Branford Marsalis Trio - Cherokee

[cisum241]

makes me wanna here tran play cherokee

[bass5cordas]

não sei dizer quem é o melhor, ...

[aghoranathi]

gap and skip in the fin vid



[JmillMoreno]

hurray!

[Mowglibaloo2]

I came here after listening to the interview on Q.

[ImaniHekima]

Branford - great player and very insightful in interviews.

[armstrongbrosband]

I can just see Bill Cosby up there behind those drums.

[ImaniHekima]

@armstrongbrosband Yes, his cymbal arm would have fallen off after half a chorus. :-)

[bassisthenrik]

BADASS!!!

[shraunbone]

Jeff "Tain" Watts is one the best Jazz drummers I've ever heard.

[richoboss22]

brandford its like a thing...... just brandford can be brandford....

[riddleman65]

@richoboss22

You spelled his name wrong three times in two sentences. That's impressive.

[OfficialCypherSon]

Jazz is the music to heal the soul

[RAevenman]

4:26 - Shortcut to awesome lick!

[aaronamccoy]

branford gettin wicked

[winpointmedia]

@gospelkeys07 F all that theory bs..Branford is just a great musician. Never taken a music theory class in my life. If this is noise it's some PHAT noise.

[patsjazzpix]

ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR BRANFORD AND THE QUARTET!

PAT

[ismailturut]

I don't understand this kind of jazz. I mean, yeah, he can play really fast and I'm sure it's somehow very impressive how amazingly he uses all the technical elements and constructs and movements and other technical terms I wouldn't know about, and play with such great improvisation in some way, but it just escapes me. It just sounds like an unending string of notes I cannot find a melody in. It's like he's trying to tell me something, except that he's talking gibberish.

[Robpalmerpcbio]

@ismailturut - it is hard to see at first but, spend some time with this stuff and it will reward you tenfold. To understand this, you would firstly benefit from knowing the tune on which the improvisastion is based ('Cherokee). To play like this, you need to think fast. To listen to it, you also need to be able to 'listen fast'. There is nothing random about this, anymore than there is anything random about sentences spoken in a foreign language. You just need to get a handle on the syntax.

[pullbackbaby]

Branford is such a happy fellow, Met him once. Great music and skills!

[KillswitchEngage42]

Branford.... not a fan. His view on the world is so negative and cynical. He says that all of his students are "full of shit." He may be correct about 5% of the young jazz players that aspire to be praised.

[flipadiddle]

@KillswitchEngage42 he may be an asshole, but he's still a great musician. if you were only fans of the jazz musicians that were nice guys, you wouldn't have that many people to choose from. a lot of them are, and were colossal dickheads.

[KillswitchEngage42]

@flipadiddle Truth right there, man.

[shoegazer666]

@gospelkeys07 Exactly. I guess this is not for the casual music lover.

[Makuz1988]

oh ah ... i love how he lines out the chrods ..... no i´m kiddin. it´s just too fast 4 ma ears haha

[OhNoYes1]

He sure does have alot to say. hahaha but still, good player.

[shoegazer666]

wow, how can anyone sit through one of these? it's rather irritating.

[frodog19]

jkciv87 same here just saw that sketch he does hilarious!

[ValenBlueNote]

music

[SuperYouGerT]

@helmut4lyfe how do you play jazz? Cuz last time I checked, scales were the basic building blocks of all types of music. he is playing music. just listen. plenty of beautiful licks, and hell, it's Cherokee. the guy is nailing the changes like the pro he is and his communication with the rhythm section is admirable.

[md12345go]

3 people are jealous because they are not talented

[skatersaxman]

WOW WOW WOW WOW

[litlewing]

coltrane was there... somewhere over the tempo

[helmut4lyfe]

Playing scales isn't jazz.

[tranesonic16]

@helmut4lyfe he'd have a hard time playing chords!

[earthchild100]

YEAHHHHHHHH

[litlewing]

if coltrane shorter and bird have one padwan in common that is branford

[ACSThe81]

Man.....I'been thinking that for a long time I don't like Jazz....for now. It's chilling me a lot.

[joeman342]

His soprano tone is beautiful

[fabrizioamicarelli]

DOES ANYBODY KNOWS WHICH SOPRANO IS HE PLAYING?

Sabe alguién que soprano esta tocando?

[jimraw1]

@fabrizioamicarelli Branford plays a Selmer Mark VI with a Selmer D mouthpiece and uses Vandoren V-12 reeds. He also plays a Selmer Mark VI tenor, but he plays a Cannonball Vintage AV/LG-L Alto (with a Selmer mouthpiece). He does use a Fred Lebayle mouthpiece on the tenor, though.

[willwelsh816]

that is one small mouthpeice

[CribNotes]

Jeff Watts on drums oh YEAH!!

[350kph]

faaaak, them drums are the shiiat.

[davidbahar]

melodically this is the man leading jazz in theses modern times.

[soursourapples]

@davidbahar yerp

[alildrumhappy]

Pretty sure that bassist said screw walking... 

[flipadiddle]

@alildrumhappy lol what? he was walking the whole time, except for the intro thing.

[alildrumhappy]

@flipadiddle I didn't mean he wasn't walking, I meant it like he was running. little inside joke. He was playing so fast that it wasn't walking. I know it was a walking bass line though.

[AthenaKargeui]

rad

[linkcell]

Por favor podes me enviar o video do branford marsalis a tocar o cherokee, estou a transcrever mas no youtube tem falhas...

Please can you send me the video of branford marsalis playing cherokee, Im transcribing it and having some difficulties because of the black screens on youtube.

[1979saxman]

@linkcell can you send me the transcription once your finished?

[aaronamccoy]

i really enjoy branfords playing here

[mikelumer]

HOLY F*CKING SHIT these dudes are insane good!!!

[scomdnz9]

this is why we all love cherokee :)

[HitzvilleTV]

FLAWLESS PRECISION! *packs soprano sax back in case* :(

[wiliscool]

@HitzvilleTV NO! Dont let this discourage you! Let it be an inspiration!

[supermario21a]

it is tain Watts on drums



[artikelmusic]

wicked, but i do lve this tune as a ballad most

[heru1966]

Branford woud have been great in any era.

[hitzville81]

I love Bran's articulation on soprano better than tenor...He sounds more "at home" on the soprano voice.

[Rugt980]

shit this is tooo coool

[scotchmallow]

they suck, man

[kingxofxsuede]

@scotchmallow... I don't know how you could possibly have the will power to type that on this vid O_o Makes no sense.

[keepdiggin33]

Now only if these cats would come over to my house to jam on this tune,every day and in every key for a year I would be ready for any gig anywhere at anytime.

[RobertoHMV]

Mesmerising!

[3thskabeats]

i have no idea why it would be necessary to write a tune that up-tempo, but it's phenomenal none-the-less

[BassicallyChristian]

@3thskabeats up tune and still musical and expressive! good comment man!

[JazzWithoutANet]

Bebop was so much about pushing the envelope. I've heard stories about how some musicians, just to challenge themselves, would play up tempo compositions with the sheet music upside down, man. Talk about separating the virtuosos from the perpetrators...

[artistml]

@JazzWithoutANet If you think any bebop players used sheet music during performance your just being silly.

[JazzWithoutANet]

I guess I wasn't clear. I didn't mean during performances. I read a Nat Hentoff reference to certain players that would practice or "warm up" by playing sheet music upside down, right to left, bottom to top, etc.

[crazyant9]

me too

[Cesaroff1]

Genius!

PS_one more brought by Bill Cosby.

[MRmove93]

haha really? me too! bill cosby is the best^^

[jkciv87]

actually, thats how I found this out... was Bill Cosby's story. funny as hell.

[jazzizjazz]

I also saw Bill Cosby on PBS receiving the Mark Twain award. One of the clips they showed was Cosby's brilliant bit on his attempt to play drums ("with blue colored tips") on one of the most difficult jazz tunes ever, Cherokee! It was a a classic piece of television from The Dick Cavet Show. Very funny and clever as Cosby paid tribute to many jazz greats. The bit was so funny that Jack Benny nearly rolled out of his chair!

[cleonardv]

I saw that too. Loved it!

[GraphicParty]

This makes me think of Bill Cosby's Sonny Stitt story hahah.

[alexsis76]

:) Just saw Bill do that skit on PBS and has to look up this song!!!

[bariel617]

Coolest jazz soprano sax I've ever heard.

[checkster12]

Branford, Potter, Seamus Blake, Jaleel...

This a good time to be a saxophone lover.

[doublealufwaffe]

@checkster12, its a good time to be anything but nostalgic.

[TheRHStuba]

dont forget mark turner!

[epasurr]

@checkster12 strickland, myron walden, tim warfield, walter smith III!!!! thought i would add a few haha

[1979saxman]

@epasurr and soon to be brian hogans....

[sidwho123]

@checkster12

REDMAN!!!!!! Can't forget that!

[checkster12]

@sidwho123

eehhh...

[alesrybar]

@checkster12 and now alex han

[reckber28]

Brandford is so killin!

[teemingup]

What else is there to say. Just listen to the music...

[terrryc]

without the piano or a guitarist, this version sounds a little empty, in spite of Branford's incredible playing.........

[AltoSaxOlly]

they're both dumb fucks for arguing on youtube about something so petty.

[mxer6161]

jazz queekers is a dumb fuck

[jaleelshaw]

this is KILLING!

[TboneWertman]

kills it just like the rest of his family. i wish i was a marsalis

[antonioneill]

can anyone tell me what soprano he uses ? is it the same as he used for the sting records ?? please help

THANK U

[massiblock2]

sooocoolllllllllllllllllllllll­lllll

[ccdeweese]

check out Bruce Arkin on sax He's on youtube

[BandyMac]

Bar none

[ToliKwoli]

Brandford just makes me wanna quit the sax altogether!!!!!!!!!

[mackyouaccount]

Damn that's fast!

[rhumbaphone]

Arturo does play fast...yup....that's all anyone can say about him that might sound positive so i'll leave it at that.

[Wittdobitt]

And stop the Wynton bashing already.I bet none of you are competent enough to carry his bottle of valve oil. Anyone who has negative stuff to say about a great player should at least be able to play as well as that player they're dissing. It's pointless and just amounts to petty envy. What intelligent person in their right mind would ever say that Wynton sucks? That's absurd. Sure, he's influenced by Armstrong and Ellington, but no one can outplay him on the trumpet. Jazz or classical.

[dec10]

i agree that branford isn't the best jazz saxophonist. i also don't think there IS a "best" jazz saxophonist. saying that most of the cats you mentioned "sound much better" than branford is ludicrous. branford may not be the best technician on the saxophone, but i don't think you can compare his musicality with any of those guys.

[johnnyherb]

errrrr. Potter

[soursourapples]

errrrr comment when you know more about music. If you do, please go on a huge diatribe explaining why Potter is better than Branford. Maybe then I will not think you are some nut rider with an average musical facility.

[johnnyherb]

I don't think this is the place for a 'diatribe' about Potter. I was solely responding to a response in which someone had wanted to know who else to check out.

I don't want to impinge upon your above-average musical faculty.

[jfidajoiiejrjj]

I bet none of those guys would even themselves say they were better than Branford. I'm sure most of them have taken lots of influence from him, too.

[iJiggsy]

Great playing. I wish he had replayed the melody a few more times in the song. This song is a bit more open to abstract solos though. Branford is the most well-rounded soprano (and alto/tenor, but most importantly soprano) player around. He has ooccasional "Chromatic Spasms", but it's almost natural on soprano.

[ctdjazz]

TAAAAAAAAAAIN!

[Kalen1457]

see his brother do it, type it in. wynton kills it more than branford. after watching it, tell me what u think

[IAmEighteenLawl]

wynton just rephrases the chorus over and over in his solo.

[rongstmj]

I'm getting frustrated listening to the beginning because I can't tap out the time. Try it and someone help me out.

[kamagloire]

I don't look pass this guy and Courtney Pine - nice!

[barisaxFREEJAZZ]

Technically the best saxophonist I have ever seen.

[nateo5]

open your eyes son

[zxcvmook]

hes good but ever hear of Eric fucking Dolphy?

remove head from ass.

[barisaxFREEJAZZ]

yeah, he's definitely the most bad-ass alto player there's been. "Out To Lunch" and "Iron Man" are some of my favorites..

[bahalvorsen]

Yo, Dimitri, time to be yourself, man.

[Saxation1]

how on earth does he think that fast!!?

[vanderbiltsax]

he's not thinking ;)

[Horwellston]

@vanderbiltsax No, he's playing the saxophone.

[kofianonym]

awesome!

[burnettmusic]

Encyclopedic!

[LuggageCart]

at :52ish if you look at the drummer and bassist's hands it looks like the video's on fast forward lol.

[wordlush]

Happy Birthday Branford!!

[zenbassie03]

killin!

[colonnaf]

stupendo!! great frases to be inspired

[Saxopwnerer]

What an incredible Soprano sound.

[Pettenderk]

Check please!!!

[olivierbarjot]

...yeah,that's pretty much the shit.

[BraeTheTrumpeter]

The Wynton version with LCJO is pretty impressive. And to the moron who said Wynton is lame, you're right, but he is still the most commanding trumpeter than most trumpeters. He hasn't really done any new music though, that's his downfall. He was awesome in the 80's had the school of Hubbard/Dizzy going on but now "most" of his stuff is uninteresting (most). Still the guy can play changes so damn well!!!

[bradley1107]

I thought his big band ballet, forget what it was called, was actually pretty awesome and original.

[soursourapples]

Funny because his most original music is also the most recent. But someone who says wynton is good because he 'plays changes so damn well' wouldn't be able to see that.

[BraeTheTrumpeter]

I love Branford's playing way more than Wynton's but he does play changes incredibly well (they both do). As for the comparison of versions - Branford has it much more interesting.

[TboneWertman]

um...........very,very bold statment. they are similay and diff. in may ways. but equally impressive

[chriscassino]

this is uber gnar

[EliotKrupa]

jeff is so in command

[ksenos69]

sorry, gave you by mistake a bad thumb.

[hhm478]

TOTALLY BAD ASS!

[combodrummer]

oh my god this shit is RETARDED AWESOME!!!!

[superjazzbass34]

great opening sequence especially

gotta love that tone and command of the time

[jazzmessenger8]

Jeff!

[bassostolos]

Too many lines... but impressive

[hardkorsax]

branford has the best soprano tone in the bussiness! no doubt!

[dec10]

Ever checked out Sidney Bechet?

[kwiz2]

anyone know who the drummer is?

[ken2ygar2et2]

Everyone know! Jeff Watts is drummer.

[jazzflutist]

His lame-ass brother also happens to be a top-notch musician by any standard. Both good, as in VERY good.

[dreiffie1219]

lovvvvvvve the sop sax... what a sound!!!!

more character than any other of the saxes

[FlowJazz]

AAAAH that's what I'm talking about !

[micktree]

YES!!! You cant get more jazz than that! respect!

[JRKSAX]

Dig it!

[joebandana]

hahaha nice they quoted that time thingy from autumn leaves at the start awesome, tain watts is the fuckin king

[dec10]

They don't play the intro (especially the 7 over 4) as tight as Wynton's quartet did, but the rest of it's killin.

[joebandana]

i actually agree with you despite your negative rating lol

[jonnyboy559]

yes, the head doesn't appear to be present

[dec10]

He kind of plays the head out.

[futboler454]

is that a problem?

[jonnyboy559]

I wouldn't say it's a problem. Branford is absolutely amazing. I just like hearing the beautiful melody that this tune has.

[raikonomicron]

is this only the harmony of Cherokee?

[futboler454]

you can harmonize a million different ways. Branford goes through a few here

[dec10]

What's with all the skips?

[soursourapples]

Its called jazz ;)

[dec10]

I meant the sections where the video and audio drop out for a second.

[queekers]

he meant skips in the video not the music dumbass ;)

[soursourapples]

hence the sarcastic wink, which you haven't learned to use properly dumbass

[queekers]

Don't lash out at me because your parents never loved you because you were an accident. ;)

Did I learn to use it properly?

[soursourapples]

Well no. Read that back to your self. Was that clever or funny in any way? Will anyone else apart from you? Stick to watching videos of flexing muscle men.

[queekers]

Shut the fuck up if you like real music (jazz) then why do you have shitty hip hop videos marked as favorite? BTW I'm a bodybuilder dumbfuck

[soursourapples]

Funny you should say that about hip hop. Do your research, start by typing Branford Marsalis Gang Staar into google. Or maybe Buckshot Lefonque. Or maybe Robert Glasper. Or Jaleel Shaw. Or Ron Carter and A Tribe Called Quest. Or Flying Lotus and Alice Coltrane. Or Steve Coleman. Or Nas and Olu Dara. Or Roy Hargrove and Q Tip. blah blah blah. I win to the power of 10.

[chapulincorrugado]

Yeah! This is Cherokee!

[jazzforthepeople]

Cherokee indeed. And Tain is killing as usual!