Straight No Chaser by Joshua Redman and James Carter

[dsaxman71]

I'm pretty sure that Redman plays on on a balanced action but what does carter play on?

[drumjunkie99]

damn redman is so nasty

[mal1gosia1]

LorentzYeung - thank you so much!!!

[SaxPilot19]

MIND BLOWN!!!



[SimenBjorkhaug]

Omg!! Stunning! :D Heard Redman never do thumbs up for his own playing, but aren't we all like that? :) Thanks for the clip! Thumb this up folks! :D

[fighterace0]

James Carter disliked this.

[pugoverlordoffspring]

Man it was amazing how they would play off each other when they were trading 4s

[Sax4565]

awesome, just awesome...

[WatsonBrosMusic]

Some of Carter's lciks sound like they are straight from Coleman Hawkins

[wiliscool]

i swear, every time i see a video of more than one featured soloist on the same instrument, there is always a youtube argument about who "won" or who was better. Do you kids even listen to jazz? wtf is this? Not a cutting competition, i know that for sure.

[DajaWaja]

some people dont understand jazz is not a competition.

[mesoprano]

@DajaWaja some people don't understand that MUSIC is not a competition!

[OfficialJamesVincent]

sax section at 0:22 - Nows the time reference :)

[vanderbiltsax]

@OfficialJamesVincent good catch, although this is really just a medley of Now's the Time/Straight No Chaser. They switch to the second tune at 1:28, into the new blues key of F, I believe.

[JazzKeyboardist1]

great concert,,,,I always wondered if rappers sit around jamming at home 24/7 driving their spouses crazy like instrumentalists do?

[grandmantis]

Chill out guys you're gonna give yourself jazz neck.

[DarkeningSkies1]

Oh, and all respect to the old masters, but what Eastwood MEANT to say at the end was that it was a universe BETTER than Flip Phillips and Illinois Jacquet did it. Ah, well. It is all down to taste, after all....

[DarkeningSkies1]

Niehaus' arrangement on this is killin'. Also, I think the "duel" is great- two of my favorite of the 'younger' jazz cats around at the moment and they both impress greatly for very different reasons...

[benjy468]

I like that, a world class band, and world class soloist and the directors all like "ok guys three bars, two bars....one and a two and a three and a four"

[meamfood]

altissimo!! OMG!

[ddmusician]

LIKE x (INFINITY).....

[iJiggsy]

I have to agree with many on several points:

First, that this isn't really a competition or a battle in anyway, just a really well prepared jam session. There isn't a "better" player, it is all subject to personal preference.

That being said, MY personal preference was in Redman's solos. I say this simply because Carter has raw power, he's bluesy, and has a great command of his sound, but Redman has an incredibly lyrical take of this song and he seems to be dancing circles around the changes.

[LorentzYeung]

@iJiggsy

good point of view, agree with you.

but would you please tell me more about "dancing around the changes"?

[iJiggsy]

@LorentzYeung I mean't that although Carter isn't ignoring the changes, he uses more traditional conceptions of the changes like roots, fifths, blues scales, etc. It seems to me like Redman has got a hold of the tonal centers of the changes well enough to "break through the glass ceiling" parsay. I just mean, that while carter's solo was great, Redman explored the flow of the changes and had a lot of movement conceptually around the changes, like playing over the changes, or blending in to them.

[LorentzYeung]

@iJiggsy

I get it now, thanks alot!

: >

i like them both!

[ElCubanoConguero]

@iJiggsy ...yup. Joshua "out-Cartered" Carter

[khojon2527]

tradition jazz vs modern jazz  I love it

[khojon2527]

tradition jazz vs modern jazz I love it

[sandrovaro]

yeaaaaaaaa mannnnnnnn realy cool!!!

[icmjazz]

redman's sound is so beautiful and unique

[StephaneMoureu]

YYYYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!

[jazzernamedworm]

redman out classed carter by a long shot

[bjazzer795]

6:42 is the first time that man ever smiled since his childhood.

[LorentzYeung]

@bjazzer795

Why say so?

[TangLabCorporation]

@bjazzer795 actually 1:52 :D

[Eljosuch]

puto trompetista de los cojones que a veces no se escucha una mierda por su culpa

[Eljosuch]

puto trompetista de los cojones que a veces no se escucha una mierda por su culpa

[Tenor4Christ]

NICE

[superflydemon]

2:09 joshua is playing but at 2:13 it shows carter playing

[vanderbiltsax]

@superflydemon that always bugs me when I watch this video. It's like the video editor thought it'd be funny or we wouldn't notice.

[itagoosh]

its a competition or what ? thats how it looks like anyway

[pellemanu]

i love joshua redman XD

[saxmaster25]

you can only hear the straight no chaser part

[krzjar]

Zajebiste :D

[krzjar]

Zajebiste :D

[krzjar]

Zajebiste :D

[krzjar]

Zajebiste :D