Kim Burrell on Organ

[shawn_n]

How would you say Butch Woodie's skill compares to someone like Jimmy Smith or Joey DeFrancesco?  or even piano players like Bud Powell or Art Tatum?

A YO ME AND M.D. HAVE HAD THIS TALK B4. AND IT KINDA GO OUT OF HAND. AND ACTUALLY I GOT PREETY P***ED OFF ABOUT IT. BUT IM GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN.

BUTCH IS THE GREATEST!!!!!!

I'M TELLING YOU. ONCE YOU HERE THIS GUY YOU WILL GO NUTTZ.


AND FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, KIM BURRELL DOES ACTUALLY GO CRAZY FOR HIM. FOR A PRIME EXAMPLE. ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME FROM ST. LOUIS WILL KNOW THAT I USUALLY HANG AROUND MY UNCLES, MIKE HARPER, ISADORE (punkin) KING, RICHARD (june bug) BROWN, ROB WOODIE, BUTCH WOODIE, AND MEVIN MOORE. AND ANYWHERE THEY GO THEY KICK IT TOGETHER. AND ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ONE OF THEM USUALLY KNOWS ALL OF THEM.


SO LAST NOVEMBER DURING THE HOLY CONVOCATION IN MEMPHIS, MYSELF, MIKE, ISADORE, AND JUNE WERE SOMEWHERE EATING ON THURSDAY AND WE SAW KIM BURRELL LEAVING AND WE ALL WENT TO SPEAK TO HER B/C THE YEAR BEFORE BUTCH INTRODUCED US TO HER. SO WHEN WE SAW EACH OTHER SHE KEPT ASKING ABOUT BUTCH AND WE SAID THAT HE WASN'T COMING UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT. SO SHE WAS LIKE ARIGHT COOL. SHE WANTED HIM AND ROB TO PLAY FOR HER IF SHE SUNG. I THOUGHT WOW KIM BURRELL IS GOING TO BE SINGING WITH BUTCH PLAYING BEHIND HER. (st. louisians, can you imagine that?) SO ATFERWARDS WE SAW HER IN A HOTEL LOBBY FRIDAY AND SHE WAS ASKING WERE BUTCH WAS B/C SHE WANTED TO GO OVER A COUPLE SONGS WITH HIM ON THE PIANO IN THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL. AND WE HAD TO TELL THAT BUTCH SAID THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO COME. (at the last minute) IT BROKE HER HEART. SHE DIDN'T EVAN SING THAT NIGHT.






HOLLA

[mteekemp]

I am from Houston and I have plenty to say about this topic on Butch Woodie. To the guy who endorses him as the best, ask Butch what he thinks. Yes Kim Burrell is a beast on the organ and as far as someone playing for her, where I am from everybody plays for everybody...There is no exclusive musicians club. Who is the best, probably someone who will never say they are. This gospel music is an ever-changing cycle that no one person has ever captured the fullness of. When you have hundreds of thousands of musicians in our country that all play there is no way to judge who the best is because we did not set the standard in the first place. A lot of us get it twisted that we did something that ain't been done, but we must remember who the Giver of the gift is and then we can try and really operate in it. This whole topic will always be biased because everyone has thier personal picks and preferences but the greatest is The Spirit Of God that plays through us all and at any given time can take the gift away because God ain't gone share His glory with no man. Play that organ, dudes, but play it for the Glory to come and fill the room, so lives can be changed... When healings and deliverance can come through your playing, then say you are the best...because God came when you played...but then you still can't say anything because you know "IT AIN'T ABOUT YOU"...

[musiqisme26]

lets just say butch woodie is great in his own right. by anyone stating that one organinst is better than another then you take away eachs' persons style. so i.e. i like melivin crispell so i am biased to him..........and you have so many cats that simply put it down. can you say that butch woodie is better than moses "organmonster" tyson, or either of them better than michael bereal, what about ivan powell, or what about john peters, or eddie howard and the list can go on.......and lets not forget about less talked about organist that are out there as well mike taylor from chi-town who plays for and is md for ricky dillard and eric davis from CT who plays for youthful praise and mario cooper who plays for l. spenser smith down in alabama and paris who plays for tye tribbett, or mark copeland and this list can on as well

[jomo7]

MAN ............................. SHUT UP.   MOSES AND BUTCH SHOULD NEVER BE IN COMPARED TOGETHER THAT LIKE SAYING IS JACKIE CHAN BETTER THAT BUTCH WODDIE. AND I HAVE HEARD ALL OF THIS ORGANIST IN PERSON THAT U LISTED MUSIQISME26 AND UMMMMMMMMMM YES HE IS BETTER EVEN THOUGH ALL THOSE PEOPLE U LISTED R BETTER. SEE THIS IS WAY STL(MIDWEST) HAS THE BEST MUSICANS(GOSPEL) AND ITS NOT JUST ME THAT SAY THAT EVERYBODY THINK THE MIDWEST GOT UNDER CONTROL. AND IM NOT BRAGGN CAUSE I USE TO LIVE IN SC AND THOUGHT THIS DUDE NAMED GARY LEE WAS THE TRUE AND PEOPLE WOULD TRY AND TELL ME ABOTU THIS CAT BUTCH AND I SAID THE SAME THING U GUYS (THAT HAVE NEVER REALLY HEARD HIM EXEPT ON SHOWMETHAT) ARE SAYING. SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT U ALL ARE SAYING........

YOU KNOW WHAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IT ALL SOUNDS GREAT IN GODS EAR THAT WHAT REALLY MATTTERS.

[DetroitB3]

After all this talk of the G.O.A.T, how could we forget one of the greatest organist who ever graced the face of the Earth....Ganondwarf from Zelda ....dude was a monster!!!!! He could play in 20 keys at once and when he played, the leslie and Hammond caught on fire!!!!! LOL ...J/K

I had to laugh when someone said Butch made the leslie on the wall catch on fire....playing runs on the bass pedals that John or Pj play on there feet??? Are we taking it a lil too far fellas? lol  If there truly is a G.O.A.T , we've never heard him/her...let's not let our biased opinions and myths that we've heard be the deciding factor on who's the greatest...

[diverse379]

We are still talking about goats and butch woodie

And the subject of kim burrell went somewhere else

I know I would like soemeone to post a butch woodie run anyone had the opportunity to tape him and slow it down to get one of his bass pedal runs?

[MaestroDivine]

After all this talk of the G.O.A.T, how could we forget one of the greatest organist who ever graced the face of the Earth....Ganondwarf from Zelda ....dude was a monster!!!!! He could play in 20 keys at once and when he played, the leslie and Hammond caught on fire!!!!! LOL ...J/K

I had to laugh when someone said Butch made the leslie on the wall catch on fire....playing runs on the bass pedals that John or Pj play on there feet??? Are we taking it a lil too far fellas? lol  If there truly is a G.O.A.T , we've never heard him/her...let's not let our biased opinions and myths that we've heard be the deciding factor on who's the greatest...

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Dude, I was starting to think Butch was some kind of Wizard or something. Now, it's one thing to give someone their props ... but, this is going to frightening(yet amusing!) extreme...

[3rd-Day]

After all this talk of the G.O.A.T, how could we forget one of the greatest organist who ever graced the face of the Earth....Ganondwarf from Zelda ....dude was a monster!!!!! He could play in 20 keys at once and when he played, the leslie and Hammond caught on fire!!!!! LOL ...J/K

I had to laugh when someone said Butch made the leslie on the wall catch on fire....playing runs on the bass pedals that John or Pj play on there feet??? Are we taking it a lil too far fellas? lol  If there truly is a G.O.A.T , we've never heard him/her...let's not let our biased opinions and myths that we've heard be the deciding factor on who's the greatest...

Ddee... Did you say Ganadorf from Zelda. Yo he is the truth!!! He could get put on at a Methodist or Catholic church easily. I thought I was the only one that peeped his skills. Did you see how fingers was movin?  He had Princess Zelda caught up in the spirit!!! 

[musiqisme26]

jomo7 man relax i'm sure your not on butch woodie payroll so be easy.........but you did prove my point you being biased to a person you look up to has you standing firm on your opinion, no problem but how can you say everyone who disagree doesnt have right to their opinion.......all that they say he can do i can guaruntee ivan powell can..........and if you took the time to read my post you would see i gave love to east coast, midwest, down south, and the west coast......wendell lowe is a beast from the midwest and so is eddie howard(although he's in florida now)

[musiqisme26]

matter of fact let me tell you about somebody else from the midwest out in columbus ohio he goes by the name bobby floyd do some research on him and he's an internationally known jazz organist and has a great resume but he's also a cogic organist

[MaestroDivine]

That's the thing - their are SOOOO many great organist's out there; to label someone the GREATEST, is a bit Ludacris. Now, I think I know what it is ..... Butch is so much better than the dudes that they've heard, and what he does is so amazing - that they can't imagine someone being iller. I'm not going to say Butch isn't a top-level talent. I'm just going to say that their are other top level talents out there too. Just not as easy to find - or else they wouldn't be top level.

Reminds me of when I first entered college ... their was a friend of mine who played drums like I had never heard them play before. I told him, "Man, you gotta be the best in the world!!" He laughed hard .... and took me to his dorm room, and showed me footage of some of his favorite drummers.

Butch Woodie may be special - but give it some time, you'll hear someone else that's just as good, or better.

[musiqisme26]

no matter what instrument someone else will always pop up biggest example i can give i think would you got calvin rodgers then all of a sudden heeerrrrreeeee's spanky. my point is respect everyones opinion

[jomo7]

ok ok ok whatever man i reliaze that u cant tell nybody thats never heard butch anything so forget it

[thik_stix]

Undoubtedly, Butch is one of the best organists around....I will never ever take that away from him as long as i live......but i will say that there are alot of talents that GOD has given out, not just one.....No doubt, the dude is a child prodigy......that is the truth.....but there are also alot of other child prodigies in this world......what i am saying is that GOD did not give one talent out.....he gave many....its hard to compare musicians to each other, when you got so many....There are alot of unique musicians, with their own voicings on their instrument...There is no one catt that has IT ALL...Instead of arguing and going back and forth about who is GREAT and not GREAT....lets appreciate everyone's talents and gifts....and i assure you that i am not hating, because i am very much so a BUTCH WOODIE FAN, probably his #1...but i am also a fan of the TRUTH......GOD BLESS!!!!

[mteekemp]

Undoubtedly, Butch is one of the best organists around....I will never ever take that away from him as long as i live......but i will say that there are alot of talents that GOD has given out, not just one.....No doubt, the dude is a child prodigy......that is the truth.....but there are also alot of other child prodigies in this world......what i am saying is that GOD did not give one talent out.....he gave many....its hard to compare musicians to each other, when you got so many....There are alot of unique musicians, with their own voicings on their instrument...There is no one catt that has IT ALL...Instead of arguing and going back and forth about who is GREAT and not GREAT....lets appreciate everyone's talents and gifts....and i assure you that i am not hating, because i am very much so a BUTCH WOODIE FAN, probably his #1...but i am also a fan of the TRUTH......GOD BLESS!!!!

that is the best remark on this topic that i have heard...I appreciate you for saying it

[porkpiepoppa]

fareal tho man nicely put

[thik_stix]

that is the best remark on this topic that i have heard...I appreciate you for saying it

Yo' man its da' truth....i am tired of catts saying stuff like that...peeps don't know what Butch go through in order to play like he does, you don't know the cost of his annointing.....

[porkpiepoppa]

the sad thing is that some of us are acting like he plays to be popualr thats prolly why he declines those things maybe he just plays to praise god(why we should all play) to get out blessing and annointing i wanna strive to have a state of mind i dont even know the guy but i have a friend like that personality wise (random info) he was on court to be prom king and everyone wanted him to win he stayed home cuz he doesnt like all the attention) back to my topic and butch woodie has nothing to do with kim burrels playing ive never heard her play ever! and nobodys posted anything of her playing so why are we talking bout it? not trying to be rude its like saying"yo i know this guy he is sick on the drums" or soemthin like that some1 please post a clip or somethin please

[joisboy]

That's the thing - their are SOOOO many great organist's out there; to label someone the GREATEST, is a bit Ludacris. Now, I think I know what it is ..... Butch is so much better than the dudes that they've heard, and what he does is so amazing - that they can't imagine someone being iller. I'm not going to say Butch isn't a top-level talent. I'm just going to say that their are other top level talents out there too. Just not as easy to find - or else they wouldn't be top level.

Reminds me of when I first entered college ... their was a friend of mine who played drums like I had never heard them play before. I told him, "Man, you gotta be the best in the world!!" He laughed hard .... and took me to his dorm room, and showed me footage of some of his favorite drummers.

Butch Woodie may be special - but give it some time, you'll hear someone else that's just as good, or better.

Please let it go!  You seem to be a very intelligent person, as well as an accomplished musician (and I pray that you have passed from death to life), if so , there is no need for you to subject yourself to unbridaled zeal.  This message has been sent to relieve you and relegate the notion that "I" am the greatest organist in the world.  I'll even take this opportunity to say that most of the comments (especially in regard to my "Sister" Kim Burrell) aren't true, or I had/have no knowledge of it. [A good reputation is more valuable than silver and gold].  Now, I am special b/c I am uniquely created and made by God, and so are you; and every good and perfect gift comes from the Father of lights(knowledge) so what I have is just a portion, my portion...I'm just a vessel but rest assure I am no "BEAST".

Butch Woodie   

[Mud]

he use to play some chuch and got like $1,200 a sunday.

I know this is a very old comment & I'm not trying to dig up old fossils .....but....

WHAT?!?!?!?!?! 

He left a church paying $1,200 dollars a Sunday???? A GREAT musician, where I'm from, isn't seeing anymore than $400, and he'd have to be playing at a church where his father/mother is the pastor, and they'd have to have a considerable amount of members.

Man, he's a bigger man than I'll ever be. I would've found SOMETHING to like about that church! If this is infact true, then Butch isn't just a rare organist, but he's a rare man. I know many men who talk about God will provide, but I bet you less than 98.999 percent of those jive turkey's would walk away from $1,200 a Sunday!

Shooooot! The Pastor could try to sleep with their wife, and they'd blame her! 

~Div