Berklee Summer Jazz Workshop 2008 - Giant Steps

[SMWhit3out]

This lacks soul.

[Jazzmancf72]

@Saxyman14, Just Toshiko Akiyoshi, Paula Cole, Melissa Ethridge, Diana Krall, Patty Larkin, Aimee Mann, and Esperanza Spalding to name a few.

[elortibamal]

Why not the guitarrist improvise?

[warboy3209]

I'll be watching for these guys in the upcoming years.

[paisteguy799]

so this might be the best drummer ive ever seen at a 5 week...and his name is kush? ur my new favorite person

[theclavious]

I wish they would shut down music schools

[JazzNaySean]

the drummer is good

[braninho10]

justin bieber in the trumpet

[danieljones013]

@braninho10 oh snap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[braninho10]

justin bieber in the trumpet

[braninho10]

justin bieber in the trumpet

[54mwi53]

Drummer FTW

[dlognir]

Really poor camera work at 4:00 when the pianist does his solo. Could have planned the layout better.

[delamerica93]

tree palmedo is really good

[saxev2005]

Is it just me or does the bass player look a little like Blake Griffin (NBA)?

[imakery]

holy shit, really fuckin amazing, drummer is sick, it would have been so much cooler if they had ended it on those 2 hits though instead of the chord at the end. Still really awesome.

[diegovbjames]

Whack wow

[diegovbjames]

Whack wow

[iJiggsy]

I really like this take on "Giant Steps". All of these guys are brilliant musicians (several from my area too).

I made a composition for my quartet that Merged "So What", "Afro Blue", and "Impressions" sort of in ode to this type of song modification.

I hope I can play in this ensemble before I am too old (probably not this year, but I may have a chance next year). The Berklee 5-Week Program is really great and exposes a plethora of excellent musicians.

[Jazsngr]

boy these guys are really great. who is the drummer.. he's awesome!

[v6pete]

These kids sound just great...but how on earth did they mic a Steinway piano to make it sound just like a Casio keyboard???

[quitbullshittingme]

Damn! This is actually pretty good! Wow!

[bareftjacky]

is the bass playing double time, or just in general whats the feel/how is this counted? thanks

[imakery]

@bareftjacky in the beginning the hits go 1 (3)+ 4 (1)+ 3 (4)e and then repeat (parenthesis are to show where the +s and e's fall. So (3)+ means the and of three, etc.) Then they switch into double time and play the original giant steps progression.

[addalcrom]

sickest thing i´ve ever heard. cheers to these kids. making coltrane really proud

[musicmanson]

That bass player is gettin' it at 2:36

[Undercurrentuk1]

man the drummer is a killer

[EimeDraugu]

That's amazing, I have never heard any similar version of Giant Steps before. Nice rhythms!

[TOR07DRUMMA]

that drummer is holding!! nice doc!

[jlevinson6]

yea

[braindoodle89]

This is great

[NEMISIS50]

This is bad asssss, great groove guys (y)

[54taqiyya]

nice tyrone!

you guys can play!

[AJOPDX]

god damn Alex and his arraging skillz. lol

[dlognir]

@AJOPDX I was wondering which one of the guys arranged this version. So who's Alex?

[bc2jazz]

hahahaha 3:30...the funniest face i have ever seen

[Kaffemix]

Anyone knows how old they are?

[shoegazer666]

@Kaffemix high school!!

[saxev2005]

I can easily feel those hit, but i'm trying to figure out how to notate it rhythmically.....def have to think 16th subdivisions.....

[cantstandfools]

Hey! Who's the umpire?

[mateiko]

@cantstandfools JON RON!

[Pilbromatic]

Incredible musicianship all around!

A cool take on the head too! :)

[JoeAndRyanStudios]

Alex Milsted is my friend! I went to school with him last year. Now he's at Berklee and I'm sill here in middle school. This is amazing!

[Truballa1010]

duuude! sick!

SICK drummer!

[jrob521]

sick fucken arrangment!!!

these kids are crazy!

rippin' it up like it was childs play!

all i can say is wow!!!!!

[jonathanmapp]

that is a sick sick arrangement of the head! + sick solos all round, and amazing drumming, best stuff i've heard in a while

[Katajazz]

you all sound great:) Keep it up!!!

[Undercurrentuk1]

awesome, i'm gonna be watching this everyday for the next few months!

[steeezmasta]

big shout out to erry one from oregon... tree alex jared keep killin it! i love listening to you guys...

peace -B

[fencergirl1234]

Hi Tree! I LOVE you!!!!!!

[vanderbiltsax]

hey to alex and tree, I saw/met you at Lionel Hampton and the Monterey Jam Session, great to see you burnin it up again

[narb182]

was waitin for a bone solo as well =D

you guys are dope

[jakedam]

Please explain!

[phguitars]

I wanted to go to berklee before but now I'm definatly going!!!

these guys are sick!

[jazzslayer]

luv that trumpet boy!

[SonGotenEX]

This is a very interesting arrangement of Giant Steps.

[A14Rors]

Great if a bit nervous. Shame they didnt satnd aside for the piano solo and where are the girls?

[Saxyman14]

Girls don't exist at Berklee

[mikecannbass]

Total bull shit. Esperanza Spalding went there, and she was the bass teacher there by age 20.

[Saxyman14]

Hey, nice job pickin' up on the sarcasm....

(Did you get it that time?)

Anyway, the ratio of guys to girls here is pretty terrible. 6:1 or something like that, which is a huge improvement on previous years.

[Kingser03]

that might be the only thing bad about berklee, not enough girls to go around :(

[Saxyman14]

There may not be a lot of girls at berklee.... but they get around.

[Saxyman14]

Plus, That's why we have Northeastern.

[eldwinwong]

@Saxyman14 Hiromi Uehara

[musicmanson]

@Saxyman14 Or on the internet

[Wilsox]

Yo no trombone?

bone player from oberlin-

[tripp45]

man that trumpet is killin i hear you kush

[micahj]

Killin' trumpet player!

[Kirchem148]

congrats on the grammy tyler

[FlowJazz]

Good job guys !! that drummer swings hard !