The Stanley Clarke Trio - Under The Bridge

[sander16634]

woooooo really nice performance!

[Pravindaswani74]

how much money does the peppers had to pay to stan

[ChipCaramel]

3 people feel like they don't have a partner.

[MinerboMusic]

david caraccio copycat...

[wesselbindt]

@MinerboMusic

How so?

[MinerboMusic]

@wesselbindt it is just a joke, actually, i really liked this version, with hats off to the tempo on the intro, what i meant is because this guy in this video made something similar (vioce notes on the bassm and stuff like that)

watch?v=SZeS3M33nZM

[rhcpss4]

haha some idiot said this is not as good as the all saints version hahaha i bet justin beiber cud do it better than them hahaha wait then again he cant hahahahaha

[Sirstingray]

Not as good as the All Saints version...

[vladu2215]

yesss! good job!

[frusciantenc]

this is amazing!

[jonathanguitar27]

This is such an amazing trio I just discovered them.... Quite delicious Quite delicious indeed. This is Such a great song as well

[PatchTheCatch]

Saw Hiromi pllay this solo for sound check, she's a beast

[legginsrotos]

Great!

[legginsrotos]

Like it so much, congrats!

[theatlantisrise]

Only thing missing is Hancock on a second piano, Wooten on a second bass, Simon Lott with some extra drum licks, and maybe a young Joni Mitchell singing a slowed-down version of this. But this is the next closest thing to perfect haha, and these three absolutely nail it!

[ThePeace0815]

i saw a live vid where stanley plays an acustic bass guitar, what is he actually playin in the original track?

[YardmanCJ]

has anyone stopped to think that maybe they played this because they wanted to? (perhaps they're not trying to make a statement) This song is a really fun song to play. The fact that its not a jazz standard does not make it any less fun to jam to.

[Seattlecarnut]

Awesome cover, man! I love Stanley Clarke.

[briefencounter1st]

Nice and soothing!

[Sirstingray]

Just not quite as good as the All Saints cover...

[ThePeace0815]

I love RHCP but this is definitely better stuff!

SHIT!!!

[wohodude100]

Damn what a waste of a great trio and a bunch of great musicians on worthless material. I know stanley really hasnt done much substantially since RTF but he already sold his soul, he can't get anymore uncreative can they?

[noahster1234]

@wohodude100 wtf are you talking about? worthless material lmao. any true music fan will respect (OLD ) RHCP wether or not they like them.... its a beautiful song and stanley hiromi and lenny do great justice. Stanley sold his soul? hahaha

[wohodude100]

@noahster1234 bullshit, RHCP are just another dumbass white band that pretends to be badass but are too white to play any music with soul. Stanley Clarke gave up jazz, RTF, and all other great music just so he could make money and become a fucking pop star and score films. Cats like Mingus, PC, or Ray Brown never gave up the music. You don't hear Ray Brown playing under the bridge because ray knows that RHCP is just another bunch of white guys trying to cash in on stupid bullshit. Use your ears.

[RobZiak]

@wohodude100 "too white to play any music with soul"- dont be so ignorant soul has nothing to do with color.

[wohodude100]

@RobZiak you're right, there are plenty of white people who play music with soul. The members of RHCP are not among those

[diamonddust22]

@wohodude100 Take your Racism somewhere else you piece of shit. Idiots like you are too stupid and ignorant to actually post a rational and civilised response so you resort to behaving like a chimp. And besides, no one is white, they are caucasion, and no one is black. Have you seen people who are black? No you haven't because human beings don't exist in black, you pompous ass uncultured savage.

[SmellyTubers]

@diamonddust22 I second that. I just want to say thats possibly the best response to a shit comment on youtube i've ever seen. AND RCHP HAVE TONS OF SOUL John is a fucking BEAST!!!!

[diamonddust22]

@SmellyTubers absolutely brother

[saxman3903]

this is literally blowing my mind. i mean. im a hardcore coltrane guy. sometimes big band. and when im in the mood, i love red hot chili peppers. but the grooves in this song are ridiculous. and whether or not you respect it as jazz, you had to admit its catchy as hell and sounds damn good.

[Netron]

Honestly, this is better than the chili peppers version.

[pejay89]

a stanley clarke lack of taste example.

[wesselbindt]

@pejay89

youtube.com watch?v=axWsbQhNCs0

[pejay89]

@wesselbindt

glad you enjoy my com,

asshole

[mikulasvselicha]

this is actually pretty chilled :-) I like it

[MrDoomhippy]

wow jazz is the best if you first listen you must listen to the song next pickout the instaments its like a poem only you have lissten multple times to just get the gist. ps i dednt realy GET the solo

[24KieferSuth]

Stanley and Flea should have a bass off. It'd be incredible.

[Frisbieinstein]

Hiromi roolz!

[Nuelxs]

Just great!

[dzikiwonsh]

I've just discovered this trio and I'm blown away! totally awesome!

[abzd555]

really, really good stuff. very nice. i'm sure the peppers are flattered. i would be.

[draculessa1]

love it so much<33333

and just adore Hiromiii im very impressed with her

[m1bug]

Superb, brillant! Lenny white is a beast, ive seen some of his vids.

[DadGarbage]

pure awesome!!

[Struggler01]

3:48 - Hell yeah!

[Timothy1357911]

not the greatest double bass tone bahahaha. nice to actually hear the acoustic sound sometimes, instead of the pick up. guess that's just the 70's.

[voncoolio]

@Timothy1357911 This is an acoustic bass guitar, not a double bass.

[SupermansWheelchair1]

that was nasty jazz notes of doom at the end... no need.

[DrMcSex]

Dude it's a jazz trio... and simply a whole other way to play the bridge. I like it.

[ticail]

That's only a major third ... and that's beautiful

[voncoolio]

come on, everyone loves jazz notes of doom! lol

[CSUFresnoJSA]

Just saw this 2 days ago @ Yoshi's... freaking amazing.

[stockjockey59]

Was there for the first set on Saturday and agree. Best show I've seen this year.

[looknate]

I envy you!!

[johbanez]

AWESOME!

[LouBass09]

nice they funked up this beautifull song.

[harveythelobsterzbak]

i personally liked it. Hiromi doesn't need to dominate the entire song because it's called the STANLEY CLARKE trio. and if you stop focusing on hiromi, stanley clarke is pretty tasteful with his bass parts. but as usual around 3:50 she introduces the sort of "wtf" awe-inspiring stuff you would never think about normally.

[dvamateur]

Stanley doesn't mind her to dominate. Anyway, it sounded much better at Blue Note

[Kons1000]

Agree on this one, was at Blue Note also.

Wonderfull experience!

[3wrongnotes]

na, nobody can say that shes going wrong, just that a couple of songs shock her listeners, i was expecting 3:48 all the way through, something that focusses on the piano and is intense but here she allowed the bass to take lead for more than just a solo.

it would have been better if this was her first album, that way we wouldnt be focussing on hiromi but more the music

[yespleasevicar]

Thought this was groovy as..

Its interesting seeing older jazz fans reaction to Hiromi. There seems to be a backlash from the hardcore Stanley fans, (especially on the EPK video) maybe due to slight prejudice that shes not 60 years old.

She sounds the most confident performer on the track, and the most musically exciting. I dont get where shes supposedly going wrong. Either way i need this album in my life.

[3wrongnotes]

its unfortunate that the whole album was shoved on youtube because its less likely for the 1k viewers that have seen this to buy the cd now.

i like hiromi's bits, the rest bored me. was she told to keep quite or something, on the other parts she seems to be in the background.

she must have either been told to keep quite or felt like she was intruding. i just cant imagine her enjoy playing chord patterns and smiling. 3:51 is good though, but the bass and drums wernt playing jazz throughout tbh

[Karasu192]

If you watch the EPK video, I think it would make more sense that Hiromi is playing just chord patterns and is a bit more reserved. When she plays with Sonicbloom or her trio with Tony Grey + her drummer, its an electric set. This trio was purely acoustic and it needs a different feel. But I can understand about bass and drums were not playing "jazz" throughout.

[feelee15]

i just saw this group live and theyre amazing. there is great chemistry between them all especially hiromi and stanley.

[tmitchell630]

Well, his playing aside, Lenny actually looked like a statue for most of the show. Still, phenomenal show that I would recommend to anyone!

[feelee15]

I agree, I was dissapointed that he didn't open up more. There was so much energy and chemistry from Hiromi and Stanley Clarke and it felt like Lenny just wasn't on that same wave length as them. He played really reserved but still great nonetheless

[unibomber111]

I think it's great they are expanding the horizons of jazz with a tune like this, i think this is absolutely beautiful version of a beautiful song.

[ProgAndJazz]

@unibomber111 This is a "cute" number, but jazz considerably shrinks its boundaries and becomes an effective dumbing-down agent if there are more falsely innovative ideas like this one (and there are unfortunately - look at that Brad Mehldau). A little knowledge of jazz history never hurts if one is going to see where bona fide creators really are.

[unibomber111]

@ProgAndJazz I see what you mean. I still enjoy it tho. Just like I enjoy count basie, or sonny stitt, or kurt rosenwinkel. And there is nothing wrong with simplicity man. It can be very enjoyable sometimes. You can hear the feeling and passion and honesty in this recording, that's all that matters. Its just plain good music.

[ProgAndJazz]

@unibomber111 Glad you kind of agree :) In my book, nothing wrong with simplicity too, but what I hear in this sort of attempts I would rather call simple-mindedness, and blank grinning, and fake innovation. I think that the songs generically belonging to rock do not lend themselves to jazz "processing" - they're just stuck in a hopeless limbo between jazz and rock - never heard anything successful. (I enjoy some fusion outfits though)

Thank you for the civility of your response, anyway.Peace:)

[jazzpiano10]

@ProgAndJazz wait let me get this straight, are you saying that Brad Mehldau is hurting the innovation of jazz? Perhaps you have him confused with Wynton Marsalis? I can admit this isn't exactly ground-breaking, but its decent, besides Stanley Clarke has enough street cred, he can get away with whatever he wants. But a dig like to Brad Mehldau, seriously?

[ProgAndJazz]

@jazzpiano10

My previous comments are sufficient for my ideas about this kind of fusion. I'd only add that both rock and jazz come out feathers severely ruffled out of such attempts; the result is just pretentious elevator music with the hook of a recognizable tune (making jazz more accessible for masses' use is a very ill-advised and pernicious joke).

On an aside note, I used to be starry-eyed about great words like "innovation" myself. I am a bit more cautious now.

[jazzpiano10]

@ProgAndJazz

Please just check out Brad Mehldau's cover of River Man , originally a Nick Drake song. And tell me it isn't good. It certainly isn't "pretentious elevator music". Also Herbie's New York Minute.

And why can't jazz be accessible? Who are you to say what jazz can and cannot be?

And insinuating that my vocabulary would mature similarly to my taste in music is really a low blow man. Though I bet you felt really great about yourself making such a completely brilliant analogy.

[ProgAndJazz]

@jazzpiano10

1. Mehldau's version is as useless as anything else.

2. Conversely, who are YOU to say that jazz should be watered down to death and rock emasculated in the noble name of innovation?

3. Wrong, it was an amiable remark. I do apologize if it seemed patronizing.

4. You seem to automatically equalize democracy with taste, value etc. in art. "They are entitled to their attempt" is different from "what they do is good". "Who I am to say..." is irrelevant.

5. To each their own.

Cheers!

[jazzpiano10]

@ProgAndJazz

Yes cheers indeed!

I ask this in complete sincerity, but who do you listen to? What are some of the jazz guys out there that you enjoy? I'm really just curious what you respect as jazz.

[Menrathorgan]

thanks for this brandnew stuff;

@comments : I think it's just beautiful to listen ; Why think about it that way you do :D

[otakurocklee]

Honestly, that really bored me. Hiromi put a little life into it at the end. But IMO, this was a poor song choice for a jazz rendition.

It's a great song, but not for jazz...

[Sepharite]

The only interesting parts is Hiromi's playing, I thought.

[hesingshesobs]

You're an idiot...

[Sepharite]

It should be called Hiromi Trio.

[otakurocklee]

I agree with you.

[Sepharite]

thank you. i thought I was crazy for a sec..

[valguitarx2]

Super

[Antonovv]

nice one!