Joshua Redman - Birthday Song (Part II) Live

[CxHxRxIxSxTxIxAxN]

Every year since I first heard this song, I just HAVE to play it on my birthday. . .I love it <3

^_^

[beechum1]

5 people like Rebecca Black.

[sonortubelug]

Ha Joshua stacks it coming in.

[capomatrice]

where can i find/buy the full video?

[darksdie65]

omg! jazz in live is great!!

[unalegeli]

lovely music

[thomasbliss]

I was at this concert and it was truely awesome to see these guys ripping it up on that stage!

[serialdrummer5353]

@thomasbliss yeah steve jordan is a better "groover" for sure... also brian blade would be great... coz i think that ballard isn't a funky drummer :) but he's got ideas!

[sonortubelug]

@serialdrummer5353 Brian did the band but Jeffs more 'pokey'. I like both. Steve Jordans jazz isnt amazing. I respect him also.

[Bosphorus92]

jeff ballard is a great drummer, but just imagine steve jordan in this setting!

[quinsanity]

Yes gospel music has had a strong connection with jazz, but lets not make it a racial thing. If you have a gospel background, yes your infleunces might be a little different. I mean,,.. Arturo was from cuba.. i'm sure his latin chops are way stronger then most trumpet players. It doesn't matter what you look like, it's what you grew up on and around.

[jazzsax77]

this is really good, but i prefer michael jackson.

[kamakazikman]

haha. great comment

[reckber28]

the drummer fill to go the head is so sick

[DonnivanJ]

They groovin so hard

[SuperGal06]

i like this song way better than the usual 'birthday song' LOL very smooth, very cool

[tubakenn]

Man I wish I could slap tongue like that!! I guess I still have some years to go. Has anyone heard his new album Compass?? Crazy good.

[Elliot84]

It's kind of weird to see two white guys playing this shit with josh, it's kill though. they rep it for the white man who wants gospel chops.

[BabylonWhore666]

yeah, well maybe the niggers finally got a job or something....

what kind of thick cunt comment is that.?

you think racism is a one way street? Maybe thats the problem?

'king 'Tard/!!

[tchfunkta]

lol, dipshits...

[ShtotaKoya]

tell that to benny goodman, and brad meldau, and jo zawinal, and bing crosby, and frank sinatra, and jackie mclean, and buddy rich - oh - and the HALF WHITE joshua redman.

They all have\had mega chops for everything, much more then any one, black or white, has today.

And what about bach? he had the most soul any one had in the past 300 years.

You just said the most idiotic thing ever.

Your even not king tard, your to shitty to be even that, you just a big floating tard with corn.

[thehouse719]

notice how i said gospel chops. I'm not trying to be racist at all. I was mostly talking about the drummer who does a killing job. these guys are doing a great jjob but you more commonly see african american musicians in this genre then white. that was my point, it's good to see these guys sporting there shit. stop trying to blow things out of proportion.

[ShtotaKoya]

the this is, most players arent black in this buisness, even among the good players, since it past like 50 years from that era, i suppose u understand why.

[gusax74]

Arriba redman... capo total!!!

[jazzsax77]

brilliant album.

[BlueTrane5]

Jeff Ballard is sick but I prefer Brian Blade.

[Saxyman14]

Me too, depending on the style. I'd rather have Jeff for Drum 'n' Bass stuff. His sound fits it more.

[raneyxam]

I was in the audience this very day :) great awesome show ;)

[toofpick151]

One of my fav songs off that album.  Heck almost every song on that album is my fav lol.

[MidasWouters]

wath album is it?

[toofpick151]

Its off the "Elastic" album.

[elvate2001]

!!long live to joshua!!

[FatManOWNSatBARI]

Amazing, and they said Coltrane was the best!!!!!

[darksdie65]

yo se !!!! se etabiennnn+ç

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[SAXYbeast24]

From 4:45 on Redman is the slap-tonguing king!!

[smegmonkey]

josua redman is a legend. he must practice alot.

[shaysaxman]

it's also amazing to think that while he was at harvard law school for two years, he didn't pick up the sax once!!!

[mitchasics]

And he didn't take sax seriously until 22! What's he now, like early 30s?

[subschool5]

Blade played on the first album. Ballard on the second. They both have done the tour too, but Ballard a little more.

[Oladipo5]

Blade played exclusively on the first cd. "Momentum", the second cd, has Ballard and Blade playing on it. They both played 6 songs each on the cd. ?uestlove from The Roots even played on one song.

[tmyers08]

so i guess they swap out drummers? or is Brian Blade the official drummer of Elastic Band?

[Oladipo5]

Blade played exclusively on the first cd. "Momentum", the second cd, has Ballard and Blade playing on it. They both played 6 songs each on the cd. ?uestlove from The Roots even played on one song.

[musicisthelifeinside]

ballard is rippin.

[shaysaxman]

does anybody know the chord changes to the bridge of this song? I can't figure it out.

[awgrooveconnection]

Yeah Redman can pl;ay very cool interesting solos as well as shredding the shit out of rythm changes, the blues and anything else.

I love his tone too

and his range

shit everything

[jazzsax77]

I think that Joshua Redman is defiantly one of the best or the best sax players of his generation and should be given a medal. This is one of the best times ive heard him.

[mambojazz1]

It's best to have an open mind when talking about music. This sounds great. This is actually the best and most I've ever heard him sound.

[lolland30]

oops mistake

should be:

quarter note //32notepause 2 *32" bdrum 1*32"snare 1*8" snare //16" triplet pause

16" triplet snare 16"triplet pause16" (straight) pause16"snare//

2*32 tom 1*16 tom 1*16 floor tom//

crash on the one in the next bar

//indicates end of every quarter note in the 4/4 bar

Jeff Ballard is one of the great jazz drummers

[lolland30]

I`ve sat and had some beers with Ballard in a bar after a concert, I remember he talked about the importance of breathing naturally while playing, and thinking in terms of fundament and ornament in terms of drumming (or something similar, we had a couple of beers lol)

very approachable guy

[thatsmypeanuts]

god damn ballard's intro fill is the hottest thing ever... what CAN'T that cat get up to

[nogrundle]

@thatsmypeanuts

literally, probably, nothing!!!

[oli357]

Joshua-He`s my Brother!!!!

[jkrendelclark]

Not really digging the shit with the octave displacer at the end where he's clicking the keys and shit. It sounds pretty weak and kind of kills the groove.

[Nupiolo]

Red Killer

[jazzflutist]

If Redman were somehow able to lose all electronic instruments on that stage and replace them with a bass, and a set of drums, it would sound better (to me). Too many useless unmelodic notes. Redman is still the best though.

[dont4get2flush]

I personally like how Josh and Brian Blade play together more.

[niema5]

I second that...not to take away from Jeff though, he's still an incredible and enormous talent

[hapiluki]

i don't understand what the drummer is doing at the beginning but it blows my mind

[storky464]

yea man ballards broken time right before the harmonics is sicknasty and is also perfectly in tempo, saw him with metheny mehldau recently, friggin unbelievable

[thatsmypeanuts]

do you understand what he's doing there? can't figure it out...

[lolland30]

quarter note 32notepause 2 *32" bdrum 1*32"snare 1*16" snare 16" triplet pause

16" triplet snare 16"triplet pause

2*32 snare 2*16 small tom 1*16 floor tom

crash on the one in the next bar

something like that

[tonyfreejazz20]

Great solo. Thanks for posting this.

[KkAaZz9]

Ha. He likes to quote freedom jazz dance. So do I. :)

[Flobey]

20 seconds of no time? I don't hear it. There's a pocket the whole way through. They stretch out the rythms and build some rythmic tension at one point, but you could run a metronome straight through it and they're dead on. That's why these guys are great.

[eman33]

haha that fill jeff ballards does gets me every time...and i guess Redman too lol

[perovaas]

undoubtly! jeff is great! i was frustrated with joshua´s improv, which sounded corny and below his standard playing...

[Saxyman14]

If you play the same all the time it gets boring for the player. He needs to keep it interesting for himself too. I dont know how exactly it was below par, but, hey, whatever. I thought it was great. So, cool....opinions....everyones got 'em, and, well, you know the rest. haha.

Good post. Any more?

[perovaas]

I agree with you! at the end of the day even if you are so good as JR is, you would resort to your own licks... and opinions are just that - opinions. I cannot relate to so much debate (that gets too personal) over who´s best, etc. r u a musician?

[TenorSaxx]

Very good job going back into time during that whole 20 some odd seconds of no time at all.

[hofner20]

dude this sucks because it's not metal

[AeroAstro]

So because it's not a bunch of kids with hair over their eyes screaming and thrashing at guitars or a bunch of middle aged men with hair down to their feat and make-up covering them muttering under their voices through a microphone and some drummer going "DUGGADUGGADUGGADUGGADUGGADUGG­ADUGGADUGGA" all the time it's not good?

[asd12300]

Ballard kix ass. I have the whole concert.

[monksmood91]

how can i get a copy?

[Merstheman]

When was this? Jazz a Juan 2005? 2006?

[kickbeats]

gotta give the drummer some love....jeff ballard is nasty

[MillerTan]

Joshua Redman is incredibly skilled. Every song I hear from elastic is one of the most cogent and thought out songs I have ever heard.

[Saxyman14]

its a slap tongue, he just doesnt put much air through it so it sounds like a bass. its not TOO hard, but perfecting it is another thing, and he does it like no one else

[utub]

where's part one?

[amport]

part one is a free jam

[themusicanalyst]

ummmmmm...amazing. If somebody doesn't like this they don't know music

[junbug0226]

How does he do that popin sound with his sax?? HE is sooo amazing