TONY WILLIAMS Lifetime - June 13, 1971 - Montreux Jazz Fest - Best Version
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- I have added a soundboard sourced audio track to the best version of this footage I could find. Pretty big improvement from previous copies. Please contact me if you have an upgrade to the video.
Emergency
The Urchins Of Shermese
Sime Hip Drum Shit
Circa 45
Big Nick
Arthur Juini Booth - bass
Ted Dunbar - guitar
Warren Smith - percussion
Charles Don Alias - percussion
Larry Young aka Khalid Yassin - organ
Tony Williams - drumps!
when montreux was a jazz festival
My neighbors hate this band but i think they should give another listen
I couldn’t get the large gong in my living room!!
C'MON MAN, turn this shit DOWN, it's 3am and my cat's freaking out and I'm not doing too good either!
Saw this band,1971,in Lost Angeles,California.The club was the old Shelly's Manne-Hole,on Cahuenga in Hollywood.I stayed for all the sets,like I usually did.I picked up some hip drum shit from watching Tony that evening!Larry Young and Warren Smith added a lot to the group's music.What a fine musical ensemble that band was!Truly,truly wonderful and exceptionally exciting music played by outstanding musicians!
Lucky mf!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
MY FAVORITE ALL TIME GROUP!!!!
Never ever get tired of listening to whatever Tony Williams did...
This band was amazing.Tony was a "one of a kind" musician,so creative,so original.
one of the most underestimated groups with one of the most underestimated composers of that period...tony!
Spoken by a true percussion legend, Mr. Rudolph.
I’m from the future and I agree!!
Greatest drummer ever existed. Tony was THE man! Miss him :(
Some morning I wake up and I say Tony best drummer then other morning I wake up and say Billy Cobham. I guess it just close call.
Cobham hands down !!
Greatest drummer, guitarist, singer, triangelplayer etc. ever!!!
How do you know that?
Tony Williams himself was modest about himself as musicien.
Follow his example....
Yes, sir! In live performance was the best. Si señor! En directo, actuando, era el mejor.
@@kees4448 As much as I love Tony, he might be the Best, but deffinitely NOT modest about himself as musician.
What I was waiting for years to see.. how far they went those days!!!! Tony Williams never went wrong, Like Elvin Jones and Jack DeJohnette
An incredible performance and IMO Tony's most progressive, pioneering and highly unconventional band after the Mk. 1 Lifetime with McLaughlin. This large ensemble stands alone stylistically. So great to see and hear the wondrous Khalid Yasin aka Larry Young.
What is the mk??
@@martinbe5111: Mk1 = Mach One and refers here to the first Lifetime lineup
I'm listening to this and I look at the time and I say "11 minutes gone by? ONLY 11 minutes? It seems like a full hour there is So much MUSIC in this!
seeing Tony live is some kind of a life changing experience. you'll never forget.
this is brilliant. never heard this lineup before. LOVE the organ. he's got some amazing sounds for 1971!
Tony Williams, the musician's musician. It doesn't get much better than this, does it. When a musician does a live version better than in the studio, it shows. This would be the definitive version of "The Urchins of Shermese". Look at the amount of amps mounted on the stage. These guys were louder than Cream or Led Zeppelin. I was born in 1975 so I was -4 around the time this happened. How would I like to be around, in this time! It should have happened in Montreux.
And all while that, sitting the drummer at the front, another first.
You gotta love how he changed his hitting hand at 9:26.
IMO this is the most 'OUT' and innovative lineup of the Lifetime--totally off the hook and formula-breaking, blazing a new trail into unknown territory.
Williams HAMMERS this thing HOME! His DRIVE! Holy Mother of God!!!!!
Now that's a real gong...I love not only the music, but also watching footage from the early 1970s...what a 'weird', wonderful time it must have been...a total cross-over and meeting of cultures..so unlike what's happening in the world right now...
Hello titluriso , I am musician too and can count from 4 to may be 11 ...
It is not the rythm , it is the atmosphere and the feeling to go crazy !!!
Tony at his prime
The greatest era in modern contempt music for a musician to of been in
Tony was in his prime all his life.
TONY WILLIAMS WAY INTO MUSIC WAY INTO SOUND BIGGER PALLET THAN EVERYBODY !!! I'LL ALWAYS LOVE HIS ADVENTURE AND INVENTIVENESS THANKYOU FOR THE VIDEO !!! ALL THESE MUSICIANS ARE COOL....ESPECIALLY KAHLID YASEEN TED DUNBAR JUNIE BOOTH WARREN SMITH AND MY MAN DON ALIAS.......
magnificent coherancy out of thin air, fusion at it's best
Tony Williams is the "father' of the so-called "fusion" area of music. It started while he was still with the Miles Davis Quintet circa 1967. Miles admitted Tony's influence on him musically. Consequently there would not have been "Bitches Brew", "On The Corner", or anything else that Miles did between 1969 & 1975 had in not been for Tony!!
That's partially true. Although Betty Davis also had a big part to play in introducing Miles to that rock/funk sound on his fusion albums.
@mutton is right about the Betty Davis thing but also Don Alias was responsible for a lot of these connections. Dave Liebman and Alias had sessions and Miles would listen over the phone. This is how Jim Riley was recommended for B Brew, Alias set that up because he had another gig and it was an untested thing.
@@bhall8930 Hendrix fascinated Miles. This all started with Jimi, Sly and James Brown. Then Miles worked his magic on everyone - early converters, like Tony - and late comers (but glad they showed up!) like Wayne and Herbie who needed more arranging and structure to realize their visions. The most interesting late comer to the funk swamp was Keith Jarrett, who Miles converted from a snobby purist into an electric animal. Without Tony, no Weather Report, no Return to Forever, so many others. Anyway, this is a great example of the children of Miles expressing themselves.
Butterfly effect.
JUST BEAUTIFUL.....Some close friends in this .....RIP
I want a gong like that. I'd play it in the backyard and annoy my neighbors.
THE CHUGGING of the groove with an Afro feel
I always loved the way Tony approached the hats with a bit of the trashy chick
This is extremely insane and awesome
Hey, Zev Feldman, find these tapes and make avant-garde psych rock fans happy worldwide. Amazing performance. Williams is such an underrated innovator of not only jazz, but modern rock.
love The Great Amazing Tony Williams unique style and Power🙏
Tony Williams was so gifted. I was shocked when I read he passed, he seemed immortal. Thanks for posting this.
to Jon Weiss, the Trio is much rawer and immediate and it moves me more deeply, but this Music is a great cross over of jazz, 20th century, and sheer Tony Williams Lifetime brilliance.
Don Alias, one of the better congueros of the era. Love his wotk.
mind blown... this footage....
Somebody needs to release this commercially!
Commercially? People are too ignorant in this country to buy music this extraordinary.
wowow my friend and great bass player Juni Booth on the bass!!!! plus all those Master
I miss you Juni!!! come back to Italy!
As a drummer, i had the joy of sharing a few gigs with the great late Juini Booth.
Now, the fact that he has been, in different moments, the bassist of choice of my 3 favorite drummers (Art Blakey, Elvin Jones and Tony Williams), just blew my mind.
doesn't get much better than Tony playing fusion live
"Fusion".. a "MARKETING" construct!! It's Called MUSIC, son...
Thanks for sharing this!
This is so great to hear. Most people dont know about this band which was the band on "Ego" only Ron Carter played bass on the album. Hearing this live version I really hear Tony's concept of this emsemble. It's the greatest percussion orchestra in the world. Warren Smith is fantastic. The whole ensemble is killer. I only wish you could hear Jooney Booth better. Great job putting this together.
I'm hearing Juini Booth fine and clear in my headphones.
Bull. The guy playing timpani hasn't got a clue.
@@stanislouse4168 That guy playing timpani has forgotten more about jazz than you'll ever know. Where can I buy your albums?
Truly awesome!
Ian Wallace's thoughts when he joined King Crimson- "great !! Now I'll get to play all my Tony Williams stuff..."
Fine tribute, indeed !! 😎
Wow this is so good. There are certain points in this where you can only shake your head
Everyone is soloing simultaneously!
As a kid I was lisning the Ego and wondering what in the world id happening there. His style of playing is so different than anything else, maybe lil bit reminding of De Johnette`s style though. But this vid helps to grasp it a bit. Thnx
WOW!! Tony and his crew are flying high! Larry Young looks and plays like Sun Ra ;) That's really an amazing vid, thanx for posting!!!
Damn.... Thanks for making this happen.
The conversation of all the band follow by conversation between Anthony and percussions
damn that perambulating hi-hat! still, Tony can sustain a more intense groove while adjusting his kit than many drummers with undistracted focus.
Brilliant video, by the way.
I'm coming in late with a comment compared to the others here, whatever. This was an unrepeatable combination of talent and creativity,. A real step forward for Tony's compositional development. I got the Ego album when it came out, I was 16 or so, I admit I didn't "get it" when compared to Emergency, but I sure "get it" now, all these years later. Great video to see how they played it live.
There's Tony and then there's everyone else.
One more time: There's Tony and then there's everyone else.
WOW AMAZING!!!
Digging this very much
thanx 4 posting this INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE !!!!!!!!!!!
still love it!!
Much thanks to all who have introduced quite a few impressive T W recordings in recent years. I heard Tony sat in for Elvin with John Coltrane once?! Secondly I heard there was a possible jam session with Jimi?! Please confirm the validity of these two possible collaborations.
Warren Smith- great stuff!
This was just what I needed to go on with my drummin' life. Thank you so much !!!
Авангардный джаз это всегда интересно, тем более с такими звёздами калид ясин, Тони Уильямс!!
So great to hear everyone from this time. Especially Ted.
It's my hope that one day someone will bless us with some footage of The first Tony Williams Lifetime with Larry Young,John Mclaughlin and The New Tony Williams Lifetime with Allan Holdsworth,Alan Pasqua,Tony Newton,and Marlon Graves.If you it got please share it...!!!
Curtis, I'm with you!!!!!! Would like to see footage of the "Turn It Over" lineup w/ Jack Bruce!!!! There has to be since they played at the Essen Pop & Blues Festival in 1970!
Hello Nutall , I do not Know where you are form , the tragedy is , that most
of the listeners are normal people , who have a pure fantasy , so that
they cannot feel or imagine what some people like us , maybe me feel .
I am a musician by myself and misfailed to meet somebody to
be shakkeld ( a word which I invented for the Rest ) by heartbaet !!
Eckart Bohm what language are you speaking?
that would be awesome!! always liked toney he could hand with ant drummer in the world!!! and LARRYB YOUNGS organ sounded like something from another planet!!!
Epic! Wonderful document.
Tony Williams-drum set & vocals; Khalid Yasin (Larry Young)-organ; Ted Dunbar-guitar; Juni Booth-bass; Warren Smith-tympani & percussion; Don Alias-conga drums & percussion; Thanks for posting this footage with enhanced audio.
Awesome!, Thank you
So good. Amazing performance. Eargasm....
Great audio quality! Amazing musicians!
Matt---as always , you are the Magic Man when it comes to Tony! Beautiful job of syncing all this up!
Que loucura!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations!!!! - I had a copy of this but the sound was really bad and it is the only live footage of Larry young i've been able to locate... BTW I saw the band live!
+Bob the Juke DID YOU SEE POP2 1971 COLOR FOOTAGE EXLELENT FOOTAGE BUT ONLY HALF HOUR THEY DO THERE WAS A TIME!
What a trip!
Came here for the drumps, stayed for the multifaceted percussion. I'm assuming Jimi would have been a member of some lineups, had he lived.
30:00 -note the smoke rising from Larry Young's organ, on the left side..probably a cigarette on an ashtray or a stick of incense - another time...
i noticed it early on too i was actually debating if it was smoke or warped video lol
Thank you for uploading this!!!! I have no words to describe how I liked it.
Love all the extra percussion!
This a wonderful recording...well done! Thanks.
Thanks. What a great band. I never got to see them so this is was close In likely to ever get
Greatest drummer of all time
What an outstanding cast of percussionists! And the B3 player wow! Thanks for posting this very important set.
Thanks man, nice job for an incredible band!!!
Awesome sound track
You did an absolutely wonderful job with this. Thanks so much for posting!
HUUUUUGEEEE THANKS MY MAAAANNNNN YEEEIIAAAAA LONG LIVE TONY FFFin WILLIAMS best drummer EVER
Yes!❤
Yes, sir! In live performance was the best. Si señor! En directo, actuando, era el mejor.
One of the cameras should have grabbed more of Larry Young's playing!
Great gig though!
now THAT, is a friggin' Gong yo
REALLY MAGIC MUSIC !!!
Fantastic !!! Good job !!
Fantastic jazz. and check out Larry Young's sheikh outfit.
Lawrence of Newark
Just wonderful
Great sound. Thanks! For posting
This is brilliant. I'm listening again.
Man thanks for this amazing audio to go with the footage. I put this on CD yesterday and played it with headphones last night. It is damn perfect. You kept the integrity in the mix The stereo of the instruments is just superb. Well done and big THANKS again! ))
...Tony Williams Lives...4~Ever...
Thank you for this excellent video!
(f**** walking hi hat)
Wow!!! Just incredible! A dream comes true! Live performance of original Tony Williams Lifetime line-up! And at Montreux WTF! Awesome!!! :)))) Thanks for the upload and share! :)
this is life time 2..the only original members here being tony and larry.. tony,mclaughlin,larry and later jack bruce were the original band...
@@pgonzo98Yeah sorry my mistake. But these recordings are extremely rare. Thanks for the share.
@@pgonzo98 Also do you know if some live soundboard tapes are available from the New Lifetime line-up adding Holdsworth??? Many thanks.
@@gaelsebastiani2198 u guys forgot to mention Joe Chambers playing with the Trio early on.Saw them at The Both/And in SF BEFORE THIS GROUP..
Wow Cant believed what I stumbled into. My head is still rolling. Tony who???
I didn't know who to ask. Doesn't matter now, I found it. Tony Williams had some friends that knew how to play. Nice upload hughenmatt.
Pure Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
enjoyed it very much
Thanks for doing this.
Second birth of Jazz-Rock after Bitches Brew and Anthony Williams was in both
Holy gong!
I was born to late, shit!!!!
" Artists In Residence " !!!!