Allan Holdsworth ~ San Michele

[aliensporebomb]

I love this piece - so moody and develops so slowly and wonderfully.

[Samsgarden]

@FutureAyRonLives

I've got certain prescribed opinions on Holdsworth's collaborators. I really wish he'd continue in the jazz vain a la -sixteen men. Not into Wackerman much, nor Donati, and Bruner Jr. Is an egomaniac. Novak was excellent -I like nuance, dynamics and understatement. Some of his drummers don't have it.

[Nathankthanks]

He never seems to be picking the notes haha

[Samsgarden]

Holdsy should do more with Pasqua. A very distinctive player.

[Jumbuang12]

Just WOWWW 9:26 perfect timing

[talpajam]

i don't even play keyboards, & i'd love to have that Nord Stage 88...man o man.

[dirtydonki]

Not a fan but acknowledge & respect the brilliance.

[pgooijer]

Breathtaking spinechilling tearjerking beautiful.

[juanbarros88]

where's the piano intro?

[MrGuitarguy1986]

Wish I could find MP3 for this somewhere. I bought it off I tunes, but it's a completely different version.

[raulrodri11]

Impresive!! space music.

[rhandu]

This theme make me cry!

[Guitfiddlejase]

This guitarist is truly an artist.I love this.So much "music" out there does nothing to spark feelings...emotion,Holdsworth has it all.He can excite you with his infatuating technique...but he can also take you on a journey of aural colors.Moods.Waves.Soul.He takes you to another level.Like Wayne Shorter or Coltrane.

Amazing.

[guitarjag72]

This guy.....I almost gave up on guitar after seeing him live in '91 (by the way, saw Eric Johnson within 2 months of seeing him --- another reason I almost gave up). Incredible, so musically complex, and beautiful.

[jan1080]

This sounds helluva similar to Meeting the spirits by Mahavishnu, hah.

[gilouseb]

@jan1080

Yes! Or "Birds of fire", by the same band...in 1973!

[zeropointpower]

Great song all around. No wonder Holdsworth likes playing with Pasqua. He's amazing.

[GregDeano75]

I love this. The sound takes you on a sweet journey. Awesome musicians, 11 out of 10.

[GregDeano75]

@GregDeano75 Whoops, I seem to have a stammer this evening, please forgive me. Again mind blowing stuff.

[TheArhonnyZ]

@GregDeano75 yeah Man!

[GregDeano75]

Love this. This sound takes you on a journey.

[rhbxyz]

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[EwingPatric]

3:10 - 3:20 so awesome

[nealm9348]

nord



[fieldfullofthistles]

I love the drum sound. Really boomy and bassy. The guitar is ridiculously good. Sounds like butter and chocolate with vibrato.

[senna01]

Chad's playing sounds rather uninspired here...

[Guitfiddlejase]

Wow.This is really something.Love it.

[in2wishn]

Finally - Good Audio and well recorded/ camera'd shows of Alan. Thank You !!

[boogster123321]

sounds alot like meeting of the spirits by mahavishnu orchestra

[dshznt182]

This is the only Holdsworth song I like, so far...One of his longer ones but much easier to listen to than most of his songs...it actually has an accessible melody for once! And I love the whole jam band aspect, its not just Allan's legato dominating everyone else, they really work well together here.

[fusionakis]

@dshznt182 In case you haven't already checked Allan's music (that means his studio albums mostly), feel free to visit my channel and listen to some of his songs, so that you get a good idea of his musicality... I uploaded quite a few songs from almost every album of his (the ones that haven't been uploaded before by other youtube users which also happen to be some of my favorites), so, give him one more chance... :) His music is so unique that needs some time to be appreciated and loved.

[PeterLaman]

This is awesome. Perfectly built up, eloquent and perfect soloing, as we know from Holdsworth. Great.

[bogeybast]

I second the observation that Mahavishnu is being quoted here. But this is not a complaint! It's all good.

[nokcharee]

It's a NORD keyboard, they are the best.

[Filament4Sure]

Thanks, Kuzalias, but I have the answer after a LOT of digging... It's a Clavia Nord Stage (not sure whether the 88 or 88-EX). BTW that's a cX-3, not cR3. I'm happy with my C8P 88-note master controller, but it'd be fun to have something 'different.'

[Filament4Sure]

Does anyone have any idea what keyboard Pasqua is using?

[Kuzalias]

@Filament4Sure I'm guessing a Korg cr3 and a Korg KARMA.

[sweetchildonline]

@Kuzalias its a nord stage piano

[drummakid101]

@Kuzalias

I actually think that it's a NORD Stage 2.

[Daiphantus]

@Kuzalias actually the red one is a Nord. a stage 2 if im not mistaken

[aliensporebomb]

@Kuzalias Actually the red keyboard on the left isn't a Karma but rather it's one of the many Nord brand keyboards.  Mostly known for their bright red appearance.

[gentleGiant65]

@Filament4Sure the red one one is a Clavia Nord Stage. It's a virtual analog keyboard specialized on tone wheel organ, electric piano and clavonet sounds, but is also has a synth section.

[Dementrius]

@Filament4Sure The brown keyboard is the Korg cr3 and the red keyboard is a Clavia Nord Stage

[tomlensher]

@Filament4Sure  Thats a NORD Stage

[willg678]

@Filament4Sure

Korg Cx 3

[dnoyolaf]

@Filament4Sure That big red sexy chunk of matter is a Nord Stage 88

[kelpers1483]

@Filament4Sure The one he plays in this is a Nord Stage. Sorry you had to wait 10 months for an answer :)

[chuchunichichi]

@Filament4Sure .....the red keyboard is manufactured by NORD.  It is a great piece of gear. Hope this helps.

[drummyonekenobi]

@Filament4Sure  Its a NORD something...

[cosmic53]

@Filament4Sure Looks like a Nord Stage piano

[2stick5]

@Filament4Sure Nord Stage and Korg Cx-3

[22fret]

Man, you're literally everywhere, aren't you...?

[knucksoff]

A. H. is a gift from God. Don't deny it. Rhett Tyler is less known and as gifted as he.

[Kuzalias]

@knucksoff Actually... he's nowhere close.

[zeropointpower]

@knucksoff

Rhett Tyler is a Stevie Ray Vaughn type of guy. The comparison to Holdsworth is meaningless. They are not similar in any way. Next.

[MarkLown]

@knucksoff RT is a very average player

[2stick5]

@knucksoff - with due respect Knucks, musically, Mr. Holdsworth has been places Mr. Tyler has yet to become aware of.

[2stick5]

i'm sure Mr. Tyler would be the first to admit that.

[A1Jazz]

I love AH's playing and have been a fan of his style since I first heard him in 85; he sounded like EVH playing jazz at the time; later I found out EVH was actually inspired by him. I wish he would do a concert with the great Chick Corea; now that would be something!!

[timjmoran]

Man.. after all this time, NObody sounds like Holdsworth.. he is so incredible. His legato technique is simply jaw-dropping. His tone, unique in all fusion.. he really phrases like a horn player.

[Guitfiddlejase]

@timjmoran I must agree with you!

His phrasing often reminds me of Coltrane's "Sheets of Sound"...

[GagaMan214]

@timjmoran he is the only guitar player who phrases like coltrane in his later works

[fwg6string]

Wackerman's secret is keeping a young mind. I know: I'm 58 and I still have the brains of a fifteen year old. Seriously though, this Yoshi recording is some of Holdsworth's best stuff. Alan Pasqua gives new meaning to electric piano.  It don't git any better than this.

[shpilk]

More subtle than Meetings of the Spirit, which was more a vamp than anything else. It will take me weeks to figure out the progression here ;p [forget the guitar solo, I'll never have a hope fo that]

[victorcolmenero2008]

great

[Eflatmajor7sharp11]

Keep coming back to this and hearing something different each time. Wackerman plays this 6/8 groove so sweet and his solo at the end is just sick. Special stuff here.

[hgsbnt]

I just can't get enough of AH ... still a million years ahead, AH rules

[Eflatmajor7sharp11]

Holdsworth is my Mullah and he's on my mind more than my wife - ha. But the question is: how in the world does Chad Wakerman continue to look like he is 16 years old?

[Kuzalias]

That's a good question XD

[jittboy1]

You would stay that young if you got to enjoy playing with one of the greatest guitarist of all time lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TruNikkaz]

The devil sold his soul to Chad Wackerman lmfao

[roon41]

I know! Sill looks like he did with zappa 25 years ago. Then again, I'm 45 and look 28.

[Eisoptrofobi]

@Eflatmajor7sharp11 Your name is my favourite chord. Stacking a major triad with the major sevenths minor triad, i.e. Eb + Dm. Actually, that gives you a ninth as well but that just adds to the sweetness.

[PROMITHEASMUSIC]

@Eflatmajor7sharp11 That's what i question myself as well all these years... only when he had the beard looked older.

[22fret]

Apart from the fact that I'm a die-hard Holdsworth-Fan, I really love Pasqua's modest and unpretentious style. Few but extremely well placed and inspired notes. This is true greatness and so different from the hyperactive Kei Agaki, AH played with in the 80s. For Allan's music, there has never been a better man on keys than Pasqua...

[Cardossian]

Who is playing keyboard?

[Kuzalias]

Alan Pasqua

[Cardossian]

Thanks!

[PeacelandMusic]

The beginning of the keyboard solo is unbelievable!!! Inspired! The BEST!!!

[PeacelandMusic]

4:32

[Kuzalias]

I totally agree! It's great- Worth the buy!

[PeacelandMusic]

Buy the DVD, Live at Yoshi's, I bought it, it is awesome! Support these guys! They are amazing!

[osensei2987]

Sounds like a Mahavishnu tune!

[Eflatmajor7sharp11]

Right - I thought, wait is this "Dance of the Mayas" - ha. But alas, as McLaughlin was my man in the 70's, Holdsworth is my mullah for the the ages...

[sjfloat]

@osensei2987 Right! Meeting of the Spirits?

[MarkLown]

@sjfloat exactly

[FrancescoBonfanti77]

should be Mikael Archangel... the general of all legions. ;)

[universalmind3000]

thanks for the better qualily version...I really need it!

[xana75]

yeah san michele i am waiting for this song!

[22fret]

Man, this is great, I cannot hear it often enough...

[SVATTIMO]

This is sick, best players in the world next to becks band.

[soczez]

who's on bass?

[Kuzalias]

Jimmy Haslip

[soczez]

yeah I forgot that ;]

[fister69]

what a great player a jango of the 21st centery and chad on drums just great 5 star could listen to them all night

[simobubba]

Great song and great performance!!!!I've been to a concert of the same tour in italy... great... what can i say more?^^