I'm taken by how much structure this has. I'm used to Braxton just wailing, free form. Compared with what I'm used to hearing from him, this seems like Dixieland. Very hot, sweeping solo, great work, super band...
jazz is soul, returning soul, revolving soul, speaking singing soul "swing is any life affirming gesture" william parker said, no such thing as objectivity jazz should excite and INcite
extraordinary solo.... there is no end he can take the alto to,,, I see Miroslav Vitous on the bass..missing seeing him lately. Man, who is the drummer?
All of the 8th notes are actually perfectly in time, just in different parts of the time. Braxton is far from the first saxophonist to achieve this, too.
Aside from technical swing 8th note subdivision definition, to swing means essentially to ' feel good ' rhythmically and time wise, and that interpretation is be based on the playing style, from classic jazz right to Hard Bop's peak in the early '60s. Hence Free & Avant Garde's unusual/unstructured rhythmic & harmonic patterns is heard by some as 'unswinging'. Some people say that Monk didn't swing - that is his music felt different in relation to Bud & Oscar's.
Anthony Braxton is an avant-garde saxophonist so what's with all this discussion about? He a genius composer and his career is based on being innovative and experimenting.
@johhynochops another bigoted loser, you probably have no gigs and spend too much time in your mummy's basement playing grade 1 kazoo. The way you write shows you to be a total illiterate, shit-for-brains loser. If I ever met you on a bandstand
Braxton articulation and intonation are dead poor, no? Or does he like it that way? He's got no harmonic command either - we just mostly hear the underlying mode.
cause I just read that this had been going on during the woodstock festival ... I can't tell you / don't know how that event went down back then, but i gotta say that this guy should have been forced to play on the MAIN-stage (if he didn't) ...
Anthony swings just fine. I always thought those who claimed he didn't were listening with their preconceptions and not to him. The man can do it all.
Sounds like he got the time turned around before the second chorus was finished. No groove at all, either. No-playin' jive chump. They bring him back to the right form here and there, but he needs ALL the help he can get. Anthony Braxton is a SAMF - Sad Ass Mothah Fuggah.
Braxton can't swing. I don't mind all the out shit he plays, but I can't stand his playing a tune like Impressions because he can't swing. From the get-go on this he sounds as stiff as a board. It doesn't get better as the tune progresses.
Before anyone replies, don't give me any of this "He swings for me" or "Everyone swings different" crap. No, they don't. Swing is not subjective. There is objective criteria one must possess to be considered swinging, and Braxton ain't got it. End. Of. Story.
@bittynigga So how do you define swing? The elementary answer is playing eighth notes in a triplet pattern with the upbeat accented. It's true he isn't doing that....
but honestly, since when should any musician follow "objective criteria"? as long as it sounds good is all that matters
Intentionally blagging, or believing that playing out of tune and non- swinging is a good thing? Con yourself all you like you over-thinkers - this sounds like someone who is not very good at playing the saxophone. We can be relativist to the point where nothing means anything intellectually speaking - you may render a hippos fart to be musically comparable to a Shostakovich symphony. To musical ears this sounds terrible.They'll be believing in virgin births next. How mad is that???!!!???
@freeeeeeedy It's called a "feel" in music. Sorry you've never experienced being in the moment with band. Hopefully that 4/4 in-tune pop shit you listen to keeps you happy.
@jagerandweed Your apparently esoteric assertions about my musical tastes and experiences are unsurprisingly nowhere near the truth. I like the implied criticism of playing in tune. Says it all.
@freeeeeeedy you are seriously the biggest pretentious ass on youtube. have you become so jaded that everything in music has to be perfect? does the beauty of subtle imperfections escape you or did you never have a love for it? can you not see the man is playing his heart out and all you do is critique it like its a science project...
And some say Braxton can´t play jazz....this is really good performance...there´s some kind of small lack of cohesion with the band but the solo is great and now, when i listened to this again, i even enjoyed corea´s pianowork.
@freeeeeeedy it' a shame for jam session - not for braxton: one can love or not his playing, but he has his way to music ... this often isn't true about lots of jam sessions routiners - I hate jam sessions and related mythology. music is another thing nowaday - far away. let's have an operner approach to music...
Anthony Braxton takes the alto saxophone out beyond it's theoretical limits in a SPECTACULAR SOLO performance. John Coltrane would have loved this performance on his classic song "Impressions". Jack Dejohnette is stunning on the drums, pushing Braxton along. Corea and Vitas provide solid backing.
I was at this show. It was part of a weekend festival in '81. Impressions was performed as part of an unusually long jam session with easily over a half-dozen soloists. I believe this was the first and only piece that AB perfomed during the show -- so it's easy to understand that it took him a few choruses to settle into his solo. What struck me then and I'm reminded of now is the difficulty in having to solo right after AB -- in that show it was Lee Konitz (an introspective player, no less).
It must've been amazing to be at this live! I don't know much of AB's stuff, but I'm digging into it. I noticed that it's a piano player that follows him on this vid. Is Lee konitz later or is that another video? only reason I ask is that I'd love to find more footage of that set. It sounds amazing with 6 great players on it!!! Who were the others? Also do you or anyone know who the others are on this vid?
Corea wasn't in the same mood as Anthony, and was still playing the basic of the song, but he could go with Braxton, go out aswell .. . it could be better. . because, the idea would sound better..
I'm not enjoying the bass or piano either. If Anthony wanted to really go out, the rhythm section had to choose whether to support or contrast, and I think that the piano in particular did not go anywhere interesting. The bass was slightly more supportive, but did not feel connected to the group.
Great performance, Coltrane AND Bird would have been proud. No one ever produced these sounds from an alto sax. At 3:30 the performance is lifted by Braxton going into 'circular breathing' that really allows him to pour on the heat. AMAZING music.
Anthony Braxton, with Corea, Vitous, and DeJohnette, takes the alto sax out beyond it's theoretical limits in homage to John Coltrane in the first part and the second part is PURE BRAXTON. AMAZING PERFORMANCE.
Braxton plays great here despite the piano and bass line not being so supportive. I have a problem with the bass part particularly. He sits in places and the harmony becomes static. Happily Braxton blows the hell of this tune. Dejohnette is kickin' .
I don't think you get the point of this song if your raggin' on the rythm section. The bass part is genius and does not take away from the harmony at all, in fact the way the bass lays on one note creates some very interesting harmony. This song was meant to be taken WAYYY out and Moroslav succeeds in doing this.
it´s really interesting to see braxton at this kind of more traditional/conventional setup. and he can handle it very well, although the performance is really far from perfect. they vould be more together i think, braxton handles the tranish style well, but corea is, i think a bit, well, something . still, good really solo from braxton, though it began with those problems with his mouthpiece.
Intense!!!! Braxton's not just playing on another level, he's taking it into another dimension! The quantum physics of improvisation, love it!!!!! He may not be to others tastes (which is fair enough), but he's definitely made his own niche in the jazz world. Stunning footage!
while i believe in true beauty, i also understand that people's abilities to ascertain it are relative to their exposure to an art form. . . in my view, this solo is absolutely incredible and presents Braxton's interpretation of Coltrane's sketch in Impressions. And frankly, Braxton carried it to the next level, where in Coltrane's time, may've been impossible or unlikely.
Anthony Braxton takes the saxophone out to it's theoretical limits in a spectacular "tour de force" solo for the ages. Early on the solo is homage to Coltrane, then it become pure Braxton as he takes off. FAAAAR OUT!!
Looks like this came around the time of Circle and early Weather Report, before Braxton's classic albums of the 70's - looks like Miroslav (friggin' monster), Chick, and the drummer (sounds like Roy Haynes - Jack DeJohnette?).
Great band, Braxton sounds pretty good - better yet, check out the Avant Bop tunes on Montreux-Berlin concerts 1976!
QUESTIONS FOR ALL AB DETRACTORS: Did you know that Chick Corea is playing piano on this interpretation of Impressions? Did you recognize Jack DeJohnette? What about Miroslav Vitous? Do you think that Chick plays the chords he plays because he doesn't know how to play DM7? Why is it so hard to accept the fact that the differentness about this from what you are used to is a CONSCIOUS CHOICE on the part of MASTER IMPROVISERS?
In my experience, you can't convert the doubters. When I played in college other student musicians playing Jazz could barely hang on, as it is, so when challenged with a new idea that required developing skills and theory, they rejected it out of hand. The same with many listeners.
I suggest fans just focus upon what you leave and ignore the negative. Braxton's dealt with this since '67!!! We're not going to change them NOW after 30 yrs!
Thanks for that. I love all aspects of the Jazz Tradition. It's just hard to see this misinformation unaddressed. You are right though. We are pushing a rope here and for exactly the reason that you describe.
It's too bad we couldn't hear the other solos on this recording!! i was not a fan of AB's playing, he is talented and i have just started to listen to him. in the past i thought he just went through the coltrane regime, which everyone was...
Isn't it great to listen to an improviser who has the audacity to try to improvise outside of the Coltrane paradigm. I think that Chick's solo can be found on another version of this on YouTube.
Yeah, it leaps and loops and makes huge, if not jarring harmonic interval changes but it's SMOKIN'!! I'm DIGGIN' it! It seems to me that the song is made for, and almost demands such motivic exploration. This is one of the hottest covers of 'Impressions' I've heard in quite a while. (I'm a jazz DJ in Washington DC) It shakes you and perks up your ears, like jazz is SUPPOSED to do; like it USED to do! (At least a lot more often than it does now) Maybe it's not to everyone's liking... nothing is.
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all i know is that this isnt a very good performance for him... Not up to par with many of the newer jazz guys.... If it wasnt for his band in the back than he would sound alot worst..... I know he knows alot.... but why didnt he use it in this performance
You obviously have no idea why he became an avant garde musician. Unlike you 99% of cats in NYC and other music centers, AB chose not to pursue this mode of improvisation. It had already been done. What had NOT been done was the shit at 3:45 and on. Do you seriously think that he could not sound like 99% of the Real Book cats in NYC if he wanted to? I played a concert with him in '82 and he did the same thing to Giant Steps at 300 BPM...solo...for 20 min.
i give you props on that comment and i myself dont dig the dichotomy of jazz, but i do think all of these insults going around are annoying. i can see your cause but in trying to stick up fo braxton you also put a theory of why he became an avant garde musician in there too. why cant we just dig the music and talk about how hot it is not how much we know or would like to know or wanna know. we should talk about the music being made not arguments being thrown around.
I completely agree with the energy and spirit of this comment. After all, this is music not Wall Street trading or Corporate litigation. I guess I get tired of reading comments from cats who presume to know something about music and then start bashing AB. Its like a person who hasn't passed Algebra I starting in the middle of a book on Linear Algebra and declaring that its all a bunch on nonsense.
i absolutely know he cant play like cats who play straight ahead, you hear him attempt to do it in the beginning of the solo and its sounds crappy. anyway i respect braxton a lot although i cant say im a fan.
If you respect Braxton and understand that he does not WANT to play RealBook II-V I then my comment was not directed toward you. FYI if you read that if I played with Braxton in '82 that I am not very young. Also, played Harmolodic music with Yah Ya and Terry. RealBook orthodoxy is hilarious. Louis Armstrong thought that be bop was nonsense. Said that it was "Chinese music". FYI I just did a Real Book gig this afternoon. It was fun. Its not the game, or the cards dealt...its the player.
Why do you assume that he's not MOCKING or doing and IMPRESSION or CARICATURE of cats who are stuck in the 1960's. You actually think that Braxton in sitting at home working on Jamie Abersold books and memorizing Coltrane solos and this solo represents his lack of success? That's actually a very funny thought.
becauase braxton has too much class to mock them. thats a ridiculous notion. just because hes a great avant garde musician doesnt mean he can play inside. he honestly sounds lame on this stuff. he should just stick to what he does best. if i played his music i would sound lame too.
I agree that he probably is not mocking them. However, I wouldn't rule out doing an IMPRESSION of them.
I really think Braxton is making a different statement than "hey guys look at me play a Real Book tune like 1000 other guys running around NYC. I got Andrew White's transcriptions and they are coming along really well!!!"
Also, can we agree that words like "lame" are more appropriate for American Idol rejects or a cold Big Mac for Thanksgiving?
Is that fucking Jack Dejohnette?
AGAG789 1 day ago
Miroslav Vitous on Bass?
retrogrouchable 2 weeks ago
I'm taken by how much structure this has. I'm used to Braxton just wailing, free form. Compared with what I'm used to hearing from him, this seems like Dixieland. Very hot, sweeping solo, great work, super band...
psonderman 4 weeks ago
Without swing this performance is great. why should all player do swing? Don't put a limit on music.
I think John would have been proud of this too.
swf 1 month ago
jazz is soul, returning soul, revolving soul, speaking singing soul "swing is any life affirming gesture" william parker said, no such thing as objectivity jazz should excite and INcite
joznick1 1 month ago
Meu DEUS o que é isso? isso é mais do que de mais!!! DEUS obrigado por essa musica.
ChiquinhoTelles 2 months ago
Isso se chama espirito jazzista!!!
ChiquinhoTelles 2 months ago
Putain c'est puissant
ogdTo 4 months ago
Hell Yea!!!
onepresence 5 months ago
the best version of 'impressions' ive seen on youtube
joshlet 5 months ago
well, I'd love to hang around and listen to more of his stuff but i gotta go putty shut my new bleeding asshole that his solo just tore for me.
uhohthatsadollar90 5 months ago
extraordinary solo.... there is no end he can take the alto to,,, I see Miroslav Vitous on the bass..missing seeing him lately. Man, who is the drummer?
Navroze 6 months ago
All of the 8th notes are actually perfectly in time, just in different parts of the time. Braxton is far from the first saxophonist to achieve this, too.
TheAdawg1789 6 months ago
Aside from technical swing 8th note subdivision definition, to swing means essentially to ' feel good ' rhythmically and time wise, and that interpretation is be based on the playing style, from classic jazz right to Hard Bop's peak in the early '60s. Hence Free & Avant Garde's unusual/unstructured rhythmic & harmonic patterns is heard by some as 'unswinging'. Some people say that Monk didn't swing - that is his music felt different in relation to Bud & Oscar's.
egyptianminor 6 months ago
ANTHONY BRAXTON IS BEYOND!!! BELIEVE DAT!!!
17205513 7 months ago
What about Corea's?!
ShadKiklas 8 months ago
i never realized there were so many haters in the jazzz community
tranesonic 8 months ago
My new sax hero! B
BrianMBrody 8 months ago
Anthony Braxton is an avant-garde saxophonist so what's with all this discussion about? He a genius composer and his career is based on being innovative and experimenting.
Games65 9 months ago 3
Braxton es un improvisador tan creativo que supera lo imaginable contagiandonos su entusiasmo y enorme técnica.
Su respiración circular le permite trasladarnos hacia su más alla ´despues del cual quedamos exhautos (CFK11)
arafhenus 9 months ago
This is great !!!!!!!!!!!! But maybe he coul play those eights a little more in time.LOL
petopalaj 9 months ago
Love Braxton on this!
bobvanluijt 9 months ago
He's older now, but isn't he great?
Villerembert 10 months ago
this man is a poser
Bagas 10 months ago
@Bagas wtf is he posing as? One of the best jazz musicians of all time? oh wait he is one...
Vadomont 1 month ago
Miroslav Vitous! What year is this from?
hotlanta71 11 months ago
@johhynochops another bigoted loser, you probably have no gigs and spend too much time in your mummy's basement playing grade 1 kazoo. The way you write shows you to be a total illiterate, shit-for-brains loser. If I ever met you on a bandstand
you would have a foot up your sorry ass
rhythmking10 11 months ago
Anthony sure makin Coltrane proud.
CadillacL 11 months ago 2
Braxton articulation and intonation are dead poor, no? Or does he like it that way? He's got no harmonic command either - we just mostly hear the underlying mode.
jazztitch 1 year ago
cause I just read that this had been going on during the woodstock festival ... I can't tell you / don't know how that event went down back then, but i gotta say that this guy should have been forced to play on the MAIN-stage (if he didn't) ...
anyway, nice session
GoSuRuSh 1 year ago
I've never heard a soloist make a rhythm section sound so bad as this exhibition of blaggtasticness has done.
freeeeeeedy 1 year ago
Who's the killer doublebassist ?
mangosnake 1 year ago
Vitous.
paganmaestro 1 year ago
BIG
M0nsterZero 1 year ago
my personal Jimmi Hedrix of the Sax in this piece!
ArturoOrigel 1 year ago
Braxton is playing his ASS off from 3:45-4:51.
railcar123 1 year ago 2
Anthony swings just fine. I always thought those who claimed he didn't were listening with their preconceptions and not to him. The man can do it all.
garygomesg 1 year ago
is that miroslav on bass?
1stonedturtle 1 year ago
@1stonedturtle
I was thinking that yep
mrcoolpimpice 1 year ago
Sounds like he got the time turned around before the second chorus was finished. No groove at all, either. No-playin' jive chump. They bring him back to the right form here and there, but he needs ALL the help he can get. Anthony Braxton is a SAMF - Sad Ass Mothah Fuggah.
johnnycchops 1 year ago
@johnnycchops - umm i'm pretty sure jack d and miroslav can handle the groove, just let anthony blow...
bedtime4bonzo 1 year ago
Oh. This is the jam.
ignarukih 1 year ago
wicked!
ireradly 1 year ago
awesome to hear him play some normal shit
mrfish4lyfe 1 year ago 2
Braxton can't swing. I don't mind all the out shit he plays, but I can't stand his playing a tune like Impressions because he can't swing. From the get-go on this he sounds as stiff as a board. It doesn't get better as the tune progresses.
Before anyone replies, don't give me any of this "He swings for me" or "Everyone swings different" crap. No, they don't. Swing is not subjective. There is objective criteria one must possess to be considered swinging, and Braxton ain't got it. End. Of. Story.
bittynigga 1 year ago
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ArtD42 1 year ago
@bittynigga Alright, so he doesn't swing. Your point? It's still beautiful music.
ArtD42 1 year ago
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@bittynigga Alright, so he doesn't swing. Your point? It's still beautiful music.
ArtD42 1 year ago
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@bittynigga Alright, so he doesn't swing. Your point? It's still beautiful music.
ArtD42 1 year ago
@bittynigga So how do you define swing? The elementary answer is playing eighth notes in a triplet pattern with the upbeat accented. It's true he isn't doing that....
but honestly, since when should any musician follow "objective criteria"? as long as it sounds good is all that matters
laalalala1 1 year ago
@bittynigga It is subjective, but within boundaries that he is clearly without.
freeeeeeedy 1 year ago
@bittynigga Coltrane didn't swing on this tune either. You're an idiot. This isn't fucking Benny Goodman.
cashberg 8 months ago
Don't stop anthony !! please !!! great performance cool !!
SICKMANBUYER 1 year ago
Intentionally blagging, or believing that playing out of tune and non- swinging is a good thing? Con yourself all you like you over-thinkers - this sounds like someone who is not very good at playing the saxophone. We can be relativist to the point where nothing means anything intellectually speaking - you may render a hippos fart to be musically comparable to a Shostakovich symphony. To musical ears this sounds terrible.They'll be believing in virgin births next. How mad is that???!!!???
freeeeeeedy 1 year ago
@freeeeeeedy It's called a "feel" in music. Sorry you've never experienced being in the moment with band. Hopefully that 4/4 in-tune pop shit you listen to keeps you happy.
jagerandweed 1 year ago
@jagerandweed Your apparently esoteric assertions about my musical tastes and experiences are unsurprisingly nowhere near the truth. I like the implied criticism of playing in tune. Says it all.
freeeeeeedy 1 year ago
@freeeeeeedy Seems to me you spent far too long in English and debate class to appreciate what music is.
Please drown in your own blood.
jagerandweed 1 year ago
@jagerandweed Sorry. I forgot that you have to be a moron to appreciate music.
freeeeeeedy 1 year ago
@freeeeeeedy you are seriously the biggest pretentious ass on youtube. have you become so jaded that everything in music has to be perfect? does the beauty of subtle imperfections escape you or did you never have a love for it? can you not see the man is playing his heart out and all you do is critique it like its a science project...
Vadomont 1 month ago
by the way - I usually don't like his approach to stright jazz - but this is really a good solo.
yourockets 1 year ago
Love the way he keeps it lo-fi by dressing like a bedraggled English teacher.
strawhattedman 1 year ago
Blood-curdling screams out of an alto...That was AWESOME.
Beyak117 1 year ago
is there a dvd of this?
casserorama 1 year ago
is there a dvd of this?
casserorama 1 year ago
And some say Braxton can´t play jazz....this is really good performance...there´s some kind of small lack of cohesion with the band but the solo is great and now, when i listened to this again, i even enjoyed corea´s pianowork.
vulvatronic 1 year ago
Fantastico!
batslinus 1 year ago
The roof REALLY starts to blow off at 3:45!!
railcar123 1 year ago
People are thrown out of jam sessions for playing like this.
freeeeeeedy 1 year ago
@freeeeeeedy it' a shame for jam session - not for braxton: one can love or not his playing, but he has his way to music ... this often isn't true about lots of jam sessions routiners - I hate jam sessions and related mythology. music is another thing nowaday - far away. let's have an operner approach to music...
yourockets 1 year ago
WOW! That solo was intense!
mikeyskywalker 1 year ago
AB and the very, very band with Corea & Co. Trane's tune is forever !
xF
XicoFlavio 1 year ago
it so cool
eurostandar 2 years ago
Anthony Braxton takes the alto saxophone out beyond it's theoretical limits in a SPECTACULAR SOLO performance. John Coltrane would have loved this performance on his classic song "Impressions". Jack Dejohnette is stunning on the drums, pushing Braxton along. Corea and Vitas provide solid backing.
RaiderEleven 2 years ago 12
@RaiderEleven
iconoclastify 7 months ago
I love Battles!
PERSONIFICATIONOFYAY 2 years ago
that started to rock pretty hard, dej was holding it down!
handdancin 2 years ago
OMG
Sparrowblood7663 2 years ago
I was at this show. It was part of a weekend festival in '81. Impressions was performed as part of an unusually long jam session with easily over a half-dozen soloists. I believe this was the first and only piece that AB perfomed during the show -- so it's easy to understand that it took him a few choruses to settle into his solo. What struck me then and I'm reminded of now is the difficulty in having to solo right after AB -- in that show it was Lee Konitz (an introspective player, no less).
ravilev 2 years ago
It must've been amazing to be at this live! I don't know much of AB's stuff, but I'm digging into it. I noticed that it's a piano player that follows him on this vid. Is Lee konitz later or is that another video? only reason I ask is that I'd love to find more footage of that set. It sounds amazing with 6 great players on it!!! Who were the others? Also do you or anyone know who the others are on this vid?
jasonmusic99 2 years ago
I discovered Anthony Braxton and I'm really not disappointed with this version of "Impressions". What performance ! ! !
Merci ;)
SYL2Oh 2 years ago
rippin' the shit, damn it! i wish the clip was longer...
TheSoundRebellion 2 years ago
I love Anthony's harmonic ideas, but his swing feel and time always feels a little weird to me.
JacobShulman 2 years ago
he's a master at bending time, any weirdness you experience is on purpose.
defdeezy 2 years ago 15
He's the man, it's true
JacobShulman 2 years ago
@defdeezy that's bullshit. he can't keep time. the time got turned around half a minute in. he can't play shit. hero worship is all this is.
johnnycchops 1 year ago
@defdeezy Check his version of Donna Lee on the album of the same name. Woah!
ignarukih 8 months ago
@JacobShulman he has no time feel. shameful for a brotha! truly, he sucks playing in this setting.
johnnycchops 1 year ago
Corea wasn't in the same mood as Anthony, and was still playing the basic of the song, but he could go with Braxton, go out aswell .. . it could be better. . because, the idea would sound better..
Jazzykes 2 years ago
Thanks Anthony and Chick!
Now where can I get: "You Stepped Out Of Dream" on CD?
manmack 2 years ago
oh my god braxton destroooys
onandoffsuperfast 2 years ago
I'm not enjoying the bass or piano either. If Anthony wanted to really go out, the rhythm section had to choose whether to support or contrast, and I think that the piano in particular did not go anywhere interesting. The bass was slightly more supportive, but did not feel connected to the group.
Snoogans775 2 years ago
Wrong sloppy336. The keys and bass keepin' it simple allowed him to take it out.
Quit bein' so snooty.
number1covers 2 years ago
@number1covers oh snap. it's a jazz fight now.
Snoogans775 1 year ago
Great performance, Coltrane AND Bird would have been proud. No one ever produced these sounds from an alto sax. At 3:30 the performance is lifted by Braxton going into 'circular breathing' that really allows him to pour on the heat. AMAZING music.
RaiderEleven 2 years ago
is that steve irkle?
willy4u4u 2 years ago
Anthony Braxton, with Corea, Vitous, and DeJohnette, takes the alto sax out beyond it's theoretical limits in homage to John Coltrane in the first part and the second part is PURE BRAXTON. AMAZING PERFORMANCE.
RaiderEleven 2 years ago
Braxton plays great here despite the piano and bass line not being so supportive. I have a problem with the bass part particularly. He sits in places and the harmony becomes static. Happily Braxton blows the hell of this tune. Dejohnette is kickin' .
booksteve 2 years ago
I don't think you get the point of this song if your raggin' on the rythm section. The bass part is genius and does not take away from the harmony at all, in fact the way the bass lays on one note creates some very interesting harmony. This song was meant to be taken WAYYY out and Moroslav succeeds in doing this.
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BrunoJazzmanLeicht 2 years ago 7
das ist Jack de Johnette
PSIchiater 2 years ago
it´s really interesting to see braxton at this kind of more traditional/conventional setup. and he can handle it very well, although the performance is really far from perfect. they vould be more together i think, braxton handles the tranish style well, but corea is, i think a bit, well, something . still, good really solo from braxton, though it began with those problems with his mouthpiece.
vulvatronic 2 years ago 2
looks like the irkle of jazz arrives..
willy4u4u 3 years ago
wat happened to the rest? i wana hear chicks solo
zackthemack 3 years ago
It's on Youtube. Find the other version, in two parts. Chick is soloing on part II, I think.
iwanttowatchsomethin 2 years ago
Intense!!!! Braxton's not just playing on another level, he's taking it into another dimension! The quantum physics of improvisation, love it!!!!! He may not be to others tastes (which is fair enough), but he's definitely made his own niche in the jazz world. Stunning footage!
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L0sendos 3 years ago
Whoops! Miroslav Vitous (bass)
boztar 3 years ago
What A Band! Chick Corea, iroslav Vitous and Tony Williams! Wish the whole clip was posted. What year was this recorded?
boztar 3 years ago
That's Jack de Johnette, not Tony Williams, right?
hellsec 3 years ago
Right, Jack DeJohnette.
boztar 3 years ago
Tony Williams
jazzaheadandbehind 2 years ago
I knew it!!
boztar 2 years ago
No, this is Jack Dejohnette, i think he and Corea and Vitous were in the Miles Davis group at the time.
boztar 2 years ago
vitous never played with miles, youre thinking of dave holland
boogster123321 2 years ago
miroslav actually did play with miles for a little while as stated in miles' autobiography
jazzbass3826 2 years ago
really? cool im guessing bitches brew?
boogster123321 2 years ago
it's jack de johnette...
NENOKAM 2 years ago
Its DeJohnette
drycomplexity 2 years ago
love braxton! so much tension!
mibifinalist 3 years ago
damn! what perfection! Braxton has to be one of the best alto player alive.
quazichimp 3 years ago 3
while i believe in true beauty, i also understand that people's abilities to ascertain it are relative to their exposure to an art form. . . in my view, this solo is absolutely incredible and presents Braxton's interpretation of Coltrane's sketch in Impressions. And frankly, Braxton carried it to the next level, where in Coltrane's time, may've been impossible or unlikely.
nrkst1972 3 years ago
very well said ! ..
it ain't about 'beauty ' ..
it's about 'meaning' ...
bebop54 3 years ago 2
I love jazz, but I find it hilarious when crowds notice it's a cover...I could never point out someone else's song if I went to a jazz show
SpeakToMe19 3 years ago
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panajazz 3 years ago
YOU SHOULD POST THE ENTIRE SONG!!
fearsomegladiator 3 years ago
Anthony Braxton takes the saxophone out to it's theoretical limits in a spectacular "tour de force" solo for the ages. Early on the solo is homage to Coltrane, then it become pure Braxton as he takes off. FAAAAR OUT!!
RaiderEleven 3 years ago
One of the best saxophinists I have ever heard.
patrissimo 3 years ago
Braxton is FAR OUT!!!
RaiderEleven 3 years ago
This piece has great tension! Great stuff.
eddiestacy 3 years ago
That's the word I've been looking for to describe it. Tension, good word choice.
fearsomegladiator 3 years ago
Only a year ago would I not be able to listen this all the way through but now I can... Anthony Braxton is an Alien..
Jazzman303 3 years ago
genius, with great band.
The man pushes the envelope, its all there. A lot of jazzers never liked him because he was free in a way they were not.
randykawasaki 3 years ago
So true, I also like listening to him!
fearsomegladiator 3 years ago
great great Braxton
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afroclyde 3 years ago
WTF?
tutoner 3 years ago
lmfao i was thinking the same
TEZZLE27 3 years ago
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especially his high notes, are a jumble of sh**
Allansean05 3 years ago
Ok, I know some people grow up listening Kenny G. It's no failure, you just gotta stop comparing apple with orange....NOW!
gioni 3 years ago 8
@gioni kenny g sucks, paul towndrow FTW!!!
PimpBrovasTV 1 year ago
It's got it's moments, but I agree, much of it lacks coherence.
flyjoseph 3 years ago
No; what it has is great tension! Great stuff.
eddiestacy 3 years ago
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this shit sucks. period.
Whatisthescore 3 years ago
What are you talking about? He rips this tune apart. Serious performance here.
MuzakConcrete 3 years ago 3
I mean Montreux-Berlin Concerts 1977 - thanks so much for posting this, sky50!
burdinus 3 years ago
Looks like this came around the time of Circle and early Weather Report, before Braxton's classic albums of the 70's - looks like Miroslav (friggin' monster), Chick, and the drummer (sounds like Roy Haynes - Jack DeJohnette?).
Great band, Braxton sounds pretty good - better yet, check out the Avant Bop tunes on Montreux-Berlin concerts 1976!
burdinus 3 years ago
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this dude is a hack of the highest order!!!
saxoclar 3 years ago
This performance is incredible.
iwanttowatchsomethin 3 years ago 2
Happy birthday!
MitzvaMobile 3 years ago
Absolutely fantastic performance, and just all around superb ensemble. Anthony's son, Tyondai, is also equally as talented.
monkeybooger147 3 years ago 2
WHAT tickles me is 95 comments!!! (Positive or negative) Before the internet, fans were so alone. Now we get 90 posts up. Damn!
HK83IE 3 years ago 2
QUESTIONS FOR ALL AB DETRACTORS: Did you know that Chick Corea is playing piano on this interpretation of Impressions? Did you recognize Jack DeJohnette? What about Miroslav Vitous? Do you think that Chick plays the chords he plays because he doesn't know how to play DM7? Why is it so hard to accept the fact that the differentness about this from what you are used to is a CONSCIOUS CHOICE on the part of MASTER IMPROVISERS?
TV3020001 3 years ago
In my experience, you can't convert the doubters. When I played in college other student musicians playing Jazz could barely hang on, as it is, so when challenged with a new idea that required developing skills and theory, they rejected it out of hand. The same with many listeners.
I suggest fans just focus upon what you leave and ignore the negative. Braxton's dealt with this since '67!!! We're not going to change them NOW after 30 yrs!
HK83IE 3 years ago
Thanks for that. I love all aspects of the Jazz Tradition. It's just hard to see this misinformation unaddressed. You are right though. We are pushing a rope here and for exactly the reason that you describe.
TV3020001 3 years ago
It's too bad we couldn't hear the other solos on this recording!! i was not a fan of AB's playing, he is talented and i have just started to listen to him. in the past i thought he just went through the coltrane regime, which everyone was...
padleynj 3 years ago
Isn't it great to listen to an improviser who has the audacity to try to improvise outside of the Coltrane paradigm. I think that Chick's solo can be found on another version of this on YouTube.
TV3020001 3 years ago
Here is part 2
watch?v=Rq23Jj7lW_E
iwanttowatchsomethin 3 years ago
Yeah, it leaps and loops and makes huge, if not jarring harmonic interval changes but it's SMOKIN'!! I'm DIGGIN' it! It seems to me that the song is made for, and almost demands such motivic exploration. This is one of the hottest covers of 'Impressions' I've heard in quite a while. (I'm a jazz DJ in Washington DC) It shakes you and perks up your ears, like jazz is SUPPOSED to do; like it USED to do! (At least a lot more often than it does now) Maybe it's not to everyone's liking... nothing is.
Milestonzz 3 years ago
Braxton is aok in my book. A true individual in the spirit of Ornette Coleman. Thanks for posting.
rafikcc 3 years ago
This Fool Sucks...... as far as sax playing goes it is terrrible.
Pickpocket86 3 years ago
AGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
TV3020001 3 years ago
Just curious, what about his playing doesn't work for you? Also, why do you think that Braxton is a fool?
TV3020001 3 years ago
Sometimes (a lot of the time in my experience) you just can't win against outright ignorance.
orientalnegro 3 years ago
I am beginning to see that so clearly.
TV3020001 3 years ago
because anthony braxton knows nothing of time, harmony, or melody (i'm being sarcastic)
kevinm4435 3 years ago
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all i know is that this isnt a very good performance for him... Not up to par with many of the newer jazz guys.... If it wasnt for his band in the back than he would sound alot worst..... I know he knows alot.... but why didnt he use it in this performance
Pickpocket86 3 years ago
Aaaww man, I really wanted to hear Chick's solo.
mrpossibilities 3 years ago
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amazing.... just amazing...
cannibalembryo 3 years ago
Braxton 4 lyfe
lovelylovelymilly 3 years ago
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sounds like a college band.
widefilth 3 years ago
I think i know now why he decided to become an avant garde musician. :)
nyshoefly 4 years ago
You obviously have no idea why he became an avant garde musician. Unlike you 99% of cats in NYC and other music centers, AB chose not to pursue this mode of improvisation. It had already been done. What had NOT been done was the shit at 3:45 and on. Do you seriously think that he could not sound like 99% of the Real Book cats in NYC if he wanted to? I played a concert with him in '82 and he did the same thing to Giant Steps at 300 BPM...solo...for 20 min.
TV3020001 3 years ago
i give you props on that comment and i myself dont dig the dichotomy of jazz, but i do think all of these insults going around are annoying. i can see your cause but in trying to stick up fo braxton you also put a theory of why he became an avant garde musician in there too. why cant we just dig the music and talk about how hot it is not how much we know or would like to know or wanna know. we should talk about the music being made not arguments being thrown around.
ColtraneGilg 3 years ago
I completely agree with the energy and spirit of this comment. After all, this is music not Wall Street trading or Corporate litigation. I guess I get tired of reading comments from cats who presume to know something about music and then start bashing AB. Its like a person who hasn't passed Algebra I starting in the middle of a book on Linear Algebra and declaring that its all a bunch on nonsense.
TV3020001 3 years ago
FYI im an alto player who has performed with Rashied ALi in NYC so my comment has relevance. neVer assume young man.
nyshoefly 3 years ago
i absolutely know he cant play like cats who play straight ahead, you hear him attempt to do it in the beginning of the solo and its sounds crappy. anyway i respect braxton a lot although i cant say im a fan.
nyshoefly 3 years ago
If you respect Braxton and understand that he does not WANT to play RealBook II-V I then my comment was not directed toward you. FYI if you read that if I played with Braxton in '82 that I am not very young. Also, played Harmolodic music with Yah Ya and Terry. RealBook orthodoxy is hilarious. Louis Armstrong thought that be bop was nonsense. Said that it was "Chinese music". FYI I just did a Real Book gig this afternoon. It was fun. Its not the game, or the cards dealt...its the player.
TV3020001 3 years ago
Why do you assume that he's not MOCKING or doing and IMPRESSION or CARICATURE of cats who are stuck in the 1960's. You actually think that Braxton in sitting at home working on Jamie Abersold books and memorizing Coltrane solos and this solo represents his lack of success? That's actually a very funny thought.
TV3020001 3 years ago
becauase braxton has too much class to mock them. thats a ridiculous notion. just because hes a great avant garde musician doesnt mean he can play inside. he honestly sounds lame on this stuff. he should just stick to what he does best. if i played his music i would sound lame too.
nyshoefly 3 years ago
I agree that he probably is not mocking them. However, I wouldn't rule out doing an IMPRESSION of them.
I really think Braxton is making a different statement than "hey guys look at me play a Real Book tune like 1000 other guys running around NYC. I got Andrew White's transcriptions and they are coming along really well!!!"
Also, can we agree that words like "lame" are more appropriate for American Idol rejects or a cold Big Mac for Thanksgiving?