Mr. Donald Byrd was very underrated as a composer

The drums augmenting the tune was powerful. I was mesmerized by Art Taylors drumming., About 15 years ago I heard it one morning in the 9:00 AM hour on WBGO in my car while waiting online for an outdoor teller.. After I deposited some cash, I pulled over to an empty part of the bank's parking lot and listened and focused on Art Taylor's drumming. Wow!. I bought the CD. Wow! It was the only CD I bought because of the drummer. "Give the drummer some" sang James Brown. Art Taylor gave the drummer more than some.

Now this is REAL JAZZ! All instruments are acoustic, Dexter blowing his tenor sax, Dr. Byrd on trumpet, Art Taylor on drums, Mr. Pederson on bass & Kenny Drew on piano is rhythmic melody where every instruments gets their own piece, their own solo, to meet back in the middle of this great colaboration of musicians and music.

@Darrell1019

2 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear!

@LuizHenrique-bm2er

2 жыл бұрын

What a group!

@srl1215

Жыл бұрын

It really is a masterpiece!

@Cdoubleyou6

Жыл бұрын

@@Darrell1019 I'm

@mariothepookster

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, man!

RIP, Donald Byrd. In my opinion, this is one of the most beautiful jazz compositions ever.

@andrecrawford2172

3 жыл бұрын

What ever happened to humans playing an instrument to make music? Technology has killed jazz. Technology is killing life as we know it. Humans are not needed anymore.

@pgroove163

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrecrawford2172 it's all got to play out baby... As it is written ...

@pgroove163

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's incredible

As a music educator and performer for 32 years, I had the pleasure of introducing many young folksto jazz. In turn many of them have become teachers and players also. What an honor and deeply good feeling.

@edwardsmith8814

3 жыл бұрын

You left a legacy!

@Darrell1019

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@landshark2903

2 жыл бұрын

Good on You! Introduced our son to jazz and the he added classical to his music library. Nothing like Vivaldi's Four Seasons on the first true day of Spring.

@hecateswolf6007

4 ай бұрын

Well deserved sir

WAS RAISED ON THIS ALBUM, MY FATHER PLAYED THIS EVERY SATURDAY MORNING WHILE ME AND MY SISTERS CLEANED THE HOUSE IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK, MEMORIES RIP POP AND DEXTER LV ALWAYS

@MrWildcountry

4 жыл бұрын

GOOD FOR YOU. Dag

@landshark2903

4 жыл бұрын

in my childhood dad woke is all up up on Saturday morning with Stars and Stripes forever by John Philip Sousa. Nothing subtle about that....well maybe the fluted. Heard Dexter for the first time and was hooked. Thanks for sharing your memories.

@cherylwilliams281

4 жыл бұрын

Same...Dad in the Air Force- music everyday- but Saturday- Dexter’s Tanya was always first...after Miles, or Cannonball.....

@andregoodwin890

4 жыл бұрын

Raised in a house with a father who played records, good Job pops! Early 70s

@Moiso25

3 жыл бұрын

What a memory you have there!

This jam is the DEFINITION OF JAZZ! 😊

First time hearing this monster was this morning via KCSM BayArea radio. Like the sun broke thru the clouds. Im 67 years old and thought I knew all the juicy cuts. Wrong!!!

@landshark2903

2 жыл бұрын

Listening to Tanya as I write this. Takes me to a different place each and every time.

@johnl.2314

2 ай бұрын

@@landshark2903 I agree totally 😍

Whether you are cruising down the highway, working in the yard or kicking back at the beach, Tanya takes you to another level!

I saw Dexter at the Blue note in the 70's on a date and I couldn't believe how intoxicated I was by his playing. Of course, he was actually bent over high waiting for his solo and was up on que without hesitation. It was amazing. RIP Jazz Angel.

@kevinstewart3029

Жыл бұрын

I saw Dexter with Jackie McLean/ slide Hampton/ Ronnie Matthews/ art Blakey and Ms Betty Carter! One of baddest shows I ever saw!

@donalddaileyjr320

Жыл бұрын

This Real Stuff Bro Luv Byrd Man

Greatest piece ever. It stays in constant rotation.

I have always loved this piece and I play it occasionally. "Give the drummer some" Art Taylor's on drums, in my opinion, is the essence of jazz with improvisation from start to finish.

@tsietsimalema8804

4 ай бұрын

Yeah. Art Taylor is tight on the rhythm section

This is a very beautiful song Thank you Dexter for what you left behind for the jazz audience. It's appreciated TANYA

1964 what a year for the jazz

Dexter's tone gives me goose bumps.

Please share with the young folks. They love it, if given a chance. No more jazz or classical radio stations. So we have to keep it going.

A Masterwork for the ages...pure and simple.

FINALLY: Something America can be proud of.

@claudenicholson3894

2 жыл бұрын

This is music ..….All the older cool çats would have it blasted on they boom box 1965ish in LA,.,

@qwj68boots

2 жыл бұрын

America is still behind in acknowledging this art form which is American!

@clarkewi

2 жыл бұрын

@@claudenicholson3894 I was there mate: LA 65. KBCA - In the Lion's Den. Incense Peppermints and Strange Little Happenings. Bugger on mate - I live in New Zealand now.

@kevinstewart3029

Жыл бұрын

It's amazing what a birth defect could give birth too! Black classical music!

Greatness in a tall glass

@landshark2903

3 жыл бұрын

Love the analogy! Glad you enjoyed the piece. First heard Tanya on a dreary rain-swept November evening many years ago. It brightened my spirit and carried me away - if only for the moment.

Dexter's soloing on this song is among his best playing ever!

@srl1215

Жыл бұрын

Byrd is no fabulous as well.

@srl1215

Жыл бұрын

typo on that he is fabulous.

Like a beautiful October sunset when the sky turns the color of a purple bruise with sublime streaks of orange.

Played this piece tonight. Friday the 13th, pandemic closing in and Dexter swooped in and carried me away if only for a few minutes.

@landshark2903

2 жыл бұрын

On the patio where the therm. reads 95 in the shade. Listening to Dexter and feeling cool.

Father played this for me several times when he had to drive me to school. Was totally infatuated upon first hearing. I always loved the part at 5:00, reminded me of a snake charmer.

Still can't stop listening to recording no matter how much I play it.

My uncle used to play this song. I enjoyed it the first time I heard it. Thanks uncle.❤️

It's amazing are all the songs came back in 360 Dexter Gordon heavyweight call moanin we love you Dexter you and your family God bless you you and the groove man

My favorite Jazz tune of all time...this recording introduced me to jazz...I have been in love ever since.

masterpiece, everyone together, stretching out, bringing it home, fantastic what a group and a time we miss

If this kind of music could come back, people would start to mellow out.

@mizpahboy7513

6 жыл бұрын

True! But first they would need to learn to removed all the garbage out of their ears. To do that you would have to reach their heart and mind. To start. Perhaps a massive dose of Gil Scott-Heron and Nikki Giovanni.

@Jade0918able

5 жыл бұрын

You are right

@19love14

5 жыл бұрын

That's why I play it in my car everywhere I go with the windows down join nice days so everybody can hear it. That's how you make a change people have to feel it in order to understand it

@lynne1698

5 жыл бұрын

'Nuff said..........

@lucky4724

5 жыл бұрын

@alterdestiny TELL IT !!!!

OMG!!! Me too this song was played EVERY SATURDAY MORNING This was the warning song- gave us time to wake up get downstairs and cleaning house!

I have a wonderful story about Dexter. I live in Denmark and boarded the train from Aarhus to Copenhagen as I entered my compartment there was this kid already seated. He jumped up with a smile and asked me"Do you know my father?" I answered no, who is your dad. He answered "Dexter Gordon" of course I said I know your dad, I heard him play at Montmatre. We had a lovely chat back to Copenhagen. Yes your dad was a hell of a tenor saxophonist always playing with the fantastic NHØP on bass.

Sublime, divine - - one of the most beautiful music I've ever heard.

Musician extraordinaire, actor, and ahead of his time. Not recognized enough for his achievements and greatness.

One can really hear where Coltrane got his tone from. Dexter's solo is just plain PERFECT!!!

@bustabass9025

2 жыл бұрын

"Where Coltrane got his tone from..."? Hardly!

@PepperWilliamsMusicBlend

2 жыл бұрын

@@bustabass9025 I played with Dexter in the mid eighties, and I ask him one night at a gig, "where did he get that big tone from?" He mentioned that he had to play very loud in the big bands he played in. We talked about other things as well, one being Coltrane. I told him that I loved Coltrane's tone as much as I loved his tone. He said that Coltrane liked his tone a lot. I guess the inference was regarding this conversation? Anyway, everyone can choose to believe what they want :)

@bustabass9025

2 жыл бұрын

@@PepperWilliamsMusicBlend 'Trane was fond of many of his contemporaries, their sound, style, etc. He was also quoted as saying, "We would all like to sound like Stan Getz..." Doesn't mean that his sound emulated from that of Getz, Dexter, or any of the legendary horn players from that era. His sound comes from his deeply introspective approach to creating his music. I would argue it was established long before many of them made their mark.

Oh what a treat it was to See and hear Dexter Gordon, on my college Campus, outdoors on the Grass in the Summer (Mt. Hood Jazz Festival), in Oregon. And the Heavenly thing, was that as they started to play, "Tanya", full Moon went up behind the Stage, Wow, and people went Crazy!!!

This is my wake up cut every morning for the last 2.5 years love it.

Donald Wrote This Composition In A Manner That The Musicians Could Fully Express Themselves.

Ones keep coming back to this sound track universal individuality of rhythms n melodies with harmonies ; like the good book said " it's great to see ,hear that humanity of brotherhood dwelling in harmony ,n peaceful" with individual perfectionism on their soul toys that brought others so much spiritualities on their instruments;" All praises to the most improvisatioal High God Almighty governing soulselves consciousness with subtle energies eternal now .

Jazz needs to be brought back to the urban/inner city high schools of America. It's horrible that so many of our young people know nothing about the contribution of African Americans to jazz, and the fact that we gave birth to it. Indeed, a huge void exists. This is not to take away from other genres and other contributors who are not African American.

@clarkewi

3 жыл бұрын

The jazz of the 1940's, 50''s and 60's: Creations and performances of Lady Day, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Dexter Gordon is something America can truly be proud of. We need to teach our youth of this greatness which is their inheritance.

@Darrell1019

2 жыл бұрын

Right on!

@andrecrawford2172

2 жыл бұрын

like I said before, humans do not make jazz with their mind and body, it is mostly electronic. GONE ARE THE DAYS OF HUMANS PLAYING AN INSTRMEMNT SAD,SAD,SAD. THIS NEW, SO CALL JAZZ ALL SOUNDS THE SAME, ALTO SAX.BS IS WHAT IT IS. FACE IT .

@Wixom2200

Жыл бұрын

@@clarkewi Your late sir. Jazz got it's foundations on the 20's and 30's. 5O's is way late. Louis, The Duke, Teddy Wilson and others were throwing waaaay before Coltrane and others.

@hasaanp

Жыл бұрын

Being a white male from Poland, I cannot agree with you more. Cherish and boast your great history of this genre. It's really worth it!

This song is timeless! Never gets old.

I remember the first time I heard this. It was late night. I was listening to KBCA (a great LA jazz station, now defunct) laying in bed, ready to fall asleep. Then, I heard this haunting melody I I had to find out who this was …Tanya, Dexter Gordon. I was 16 and lived jazz. We use to call this progressive jazz.

Heard this track this morning..I literally lost my mind.

These guys are playing God come down to Earth!!

Thinking the same thing, i never get tired of hearing this. And he was robbed of an Oscar for his performance in Round Midnight.

@IvanTerreroDDS

5 жыл бұрын

So true...heard this cut when I was w1 and this blew my mind..never get tired of this song

@djbae9270

5 жыл бұрын

aye

@RivieraByBuick

5 жыл бұрын

oscar is for actors. gordon was himself in the movie.

@blues-indianer8667

5 жыл бұрын

@alterdestiny ...the Oskar-Mafia is profit-organisation, they have nothing --- and nothing!!! --- to do with art, honor or brave affects. It.s a worthless business show.

@kirklandsharrock6240

5 жыл бұрын

That is jazz!

Long, tall Dexter doing his thing jack!! Byrd on trumpet too ya dig!🔊🎷🎵🎺🎶

I played Tanya while at high school in 1978 .My farther was a Jazz man

THIS SONG IS INCREDIBLY AWESOME ALL THESE YEARS GOOD GOD FROM ZION. THANK YOU SIR DEXTER GORDON.

Jazz,I discovered listening to fa.Ed Beach ,(nycirca 1960) & I'm always in awe of how trancendant acoustic jazz ........wow!

So beautiful. The next track Coppin On Heaven is on the same level.

We will ever hear the likes of music like this again with so many creative musicians. This was the greatest era of jazz. The players today sound like they are groping to find a way, or just trying to repeat this stuff. I guess you can only catch lighting in a bottle once.

I'm from Pittsburgh but I grew up listening to I was raised on bird😂❤❤❤

Un morceau magnifique, d'une densité lyrique époustouflante... masterpiece comme ils disent.

Just can not get enough of list

Donald Byrd Wrote This Composition So The Personel Could Fully Express Themselves After 57 Years A Masterpiece Every Participant Was A Genius In There Own Right I'm And Avid Jazz Lover Pity You'll Never Hear This Style Again All The Heavyweights Of Jazz Are Deceased.Peace Bill Benbo.

@lucky4724

3 жыл бұрын

I Agree 1000% !! Pure Undiluted Straight-Ahead JAZZ!!📀🎶🎼🎶 #JustCoolin🔥

Funny, theres several comments of people discovering this work in the morning. Count me as one. A Spring Sunday morning on the empty streets of Lexington Ky. I had a medical route that began before sunrise, and ended in a full circle around 4:00 pm. Anyway, i heard this on SiriusXm . Drove extra slow to catch tge whole thing before i reached my destination. I still remember every turn . Omg, it was intense!! Like the guy says above, i thouggt i knew all the great licks. Then this shows up on my radio. Thank you Dr Byrd and Long Tall.

Yes this has Donald Byrd‘s classic beautiful melody it almost reminds you of something that he did around the time of live at the half note with pepper adams

Timelessly hip. Does it get any better than this?

nobody like DEX a true a sax! genius.RIP we love U.

One of the great tragedies of jazz has been the almost abandonment of soul oriented bebop.

@edwardsmith8814

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, but someone will be bot in today’s culture. Look you’ll find it.

@edwardsmith8814

3 жыл бұрын

What l attempted to do in my previous comment so inelegantly, was ... there is someone out there that will pick up the mantle and carry the music tradition on. Have faith. Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. My brother in jazz music.

@fabm6724

2 жыл бұрын

Well you know there’s no bebop on this.

how many times have I heard this greatness and did not it was dexter?!

@johnl.2314

5 жыл бұрын

Well if you can really understand this TUNE it Does not sound like Dexter at All it's a DONALD BYRD sound not takeing any thing away from Dexter but this tune is Pure BYRD Sound Listen to some of BYRD"s Previous Recording's Like live at the Half Note with Pepper Adams or The Tune No Room For Squares or Up a STEP on the same Album GOD BLESS

Dead Cool! Talk about a funky, funky tenor. Dexter blew this one with so much heart and soul. I use to listeen to this with my boys when we kicked back and chopped it up. We always thought that the bass work was killer and set the stage for Dex to blow that cool, cool horn solo. Definitely one of my favorites.

Uma harmonia imponente, um sax e um trompete arrojado e mais um clássico da música de jazz!! Grande Dexter Gordon!!

Creative spirits released for our pleasure and enjoyment from the soul of a musical giant.

A perfect song during these extraordinary times. Thank you Dexter!!!

Is magic Your music Mr. Dexter Gordon.

@prestoncole8614

5 жыл бұрын

Cleo Collantes It not only touches the spirit but it kisses it with a miraculous conception!

Takes up an entire album side, love it! Rumblings of rock and roll can be heard.

This is one I break out the expensive headphones for, one of the few worthy tracks. Though, whether I'm worthy or not is another story...

@TheIntervurt

6 жыл бұрын

Isn't this too low of a bitrate for expensive headphones ?

@lawbail5956

5 жыл бұрын

I found a terrific pair of Sennhaiser headphones for $4 at a local Mormon thrift shop. Somebody made my day, my week, my year, my life!!!Thank you!!!

@IvanTerreroDDS

5 жыл бұрын

The Grado s are on!

This jam is mind altering soothing too the soul and body. Composed by the great Donald Byrd "JAMSATION" for jazz lovers.

Now this is old school jazz.

Gordon is one of the all time greats! Listen to his early work with Herbie Hancock for a real treat 😎

@KSmall109CAB

5 жыл бұрын

You mean Herbie Hancock's early work with Dexter Gordon, for by the time the early 1960s had come around Dexter had been on the jazz scene for quite some time and Hancock was just beginning to emerge.

@thecapricorn11

2 жыл бұрын

can you recommend something in particular?

@williamrandolph7695

2 жыл бұрын

@@thecapricorn11 Yes, listen to the "Takin' Off" album by Herbie Hancock

Classic Donald Byrd Written So All The Musician Present On This Session Could Play Until They Fully Expressed Themselves !!!!

I know that the error has been addressed, but I don't know how anyone could possibly think that Rudy recorded this. The studio sound is totally different. Rudy made the piano sound in a particular way that you could always identify immediately. I like the sound, but it has to be said that he made about a dozen hard bop pianists sound almost exactly the same as each other. Niels-Henning was amazing for an 18-year-old, and amazing for any age. These days, we expect so little of our youngsters, whose lives don't seem to get going until they are about nearly 40. And here was Niels-Henning playing with top guys (and well worthy of it) at such a young age. This is a classic track. It filled an entire LP side, but never gets boring.

@kwamefreeman9207

6 жыл бұрын

Tommy Black not sure if this upload is of a digital remastering, but you are right. Im no expert, but this recording just sounds so up-to-date like it was recorded in the 2000’s Heard it was done in Paris...

@jeanhodgson8623

3 жыл бұрын

I wish Rudy HAD recorded it. The drums are way too loud in the mix, and Art Taylor sounds very different than he did on countless recordings at Rudy's (including many sessions with Red Garland and Trane for Prestige). I would never have recognized him. The Paris engineer was an amateur. But we can still enjoy Dex, Don and Kenny.

@bustabass9025

2 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear Mr. P.C. anchoring this timeless cut with his infamous Maiden's Head bass. That hook is "Taylor" made for an unforgettably dynamic rhythm section call and response, similar to what he, Bill, and Jimmy did on So What.

@bustabass9025

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeanhodgson8623 Agreed. This isn't his best. Drums are on top of everything too heavily. As a bass player, if there's anything we hate more than not getting paid for a gig, it's a drummer who drums too loud. No soft touch, all big bang. Seen my share of 'em.

Soo Good ! Pure ear candy !!

@shaunacarter4246

9 жыл бұрын

This is nice, very nice your right ear candy. Loving it

@landshark2903

8 жыл бұрын

+Sharron Smith Ear Candy = Good One!

I saw Dexter Gordon at the BOTH/AND Jazz Club in San Francisco on Divisadero in 1970, and, of course, he performed Tanya.

Amazing piece of music! Essential!

Wonderful American music...Thank you for posting.

What a album Tanya and Coppin' The Haven wow still blows me away I just love this music call jazz.

Fire... Dexter provides food for my soul along with the timeless Donald Byrd do you hear Art Taylor on the drums and NHOP on the bass he was only 18 years old at the time of this recording. One if the top 5 jazz tunes of all time easily!!!

@aasimansarmujaheed2418

4 жыл бұрын

I see u know ur jazz This is What taught me about my inner peace these dudes used to come to my grandparents house when in L.A. i got the best OF em and was taken under their wing. This musis will never leave my heart or soul its all I know not many can say the best minds in music gifted them with love and unforgettable raw talent..YES I LEARNED FROM THE BEST YOU NAME EM I LEARNED FROM THEM WEST COAST JAZZ AND BEYOND LISTEN TO COPPIN THE HAVEN MANNNNN

The way the horn comes in at 2:14 ….unbelievable. This is JAZZ!

Thank for finally uploading this version, been looking for this track for years!!! Thank you so so much!!!!! Classic.

Gotta say it one more time. This is just a great song. All the way from the intro to the bass solo on the fade out. Off the hook!

The first time I heard this tune by Dexter Gordon, I couldn't get to a record store quickly enough to purchase the album -- and, I never tire of listening to it. Dexter was incredible, and his music is permanently etched in history.

@williamtilton1652

6 жыл бұрын

god bless you!

@prestoncole8614

5 жыл бұрын

You are dawn right. It has a resonant presence engraved deep, deep in the history of African/American Culture. The cultural Medium that has shared her gift to the world and has given our country her musical vibrancy, and her character. Without the African/American cultural resonance, the Nation is not only lost but divest from her musical authenticity of a genuine spirit. Dexter Gordon Tanya put it right in the ears of history!

If '"aliens" come to earth and ask what is "Jazz"....I would play "Tanya" for them. They would be so awe stuck they would return to their home world and tell their leaders to not try to conquer earth because they are to culturally advanced. ( Right! ) But you have to admit "Tanya" is an awesome composition and brilliantly executed....and who knows it may save us from aliens.

@milton112

7 жыл бұрын

Okay.

@gregorybertrand645

7 жыл бұрын

I've had that same exact thought but instead I show them A love Supreme so than can understand what art truly is.

@harrissanders4115

5 жыл бұрын

They would never go back to their CRIB!! Dig it? But of course you know.

@lucky4724

5 жыл бұрын

they would jam to this while cruising back to outer space hand out the window !!!lol (-_-)

@crankyshay3093

4 жыл бұрын

What and imagination WOW. You should write a movie about this right along with the song good day and God bless

Love this tune

Great track in Jazz that I really enjoyed with Donald Byrd and Sax of Dexter Gordon It just had that real layer of the best in jazz. Even now in 2016 I like this track it takes you there in great jazz sounds---Dunmore Music---of---- Monee IL

One of the baddest from the block, Watts in the house....

I love the beginning...

As Adrian Edmondson said in a TV commercial when he was playing the 'Vivian' character from 'The Young Ones' Jazz, Jazz, Jazz.... totally brilliant!

who doesnt LOVE DEXTOR ?!!!! ONE OF MY FAVORITE JAZZ MUSICIANS !!!I Have majority of all of his albums LIVE AND ALL !!🖤

Just some of the most diverse musical artists of all time originally played their own instruments no electric intensifying Electronics just pure instruments those guys were the greatest.

So beautiful! Dessert Island list for sure.

I heard of Dexter Gordon back in the 1970's and have loved his music ever since..especially this track. He even inspired me to learn to play the tenor sax...regrettably unsuccessfully.

amazing I heard this for the first time today WDCB Chicago 😀

@landshark2903

6 жыл бұрын

I listen to WDCB most days (all day) when I can. Commercial free - well almost.

@sophisticatedmm3632

6 жыл бұрын

landshark2903 cool beans

@lucky4724

6 жыл бұрын

Michelle McDonald WBGO, NEWARK, NJ SMOOTH CUT, JAZZLIFE! !!!

Utterly astounding!

Such a awesome piece of music. Always enjoy it.

@landshark: thank you so much for this song here! I love that version, goes deep inside me!! How can 50 people give thumb down?? This song is so full of intense love and peace! Wonderful, I'm so glad! Henry

Oh my, my, my...

The epitome of Hard Bop!!!

great jazz anthem

I first heard this piece in the Princess Diana biopic where Dr Hasnat Khan introduces her to jazz. I missed the closing credits and it took quite a while to find the title and artist. The bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen also performed and recorded with other jazz legends such as Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel etc.