I have never seen a drimmer and piano player in such sync as Morello and Brubeck. It was like they were playing from the sheet of music simultaneously.
Brubeck hd two horses for rhythm and he used beautifully. In a concert in Atlanta, the promoter wanted to hide Eugene behind a curtain because he was black. Dave dais: :I'm a Connecricut Yankee, Paul Desmond is an Irishman from New York and Joe Morello is an Italian from Worcester. Eugene Wright is a Black man from Carolina, We are the Dave Brubeck Quartet!
4 drums,1 microphone,suit and tie, gators on his feet,cooks solos like this probably nightly,never breaks a sweat and adjusts glasses in between one handed rolls,swings like a madman and his kit sounds killer,all in a real live setting. This kinda stuff is unheard of today
These guys made it look easy? RIP Dave Brubeck, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello and Paul Desmond…the best jazz band in heaven. God brought them home so he could watch them play every night.
The cleanest, sweetest (yet driest), most fun sax tone ever by Desmond, the crispness of Morello’s drumming, the transformational structure of Brubeck’s solos, and Wright’s smooth drive - four geniuses intrinsically linked in a new sound for its day, rippling through the air for all time.
What a fabulous clip. Apart from the great performance, it's beautifully photographed. Every shot is well composed and the cutting is completely based on the phrases in the music. This should be shown to every budding TV director as an example of how to do it.
As a lifelong drummer I've always idolized morello. His musicianship is extraordinary. As I've aged I've come to really appreciate Brubeck himself. I think he's often taken for granted ... if not chastised for his blocky chords. He -- like Desmond -- is a masterful musician that kills it every time.
He actually plays the blocky chords because he suffered a diving accident, causing residual nerve pain in his hands. So he didn’t do those high dexterity runs on the keys.
I grew up with DBQ playing in my home. I learned to love this sound. I saw them in person 4 times over the years and idolized Dave Brubeck. With the passing of those great jazz years we have lost something special in our culture.
Someone can always pick up where they left off, given enough inspiration and talent. Gotta direct young musicians to videos like this and give them a taste -- it's not like the band continues on in pop culture, so someone (like you or me or yadda) needs to give a gentle push. /i'd never have played the trumpet if i'd never have seen louis armstrong. luckily that wasn't an issue in the late '70s.
Colin Sue (man or woman? -- Boy named Sue???) -- Yeah, Very true... you noticed that Joe Morello was never 'showy', in the fashion of, say Buddy Rich, but always played to the tune, with a great sense of economy, and no more, but was very effective, nonetheless....
It always seemed to me that they had some kind of secret joke between them in the various videos I have seen of their performances. Great chemistry between two great musicians.
Morello nails the right tempo immediately & controls it. Plays the right fills while the rhythm section cooks. Morello a monster technician & musician.
Sometimes they make it look so easy but people don't realize how crazy good they were, dave, morello & wright...off beat timing, improvising, so out of this world fantastic with their instruments that every time i watch this video my jaw drops and realize this kind of playing (them) will never be again. Without these been saved on tape we might have never known. Cannot beat, best.
A dear friend and music buddy shared this with me the night the St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup in 2019. Too cool of a tribute. I still revisit this video now and then.
I've been listening to these guys for over 50 years, now. Paul and Dave were amazing, but the canvas on which they painted was stretched and stapled by Joe and Gene- the finest rythym section, ever. Beautiful.
@george nolte very cool, George. I have the Master Studies books, but that's as close as I ever got to being one of Joe's students. I'm happy you had that opportunity.
Joe so tastefully rides those cymbals. Man, he was one cool cat. They all were. Jeez I'm becoming the biggest Dave brubeck fan 60 years later. Oh my gosh
I was fortunate to be enrolled for classes at my undergraduate college when this quartet appeared for a live recital as part of campus events. Yes indeed. Nothing could have been better. It was approximately the same time period as this performance in Belgium in1964. A large contribution to our musical culture not to be replaced. Look at and listen to Brubeck's stylings as a pianist and what Eugene Wright did on double bass. I met him years later. Morello was a special talent. Yes indeed.
Still after 40 years of playing I still can't make my Left Hand Blurr like Morello's. They were four of the best. Nobody as good...the best they was, the best it'll ever be. The way Brubeck cut his piano beat in half, come back around in perfect regular timing...what can you say, the man was that good.
@@charlesmadison1384 He once said he wanted the sax to sound like a dry martini. Later, he got so tired of people quoting that comment back to him he said he regretted saying it. The thing is, he does make it sort of sound like a dry martini.
Oh wow! This terrific upload really takes me back. I grew up listening to people like Parker, Getz, Mulligan and Desmond.I loved the Brubeck Quartet back in the 50s and still do -they really swing. For me Morello was one of the greatest drummers I have ever seen and Desmond is up there with Art Pepper and Lee Konitz as one of the great alto players.
This is one of the most flawless moments of entertainment I've experienced in years. Each solo is phenomenal, and the recording is absolutely perfect for each instrument.
Saw Dave Brubeck about 25 years ago. Was ducking and diving all over Wolverhampton Civic Hall (with a friend) after the gig trying to see if we could spot him. Security was just about to throw us out when we seen him. I shouted his name, he told security to bring us to the dressing room door. We waited for 2 min and he came out and chatted for 20 mins or more. Then we met Randy Jones who was drumming for him at that time. What a night. RIP Mr Brubeck
One notices Dave Brubeck is almost an eighth of a note beet In front of his band and it creates such a beautiful and original sound. I think that’s where John Bonham from Led Zeppelin got his style from even though he goes back even further into the 1920s and 30s. You can’t find stuff like this original anymore. These were incredible musicians!
These four were the COOLEST musicians on the planet in those days...Eugene on his bass, Paul on sax, Dave on piano and Mr Cool himself Joe Morello beat-master on drums.
Lovely video of the still-alive Gene Wright digging it all, and digging Joe. Thanks for posting this which, in the hands of a less courageous group, could be a warhorse.
A true genius of his craft .a drummers drummer ...After i listen Joe Morello ,I am inspired ..I play better the next day .His sound seeps into your soul .One of the Masters of the 20th century at his art form .
A lot of classical saxophone players should try to emulate the tremendous beauty of Paul Desmond’s tone and the variety of his rhythmically and harmonically advanced improvisations . Likewise with Stan Getz on Tenor saxophone. For me this lives on forever.
I LOVED the dynamic between Joe and Eugene.. They would even duke it out at times and fight with each other.. Loved every minute of it. Watching 2 masters just kill it and have so much emotion and feel behind their playing.. All the while Dave would just stare at them lol.. And Paul was just another genius off the the side.. lol
The Dave Brubeck Quartet is legendary. Each member of the group is a musical genius.
Best of the Best!!!
I have never seen a drimmer and piano player in such sync as Morello and Brubeck. It was like they were playing from the sheet of music simultaneously.
Brubeck hd two horses for rhythm and he used beautifully. In a concert in Atlanta, the promoter wanted to hide Eugene behind a curtain because he was black. Dave dais: :I'm a Connecricut Yankee, Paul Desmond is an Irishman from New York and Joe Morello is an Italian from Worcester. Eugene Wright is a Black man from Carolina, We are the Dave Brubeck Quartet!
9 rj😮@@jamessomma8226 important 😅
Eugene was killing it on the bass with his progressions.
Somehow this is even more sensational in 2023! Four masters of their craft in perfect unison and clearly enjoying every moment. Thank you.
4 drums,1 microphone,suit and tie, gators on his feet,cooks solos like this probably nightly,never breaks a sweat and adjusts glasses in between one handed rolls,swings like a madman and his kit sounds killer,all in a real live setting. This kinda stuff is unheard of today
right words Man!! JM was, is and will be forever a Blessed Drummer!! Grooves of God!!
Randy Semenak Check out Mel Brown in Portland, OR.
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He's brilliant in this, the end to his solo is just like..
And Gene Wright on double bass. The guy was a killer bass man.
I love the way Joe and Dave dialed it way back so Eugene's bass solo could be heard clearly. Respect.
There are two kinds of people in the world. One kind loves this quartet's music and the other haven't heard them yet.
And people like me who loves Desmond, Morello and Wright but cant stand Brubeck's stiff piano playing
@@oscargrillo9508 his piano playing was a bit less stiff in the 50s
very funny Doug...............................................What me worry!
Jjv
Oscar Grillo Brubeck is stiff because of hand pains
With a bassist and a drummer like these two, you have a solid rock to build upon everything you want
These guys made it look easy? RIP Dave Brubeck, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello and Paul Desmond…the best jazz band in heaven. God brought them home so he could watch them play every night.
The cleanest, sweetest (yet driest), most fun sax tone ever by Desmond, the crispness of Morello’s drumming, the transformational structure of Brubeck’s solos, and Wright’s smooth drive - four geniuses intrinsically linked in a new sound for its day, rippling through the air for all time.
omg here come the new age jazz critics talking out their ass again
I am a total jazz novice. Grew up in the hard rock world. This is good stuff and quite interesting to listen to.
Top notch stuff!
Eugene Wright (as of mid-June, 2020) is the only surviving member of this quartet ... at age 97.
What position did he play?
@@zombywoof1015 - the bassist.
@@zombywoof1015 one of the best questions ever
RIP
RIP
What a fabulous clip. Apart from the great performance, it's beautifully photographed. Every shot is well composed and the cutting is completely based on the phrases in the music. This should be shown to every budding TV director as an example of how to do it.
How I wished I was an Adult back In 64 and saw this live
with a smoke and a drink yeah baby, so good.
That's music! In the true Art form. Nothing compares.
I love how the bassist is singing out his solo as he's playing it
Percy Heath, of the Modern Jazz Quartet, used to do that too.
Oscar peterson did that as well
@@Timmer515 As did Slam Stewart, who used to play with Art Tatum.
so did Glenn Gould, albeit with his piano
As a lifelong drummer I've always idolized morello. His musicianship is extraordinary. As I've aged I've come to really appreciate Brubeck himself. I think he's often taken for granted ... if not chastised for his blocky chords. He -- like Desmond -- is a masterful musician that kills it every time.
walt7500 Poor you, no ear 😂
You are soooo right!
He actually plays the blocky chords because he suffered a diving accident, causing residual nerve pain in his hands. So he didn’t do those high dexterity runs on the keys.
I played this at 1/8 speed and the drum solo is still 10x faster than I'll ever play. Good thing I know how to code.
The bassist feels it and looks to have so much fun in Belgium. Great document !
Once there was a drummer named Joe Morello, ...just once.
IMHO the very epitome of 'cool'..
🎶 Yeah man .. . 👌
Dammm righttt
Holy shite, Joe smiled!
And then, there was.... Tom Morello
Never been much interested in Jazz, but this quartet was a force of nature.
I grew up with DBQ playing in my home. I learned to love this sound. I saw them in person 4 times over the years and idolized Dave Brubeck. With the passing of those great jazz years we have lost something special in our culture.
Yes, Sir....."
agree
Someone can always pick up where they left off, given enough inspiration and talent.
Gotta direct young musicians to videos like this and give them a taste -- it's not like the band continues on in pop culture, so someone (like you or me or yadda) needs to give a gentle push.
/i'd never have played the trumpet if i'd never have seen louis armstrong. luckily that wasn't an issue in the late '70s.
1975, small college gym, w his teenage sons.
@@EconAtheist ,
No matter how cool you think you are... there will always be four cooler guys.
Brubeck's solos always take you on a real journey.
I always like to see the interaction between Joe Morello and Eugene Wright in their performances. Looks like they always enjoyed it to the max!
Colin Sue (man or woman? -- Boy named Sue???) -- Yeah, Very true... you noticed that Joe Morello was never 'showy', in the fashion of, say Buddy Rich, but always played to the tune, with a great sense of economy, and no more, but was very effective, nonetheless....
tunefultony johnson ( girl named Colin?)
Coleen perhaps .... :)
It always seemed to me that they had some kind of secret joke between them in the various videos I have seen of their performances. Great chemistry between two great musicians.
Morello nails the right tempo
immediately & controls it.
Plays the right fills while the
rhythm section cooks.
Morello a monster technician
& musician.
four coolest accountants in whole universe
Dave Brubeck: his improvisation skills are criminally under rated.
Sometimes they make it look so easy but people don't realize how crazy good they were, dave, morello & wright...off beat timing, improvising, so out of this world fantastic with their instruments that every time i watch this video my jaw drops and realize this kind of playing (them) will never be again. Without these been saved on tape we might have never known.
Cannot beat, best.
I love these guys, each and every one. Four unbelievably beautiful people.
4 guys that have truly mastered their craft !
Love the way the rest of the band sit back and admire that crisp drum solo.
Dave Brubeck: Bread
Paul Desmond: Butter
Joe Morello: Peanut Butter
Eugene Wright: Jam
Mr. Grumpy Lyrical dude and dead on
English scones jam and cream! 💪
Butter?
So, an open faced jazz sandwich. Should be on the menu in every diner across the country.
Joe Morello: Bread
Eugene Wright: Butter
Dave Brubeck: Peanut Butter
Paul Desmond: Jam
I love Eugene’s bass playing during Paul’s part.
Dave Brubeck is one groovin' mathematician ! His ability to subdivide the time in so many ways is always mind boggling !
Musicianship at it's best. I'm no jazz fan, but this kind is so engaging.. can't stop looking and groovin'.. awesome!
These guys were absolutely amazing!! Joe and Eugene look like they are having a blast, and they were!!!
You say that it is... absolutely amazing! Great musicians!
A dear friend and music buddy shared this with me the night the St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup in 2019. Too cool of a tribute. I still revisit this video now and then.
I've been listening to these guys for over 50 years, now. Paul and Dave were amazing, but the canvas on which they painted was stretched and stapled by Joe and Gene- the finest rythym section, ever. Beautiful.
One of the best drummers ever. I can only Imagine taking lessons with him.
Edward Sanchez The best ever.
You can Only Aspire to be has Good as Joe Morello,Theres Only One Joe Morello
next best thing
"Joe Morello: Drum Method 1--The Natural Approach to Technique" Available on DVD...
@george nolte Lucky!!
@george nolte very cool, George. I have the Master Studies books, but that's as close as I ever got to being one of Joe's students. I'm happy you had that opportunity.
Joe so tastefully rides those cymbals. Man, he was one cool cat. They all were. Jeez I'm becoming the biggest Dave brubeck fan 60 years later. Oh my gosh
I was fortunate to be enrolled for classes at my undergraduate college when this quartet appeared for a live recital as part of campus events. Yes indeed. Nothing could have been better. It was approximately the same time period as this performance in Belgium in1964. A large contribution to our musical culture not to be replaced. Look at and listen to Brubeck's stylings as a pianist and what Eugene Wright did on double bass. I met him years later. Morello was a special talent. Yes indeed.
Still after 40 years of playing I still can't make my Left Hand Blurr like Morello's. They were four of the best. Nobody as good...the best they was, the best it'll ever be. The way Brubeck cut his piano beat in half, come back around in perfect regular timing...what can you say, the man was that good.
What great music, Joe taking no prisoners on a minimalistic drum kit....
R.I.P Eugene Wright...the whole Quartet together again....🎼🎷🥁🎹🎻🎼
For cool, understated artistry Paul Desmond can't be beat. My favorite horn player.
Desmond had a sound no other sax man could copy. He is one of the 3-4 best of all time.
Paul IS one with the sax ... watch him, he IS the saxophone.
Ok
@@charlesmadison1384 He once said he wanted the sax to sound like a dry martini. Later, he got so tired of people quoting that comment back to him he said he regretted saying it. The thing is, he does make it sort of sound like a dry martini.
@@robertboney4493 Yeah, right..., foh.
Everytime I watch Joe on a drum solo I wonder if he was possessed. No man has hands that fast.
It was no wonder he was one of Buddys' favourites
The drum and sax solos were extraordinary. The piano..."mehhhh"
Not possessed, but extraordinarily blessed!
Eugene & Joe. That's the shit..
+ludwig26 Love Eugene's face grinning at Joe.
Passion, heart, excellence, fun
Oh wow! This terrific upload really takes me back. I grew up listening to people like Parker, Getz, Mulligan and Desmond.I loved the Brubeck Quartet back in the 50s and still do -they really swing. For me Morello was one of the greatest drummers I have ever seen and Desmond is up there with Art Pepper and Lee Konitz as one of the great alto players.
If i were a doctor id prescribe Joe Morello's drum solo to every patient cuz damn that shit just cured every single one of my ailments
I feel like Joe is a racecar revving in the garage until Dave opens the door. Fucking magic.
This is one of the most flawless moments of entertainment I've experienced in years. Each solo is phenomenal, and the recording is absolutely perfect for each instrument.
I watch this everyday to see Joe Morello killing the drums like God! 🤘🏻
06:25
Gotta love the way they become part of the audience and enjoy Joe's solo. Seem like these guys really respected each other.
And now they are all playing heavenly music.
And the great Joe Morello on drums
Yep
Worlds coolest insurance salesmen
Brian Glade That is hilarious and spot on!
This is ART and HEART
You could definitely hear the St. Louis sound on this wonderful song
the rhythm section is so warm... beautiful...
Morello and Wright remind me of the to kids at school sitting in the back of the class just goofing off...love it!
missed 30 years of my life so catching up on these guys love em mike
Saw Dave Brubeck about 25 years ago. Was ducking and diving all over Wolverhampton Civic Hall (with a friend) after the gig trying to see if we could spot him. Security was just about to throw us out when we seen him. I shouted his name, he told security to bring us to the dressing room door. We waited for 2 min and he came out and chatted for 20 mins or more. Then we met Randy Jones who was drumming for him at that time. What a night. RIP Mr Brubeck
Oh my goodness!!!Joe Morello!!!! I just love that guy!!!
Joe is outstanding.
mr wright so wonderful is he! and how happy he is to have big joe in the drivers seat for sure. these 4 together were the magic
An absolute treat.
Great solos by all four members, Joe's solos were so musical, not just trying to show how much chops he had.
Musical solos partly because he was a violin student coming up!
One notices Dave Brubeck is almost an eighth of a note beet In front of his band and it creates such a beautiful and original sound. I think that’s where John Bonham from Led Zeppelin got his style from even though he goes back even further into the 1920s and 30s. You can’t find stuff like this original anymore. These were incredible musicians!
Couldn't stop smiling listening to Desmond and Morello.
Yes, these guys were the original COOL.
Quite a band, just magic, and I'm a rock fan.
These four were the COOLEST musicians on the planet in those days...Eugene on his bass, Paul on sax, Dave on piano and Mr Cool himself Joe Morello beat-master on drums.
Dave and Eugene are fascinated and inspired by Joe's playing...what magic; it's definitely a kind of love.
Joe could do more in a miniut and half than Ginger Baker achieved in a Lifetime.Ginger Baker Forget him
Merci pour toutes ces musiques tant écoutées et ces vidéos peu vues !!
Caught Dave live several times over the years. First in NYC about 1965. Genius. RIP.
Fudge! It has been way too many generations to be able to find music like this!
Brilliant little beat on his Tom toms by Joe towards the end of the solo at 7:28 which gets a nod of acknowledgement from smiling Eugene..
I will always love Daves cool cool jazz.
Lovely video of the still-alive Gene Wright digging it all, and digging Joe. Thanks for posting this which, in the hands of a less courageous group, could be a warhorse.
I love the style of dress of these subjects
Jazz at its finest, joe morello is superb.!!!
8:01 amazing technique... And the end is unbeatable! Thank you for sharing
I got to see Brubeck live in Germantown TN. In 2003, a true bucket list amazing experience .
A true genius of his craft .a drummers drummer ...After i listen Joe Morello ,I am inspired ..I play better the next day .His sound seeps into your soul .One of the Masters of the 20th century at his art form .
Masterfully cool, slick AND grooving ensemble playing at its best!!
Fantastic listening
Nothing short of SUPERB!!
A lot of classical saxophone players should try to emulate the tremendous beauty of Paul Desmond’s tone and the variety of his rhythmically and harmonically advanced improvisations . Likewise with Stan Getz on Tenor saxophone. For me this lives on forever.
2:45 what a magical progression!
La classe!
Joe Morello makes it all look so effortless. I"ll bet that he doesn't even break a sweat.
Yes, he's the definition of chill. His solo on Take 5 is amazing....doesn't over do it...but chops for days.
Joe Morello will always be my favorite drummer.
These guys are killing it!! Has be be one of my all time favorites
These 4 greats were perfect for each other, kind of like the Musketeers - one for all & all for one.
I LOVED the dynamic between Joe and Eugene.. They would even duke it out at times and fight with each other.. Loved every minute of it. Watching 2 masters just kill it and have so much emotion and feel behind their playing.. All the while Dave would just stare at them lol.. And Paul was just another genius off the the side.. lol
I love the Way Poul Desmond playes the sax as if it was a clarinet!
this is a song you put on twice in a row and still want more..
I was real lucky to see these four magnificent musicians in a concert early sixties Bristol England. Great memories.
that was a perfect drum solo!!!!!!!
Love you Joe and Eugene.
I love the little beat he does right at 7:28.
Been watching Ken Burns movie on Jazz and I've been getting back into jazz music. This cooks from start to finish. Nice and tight