Perdido by Billy Taylor, Duke Ellington and Willie the Lion

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presents Billy Taylor playing Duke Ellington's Perdido along with the Master himself, and piano legend Willie the Lion Smith, from a 1969 tv celebration of Billy's birthday.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: August 30, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Author: JazzVideoGuy

Length: 00:04:58
Rating: 4.91
Views: 62654

Tags: Billy Taylor Jazz Piano Duke Ellington Perdido Willie the Lion Smith Cigars Television

Video Comments:
rodbauer (December 2, 2008 at 10:30 am)
Great stuff!
jthemump (November 15, 2008 at 9:54 pm)
I love Ellington's playing as much as his composing.
billes335 (November 14, 2008 at 7:08 pm)
Ellington is my god for arranging. He was beautiful. Him and Strayhorn were amazing together. ...and his mother called him Bill is by far one of my favorite albums.
desolationstumblebum (November 14, 2008 at 9:25 am)
i may have seen cooler than this in my life sometime ... i just cant think of it now (or ever).

billy taylor seems like he's in heaven, the lion is king of course, and the other guy ...what's his name again?

♪☮
54spiritedwill54 (November 4, 2008 at 4:27 pm)
at 1:15 they all seem surprised by the bass and drums coming in..haha
KROGERSGROUP (November 1, 2008 at 10:49 pm)
im not getting at anyone in any bad way..but if its so easy..how come they are able to make something so simple sound so difficult..may be by knowing what the chord progression is, people may think its so easy..but there is so much more going on inside of these turnarounds besides the major/minor scales. like the diminished..(so important)
the music is beautiful...
i believe that the black man is a true king. so many world contributions with little respect and recognition.someone cursed us!!
kutari (October 28, 2008 at 9:17 am)
I love Tayor's solo. So melodic.
vanderbiltsax (October 27, 2008 at 5:16 pm)
ii V7 I haha I VI ii V I :D ii V I
nickhirst (October 22, 2008 at 7:25 am)
this is the stuff!
musicianslashwriter (October 7, 2008 at 9:01 pm)
Well done. Wonderful to see the masters at work.