Eric Clapton - Layla (jazz version without long intro) (HD)

[g6martin]

who is playing the bass clarinet?

[danory]

@g6martin that's Marcus Miller. Later he took bas guitar.

[g6martin]

@danory i thot that was probable. of all the bass clarinet players i know, it looked most like marcus miller. thank you very much for responding.

[moonsailor252]

God!!! This is the most sensual song i ever heard.

[Lord88Sidious]

wtf? without intro? are you kidding me? is the best part of this shit!

[sibisanmichael93]

@Lord88Sidious This is shit?.....GTFO

[e666666y]

the best version...

[4281chris]

Im naming my daughter layla because of this song. This song is so amazing i shared it with my wife and she is more than excited to name our daughter layla.

[2011ChargerRT]

at 0:48 Clapton gave all the haters of his songs the finger

[jakx698]

david sanborn, great solo

[bryson0069]

I almost like this version better than the original...never thought I'd say that!

[johnjtheoriginal]

eric could be a very good jazz crooner too!

[DistortionChannel]

Thats so sad that people like Justin Bieber get so many views.. But dear Eric here gets so little..

[C2Dlive]

clapton is the man

[marusoako]

@Berserkedy  Yes I know that. But it shouldn't be in unison with the main melody line. wtf?!

[valaora13]

a re elladara!bravo re file!

[marusoako]

The guy on bass clarinet is annoying when Clapton started singing, following the main melody line (redundant). Then shifted to bass guitar!? Hopeless!!

[Berserkedy]

@marusoako You do realize the bassline follows the melody in ever version of this song?

[Milaweak]

@marusoako People call him Marcus Miller

[marusoako]

@Milaweak So?



[cazzzmon]

LOVE THIS. BASS CLARINETIST WORD UPP

[annamanana1]

sax so sweeeeeeeeeeet n' tasty .......oh my my

[liosama]

I would LOVE to see cat power do a cover of this



[krupi13]

Did someone know which year was this Montreux Jazz Festival?

[TheMrMojoRisin23]

@krupi13 Legends Live at Montreaux 1997

[DarkFabolous]

awesome...wonderful version

[dannychacey]

when you hear that riff, you know.

[anasarbescu]

why without long intro? :( that's the most beautiful part of it

[myanilee]

Clapton is always looking if he is in a extremly difficult situation .... he must be he is playing one of the epic 5 best songs ever

[bizzare1bizzare]

Is it Marcus Miller on the sax?

[Frunnick]

@bizzare1bizzare

Marcus Miller starts the song on bass clarinet.. The guy on the saxophone is Dave Sanborn.. He's really really good.. as you can hear..

[telqar]

marcus miller on the bass!!!!! just unbelieaveble

[fredbass7]

I agree, Mr. Marcus Miller is stellar on the bass and bass clarinet!

[bimwopbarn]

marcus miller

[frankS883]

Epic

[frankS883]

Epic

[jazzysam1314]

i love it when eric give that middle finger wen he changes chord(just a joke)

[rosesredvioletsblue]

Fantastic!!! 

love it!

[BigRussOvBs9]

Eric is the boi this version is proper gangster clapton should of released this on one of his many albums beast what dvds this on ????

[bassfreak007]

@BigRussOvBs9 MTV Unplugged, if that's your question.

[mudspud01]

OMFG , this is completly badass version

[ElOtroCuloGrande]

This sounds like Bill Murray's old lounge lizzard SNL skit. I can hear Murray on the refrain.

Perhaps this is Clapton's shot at self-parody....

[Thepalmguy123]

Hell of alot better than that acoustic version

[rodpico]

fuckinggg gooooodddddddd!! 5*

[justmylee]

Clapton si chitara lui este "praful de stele"sau regina alba",care in joaca cu neuronii iti fura somnul,iti ia foamea,iti spulbera gandurile negre oferindu-ti in schimb nemurirea si nemarginirea. Devii ZEU printre pamanteni.Le lasi lor grijile,prejudecatile si inhibitiile tu pastrandu-ti doar puterea,dragostea,fericirea si implinirea care nu vor mai fii depasite decat de covarsitorul sentiment de uniune cu tot ceea ce te inconjoara.

[bssplyr4christ]

Marcus Miller!!!

[sean1417]

words cant explain how good this version is

[cosmin1611]

too good

[SlowhandStoffl]

\O/  Cheer up fpr Dave xD

dave is just amazing

[TheGunslinger5854]

Very tight performance by a bunch of VERY talented musicians. Clapton fell right in and made himself at home. Great rendition of a nearly perfect song, the only thing missing was Duane Allman on slide.

[wilsonjrleon]

total eargasm during the sax solo.

[coreymaster1369]

@wilsonjrleon its a bass claranet and are you saying saxophones suck?! how dare you!

[wilsonjrleon]

@coreymaster1369 you din t get what i said .i was not talking about the bass clarinet, i was talking about the amazing sax solo @ 3;21.

[Gael130307]

that's an awesome job ;)

[pdetremerie]

Is that Marcus Miller in the beginning on the bass clarinet?

[Anarhya]

Yup.

Marcus Miller - Bass clarinet/Bass guitar

Eric Clapton - Guitar

Steve Gadd - Drums

Dave Sanborn - Saxophone

Joe Sample - Keyboard

Check out their show in Montreux 1996 under the name "Legends" :)

[pdetremerie]

Thank you :)

[Folkraider1759]

1996?

i think 1997^^

[pietia19]

@pdetremerie yes, that's him. later he switches to the bass ;)

[pdetremerie]

Thank you, Pietia19

[MrBM112]

yeah its Marcus Miller:X love so much this performance:X

[beatnikcafe]

Yes, that's him.

[sublimenal23]

fuck rockband. play guitar for real

[jazzguitar1221]

thats tight

[MrBeppe745]

Semplicemente SPETTACOLARE!!!!!! WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheSersify]

they need to realese this for rock band

[mates987]

yeah awesome version ...!! love it

[0837895718]

This song is just mind blowing. I luv everything about it.........Its MY SONG!!!!!!!!

[WNxLigerzx]

OMG A BASS CLARINET XD

and everyone tells me bass clarinets cant do jazz -_-

[Goosethemental]

Whoever told you that is dumb. Any instrument can play Jazz. Jazz is about the player, not the instrument.

[DudsTheFattty]

every video i see of this claptons middle finger is extended so long lol

[Lothiriel1]

This piece is absolutely awesome. I could hear this a hundred times and wouldn´t get tired of it. Thank you, Eric Clapton!

[chongwong]

I'd love to sing this to my girlfriend, petty I can't sing, because this version is laced with so much soul and passion that a can't think of a better way to convey my feelings

[chitonyourchu]

@chongwong

[chongwong]

@chongwong lol, looking back at this made me laugh :P it lasted about 3 weeks after that ...

[whinto]

OH MY GOD! I play bass clarinet, I must learn this. This is quite possibly one the most badass thing I've ever seen.

[orschnu]

Well,i know that you will get me wrong, but noone reaches Nathan East on Bass in harmony with Eric

[sandrockets]

i love it!!

[icegustpl]

who's on bas clarinet?

[Tankn00b]

Marcus Miller did the bass and bass clarinet

[icegustpl]

who's on bas clarinet?

[BollinoBlues]

the sax man is marcus miller?

[Tankn00b]

Not according to this list:

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals

Marcus Miller - bass

David Sanborn - saxophone

Joe Sample - keyboards, piano

Steve Gadd - drums

[umjetnaplavusa100]

jazz 4ever ((:

[lesdups]

Beautiful!!!!!

[Shaedyn0]

This is not very jazzy compared to... jazz... They just added a bass clarinet or some such (I don't know clarinets too well) and had a sax solo. The essence of the song was still Clapton on accoustic sounding mostly like Clapton on accoustic.

[bakafolas]

pff....Listen to what the piano is playing..I would say that this is more similar to blues (but blues is a lot like jazz, isn;t it? :D )

[JDelis007]

Thanks for your comments

[zzdragonzzzz]

the jazz version is so much better than the normal version

[Szczepan07]

this "long intro" was "in a sentimental mood" by duke ellington...

[orschnu]

Great Saxophone solo

[thebLUEmoNk]

That "long intro" not appearing here was the jazziest thing about this version of Layla.

[orbisonroad]

0:45 HaHa!!

[123ThisIzMe]

To 'orbisonroad',

Well spotted ! (I like your sense of humor)

[JovanVIA]

hahahaha

[123ThisIzMe]

Another great ( and interesting) version of a great song !

(raw passion held in check and put into good jazz)

[svingos]

yeah clapton is a great blues man good song but i prefer on mtv unplugged too much blues

[JDelis007]

Thanks for the comments

[wilsonjrleon]

that is a very cool version

the sax solo is amazing

[dimitrin1994]

very nice