staggering virtuosity, incomprehensible mastery of genre, sound, time feel, emotional content, harmonic sophistication, taste, passion, there is no one even close to this guy in the history of the saxophone. i don't mean that other players weren't historic; of course trane was, bird was. but in terms of complete heaviness, it will be a long time before anyone comes close to this.......
@subframer Well said! Your comment inspired to sit and listen to this whole clip once more. I've heard it a hundred times but it never gets old. Michael seemed to be especially inspired for this performance.
@valentynesuite - Yes of course. I'm talking about virtuosity and artistry on the saxophone. No one would argue that Mike's compositional career or overall impact as a recording artist is the same universe as Trane's. But as a saxophone player, in consideration of the overall stylistic and technical history of the instrument, show me anyone who's even close in terms of mastery or coverage. No one is even close.
I WAS IN THE DUES BAND (BASS TROMBONE 81-84) @ BERKLEE...MAKOTO WAS OUR PIANIST... AN HONOR THAN AS NOW...LISTENING TO THIS IS LIKE DESSERT...YA CAN'T HAVE ENOUGH AND YA DON'T WAN'T IT TO END !!!
reason he isnt known is he prolly doesnt play with heavy cats like michael brecker. i mean there was hugh masakela he was pretty famous froim africa milton nascimento lionel louke i mean there r people that r from other places that are really good maybe hes just not that great when hes playing with brecker he might be amazing cuz brecker has that effect on other players around him.
Makoto Ozone is the most complete Jazz Pianist that ever existed. Yet he isn´t much known due to the fact that he isn´t American, as French Pianist Martial Solal also. There´s a noticeable prejudice against Jazz players from other countries unless America. Listen to these guys. Makoto is a living Jazz Encyclopedia. One must listen him playing and improvising on Gershwin´s Rhapsody in Blue. He simply absorbed Classical Music and All Jazz Legends.He´s the most complete pianist of our time!
though in his early stuff he did actually go to dukoff for a while, I know you probably meant this vid but its worth noting that people are different and go through phases
JAZZ IS NOT SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT Shit. It is an art which expressses personal feelings of an individual wich black/hardcore/death/gloomy/heavy metal doesn't. It's about expressing yourself in the moment and that's why we improvise. We know more music than just the basic chords and the power chords, yes, we know harmonic structures and arpeggios and scales and rythms, cross-rythms and melodies and we, most of us,have great musicality. I saw your only favourite video and I didn't hear music
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Yeah xD i agree with you it was only a bad joke to test jazz fans. And my only "favourite" is here by error lol and i think that it is not music too ^^ (i am new on you tube hence the error ) i like jazz ^^ (but good metal too) keep on being a passionate fan clpatonfan !
What do you guys see in your mind's eye when you hear this magnificent performance? With such virtuosity on a single stage, its hard not to see something special. I imagine an extravagant, yet relaxed, tour of all things beautiful in each different part of the world. All at a serene, calming pace set to lull your brain into a wonderland of peace.
i always say that brecker is better cuase he can do all the subsitutions that trane could and more. he was a way more versatile player as well. every one always disagrees with me but whatever
without a doubt he was a more versatile player...I'm sure Trane would have loved to share the stage with him! Everyone will always argue with you, but I let-it-go because they don't know shit!! They know of trane and bird, and that's it!!!!
I'm not gonna argue w/you about who's better becasue there's no right answer. They were BOTH amazing. OF COURSE Brecker was more versitile. There was a much wider spectrum of music in the world influencing Brecker than there was when Trane was here. Not to mention all the technological advances. Check it out: Trane died July'67. Hendrix's first record - released August'67. "Cold Sweat" (James Brown) - released in '67 and so on. There's no argument to be had here. Everyone has their opinions.
But more importantly Mike learne from Trane first in all his aspects of his playing and Mike has admitted it many times. But you can't judge because sometimes I have thoughts of who were the best at certain points in their lives. Eddie HArris learned from Trane, Trane Learned from Eddie and Sonny Rollins, and Sonny Stitt... Stitt learned from Parker... Everyone after that have all picked up on the same guideline. Joe Henderson was a pure originator... I don't know where he picked it up from.
Great thoughts--have you ever hear Elvin's record "Live at the Lighthouse"? It's Dave Liebman and Steve Grossman on saxophones--you can totally hear the step between Trane and Brecker on that record!
Toi tu pense que son chorus est top (moi aussi !) mais lui n'est surement pas totalement satisfait, il esperait faire une meilleure phrase et n'a pas pu la réaliser, c'est pourquoi il est un peu déçu, tout musicien peut comprendre ça, ça ne demande pas de connaissances en saxophone particulièrement !
This is an incredible performance. The entire band is of the ultimate highest of virutosity. Complete command of their instruments! SMOKIN'
The melodic and harmonic texture is very tasteful and flowing eventhough it is of the most extended order and flirts closely to atonality! Very Tasty!!!!! 5 stars in my opinion.
If you are planning on doing any kinda of jazz playing, do not buy a C*. C*'s are good for classical or technique exercises, but the tone for jazz just sounds bad. I use a Meyer 6 for all my jazz playing and it sounds great. Paired with original vandoren 3's, you can't beat that combo!
may i ask.. i'm gonna learn saxophone and now in the process of buying my own sax... so, which type of mouthpiece would any1 recommend.. plastic, wood, metal?
Man, did you just open a can of worms. In my opinion you would be best off with a student model sax/plastic mouthpiece. Bundy and Conn make good quality horns to start with. You can't beat a Selmer C* for an all around plastic mouthpiece. Hope that helps!
plastic, definitely to start. metals are for non-classical genre's only. I would also recommend you learn how to play classical saxophone before jazz styles.
If you want to play like Mike, get a good metal mouthpiece with a medium tip opening, medium baffle, probably a #2 reed to start on, a good solid horn, and practice - practice - practice - practice - practice - practice - practice...
Also, play and practice with energy! I see too many kids playing without passion or energy these days. Put your heart into it! It doesn't matter if you're practicing scales at home or playing along to the radio, do it with gusto! Try to emulate that energy that inspired you to play in the first place! Get in touch with that inner artist!
this isn't my favorite side of jazz as i prefer the 'smooth' edge of the blade, but brecker is one hell of a player. he's got some crazy chromatic themes going on in the middle of his solo that blow me away. I think it's funny how he sites coltrane and rollins as major influences, because in my opinion he's more technical than rollins and coltrane. good stuff
look man, notes are notes. whether you see them as more technical or "better" than his or not, is just a matter of opinion. i don't care what anyone else thinks. i just happen to think that a lot of people don't even listen to coltrane anymore. they just know that they've been told that he's great by people who know what they're talking about so that's what they say. nobody disects sound anymore, they're just group thinkers, regurgitating what they've heard.
when i compare Trane solos and Brecker solos at some points the harmony is a mirror image, Brecker is a true jazz man, respecting where the music comes from, the tradition. what he plays and what Trane played it was all about preserving the tradition of jazz and moving it to a new level. Brecker takes Trane's solos and ideas in a new direction he's not at all better than him, just different.
i'm glad someone else actually listens these days. and i totally agree with what you said. personally, i am a little more awed by what comes out of brecker's horn than coltrane's. but that's the opinion part of this.
You've got a LOT to learn about the world of music, kid...your goal as a music major in college is to open yourself up to the world of music and learn all you can; those "crazy chromatic themes" wouldn't exist without Rollins, Coltrane, Lester Young, etc. INFLUENCE is about loving something so much it becomes a part of you. Learn to love Coltrane, or learn to respect that everyone else does.
Michael is brilliant here...as usual...what a loss. Makoto Ozone also plays quite well. He sounds like a combination of some of the most appealing traits of McCoy Tyner and Chick. Thanks for letting me hear this! -Eric
This guy is just searching some way to fight, he is ridiculous. If you want to fight, it is your stupid problem, but spoiling Michael's name like you did is not acceptable. I don't want to respond to your comment because it was not serious, but don't involve Michael in the thread like you did ! You don't have any respect for anyone, so avoid making stupid comments like that.
Michael can play sweet and he does, but he is clearly focusing more on his scrumptious relationshipped ideas than tone, his growls and overtones accentuate this also, as Coltrane was getting into before he died. THIS, TRULY IS MUSIC
But as I mature as a musician, both classically and jazzing, I have learned to love Coltrane as much as I loathed him for his tone early on... and the same with Brecker who has taken Trane to the next level. I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY: LISTEN, adapt, then listen more, and adapt, and you will learn to love the qualities we hated before...
I can totally see where you're coming from because I have been there too. (I play sax, clarinet, and piano) Before I listened to Coltrane and thought his tone was shitty from first impressions. Then I learned that was early Trane and he could very well produce incredibly beautiful tone if he wanted... and later he did. He combined beautiful tone with impeccably sick and awesome licks from scales unperformed before (Chopin and Rachmonnonof were touching upon, but masking these ideas in concerts)
Swing it Michael all the way to them pearly gates. Any real musicans knows the deal with his music. If not a musician feel his passion...my god I am speechless when I listen to his exploration and spontaneous direction....
A sign of no maturity would be to compare bird,dolphy,Cannonball. Ornette. Your direction may favor one but 30 or 40 years of practice and listening will teach that it is subjective Listen to Dexter After he heard Coltrane as well as Canonball With Coltrane. Great is great I don,t know that much -people have been paying me to play the saxophone fulltime for 40 years. Michael and everyone I mentioned and about 500 other players can,t be compared- that's childish JZ
You might be right zangsax1. I didn't like Parker at first. Might take me a while to like Brecker, although, in general, I've never liked instrumental freneticism, even if the player is technically brilliant. To be *musically* brilliant is a different thing.
don't disagree with you. Some musicians achieve such a level of mastery that to those of us that have not achieved it- it sounds like technical offerings but after careful listening one realizes it is not that for them -only for us who are still trying to find that freedom from our instruments. Much Love John Z
Sorry, not a Brecker fan. Too many fingers, not enough space, or dynamics, or feeling. Perhaps he should have listened to more classical music, like Parker.
Additionally, his tenor sounds electrified, rather than natural. I like to hear wood, not plastic and metal. I do hope he's not using one of those plastic reeds. An un-amplified tenor in a smoke-filled room with an acoustic bass is my cup of tea.
That's just his tone. Which is probably the most influential since Coltrane's. Anyway, regardless of what you think of his tone, have you ever listened to classical music? Like actual classical music? There is shit all 'space' in that, and there is far less dynamics and feeling. Comparing Brecker to Parker is pointless. Both were revolutionary, it's just one of them actually kept creating after doing one thing. Go to 4:30. No feeling there at all. Devoid of emotions. (sarcasm).
Not sure what you mean by this dannybari, or who you're replying to. I think Brecker did indeed give a very large f* in regards to his music. I agree that when you're up on stage you have to mentally "shut off" so to speak and go on pure intuition, feeling, without consciously thinking too much. In other words, you have to have the feeling of "not giving a f* ", let loose, and go for broke when you actually play.
listen, jazzflutist, or shall i say cocksucker. why don't youget some fucking q tips, clean out those damn ears of yours, lean what to and what not to listen for when critiquing take those dirty q tips and shove them up your assyou ignorant hooker. go suck michael breckers dead dick
damn dude, people can have their own ignorant opinions, you didn't have to bring in Brecker's name like that. How the fuck is that respecting his memory? If anything, you're the cocksucker.
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You are the exactly type of musician or musician wanna be (the later sounds more correct) that I want to break your hands because you have no fucking business playing music. If you don't get it, then shut up, set your alarm clock for 6am, and go to work. Leave the art to the ones that can create it. You just don't get it. Musical appreciate is a sign of an artist and you have none. Maybe Boots Randolph would suit you better or maybe you should join a frickin polka band.
My question wasn't sarcastic. I love Michael Brecker's music. I just want to know what genre of Jazz this is exactly. I get it. What you don't get is the English language. matzl answered my question. "Err, kinda post-HardBop?"
'You are a little self righteous prick. Who gives a shit. All the greats these guys mention wouldn't even engage in this conversation. They are HUMBLE (or were) shut up already..Mr point maker..Get over it and yourslef already..
IM 32 years old, I've been a musician since the age of 7..I have NEVR seen anybody play the piano so precisely like this!! Specially between 7:04- 7:15.....And Michael Becker, incredible as always!
HEY EVERONE, I found a pianist, who is so good. She may be even better than Michael...well maybe not that good, but definitly my someday surpass him. Search for "long vent: improv on piano"...Its amazing. Some of the best I've heard on YOUTUBE.
I was comparing the musical creativity and improv, not tone or something that varies widely different. Each instrument varies inherently in tone, but a saxophonist and pianist do not inherently have different skills at improv or musical creativity simply because they play different instruments.
He's so good. HEY EVERYONE, GO LOOK AT 11SUNCHILD. She makes videos of her piano and they are simply. One day, she'll probably up with John and Michael.
Fantastic piano solo
jedivish 1 month ago
intense, fantastic!
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Makoto Ozone ( Piano ) is perhaps the best living Jazz Pianist. DOT
Dihelson 2 months ago
i mean brecker is the best but guys watch this piano player!! all of them are completely crazy!!!
MrJazzChilli 3 months ago
staggering virtuosity, incomprehensible mastery of genre, sound, time feel, emotional content, harmonic sophistication, taste, passion, there is no one even close to this guy in the history of the saxophone. i don't mean that other players weren't historic; of course trane was, bird was. but in terms of complete heaviness, it will be a long time before anyone comes close to this.......
subframer 11 months ago 8
@subframer Well said! Your comment inspired to sit and listen to this whole clip once more. I've heard it a hundred times but it never gets old. Michael seemed to be especially inspired for this performance.
mobiusII 11 months ago 3
@subframer ...but there's nothing like a love supreme in brecker career...
valentynesuite 7 months ago
@valentynesuite - Yes of course. I'm talking about virtuosity and artistry on the saxophone. No one would argue that Mike's compositional career or overall impact as a recording artist is the same universe as Trane's. But as a saxophone player, in consideration of the overall stylistic and technical history of the instrument, show me anyone who's even close in terms of mastery or coverage. No one is even close.
subframer 6 months ago 3
@subframer well said, friend
valentynesuite 5 months ago
I WAS IN THE DUES BAND (BASS TROMBONE 81-84) @ BERKLEE...MAKOTO WAS OUR PIANIST... AN HONOR THAN AS NOW...LISTENING TO THIS IS LIKE DESSERT...YA CAN'T HAVE ENOUGH AND YA DON'T WAN'T IT TO END !!!
tonywingate 1 year ago
Man what a show
NESavoth415 1 year ago
Ozone has fingers of fury!
logbuilder45 1 year ago
WOw. Just wow- amazing performance by all musicians. Brecker and Ozone especially are just killing it
bryanqus 1 year ago
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bryanqus 1 year ago
Makote Ozone is next Thelonius Monk!
BuzzMcTank 1 year ago
Greatest player ever...
MasterBlasterMusic 1 year ago
Talk about your mind-body connection!! Awesome!! God's gift!
1955gasman 1 year ago 3
@1955gasman prolly=probably
davetrombone1 1 year ago
reason he isnt known is he prolly doesnt play with heavy cats like michael brecker. i mean there was hugh masakela he was pretty famous froim africa milton nascimento lionel louke i mean there r people that r from other places that are really good maybe hes just not that great when hes playing with brecker he might be amazing cuz brecker has that effect on other players around him.
guysaxophone 1 year ago
@guysaxophone What does "prolly" mean
1955gasman 1 year ago
Makoto Ozone is the most complete Jazz Pianist that ever existed. Yet he isn´t much known due to the fact that he isn´t American, as French Pianist Martial Solal also. There´s a noticeable prejudice against Jazz players from other countries unless America. Listen to these guys. Makoto is a living Jazz Encyclopedia. One must listen him playing and improvising on Gershwin´s Rhapsody in Blue. He simply absorbed Classical Music and All Jazz Legends.He´s the most complete pianist of our time!
Dihelson 2 years ago 8
just came in my pants...
acannon2002 2 years ago
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Brecker Lives!!!!
tackyacky 2 years ago
Brecker Lives!!!!
tackyacky 2 years ago 28
Il piu' GRANDE!!!!
faustoredorici 2 years ago 7
Grazie Michael!!!
Barba976 2 years ago 6
sei un grande non morirai mai
pacolecce 2 years ago
Makote Ozone is a stud playing outside!!
tptkeys 2 years ago 4
Le maitre de tenor, tout simplement.
frenchsax69 2 years ago
Michael Brecker IS!, WAS,and always WILL BE!!!!!!
purpleyesterday 2 years ago 4
preach on purple....
Publix1115 2 years ago
makoto ozone - badass comper
neocatalyst 2 years ago 6
No kidding!
mastersgta1 2 years ago
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neocatalyst 2 years ago
Michael Brecker The Best Of The Best!!!
tkachovanton 2 years ago 3
What mouthpiece did Michael use?
jazz0saxophone 2 years ago
Michael used Guardala M. Brecker Model mouthpiece
tkachovanton 2 years ago 2
though in his early stuff he did actually go to dukoff for a while, I know you probably meant this vid but its worth noting that people are different and go through phases
Mattytheman91 2 years ago 3
Yes, I know it! But I know that so many different between Dukoff and Guardala!
Trust me!!!!!!!!!!
tkachovanton 2 years ago
wow calm down buddy...
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JAZZ IS SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT Shit
Virtuemike 2 years ago
JAZZ IS NOT SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT Shit. It is an art which expressses personal feelings of an individual wich black/hardcore/death/gloomy/heavy metal doesn't. It's about expressing yourself in the moment and that's why we improvise. We know more music than just the basic chords and the power chords, yes, we know harmonic structures and arpeggios and scales and rythms, cross-rythms and melodies and we, most of us,have great musicality. I saw your only favourite video and I didn't hear music
claptonfan1000000 2 years ago 3
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Yeah xD i agree with you it was only a bad joke to test jazz fans. And my only "favourite" is here by error lol and i think that it is not music too ^^ (i am new on you tube hence the error ) i like jazz ^^ (but good metal too) keep on being a passionate fan clpatonfan !
Virtuemike 2 years ago
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
KenneRon 2 years ago
cavalloo esse pianistaa
stenioonline 3 years ago
is 9:07 real?
vanderbiltsax 3 years ago
What kind of question is that?
Saxyman14 3 years ago
:D just me being facetious
vanderbiltsax 2 years ago
9.07 is not from earth^^
georgesabitbolyo 2 years ago
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really boring ...
incubae 3 years ago
RIP you always be the best jazz player MIKE!
dusshan1 3 years ago 3
Makoto Ozone Rules!
One one most, if perhaps not THE most complete Jazz Pianist of all time! He gather information from all others. The guy is a piano encyclopedia !!
Dihelson 3 years ago 3
I think he could play a little more stride piano, but other than that i agree.
jazz0saxophone 2 years ago
Holy $h*t, this is good! I can't believe Michael is no longer with us. Thank God that his music lives on in recordings like this.
gerrysax193 3 years ago 23
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Clarence Penn is the best!
KenneRon 3 years ago
Grazie Michael!
Barba976 3 years ago 3
Great to see Michael playing with so much joy & positive energy!
jazzbest68 3 years ago 4
no cmnt to MB <3
ich like the piano player so much :O
ETHANxSYKES 3 years ago
Just what one can expect of brecker... genious=)
MagnusLindblOOm 3 years ago 3
I can't believe his son is my camp friend
XXKIRA101XX 3 years ago
fuckin rad.
Jazzman303 3 years ago
Can't it be better? its's amazing how MB can bend the tunes; and his finger tecnic is just manifique! by the way best regards to the band.
sirseverinsen 3 years ago
Makoto Ozone is outstanding too !
lou2cv 3 years ago 2
Terrific, because I live in Toulouse ! isn't it formidable ?!
eteronyme 3 years ago
Where is it? I thought France, but i'm probably wrong, right?
MontgomerylandFunk 3 years ago
It's in the south of France.
Perhaps Michael Brecker met Claude Nougaro in Toulouse?
eteronyme 3 years ago
Maybe if I lived there I wouldn't risk loosing my french.
MontgomerylandFunk 3 years ago
Damn, i love brecker.
He is influencing me most on my horn.
Sometimes I ask myself why brecker did nothinbg wirh Jarrett ( you all know wich Jarrett).
He had fitted for example perfect in combination of "hudson tale" because he already know Dejohnette very good
Jour0n 3 years ago
Is this tune a Michael composition?
PabloVestory 3 years ago
Yes
MysteriousTraveller 3 years ago 2
Question???? Who do you guys think solo's better. Steve Marcus on Tenor (Buddy Rich Big Band) or Brecker?
josh908 3 years ago
i woould say brecker...steve marcus just doesn't stand out as much..too bad he is a overlooked talent...
padleynj 3 years ago 2
the best saxophoneist ever!
Skiimad 3 years ago 4
SICK piano solo. Man!
AKOutback 3 years ago 7
What do you guys see in your mind's eye when you hear this magnificent performance? With such virtuosity on a single stage, its hard not to see something special. I imagine an extravagant, yet relaxed, tour of all things beautiful in each different part of the world. All at a serene, calming pace set to lull your brain into a wonderland of peace.
mobius1ne 3 years ago
Trane could have learned from mike...He is a god!!!
padleynj 3 years ago
dude right on.
i always say that brecker is better cuase he can do all the subsitutions that trane could and more. he was a way more versatile player as well. every one always disagrees with me but whatever
justinricheyBASS 3 years ago 2
without a doubt he was a more versatile player...I'm sure Trane would have loved to share the stage with him! Everyone will always argue with you, but I let-it-go because they don't know shit!! They know of trane and bird, and that's it!!!!
padleynj 3 years ago
I'm not gonna argue w/you about who's better becasue there's no right answer. They were BOTH amazing. OF COURSE Brecker was more versitile. There was a much wider spectrum of music in the world influencing Brecker than there was when Trane was here. Not to mention all the technological advances. Check it out: Trane died July'67. Hendrix's first record - released August'67. "Cold Sweat" (James Brown) - released in '67 and so on. There's no argument to be had here. Everyone has their opinions.
cptexpando 3 years ago 10
But more importantly Mike learne from Trane first in all his aspects of his playing and Mike has admitted it many times. But you can't judge because sometimes I have thoughts of who were the best at certain points in their lives. Eddie HArris learned from Trane, Trane Learned from Eddie and Sonny Rollins, and Sonny Stitt... Stitt learned from Parker... Everyone after that have all picked up on the same guideline. Joe Henderson was a pure originator... I don't know where he picked it up from.
Jazzman303 3 years ago 5
Great thoughts--have you ever hear Elvin's record "Live at the Lighthouse"? It's Dave Liebman and Steve Grossman on saxophones--you can totally hear the step between Trane and Brecker on that record!
johnsondrums 3 years ago
that solo by makote was beyond genius.
maximus721 3 years ago 4
Ditto!
ElHuapango 3 years ago
Try listening to joey calderazzo with dave liebman on My Favorite Things on utube, you won't believe it!
padleynj 3 years ago
'Two blocks from the Edge" is probably the greatest sax album ever! We love you Mike!
9k6ty 3 years ago 3
ce n'est pas une "manifestation ostensible de mécontentement !" ou alors je ne mis connais pas en saxophone. Son chorus est génial, rien à dire!!!!!
saxisgiant 3 years ago
Toi tu pense que son chorus est top (moi aussi !) mais lui n'est surement pas totalement satisfait, il esperait faire une meilleure phrase et n'a pas pu la réaliser, c'est pourquoi il est un peu déçu, tout musicien peut comprendre ça, ça ne demande pas de connaissances en saxophone particulièrement !
lou2cv 3 years ago
this is his best clip (for me ) that I have EVER seen!
not only him, the group as a single entity...
bbbouklas 3 years ago
Une attitude extrêmement rare du grand Michael Brecker à 4:16 du morceaux!
saxisgiant 4 years ago
Boah, si je l'ai vu plusieurs fois faire ce genre de "manifestation hostensible de mécontentement !" lol
lou2cv 4 years ago
That is one of the sickest piano solos I have ever seen regardless of asian guy status.
yno88 4 years ago
freakin awesome
Andrezzz122 4 years ago
his notes are still ringing in to the future, so long mike
cherryschmear 4 years ago 8
What kind of sax did Michael Brecker play?
laurenxxx69 4 years ago
I believe it's a Selmer mark VI with silver neck.
lou2cv 4 years ago 3
Un-stinkin' real. The best of all horn players!!! Makoto Ozone as well.
bransonguitar 4 years ago
the best ever
monterivero 4 years ago 3
tiruf ahi
plasticseven 4 years ago
Masterpiece. Brecker is the man.
ndominguez1 4 years ago
You rock my socks, Brecker-man.
joshuacaleb1981 4 years ago
magnífico
rodrigosax2007 4 years ago
Wow. Michael really was one of the modern greats.
bingefeller 4 years ago 4
This is an incredible performance. The entire band is of the ultimate highest of virutosity. Complete command of their instruments! SMOKIN'
The melodic and harmonic texture is very tasteful and flowing eventhough it is of the most extended order and flirts closely to atonality! Very Tasty!!!!! 5 stars in my opinion.
jocato52 4 years ago 9
genieus really
monamine3 4 years ago 3
Awesome stuff! One of the all time great saxophonists of this century! We've lost a great one recently.
chazmuz 4 years ago 3
Semplicemente Fanatstico *_*
Slevin993 4 years ago 2
Saxophone legend.
linkthewarrior 4 years ago 4
If you are planning on doing any kinda of jazz playing, do not buy a C*. C*'s are good for classical or technique exercises, but the tone for jazz just sounds bad. I use a Meyer 6 for all my jazz playing and it sounds great. Paired with original vandoren 3's, you can't beat that combo!
elimenohpee182 4 years ago
ou yeah!!
Turrilla 4 years ago
may i ask.. i'm gonna learn saxophone and now in the process of buying my own sax... so, which type of mouthpiece would any1 recommend.. plastic, wood, metal?
fierra07 4 years ago
Man, did you just open a can of worms. In my opinion you would be best off with a student model sax/plastic mouthpiece. Bundy and Conn make good quality horns to start with. You can't beat a Selmer C* for an all around plastic mouthpiece. Hope that helps!
mobiusII 4 years ago
plastic, definitely to start. metals are for non-classical genre's only. I would also recommend you learn how to play classical saxophone before jazz styles.
Spaztronthemusicman 4 years ago
thx both of you!!
fierra07 4 years ago
hard rubber for classical. like a selmer c* or something. for alto, i recommend a vandoren optimum.
randome927 4 years ago
If you want to play like Mike, get a good metal mouthpiece with a medium tip opening, medium baffle, probably a #2 reed to start on, a good solid horn, and practice - practice - practice - practice - practice - practice - practice...
And LISTEN!!!
chazmuz 4 years ago 4
listen listen listen....
Selmer2006 4 years ago
Also, play and practice with energy! I see too many kids playing without passion or energy these days. Put your heart into it! It doesn't matter if you're practicing scales at home or playing along to the radio, do it with gusto! Try to emulate that energy that inspired you to play in the first place! Get in touch with that inner artist!
chazmuz 4 years ago 6
Damn Brecker is a BEAST on wheels!
bigv4free 4 years ago
this is quite cool.. the drummer looks a bit like a monkey..
but brecker is a killa on the horn and the others (including the drummer) are very good, too :)
wiesenleger 4 years ago
Wow...no other word for it.
(anyone else spot theme from Delta City Blues @ 0'24?)
Benedict101 4 years ago
this isn't my favorite side of jazz as i prefer the 'smooth' edge of the blade, but brecker is one hell of a player. he's got some crazy chromatic themes going on in the middle of his solo that blow me away. I think it's funny how he sites coltrane and rollins as major influences, because in my opinion he's more technical than rollins and coltrane. good stuff
Spaztronthemusicman 4 years ago
How do you think he got there? If no one influenced him, he wouldn't play, or he'd be a pop saxophonist.
Everyone has influences, and sometimes they get better than the people that influenced them. I think thats the point of practice.
Im sorry to be so negative, but a lot of what you said is annoying to me, haha
Saxyman14 4 years ago
i'm sorry am i supposed to care? and yes i know what practice is, i'm a music major, i practice 4-5 hrs a day.
And yea, that was my point, that he's progressed beyond the technicality of his idols. It's IRONIC.......clear enough?
Spaztronthemusicman 4 years ago
how could anyone be more technical than Trane?
RobinsonWith 4 years ago
look man, notes are notes. whether you see them as more technical or "better" than his or not, is just a matter of opinion. i don't care what anyone else thinks. i just happen to think that a lot of people don't even listen to coltrane anymore. they just know that they've been told that he's great by people who know what they're talking about so that's what they say. nobody disects sound anymore, they're just group thinkers, regurgitating what they've heard.
Spaztronthemusicman 4 years ago
when i compare Trane solos and Brecker solos at some points the harmony is a mirror image, Brecker is a true jazz man, respecting where the music comes from, the tradition. what he plays and what Trane played it was all about preserving the tradition of jazz and moving it to a new level. Brecker takes Trane's solos and ideas in a new direction he's not at all better than him, just different.
RobinsonWith 4 years ago
i'm glad someone else actually listens these days. and i totally agree with what you said. personally, i am a little more awed by what comes out of brecker's horn than coltrane's. but that's the opinion part of this.
Spaztronthemusicman 4 years ago
You've got a LOT to learn about the world of music, kid...your goal as a music major in college is to open yourself up to the world of music and learn all you can; those "crazy chromatic themes" wouldn't exist without Rollins, Coltrane, Lester Young, etc. INFLUENCE is about loving something so much it becomes a part of you. Learn to love Coltrane, or learn to respect that everyone else does.
derricksax 4 years ago
yeah but he got his inspiration from Rollins and Coltrane
grrrroink 4 years ago
rip...
Neidhardt84 4 years ago
Michael is brilliant here...as usual...what a loss. Makoto Ozone also plays quite well. He sounds like a combination of some of the most appealing traits of McCoy Tyner and Chick. Thanks for letting me hear this! -Eric
Modes9 4 years ago
Err, kinda post-HardBop?
matzl 4 years ago
What kind of Jazz is this exactly?
laurenxxx69 4 years ago
The kind that's good.
xms32 4 years ago
It is one of the best version of "Madame Toulouse" I heard. Maybe thanks to Makoto Ozone on piano, a true genius
lou2cv 4 years ago
The Interaction between the pianist and Brecker is amazing, totally inspiring...
fulzgy 4 years ago 2
especially 4:07!
fulzgy 4 years ago
This guy is just searching some way to fight, he is ridiculous. If you want to fight, it is your stupid problem, but spoiling Michael's name like you did is not acceptable. I don't want to respond to your comment because it was not serious, but don't involve Michael in the thread like you did ! You don't have any respect for anyone, so avoid making stupid comments like that.
lou2cv 4 years ago
Michael can play sweet and he does, but he is clearly focusing more on his scrumptious relationshipped ideas than tone, his growls and overtones accentuate this also, as Coltrane was getting into before he died. THIS, TRULY IS MUSIC
vanderbiltsax 4 years ago
But as I mature as a musician, both classically and jazzing, I have learned to love Coltrane as much as I loathed him for his tone early on... and the same with Brecker who has taken Trane to the next level. I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY: LISTEN, adapt, then listen more, and adapt, and you will learn to love the qualities we hated before...
vanderbiltsax 4 years ago 2
I can totally see where you're coming from because I have been there too. (I play sax, clarinet, and piano) Before I listened to Coltrane and thought his tone was shitty from first impressions. Then I learned that was early Trane and he could very well produce incredibly beautiful tone if he wanted... and later he did. He combined beautiful tone with impeccably sick and awesome licks from scales unperformed before (Chopin and Rachmonnonof were touching upon, but masking these ideas in concerts)
vanderbiltsax 4 years ago
Makoto Ozone is truly amazing. He has recorded a duet with trombonist Phil Wilson. Does anyone know where to find a CD of this duet ?
lou2cv 4 years ago
muy bueno exelente :D
caxassax 4 years ago
Swing it Michael all the way to them pearly gates. Any real musicans knows the deal with his music. If not a musician feel his passion...my god I am speechless when I listen to his exploration and spontaneous direction....
ecohouse 4 years ago 2
A sign of no maturity would be to compare bird,dolphy,Cannonball. Ornette. Your direction may favor one but 30 or 40 years of practice and listening will teach that it is subjective Listen to Dexter After he heard Coltrane as well as Canonball With Coltrane. Great is great I don,t know that much -people have been paying me to play the saxophone fulltime for 40 years. Michael and everyone I mentioned and about 500 other players can,t be compared- that's childish JZ
zangsax1 4 years ago
You might be right zangsax1. I didn't like Parker at first. Might take me a while to like Brecker, although, in general, I've never liked instrumental freneticism, even if the player is technically brilliant. To be *musically* brilliant is a different thing.
jazzflutist 4 years ago
don't disagree with you. Some musicians achieve such a level of mastery that to those of us that have not achieved it- it sounds like technical offerings but after careful listening one realizes it is not that for them -only for us who are still trying to find that freedom from our instruments. Much Love John Z
zangsax1 4 years ago
Sorry, not a Brecker fan. Too many fingers, not enough space, or dynamics, or feeling. Perhaps he should have listened to more classical music, like Parker.
jazzflutist 4 years ago
Additionally, his tenor sounds electrified, rather than natural. I like to hear wood, not plastic and metal. I do hope he's not using one of those plastic reeds. An un-amplified tenor in a smoke-filled room with an acoustic bass is my cup of tea.
jazzflutist 4 years ago
That's just his tone. Which is probably the most influential since Coltrane's. Anyway, regardless of what you think of his tone, have you ever listened to classical music? Like actual classical music? There is shit all 'space' in that, and there is far less dynamics and feeling. Comparing Brecker to Parker is pointless. Both were revolutionary, it's just one of them actually kept creating after doing one thing. Go to 4:30. No feeling there at all. Devoid of emotions. (sarcasm).
jbowers56 4 years ago
you idiot... MICHAEL BRECKER DIDN'T GIVE A FUCK
dannybari 4 years ago
Not sure what you mean by this dannybari, or who you're replying to. I think Brecker did indeed give a very large f* in regards to his music. I agree that when you're up on stage you have to mentally "shut off" so to speak and go on pure intuition, feeling, without consciously thinking too much. In other words, you have to have the feeling of "not giving a f* ", let loose, and go for broke when you actually play.
jazzflutist 4 years ago
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listen, jazzflutist, or shall i say cocksucker. why don't youget some fucking q tips, clean out those damn ears of yours, lean what to and what not to listen for when critiquing take those dirty q tips and shove them up your assyou ignorant hooker. go suck michael breckers dead dick
dannybari 4 years ago
damn dude, people can have their own ignorant opinions, you didn't have to bring in Brecker's name like that. How the fuck is that respecting his memory? If anything, you're the cocksucker.
Jzzmus 4 years ago
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You are the exactly type of musician or musician wanna be (the later sounds more correct) that I want to break your hands because you have no fucking business playing music. If you don't get it, then shut up, set your alarm clock for 6am, and go to work. Leave the art to the ones that can create it. You just don't get it. Musical appreciate is a sign of an artist and you have none. Maybe Boots Randolph would suit you better or maybe you should join a frickin polka band.
xms32 4 years ago
My question wasn't sarcastic. I love Michael Brecker's music. I just want to know what genre of Jazz this is exactly. I get it. What you don't get is the English language. matzl answered my question. "Err, kinda post-HardBop?"
laurenxxx69 4 years ago
I wasn't speaking to you genius.
xms32 4 years ago
Wow, you really show a lot class and tolerance for others. Can you say elitist?
jazztenor71 4 years ago
Sure, as long as you can recognize you're fuckin retarded. Now go on about your business you immature little waste of space.
xms32 4 years ago
'You are a little self righteous prick. Who gives a shit. All the greats these guys mention wouldn't even engage in this conversation. They are HUMBLE (or were) shut up already..Mr point maker..Get over it and yourslef already..
paradidd 4 years ago
Who the fuck you supposed to be? You're nobody now go practice your flute.
xms32 4 years ago
listen to piano and saxophone. brainlink from 4:06 - 4:12. Brecker is amazing...
fulzgy 4 years ago
it's part of the form. listen to the bass. but f'ing amazing none the less!!!!
dickscribbla 4 years ago
check out this saxophone player. Search: Whiplash Part 2 Princeton
onowen99 4 years ago
IM 32 years old, I've been a musician since the age of 7..I have NEVR seen anybody play the piano so precisely like this!! Specially between 7:04- 7:15.....And Michael Becker, incredible as always!
champra 4 years ago
Have you ever seen the young pianist, Eldar?
Gheti 4 years ago
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Gheti 4 years ago
- sens profond et génial du jazz - phrasé riche, tellurique et magmatique -
bernardlec 4 years ago
Happy Jazz! Monk would be proud.
bransonguitar 4 years ago
HEY EVERONE, I found a pianist, who is so good. She may be even better than Michael...well maybe not that good, but definitly my someday surpass him. Search for "long vent: improv on piano"...Its amazing. Some of the best I've heard on YOUTUBE.
saxahorn 4 years ago
Michael Brecker is the tenor player...Makote Ozone plays the piano......you were comparing a pianist to a sax player in terms of skill.
bigcat03 4 years ago
I was comparing the musical creativity and improv, not tone or something that varies widely different. Each instrument varies inherently in tone, but a saxophonist and pianist do not inherently have different skills at improv or musical creativity simply because they play different instruments.
saxahorn 4 years ago
He's so good. HEY EVERYONE, GO LOOK AT 11SUNCHILD. She makes videos of her piano and they are simply. One day, she'll probably up with John and Michael.
saxahorn 4 years ago
after simply, i was supposed to say amazing, but you know, i got ahead of myself
saxahorn 4 years ago
ha, all the good ones are dead
tomahawkintheface 4 years ago
We've only got Branford Marsalis and Joe Lovano now, IMO.
NJlo 4 years ago
Don't forget Josh Redman and Bob Mintzer.
DatBugler 4 years ago
And one more, Dave Liebman.
mfh2kdw210 4 years ago