Escalator Over The Hill rehearsals, 12/70

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Bathed In Lightning: John McLaughlin, the 60s and the Emerald Beyond

10 жыл бұрын

Less than two years previously, in December 1970, just as the Tony Williams Lifetime were grinding to a halt, two of its members -- John McLaughlin and Jack Bruce -- took part in sessions for Carla Bley's self-funded triple album Escalator Over The Hill. Documentary-maker Steve Gebhardt filmed some of the album's long gestation and this glimpse, of John and Jack rehearsing with Carla and drummer Paul Motian, was included in his eventual documentary, also titled Escalator Over The Hill (released to limited screenings in 1999 but unavailable commercially).

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@prestwickpioneer3474 9 ай бұрын

RIP Carla - this is amazing footage.

@crumpetsack3909 3 жыл бұрын

This album is one of the greatest musical achievements

@everettamador9870 9 ай бұрын

Rest in Peace...A lady ahead of her time

@guluezekiel6990 5 жыл бұрын

My brother in law's sister Peggy Imig, who passed away last month played tenor sax and clarinet on this album

@Mariointeligenciaartificial 9 ай бұрын

Blessings

@lagosstammvaterderptolemae9478 5 жыл бұрын

What a talented and beautiful lady and a top soprano!

@erichglavitza7533 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely ... the greatest of the all

@AFaceintheCrowd01 4 жыл бұрын

After decades of willfully ignoring Bley and this album, I think I’ll listen to it in full. Alert the media.

@alexfilosa3668 9 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see the whole film!

@HidenoriIshibe 9 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. J Bruce

@timothylee6859 9 жыл бұрын

John McLaughlin is human after all ! There is hope, i guess i can go back to trying to play the guitar(after 45 years). Thanks for the vid.

@walterkolosky1 5 жыл бұрын

Well, to be fair, he is playing the notes she wants him to play as bad as it sounds ;-)

@rrr1063 2 жыл бұрын

@@walterkolosky1 I couldn't have put it better Walter. Cheers.

@uberbeast113 Жыл бұрын

Do you really think John McLaughlin is struggling to find the right key? He's found it, he really has. And now he's bringing it home all the way from a different star system, you see? It's music, Tim. But not as we know it.

@jefftateii9403 7 жыл бұрын

Bruce is leading the musicians during the first piece.

@WilliamBrownNYC 5 жыл бұрын

Sure seems to know his part ! With musicality, grace & freedom :)

@udomatthiasdrums5322 4 ай бұрын

love it!!

@riffdigger2133 5 жыл бұрын

16mm film and sync sound was expensive to shoot and edit. I have the album and love the photo book, ah - but to have Jack and Linda Ronstadt do their vocals on Video? LR might have sent her vocal by courier back to the UK, but this album should have been bathed in 16mm film or a 1970 Sony AVC-3200 light studio camera with 4” viewfinder could have been used to Video the entire 1970-71 project. And stored in a vault. We’re lucky to have a few clips- such as this one.

@RonSouthan 7 жыл бұрын

Greatest album ever.

@djbell27 3 жыл бұрын

Ammmm No.

@dicacious9763 2 жыл бұрын

@@djbell27 Ammmm Yes.

@MiguelRojas-hh1wx 4 ай бұрын

Unique:🤩😍❤🙌👌👏🕊🕊😎

@knoxrembrandt 6 жыл бұрын

Musik, welche ich von Herzen liebe.

@monsterjazzlicks 4 жыл бұрын

Please upload entire video!

@croiners4166 4 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@TheVeryBlondeOne 5 жыл бұрын

I believe McLaughlin on acoustic is playing "Detective Writer's Daughter"

@GayleMI Ай бұрын

I recall that tune being very electric. Acoustic on Little Pony Soldier.

@licmusicacademy 10 жыл бұрын

is there more of that legendary footage?

@BrunoBorgna 9 жыл бұрын

is this perhaps from the film? please upload more.

@pascal.r8840 3 жыл бұрын

Quelle curieuse partition pour la guitare.

@antiguoautomata 9 жыл бұрын

Any chance to get the whole documentary ?

@not_emerald 3 жыл бұрын

Did you find it in the last 6 years? Lol

@rrr1063 2 жыл бұрын

I have it on VHS. I bought it from Steve Gebhardt. A group of us John McLaughlin and Jack Bruce enthusiasts help finance it.

@msunflowers 2 ай бұрын

@@rrr1063 Has it been recorded and preserved anywhere online?

@crieverytim 5 жыл бұрын

what the hell is mclaughlin playing

@jurgenwillhauk8170 Жыл бұрын

totally shit

@Mooseman327 9 ай бұрын

What Bley wants him to play.

@bertpraxenthaler5543 5 ай бұрын

Yes, help! - But on EOTH, Rawalpindi Blues 0:52 J McL did find the right path ;-)

@HarryLimePresents 7 жыл бұрын

Hello, Thanks for these lovely excerpts from the film. I was sorry to hear that the director Dteve Gebhardt had passed. Do you know how can I obtain (purchase) a copy of this film? Thank you.

@pologallan7809 2 жыл бұрын

Play, don’t worry! (too much)

@rayro999 4 жыл бұрын

Bought the original album release, along with a tiny few other 'multiple public members' or whatever they called us. purely because Jack Bruce was on the album. Played twice, thought, what a load of self indulgent **** …. , album still in pristine condition, gave to my brother last year Still of the same opinion - it's again!

@moc1609 10 жыл бұрын

How long was (is) that documentary?

@kofferfischii Жыл бұрын

1:23:18

@lucylowell4530 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder what drug John McLaughlin was on when he was playing that electric?

@WilliamBrownNYC 5 жыл бұрын

I think those notes were probably written by Carla. They didn't seem to work very well. I'll have to listen to the LP. Don't remember this section.

@maxinemckenzie6076 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, wisely that was altered (in state?) One of my favourite L.P's ever, a surrealistic Liberetto, a sprawling Musical Masterwork, fantastic Musicians on it.

@martinmoffitt4702 Жыл бұрын

John is a Tea Totaller

@Seventysongs 5 жыл бұрын

J M, need a tuner

@wohltemper 10 жыл бұрын

Is that a Gibson Melody Maker with an added neck humbucker?

@wohltemper 7 жыл бұрын

I have two photos of JM with what is definitely a Melody Maker - one he is with Tony Williams (the guitar has the narrow head stock, single bridge P90 of an MM, not a junior), and the other is a MM with an added humbucker. But as you say this looks like a Junior.

@wohltemper 7 жыл бұрын

LOL that's Gibson quality for you! Pity you can't post pics on YT, but if you google "gibson melody maker john mclaughlin" the first photo that comes up is a B&W photo of JM in a white shirt and trousers holding a Melody Maker with P90 and the distinctive scratch plate.

@wohltemper 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah I had a MM 2010 reissue, cheap as chips and fun to play but sold it a few years ago as the neck was heavier than the body! Thanks for the info but you really don't need to lecture me about guitars ;-)

@andyshuttleworth8341 6 жыл бұрын

Yes. He played that guitar when I saw him in London with Lifetime. Amazing.

@jakejacob2010 6 жыл бұрын

Clara bley?

@rrr1063 2 жыл бұрын

If you have to ask ....

@martinmoffitt4702 Жыл бұрын

@@rrr1063 I never!

@34hedgehog 5 жыл бұрын

1:48... 'what the f**k are you doing, man...?'

@mobilesurfer5776 5 жыл бұрын

who needs Pink Floyd...

@jiyujizai 4 жыл бұрын

🍁💞🏵️

@RingOfRae 5 жыл бұрын

Mac out of key!!!?

@Mooseman327 9 ай бұрын

No. He's playing what Bley wrote. It's REALLY out there.

@jopberlin 9 ай бұрын

Häääääähhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@malbuff 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear Jack Bruce on bass, he's a great player but I couldn't stand his playing with Cream. Here and on some tracks with Zappa you get a real idea of his capabilities.

@pgonzo98 4 жыл бұрын

zappa!! which album!!

@ryanperron8309 4 жыл бұрын

Apostrophe’!!

@maxinemckenzie6076 3 жыл бұрын

What specifically can't you stand about (presumably all) his playing with Cream? Please elaborate, the world is astonished...just to join you in making a wildly wide generalisation if that's the game....

@malbuff 3 жыл бұрын

@@maxinemckenzie6076 No bottom. No pulse. No pocket. Uninterrupted bass solos.

@rrr1063 2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanperron8309 That title track only.