Michael Brecker - Round Midnight (Solo)

[iziogregory]

Really cool he needs to play stuff like this!!!

[Loading17]

ppppffffff....



[richardmixo]

Man....

[capena2]

Seriously what can top this?

[mjzsox]

Yeah fuck Kenny g. Laugh at how he compares to Michael.

[edhendersonmusic]

oh my god!  you are stunning!

[miskyboy54]

Bella interpretaciòn del màs grande saxofonista del Jazz. La variedad y cantidad de recursos es fantàstica, asi como la toma de decisiòn al interpretar. Sana envidia me provocas Michael...te extraño. Me conmueves hasta el punto de las làgrimas...

[pjsanchez896]

What's is Narnia without Aslan?

What is Jazz without Brecker?

[Urmomrocks159]

@pjsanchez896 i believe... Parker... had there been no Brecker

[123must]

Very moving !

A lot of thanks

[michaelteter]

Am I the only one who gets profoundly sad when I hear him play now?

[Karwash24]

@michaelteter no man...

[jakobriad]

Is this on any dvd that can be bought?

[2fat2die]

5:48 What a emotion!

[jakobriad]

4:55 gives me goosebumps

[gjaranes]

can anyone help me understand why this is good?

[michaelteter]

@gjaranes Probably not.

[theinvisiblelight]

I love how hollow and sad his intro sounds

[bobbysbackingtracks]

What a force Michael was. RIP.

[wiliscool]

hauntingly beautiful

[knightofnorest54]

Saxophone mastery at it's finest.

[BlueBreathing]

I watch this video every night when i'm home and i'm never bored...what a great man.

[ZeBurck]

No words. Only tears and pure emotion.

[ridingroy]

There are no words for how good this is...

[ChickenFlavoredTroll]

4 out of every 338 people in the world are deaf idiots...

[dekellyman]

Michale Brecker is mind shattering!!!! He is the voice, the sound the word and the music.

[MrAdrianTapia]

These passages Mike played make clear that God speaks to his children through his Spirit. As he said, "My voice is Spirit"...Mikes voice was the ..Spirit!..A physical expression of his deepest personal feelings through the instrument and talent God gave him. God is LOVE ..God's messenger is MUSIC.

[ogdTo]

Miss you, Michael.

[Djangoblackbird]

That sound at 4:17 might sound like someone bumping into a microphone, but it is, in fact, somebody's head exploding.

[Horrorlink]

@Djangoblackbird xD you made my day!!

[eysikal]

@Djangoblackbird lol man

[iplaybaritone]

i'd love to try and transcribe this but even if i did it'd be shit. no one could imitate his emotions in this

[jazzuffe]

Very close to be a definitive version of the best song ever. Round About Midnight, (Thelonious Monk). Always impossible to do in jazz, but here? Late Michael Brecker.

[jazzuffe]

More than amazing and all.

[rilasciando1]

Multiple eargasms

[Ekadesha11Dana]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ricmalclew]

Absolutely mesmerising! Contrast of loud, soft, fast, slow, shrill, soothing, he could just do it all. Masterly and sorely missed. RIP Michael, you were the best!

[jurozee]

he had great technical skills.... almost Coltrane

[anaheimducks94]

@jurozee almost Coltrane? Brecker is better then Coltrane.

[megaman1da]

And people knock him because "he doesn't have any feel, and can only play technically" I dare any of those cocksuckers to watch this and not be moved.

[vinnievibes]

no words left!!!! 

[paulostroff99]

Beyond belief. What a true genius. TY theFrigatt for posting.

[mathew7771]

amazing

[jorenheit]

5:50 - Goosebumps all over the place...

[saxman1141]

This is the kind of video that inspires me to play my sax but also quit it at the same time. Brecker was and always will be a god.

[FelixTD]

Perfect low tones!

[EmilianoC70]

Mesmerizing..

[Djangoblackbird]

3:24...You, maybe literally, hear a pin drop.

[garrott]

@Djangoblackbird

I heat too. well, old sax, many many use, some keys broken!! thats the vintage price.

[Snoohi1]

5:00 HOLY SHIT

[rilasciando1]

@Snoohi1 so amazing. the best. goosebumps

[s2p3r]

lol classical arpeggios. jazzers are really superior.this is what happens when the musician is tired of being criticized that his playing ain't damn right, as in classical music discipline

[neilwright729]

What a lesson to demonstrate what one man can do with just a horn, a reed and a whole bunch of talent! There's just no one else...

[NicChambers93]

he probably had the most dynamic control of any jazz performer ever

[dubbeld91]

@NicChambers93

truth. the beginning is ridiculous.  It sounded like there was a delay on the mic but its just his awesome control.

[MCsaxify]

Only the good die young :(

[SouffleProductionz]

My God, Brecker is amazing. I just wish I started listening to jazz a few years earlier, then I might have been lucky enough to see him in concert.

[zxbiker1000]

Great rendition of a song that i like to play too... i wish i was only half as good!

Thanks.

[localpm]

The master.

[TheCodeCobalt]

He knew he didn't have long. He'd been sick for a while. He poured his soul out into the world through that horn.

Thank you, man, for the inspiration.

[jdavidsaxcr]

He was the best!!! and now days He will be the best, I don´t Have words. He is the Best saxophonist. thank´s for everything great Master.

[nosnetromj]

Wow. One man & a saxophone and nothing else, and a whole auditorium in rapt attention. As much as I love America, I don't think it could happen here.

[krikorsax]

Grand master...

[nuclear944]

That arpeggio-scale thing he does at 4:55 is completely impossible....

I've no idea how to play that.

[iK3Vv1N]

heh, I wouldn't say impossible. That was just serious technique and brecker had a clock in his brain. His time is absolutely impeccable.

[r2koch]

The Man is The Zen Master and truly amazing!

[tamajazz]

Fantastic

[NJlo]

Now, how the hell am I gonna make my guitar sound like this?

[sweederlander]

Don't worry, I believe there's a pedal somewhere out there that does the job.

[souffle71]

Grande entre los mas grandes, impresionante!!

[GMD825]

Wow ! How inspiring !

[theelder987]

You motherfucker where is the last note?????????

[billybob1643]

Did this show is available on dvd?

[dragunbass]

No comments!

[TheMessenger74]

I love his usage of the whole tone and diminished scale

[JayLizzle]

to imagine this happened about 3km from where I live, I could have been there. Too bad I wasn't into Jazz back then.

[scomdnz9]

yea dude. ive had those missed opportunities myself.

[jazztom86]

I love him playing solo... When I hear him playing solo I'm not missing anything, there's no need for a bassist or a drummer, its all there.

[catandpiddle]

just superb... thank you for posting this.

[Truelight0]

We miss you Master Michael !

[loustup]

there are stupid-ass comments made by sax players who didnt know what Breckers playing was all about...you should be fuckin devastated!

[TheSlidemonster]

So many people don't even realize how much we've  lost in the music world, now without Michael Brecker.

(sigh). You are with God now (and Leonard Bernstein)... what a trio.

[SorvahrSpahr]

he died or something? i just found out about him recently and i got addicted

[Ezekio3160]

cancer

[jackthe7th]

@TheSlidemonster

George died, went to heaven, and met up with the big band practice in the sky. There were guys like Freddie Hubbard, John Coltrane, JJ, and Max Roach on the band stand. There was one trumpet player George didn't notice though, so he turned to basie and asked, who's that strange guy over there? "Thats God, he likes to think he is Miles Davis"

[itagoosh]

oh its writen :)

[itagoosh]

what year is it ?

[Olivierinoz]

Amazingly moving.... Music has lost a unique talent..

Rest in peace Michael Brecker

[raindog951]

Amazing arpeggios.....

[grrrroink]

Interesting how a dead artist attracts more people than one who's alive... Still, MB sounds unbelievable in this video.

[antonydaou]

miss him! he lives on in my ears and memories of all those times i saw him, esp early 80's at 7th ave south!

[ilikemusice]

maaaannn!! talk about a "sheet of sound"!!! trane would be proud!! and now they're playing together somewhere up there!!! RIP Michael Brecker!

[Saxyman14]

Up where? Canada?

[derricksax]

hahaha

[bxwilliams7]

The late Great Micheal Brecker

Legendary.....Your soul lives on...RIP

[saxxyaj]

Not the only way, but NOBODY EVER DID IT BETTER. SIR Michael, u r missed...

[bariTenor62]

It's great and beautiful playing - and not the only way to play a saxophone. I think he'd agree. Very nice.

[BernardACarpio]

amazing, just amazing

[tony3078]

Magic!!!!

[Solis1112]

does anybody know what horn he played on before the mk vi?

[pinestreet1]

it's a MK VI. He didnt play balanced actions. Guardala mouthpiece

[BriceTheProducer]

Who cares...

[1337Pwn4g3]

Does anyone have any idea of what those arpeggiated chords are he's playing from 450 to 540?

[nerddog]

Sounds like b6 chords in the beginning. He starts with Ebm(b6)/Bb then Ebmaj(b6)/Bb and then maybe Cmin(maj7) over Baug... I'm not sure. Those types of chords can sound cool when arpeggiated on the sax or keys. Try this: make a scale using C/E/Ab triads (symmetrical maj. 3rds), so C Eb E G Ab B and come up with arpeggio runs. Or just take any two chords (triads work well) and put them together into a new scale. For example: Ebmaj and Bmaj7 = Eb G Bb B Eb(D#) Gb(F#) Bb. Hours of fun! :)

[oharawinter]

Wow... RIP Michael.

[miqueiasclarysax]

esse kra eh d++++++++++++++++++++++

[angelhalsey]

4:55

o.m.g.

[ApatheticVegnagun]

yeah seriously!

i wonder who told you about this video and that spot...

[georgeontherocks]

Sounds like a piano

[MultiMusicMan]

I busk this song on solo sax sometimes.. and this makes me realise that i properly suck! Haha. Brecker is a god

[timmayfawbz]

you are all retarded xD hes good but its not that emotional

[tatopata]

Hi, you should know Manhattan Transfer dedicated a song to Thelonious Monk...

The song is titled "The Night That Monk Returned To Heaven" and this song finishes describing Monk who plays "Ruby, my dear" while God says "Monk...the door is open to my house".

Well, now I guess God has found the right sax player for his celestial Band.

[telmavan]

Tu música te hace inmortal, Brecker

[mecjazz]

AMAZING <:O

[DTate16]

wow, this just makes my spine shiver throughout the whole solo.

[confoozled3737]

The emotion put into this almost makes me cry, and I don't even know why.

[1337Pwn4g3]

My life is now complete...

[confoozled3737]

Oh man, definitely.

[coolweasel]

Hey, guitarists. If you noticed that sweep picking lick that Mr. Brecker does towards the end of this video, then I'm not insane.

[ThaATXBalla]

oh my god. i love this. it's incredible. michael brecker is definitely my favorite saxophonist.

[SammyTlr]

Jesus

[kase902]

BTW when is this from. It looks like it's before the cancer really got to him. RIP Michael

[ThaATXBalla]

this was like 7 years before he was diagnosed. he was diagnosed in 2005, the year he started having problems.

[kase902]

OMG his tone is just shattering. It is the purest and the sweetest tone I've ever heard from a saxophone, and that includes Trane on Giant Steps. Brecker is like Shorter and Trane comboned. I love Wayne and John both, but Brecker took their stuff and refined it and added and became the greates sax player of all time

[jazzflutist]

I cancel all the stupid comments I made before on Brecker. Damn fine player.

[gqgq3341]

darn skippy

[sjanimefreak]

ditto, i used to hate brecker, now i revere him

[sweederlander]

"You know that hating someone, means that you wish somone dead."

Not really.

[Kalvis1]

I know it does. We just use the word different nowadays. Please tell me why you don't believe me.

[sweederlander]

Because I hate a lot of people but I don't want them dead. Therefore I don't think that hatred = wishing someone dead.

[Kalvis1]

Well, then you are obviously one of the majority that uses the word "hate" in another way. I too, sometimes tell people that i hate them, but ofcourse i don't want them to die. But thats just the actual and misunderstood meaning of the word.. So just because you don't want people to die, when you use the word, is not a argument for, that it doesn't mean that. :b This discussion is sick.. Lets end it.. Thanks.

[sweederlander]

I agree, but one last closing word.

A word only means what he majority of the people decide it means.

[stealthswimmer]

My favorite saxophone player. Plus a great musician overall. Sounds great on EWI too. The musical world will always miss Michael. One of the greatest ever!

[fishytank1land]

He's not playing his instrument, his instrument is playing him.

[monterivero]

you should be ashamed

[sweederlander]

there was nothing wrong with his comment..

The Saxophone comes to life through Brecker..

[OjAiSaXpLaYeR]

and vice versa eh?

[ardaksax]

WoW quelle technique . . .

Ki Di Mieu ?

Bonne Chance à la relève ... Ya du boulot

[vmusicterry]

Michael! Repair your sax is my pleasure!

You are playing so so cool~~

You are the best!

[melodistman]

I've been playing(or should I say 'trying' to play after seeing this) the saxophone for 31 years and this performance could very well be the most amazing demonstration of control and technique I've heard. What sensitivity too---not just chops etc. . . Memory Eternal Michael!!!

[Jointine]

I'm also desperately trying to achieve this level of playing, but the way is loooooong :)

[Laanen]

THE BEST !

[gregelijah]

WAOUUUUUU !!!! WONDERFUL !!!

[saksofonista]

SUPERB!!!

[lucalisi]

Hi Michael I hope you are playing with some angels...

[JayLizzle]

wow ... his playing starting at 4:55 is awesome. Well, even more awesome than the rest.