Mike Randy & Chaka 1981 Night In Tunisia

[Werdo121]

Great solos by the Breckers back in their cocaine days. They go to a vamp with no bridge on Randy's solo and boy, is he surprised! This whole video is about Chaka's tits in that sweater though.

[Fiscalwatchdog69]

Mike is the shit on this I would have to practice 20 years non stop just to be half as good as him

[MamaTrina]

I LOVE me some Chaka Khan!!!! They tore this song UP! I mean just showed OUT!!!

[skakid6692]

I like how Randy knocks into Mike 1:25 lol

[klnine]

Chaka Randy Mike Im a soul funk fan..i dint know this happened ! Where have I been !

[thanugg]

now that dude in the white hat on the keys...HE is definiteley F.O.N.K.EEEE

[mitjazz]

brecker looks mighty stoned.

[jorenheit]

Thanks :-)

[jorenheit]

Is there a recording of this awesomeness on some album of hers? I couldn't find anything out there!

[Reggmail]

This recording is available on DVD

You can also purchase this on the internet.

''Chaka Khan The Signature Diva Live''

Hope this helps.

[mickysax1]

Try 'What Cha Gonna Do For Me'. Made in 1981 it also features Dizzy Gillespie and a great funky vesion of the Beatles 'We Can Work It Out'

[2mitches]

McFunky!

[bettersingerthanyall]

He did things with that trumpet I've never heard before. And saxophone man was perfect. Chaka was great too, lol.

[sevenoverthree]

What a band. I love the Roxy show. More over, I love that Mike looks like an investment banker and Randy looks like he just got through a shift driving a cab!

[Reggmail]

Funny, you're correct though.

I never looked at them like that.

Thanks for the comment.

Peace & blessings.

[LibraClassic]

@sevenoverthree

Yeah! They both look like they walked off the set of "Taxi" (omg - did I give away my age bracket?)

[Fantomastok]

Michael Brecker fait une improvisation de très bonne qualité. Mais il y a plusieurs moments où les notes vont vraiment très vite. Ces passages sont ils accélérés dans la video ?

[sda1225]

100% natural, NO artificial flavoring or coloring, no studio, no voice track, ALL LIVE INSTRUMENTS, just PURE RAW TALENT, PURE CHAKA-PERIOD

[keepitclenched]

Damb!!!!!

[moldefusion]

fantastic.. so good it makes me sentimental. RIP Michael. Miss u alot !!

[jembone]

Incredible..

[Williamkurk]

Ha ha ha ha 1:30 when Randy bumps into his brother while soloing. The look is priceless! Great video!!!

[gqgq3341]

Whaha thanks for pointing that out, missed it the first time. It could be my imagination but the high squeek that follows might very well be a response to the incident through his saxophone. It sounds a bit like; ...Whhaaattt!!!

[lou2cv]

I thought this too =)

[ottolight]

To me the Brecker Bros. have been the best of brass so far.

As a fan of them I was sadly disappointed to hear in`82 of the demise.

As separated brothers they continued their mission to serve the era of fusion but to me no record after `82 could match those days when they were united as Brecker Bros.

Mike will always remain in our hearts forever

Chaka is still such a wonderful and attraktive woman and vocalist.

[temporaryname73]

If you think Chaka is attractive, then you must be using a pair of stove lids as glasses because she is not good looking at all. She may be a good vocalist, but she looks like an ugly 90 year old woman.

[jojijoji88]

Hey, a great singing like that can forgive a lot and she looks pretty damn hot to me!

(not that I think she needs a lot of forgiving)

Fargin' amazin' all the way around.

We all missya, Michael.

[idoruZe]

i've been watching this video pretty much once a day since January 13th, RIP.

[Reggmail]

I'm happy that you like it, this is definitely a classic.

[geosh78]

An absolute classic from CK, with her band tight as ever...

[saxylarry26]

Its so happening, its lightning in a bottle.

[evosynth]

para que sirve ese cablecito que tiene michael brecker en el tudel del saxo y randy brecker en la boquilla?

es como un microfono?

[Reggmail]

Mike is and will always be the man.

[trumpetz09]

amen

[sleinad]

Jeez, what a performance. Michael Brecker: there really was nothing this dude could not do musically.

And Chaka also astounded me with her performance.

[lou2cv]

Ow, Randy touch Michael whilst dancing at 01:30...

[jdawgwi]

NO THAT WAS AL GORE

[lou2cv]

Yes, of course

[HammondB200]

lol

[saxocopter]

That's what happens when the music moves you...you become oblivious to everything else!

[blkstarr77]

WOW DOIT YALL!

[totalcontrast]

Jesse that is astounding info. Thanks for that mate.

[paddeyOmalley]

can't get enough of Chaka's scattings!! they just flow naturally out of her

[Reggmail]

Check out the new Chaka tune with Mary J Blige, climbing the charts.

[paddeyOmalley]

yeahh,Chaka's back,kickin and alive with her new album "funk this" cant wait till its being released..most of her new songs are HOT!!! Chaka's right when she says she going back to basics,juz like when she was discovered in the 70's meaning that shes gonna funk it hard!! apart from the funky music,she also got a few slow tracks like 'angel' and 'one for all time' which is likely to become evergreen classics like 'through the fire' in the future.

[Aplustradomus]

I love Chaka!

[Reggmail]

She is not only a wonderful singer but she is also a great musician who plays drums as well.

[Aplustradomus]

I saw that and was trippin out..

[sicilianbabe8]

I came here to bask in the goddess of Chaka because I have been looking for this one for about 25 years! I love her doing Night In Tunisia. This is great, the Brecker Bros are great. Thanks for this sweet treat!

[Reggmail]

Glad you like it, continue to enjoy as much as you want.

[pistolepete54]

Mike is the man he will be missed wish i could have seen him in conert RIP Mike

[Reggmail]

Agreed, With all the CD's and video of mike, he will be playing for a long time.

You can alwys replay as much as you want

[pistolepete54]

wut is that hanging from mike's sax neck

[Reggmail]

Hello, Playing during that time the way to play from a sound system was to get a pick up drilled into the neck of your saxophone, then Mike would play through effect processors with this device as well.

It was also available for trumpets like the one on Randy's trumpet also.

[pistolepete54]

so was it like a pick up mic or somethin?

[Reggmail]

Hello, copy and paste this link and it would give you a description of how it was for saxophone players to become electronic back in the day. Google players like

Zappa's Napoleon Murphy Brock played a saxophone amplified through a wah-wah pedal to ... Lee Ranaldo stuck a contact mic on an electric drill and ran it through his sax.

[pistolepete54]

thanx this stuf is real interesting i'm starting to use electronics also i have a pick up mic and i run it through a ps-5 super shifter it is cool i could do harmonies, pitch shift, detune, tremelo, and fluter

[Reggmail]

Early in Mike Brecker electronic days he would run his saxophone pickup through an guitar effect processor cold a Mu-Tron Envelope Filter Pedal.

It always sounded great especially when low notes are hit using a tenor sax.

It would give the sax a sort of bubbling funky effect sound.

I believe Mike is using it on the title called Some Skunk Funk.

[JesseKlapholz]

Hi: I'm The Brecker Brother engineer from 1980 & he used a C-Moon Funk Machine (I think the earliest foot-pedal envelope filter) Both he & Randy used them as a stand alone device in the 70s and later we incorporated them into a larger box with a volume pedal. They both used what was a "R&B Pickup) which was built on a Telex 3/8-inch diaphragm hearing aid earpieces/earphone. I still have Mike's Funk Machine & Telex pickup.

Jesse Klapholz

[Reggmail]

Thank you for stopping buy and giving us all of that great

information on how Mike and Randy was using their pick ups in at the time.

It's something to see how things have changed but yet how many things stay the same.

I believe that you were very blessed to be in the presence of such great musicians.

I'm sure that those moments would be cherished forever.

Thank you.

Peace & blessings.

[sleinad]

Hi Jesse,

Can you also explain why Randy woreheadphones. I saw him do the same on a Jaco Pastorius concert I saw. Thanks.

[quinsanity]

I guess when he solos its easier then getting blasting the rest of the band through monitors.

[LibraClassic]

@JesseKlapholz

*GASP* - you worked with these legendary musicians (RIP Michael)...wow....you lucky so and so...wow, man thanks for that info....

[chakasmoothjazz]

i love that!!amazing!!

[Reggmail]

I also love this video, I find myself going back to view it time and time again.

Keep enjoying it.

Peace & blessings.

[RoyalGawd777]

This is heaven.

[Reggmail]

Agreed, although Mike and all of the artiest did other things, this is a once in a life time event encapsulated on video for ever. And we get a chance to share this picture worth more than 10000 + words, enjoy.

[Excelscior]

This was chaka's song she did with Dizzy (a remack of Night In Tunisia) her style. It was on one of her 80's albums. But you can get it on Ephinany now. She's a highly regarded Jazz singer (amongs others).

[meantimesaxman]

Is that Hamish Stuart from the Average White Band in the white cat suit siging backing vocals? I know he wrote "whatcha gonna for me" for Chaka Khan. Saw him at Pizza Express in London last year with his band..doing some old AWB tunes and his new stuff..was a superb night.

[Reggmail]

Your on point, That is Hamish Stewart & Daveid Williams on Guitars and some backround vocals.

[noteworker]

10 years later, however...WOW...

Gives us all a bit of hope, no? Start out slow -- finish HUGE...

[Reggmail]

Or maintain a level of consistency, like, Quincy Jones, Billy Joel, Pattie Labell, Stevie wounder and others.

[noteworker]

For some reason, I've always felt that there was a friendly "brotherly" rival between Michael and Randy. These solos (by Michael and Randy) are great, but reminiscent of really good college players: nothing special. Thank GOD that both of them decided to make it a career, rather than find a job teaching jazz to students with far less talent...

[cleotube]

niteengine, Chaka Khan is mostly known for below-par crap like "I Feel For You." She happens to be one of the most gifted (and THE most versatile) vocalist on the scene for the past 25 years. It was the Brecker's honor, especially then, to work with Khan.

[Reggmail]

Agreed.

[niteengine]

I did not know about this side of Chaka. A real jazz skill she shows. Wunderbar!

[Reggmail]

She also play drums well.

[marienthal007]

randy is SUPER

[Reggmail]

Agreed.

[AngelicSoul1986]

THIS IS MY JAM!

[paddeyOmalley]

brilliant band! chaka was brilliant with her jazz singin skills especially her scatting

[selmer1938]

This is just great, why would this have anything to do with Diz's version? That's what they call an arrangment.

[tomonsax]

unbelieveable solo! RIP Mike

[mrz88]

lol, when Randy bumps Michael in the middle of his solo. haha.

I couldn't figure out how that was anything close to gillespie's a night in tunisia... but cool nonetheless. Some really out there solos.

[rpeterssaxprof]

Is that a Super Balanced Action that Mike is playing? I've never seen him play on that horn.

[phonesax]

It is a Mark VI but before he had been playing the shit outof it for the next twenty years. At least he used a different neck to drill a pick-up into.

[Reggmail]

The old saxes have that tone thats not like the newer ones. The older the sax the richer the tone.

[Reggmail]

Mike like Sandborn had many saxes.

[Excelscior]

Chaka wrote this song (and had Dizzy play on it) in the 80's. End of a love affair, and my funny valentine are great also. Think she won a grammy for this song.

[Soul74]

Dizzy wrote Night in Tunisia.

[Excelscior]

Yes Soul 74, Dizzy wrote Night In Tunisia. But on this recording, Chaka wrote/arranged the vocals, and her and Arif (Mardin) made the arrangements (to offer a fresh new take, sound and perspective)on this classic song. I was speaking mainly about the lyrics and arrangements of this recording (in regards to Chaka's creative imput). Thanks for the comments though.

[Soul74]

So hopefully we can agree that they should both get co-writing credits?