Charles tolliver is shamefuly one of the most overlooked and underrated great complete trumpeters in the history of jazz. He's a great composer of great complexity And beauty. I've seen the great rollover perform on at least ten occasions, and was thrilled with his genius every time. His playing is like no other,A bit off key with a fat brassy sound, he sores through complex lines with ease,with a slight leaning towards freer forms, while still rooted in the hard bop tradition. His range is wide going from soul jazz with a composition like paperman, to a beautiful ballad like wrong handle, to a model piece like on the nile,to a high speed pyrotechnics of his composition impact. He's definitely one of the greatest trumpet players of his era.
I was fortunate enough to speak with Mr. Tolliver on the phone recently. He seems to be doing well and still very active in promoting the work of all the great Strata East artists!
The telepathic conceptions/connection on the trumpet between Woody Shaw and Charles Tolliver individually and separately, yet simultaneously in the same lifetime is a testament and evidence of how much we had in artistic bounty and wealth. No matter what your argument is, it just ain't the same girls and boys.
I couldn't agree with you more. Woody and Charles were true giants of the Trumpet, and should be celebrated for their genius and contributions to the greatest art form ever created.
@@dariusdrewe1502 My question was always the opposite is Sam Dockery related to Wayne??? I researched it once and found out that they were indeed brothers. Wayne Dockery passed away just 2 years ago: he spent the last decade + of his life in Paris.
Sorry im agree i discovered him with magical post thanks to And live session are really missing now for an old jazz fan who grow up inside 👉✌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚬🚬☁☁☁
He's the definition of cool. I talked to him recently and he told me about how my aunt and uncle stayed with him in his NYC apartment while they were looking for a place there in the early '70s. Awesome guy.
Eric Kreitzer probably not on French tv anymore either. This 71 I was 11 and the Vietnam War was still a travisty and humanities collective IQ was higher.
They didn't have stuff like this on every day, but when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s, occasionally I'd flip on PBS on the black and white and be like, "What the...?!" Couple times, what I saw changed my life.
In the same beautifully singing vein - for ME: Clifford Brown, Booker Little, Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard and, of course, Charles Tolliver. Pastoral and melancholic warmth and spiritual haunting!😠 Now, Dominick Farinacci is in the House!😠
You should also give people like Ted Curson a try - "Tears for Dolphy" and his playing with Charles Mingus are fantastic (for starters.). You also left off Lee Morgan - try "Live at the Lighthouse" - last recordings before he was shot and killed by a crazy/whackjob ex-gf in a club.
Charles tolliver is shamefuly one of the most overlooked and underrated great complete trumpeters in the history of jazz. He's a great composer of great complexity And beauty. I've seen the great rollover perform on at least ten occasions, and was thrilled with his genius every time. His playing is like no other,A bit off key with a fat brassy sound, he sores through complex lines with ease,with a slight leaning towards freer forms, while still rooted in the hard bop tradition. His range is wide going from soul jazz with a composition like paperman, to a beautiful ballad like wrong handle, to a model piece like on the nile,to a high speed pyrotechnics of his composition impact. He's definitely one of the greatest trumpet players of his era.
I was fortunate enough to speak with Mr. Tolliver on the phone recently. He seems to be doing well and still very active in promoting the work of all the great Strata East artists!
00:00 Orientale
08:54 Lynnsome
17:11 Prayer For Peace
23:19 Ruthie's Heart
The telepathic conceptions/connection on the trumpet between Woody Shaw and Charles Tolliver individually and separately, yet simultaneously in the same lifetime is a testament and evidence of how much we had in artistic bounty and wealth. No matter what your argument is, it just ain't the same girls and boys.
I couldn't agree with you more. Woody and Charles were true giants of the Trumpet, and should be celebrated for their genius and contributions to the greatest art form ever created.
Just in case... Personnel:
Charles Tolliver - trumpet
Stanley Cowell - piano
Wayne Dockery - bass
Alvin Queen - drums
Is Wayne Dockery related to Sam Dockery (pianist with Blakey's Messengers after Horace Silver?)
@@dariusdrewe1502 I'm pretty certain he is
@@dariusdrewe1502 My question was always the opposite is Sam Dockery related to Wayne??? I researched it once and found out that they were indeed brothers. Wayne Dockery passed away just 2 years ago: he spent the last decade + of his life in Paris.
Tolliver and Cowell, two of a kind.
I love my Conn 20a. I was playing it when I got my first studio gig. It blows my mind that Tolliver made this horn sound this bright and edgy.
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Sorry im agree i discovered him with magical post thanks to
And live session are really missing now for an old jazz fan who grow up inside 👉✌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚬🚬☁☁☁
Fast air & small MP - looks like a Costello ?
These cats are so cool 😎 Look at Charles after the opening vamp poised against the piano just vibing out. From the clothing, hair, attitude, 🔥
He's the definition of cool. I talked to him recently and he told me about how my aunt and uncle stayed with him in his NYC apartment while they were looking for a place there in the early '70s. Awesome guy.
Notice they never have this stuff on American TV?
Eric Kreitzer probably not on French tv anymore either. This 71 I was 11 and the Vietnam War was still a travisty and humanities collective IQ was higher.
They didn't have stuff like this on every day, but when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s, occasionally I'd flip on PBS on
the black and white and be like, "What the...?!" Couple times, what I saw changed my life.
@@paxwallacejazz Yes it was a programme on french tv . Real great music!
Wayne Dockery on bass!!!
Simply awesome! Thank you for posting this wonderful video! I remember buying my first Tolliver record in 1974!
Many thanks. A great group in full flight. Peace and Sounds. Cj
Even the cowbell playing is superb. Thanks for posting this excellent obscurity. Long live youtube.
Thanks for the reiteration on the Dockery brothers. GO Philadelphia traditions! Musicians galore back then.
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing.
I play jazz. Thank you!
Freaking awesome!!
...Thanks for this post...Peace, Fox
very nice, thanks for sharing
Enjoy!
Thanx f this
that bass solo!!!
gosh!
Alvin Queen resembles The great Elvin Jones' persona. Happy Halloween 🎃 kids. Divinely ethereal.
ONE O THE BEST EVER
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Very Cool
Is there a non stabilized version ? CZcams's auto stabilization ruins the video, even with such great music.
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Stanley Cowell
Anyone know what keyboard Stanley Cowell is playing there?
christine Cook hohner electra
Good drummer. Who is he?
Alvin Queen
How can I get a copy of this?
You should look at discogs.
Conn 20A is that a trumpet or cornet? Is that keyboard an opened Fender Rhodes?
Hohner Electra
Flugelhorn
In the same beautifully singing vein - for ME: Clifford Brown, Booker Little, Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard and, of course, Charles Tolliver.
Pastoral and melancholic warmth and spiritual haunting!😠
Now, Dominick Farinacci is in the House!😠
You should also give people like Ted Curson a try - "Tears for Dolphy" and his playing with Charles Mingus are fantastic (for starters.). You also left off Lee Morgan - try "Live at the Lighthouse" - last recordings before he was shot and killed by a crazy/whackjob ex-gf in a club.
My good brother you left out one trumpet giant, Lee Morgan🎺I forgive you😎
@@DPOWER222 Yes, that's the one; he struck as hard as Freddie Hubbard, didn't he?
Many thanks. A great group in full flight. Peace and Sounds. Cj