Michael Brecker premieres Psathas' sax concerto (1of3)

[aivalisco]

Amazing performance and composition! Wish i was there!!

[toyrobot99]

Geeze, fantastic playing and killer writing!! Awesome!

[etdejazz]

Mike did a great job on this. How not? He"s just playing what he always played. I didn't like the composition though. It's so pretentious.

[JaredAugerot]

I'm sorry, but concert bands are not meant for jazz.  Michael is great though

[RVcomposer]

Brilliant!

[Vitruvian42]

@dahalofreeek Oh, cool. I just saw him this weekend, actually. Still, I think I prefer Michael in terms of style.

[Vitruvian42]

I'd hate to hear someone else try to play this.

[dahalofreeek]

@Vitruvian42 Joshua Redman actually has done a very good recording of this concerto.

[Modes9]

It sounds like the same third-stream musical direction as the collaborations with Claus Ogerman. I love this music, but it's a pretty hard sell for the general public.

[JohnPsathas]

@Modes9 you're telling me...

[TheFra091]

no non lo mai sentito!!!

[repyuksax]

dave guardala mouthpiece

[Skiine]

I was expecting not to like this as I'm not such a fan of more modern classical music. But this... this is rather good... That'll teach me to judge before I listen.

[saxman7016]

grande sassofonista!

[TheFra091]

nn mi piace prp nn ho ancora trovato un sassofonista migliore di mondelci

[edaniel84]

@TheFra091

Mai sentito Marzi o Comoglio?!

[someshinyday]

Can anyone tell me what mouthpiece he's using here. I should have listened to this before Omnifex.

[joshkmusic]

psathas is a fantastic composer. brecker is a fantastic player.

[Johnson6708]

I cried like a baby the day he died for 12 hours.. I still feel empty... Thank you Mike!

[pniiice]

this is amazing.

[mitchasics]

I don't know the piece being played, but Brecker and this group seem to be an odd combination. Not saying he's playing bad, but just kinda sounds almost like someone warming up.

[kammilenko]

...Ignorant

[mitchasics]

Hey asshole. Saying it sounded odd is just an inference, not a fact, based upon ignorance.

[kammilenko]

:p .

[sadizes]

You

are

so

incredibly

ridiculously

IGNORANT

[JohnPsathas]

You might want to check out the score before offering such a knowledgeable opinion.

[hamokiwi]

I hope you're embarrassed by your comments -- you should be. I'm even slightly embarrassed for you and that's saying something. Your gaffe aside, Brecker is genius here; drummer is good too.

[Nabzed]

Michael is still the best, even dead....

[huhubro]

wiggers, please

[UCOJazz]

BAH sorry about that comment. I thought you sayed that he could have played better. I apologize. I am tipsy at the moment.

[Jazzman303]

fuckin alcoholic

[UCOJazz]

Brecker was one of the greats. ChetMFToben, I would love to see you play anything close to this. Michael Brecker-R.I.P.

[Hukijiwa]

does anyone know if this piece is available? I'd love to look at it to see if it would be even possible for me to play. lol.

[Windjhn]

this has some very powerful and pretty moments. =)

[ChetMFToben]

excellent

couldnt have been played better

great piece also!

[SplitTony]

Thank you also for expanding our saxophone literature.

[SplitTony]

Thank you so much for the video John! Great piece!