I can watch this sober AND high as a kite and be fucking amazed both times. A true master of the instrument expanding it past what anyone thought was possible. Incredible
Now I don’t know how old Jo Jones was when this video was made, but the fact that he still had all those reflexes at his disposal, physical reflexes to play all those complex rhythms, and at that speed is nothing short of amazing, miraculous! This is a lot about how Jo Jones lived his life that he’s this healthy and such an advanced age to play these kind of rhythms at the speed, precision, power, equality, that he is playing at is just mind-boggling! The man was a genius, the musical genius! In the tradition of BIG SID CATTLETT! (yes, and I know they were contemporaries)!
There are only a few drummers that capture my attention with a solo. Jo Jones is one of the few that keeps my attention waiting to see and hear what he'll do next.
Il m'est juste d'ajouter la grande classe de Mary Lou Williams. Comment elle allonge les valeurs du thème, auquel elle donne ainsi plus d'élégance... Voici un Trio pour lequel rechercher des archives.
Jo Jones est devenu un autre exemple parmi d'autres pour moi (comme pour bien d'autres batteurs jazz) : quelle inspiration, que de contrastes de "moods", de tempi, et toutes ses trouvailles dans sa frappe; je peux dire qu'il m'a motivé plus que jamais ! Grand bravo !
Beautiful capture of father time himself late in his career but still playing great. What we now think of is the funk owes everything to Jo and Count Basie's Rhythm Section of the early 1930s. The same thing that makes Swing Swing makes Funk funky.❤
Best camerawork for a drum solo I've ever seen! Thanks to the camera man for focusing on hands and not the Jo's face the whole time. Editing gets a little too "creative" at the end, but still awesome.
Personally thought it a woeful tendency in music film editing at this time - 2/3 second edits make it impossible for old eyes to watch. At least they didn't play around with zooming in and out.
I am not a huge fan of drum solos but when soloists are as good as Jo Jones then the drum solo becomes art and incredible stick control. Also at 7 mins 40 he even had time to throw in the intro to Am I Evil by Diamond Head which is pretty impressive as this is two years before it was released.
The vast majority of old school drummers roll like that. I don't know who decided to stop teaching rolls that way, but it's a much smoother way to roll than the standard way.
@@TheHeater90: to get that “whipped cream roll” effect you have to allow your sticks to roll in “CIRCLES“!. The right stick rolls clockwise while the l LEFT STICK rolls counterclockwise Occurs simultaneously! practicing it in a triple rhythm is a good way to get into it.
Agreed. This is an amazing musical performance. It doesn’t need a crazy creative editing job to help comprehend. Just hold the camera on Jo Jones as though you were sitting there watching and listening. Can’t stand these editors.
Papa Jo Jones appears uncomfortable w Mary Lou William's playing throughout (his facial expressions offer a clue as well) - beginning with her laying the melody line way back (Jelly Roll Morton actually developed this style many years prior ... some people thought it was a mistake when they first heard his recording...) and by the end of this song Jo Jones springs up from the drums before Williams is done with her fermata/cadenza. Jo Jones and Williams were not together - Jones was just too frustrated trying to find her groove ... As a professional drummer I can spot this and relate ... sometimes when playing outdoors, live festivals, the sound can be off - if a drummer can't hear the bass player or pianist well enough they cannot hear where others are placing their time feel. His show biz chops take over after he springs up off the drums and he offers his arm towards her with big smiles for the audience. Typically a jazz drummer will roll around the kit with everyone else in the fermata and make an attempt to orchestrate a grand finale hit...
He played the same solo over and over through the years. Always the rimshot tricks, always the fast 'clicker' on the floor tom.... Yes he was a great drummer, but if you compare a solo from 1960 with this one... nothing has changed.
The Queen of Jazz - without whom there would be no Dizzy, Monk, Bird or Bud - & the Papa of Jazz Drums=Timeless Masterpiece!
I can watch this sober AND high as a kite and be fucking amazed both times. A true master of the instrument expanding it past what anyone thought was possible. Incredible
Now I don’t know how old Jo Jones was when this video was made, but the fact that he still had all those reflexes at his disposal, physical reflexes to play all those complex rhythms, and at that speed is nothing short of amazing, miraculous! This is a lot about how Jo Jones lived his life that he’s this healthy and such an advanced age to play these kind of rhythms at the speed, precision, power, equality, that he is playing at is just mind-boggling! The man was a genius, the musical genius! In the tradition of BIG SID CATTLETT! (yes, and I know they were contemporaries)!
The Master at work. Too bloody marvellous for words, to paraphrase
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!
There are only a few drummers that capture my attention with a solo. Jo Jones is one of the few that keeps my attention waiting to see and hear what he'll do next.
Joe Morello being the other one for me.
Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell
Il m'est juste d'ajouter la grande classe de Mary Lou Williams. Comment elle allonge les valeurs du thème, auquel elle donne ainsi plus d'élégance... Voici un Trio pour lequel rechercher des archives.
Papa was really one of the coolest drummers. Unique style.
When GIANTS Walked The Earth [PS: Saw them all live...Boykins with Sun Ra]
Jo Jones est devenu un autre exemple parmi d'autres pour moi (comme pour bien d'autres batteurs jazz) : quelle inspiration, que de contrastes de "moods", de tempi, et toutes ses trouvailles dans sa frappe; je peux dire qu'il m'a motivé plus que jamais ! Grand bravo !
mad respect to whoever edited the film to make the image and sound sync up perfectly.
Superbe musique et le grand Jo Jones accompagne cette "Caravane" avec beaucoup de finesse, de subtilité et de swing....topissime !!!
Merci beaucoup from Paris France for M L Williams First Class rendering rendez-vous version. 👍👍👍
Beautiful capture of father time himself late in his career but still playing great. What we now think of is the funk owes everything to Jo and Count Basie's Rhythm Section of the early 1930s. The same thing that makes Swing Swing makes Funk funky.❤
4:26… I am speechless, his creativity is unreal
merci pour ce partage.
Incredible performance!
Hey ! Où j'apparais en fond de scène dans la dernière minute de la séquence !!!
Caravan in Nice. Nice, very nice!
Two great timeless musicians who never sounded dated, They could be anywhere between 20 and 80 in their musical concepts.
Don't you mean 3?
I would leave her out
I wouldn't.
All superb musicians
Excellent upload, good sir.
She was draggin and he was givin her the stink eye!
Nope
I-AM-A-FAN!!😁😁😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
ohhhhhhhhhh pero que barbaridad , gracias !!!!!
Magic Hands
LONG LIVE DUKE ELLINGTON.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
5:06 he realized how nice he is.
Wow! This is something worth studying. It looks like he's playing a 16" or smaller cymbal there: way smaller than I was expecting.
Best camerawork for a drum solo I've ever seen! Thanks to the camera man for focusing on hands and not the Jo's face the whole time. Editing gets a little too "creative" at the end, but still awesome.
The director was the very creative Jean-Christophe Averty, a true jazz fan if there is one .
Personally thought it a woeful tendency in music film editing at this time - 2/3 second edits make it impossible for old eyes to watch. At least they didn't play around with zooming in and out.
Le batteur est un barman de sons. Jean Cocteau.😎
This video is a study, in what musical drumming is all about every serious drummer //MUSICIAN should study this video intensely!😅
Never heard a drummer make drums talk before !
WOW
Ella Fitzgerald in the backstage audience ... Nice was irreal !
Молодец мужик!
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A drums Master
I am not a huge fan of drum solos but when soloists are as good as Jo Jones then the drum solo becomes art and incredible stick control. Also at 7 mins 40 he even had time to throw in the intro to Am I Evil by Diamond Head which is pretty impressive as this is two years before it was released.
muito bom
🤠
Giving the keyboard player with dodgy timing the side eye a few times at the start
Hold up did he just do the whip the cream roll? if so it was very good
The vast majority of old school drummers roll like that. I don't know who decided to stop teaching rolls that way, but it's a much smoother way to roll than the standard way.
@@TheHeater90: to get that “whipped cream roll” effect you have to allow your sticks to roll in “CIRCLES“!. The right stick rolls clockwise while the l LEFT STICK rolls counterclockwise Occurs simultaneously! practicing it in a triple rhythm is a good way to get into it.
Zephyr tom
The great Papa JO JONES who thought John Bonham was the first to play snare drum with his hands? NOT ME!!!
Wonderful music, but the camera work fell like it was edited by a chihuahua on speed. I just couldn't watch more than a minute of it.
Yeah, is sure is busy! But it lends to the appreciation of Jo Jones's wonderful drum solo, and even there' less busy would be good!
That's the editing not the camera work. But, yeah, it's annoying.
Yes hé did too much his best 😅. Anyway this recording is a pearl🤩
Agreed. This is an amazing musical performance. It doesn’t need a crazy creative editing job to help comprehend. Just hold the camera on Jo Jones as though you were sitting there watching and listening. Can’t stand these editors.
Papa Jo Jones appears uncomfortable w Mary Lou William's playing throughout (his facial expressions offer a clue as well) - beginning with her laying the melody line way back (Jelly Roll Morton actually developed this style many years prior ... some people thought it was a mistake when they first heard his recording...) and by the end of this song Jo Jones springs up from the drums before Williams is done with her fermata/cadenza. Jo Jones and Williams were not together - Jones was just too frustrated trying to find her groove ... As a professional drummer I can spot this and relate ... sometimes when playing outdoors, live festivals, the sound can be off - if a drummer can't hear the bass player or pianist well enough they cannot hear where others are placing their time feel. His show biz chops take over after he springs up off the drums and he offers his arm towards her with big smiles for the audience. Typically a jazz drummer will roll around the kit with everyone else in the fermata and make an attempt to orchestrate a grand finale hit...
F*cking stupid advertisments that suddenly pop out in the middle of the solo.....an insult to art of music!
Jo Jones the legend!
Mary Lou... not quite my tempo...
ЗАЧЕМ ТАК МНОГО СНИМАТЬ РУКИ? СНИМИ ТЫ КРУПНЫЙ ПЛАН: ТАМ И ЭМОЦИИ, И ФИЗИОЛОГИЯ, И МИМИКА, И ТЕХНИКА, НО НЕТ ЖЕ...(((
He played the same solo over and over through the years. Always the rimshot tricks, always the fast 'clicker' on the floor tom.... Yes he was a great drummer, but if you compare a solo from 1960 with this one... nothing has changed.
No need to change perfection.
That snare work, da Goat. BOTH Morello & Rich comes *after* him sorry.