6. Giant Steps

[aaronamccoy]

alto has killer tone

[mastersgta1]

Michael probably transcribed coltranes solo like 20 times when he was young. His solo has sooo much reminescence of Coltranes original recording.

[BAMeynig]

the reason why the other two soloists went first is cuz if michael went first then no one would want to solo :)

[122wen]

I love the bass inside~ =^^=

[Rugt980]

that alto sounds like Dolphy playin on Giant Steps... it was sick!!!!!!!!!!!

[jazzzzdude]

I like his shirt - I want one.

[saxmatt]

If I brought in one of the best modern tenor players to be a guest artist with a big band I'd let them solo for more than 1 minute on Giant Steps. At least the guy who walks in front of the camera at 3:21 is wearing a badass les eurockeennes shirt.

[JeffreyMiddelveld]

Damn hot, hear them playing all the notes! Amaaaaazing!

[zignasaxophone]

I love the gesture he makes at 3:56 when the band cuts him off.

[ishtapinks]

Michael 3:16

:)

[maxohpne]

the only thing wrong in this video is the soundman he's not able to do an EQ for a sax

[Saxyman14]

Alto player sounds kind of like James Spaulding

[LTJMERCHMAN]

every person on that stage has serious skills

great stuff

[1337Pwn4g3]

As much as i love brecker, im afraid the alto player owned him.

[kojicho]

i felt that these were footprints of giants...great. thank you very much.

[itagoosh]

it looks like that michael brecker didnt want to finish his solo... isnt it >?

[fishytank1land]

Michael looked pissed the conductor didn't cue him to that new section. Alto player killin!

[HendrixcommaMartin]

Wow. These cats can frickin play.

[TwerpoNG]

what's the name of this drummer? He's got some major skills.

[SBCCMusic]

The drummer in this video is Rusty Cummings - I think he was 18 or 19 at the time. Now he plays with a band called Tripdavon, and a few others.

[rsfeltm]

Nice job kids...but tragic that the master is gone

[cafedelmar88]

definitely one of my favourite videos on u-tube..Respect to all of you guys..that alto solo just makes feel exactely how would Coltrane sound on alto sax.. Thanks for posting this..life has more sense now :-D

[laurentba004]

?? hum... listen more to coltrane, man

[jmsaxmantha2nd]

yea michael brecker just killed thge other players in the sound range, well just about everything, but still all three were really really really good.

[yawnjones]

Those were some nice solos

Micheal brecker was a little more refined !!! melodically

the other two soloist were great as well

[28sphinx23]

Man. One of the hardest things to do in music is play a good solo on Giant Steps...with the other guy being Michael Brecker! lol Awesome!

[wrdeboise]

Yeah, he's kind of a tough act to follow. lol.

[JamesPatison]

Epic. Sax. Solo.

[elimenohpee182]

man that alto player was killin!

[vaineminaru]

wow i was just blinded a little by the brightness of that alto sound

[tinyboy22]

the sound quality is not so good but you can hear, that this is a great big band!!!

[dlwebutuoy]

it takes some cahones to stand on the same stage with Michael Brecker and go toe-to-toe on Giant Steps.  Way to go SBCC Jazz Band unknown tenor and alto player!

[ContrabassSaxophone]

AWESOME. I wanto to be this band!

[tonyfreejazz20]

Wow...great stuff.