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  • This is historic! Great jazz funk! I have to laugh though because that whole electronic console that George Duke was playing on can now fit in my wallet. Technology has gotten far better but the future cannot compare to the caliber of innovative musicians that were playing in the 70's and 80's.

  • thats a scarey  rhythm section .......cobham, slim johnson and scofield????

  • This is not terrible.

  • 1:54 YEAH

  • alphonso johnson is a great bass player

  • Analog! Do it GD!

  • 6:32 bezcenne :)

  • Como sentian la musica estos pedazo de "musicos", Se nota que disfrutan de lo que están haciendo. No es marketing es puro SOUL

  • Absurdly good.

  • The Funk is so Thick! There`s so Many Layers! My Brain Feels Like an Onion Floating in Molasses!

  • scofield? with that much hair?!

  • Oh my God those sounds, those sounds those guitar sounds and keyboard sounds

    Where are they in todays Jazz music ? Where are they ? i want these Funky dirty sounds

    in todays Jazz music.

    with the words of the Man with the Mustache: Does Humour Belong to Music ?

    In my oppinion sometimes it s is needed and missed

  • i LOVE the fake door slam my billy

  • You know this would have considered witchcraft 200 years ago.

    Still my favorite Vid here on good ole youtube

  • a total rapture of jazz-rock funkification -

  • WTF Scofield? Damn! he was balding even when he was young haha. One of the jazz guitar Gods for sure.

  • Funny though that Alphonso Slim Johnson played with this dead-funky band, when Slim was altered with Jaco Pastorius in Weather Report at Montreux that very same year!!!

  • lol shark at 5:10

  • GROOVE MASTERS

  • Masters. Just jazz masters. Funky or what.

  • Oh my God this is Masterful

    i didnt follow George Duke after he left Frank Zappa

    I didnt know his music was soo good

    Can sombody please tell me on which record this song is

    John Scofield is my Fav, 70 ies Jazz guitarist now after i ve seen this song

  • @musicisthebestF It's on "Spectrum" by Billy Cobham, great album!

  • @BistouflyTheGreat

    Thanks man i am starting to understand that 1973 to 1979 are the Best years of Fusion

    But i also like the early 1990 stuff of Chick Corea and Allan Holdsworth

  • @musicisthebestF The early works of Allan Holdsworth are also quite good, you should check the album "Bundles" by Soft Machine, the guitarist is Holdsworth. Same for Chick Corea, his work with Miles Davis and Return to Forever is really good!

  • @BistouflyTheGreat

    Oh i didnt know Chick Corea started with Miles Davis

    Return to Forever was on of my First Jazz CD s in 2006 and Weather Report and Stanley Clarke and Al Di Meoloa & Bill Evans Trios

    Right now i really Enjoy a japanese piano player named Hiromi Uehara she also played with Chick when

    she was 24

    and i start to enjoy Frank Gambale & Greg Howe

    Check Tony Grey IF Solo

  • I LOVE IT !!!

  • I LOVE IT !!!

  • que time de mestres!!!!

  • the guitarist is a young Scofield isn't he?

    

  • Is Scofield sometimes puttin'on a Leslie or what does he use ?

    Just like Bolin in the studio version .

    Can someone tell me ?

  • @tamalexis Wah-wah pedal

  • @EternalRecursion Thanxalot , man .

  • @EternalRecursion - he probably means the slapback delay echo that sco is using at certain parts that bolin also used on the album vers, as bolin didnt use wah on the studio vers, but he used some slide later on.

  • @progjazzfusion Okay, yeah, I had hardly noticed the slapback. Haven't heard the studio version.

  • @tamalexis - I think you mean the delay effect (slapback echo) sco adds in occasionally, that bolin also used on the album vers. Bolin didnt use wah on red baron.

  • 5:46 - maaan, i love that smile

  • Everyone is funky in that band. Except Scofield. Nothing comes close to the Tommy Bolin version.

  • this video is fake, scofield was never young, he was born semi-bald and with white hair, as well as an ibanez semi-hollow 335 type guitar.

  • love Duke's licks at 5:59-6:03

  • nice oldschool vintage grooving by the greats

  • Mini Moog rules!!!!!!!

  • This is Duke at the very fucking best :)

  • Ooooh yesssssssssssssss

  • Scofield has more hair than his german nannies

  • @Marafracka What the fuck are you talking about ... Also who is the child with bass guitar laying down the fat groove.

  • @Marafracka I am multiple people in the brain of one with the taste for the succulent grooves

  • thank you

    

  • BAD  to the f#ckin bone!

  • Wait - that is Scofield?? Never seen a video of him that young - and of course Johnson is one of the most underrated bass players of all time.

  • I love how the guitar player changes key all over the place

  • 16 IMBECILLI!!!!!!!!

  • What type of mixer does George Duke have beside him?

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  • OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • yeahhhhh !!!!

  • 76!!!! YEAH!!!

  • Ho yeah, modern music is in great need of lessons!

  • Who plays the bass here? And what bass is that?

  • Skinny Scofield!

  • Super jazz funk rock you name it groupe original with hot Tommy Bolin on guitar i think !

  • did you see alphonso's custom bass? i didnt know they did custom stuff back then... I wonder how much that would cost now.

  • How coked up is Scofield lol

  • Got to see these guys in 1976. Oh yes, it was a GOOD show! I saw George Duke with FZ and the Mothers a year or so before. Lucky me!

  • @ddcoregon and in '76 I got to see Return to Forever, no opening act, they did seperate acoustic and electric sets! one of the greatest shows I've seen.

  • Alphonso Johnson rules !!!!

  • camera-man at 5:55 looks like a ghost buster!!!!!!!!

  • Yeah!!!!!!!!!!

    'Nuff said!

  • Johnson looks so fresh-faced and couldn't be deeper in that pocket. Duke is fucking spazzing out hahahaha

    and scofield is, well yeah, scofield.

    oh there's also fucking Billy.

    Hey modern live music, why don't you take a quick lesson from this here

  • @papavb hahahaha.......excellent. You know it.

  • @papavb

    Watch Zappa plays Zappa videos of 2009 / 2010 or Hiromis Sonicbloom

    the musicians of these Bands enjoy themselves just as much as the Jazz Rockers of the 1970 ies

    Well maybe not THAAT much but still...

    I highly recommend Hiromi Uehara to everyone who loves modern Jazz music

  • @musicisthebestF Well, Duke played for years with FZ!

  • @storsanden

    I know that, the Frank Zappa Band with George Duke and Napoleon Murphy Brock and Ruth Underwood

    is my Favorite Zappa Band

  • @musicisthebestF Mine too! Plus Mothers because of Lowell George

  • @storsanden

    My Second Favorite Zappa Band is the 1976 / 1978 Zappa Band i love how well Terry Bozzio and

    Patrick O ´Hearn work together and Franks guitar playin of these years is my Favorite

  • 6:06 The bass player is thinking: Shit, I wish I had a weapon in my hands to shoot Duke, with that bass solo synth (with closed eyes, I would think that is a bass solo with a background bass loop).

  • @Fititodamian123 No, they're all having the greatest fun. And Duke plays a great solo on the Mini Moog!

  • Can music be beautiful ! Montreux 76, a must have, a must hear, a must everything :)

  • anvedi John Scofield da pischello!!!

  • Eargasm.

  • Saw this tour back in '76. Great show. And yes, despite all of the chops on stage, I was STILL knocked out by George Duke. Stone cold killer player!

  • @svante1991 Yeah, hes got it all, the power, the funk, the soul, and the finesse to put it all together...Billy Cobham is the MAN....

  • the felling they where having in stage is crazy and so contagious

  • I tune in for one of my heroes, Alphonso Johnson, and see all these guys jeeziz!!!

  • The reason that I like music!

  • BILLY COBHAM et sa fameuse batterie FIBES en plexiglass AU SON SI PERCUTANT! avec ses amis john scofield au style déja si personnel,alphonso Johnson au groove chaud et George DUKE ! là c'est, sur! on est dans la cour des grands! DIDIER D'AGOSTINO "shamanRHYTHMAN" batteur/compositeur professeur de batterie: vidéos sur youtube,dailymotion,myspace,fa­cebook.

  • who's on guitar?

  • @bisciu1967 John Scofield- he had hair back them. Also Alphonso Johnson on bass- awesome. Check out his stuff with Weather Report.

  • @Mike82ARP

    thanks. Didn' t recognize Scofield.I know Alphonso, my teacher says he' s the best bassist of all times.even better than Jaco.To me they're all great, you can only learn from them.

  • Such a GOOOOOD tune. Did Cobham Actually write his own music? Either way its great. Cus i used to just be a drummer, and i still made tunes for all the instruments.

  • 13 people are idiots who listen to theseday shit hardcore music....

  • Nice solo guitar by Mr. Scofield.

  • Great stuff! Yeah

  • Love it

  • I was never realy a Cobham fan (I thought Narada Michael Walden was more tasty and musical IMO)but I did get to see this band when I was in high school and it was amazing.I dug Alphonzo Johnson because he was a Chamilion during this incredible fusion era of music because approach was different when he played with WeatherReport as it is with Billy,but you knew it was him.

  • Didnt Dio give that wristband to Mr. Duke?....

  • Fantastic!! I have two original vinyl LP of Spectrum 1973! 5*****

  • very very good ! 5*****stars

  • Putain, OU EST LA SUITE ????????

  • Uhh FUck yess!

  • Love it.... John Scofield on giutar.....

  • I did notrecognize mr. Scofield

  • I can't remember how many times I've watched this clip, but I never get tired of it. Wish I could have been there!

  • This just shows the level of sophistication and musical communication humans can reach. Takes funk to a whole deeper level. Everything about this performance is perfect. I almost feel like this type of talent, especially amongst a group as a unit is so rare that it might even be extinct. Super tasteful minimoog playing and awesome drum finale. This band should be remembered as a legend.

  • me gusta mucho .. !

  • CADA VEZ ME GUSTA MÁS ESTE TÍO Y SU MÚSICA.... Y LOS OTROS MUSICAZOS QUE LE ACOMPAÑAN

  • Mind blowing!

  • Isso é uma relíquia, muito bom mesmo....

  • In a word wonderful. I n two words utterly wonderful. This is music the way it should be played and I for one love. Billy kills the drums, in a good way. but the rest of the band are outstanding to.

  • 2:28 - Sco! Boy, you betta PLAY THAT...

  • Ive answered my own question..................this is the young scofield. NICE

  • No groove greater than this!! Pure talent & skill!!

  • wow

  • I wonder with J Mclaughlin playing alongside Duke and Chobam. mmmmmmmmmmmm

  • wow such a great grove

  • Fook yah man, the Moroccan moost haf been a good toker. I lov too smoke the morrocco hash man it makes me want to really fook my girfriend man if you know what I mean. I love that gitar guy. Look like Jan Schoenfeld from Amerika. He smooke the hashishi too mahn.

  • I am grateful that i am only a me 27 years of age but I am so annoyed i wasn't around 'in the day' to watch genius musicians at work. A day when playing music was for just playing music.

  • @wheredave1983 you have great insight

  • Sco is so coked up

  • I saw the same tour when they played at the Hofstra Playhouse on Long Island. It is so great that we have this resource of videos with all this great music to enjoy.

  • Now presenting: Ice Cube on the ivories

  • Simply Awesome ! man I miss that era and the music ! THE BEST !!!

  • a fine example of what was going on during the modern renaisance!

  • Like someone else already remarked, Sco looks like a triple hybrid of John Cleese, James Taylor and Robert Duval, in Studio 54 attire, and already a great and very distinc improviser.

  • wow, those guys were young and hungry back then

  • Never forget how solid Alphonso was on bass!

  • oh so funky...this is my tempo,something to chill and twist one to,slow is ultimately better....thoughts thought out

  • Excellent collaboration! I could listen to stuff like this day and night and never ever tire of it. Billy and George together outdoes their own selves!

  • Go Sco

  • wow i've never heard of this guitar player. he rocks!

  • @graynovskima Never heard of Scofield? Where have you been?

  • Priceless! 7:42

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  • These were the days.

    Why?

    Techno music wasn't around yet.

  • 4:18 I dont think ive felt so much from a single note.

  • STRAIGHT UP PIMPINNNNNN......SCOOTDATDIDDY­BOP.....YEAAAAAA FUCK WOOHOOOOOYEA FUCK ...HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAA

  • too much cocaine mr scofield... amazing version.

  • @hidroensayo I know, right? His face at 0:01, XD.

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  • 5:48

  • George Duke=funkiest man on planet earth and scofield is out of this world as well the whole band is amazing

  • that's what i call : grooOOOoooOOOooove !!!!!

  • Oh my God!--that roll Billy does at about the 7:30 mark. Ah!!!!!!!!

  • whats up with stumble upon playin me all this old people music

  • Amazing band!!!!!!!!!!

  • 12 people are deaf.

  • Thats it! Yeah! Lik it, enyoj it that much....."! The real great thing....yeah...

  • What a great band! Scofield in his young years, nice to see. Cobham and Duke are amazing!

    Shimmy, thanks for posting this!

    Audio also is of reasionable quality, wonderful!

  • They just don't make moog-face's like that anymore!

  • George Duke's new album Deja Vu is now in stores! Be sure to pick up your copy!

  • shimmy!!!

    da best u tube footage ive ever seen!!! damn

  • This is nice!

  • ahaha the guy playing guitar looks like john cleese and acts as if id expect him to guitar soloing as well

  • amazing! Thankyou so much for posting, I've been listening to this band band for years

  • Whats the German Nazi helmet doing there? The Brit gas mask? I did not get turned on to Cobham until he started playing with Genesis in the 80's...

  • @gmcjetpilot When did Cobham play with Genesis in the 80's? I would like to see some footage of that! I believe you may be mistaken and think Chester Thompson was Cobham. Both fantastic drummers in their own right but I believe you are mistaken. For the record Thompson started playing with Genesis in 77' I believe.

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  • @valdostaguru

    Yea my mistake, thanks for catching me... Bro (and not being a dick about it, that is refreshing for youtube) Cheers. Here is a great video. I saw Genesis many times with Chester in the 80's ..... but I have a great excuse for my brain fart, it was over 20 years ago. Thanks again and Chester is fantastic.....

    .

    Drum Duet - Phil Collins and Chester Thompson drums AWESOME!

    =sA3rJXV4R4E

  • @valdostaguru - it was chester thompson (and bill bruford) that was guests in genesis during the collins-era......

  • @gmcjetpilot The song is called "Red Baron"......duh

  • @pretorious700

    Did any one ask? No; it's in the title. Go back and eat more turkey.

  • Ahhhhh!!!!!!!!

  • that is one ugly and small guitar, but that is the coolest looking fender bass ive ever seen

  • cool – I almost forgot how heavy John Scofield could sound back then...

  • Outstanding...:-)

  • this groove makes me think of the sexiest woman I every scene making eye contact with me from across a crowded room...we approach....chat....exchange laughter... order more drinks....then i tell the DJ to replay that "funky groove" cause I need to keep my "mack" going....you feel me....

  • this shit like cornbread.......can't get enough

  • Amazing stuff...I can never get enough of Red Baron.

    Although has anyone else noticed the bass player going out of sync so many times? E.g 1:50-2:20

  • What would be a better song to teach a band thats not into jazz at all, this, Herbie Hancock's Cantaloupe Island, Scofield's A Go Go, or Miles Davis's So What?

    (They're kids in jazz/marching band, but they dont really have any passion for jazz, I plan on playing one of these for talent show :P)

  • I have now watched this about 7 times in 2 days and my fav part is right around 6min ...G Duke looks at Johnson and appears to decide that he is going to play some really crazy sh*t to try and get him to laugh...he proceeds to play some funny little stuff with a goofy look on his face and all he gets out of Johnson is the slightest hint of a smile...I realize I am making this all up, but it just cracks me up...LOL

  • coolest video on youtube

  • I play guitar and I love Scofield, but I must agree that Billy C is the main attraction on this one. Amazing drumming!!!!

  • Cool, that reminds me of the Cologne concert in the same yr.