@@thekeygod9810 Most certainly. My pleasure. 1) CHRIS BARBER...Le Martinique. 2) BUNNY BERRIGAN...Can't get started with you. 3) STAN GETZ...Desifinado. 4) SAINT LOUIS BLUES MARCH...Perfidia... 5) KEN COLYER...Postman's lament. Hope you enjoy, Kind regards to you.
@@thekeygod9810 -Thank you so much for your courteous reply. If you enjoy them, I will happily recommend some more, but, please remember, "one man's meat is another ones poison". Regards.
Sonny's improvisatory explorations are beyond genius....he is more spontaneous and free and yet he is also one of the few masters like Monk who never abandoned the melody during his solos. Sonny took tunes like this and especially the tune "Three Little Words" and played them more times than anyone who ever lived and yet, he displays fresh new ideas each time no matter how many times he has played that song. An absolute improvisational master and saxophone giant. (A colossal one). Of course, Alan Dawson and N.H.O.P. are both masters and are truly amazing as Sonny's accompanists. Alan is way too underrated in the music world.
At Northeastern in Boston, I took a couple of lessons from lan at Berklee. I thought Buddy Rich had fast hand, but Alan was exceptional. What a great person!!! @@thekeygod9810
So wonderful to see Alan Dawson in action. There is not a lot of video of this great drummer. Of course, the whole video is a joy. I don’t understand these people who go around hitting the thumbs down on great performances like this.
I highly recommend Alan Dawson playing Take Five with Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan in Berlin in 1972. He substitutes for Joe Morello and does a magnificent solo - see ua-cam.com/video/1tbSyrmXo60/v-deo.html.
The Danish bass player, NHØP (Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen), was 19 years old when this was recorded in the concert hall of the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen (Denmark). The drummer is Alan Dawson. As far as I know, the three men had not even had a rehearsal.
Sounded to me like nhop went into his walking out of his solo kind of early, maybe feeling the pressure to create. Nice how Sonny started adding some background tones to flesh it out out a bit. NHOP solid though young.
He plays good, but, sorry, not that level of those legends. He shouldn't be alowed to play with masters just because of mutherfucking rules of fucking TV.
Getting a chance to play with more experienced colleagues helps young talents mature, and Mr. Rollins’ decision to give the 19 year old a chance at his Copenhagen concert was not influenced by the TV broadcaster. Dexter Gordon spoke highly of NHØP in letters he wrote to friends at the time, and Ben Webster and Bud Powell also said they enjoyed working with the teenager. However, I do not have the time to look up those texts right now - so suffice to quote what Oscar Peterson wrote about a more mature NHØP in his 2002 autobiography, A Jazz Odyssey: “Niels Pedersen is the type of player whose talents on his instrument are such that he is almost unaware of what he does. His virtuosity on the bass surpasses anyone else that I have known. His melodic sense is impeccable, his choice of harmonic sequences is a pure delight to play with, and his time is flawless … He is now arguably the most inventive bassist in jazz.” When given a choice, pianists as different as George Shearing and Michel Petrucciani also asked for NHØP to accompany them. And, by the way, on top of his facility on bass NHØP, an autodidact, was a decent human being, tolerant & appreciative of others, firm but polite, highly intelligent, and quite erudite (particularly in the field of history).
The world was so different then, Sonny had been a beacon of jazz genius and integrity for a decade, and along with Coltrane gave us all enough so that we should be still digesting and admiring his gifts even now (in 2020). THIS IS HIGH ART.
ive heard many solos by many great drummers like roach, joe jones, buddy rich and more, but this one's got to be my all time favorite, melodic, dynamic and technically stunning
Sonny spent awhile playing without a piano player in order to, in his words roughly, give him more space to freely explore the improvisational directions he was exploring
Thank You, Rolling Sun, for guiding us poor souls groping in t he darkness, for giving us strength to go on to our deliverance. A bow to Your gurus too
Awesome playing all around. Sonny was at the height of his creativity here, NHOP's solo is fantastic as is Alan Dawson's. I don't know why he never got his due because he was a true master.
I would say Sonny was at his best in the late-Fifties, but still very good in '65. Dawson is on a ton of recording sessions, so he is pretty well known.
Absolutely love Sonny. Listened to him play live in Central Park. It was an amazing evening. Feels like just a few years ago but I believe it was 15 or 16. Let’s all live it up while we still have time.
I love these kind of trio's horn bass n' drums. Sonny and Allan are in state of pure Zen. So relaxed and powerful. The Bass is nasty. Sonny really stretches out without a piano. Man he blew me away on this performance. In the moment improvisation at it's best! He's still here and boping!😎
He did stuff like that on his records too, at least moving around with the bell, and it creates a sort of "phasing" effect. Always loved that. Joe Henderson got that too sometimes.
Remember my Dad (who was a drummer and public school band director for years) coming back from a summer camp with his older students. Telling me all about Alan Dawson. This would have been in the late 1960's or early 70's. My dream was to get to Boston area to study with him when I got older, alas was not meant to be....I studied his approach to the kit as much as I could. Even thou I never got to met him in person, he had a very big influence on my playing.
Listen to Dawson's bass drum especially during the solo! Amazingly powerful and dynamically smooth and Beautiful. The doubles between the r foot n' snare Tom's (sometimes HH)
These guys make it all seem so easy. Surely, even non jazz fans could hardly fail to nbe impressed by such talent. Have bookmarked this and pplay it regularly. Aren't we lucky to have in whenever we need a little real music. Regards from England.
Such a fun, spirited, spiritual, swinging and exciting period for Newk. So fortunate to have theses videos- ty for upload, snd whomever had the foresight to- record them!
There used to be a great concert he did with Brubeck where he played a maraca in his right hand instead of a drumstick as a ride on the hi hat and across the set. That was brilliant. That should be up on UA-cam. Peace, Mike. He was a player-not just a teacher.
Quite superb. 3 extremely talented musicians who gelled brilliantly. I have been a jazz lover all my life and really do appreciate this. Thank you so much. Have bookmarked this for regular future visits.
First time I heard A longer solo from Alan Dawson. Wow. Really kept the overall theme going, while playing interesting variations, swinging hard, with super smooth chops and an obvious economy of motion around the set. No wonder the Bigs sought him out as a teacher.
5:52 Sonny quotes "Them There Eyes" Simply incredible communication through the horn; during the trading with Alan he's literally taking the figures he's playing and translating it on the saxophone
MEN at work. Three masters, each with their own distinctive sound signature, in an epic colloquy on a jazz standard Sonny Rollins' has staked an irrefutable claim to-- transforming it into something iconic and breathtakingly personal. Anyone miss the piano? I didn't think so.
yeah I mean I can HEAR the changes in everything they play, that's what separates the men from the boys in jazz. I'm a pianist and saxophonist and the lack of a chordal instrument is what makes this amazing to me, they improv over every change, never play the head once and if you know the song you can hear it all. nothing but greatness.
lOVED JAZZZALL MY LIFE AND AT AGE 83, STIL ENJOYING IT AS MUCH AS EVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS. sORRY ABOUT CAPITAL LETTERS,
May you please share some other songs like this with me?
@@thekeygod9810 Most certainly. My pleasure. 1) CHRIS BARBER...Le Martinique. 2) BUNNY BERRIGAN...Can't get started with you. 3) STAN GETZ...Desifinado. 4) SAINT LOUIS BLUES MARCH...Perfidia... 5) KEN COLYER...Postman's lament. Hope you enjoy, Kind regards to you.
@@ronaldstrange8981 Thankyou man !! You don’t know how much help you’ve been !!
@@thekeygod9810 -Thank you so much for your courteous reply. If you enjoy them, I will happily recommend some more, but, please remember, "one man's meat is another ones poison". Regards.
I Man dig it. Jah Herb. I jus 51. Some people grow old other jus grow Cold. Ok. I got a coal train to catch. 🚆
I'm going to state the obvious: Sonny Rollins was born to play the tenor sax, and we are privileged to hear it.
Attire
It doesn't work the other way round.
Sonny's improvisatory explorations are beyond genius....he is more spontaneous and free and yet he is also one of the few masters like Monk who never abandoned the melody during his solos. Sonny took tunes like this and especially the tune "Three Little Words" and played them more times than anyone who ever lived and yet, he displays fresh new ideas each time no matter how many times he has played that song. An absolute improvisational master and saxophone giant. (A colossal one). Of course, Alan Dawson and N.H.O.P. are both masters and are truly amazing as Sonny's accompanists. Alan is way too underrated in the music world.
Alan Dawson has to be one of the very most understated drummers in any category. Stylish, ergonomic, and oh so punctual.
Wow I thought I was the only person that felt this way , you should check out his work with Coltrane !
@@thekeygod9810 where can I find Dawsons work with Coltrane?
At Northeastern in Boston, I took a couple of lessons from lan at Berklee. I thought Buddy Rich had fast hand, but Alan was exceptional. What a great person!!! @@thekeygod9810
When I studied with Alan in 1976 he said Sonny Rollins was his favorite person to play with. It shows! Thanks. RIP!
❤
There Will Never Be Another You, indeed, Sonny
So wonderful to see Alan Dawson in action. There is not a lot of video of this great drummer. Of course, the whole video is a joy. I don’t understand these people who go around hitting the thumbs down on great performances like this.
I highly recommend Alan Dawson playing Take Five with Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan in Berlin in 1972. He substitutes for Joe Morello and does a magnificent solo - see ua-cam.com/video/1tbSyrmXo60/v-deo.html.
I also recommend the footage of Bill Evans, Lee Konitz, NHØP, and Alan Dawson in Copenhagen 1965 if you haven't seen it.
thank you for this superb posting . Paul Betjeman
Amazing bass solo! The young bass players should listen to every morning the great N.H.Ø.P
Hey man who was playing the bass on this one ?
Craaazy that he was 19 or 20 when this was recorded
The Danish bass player, NHØP (Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen), was 19 years old when this was recorded in the concert hall of the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen (Denmark). The drummer is Alan Dawson. As far as I know, the three men had not even had a rehearsal.
Nikolaj Lunøe Absolutely incredible! Immense talent on display here
Sounded to me like nhop went into his walking out of his solo kind of early, maybe feeling the pressure to create. Nice how Sonny started adding some background tones to flesh it out out a bit. NHOP solid though young.
He plays good, but, sorry, not that level of those legends. He shouldn't be alowed to play with masters just because of mutherfucking rules of fucking TV.
Getting a chance to play with more experienced colleagues helps young talents mature, and Mr. Rollins’ decision to give the 19 year old a chance at his Copenhagen concert was not influenced by the TV broadcaster. Dexter Gordon spoke highly of NHØP in letters he wrote to friends at the time, and Ben Webster and Bud Powell also said they enjoyed working with the teenager. However, I do not have the time to look up those texts right now - so suffice to quote what Oscar Peterson wrote about a more mature NHØP in his 2002 autobiography, A Jazz Odyssey: “Niels Pedersen is the type of player whose talents on his instrument are such that he is almost unaware of what he does. His virtuosity on the bass surpasses anyone else that I have known. His melodic sense is impeccable, his choice of harmonic sequences is a pure delight to play with, and his time is flawless … He is now arguably the most inventive bassist in jazz.” When given a choice, pianists as different as George Shearing and Michel Petrucciani also asked for NHØP to accompany them. And, by the way, on top of his facility on bass NHØP, an autodidact, was a decent human being, tolerant & appreciative of others, firm but polite, highly intelligent, and quite erudite (particularly in the field of history).
too bad he totally lost the form during the trading 4s
What a dream rhythm section: NHOP and Alan Dawson. Heaven.
The world was so different then, Sonny had been a beacon of jazz genius and integrity for a decade, and along with Coltrane gave us all enough so that we should be still digesting and admiring his gifts even now (in 2020). THIS IS HIGH ART.
ive heard many solos by many great drummers like roach, joe jones, buddy rich and more, but this one's got to be my all time favorite, melodic, dynamic and technically stunning
Thank you for sharing this video with the world. Wow, simply superb !!!
Alan Dawson is incredibly underrated. The phrasing in his trading is so fun to listen to, it never gets old.
man.. Alan Dawson's swing is truly second to none.. love it!
I got 7minutes into the track and half way through the comments before I realized there wasn't a piano player. Rollins et al. really kill on this
yeah, man. who needs a piano player anyhow.
same
Sonny spent awhile playing without a piano player in order to, in his words roughly, give him more space to freely explore the improvisational directions he was exploring
whatever song sonny plays sounds like he wrote it incredible!
Yeah his flow is so flawless it’s scary
Thank You, Rolling Sun, for guiding us poor souls groping in t he darkness,
for giving us strength to go on to our deliverance. A bow to Your gurus too
I could listen to hours of Sonny playing 4s with Alan Dawson. Happy Birthday, Mr. Sonny Rollins!
N.H.Ø.P is the most wonderful cat, besides how crazy good he is on the bass his fat TONE is amazing. Beautiful.
Awesome playing all around. Sonny was at the height of his creativity here, NHOP's solo is fantastic as is Alan Dawson's. I don't know why he never got his due because he was a true master.
I would say Sonny was at his best in the late-Fifties, but still very good in '65. Dawson is on a ton of recording sessions, so he is pretty well known.
Happy 90th birthday to Sonny Rollins, Sept 7, 2020.
Absolutely love Sonny. Listened to him play live in Central Park. It was an amazing evening. Feels like just a few years ago but I believe it was 15 or 16.
Let’s all live it up while we still have time.
Really beautiful playing the three of them. Alan is so masterful here! clear and fluid... just amazing, delightful
I love these kind of trio's horn bass n' drums. Sonny and Allan are in state of pure Zen. So relaxed and powerful. The Bass is nasty. Sonny really stretches out without a piano. Man he blew me away on this performance. In the moment improvisation at it's best! He's still here and boping!😎
Dawson! What a match with Sonny. Powerful.
Great living improviser? G.O.A.T. !!!! The baddest man on the planet .......and amazingly, one of the nicest ...
Denmark is jazz heaven. They sound so good with Sonny.
one of the best drum solos I've ever heard
The greatest of all times . I'm holding my own 86 years young . A jazz fan all my life . Love 💘 it or leave it.
Rollin's restatement and invention upon the melody of the tune, so fucking brilliant... !
I saw Rollins live. What was it like? Like ice cream on a sunny summer day.
I like the Sonny controlled his dynamics by moving around the microphone.
He did stuff like that on his records too, at least moving around with the bell, and it creates a sort of "phasing" effect. Always loved that. Joe Henderson got that too sometimes.
Alan Dawson was my drum teacher
That is incredible. He was one of the all time teachers. Rudimental Ritual. Geez. Played with Brushes!
I've been to his clinics , a Master
Amazing like Tony. Luck you! Did you run through his rudimental warm ups regularly?
Remember my Dad (who was a drummer and public school band director for years) coming back from a summer camp with his older students. Telling me all about Alan Dawson. This would have been in the late 1960's or early 70's. My dream was to get to Boston area to study with him when I got older, alas was not meant to be....I studied his approach to the kit as much as I could. Even thou I never got to met him in person, he had a very big influence on my playing.
that's awesome - the Richard Davis/Alan Dawson rhythm-machine is a great team!
they are vibin' here and that bass solo is worth it's weight in gold!
Listen to Dawson's bass drum especially during the solo! Amazingly powerful and dynamically smooth and Beautiful. The doubles between the r foot n' snare Tom's (sometimes HH)
Fantastic drum solo!
Alan Dawson, che meraviglia di batterista! tecnica fantasia musicalita! Best!
wow. it takes a damn good bassist to nail it like that. chapeau.
These guys make it all seem so easy. Surely, even non jazz fans could hardly fail to nbe impressed by such talent. Have bookmarked this and pplay it regularly. Aren't we lucky to have in whenever we need a little real music. Regards from England.
Young NHØP (Niels-Henning Ø P) in 1964 with Sonny Rollins in CPH, I was there! (The"old" 78yrs today 2021) It was cool man!
My Lord that is sweet,,,,love the drum solo
Such a fun, spirited, spiritual, swinging and exciting period for Newk. So fortunate to have theses videos- ty for upload, snd whomever had the foresight to- record them!
yes sir Mr. Rollins! He defies being bound by the beat!
Oooowwwwwwwww... What a triioooo....beyond beautiful, thanks God
Holy Crap! The bass solo is amazing! And Alan Dawson is fantastic!
WOW! What a phenomenal posting! Such smooth, melodic playing by all. And wonderful footage of Alan Dawson!
I must say, this is easily my favorite version of this tune.
There used to be a great concert he did with Brubeck where he played a maraca in his right hand instead of a drumstick as a ride on the hi hat and across the set. That was brilliant. That should be up on UA-cam. Peace, Mike. He was a player-not just a teacher.
Quite superb. 3 extremely talented musicians who gelled brilliantly. I have been a jazz lover all my life and really do appreciate this. Thank you so much. Have bookmarked this for regular future visits.
I'm still visiting regularly, a go to trio performance 🔥
First time I heard A longer solo from Alan Dawson. Wow. Really kept the overall theme going, while playing interesting variations, swinging hard, with super smooth chops and an obvious economy of motion around the set.
No wonder the Bigs sought him out as a teacher.
Three maestros. Sublime. It doesn't get better than this--and just think, NHOP was still a teenager here!
waoou, what a great quality sound!! that bass, killer!!
Alan Dawson is a monster - Great video.
Niels was a truely great bassist. Great groove.
5:52 Sonny quotes "Them There Eyes"
Simply incredible communication through the horn; during the trading with Alan he's literally taking the figures he's playing and translating it on the saxophone
En fantastisk koncert. Har aldrig glemt denne store oplevelse.
Of course Sonny and Niels are top-notch, but my oh my, Alan Dawson sure is awesome That drumsolo was next level.
Thanks for sharing this great performance
MEN at work.
Three masters, each with their own distinctive sound signature, in an epic colloquy on a jazz standard Sonny Rollins' has staked an irrefutable claim to-- transforming it into something iconic and breathtakingly personal.
Anyone miss the piano? I didn't think so.
Unmatched..anywhere, anytime..any universe!!
this is kickass. what a trio
The great Alan Dawson on drums.
John Bresnik You don't see it often because it is very hard to make it sound good, and Sonny is definitely one of the best at it.
yeah I mean I can HEAR the changes in everything they play, that's what separates the men from the boys in jazz. I'm a pianist and saxophonist and the lack of a chordal instrument is what makes this amazing to me, they improv over every change, never play the head once and if you know the song you can hear it all. nothing but greatness.
Another masterpiece!
There are no mistake s ... Silly sax love from Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert. Praises Africa
Oh my goodness They are cookin BIG TIME!
Folks! Dig that young cat on bass Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen (the dane) I heard/saw him in CPH in the mid 60's, allready then he was great
That bass player held it down for the piano never noticed he was missing
What piano? Rollins didn't work with them very often. Monk being one exception.
What a Trio. All Great Musician.♫♪ ♫♪ I Love It. ♥ Thanks.
This a big dude make it look like a Alto saxophone
This trio is pure dope, unadulterated.
man young nhop was truly a different animal...
his swing feel at 19 playing those lines is just insane
also that line at 9:02 to 9:09 mindblowing
There could never be another way to play it any better.
Mr. Rollins love the way you have always make great things happen, what a phenomenal trio 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
and the spirit of the Lord came on Sonny Rollins
Great Sonny doesn't get any better than this what's not to like, must have perfect ears no holes.
So great!!!!!
This is really incredible. Thanks for upping it.
This is just a masterpiece
One of the tenor giants.
probably the best jazz bass player of all time...
Grandios 🤘
Sonny's trio playing is his best work in my opinion. W/O the burden of a chordal instrument he really flys!!!
Best performance of Sonny Rollins I know
And this is why I love Jazz
Incredible drummer!
One of the coolest things ever made
Who are the five miserable people who didn't like this? Unreal.
funny
14 now.
You don't have to be "miserable" to have likes and dislikes. You're the one who sounds like a miserable person!
@@peterj.andros3996 No, YOU ARE!
@@peterj.andros3996 you sound like a dick
He's just so cool ...
おっ、ピアノレストリオか？ロリンズの豪放で男性的な高速アドリブが冴え、他のメンバーのプレーも安定しており素晴らしい演奏！ブラボー😌
Very esence of jazz drumming in this single clip...
Great thenks
What a groove...fantastic...
Fantastic.
Thanks for re-uploading it.
There will never be another NHOP!
Drop Dead Brilliant!!!
Magnificent!!