Howard McGhee is so original.

JJ was absolutely unbelievable... Some people seem to forget that JJ pioneered the use of trombone in the post-swing jazz styles...

Let us treasure this period in history,when all these greats were not merely alive,but still playing with great vitality and wisdom.And--whatever your feelings about the digital era--we should treasure KZfaq and it's many uploaders for these incredible musical moments.

I love how JJ quotes the bassoon solo from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring at the beginning of his chorus.

On the Seventh Day, God kicked back and listened to jazz; not a choir of angels, but a small ensemble of cats.

Stitts wink at the very beginning 0:00. Gold.

Stitt guys will be catching the “conversation” stitt is having with McGhee during his solo about the value of silence during somebody else’s solo, even tossing jj the “is he kidding” look lol. Goat.

The way jazz IS treated in this world, it would be nice if SOME people "got" it. Nothing like going to a jazz club and seeing more people on stage than in the audience, it breaks my heart most days!

Mr McGhee -such a soulful bebopper - there's a real warmth and wit to his playing . If it were up to me, he'd be a lot more famous , but then , what's fame ?

Sonny Stit...how many ideas can you have on a 12-bar blues ? unbelievable..!!!

Clicked on this for Howard McGhee without realizing I was going to also hear JJ Johnson and Sonny Stitt, what a pleasant surprise.

JJ Johnson is mercilessly amazing, command of rhythm...

It is wonderful hearing Howard McGee again one of my favourites on Jazz at the Philharmonic, all players are giants that's for sure

Smarted minds reunion "!! Geniales.

a rare opportunity to hear a long solo by mcGhee

Man, I used to think that Charlie Parker and Cannonball Adderley were the two greatest Alto Saxophonists that ever lived. Watching these videos of Sonny Stitt is making me think there were 3 on that list. What blows me away is the sheer effortlessness of his sound, he's looking like he's in a trance and then these AMAZING and beautiful lines are just flowing out of him like water at a waterfall. I'm IMPRESSED to say the least. Gonna have to study up on some Sonny Stitt. I slept on him for too long. Definitely one of the GREATS!!!

Howard M hits the ground runing ! totally fresh and inventive from the top ...and altogether WHAT A BAND

Walter Bishop Jr. was a very cool guy. I met him via Barry Harris, whose Jazz Workshop I was studying in. I visited Bish in his apartment on the West Side of Manhattan. He lived in a large building reserved for working artists, actors, musicians, etc. There were, I recall, several sheet music covers framed on the wall. They were copies of songs for which Walter Bishop Sr. had written the lyrics. Bish explained that although they were marketed as instrumentals, having lyrics helped protect the material from copyright infringement. Since his dad had been in the music biz Bish got off to a good start.

A simple blues theme but everyone shows us how to give it a five-star treatment.

Sonny's delivery and execution sounds so effortless!

I had the honor to meet Walter Bishop in Barry Harris' Jazz Workshop and I even visited him in his apartment in Manhattan, just to chat. A warm and welcoming gent. Helluva bop player.

@6:26 JJ plays the intro to Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring". Totally bad ass musician he was....

I love the nonchalance of all six, as if what they were doing was the easiest thing in the world!

Howard McGee....wow. Sonny Stitt...oh my God! Two giants of great music!

The great Howard McGhee! I was so fortunate as to have met and played with this master! Nobody can take that away from the young instrumentalists that played under the direction of the late Paul Jeffery, in the 53rd street jazz ensemble.

I have heard JJ in person and on record literally hundreds of times, but never with as much facility as in this video(including his appearances with Stan Getz). He was evidently at the top of his game here imo.

Stitt is stoned… but somehow manage to play an amazing solo.. just pure talent..

A long time ago I saw JJ Johnson and Kai Winding at Sydney Stadium [ Australia ] loved their music and beautiful bright blue suits,,cooler than cool , I have never forgotten them but the rest of the group I have. RIP JJ thank you for the joy of some 65 years ago.

Jazz makes me feel amazing 💜 its a whole vibe. I just wish others appreciated it as much it was appreciated many years ago.

Sonny Stitt & Lover Man can play forever as far as I am concerned.

listening everyone of them is like heaven!!!!

Eternally grateful to all who take the time and trouble to upload these beautiful jazz videos. Thanks to them Jazz will never die and, hopefully, encourage the younger generation to listen and appreciate this beautiful music.

It never hurts to listen to the ancestors. There always something to learn.

JJ Johnson seems sensitive but lovable ... just his expression. It hurts to know he committed suicide. What a loss. I say this because sometimes we know of ppl, hear them but never look as closely as we do others.

McGhee is digging that JJ solo

Its when you try to play like them you know then they are truly masters ,how ever well you may play .these days many stay away from this old school quite honestly not many can do a blues and get close to these guys so they move on to whatever sounds good for them but it sure aint this ,the music of the masters..kudos to those that try

Straight ahead blues - and with great feel too. Excellent blues especially from Sonny Stitt. Weird to think that the golden age of bebop was in the late'40s.......and this music was supposed to be old fashioned in 1964 !

Howard McGhee is great. Swings hard man.

Sonny is BRILLIANT here.

Also - JJ after quoting Stravinsky on 6:26 (as many noticed already), he very cleverly quotes Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" on 6:40 and proceeds with some beautiful short variations on that theme. Genius :)

Did you hear that ascending passage that Stitt played at 4:38? OMG! Sonny is the BEST, my favorite tenor player and one of my three favorite alto players, too (along with Parker and Donaldson).

there's something so compelling about jazz...I just wish more people "got" it.

großes kino! so was kriegst du heute nicht mehr zu sehen.... absoulute könner am zenit ihres schaffens!

The hippest and hardest most soulfully swinging rhythm section of all time. Much love to my mentor teacher and big brother Bish Bash, "Walter Bishop Jr." RIP.

So MUCH 🎵🎨🎶🎹🎷🖌️🎺 Musical Color 👁️ Coming from these Black and White Gems 👈🏾

+ = best Walter Bishop solo i ever heard ..

Never heard enough of the great Howard McGhee and J.J. Looks and sounds as slick as ever…and Stitt is cookin!! And of course Kenny Clarke who advanced modern drumming. Walter Bishop and Tommy Potter!!

Bravo Sonny ! Rien à envier à Parker !

1st time JJ ever thrilled me. I got's some learning to do

great to hear these legends when they were so young!!!

Sonny killing it-yeah!!!

Sonny Stitt - Exquisite!

Sonny is transcending as he plays🙏🏽 ....perfect melodies by such legends all,of them !!

great McGhee's solo (my favourit in this piece)

These bold and inventive musicians -- along with other brilliant musicians -- Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie Bud Powell, Tad Dameron, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Fats Navarro etc. represented a group of the supremely gifted, talented and innovative musical technicians who arrived on the heels of the Big Band Swing scene and sent packing and on their merry way--far less talented musicians -- white musicians particularly -- with a new and refreshing approach at performing a sophisticated and non-danceable style of Jazz that hadn't been seen or heard before or since. Bop LIVES!

Stitt opening with tenor madness

Fantastic, this Clip captures the real spirit of Bebop! What a line up, greats at their best time in their best form! Most astonishing is the sheer effortless of these greats. They're flying through the simple blues, and have a look for the respect they are showing for each other. The cymbal beat of Kenny "Klook" Clarke is so infectious, incomparable, there was no drummer all around, who could do that, so simple and so swingin' as hell...

This is vintage bop with such a melodic passion

Legends .Memories of former Chicago jazz listening with the great Daddy Daily who played this music selection , great times . Thanks .

It is so GREAT to see/hear These Cats to sing/swing/dance MUSIC!

Hell yes! I love watching the greats tear it up like this. Thanks for the post!!

LOVE McGhee!

Long may Howard McGhee be remembered.

Jay Jay .. unbelievable playing and sound🔥🔥🔥

Howard really is sweet.

I love walking pianissimo in this forest of geniuses...toward some would call, Bath of most encouraging fresh waters of Jazz. Love

AWESOME 👏 BRAVO 👏 👏 SALUTE TO THESE MUSICIANS 🎵🎶

Thanks for the upload. It was great to hear Howard again. He was one of the finest of the bop trumpeters, with great instrumental control. Listen to him on the Charlie Parker Dial sessions. He is way better than some of the Blue Note regulars in the 60s.

Oh ya baby straight up jazz “

Love this and especially seeing Howard McGhee! There's way too little of him on video. Everybody's playing their butts off though. Howard was a great personality and I love his enthusiasm, even though Sonny didn't seem to. THANKS for posting this!

Will we ever see this much talent together on one stage again.?

0:14 Head 0:41 Howard McGhee solo 2:51 Sonny Stitt solo (ii-V-I lol) 6:23 J.J. Johnson solo 9:08 Walter Bishop solo 11:34 Head Out

Howard attended HS in Detroit, in 1941 was in a fine band with Teddy Edwards, Al McKibbon (JC Heard's brother in law), and Wardell Gray.....The Club Congo Orchestra.....

im transcriping sonny solo right now... WAY harder than expected

The placement is far more representative of most jazz set-ups than the close-knit Mingus circles, where he has musicians touching knees and practically holding hands. Sonny Stitt was always there--didn't matter where--if I stayed long enough and there was a jazz club, he'd appear. The lone wolf, and the last of a breed. Always a sight for sore eyes (and dead ears).

Wow! These musicians are great😍 They've all created that soul-satisfying vibe. I'd heard of JJ Johnson but just wasn't into the trombone as a horn but this man brought it to life in JAZZ. So I will never think of trombone as a marching band only horn😘

Play it, Play it, Mr. JJ!

Great Superb Thank you SOGLIDER for wonderful video !!!!!

Ain't nothing like it .......real deal all the way! THX

can't stop listening to that 4:33 - 4:40 lick..

Some of The Best footage on KZfaq.

Marvellous!!!some of my idols playing together!!!!thank you!!!

I may be a Tenor Sax player, but the way J. J. Johnson and Bill Harris play trombone, I could almost have taken up that instrument!

... sein durchdachtes Posaunenspiel war seit jeher und ist auch zukünftig eine kreative Messlatte für fortgeschrittene Jazzposaunisten in der Spieltechnik ... ... his elaborate trombone playing has always been and will continue to be a creative benchmark in the future for advanced jazz trombonists in playing technique.

I've watched this video a dozen times. It just doesn't get any better than this. Everyone's at the top of his game. Thank you,

Just wow!! Saw Delfeayo Marsallis last evening so I am in a trombone mood. But, I LOVE McGhee's trumpet playing!!

Great video, some of the best archive jazz on youtube!

Damn Great.

Amazing what these guys can do with a 12 bar.

JJ also quotes Prokofieve Peter and the Wolf.

Looks to me like Sonny was not digging Howard’s enthusiasm during Stitt’s solo. Howard McGhee was one of the swing players that learned the new language, but maybe he didn’t get the memo about acting cool and aloof. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the Bop masters, but it does my heart good to see amazing young artists like Snarky Puppy and John Batiste who have complete mastery of the styles yet aren’t afraid to show their joy in the process. If folks are liking Stitt’s alto playing y’all should check out his tenor chops! Ex: ‘The Eternal Triangle’ w/ Dizzy & Rollins!

Great group that got together for good time and fantastic music. 9/4/2019

THANK YOU

great music

"Isso" não existe mais... temos que agradecer o "milagre da Internet" e... curtir muitooooo !!!!!!! Fantástico !!!!

I remember watching this live on BBC Jazz 625 . Howard McGhee an early sideman of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

6:27 Rite of the spring

Sonny said in @ 1962, that west coast "Cool School" jazz, represented best by Art Pepper and Lee Konitz, with way over the top man, Bud Shank, was on the "female side." Caused a big uproar. I was blowin' tenor with Natalie Cole, and with the surf band, the "Intruders." When I heard Johnnie Griffin play at Dennis Dragon's house, huge hi-fi blasting. He said, "Oh Greg, that's some shiny black, man. You can't, we can't play like that." "S--t yeah." I said. Put the alto sax down for awhile, after trying to keep up with Jackie McLean. Paul Desmond sound came easier for me, since my jazz lesson giver was the great, first Ogden Nash from Alliance Ohio grammar school, then Dorance Stalvey. Gees Mr. D could blow Lee of the Tristano school of fastest bebop-J.S. Bach-Charlie Parker jazz. and along came Trane...Eric Dolphy died way way too soon, God bless all of us, everyone, gorgeous souls. Staying human, - by G.T.

VERY RARE FOOTAGE. THANKS FOR POSTING VIDEO OF THIS GREAT PERFORMANCE. SONNY IS SPECTACULAR.

Esse é o Jazz absoluto, improvisado, esplendido, maravilhoso por todos esses instrumentistas do primeiro time, cujos nomes se tornaram lendas vivas, mesmo após a passagem inexorável do anos. Congratulations.