Michael Brecker and Chick

[Ricksterpt]

truly a musical genius....

[coltranesaxIV]

This song sounds like it's 6/8, but then I get the feeling that it is in 6/4. Could someone tell me what this in?

[djjjamin]

@coltranesaxIV 6/8 n 6/4 are the same thing, its jus however u wanna write it. I think its more a 3/4, but its up 2 u it could b written in 6/8 or 6/4

[VictorPhillip]

@coltranesaxIV definitely not 6/8!

[bcmarrow]

Mike is in a higher dimension.

[mjramsden13]

extremely beautiful. Thank you all concerned.

[MSmithjazz]

What embittered tragically hip porch squirrel clicked dislike for this?

[anonymusum]

I miss him

[scottmorseguitar]

If Michael were to have been given all the time in the world rather than die young, he could've mastered music to the highest level that is literally humanly possible.

[RomanStanislavsky]

At 1:00 he sighs because he started a phrase that would have destroyed human consciousness if it would have been completed

[dagharr2]

he kills.

[10abletiger]

Michael was one of the greatest saxophonist ever ...



[cota2472000]

They're all in a class all their own

[gypsydrummer1]

i dont think you can top these guys

[sheysway123]

i would seruisly mention his name next to mozart

[jazzuffe]

Still. Finding the Coltrane thing. They do it.

[davelassell]

I was in the audience. It was just a crazy experience.

[JonP1961]

2:29-2:35 - Does he have a 3rd lung for a spare? Dayum!!!

[trombonemunroe]

This is my church for sure!

[theguybelowmesuxbig]

OMG that shit gives me the chills.. This is hardcore jazz

[UniversityOfMunich]

So I always thought Michael Brecker was overrated. Turns out I was wrong!

[theguybelowmesuxbig]

@UniversityOfMunich all white people like you are wrong hahaha ones you say overrated thats it you're a whity

[trombonemunroe]

@theguybelowmesuxbig That's just racist. Whites don't deserve to all be tarred with the same brush any more than blacks do and anyway, there's no such thing as pure racial strain....

[atomas11]

The only thing wrong wíth this setup is they only made one album (and that was 1982), should have made another in this gathering!

[dangerbooboo]

@atomas11 Maybe so, but compositions like Three Quartets are rare even for geniuses like Chick. Likewise, the magic of that session is not easily recaptured, either.

[goshaix4]

yesssssssssss wow amazing shit

[Resendezmusic]

wow.. michael brecker.. chick corea.. Steve gadd.. wow.. just wow..

[rcortez911]

what happened at 0:58? he played something then yelled "ahhh"

[juicycle]

@rcortez911- turned beat around, or had to burp . . . :)

[86crysty]

tareeeee

[NckCrlsn22]

Who in the world disliked this? I will personally come to your house and destroy you lol.

[NckCrlsn22]

Who in the world disliked this? I will personally come to your house and destroy you lol.

[que2pineapple]

how do you play that lick at 3:27?? Coltrane played that pretty often too

[ultrasound6]

If this is not the most potent collection of the most musical people in the world, then I know nothing - God bless these genius musicians and RIP Michael Brecker XX

[Sublemon7]

steve gadd is also kind of worth mentioning..

[penutbito]

@Sublemon7 yea without his comping this wouldnt have nearly the same energy

[coolman4393]

God he can make any sound he wants come out of that horn.

[libel]

Brecker is so happy in this video

[bluetony888]

this is the best clip of Brecker I've seen...way better than his solo stuff!!!

[DBJawsh]

Whoever disliked this video can go to hell

[bigdoggfla]

YOu can tell this is when he was sick.. It's good, but nop typical classic Brecker. What a loss

[jamesbach54]

he is a musicangel!!!...they come and play for us...he is so missed...

[jdsumner]

Michael is awesome!

[Bears85yemi]

:55 :o

[potz01]

Steve, Eddie, Chick and with Mike AND THREE QUARTETS, one of the best Chick's compositions ever ! Great players !

[peppersax]

This was the baddest 'white cat' on tenor ever! He played with so much soul and his technique was flawless.

[BossTenor]

It took my ear some adjusting to get use to Brecker. But I understand and appreciate where he was comming from. Everything Brecker did on the sax was honest and genuine.

[fallendan]

brecker!!

[DennisFrolov]

Satchmo is great but not in this number of mentioned performers...

[songsmadeforyou]

@DennisFrolov for me, not that satchmo isn't as great, but he is in a different category

[Aiina]

@DennisFrolov

Satchmo just be one of the inventor of NO jazz. 

[NicChambers93]

gotta love overtones

[doubts]

killer

[MUSICALX57]

it´s the line up of THREE QUARTETS, with Eddie Gomez on the bass, Brecker, Gadd and Corea.

[musician3417]

Steve Gadd on drums? and basist?

[evdl77]

@musician3417

[ewi4000]

@musician3417

Eddie Gomez on Bass

[Asymmatrix]

They make it look easy.

[AdrienELC]

It doesn't looks easy at all...

[22solveigh]

Thank You for this video - its notime-super !!!

[Svettjodd]

I just low the restrained extatic intensity in this kind of playing.

[mnirbl]

great duo .. Michael Brecker is my favorite along with Bob Berg

[matthewhenson1]

Wow...Brecker. One of the all time great musicians. Deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as the Duke, Satchmo, Bird, Miles and Trane. A beautiful man, truly missed.

[AtanasovPeter]

@matthewhenson1 Corea???

[jerec576]

@matthewhenson1 What about clifford brown? You dick

[matthewhenson1]

@jerec576 Excuse me? Show some courtesy, you pathetic excuse for a human

[Andrewhead666]

@matthewhenson1 The real question is, do they deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as him?

[MasterBlasterMusic]

Notice he kinda doesn't know what to play or he's trying to "Be careful"  THEN at 1:22 he becomes BRECKZILLA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sknarl]

Who's on drums?

[samsamba08]

Steve Gadd, who else? It was answered earlier. The "Three Quartets" band by Corea

[jazzmunky]

Jeezus Kreezus! Biblical!

[fuzzjohn]

awesome.

[MegaBadMoFo]

THE FUCKIN' MASTER!

[i8yokity]

2:34-2:56, 3:06-3:16, 3:21-3:26, 3:35-3:47. Scarier than a horror movie

[TheMessenger74]

awesome groove!

[NeilCasual]

whats the name of that tune?

[DBJawsh]

That is Quartet no. 1 of Chick Corea's three quartets.

Recorded with Michael Brecker, Steve Gadd and Eddie Gomez.

[jazzzzdude]

Now let's just think about that shall we? Chick, Michael, Steve and Eddie - can you think of a more awesome-on-a-galactic-scale combination? I would have loved to have been there. At least I have the vinyl.

[NyJazzGuit]

It's one of the Three Quartets on the album of the same name.

[Truelight0]

Thanks for posting the video. There's only one Michael Brecker, no one like you. We miss you Master Michael...

[telepasss]

@truelight0

I agree.

[floffunk]

es muy muymuy bueno

[bassbiglik0]

dosent come cloce to lewey armstrong! HAHA! :P

[cmvb]

chick piano master!

[tenormayne]

breckers a beast!

[shinka1911]

YEAHH BBY!!

[youranassol]

Can't believe he's dead...what a musician he was!!!

[theguybelowmesuxbig]

@youranassol He's SICK

[28celso]

horrivel ! tem que melhorar tecnicas !

[MagnusLindblOOm]

God damn thats a good sax solo. His lines are totaly amazing. I´ve always liked Breckers playing a lot. This was totally outstanding=)

[zapp333]

With Chick they're all more amazing hehehe ;-)))

RIP MB

[BooneBright]

Steve Gadd!!! my favorite drummer!

[DaDrumBum1]

Steve Gadd! Yeah!

[3Phoam]

this is the stuff that makes me say to myself that MB was the best

[MAnuciao79]

who ever postet this must have MORE :-) It´s interesting to see chick´s face during his playing. He kind of he realizes thats he´s tought a masterlesson of mike. In a positive way of course.

[ewi4000]

There is more, this is released on DVD.

[steffenbrix]

This is great!!

[Solis1112]

mann...i wanna start practicing, but i can't stop watching Michael Brecker videos in amazement

[HendrixcommaMartin]

AND Steve Gadd?? Put that in the title man!

Quite the quartet there. Who's on bass, does anyone know?

[ewi4000]

Eddie Gomez on Bass

[Andrezzz122]

way cool

[FaaarLeft]

From that angle Michael Brecker looks like Dr. Phil.

[queekers]

He's giving us advice in musical form.

[HenryAlliance]

I'm glad I finally came around to this video. Thanks for posting. I learned a lot and even dug some comments. Way to go everybody! Mike's music still lives. Revel in it.

[lckeeper1]

Was this filmed at the Blue Note in NYC? If so, i think I was actually at this. I sat right off the stage behind Steve Gadd. I know they did the "Three Quartets" thing back a while ago. I remember it was mind-blowing live.

[FLCL2010]

is chick pissed?

[fishytank1land]

a 3 hour concert everynight for 3 weeks can be very mentaly exhausting...

[kernkopje]

heavy heavy heavy shit

[saxfaisan]

JUST SUPER-HIPER-MEGA COOL!!!!!!

[raittis]

Brecker, Corea and Gadd together = Dream come true

[erojazz]

beautiful

[jankooper]

what a beautiful 5:12 minutes!

[confoozled3737]

What is he doing from 3:12 to 3:15?

[tuhsdxas]

He was playing some sort of overtone from one of his low fingerings. It sounded like he was utilizing extreme vibrato. I'm not sure. Don't quote me.

[disgruntleddave]

This is nearly exactly what he was doing. In concert pitch, it was 4th overtone on a Bb, getting him the D (Bb original note, Bb first overtone, F second, Bb third, D fourth). In fact, his 'vibrato' was basically going between the 4th and 5th overtone (the 5th being the F concert, a minor third above the D), which you can hear most near the end of the note.

[tuhsdxas]

Thank you, dave. As a tenor saxophonist, I have become interested in that techniqe. Do you or anyone else know of what books I can get to study high harmonics/overtones/altissimo?

[trypestol]

top tones for the saxophone by Sigur Rascher is good...

[oharawinter]

yeah, that's the cannon... And you really should warm up doing overtones, it's not just for altissimo stuff, just to get you to get a better control and ultimately a better sound.

[NotYourTypicalNegro]

confoozled3737, that sounds like multiphonics there. I don't know exactly how it's done, but that's definitely a multiphonics technique.

[queekers]

Uh, yes I'll go ahead and answer this. He was playing the jazz music my friend.

[FaaarLeft]

AND?

[SublordUtilax123]

lololol borat

[MasterBlasterMusic]

This is gonna sound crazy, but sometimes he sounds like he's playing synthetic reeds...like the frequency is consistant w/ a fibracell...listen to "Every day I thank you"

from: klaurent13 I play these things with great success and I'd be suprised if it wasn't a synthetic reed...Played the same reed for 6 months w/ no change in sound. Just a thought.

[MagicRain505]

Think about it--mouthpiece also has a lot to do with it. His mouthpiece was custom made specifically to fit his chops, and he found out different things to do with that.

[wlbmsp]

He is best at tenor sax!

[Jazzman303]

Enough. There is no competition.

[seanieboy2725]

thats steve gadd on drums right?

[TomGrosset]

Yes.

[3592580]

imazing

[tuhsdxas]

Couldn't finish my last sentence. I got cut off.

[jazz5993]

Wow amazing! Michael Brecker could really play on his horn even when he messes up. His tone sounds very open but controlled in that he never loses his sound when he messes up. That is one of the qualities that identifies a great musicians like Michael Brecker.

[fishytank1land]

when did he mess up? you can't mess up in a modal tune when then bassist is just pedaling in G. a 5th just has the same importance as a flat nine.

[willshakeyou]

I think he's talking about that stop when he goes "ah!" and then "oh shit" at about 01:00 lol

[jaywbe]

there are no wrong notes in jazz :)

[MagicRain505]

When he goes "ah" he's just expressing NOT a mistake, but he's enjoying the groove the band is creating. And when he says "oh shit" lol oh well. All musician's make mistakes, but he doesn't let that get in his way.

[confoozled3737]

When did he say "oh shit"? Didn't catch that.

[tuhsdxas]

yes, jaywbe, but there are notes that sound like crap if you don't play them the right way... like a note not in the cord a half step up from a note that is in the chord.

[MagicRain505]

Well, tuhsdxas, that isn't a wrong note if you know where you're going with it. It's called playing out, and players post 1970s really embellished and introduced a lot more of that exploration to just get a certain sound. In a literal sense, it's wrong, theoretically; but in jazz and LIFE, it's not wrong or right; it's just want YOU want to play.

[tuhsdxas]

that's kind of what meant. I said certian notes sound bad if not treated right. I gave one example of how "wrong note" could be technically defined. The first thing a lot of musicians do is play these notes in their own way. I like to

[joshuacaleb1981]

I love when mike thinks he messes up. His worst shit is 100 times better than my best stuff.

[willshakeyou]

haha totally x) and the way he kind of gets off focus after that , and in a second gets completely concentrated and plays this amaaaazing solo xD

[FlowJazz]

Those overtones around 55 secs were CRAZY !

[Modes9]

I often wonder why this group didn't stay together longer. To be fair, several of the ones with Joe Farrell are also fabulous.

[nateo5]

what a lineup!

Brecker, COrea, Gadd

who has the honor of playing bass?

[jvflute87]

Eddie Gomez...Bassist for Bill Evans, Chick Corea, and many more. There all incredible!

[jvflute87]

Eddie Gomez...Bassist for Bill Evans, Chick Corea, and many more. There all incredible!

[naakkve10]

His sax takes on an almost trumpet-like quality sometimes.

[kasponya]

The best! Goosebumps all over...........

[sankofamusician]

When I heard this album I was forever hooked on Chick and Mike.

[GuitarPlayerNL]

Great clip!!!

That's Steve Gadd on drums, isn't it?

[mrgone78]

that is most certainly steve gadd

[joshuacaleb1981]

This looks professionally recorded. Anyone know where to buy it?

[selmer1938]

its part of a 10 dvd set for chick's birthday party at the blue note, a few years back. Just go to Chick's website, or Amazon.

[SimonPascal]

very cool thx !

[mrgone78]

fantastic! how long ago was this?

[Justino111]

probably 2001...a series of concerts at Blue Note NYC to celebrate Chick Corea's 60th birthday...Check the original album recorded in 1980 (if I am not mistaken). It's exactly the same group...Michael Brecker sounded incredible back there already and Chick solos were phenomenal.

[lslewis]

They recorded this in the 70's. I'm certain.

[ODRADEK111]

obviously the ORIGINAL version is from 1980 (not 70's, sorry you're not certain). But I believe the question made was how long the show in THIS video was recorded. That was Chick Corea's 60th birthday...in 2001.

[gigglepet]

this couldnt have been in the 70s because brecker had hair in the 70s man. most of his 80s videos he has darker brown hair.

[tonyfreejazz20]

Awesome clip. Thanks for posting this.