YOUNG TONY WILLIAMS WAS ALREADY A BEAST😱😱

In this Jazz Drummer Q-Tip of the Week drum set lesson, you will watch me react to this incredible video of young Tony Williams playing with the Miles Davis Quintet which includes Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter. Young Tony Williams was already a beast at 19 years old on the drum set. In this performance of the jazz standard Autumn Leaves, Tony was only 19 years old and was already playing like a master.

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ORIGINAL VIDEO:

VIDEO TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - Reaction Preview
00:15 - Opening RemarQs
01:36 - Video Description
03:15 - Let's GOOOOOOOOO
03:27 - Reaction starts
03:53 - Autumn Leaves begins
04:32 - Miles Davis' solo begins
08:13 - Wayne Shorter's solo begins
15:38 - Herbie Hancock's solo begins
17:19 - Close up footage of Tony Williams Hands
18:58 - Ron Carter's solo begins
20:16 - Miles Davis comes back in
21:43 - Closing RemarQs

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[tomcarr]

I hope people truly appreciate the fantastic lessons you are giving in these videos! Not just the amazing drumming, but the descriptions of what we’re hearing, how the musicians are counting, how to listen and what to listen for.

[jeroldparker]

Very cool how you are analyzing the form! Great job Quincy!

[cynthianaslim]

Tony Williams the greatest drummer who ever lived.

[Marcellob]

You're a good "Jazz teacher"...
I like Jazz because "there's something into it..." A language. Those musicians understand it so well; you want to understand the accent, that you feel "b"or"sharp"... But there's "a train to catch". I don't mind that you talk over, it's excellent to "make it through"...
❤🤙👍✌

[garydonnelly]

So, what pops out to me is Herbie. He reacts and he feeds. He's basically the one shaping things when he comps, gathering things he hears Tony and Ron play, reacting to them and the soloist and throwing back development ideas. This quintet was basically five sets of ears that listened as one. The first recording I heard of this group was Four and More, when I was 19. When I was told that's how old Tony was on that recording I simply was blown away.

[drumminwithtony]

Quincey that LETS ALMOST BROKE MY SPEAKERS 😂😂😂😂🙌 love it Brotha keep it up

[simonalexandercritchley]

Thank you so much for helping us understand the form of the music and how these guys listened to each other, masters at work.
Tony was already a master at this young age which is incredible.

[bromasi]

When I was a young drummer not as young Tony and heard this great drummer I said that’s it I put my drums in their cases and put them the closet and shut the door, it took a while to get started again, loved this man.

[gasdemup]

Tony Williams is the embodiment of Art Blakey, Max Roach and Philly Joe...
He masters them, centers them and then surpasses them in his own lane( ain't no best as Nasir Jones said)
He was a drum god
You sir are doing the work of the gods and are very much appreciated

[anthonynelson]

Hey Brother, it’s been long since we last hit. I believe it was 2015 when I visited Manitoba while doing a play! I am sending this video out to some young cats to hear your breakdown, your play by play! Thanks and I will be telling them to subscribe!

[PatrickManzecchi]

How Wayne, Herbie, Ron and Tony play and improvise with and upon the form of "Autumn Leaves" is priceless. Unbelievable that we always hear the form, no matter what. Thank you anyway, Q., for guiding us b.t.w. - great lesson! ;-)

[timcardona]

"Ahh he didnt crash on 1 or anything..." - Tony seemed to like this as there are other instances over the years where he does it. (Big Nick from the Lifetime record comes to mind). It's like an anti-peak haha. Great commentary on this one, especially good job pointing out the tension & release.

[drumsbymark]

I've been waiting for someone to make a channel like this for a long time. This is fantastic. Just subscribed.

[Slammintone]

Just heard “Paraphernalia” of the Miles In The Sky album. Can’t get enough of the drumming in this tune the way Tony starts off on the hi hats and then switches to the ride when Miles enters the tune a couple bars then Tony goes right back to the hats and again to the ride when Miles re-enters the tune. It’s such an amazing thing. Miles rates that cool Williams ride like it’s his personal theme cymbal. Can’t hear that tune enough! Thanks as always for the Tony Profile!

[charlestea]

Awesome video man! Before she died my grandmother asked if I could play Autumn Leaves on the guitar for her, I am a drummer, but I did learn and play it for her. That was the hardest thing I've ever done. Cheers and perfect health to you Quincy!!

[emilianoturazzi]

in my opinion Tony's best contribution is in "Out to lunch" same year 1964 ... but he was already a master in his 1963 recordings

[jeroldparker]

Hey Quincy, Michigan is my home state as well! I also lived in Ferndale!

[billbigler]

Q all of your lessons are great. But these with Tony Williams are superb. I learn so much from you. I know a bit about song form or structure in rock which most often has vocals. Intro, verse, chorus, bridge, repeat, outro. But usually in rock the time signature remains the same throughout the song (not at all true in prog rock of course). You are describing song form here in a cool and different light. The number of bars to the "top", changing time signatures (2/4, "threes" - 3/4 or triplets?, 5/4, etc.) are new to me. Cool stuff. I am 72 years of age. If I were a lot younger I would try to become a jazz drum student at your school. Keep up the great work for us Q. Best. Bill.

[johnhanks]

Thank you, Quincy! Your enthusiasm is always uplifting and very helpful to me as a longtime musician, especially these days! I used to listen to a Miles LP back in college (1970's!) "Live in Paris", or something, same lineup and set list as your video. Listening to their version of Autumn Leaves taught me so much about how a song form could become a malleable tool for expression. Wow! And, of course there was Tony, who changed the sound of jazz to this very day. So many great comments here, too. Thank you again!