Some Skunk Funk (Michael Brecker's chorus) performed by Benoît Sauvé/Recorder

[flyer56]

I didn't know tom cruise could play the recorder! lol

[pipamusa]

how do you play all that chromaticism on the recorder?

isn't it very limited in that it can only play in a few keys?

[PetarTaneski5]

FANTASTIC!

YOU PLAY GREAT!

BRAVO

[92elrtv2]

that was amazing!!! I now have a new respect for recorder players- but only good ones (:

[MarTTy4653]

Awesome!  ;0)

[muneyamax]

Mission: Impossible...

[saxxmannn1]

And to think, some of my students have a hard time playing hot cross buns on the recorder...

[TheJesterhay]

Awesome fingers.

[vonhofacker]

Unbelievable.... never heard such a great jazz-flute! Thank you so much, Benoit Sauve!

[bt017]

Is there a transcription available for this solo? I've said it before, but I'll say it again, this is guy is the best recorder player I've ever heard!

[SpoonxEmo]

.. And I thought I was god playing ode to joy during recorder karate in 3rd grade.

[TheJorelRecorder]

Muito Bom...veja TheJorelRecorder

[jedivish]

Dude...you're the MAN !!!!!!!!!!!

[sAxObEach]

que virtuoso!!!!.......

[HotLicks1990]

Mind blown. I'll never think of the recorder in the same way again. I have and alto and a couple of sopranos around here somewhere, and will have to dig them out and apologizeto them now.

[raaider100]

I had to sign in just to say WOW! i'm speechless.

a recorder?  i ordered an alto a few mins ago! lol

[marianoavila87]

You're a fucki... son of a b...!!!! I'm learning saxophone solos from the best saxophonists in the world and tought they were really good.... you KILL DUDE!!!! You're awesome!!! not enough words for it...

[FreshKid2Fly4U]

RESPECT

[MrSaxobari]

This guy is a freakin genious

Mario

[thepione]

What am I supposed to say after watching this? Do you sell your transcriptions?

[SlayerKnightDX]

this is INSANELY CRAZY 

[07Mathieu]

sei un folle!!!!!!!!!

[MrTinaAnd]

Crazy!!!!! Respect man! :))))) 

[teatrees100]

Inbelievable!!!!

[firery125]

Keanu Reeves can play the recorder like a Champion!

[kamikake33]

素晴らしいー！！

[Nateisbored]

hahahah omfg!!



[jeeongpark]

R E S P E C T

[104ATC]

I bet he gets all the recorder gigs...

[4444funky]

Débile bravo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jackgordon0811]

J'aime aussi beaucoup ce que tu développes dans le quartet de Yannick Robert, montrant une autre facette d'un talent dont on ne peut que souhaiter en voir toute l'étendue s'épanouir dans les années à venir.

Good luke and see you soon in paris? ;-)

[jackgordon0811]

Quelle claque!!! ça "dépoussière grave" la flûte à bec, mec!!

Dieu sait que la flûte traversière est présente dans le jazz mais je trouve que, dans tes mains, le timbre de ta flûte à bec apporte quelque chose d'innovant, de pur, de boisé et p.... j'aime ça!!!

[istudywater]

This dude is amazing! I didn't think that I was a hater, but after seeing this guy KILL on the RECORDER, I want to beat him up!!!

[MrFunxy]

Morpheus: What training tape is this?

Tank: He wanted to learn jazz recorder. How long's he been going?

2 Hours, this guy's a tank :O

[felipe900423]

Realmente espectacular. Congratulations Master

[Flatwound1000]

Dude, you are amazingly talented.

[groovedoc]

shit this is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooo good :-)))

[MrBrunoCorey]

muito foda!

[yvesbajulaz]

You burn!!!!!

[MrFunxy]

Now I respect the recorder xP

[alexbarmann]

Monsieur puis-je vous remercier et vous prononcer la plus profonde gratitude d'avoir publié ces clips vidéo. Je suis saxophoniste et Michael Brecker signifie beaucoup pour moi. Autrefois, avant le sax, moi aussi j'ai joué de l'enrégistreur entre autres instruments de musique, j'ai aimé d' improviser sur lui. Grands respects à avous.

[Mrsaxo1980ful]

This is Not True ???????????? You are unbelievable. I wish you all the best. God Bless you. Greetings from Germany

[Mrsaxo1980ful]

UUUUNNNNBBBEEEELLLIIIIEEEEEVVV­VVAAAABBBBBLLLLEEEEEE. 5*****

[efmusic5]

Holy crap is all I have to say.

[1337myles]

This is my 3,945th time watching this.

[83Zel944]

Brilliant! Thank you for sharing.

[ChickenFlavoredTroll]

I hate you with all my might. People should now be allowed to be this good.

[alexbarmann]

I simply got to love this stuff, it's just amazing how you blow your recorder in that funky way.

[jcookonbass]

I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E.

[Centigonos]

You, Sir, are f***ing amazing!

[Nickflatpick]

you are very amazing! all the best for you !do you are also a guitar player? your nails :)

[koudak93]

Man!!!! You played it like Michael´s third brother!

[hoffus]

REALLY???!!!

Hats off to this cat for probably the most insane transcription and execution I have ever seen (insane meant in an absolute awe inspired / jaw dopping way ) .

[Nickflatpick]

ooo my goooooood ..... GENIUS:::))))

[br0d]

Holy shit are you a badass

[Yasti69]

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!



[leviandades777]

Benoit is the MAN! Congrats!!!

[carlitosfigue1]

Wow.

[lukelukemusic]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[highrollerzzz]

this is so amazing, but it kinda makes me lol :D

[rafiwel]

you're insane

[Biscosaxx]

ASSOLUTAMENTE INCREDIBILE.

[deconvertedguy]

Other baroque musicians of the time would have crapped themselves if they heard this... he probably would have been excommunicated too.

[gokolink]

if only i stuck at it in the first grade...

[piano151]

ruh hastası mısın

[piano151]

ananı sikeyim senin ben!!!!

[nateox79]

that's what they need to teach us when we learn those in 5th grade.

[RYHSHN]

unfuckinbelievable.lol 

[pacolecce]

ti invidio

[HeroineandtheHeroes]

This is so amazing! You're performance with the Calypscociation steelband was great! Please become famous!

[bjgrondell]

INSANE!!! I will never doubt the recorder again... :)

[groovedoc]

can watch this 100 times :)))

[bassofone]

Could you PLEASE post a how to video some day soon. I have no idea how you're getting all those notes without the side keys that a sax has. You're mind blowing!

[LiamaBean]

You misspelled Michael...

Not to troll haha

Amazing job though!!

[Nostalgic4]

Wow!! I can't stop smiling watching Benoit play. Such a pleasure to see something played so masterfully. I smile as much watching his excellence as I do watching Michael Brecker during his solo. God has given you such a great talent! Thank you for sharing it.

[papaginou]

Beyond description... This is humanly impossible, yet he's killing it!!! OUTSTANDING!!! FANTASTIC!! UNBELIEVABLE!!! 25 STARS!!!

[POHIDE]

Awesome!!!!

[starwarsjazz]

Now I kinda wish I didn't give up recorder after elementary=P

[QuistTV]

wow. Had to watch that quite a few times...

[Diavolino1988]

Well, since he is NEO this is not hard for him at all. He just thinks "there is no recorder"

[jazzyjake99]

Hi there. First of all incredible playing! I'm a 16 year old saxophoneist that want to learn to transcribe in general. Could you give me some tips to learn how to do it correctly and get a good start?

[andycavaco]

Fodastic !

[Ginogizio]

Simple great!!!!!

[MrPewpyNuts]

who the ef are the 9 people who disliked this video?!?!?!?! may they burn...

[KillerFlutejuice401]

You are one Bad dude,a Master, thanks for posting

[biggeorgemulti]

TRICK!!!!!!!!!!!????????

[Fuzzllmao]

the guy with the saxophone in the background has a much harder job trust me ....

but anyway both are WAY beyond human levels xDDD

[JoelRAFord]

Mind=Blown

[chargingheart]

Wonderful playing and inspiring so many of us to play the recorder better, Its such a cool instrument!

[suznrob]

transcribing the ad lib solos is magnificent work by itself - his performance on an archaic instrument is fantastic! Well done!! Nice choice of music to spend time on, as well.

[sAxObEach]

O.O y yo k pense k la flauta dulce no era muy interesante..... esto m dejo kallado exelente!!!!!

[EricDolphy2377]

wtf is really? unbelieveble!

[fallinguer]

pero comooo xd

[elisabetevegins]

WOW man!! You must have super powers!!! This is unbelieveble!!!

[briffid]

If I had seen this 20 years ago I wouldn't have stopped playing the recorder.

[hoffus]

Easily the coolest thing I have seen on YouTube ever!!!!

[24262748]

Excellent !

[jazzzzdude]

Very good technique and well done for learning it. I'm curious to know, is there much demand for someone who can copy other people's solos note-for-note or do you just do it for fun?

[spicebones]

Benoît, t'es trop fort !

[pdehlsen]

Hey dude, wanna join my band?

[anumj]

cant believe!!! lol

[Edubocande]

Pomper des tonnes de solos à un tel niveau me paraît inhumain

[MrSunofbeach]

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­WWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Williamkurk]

WHHHHHHEWWWWWYYY!!!!!

[oficialfratiistanciu]

the kyng mama mia  superrrrrrrrr oooooooooooooauuuuuuuu

[rodolfmm]

How could you?! It was AMAZING!

[mab29nj]

After laughing through the first two choruses after reading the previously-posted comment by n0013sauce " ... He looks like he wants to murder me. But awesome job :),," I realize this video has been watched 75,000 more times than the original Brecker performance! This is an amazing performance!

[amaeru]

Incroyable

[crazydc2]

yeh sure beats Three Blind Mice

[jahpinpin]

Génial ! Quel bosseur hyper doué ! C'est stimulant et réjouissant ! Et J'adore le petit geste de la main droite à 1'21...

Benoît, merci d'exister...

[MASKANDPLAY]

Now kids, repeat after that

[rdangelo]

Wow. Did you ever try the Heavy Metal Bebop live version?

[salines90]

Une performance qui commande le respect. Déjà, la transcription n'est pas aisée, mais de jouer de la flûte à bec avec une telle maîtrise est tout simplement hallucinant.

Étant moi-même saxophoniste, je suis d'autant plus émerveillé. Bravo dans les douze tons !

[shrimpflagroskilde]

unbelievable tekkers

[isisdazs]

You are a monster, that must have been ridiculhard to transcribe.

[camblokland]

MO...FO...

[pedro1690]

Fantatsic. Top notch. Love it. Recorder Funk. The world waits no longer. Have you treid effects processing on your recorder?

cheers

[n0013sauce]

... He looks like he wants to murder me. But awesome job :)

[supahsekzy]

4 people suck at recorder

[letterheads]

Holyshit ! wow !

[supahsekzy]

So glad I stumbled on this again... frickin silly good

You have a transcription of the solo available?

[Superphilipp]

Yeah, playing the pros' solos IS one of the best ways to learn. ... So when are you going to show us some of your own improvisation? There is shockingly few jazz played on recorders. You are the most high-profile jazz recorder player on youtube and all you post is you playing transcriptions.

Come on, let's see the goods!

[vojtakouba]

man, don't waste your time playing flute. You can see, that playing same notes, one is not able to achieve same cool effect like playing saxophone

[gatomjp]

Kill me. Kill me now.

[nperspective]

Keanu Reeves plays a mean recorder. Unbelievable technique on a piece of plastic that would have never entered this realm but through this guy's determined hands.

[supahsekzy]

@nperspective I think they plugged him into the Matrix and ran the "kung fu" and "jazz recorder" training tapes at the same time

[JayDubbaDrumma]

@nperspective I was thinking more like... Tom Cruise

[andrewirobinson]

BOOM!

[MovieJazz2]

Tu es un vrai killer Benoit ! Je suis fan !

[aekesis]

Man... That's an outstanding performance, I just can't believe it !

[siyabonga1201]

I just want to say as follows to those who boast of having EXPENSIVE instruments.

"Ok, go ahead. But can you play like MB with recorder?"

[Toddobvious]

Holy Shiznit. Dude, you are THE MAN.

[glausax]

What F !! Just Fantastic!!!

You're just unbeliaveble dude!!!!

Congratulations and can I ask u something ? Could you do a Chris Potter solo next video?

[aitorbengo]

amazinggggggggg

[jm1863]

FANTASTICO. AWESOME! VERY GOOD!

[lovesingmuch]

Now this is even better

[bglindrums]

wow dude!!!

[shredicon86]

Oh no you didnt! Awesome man.... wow

[ighip]

omg this is ridiculous!!!! awesome stuff

[jazzbassoonpaul]

Who could put a thumbs down on this?!! This is amazing!

[amyulness]

You are totally amazing!!

[Fjord76]

Mais voila ce qu'aurait du nous jouer ma prof de musique en 4e! lol

Excellent :)

Sinon t'utilises quoi comme bec? non jdéconne :P

Merci pour le post

[clausindahouse]

Wowowowowow! You are a fckin genius! I'll ask my little Brother, if I can have his flute :D

[emmanuellesomer]

Jeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!! Vivement qu'on ait un projet ensemble. Bravo, 1000x bravo!!

[schulzsax]

Hammer!!!

[misteredwino]

Gulp*

[bernardlec]

unique !

[jazzsaxmaniac]

dang it, why'd he stop at the trumpet solo?

[pormusic]

bravo

[rocioguitard]

Daaaaaaaang!!!!

[BORAGNAR1]

Holy Moses! Endeed you play on the recorder like no one else! You must be heard by a even bigger audience than this. You develop the recorders possibilities giantly.

[freudjung]

fucking wooooooooooooooooooooooow

[Stratognat]

i shit my pants

[Panufo]

This is just sick. Somewhere Michael Brecker is asking God if he can borrow his recorder for a minute...

[Morenosax]

Oh my god...............

[BenPowling]

Amazing, and you also pull a mean jazz face.

[jkman10]

How the fuck. My recorder couldn't play this kind of music when I had it in like 5th grade.

[giuliocarmassi]

YES!!

[Melody7000]

WHAT THE FUCK BENOIT, WHAT THE FUCK

[saxo53]

Benoit de quel endroit es-tu?

[famboiten]

Freakin amazing!!!!!

[stevenfavier]

Great! 

[supahsekzy]

:O What the FUCK was that. Totally crazy.

[FlowTimeLtd]

Excellent transcribing Benoit...Thank you!

[selmansax]

kudos bro. freakin amazing.

[maxstp911]

yep,,,,did nt know all semi tones were playable on the recorder,,,, ...i only play trumpet for 20 years now,,, this is for sure the most skillful performance on youtube,,,

wow!!!!!

[jkman10]

I didn't even know a recorder could do that...

[cornicello]

Wow - you've done an amazing job with this!!!

[RoGuExXxAsSaSiN]

God-like interpretation - Remarkable!

[evildelul]

amazing

[AtheistAntitheist]

Tabarnac, that was amazing!

[tubaxcrow]

great　!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mediawest]

i bow down to the gods.............

[CaptainJazz92]

HOLY FUCKING BALLS!!!

[ozmosesmedia]

insane insane insane insane... anyone want to hear this guy on EWI or Tenor? I sure do.

[johnnymeanstreak]

Inspiring!

[aquadjcity]

Incredible playing!!! I can't wait until the kids I teach in my Grade 5 recorder class see this - most of them still can't discern between F and G!

[dico733]

now i beleive in God!!! Simply AMAZING!!!!!!!!

[marredsun]

This could very well be the most skillful thing on the internet.

[panajazz]

Crazy man !!!!!!!!!

[luke125]

WOW! AMAZING!!!

[Rugt980]

i've transcibed this solo and the regiseter changes and harmonics AREa nightmare to play!!!!

[bolo4545]

Awesome!!! What do you do if you have an F#-G# trill? (or C#-D# on soprano)

[charley12345678901]

@bolo4545 Dude, that's like one of the hardest trills on a recorder 'cause you have to slide your right ring finger back and forth hella fast and everything...It usually helps if you cover up half of the right ring finger hole of the recorder and just move your right pinky finger up and down, but the F# (C#) usually goes a little sharp...It's just difficult.

[Rugt980]

on my tenor i can probably last the first ten bars at breckers speed, this guy's a beast!!