Richie Cole is just one of those rare individuals who can actually play in bop style with grace. Nothing's forced. And that's the difference between a 1K of notes per minute - and 1K of music per minute.
i m glad richie coles vid are getting to you tube , he is one of the best - usually i dont like musicians that play a thouthand note per minute - but with RC its no problem , whatever the speed he is musical ... thanks for posting !
after gliding thru a dozen amateur vids of Confirmation on YT this morning, the first thing I notice hearing this is how R. Cole pushes the time forward, pretty exciting. MOST of the time in amateur versions the time just kind of lays there without this kind of forward push. To put it another way, a pro player can play with time and is not bound to a static conception of the beat.
Met him in Hollywood Florida about 6 years and hung out with him a few times. I was at a restaurant eating at the bar, John Coltrane came on and I told my neighbor that I loved Coltrane...turns out it was RC and he was impressed that i could pick out the musician by hearing it, so struck up a conversation and hung out for a while once i found out who he was...super cool dude, sad that this virus took him from us.
Haven't these guys listened to Basie or Oscar (with Ray Brown) or Monty Alexander (with Ray or Clayton)? They're "keeping time" but they could do a lot more to offer Richie firm "swinging" support (which begins with the bass and hi-hat locked together like a single instrument). "Swing" is no longer in the vocabulary of the public or musicians--as a noun, adj., or verb--which is unfortunate. That 4/4 walking-bass pulse is the heart-beat beneath the great solos in the music--by Bird, Dexter, Cannon--but rhythm players need to set their egos aside long enough to work on such synchronicity. I remember when Ed Thigpen would put both arms to his sides and play with nothing more than his left foot on the hi-hat (clapping on the off-beats) and Ray Brown's unamplified bass walking on all 4 beats--and on way up-tempo tunes! That's all it takes. Most players can no longer pull it off.
I have a vinyl (which I can't find at the mo, Damn! Think it is on Pablo label - Peterson/Pass/Brown. Hell of a unit, amazing music. However, the bar has been raised, as happens as the decades slide by. Chris Potter would destroy Richie.
Richie Cole is just one of those rare individuals who can actually play in bop style with grace. Nothing's forced. And that's the difference between a 1K of notes per minute - and 1K of music per minute.
well said, sadly he passed a few years ago :(
This guy was always a good player in my book of jazz players.
Bebop is everlasting!
i m glad richie coles vid are getting to you tube , he is one of the best -
usually i dont like musicians that play a thouthand note per minute -
but with RC its no problem , whatever the speed he is musical ...
thanks for posting !
Great video and it should be added to Richie channel...can't wait to see him live in South Florida again.
Thank you for keeping up the tradition....sounds great!
Bop is where it's at, still the hardest and best jazz.
Very cool Ritchie!
cool improvisation...wonderful!!!
richie is awesome
after gliding thru a dozen amateur vids of Confirmation on YT this morning, the first thing I notice hearing this is how R. Cole pushes the time forward, pretty exciting. MOST of the time in amateur versions the time just kind of lays there without this kind of forward push. To put it another way, a pro player can play with time and is not bound to a static conception of the beat.
plays with it without losing it
Fantastic
The six people who disliked this need to rethink their life.
Magnifico!
Sad to note that Richie succumbed to the dreadful Corona Virus in the last few days -R.I.P. I remember him from his visit to Australia in the '80's.
Met him in Hollywood Florida about 6 years and hung out with him a few times. I was at a restaurant eating at the bar, John Coltrane came on and I told my neighbor that I loved Coltrane...turns out it was RC and he was impressed that i could pick out the musician by hearing it, so struck up a conversation and hung out for a while once i found out who he was...super cool dude, sad that this virus took him from us.
Nice piano solo. It's just like Richie's solo back in his arrangement from the 80's. The piano man is good at listening.
この早いコンファが好きだったのです
very nice!!
@drwinkle101 Yeah man! Bop forever! Bird Lives!
I believe Richie is still teaching at VA Tech.
These Cats can play !
Haven't these guys listened to Basie or Oscar (with Ray Brown) or Monty Alexander (with Ray or Clayton)? They're "keeping time" but they could do a lot more to offer Richie firm "swinging" support (which begins with the bass and hi-hat locked together like a single instrument). "Swing" is no longer in the vocabulary of the public or musicians--as a noun, adj., or verb--which is unfortunate. That 4/4 walking-bass pulse is the heart-beat beneath the great solos in the music--by Bird, Dexter, Cannon--but rhythm players need to set their egos aside long enough to work on such synchronicity. I remember when Ed Thigpen would put both arms to his sides and play with nothing more than his left foot on the hi-hat (clapping on the off-beats) and Ray Brown's unamplified bass walking on all 4 beats--and on way up-tempo tunes! That's all it takes. Most players can no longer pull it off.
I have a vinyl (which I can't find at the mo, Damn! Think it is on Pablo label - Peterson/Pass/Brown. Hell of a unit, amazing music.
However, the bar has been raised, as happens as the decades slide by.
Chris Potter would destroy Richie.
This was good, but nothing compares to Bird's version.