent, Alphonse Mouzon; and again, thank you for the info! 3-25-24.@@munyansebastien7127
I'm feeling this so much...takes me back to when my parents used to religiously sit me in front of the tube with them to watch SOUL! I was twelve, but it's influence has been with me even to this moment. So happy to see it again..🤩
“I’m 5 years old at home by myself with some cold bologna while mama’s out cooking steak 🥩 for someone else.” “Shole is cold and I’m sleepy but ima wait up for mama bcus if them rich white folks don’t eat all the meat, she’ll bring me some.” Wow #TrueFacts!!! #LoveBill
My brother on the drums is so tight in the pocket that it's like having your last quarter in your pocket and you're on your way to the penny candy store with your hand stuck down in there so that you won't lose it.lol
No one has done it better, before or since, than Brother Ellis - undisputed fact. I was fortunate enough to catch all the broadcasts at da time of airing over channel 13 in NYC. Now folks can have that experience via UA-cam. His introductions were always profound; As a produce, his artist flow -program flow- was unapparelled.
Bill Withers was quite a character. In one of the few interviews he willingly submitted to in his later years, he described how a hedge fund titan wanted to hire him to sing at the former's birthday party. Withers said he told the man that he hadn't performed live in a long time and wasn't interested. Withers then stated that the tycoon started throwing performance fee figure quotes at him which grew so high 'that I got a nose bleed'. He performed at the party. Godspeed, Bill Withers.
01. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (Live) (03:37) 02. The McCoy Tyner Quartet - McCoy Tyner Quartet Jam, Pt. 1 (Live) (04:21) 03. Mae Jackson - If I Could (I'd Build a Castle) (Live) (04:40) 04. Bill Withers - I'm Her Daddy (Live) (03:07) 05. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (Reprise) (Live) (02:15) 06. Mae Jackson - When We Were Young (Live) (03:23) 07. Bill Withers - Interview with Bill Withers (Live) (09:56) 08. The McCoy Tyner Quartet - McCoy Tyner Quartet Jam, Pt. 2 (Live) (08:34) 09. Mae Jackson - Please Don't Fall (Live) (04:00) 10. Bill Withers - Bill's Intro (Live) (01:24) 11. Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands (Live) (02:19) 12. Bill Withers - Grits Ain't Groceries (Live) (05:31) 13. Bill Withers - Harlem (Live) (04:22)
Started watching in 1968. It was a gateway and we were so lucky to have it. You will never see this kind of honest programming again.
I love Mccoy Tyner! I know all of his songs and albums
I feel this is the point where Tyner went from being Coltrane's disciple to being his equal: the Africanized playing, the percussive power, the deluge of notes. It is perfection.
Amazing that these two giants of black music died within weeks of each other. They have left huge legacies. May they rest in peace.
Same age, too
Intelligent, meaningful conversation, no pandering, no plugs and corporate tie-ins. Music, poetry (on TV!!!!), and a positive message. And the music! McCoy's absolute mastery of the instrument, and Bill's 'I am only me, no more no less' persona.
Thank you to Piza1973.
" Ebony Queen " : MASTERPIECE !!!! 😍😍😍😍
Bill was (and still is) one of my favorite humans to listen to whether signing or just talking. So much wisdom, so insightful, always keeping it real.
Bill Withers was great!! McCoy Tyner a genius on piano .Enjoyed Sisters poetry.
Ironic that McCoy Tyner and Bill Withers made their transitions within a month of one another. Both are giants whom the ancestors will great with open arms.
McCoy Tyner is phenomenal on that piano.
Old school Grandmas were one of a kind and that era is gone 4ever!!
America had this level in 1971... 1971... Wow
That was LESS than 30 years prior. We don't know what we are or what we have, as a result Hollywood pimps our genius and turns it into vulgarity.
I WAS ADDICTED TO THIS SHOW. THIS SHOW WAS IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE.
I just discovered this show a couple of years ago and subscribes to WNET to gain access to the episodes they have (not complete). If you know how to find episodes, please post, it is at such a high level -- not equaled still.
I was a little kid when this show was out. I’m enjoying this so much as an adult
@@susankennedy5739 I found this show on Shout Factory (just the first season looks like) I really wish I could find the whole thing! www.shoutfactorytv.com/series/soul
I think this show meant a lot to us all, some of us treasured it while others were threatened and intimidated by it. The latter held the purse strings of finance.
There was something bout Bill Withers I always liked not jus for the music he jus had this hip grandfather thing about him jus full of wisdom and life🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
For anyone interested, at 31:20 the host tells us that the names of the other players in the quartet are saxophonist Sonny Fortune, bassist Calvin Hill, and drummer Al Mouzon. That lineup puts this right at the time he had recorded the album Sahara on Milestone Records in 1972, so just after his Blue Note era. I had wondered if the sax/flautist was Eric Dolphy, but I was wrong. Excellent musicians!
Thanks man ..I was sat wondering what album he would have been on ...
Do you know what tracks mccoy is playing ?
That Brotha was always down to earth & his music reflected just that. His music will live forever in our hearts, spirits, souls & mind. R.I.P. Brotha Bill Withers.
So glad these exists!
So am I! 3-25-24.
Wow youtube has truly blessed me ...two of my absolute favourites
Bill Withers rocked those turtlenecks didn't he?
Yup, he was the John Legend of the time.
😀👍
@@mastrjo1255 No
Didn't know this featured Bill singing I'm her daddy. Wow. What an amazing piece of history this video is.
I agree!!!
Simply outta sight! Dig it...the melody & lyric...powerful!
Many Thanks and Kind Regards!👍😊😊😊
Amazing show. Bill passed this day. What a person.
I never, for some reason, ever heard about this show coming up in Detroit back in the early 70s-just found out about it in the last two years from the internet-wow. Dig McCoy Tyner-his approach to playing the piano is like the MONSTER FRANKENSTEIN-"I'm coming to get you"-seems to be what he is saying(through his playing, to all who behold his playing)! The ease, speed and fluidity with which he plays his notes is just something marvelous to behold also!
Just looking at him again-and hearing what he is doing simultaneously, I believe shows he was like NO OTHER PIANIST there ever was! He "claws" the piano like a hawk or an eagle GRIPPING it's pray, about to KILL it-and he proceeds to do just that! Do you follow what I'm saying people? I could be wrong about it but I've never, ever seen anyone else with this technique(not in Jazz music anyway)! And the SOUND he is getting from the piano is(and was then)trend-setting and of such far-reaching and revolutionary effect among the great pianists of the decade of the 1960s that I don't think it truly can be said there was an equal to him.
This cat was IT-one of a kind! I dug Bill Evans-Herbie Hancock-Chick Corea-Cedar Walton-Harold Mabern Jr.-the LEADING PIANISTS of that era-and all the rest-but this cat here...I've said it before and I'll say it again-he set the standard for ALL Jazz pianists to follow, and there's never been anyone since that has usurped that standard that he set back in the 1960s! Yes there's been many fine pianists in Jazz who have since made their "mark" in this world, but in terms of INFLUENCE, I don't know of another pianist who has had such a major influence on such a broad level among jazz musicians since the time of McCoy Tyner...
And does anyone know who the rest of the personnel are? It would be nice to know(can't recognize who they are, right off).
P.S.: And I've always said that the mark of a great artist is that they are able to sound just like the records they made when they performed those songs in a live performance, which, from what I remember of seeing the number of acts I saw, back in the 70s and 80s, wasn't many; you can, however add Bill Withers name to that list of all-time greats! 10-11-22.
Alphonse Mouzon on drums, Sonny Fortune on sax, Calvin Hill on bass
Thank you for your reply-not familiar with Calvin Hill the bassist, but I am familiar with Sonny Fortune and to a certain extent, Alphonse Mouzon; and again, thank you for the info! 3-25-24.@@munyansebastien7127
I was only three years old but I wish I could have seen these wonderful episodes... Thanks a million for posting 👍🏽
Beautiful. Bill Withers has such a presence. I wish he were still around. Thank you for the upload!
There were a bunch of shows like this that cropped up in the 70's. Rest in peace Bill and McCoy.
Wow that interview with Bill is a classic! He was a quiet King.He just sang and no interviews.This is a classic)!
Amazing content, wonderfully available for free. I wish the whole Internet would come across this. Enrichment!
probably my favorite era of Tyner's compositions and playing
I'm feeling this so much...takes me back to when my parents used to religiously sit me in front of the tube with them to watch SOUL! I was twelve, but it's influence has been with me even to this moment. So happy to see it again..🤩
The documentary about Ellis is gorgeous work. I really enjoyed it!
Thank you so much @GQBlue3!!
& the great Poet Mae Jackson!
Thank you for sharing!
Now all we got is reality 📺.So much talent back then
Damm I'll be my people.
“I’m 5 years old at home by myself with some cold bologna while mama’s out cooking steak 🥩 for someone else.” “Shole is cold and I’m sleepy but ima wait up for mama bcus if them rich white folks don’t eat all the meat, she’ll bring me some.” Wow #TrueFacts!!! #LoveBill
If I could start a band with any drummer in their prime it would be hard to pass on James Gadson. He was absolute money. Plays exactly what's needed.
My brother on the drums is so tight in the pocket that it's like having your last quarter in your pocket and you're on your way to the penny candy store with your hand stuck down in there so that you won't lose it.lol
Alphonse Mouzon went on to record a few albums himself, great stuff!
Incredible great artists; two of them just left recently. RIP Mc Coy and Bill.
Timelessss!!! Incredible human being #genius
use me till you use me up / covered that song . . . / RIP bill withers
No one has done it better, before or since, than Brother Ellis - undisputed fact. I was fortunate enough to catch all the broadcasts at da time of airing over channel 13 in NYC.
Now folks can have that experience via UA-cam.
His introductions were always profound; As a produce, his artist flow -program flow- was unapparelled.
Bill Withers was quite a character. In one of the few interviews he willingly submitted to in his later years, he described how a hedge fund titan wanted to hire him to sing at the former's birthday party. Withers said he told the man that he hadn't performed live in a long time and wasn't interested. Withers then stated that the tycoon started throwing performance fee figure quotes at him which grew so high 'that I got a nose bleed'. He performed at the party.
Godspeed, Bill Withers.
Great video- so cool to see Bill in his prime.
I can't thank you enough for posting this! ❤❤❤
thank you for this absolute treasure, appreciated especially today
Video gold!!!
That version of Grits ain't Groceries at the end is UNBELIEVABLE!!
love
Thank you ❤❤❤❤
I enjoyed that that was interesting history true history
This is just heaven!! Thanks so much for uploading it
Thank you for posting this amazing show! I've been searching for full episodes everywhere.
Mae Jackson should be in the title
She absolutely should. She's a wonderful lady and such a talented poet!
Brave Mae Jackon!
This is so good.
My this is lovely. Thanks so much for sharing!
thank you for this great thing you posted!
nice long interview with bill. never heard of this show before. i wish the audio would be officially released.
Bill Withers with:
Benorce Blackman-Guitar
Melvin Dunlap-Bass
James Gadson-Drums
Mike Stokes-Piano
Great video mate,,so interesting,,the entire band all big big names,,love it
Just love peace🧤
Thank You for this @Piza 73 .. just the vibe I needed.
Beautiful
we were much further along as black people back then. PBS wouldn't allow an all black show like this today. a white man would be the host.
You right it would not be a show like this on TV today for black people.
You must be a Bot. Nothing else would bother to post such lies.
@@fillur22 You are a bot. you are a bot...you are a bot..bot.bot.bot.bot.bot...
@ fillur22
You must have your eyes tightly closed & understand very little.
Gadson and Mouzon on the same show. WOW.
McCoy Tyner is too deep for the internet.
Please post more of these if you have them. I remember watching them.
Man, this show had class!! How many episodes of "Soul" are there??
There were 130 Episodes of SOUL! from 1968 - 1973! Have you seen our film Mr. SOUL! the Movie?
@@mr.soulthemovie752 no but im going to seek it out ..many thanks
01. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (Live) (03:37)
02. The McCoy Tyner Quartet - McCoy Tyner Quartet Jam, Pt. 1 (Live) (04:21)
03. Mae Jackson - If I Could (I'd Build a Castle) (Live) (04:40)
04. Bill Withers - I'm Her Daddy (Live) (03:07)
05. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (Reprise) (Live) (02:15)
06. Mae Jackson - When We Were Young (Live) (03:23)
07. Bill Withers - Interview with Bill Withers (Live) (09:56)
08. The McCoy Tyner Quartet - McCoy Tyner Quartet Jam, Pt. 2 (Live) (08:34)
09. Mae Jackson - Please Don't Fall (Live) (04:00)
10. Bill Withers - Bill's Intro (Live) (01:24)
11. Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands (Live) (02:19)
12. Bill Withers - Grits Ain't Groceries (Live) (05:31)
13. Bill Withers - Harlem (Live) (04:22)
Is there any more episodes available?
Do you have the Three Degrees episode?
2:05-2:30 Illiterate/Alliteration/Punishment by Law/ Smuggling information through music
The McCoy Tyner Quartet 03:24 & 31:28
McCOY TYNER piano
Sonny Fortune , s s Calvin Hill , b Alphonse Mouzon , d
do you know the name of the compositions?
Jacob Graulund
No, sorry !
Jacob Graulund
p r o b a b l y
songs from "SAHARA",
McCoy's Album, 1972
with identic group
29:49-30:03 Graves and old coal mines
23:09-25:00 Interesting
23:32 Bill’s story about the toilets. 😂👍
ASHE
Alphonse Mouzon..drums
17:41
Mona Lisa was a full grown man?
Right! I’m waiting for the explanation for that! Ha ha
Installed cameras in the toilets? 😯 What kind of person was Bill Withers?
Jesus ...it was a JOKE ....
Does anyone know if Ellis Haizlip had HIV or not?
‘Black Experience’ my ass!...I call that JAZZ!!!