AFRO BLUE
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- čas přidán 19. 02. 2017
- Live at The York, Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA 01/29/17
Scott Gilman - Saxophone
Gary Fukushima - Keyboard
Trevor Ware - Bass
Abe Lagrimas - Drums
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Afro Blue
Composed by Mongo Santamaría
Handheld camera - Alex Chu
Edited - Scott Gilman
"Afro Blue" is a jazz standard composed by Mongo Santamaría, perhaps best known in its arrangement by John Coltrane.
Mongo Santamaria first recorded his composition "Afro Blue" in 1959, when playing with Cal Tjader's band, Cal Tjader Sextet - Concert by the Sea, Part 1 (Fantasy). The first recorded performance of the piece, recorded live on April 20, 1959, at the Sunset Auditorium in Carmel, California, with composer Mongo Santamaría on percussion.
In 1960, lyrics were added by prolific songwriter Oscar Brown.
"Afro Blue" was the first jazz standard built upon a typical African 3:2 cross-rhythm, or hemiola. The song begins with the bass repeatedly playing 6 cross-beats per each measure of 12/8, or 6 cross-beats per 4 main beats-6:4 (two cells of 3:2). The following example shows the original ostinato "Afro Blue" bass line. The slashed note heads indicate the main beats (not bass notes), where you would normally tap your foot to "keep time." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro_Blue
While the bass sounds the six secondary beats, Paul Horn's flute solo and Emil Richards' marimba solo emphasize the four primary beats. Francisco Aguabella takes the conga drum solo on the first recording, quoting phrases from the vocabulary of the abakuá bonkó drum.
Using brushes, Willie Bobo plays an abakuá bell pattern on a snare drum. This cross-rhythmic figure divides the twelve-pulse cycle into three sets of four pulses. Since the main beats are grouped as four sets of three pulses (dotted quarter-notes in the top example), the bell pattern significantly contradicts the meter. Bobo played this same pattern and instrumentation on the Herbie Hancock jazz-descarga "Succotash.
The harmonic structure of Santamaria's version is a simple Bb pentatonic blues.
In 1963 John Coltrane recorded "Afro Blue" with Elvin Jones on drums.[3] Jones took the opposite approach of Santamaría, superimposing two cross-beats over every measure of a 3/4 jazz waltz (2:3). This particular swung 3/4 is perhaps the most common example of overt cross-rhythm in jazz.[4][5] Coltrane and Jones reversed the metric hierarchy of Santamaria's composition, by performing in 3/4 swing (2:3), instead of 6/8 or 12/8 (3:2). See: Demonstration of 2:3 cross-rhythm in 3/4 jazz waltz.
Coltrane's version of "My Favorite Things", also uses a 3/4 jazz waltz rhythm.
Coltrane added several chords, making his version more harmonically sophisticated than Santamaria's original version. - Hudba
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Maaaaaaaan BEFORE his solo i thaugh the drummer was the true star of the show, but dam after it...Boy did he blow the roof! Emotion creation and intensity ... Brilliant!
Atomic clocks keep time using this drummer guy's rhythm. What practice !
Great line! Love it! Saw him jamming to guys heating large hanging steel plates with blow torches - not sure how it worked exactly but the plates (5foot high x 2/3 foot wide) made a vast array of creaks and cracking noises some, under a wide diffuse flame had deep pitches and some, when under narrow focused flames made higher pitched rapid flurries. So, in combination, this meant he had a complex variety of beatless beats to jam off. Idk really how to describe it but he pulled it all together and got several standing ovations throughout the performance. Utterly outrageous drumming.
Very nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
Wouldn't it be great if there were still bars where you could go every night to listen this? Imagine, being able to sit with a pint whilst this was going down? Now THAT would be a local to spend a LOT of time in. If such a bar existed, you could bet your bottom dollar that the barman would know what my "usual" was!
Amazing Musicianship, feel, etc......
Thanks for listening Luis!
Extreme amounts of amazing Groove..
Paradise to my ears!
Love it! Sounds great and the whole scene with the traffic in the background is perfect.
WOW - the drummer is really good!
Amazing sophistication...and simplicity melded as one
Thank you for listening and commenting Alcorn!
This is how it's done!, Lovely to see the young cats keeping old school jazz alive, and doing it so well 👈😎👍🇺🇲, these guys are top notch A list pro's, that sax solo was killer! 🎷😼😸😺😼, & the drummer is extra excellent 🎶🥁🎶
Keepin real jazz alive here .The drum solo is off the hook and on some real Elvin Jones ish.The band sounds tight too.
Thank you!
'A classic: from Australia to Norway and Zimbabwe
passing through Cuba after Australia and before Norway. Evidently.'
wonderful!!!!
Thank you Alexander!
What a drum solo! He didn't change the rhythm even once!
Excellent!! Fantastic rendition.
This is the absolute best version of this song I have ever heard. Just masterful!
Wow, thanks so much Mark!
minus the original of course
John Colltranes version is best
This drum Solo is extraordinary ❤
Has a "Riders on the Storm" type vibe to it. Great take on a classic jazz tune.
Two thumbs up...glad I stopped in. Wish I could see you live. Played it through several times to listen to everybody.
Thanks Mark!
This is sooo good! The musicianship on display here is very impressive. Thanks for sharing.
Our pleasure!
I think this was one the finest complete performances I’ve heard in a long time 💕❤️🙏
Thanks Michael!
❤️ I'm having an soulgasm!
EXCELLENT
Thanks for listening Wayne!
Best version ever. 👌
Thanks for listening!
I'm so glad I've found this on youtube. Thank you
Very, very nice guys! I really enjoyed listening!!!
Thanks so much!
Outstanding. Piano and drums solos are absolutely superb.
Piano guy real nice solo and tasty comping. Great playing all around, thanks
Thanks for listening!
Muy buena versionnn!!! Tienen mucho groove y estilo.
Saludos desde Argentina.
Absolutely the best !!!
Thank you Giorgio!
Very nice.
Thank you! Cheers!
As a martial arts practitioner and former instructor, I've done and taught"Sanchin Breathing" since 1971 and it's Supposed to be what Wind Instrument players like Mr. Gilman would've done, yet I'm not sure, if I could do, Circular-Breathing 1/2 as Good as he does!! I still try to do it as my wife laughs at me 😀🥺
Awesome sounds
That was really great, fellas. Good playing.
great quartett and a beautiful, powerful rendition. like it!
Realy nice version... Love the drum solo !
Y'all tuff, keep it up
Lovely Drumming Bro!
This is amazing
Amazing drummer:::great sound, great time keeping , sensitive touch..
Wow..just wow
Good tempo at all. Acerted piano mood. The bass and cymbals are accurate. Elegant drums. Saxophone precise. Above all the tempo make the piece. I enjoyed a lot.
Thanks for listening!
Bellissima versione dell'originale dei Mongo Santamaria. Gran bel gruppo, molto ben affiatato! Bravi! :-)
Grazie mille!
Congrats guys!
Wow!!!
Bold, brassy and bad in a most delicious way. 100%, way yes!
Thanks John!
So goood the drummer is fantastic
Hi Scott, mal wieder sehr, sehr geil. Tolles Quartett. gz ... Gary bietet tolle Sounds an, toll.
Fabulous rendition , very tasteful & exciting, thankyou 😊
Thanks for listening Kevin!
8:37 amazing drum solo!
Jihwan Lee Agreed!😁🥁
Wow !!!!!!!!!!!
Nice!!!
cool!
I really enjoyed this! Great set guys!
Thank you Jonathon!
yeah man - way to hit it;-)
C'est magnifique !
Merci!
Cool. I performed with Gary at UT Dallas a long time ago. You guys sound great.
Gary is great, love his playing!
beleza!
very very nice
Fantástica versão desse clássico de Mongo Santamaria.
Muito obrigado!
Está bien!
Estimados amigos del cuarteto. Deseo felicitarlos por la magnífica versión de este icónico tema, Afro Blue. Muy bien interpretado por todos los músicos. Se notó mucho control, pero con bastante libertad en la ejecución de cada solo instrumental.
Rogelio Reyter V.
Panamá.
¡Muchas gracias!
Superbe l’esprit est là
Merci beaucoup Ali!
👍🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
S U P E R B
breeeh!
Massive ! !! 🔥🔥🔥 Could you please tell me what mouthpiece Scott plays here?
Hi Patrick, thanks for your comment! It's a Sugal but I'm not sure what the model is. I was able to visit Gary's facility and pick out one in progress in the mid 1990s. It could be an early Jerry Bergonzi model from back when Jerry was developing some pieces with Gary Sugal
fuck yess that drummer feelin it
There's much more of the Blues evident in this rendering than Coltrane's take.
Thank you for listening and commenting Beefheart1!
boss little band
4:44
Where are you guys based out of also do you have a web page for shows etc..,
Hi Allan, thanks for your interest! We're not doing any shows at the moment but we have recorded an album that will be out early next year. I'm working on a page for the group but in the meantime you can follow me on IG @scottgilmansax Thanks!
ca joue
Does anyone , anywhere in the world think Keyboards are cool😂 great version/agree Drummer kills it!...
8:38
OK, YOU GOT THIS. BUT THE DRUMMER IS OFF THE PERVERBIAL MAP, GET DOWN BOYKY.
JUST DON'T FORGET THAT THE DRAGONFLY SAID SO. I OWN THE EAST COAST AND DONT YOU FORGET IT.