Tony Williams drumsolo at workshop 1987 (previously unseen)

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8 жыл бұрын

Here you can see the solo Tony Williams did during a workshop in Salzburg (Austria) on July 31th 1987. Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter were also teaching there. The late Austrian drummer Erich Bachträgl was one of the participiants (as far as I know you had to audition to be accepted) and he gave me a copy on vhs tape while I was studying with him in the early to mid 90s. I had completely forgotten about it for years but remembered it a few days ago during some "drum talking". So I digitalised it with the possibilities that are available to me. Therefore the quality is not the best (it also has been copied a few times till it got into my hands back in the days and the vhs tape certainly has not gotten better over the last 20 years). But I think it still might be of interest for some people out there.

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@misslindacjones2392 5 жыл бұрын

god bless Tony. its great to study his footwork here. the way he used his hi hat foot to anchor of the pedal to counterweight finess figures with the bass drum foot. Also, his concept here is heavy. So many different kind of orchestrations. you could break any of them down and study for years. And his use of silence. Gave his sound majesty.

@waynefoote3781 4 ай бұрын

What a synopsis! Thank you man!

@a5dr3 4 ай бұрын

He had adopted a double bass pedal last few weeks of his life.

@waynefoote3781 4 ай бұрын

Even though he really didn't ever need one he must have just been curious or wanted to feel like he was staying modern. He was the core of Modern! May he be blessed Eternal.@@a5dr3

@MrZutty 7 жыл бұрын

Simply a genius..And I rarely use that word.

@starskystar 5 ай бұрын

I can't thank you enough for posting this! Thank you Thank you Thank you!

@Zemial 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for uploading this and adding to the legacy of Tony Williams - a giant amongst men.

@zqa12swx 7 жыл бұрын

the sound of freedom

@bobbysands6923 4 жыл бұрын

The stuff he does with his kick and high hat is something I have been trying to play for years. It is amazing to finally see it on video. It's like...holy shit...how does he do that?

@risensoninthesky832 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see how high he sits on the throne. Much higher than I would have imagined.

@cynthiar.blackman9294 7 жыл бұрын

TRHIS IS INCREDIBLE! THANK YOU SOOOOOO SOOOOOO VERY MUCH FOR SHARING IT. TONY'S CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION IS SO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND IT'S FANTASTIC TO SEE HIM IN THIS INITMATE SETTING . THANK YOU , THANK YOU , THANK YOU!!!!!!! CINDY BLACKMAN

@khm5369 7 жыл бұрын

Glad that youve enjoyed it Cynthia R. Blackman. In case you might not have allready seen it - I´ve uploaded another one. You can watch it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZtSJesWQ2NXPimh0.htmlnd I do also have a 2 hour audio file of a bit of the Workshop. (not the best Quality though). I think you might have seen Tony in Person often enough that you won´t learn anything new, but if you´d like to get it I can Show you where and how too...btw. I´ve teched for you once about 20 yerars back in Graz, Austria. Unfortunately I don´t remember who you were playing with (it was a Trio-Anthony Cox maybe?). But the secoond band was Vinnie Colaiuta with David Torn and you did a Jam together in the end. You were playing a big blue sparkle ( I think) Sonor set.that I picked and set up.

@khm5369 4 жыл бұрын

@@calmac9720 yes I do ;) I´ve even set up her drums at a gig in my hometown in the 90s

@costageoref3309 8 жыл бұрын

Awesomeness!

@handidrummed 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing that even without the CS Dot heads, it still sounds like him. I always equated those a huge part of his tom sound.

@jonahmartinez4298 6 жыл бұрын

It's those Gretsch edges, die cast hoops, and high batter side tuning. I've heard his reso heads were looser than one would expect.

@SebCo77 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like tight resos as well to my ear. Check those pitches, smallest rack tom is a 13" and it sits at f3.

@lucianlarghi5402 8 жыл бұрын

These videos are so cool. I can't think of a single drummer that sounds remotely like him.

@borgullet3376 7 жыл бұрын

Cindy Blackman. She's the only drummer I have ever seen that can channel The Great One...

@jonahmartinez4298 6 жыл бұрын

anofi berry Vinnie and Steve Smith do alright. I agree, Cindy is the closest.

@borgullet3376 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah Jonah they are all Greats, Heavily Influenced By Tony... But when Ms. Cindy wants to, she shifts a gear and straight up Channels him. I have yet to see or hear anyone else pull that off...

@kapalin846 6 жыл бұрын

Kojo Roney! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/itGFeMyHt8udf2Q.html

@bacobill 7 жыл бұрын

This is priceless beauty :)

@jonahmartinez4298 6 жыл бұрын

1:37 beautiful space. Tony was patient with developing his amazing solos.

@jazz234 8 жыл бұрын

Incredible ! Thank you for posting. I've been at that workshop.

@khm5369 8 жыл бұрын

Cool! muss eine tolle Erfahrung gewesen sein... Ich hab auch ein3 stündiges audiofile von einer "Stunde" von damals wo er erzählt, spielt und fragen beantwortet falls du Interesse hast....

@nathan0tt 7 жыл бұрын

WOW! Hast du das digital? Ich hätte riesengroßes Interesse. Recherchiere seit Jahren nach allem über Tony...

@khm5369 7 жыл бұрын

drive.google.com/file/d/0BzknbzbQ_3nyYVFoMkVrQVNGZU0/viewbitte sehr - hier downloadbar! viel Spaß amit

@nathan0tt 7 жыл бұрын

Leider funktioniert das nicht... kommt eine Fehlermeldung "Datei kann derzeit nicht geöffnet werden." - geht es evtl auch über einen anderen weg, zB we transfer?

@khm5369 7 жыл бұрын

also bei mir (und dutzenden anderen) funktioniert es einwandfrei!? Versuchs doch bitte einfach noch einmal - das allen Interessenten extra zu schicken ist doch ein bisschen sehr viel Aufwand...das hier könnte ich auch noch anbieten: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5-RZLWDprG5dJs.html

@johnburke568 6 жыл бұрын

those cymbal groupings with the snare and tom dropped in are so ill

@kimweemhoff8066 5 жыл бұрын

Guy sitting on a chair next right to Tony is experiencing sudden deafness and in panic starts doing crossword puzzles...

@lurchamok8137 4 жыл бұрын

haha my theory: typical displacement activity. Actually he wanted to escape to exmatriculate but he also wanted to stay to hear more

@cynthiar.blackman9294 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome and thank you! You etched for me? That's cool👍🏾yes, I'd love to get a copy of the audio version of the clinic! Wow, thank you!!!! Please let me know how to get it and, thanks again for sharing!!!!! Cindy

@khm5369 7 жыл бұрын

You should be able to download it here: drive.google.com/file/d/0BzknbzbQ_3nyYVFoMkVrQVNGZU0/view the qualitiy is rather bad, but I´ve done my bet to make everything as audible as possible...

@khm5369 7 жыл бұрын

Cynthia R. Blackman I'm just wondering if it has worked and you've been able to download the file?

@brodzky1 7 жыл бұрын

Miroslav Vitous was teaching bass. Not Ron Carter

@magn8195 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Do you have access to the full workshop?

@khm5369 3 жыл бұрын

All there is are these 2 videos. And a low quality audio recording of him talking and answering questions that I've sent to a few people. One of the has uploaded it to yt - so you should be able to find it!