Tony question

[five eight]

I got to see him three nights in a row in early 1987. I was the first one in the club every night and sat five feet away from his hi-hat side all three nights. It was thrilling to be able to see how he played all those licks I'd been listening to for years and wondering, "Huh!" We'd talk before the shows and he was always cool.

But he raided my Tony Williams scrapbook bigtime: "Can I have this? Lemme have that!"

It was tantamount to Jessica Alba asking you to handcuff her: how can you say no? [img]confused.gif[/img]

[S.P]

Awesome picture, man on the VSOP live under the sky tony pushes all the band memebers to amazing levels, his level of agression, passion and the way he has of elevating a soloists solo is just amazing!

There is one point in the song domo where the same phrase is being played by the trumpet i think it is and after the 3 or 4th time tony starts just to blushda underneath it and also herbie takes it to another level and its just insane! Plus you can hear a bit of 10,000+ crowd screaming!!!

[five eight]

VSOP is great but if you can hook up with 1965's LIVE AT THE PLUGGED NICKEL CDs with Miles you'll think you witnessed the Creation. [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ October 14, 2005 02:27 PM: Message edited by: Five Eight ]</font>

[S.P]

I just read some reviews on amazon and it sounds good!

Damn pricey though, especially for a student! but then it is a box set of 8 cds!

i'll def add it to my list of to get cds.

Sorry i've been rambling about the VSOP and it may not be the greatest tony recording but its the only i've heard!

[five eight]

There should be an abbreviated Plugged Nickel set that isn't so cost prohibitive and how many versions of So What can you listen to anyway?

The Four & More show was recorded in February 1964 and the Plugged Nickel gigs in December 1965. There's a world of difference in the tempos and Wayne Shorter had replaced Gorge Coleman on tenor by then.

If you can't get the Nickle set get Four & More. Guaranteed to blow your hair out behind you and inflict spasmodic jaw-dropping. [img]graemlins/party.gif[/img]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ October 14, 2005 02:26 PM: Message edited by: Five Eight ]</font>

[troutbrooke]

Sadly, I only got to see Tony live on one occasion with VSOP. Ever since, I have been searching for any and all DVDs with Tony. I haven't much luck so far, but I continue to search. Tony is my favourite of all time. I used to have his name silk screened on an old denim jacket when I was 18 (back in '81) - right on the shoulder. Most folks thought it was my name. I used to play with his signature Gretsch sticks too.

Everytime I see or use a black-dot head, or hear or play a wide open flam, I think of Tony.

[five eight]

I got a couple things on ebay. There's a laser disc of the TW Quartet in NYC that may or may not be on DVD by now. Also I got a homemade DVD of Tony playing some hip rock stuff with Jan Hammer and two others, but the audio is two seconds behind the video. It sucks to watch but I blast it while I'm at the computer or in the kitchen. It still sounds great. He's hitting so hard it could've been Bonzo on the drums.

The Village Vanguard wouldn't book him because he played so loud. [img]wink.gif[/img]