Pelé never had to look at the ball when he played football. This man never had to look at his hands when he played the piano. Pure genius.

Compare to this guy, all pianists today are boring ! I'll never be get tired of his genius

@dean3434

4 ай бұрын

Yes indeed. I always need to take a good look and a listen to bring me down to earth often.

One of the very few unmistakable pianists. As soon as I hear Erroll I know it's him---And I adore what I'm hearing!

@dean3434

4 ай бұрын

Me too. But we never much get to hear his stuff on all our local Jazz/ NPR Radio?

I just love the way his delayed phrases accents all the other musicians.

This is another stellar performance by one of the greats of jazz piano. He plays with little effort as he knows that keyboard with no error. His playing allows one to admire a master of his instrument and a true creator of his music. Bravo Erroll, we miss you.

The great mr. Garner strikes again !

He always starts the tunes with totally improvised introductions that has nothing in common with the melody that he he will play. And he played a same tune in different keys he had did the other night. This make his sidemen totally lost at the beginning of the first two tunes here, until the melody is played.

The musical vocabulary Erroll Garner commanded was astonishing...especially when you consider the man never had formal lessons, and didn't read music. That, along with his virtuoso technique and boundless imagination, is what made him so rare and magical as to almost be a miracle! He was, indeed, a gift from above.

@dean3434

4 ай бұрын

Lessons? Lessons and reading are the impediment to creativity with everything.

@zdogg8

2 ай бұрын

He could read some and he had a great HS teacher, at Westinghouse HS in Pittsburg, same one that taught Ahmad Jamal. He didn't need to read, of course, his ear was so great, and let's not forgett reading music is not like riding a bike, it must be kept up or you lose it. But this anti reading canard is overstated.

@mark_lhr3

2 ай бұрын

@@dean3434that’s simply not true.

@zdogg8

Ай бұрын

Art Blakey related a story that very early on, in Pittsburgh, his hometown, he (AB) led a big band from the piano, and he legitimately could not read. The club that employed him brought in some hot shot singer with charts from NYC, and Blakey was trying to skate detection that he could not read the piano chart, so he stood up to direct his band at the rehearsal where they were reading down the new charts. Well, the club owner wasn't having in told Blakey to play the drums if he wanted to work at all at that club, and there was a young guy begging him to let him on the piano, and that was Erroll Garner. Sounds like a reading, at least some, Erroll replacing a non reading Blakey.

He was the 'man'.

Provavelmente o maior pianista pulular que eu conheci!

Nothing but admiration for this Master! A trailblazer , with originality , creativity that sets him apart from the many Masters in dexterity! Even greats like Art Tatum, Peterson…… just to mention a few could not surpass Eroll Gardner’s creativity level, in Originality! A true Master! 🎶✨🎶✨🎶✨

@dean3434

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Crosby Ameen. If there ever could have a competition among Tatum, Peterson, etc., I wonder?

@robhosking9399

10 ай бұрын

Totally agree, Errol was the greatest master of them all, surpassing even Tatum and Peterson.

Genius without a doubt!

The opening tune is Mood Island, one of Erroll's own compositions. There were around 200 of these, Misty being the most famous but the others are all brilliant too eg No More Shadows, Dreamstreet, Dreamy, Fashion Interlude, Nervous Waltz, Gemini, Passing Through, Afinidad, Eldorado, Octave 103, Mambo Carmel, Paisley Eyes, She Walked On, Gaslight, A New Kind Of Love (All Yours), Paris Mist, Like It Is, Erroll's Theme, and many more. Such a creative genius, I could listen to Erroll all day and never get bored. He never played any tune exactly the same, he really could play in any key at any tempo. This must be an early 70s TV appearance, late in the little maestro's career. He died on 2nd January 1977 aged just 55, a Gemini Genius Gone Too Soon (that's the title of a piano piece I wrote in honour of him, I've also done one called Garneresque and one called Pittsburgh Piano Player, he is a constant source of inspiration. Like Erroll, I can't read or write music either, self taught all the way).

@HanksJazz

20 күн бұрын

@autumnleaves2766 Thank you so much for this superb information ‼👍😎🎹

Great to see a musician who is a master of his instrument, so much joy aswell! Love Erroll.

H H Thank you so much for this post. I simply adore this guy. I am old enough to say that shortly I hope to hear him again in person. His joy is expressed in his face and fingers. NO ONE can replace his ability to pull that much ecstasy from an piano

@helenaafonso

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I. Especially admire.the steadiness.of his left hand against the vertiginous freedom of his right one!!!

I have listened to Garner's album Concert by the Sea only about 1,000 times. Garner's playing is always surprising and thrilling.

@HanksJazz

Жыл бұрын

a unique gifted and informally trained pure artist🎹

@jeffreywilliams5093

Жыл бұрын

@@HanksJazz So true! Even my father, who ignored most music, loved Erroll Garner!

Thank you for sharing this Erroll Garner TV footage! What a rare treat.

Enorme intérprete Erroll Garner. Sorprendente

My God how effortlessly he make that piano tell a colorful tale. Every not every scale just perfect Harmony.

@stevegroves4221

2 жыл бұрын

Effortless joy Kevin.

Need a reminder about what you might have missed by attending those pep rallies? Here it is.I was lucy to hear and see him perform at my university during a music festival. Professors of music in audience at that time were reviewing their resumes and looking for what had been left out. Students of piano were checking their agendas for finding extra time and space for more lessons. Salesmen of pianos knew that the had chosen the correct careers.Many were astonished and falling out their chairs in disbelief and respect. His versatility and wide ranging skills for performing music in different keys demonstrated a rare combination of piano talents not be equaled for years. Accompanists did not know when to begin to accompany him as he played extensive introductory notes. Look at their faces. Audience members for sure were taken for lengthy musical journeys in several directions.Talk about unwanted piano lessons. We recall hearing this man construct structures of solid musical excellence to form improvisation upon improvisation.

Man. On this classic AG he does not need to say he's gonna do one. It's all there.

I love Erroll Garner. Beauty, Soul and Joy in equal measure. He's my favourite pianist. Thank you for this incredible upload and thank you, Erroll, for the music.

@HanksJazz

2 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!👍😎🎹

Addendum: Erroll does indeed know the art of Jazz not just the pretty standards, etc. Erroll could do it all. Only other player might have been Oscar Peterson who could do him right. Maybe.

Träume mit offenen Augen

一番好きなジャズピアニスト、配信有り難うございます。とても嬉しい〜

The Real Master!!! 🎵

@robhosking9399

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.!

and the conga sound...good. thank you. an especial jazz, for sure.

Qué genioooo!!!!Y ésa mano izquierda!!!!Ya todos los sonidos pasan primero por su cuerpo ,su emoción y luego "sus Manos Mágicas",ejecutan lo que el cuerpo ,la emoción ,y su corazón están sintiendo!!!!Maestro de Maestros!!!Sigues siendo un placer escucharte!!!!!!!!!Me emociona tanta alegría en ésas Manos Mágicas!!!!!!Gracias Errol!!!!

@HanksJazz

Жыл бұрын

gracias a ti carolina Estoy muy contento de poder llevar esta hermosa alegría y música a todos. Gracias por encontrar y escuchar. ¡Errol es único!

I love it

What can one say. He's like the Godhead of piano.

Tinha que morrer um gênio desses? Quando toca, Deus incorpora nele! Não é possível!!!

For once in my life by Erroll is one of my favourite tunes

So easy to listen to, great music!

❤Great clip. I thought I saw all the Garner vids but This just may be his best. Thankyou For posting it.

@HanksJazz

5 ай бұрын

Terry, thanks for finding this site and watching!!😎🎹

Like the late Deems Tsutakawa out of Seattle told me a few years ago when I asked him on his break from a set at Jazz Alley in Seattle "how can I do what you do?" Deems said "just go with it and don't think so much and leave room in-between for thought." I'm guessing he meant don't try to be an Art Tatum. . Dean Seattle

Beautiful Blues !

12:10 He improvises on Debussy Claire de Lune, at 12:55 on Rachmaninoff Prelude op 3

@HanksJazz

Жыл бұрын

😆yes, I think that's fun as well as funny, and a nice extra touch of creativity🎹

@melissamelissa8940

Жыл бұрын

Bests Mann

Un vraie génie du piano trop sous-estimé , hélas....

EM ERROLL NÃO TEM ERRO !!! TUDO É MÚSICA QUE INVADE A MENTE DOCEMENTE... SEMENTES DE UM AMOR INFINITO !!!

@jsoljfklf7268

8 ай бұрын

🎉

Grande músico. 👏👏👏!!!

one of the graters on piano improviser

Simplemente sublime la interpretación

@HanksJazz

Жыл бұрын

maestro único

🇧🇷👉Grande Mestre Errol Garner. Autor do sucesso mundial de uma composição chamada Misty, Dizem que ele não lia partitura/questionado sobre isso ele disse.. as pessoas vão me pra me ver tocar não pra ler.

umm.... Wow... That opening was WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME!! SERIOUSLY!

Speak all you want about specific personal handicaps. Yet there was an enormous talent here for contemplating similarities. Compare Tatum and Peterson and Garner for more than only looking at the calendar for points of musical landmarks surrounding their lives. It might be more complicated than that.

❤️

Jeahhhhhhhhhh babe

What would special education programs have done to his career as a jazz pianist last century? If you need a reminder of what you might have missed while attending pep rallies last centuries, here it is. Do a comparative study of piano styles as demonstrated by Garner and Peterson and Tatum. Not sure if one was as replaceable as the other for these musical tasks. Size up their vast musical talents today. Chronology does play a part as the calendar is not the same for the events in their lives.The comparison is fascinating to contemplate.

for me the bongo is indispensable ! Just Errol satisfy...

🌾💙🌱😃

F a r o u t . . . . . !

what are the names of these songs he is playing?

@HanksJazz

Жыл бұрын

Maybe somebody knows and will reply here. Check back. A lot of Erroll's tunes are his interpretations of current radio tunes in the 60's.😎 🎹

A wonder

Shit hot.

Hi H Hehmsoth, Could you please tell me more about the origin of this video with Erroll Garner ? Could you tell me where it was filmed and who distributes it ? I am presently working on a documentary about Erroll Garner and research all the films and videos he appears in. Thanks. MNF

@HanksJazz

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Marie-Nicole, to answer your question, here's some background. I received a 2019 Morroe Berger - Benny Carter - Ed Berger Jazz Research Award, from the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. During my research in 60 boxes of uncatalogued materials from NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern, I found a VHS videotape that had a label on it "Just Jazz". On the tape was a compilation from the PBS Jazz series "Just Jazz", recorded in Chicago. Dan Morgenstern produced this series, and if you know about Dan, he knew all the great jazz players. He was editor of DownBeat magazine, too. When jazz artists came through Chicago on tours, Dan booked them to do a broadcast TV spot on his show. The entire videotape was transferred, and I placed it on KZread a playlist, and on a dedicated website. Here is some more detail: Texas State University's Hank Hehmsoth, associate professor in the School of Music, has discovered rare performances from the 1970 TV broadcasts of “Just Jazz” presumed lost for 50 years. Hehmsoth discovered the video footage among 60 boxes of uncatalogued Dan Morgenstern memorabilia at the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. Hehmsoth was researching the Morgenstern materials in his role as the 2019 Morroe Berger-Benny Carter-Edward Berger Jazz Research Research Fellow by the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. “I was there for 10 days in January 2020, just before Covid. They gave me access to NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern’s uncatalogued memorabilia,” Hehmsoth said. “These are all major jazz figures, and legends to jazz lovers and historians. There are also more performances of famous jazz artists including Billie Eckstine and Erroll Garner.” Morgenstern produced the PBS series “Just Jazz” for Chicago station WTTW in 1970. Included in the rediscovered broadcast tapes were: - the only known TV appearance of jazz tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons - the last televised appearance of jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon - the only U.S. TV appearance of expatriate jazz tenorist Don Byas The digitizing performances are available for viewing at media.music.txstate.edu/morgenstern/Morgenstern-Editor-Author/Morgenstern-JustJazz.html ...I hope this helps, and if you need more information for your research, please contact me.

@MarinaLaroche

5 ай бұрын

Je viens de lire votre commentaire et je suis une fan finie de la musique de Erroll. Puis-je vous demander ou vous en êtes maintenant avec votre documentaire ? Un bonjour du Québec. J'ai présumé que vous parlez Français mais au cas ou ce ne serait pas le cas. Hello, I just read your comment as I happen to be nuts about Erroll's music. Can you provide info as to where you are now in your documentary ?. Btw: I tried to find info on the villa in Touquet Paris Plage Erroll bought around 1954-56 he called Misty but didn't get much further. There is a Boris Vian woman relative who inherited his archives who might know.

Does anyone know the name of the first tune? I'd really like to know...

@Michael-cv3wb

Ай бұрын

That first tune is Erroll's composition. The title has somthing to do with " Islands " but I can't recall the exact name ..

Independent hands.

Stqcy Kent