Something I just realized after listening to this countless times. At 21:01, where he is supposed to sing "but you'll never see me cry to all the hurt and lies", he instead starts crying, pushes the microphone away and starts soloing for the duration of that phrase. Then comes back to sing "and when I ask you why, you give that same reply". Actually, watching again, it feels like he starts breaking down a bit before, at 20:33.
Richard Tee had an immediately recognizable keyboard sound, which is far more difficult to make than on guitar. I think it was Tee who primarily contributed the sound characteristic of Stuff and The Gadd Gang though the other members of the bands were irreplaceably unique. The duo-play of Tee and Gadd here is simply sublime.
I especially like Quincy Jones' comment that Richard could play just as funky IN ANY KEY. As a piano player myself, I can confidently say, that is a "bitchin'" accomplishment in itself. One more time, in C#..... sure, no problem...... jeeesh !
Tom Scott on Strokin' has to be one of the best combinations of solos ever!.....he pounds this piece....Richard moves it up to and between Toms's cuts.....Powerful!....
1:28 Nippon Lights 6:52 Bottom Line 12:05 Virginia Sunday 18:45 Changes 24:10 Rhapsody In Blue 28:55 Strokin’ 35:24 Thinking Of You 40:41 Inside You 45:42 Lullaby 51:20 It’s Time (1:00:30 Steve Gadd solo) 1:10:05 Precious Thing 1:17:16 A Train
This is when musicians were the best!!!! I was a Miami pro drummer in the 80’s and Gadd was God on drums. The Miami sound was created and inspired by these studio guys from NYC and LA.
I can't really describe how good this music makes me feel. It certainly touches my soul. This band is a truly ultimate line up of six masters and they obviously enjoyed this date very much. How do you play funk? - like this, but the jazz,latin,african,r&b, blues, soul and classical influences are all in there. This music has great depth, is very sophisticated yet, earthy, totally natural, unpretentious and honest.They are not afraid to include so much gutsy emotional expression! It is significant that Richard refers to Steve as as 'my little brother'.
Use to see the whole group "Stuff" at the club, Mikell's at Columbus and 97th Street. Was my favorite watering whole when I lived in Park West Village. Richard Tee, Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale,Ralph MacDonald (as a group, they called themselves "Stuff") would be there many many times doing jam sessions! Luminaries such as author James Baldwin would be a frequent patron as well! Loved those days in NYC in the 70s! Those guys gone now! They left us a wonderful legacy of the music called Jazz!
Ever get an overwhelming joy that makes it feel like your heart is about to burst? Then there's that unrelenting undercurrent of sadness in missing Richard Tee. This brings back so many memories.
Insane how locked-in everyone is. These are masters and it shows, its communicated in the joy and respect they have for each other and how much fun they are having playing! I would have lost my mind had I been there to hear this live! Can't even imagine!
The musicians (especially Richard Tee on keyboards and Steve Gadd on drums) came from a crack collective of professional musicians that played on dozens of recordings in New York and Los Angeles in the seventies. And they were all great at it!
These guys were the best of the best! All amazing musicians. It looks like they had so much fun playing together. You can tell how cool they were......
1. "Virginia Sunday"; 2. "Changes" by Walter Donaldson; 3. "Rhapsody in blue" by George Gershwin; 4. "Strokin'"; 5. "Thinking of you" by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; 6. "Inside you"; 7. "Lullaby"; 8. "It's time"; 9. "Precious thing"; 10. "Take the 'A' train" by Billy Strayhorn. Tom Scott, reeds; Richard Tee, piano, vocal; John Tropea, guitar; Will Lee, acoustic double bass; Steve Gadd, drums; Ralph McDonald, percussion. 6th October 1990 LIVE FROM THE BOTTOM LINE IN NEW YORK.
The man, a legend for making so many records unbelievably elevated. Though, one has to marvel at the sidemen - For crying out loud, Tom Scott, Will Lee, Steve Gadd, etc.! Granted, Sir Richard accorded his contemporary, Paul Griffin “he a GEnius!” Upper crust of keyboard progenitors, those two
These musicians were fabulous together! Richard Tee was a spectacular pianist. Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Take The A-Train" were excellent duets with Tee and Gadd! Tom Scott in Strokin', Will Lee, Ralph McDonald, Steve Gadd, John Tropea, Scott, and Tee in "It's Time" and "Precious Thing" were all great!
It took less than 24 hours from the first time I watched this video yesterday before it became my favourite live performance on CZcams. Wish I could see Richard Tee playing with Gadd today, but I'll take this!!
I love to watch Tom Scott diggin' the music at 31:54 just before he starts to play. His face expresses just how I feel listening to a Richard Tee solo.
7th Ave South, Village Gate, Bottom Line ..etc all gone but the music goes on forever..these places and musicians who played were up close and personal….thanks for posting this..OMG Tee's Rhapsody in Blue…what holy celebration go to church with this one…amen..that's what it was like to see live music in a club==( i thought $15.00 was alot back then who knew $100.00+ crappy seats and scalping..today ha haha)
I was lucky I worked two Richard Tee Lp’s when he sign ed with CBS Columbia. Remember Stuff was the House Band on SNL. Someone at the helm was hip as these guys were the absolute best for the Genre of Music they played. We also had Eric Gale ( Guitar) not in this Vid but a complete original. Remember this had to be about 73-77. Richard Tee couldn’t sing but he was a great Keyboardist.
I haven't felt this good listening to music in years. Check it out at the 32:00 minute mark. That groove is so intense and deep, no one plays like that these days. Thanks for sharing this. Stunned by this performance...WOW!
Will Lee is amazing. He's like Marcus...can read his ass off, and improvise at the same time :-) He always plays like "this take is for the artist's album"...and there's only time for 1 of them! Lol
So tired of people judging vocalist based on their pre conceived ideas of how a vocalist should sound. What about Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Richie Havens,Mose Allison,Tom Waites and more? How much greatness would,we have missed if we only heard them through our pre conceived ideas for what is "good" singing.
Terrific rapport the band have together and Tee has with the audience. It was terrific experiencing Tee & Gadd on "something from Gershwin" the warmup to Strokin'
Too true, I used to live "upstate" a ways, but drove to the city a lot especially for the likes of Bill Evans, an of course Monday nights with the Thad/Mel band. Whoooaaah.
Wow, Richard Tee and Steve Gadd were on Tom Scott's Apple Juice album in 1981. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. I realised after hearing this how fundamental Richard Tee was to the group's sound.
Thanks . . . absolutely awesome. I first saw Stuff at a festival in S France (it was a 1-off festival on a racetrack) in 1976. Besides the Stufff set, they also backed Joe Cocker, that was pretty awesome too. A great loss. Thanks
Richard Tee's keyboards are like caviar . . . enjoyed and appreciated by the few who know who he is. Actually, we hear him in a lot of places; and just don't know it's him. Try some Paul Simon recordings . . . .
@@btRU_funQsta Which Steely Dan numbers did he play on? I've heard of some distant influences Tee had on a few of their tracks but I've never found any credit of him playing on them?
Gadd knows exactly how to play the ride cymbal as an accent. Most drummers bang on it and drown out one whole frequency range...And they won't listen if you point it out.
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Something I just realized after listening to this countless times. At 21:01, where he is supposed to sing "but you'll never see me cry to all the hurt and lies", he instead starts crying, pushes the microphone away and starts soloing for the duration of that phrase. Then comes back to sing "and when I ask you why, you give that same reply".
Actually, watching again, it feels like he starts breaking down a bit before, at 20:33.
Richard Tee had an immediately recognizable keyboard sound, which is far more difficult to make than on guitar. I think it was Tee who primarily contributed the sound characteristic of Stuff and The Gadd Gang though the other members of the bands were irreplaceably unique. The duo-play of Tee and Gadd here is simply sublime.
Jim Blues
I can definitely tell when Tee was the session player on a record. And he’s on a lot.
I especially like Quincy Jones' comment that Richard could play just as funky IN ANY KEY. As a piano player myself, I can confidently say, that is a "bitchin'" accomplishment in itself. One more time, in C#..... sure, no problem...... jeeesh !
Tom Scott on Strokin' has to be one of the best combinations of solos ever!.....he pounds this piece....Richard moves it up to and between Toms's cuts.....Powerful!....
Agreed, legendary solo.
Will Lee's hair is something to behold. It's literally the same cut my mom had in 1990.
Can your mom play like Will though that's the question? Lol
@@ninjavigilante5311Only Will can play like Will.
My mother had a black top with dots like Steve Gadd. 😅
That feeling when the algorithm delivers something you never knew you needed.
1:28 Nippon Lights
6:52 Bottom Line
12:05 Virginia Sunday
18:45 Changes
24:10 Rhapsody In Blue
28:55 Strokin’
35:24 Thinking Of You
40:41 Inside You
45:42 Lullaby
51:20 It’s Time
(1:00:30 Steve Gadd solo)
1:10:05 Precious Thing
1:17:16 A Train
I vote this for pinned comment!
Thank you for documenting the songs !! A historical moment at the Bottomline in NYC 1990.
Nippon lights 🎸
may the good Lord bless you
On the long run, there is nothing better than pure handmade music of real musicians.
Yes yes yes, real music! I wish the world could get back to this era
it's tee time my dudes
Cheers
vulfpeck sucks
This is when musicians were the best!!!! I was a Miami pro drummer in the 80’s and Gadd was God on drums. The Miami sound was created and inspired by these studio guys from NYC and LA.
I can't really describe how good this music makes me feel. It certainly touches my soul. This band is a truly ultimate line up of six masters and they obviously enjoyed this date very much. How do you play funk? - like this, but the jazz,latin,african,r&b, blues, soul and classical influences are all in there. This music has great depth, is very sophisticated yet, earthy, totally natural, unpretentious and honest.They are not afraid to include so much gutsy emotional expression! It is significant that Richard refers to Steve as as 'my little brother'.
Couldn’t have said it better👌
Yes it is super jazz
Use to see the whole group "Stuff" at the club, Mikell's at Columbus and 97th Street. Was my favorite watering whole when I lived in Park West Village. Richard Tee, Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale,Ralph MacDonald (as a group, they called themselves "Stuff") would be there many many times doing jam sessions! Luminaries such as author James Baldwin would be a frequent patron as well!
Loved those days in NYC in the 70s! Those guys gone now! They left us a wonderful legacy of the music called Jazz!
Ahh u forgot to mention who made stuff the band.. Gordon Edwards.
Mr Gordon Edwards.. he was awesome
Richard Tee's faces are priceless hahaha
Ever get an overwhelming joy that makes it feel like your heart is about to burst? Then there's that unrelenting undercurrent of sadness in missing Richard Tee. This brings back so many memories.
Absolutely thrilled to find this here, he was one of the greatest ever and is FAR too little known to the general public
Tee’s -Take the Train intro is genius. I’m sure Ellington would be ecstatically proud of T’s interpretation. Masterful !!!!!
You can hear the friendship....
That's the secret of good music btw!!
Insane how locked-in everyone is. These are masters and it shows, its communicated in the joy and respect they have for each other and how much fun they are having playing! I would have lost my mind had I been there to hear this live! Can't even imagine!
flawless foundation with steve gadd and will lee. they are perfect together.
Tom Scott, Mr Soul. Stunning.
Some of the most amazing musicians to ever play a tune and lock down a groove....ever.
The musicians (especially Richard Tee on keyboards and Steve Gadd on drums) came from a crack collective of professional musicians that played on dozens of recordings in New York and Los Angeles in the seventies. And they were all great at it!
These guys were the best of the best! All amazing musicians. It looks like they had so much fun playing together. You can tell how cool they were......
1. "Virginia Sunday"; 2. "Changes" by Walter Donaldson; 3. "Rhapsody in blue" by George Gershwin; 4. "Strokin'"; 5. "Thinking of you" by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; 6. "Inside you"; 7. "Lullaby"; 8. "It's time"; 9. "Precious thing"; 10. "Take the 'A' train" by Billy Strayhorn. Tom Scott, reeds; Richard Tee, piano, vocal; John Tropea, guitar; Will Lee, acoustic double bass; Steve Gadd, drums; Ralph McDonald, percussion. 6th October 1990 LIVE FROM THE BOTTOM LINE IN NEW YORK.
Is it possible to have more soul than Richard Tee? HELL NAW!!!
i love his sounds. R.I.P.
The man, a legend for making so many records unbelievably elevated. Though, one has to marvel at the sidemen - For crying out loud, Tom Scott, Will Lee, Steve Gadd, etc.! Granted, Sir Richard accorded his contemporary, Paul Griffin “he a GEnius!” Upper crust of keyboard progenitors, those two
Can't read or hear the name Paul Griffin without smiling. A superb player and wonderful human being. I miss that cat every day.
Griffin did not have it easy towards the end.
truly awesome...man, I miss Richard.
me too 😔
As good as this style of music gets. A+
2023 and still amazing!
These musicians were fabulous together! Richard Tee was a spectacular pianist. Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Take The A-Train" were excellent duets with Tee and Gadd! Tom Scott in Strokin', Will Lee, Ralph McDonald, Steve Gadd, John Tropea, Scott, and Tee in "It's Time" and "Precious Thing" were all great!
Terrific musicians --- love the " lullaby " at 46 mins. --- so much feeling --- and Steve G. --- the best drummer ever !
None other comes close. I miss it so. Learning from the late Richard Tee is a rich unending experience.
I have been listening to these great musicians since 1982.. 😁Gang is together again..only Eric or Cornell is missing. Greetings from Finland. 😊🖐
Best music, best artists, everything is FABULOUS!!
RT, Tom Scott, Will Lee, Ralph McDonald, John Tropea, and Steve Gadd??!!!??? WOW.
It took less than 24 hours from the first time I watched this video yesterday before it became my favourite live performance on CZcams. Wish I could see Richard Tee playing with Gadd today, but I'll take this!!
gadd deliciousness...all of them, but Gadd's my man!
Gadd's left hand alone is funkier than a lotta cats using two! Incredible.....
I love to watch Tom Scott diggin' the music at 31:54 just before he starts to play. His face expresses just how I feel listening to a Richard Tee solo.
7th Ave South, Village Gate, Bottom Line ..etc all gone but the music goes on forever..these places and musicians who played were up close and personal….thanks for posting this..OMG Tee's Rhapsody in Blue…what holy celebration go to church with this one…amen..that's what it was like to see live music in a club==( i thought $15.00 was alot back then who knew $100.00+ crappy seats and scalping..today ha haha)
I was lucky I worked two Richard Tee Lp’s when he sign ed with CBS Columbia. Remember Stuff was the House Band on SNL. Someone at the helm was hip as these guys were the absolute best for the Genre of
Music they played. We also had Eric Gale ( Guitar) not in this Vid but a complete original. Remember this had to be about 73-77. Richard Tee couldn’t sing but he was a great Keyboardist.
I think that was Bones Malone at SNL
Rumor was that the Rhodes Suitcase Piano that Richard used was at a rental house in NYC and reserved for him and only him.
Will Lee just adds so MUCH! ;-)
His solo at 53 mark is so tasty
Richard Tee's voice paved the way for Biz Markie
RIP
Have not heard from Tom Scott in a while Excellent - These are some of the architects of sooth jazz
like the typo, cuz smooth jazz soothes
I haven't felt this good listening to music in years. Check it out at the 32:00 minute mark. That groove is so intense and deep, no one plays like that these days. Thanks for sharing this. Stunned by this performance...WOW!
Legendary groove by Steve Gadd ... he is still active and he still has it. 👍🙏
Tropea is a longtime favorite around these parts.l
Richard Tee was an entire orchestra on the Rhodes, his sound the essence of electric piano. A giant.
What a groove on "Strokin" and what a high class of Musicians !!
Richard Tee was one of the best piano player in his style !!
Props to Tom Scott for playing tenor w/ that hard plastic mouthpiece when it was de rigueur to play w/ metal.
How hurt he was during changes,I felt that
I got here because of the vulfpeck CZcams rabbit hole, i've discovered so much amazing musicians!!
Will Lee is amazing. He's like Marcus...can read his ass off, and improvise at the same time :-) He always plays like "this take is for the artist's album"...and there's only time for 1 of them! Lol
So tired of people judging vocalist based on their pre conceived ideas of how a vocalist should sound. What about Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Richie Havens,Mose Allison,Tom Waites and more? How much greatness would,we have missed if we only heard them through our pre conceived ideas for what is "good" singing.
Dream session!!!
Terrific rapport the band have together and Tee has with the audience. It was terrific experiencing Tee & Gadd on "something from Gershwin" the warmup to Strokin'
Stellar cast of characters!
That’s so dope they’re vibin like that while reading
Would have so loved to have seen Richard Tee live but that ain't gonna happen so this is the next best thing. Thanks for posting it.
Thank you for posting this. Richard Tee is my freaking hero. (I do a cover of Take Me Out The Ballgame in his style on my channel FYI).
Too true, I used to live "upstate" a ways, but drove to the city a lot especially for the likes of Bill Evans, an of course Monday nights with the Thad/Mel band. Whoooaaah.
Richard Tee was the finest! Thank you very much.
Wow, Richard Tee and Steve Gadd were on Tom Scott's Apple Juice album in 1981. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. I realised after hearing this how fundamental Richard Tee was to the group's sound.
I just realised this recording is at the same place as Apple Juice was recorded. The Bttom Line!
Thanks . . . absolutely awesome. I first saw Stuff at a festival in S France (it was a 1-off festival on a racetrack) in 1976. Besides the Stufff set, they also backed Joe Cocker, that was pretty awesome too. A great loss. Thanks
Wow! This is amazing.
What a line up - just stupid good.
ohh this! Sort of music i have not heard in a loooong time. Great stuff!
Utroligt talent. Spiller blændende.
Thank you for posting this !!!
oldie but great
Thanx heaps, phenomenal
Fantastic. Thank you. 🇺🇸
Thank you so much!!!
Great concert! Thank you
Fantastic
A true gem!
♥♥♥♥♥ Fender Rhodes "phaser sound" play Tee
Definitely the reason a Maestro sat atop my Suitcase 73 for most of the ‘70s
Richard Tee's keyboards are like caviar . . . enjoyed and appreciated by the few who know who he is. Actually, we hear him in a lot of places; and just don't know it's him. Try some Paul Simon recordings . . . .
or Peter Gabriel, or Steely Dan, or Aretha, Lena Horne, and on and on… Master of the game
@@btRU_funQsta Which Steely Dan numbers did he play on? I've heard of some distant influences Tee had on a few of their tracks but I've never found any credit of him playing on them?
oh yes pure magic man
Gadd knows exactly how to play the ride cymbal as an accent. Most drummers bang on it and drown out one whole frequency range...And they won't listen if you point it out.
YESSSSSS
Oddly specific... ;)
Thank you Axberry!
tk u Axberry for providing this video
Richard....introducing “ My little brother STEVE GADD “.
Jusst killer! Thanks so much.
THANK YOU.... ! What a concert!
WOW!!!... THANKS YOU!!!
lucky audience
bravo!!
YES SIR
I mis tee so
wow...I dindt know.....all this time
32:17 hey is that a fascinating rhythm quote. shoutouts to gershwin
"A Train" wow. Wow!!!!!!!!
Amen, @blacjazzz. I lose my mind listening to them here. What flabbergasts me is why each of these masters is not FAMOUS. Especially RT.
Dare I say I didn’t know John Tropea? Man, great guitar work, brilliant actually. I love strats and even the JC120 can be made sound great!
oh THAT bass!!!!!
24:00 Yes, yes, yes!!!!! It just got bluer!
Tee, Gadd duet!
I don't know what too say wow
yep