That’s the truth!! I had to play after him in. “ Lazyday” by Bob Mintzer. He was a special guest with the William Paterson Big Band that year. I was the guitarist in the Big Band. It was amazing but terrifying.
@@NATJANOFF22 I only saw him live and he seemed to be a grounded, friendly guy. After a solo he even made some gestures that he didn´t deserve the applause cause he thought that his solo was lousy. But it must have been a great experience for you, I guess.
@@anonymusum He was a great guy. It’s funny he seemed like a very unassuming guy. But when played he was like a tornado. His TIME especially was so great among other things. It’s good to be in uncomfortable situations so you can get a sense on how to handle them. If you get to scared you can’t be your best. And unfortunately that’s what people will judge you on.I also would say I didn’t master that situation. I did the best I could at the time.
Once I listened to that Brecker CD with Kenny Kirkland, Ron Carter and Jeff Tain Watts. When I went to sleep I tried to copy his playing style in my dream, but my saxophone got taken away from me and some old man told me that it was unacceptable and took me to a room where I had to listen to a bass line through a wall.
Hello 👋Kristina, how are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Keating woodman and am from Denver Colorado, where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
@@kristinashamgunova9327 that's nice, I have been to Germany so many years ago and it's very nice there, I will love to visit again. Have you ever need to the state before?
I once heard him with the acoustic Brecker Bros. band. They played an unknown tune with about 100 harmonies in succession. I mean I´m a prof. musician but after numerous harmonies I simply couldn´t follow anymore. Then Michael played his solo over two choruses and finished it exactly at the end. And exactly then his brother took over. I was mesmerized.
theyd be playing so fast theyd turn into helicopters and smash into the walls and the world would explode and then theyd play some modular pentatonic thing thta would be even more epic than that
I'm sure I've commented before, but this is one of (and I have many) my very favorite Brecker solos. I love how out he's playing, with so deliberate percision... and coming back in just to keep you barely hanging on. So much rhythmic and melodic variance. And his sound! Oh his sound! I have so many favorite sax players, but if FORCED to pick only one... Michael, you take cake!
I took my wife to see Michael at the original Yoshi's on Claremont Ave in Oakland. Neither of us could listen to music for about a week afterwards. We were still processing the magnitude of what we had just witnessed.
I heard MB there also. There were a bunch of tenor players in the audience, and he plays Delta City Blues. All of us tenor players were shocked at how totally handled that!
I saw him there with McCoy (and another time with Brecker Bros). The intimacy of that room was incredible. As a tenor player, sitting about four feet from Mike’s bell was a life-changing experience
@@newmanana Saw him in the UK with Mike Stern at the Brecon Jazz festival in the mid 80s, and was similarly close. Overwhelming sensory overload. Mindblowing. Audience was full of sax players hanging on his every note.
I met the Brecker Brothers when we were all about 23, at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway. Every show was sold out when I got there (1974, no internet). The Breckers had a break during a rehearsal with Billy Cobham. They came out and saw me sitting on a bench, invited me in to watch the rest of the rehearsal. Very nice people. An unbeatable combination -- Tremendous talent and good hearts.
Eternal grace under fire ! This is pure power from pure soul. This is what we all aspire to but can only hear when the avatars sing. This is the most incredible morning wake up call of all time. Every artist at his most brilliant. Thank you brothers of the deep.
R.I.P. Michael, thank you for your music, we are losing too many incredible musicians, and nobody does anything for the old dudes around still, that did not make it big, whatever that means for Jazz, unfortunately, here, in NY, the "jazz capital of the world"
Wow is the only word that comes to mind with this Michael Brecker performance. Then mix in a cohesive rhythm section whose members are all unbelievable soloists as well, then WOW! 💙🎵🎶
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise Full Of Fantastic Beasts! Brecker, Wakenius, McBride, Green, and Queen... I wish I was a fly in the corner of that stage in 2003 at Jazz Baltica
Benny Green is awesome! Christian McBride is a genius! And Brecker... is above greateness. Well I hope he, together with Kenny Kirkland et al. can still listen to this : there must be yuotube in Heaven. And our love is with you.
What a great player had the pleasure of seeing Mike Brecker up close at the palace in Hollywood and the return of the Brecker bros.at the strand Mike Brecker what a humble man!
Hey listener: plug in speakers or headphones !!!!!! so you can enjoy the bass. it's not only 1/3 of the music but it adds to the brilliance of the sax and drums
I love the way McBride uses ostinato to build tension at 1:49 before Brecker starts throwing grandiose lyrical lines with held high notes, making you feel like the band is climaxing but also the way he uses it to introduce the feeling of release at the end of the guitar solo.
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This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes by Pat Metheny:
There’s no more treacherous position in jazz than the guy who solos after Michael Brecker
That’s the truth!! I had to play after him in. “ Lazyday” by Bob Mintzer. He was a special guest with the William Paterson Big Band that year. I was the guitarist in the Big Band. It was amazing but terrifying.
@@NATJANOFF22 I bet ..... and how did you master that situation?
@@anonymusum I imagined playing with him when I would rehearse the tune. And work on my state. Keeping myself as calm as I could.
@@NATJANOFF22 I only saw him live and he seemed to be a grounded, friendly guy. After a solo he even made some gestures that he didn´t deserve the applause cause he thought that his solo was lousy.
But it must have been a great experience for you, I guess.
@@anonymusum He was a great guy. It’s funny he seemed like a very unassuming guy. But when played he was like a tornado. His TIME especially was so great among other things. It’s good to be in uncomfortable situations so you can get a sense on how to handle them. If you get to scared you can’t be your best. And unfortunately that’s what people will judge you on.I also would say I didn’t master that situation. I did the best I could at the time.
Once I listened to that Brecker CD with Kenny Kirkland, Ron Carter and Jeff Tain Watts. When I went to sleep I tried to copy his playing style in my dream, but my saxophone got taken away from me and some old man told me that it was unacceptable and took me to a room where I had to listen to a bass line through a wall.
Hello 👋Kristina, how are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Keating woodman and am from Denver Colorado, where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
@@KeatingWoodman404 I'm fine how are you? I was born in Kazakchstan and I grew up in Germany in the city, but I love nature very much anyways!
@@kristinashamgunova9327 that's nice, I have been to Germany so many years ago and it's very nice there, I will love to visit again. Have you ever need to the state before?
Tain Watts house
That's very funny !!!
Everyone's First Chorus : play soft and use the theme, let space
Brecker's first chorus : stop chorus cool lick, 4 bars space, PLAY HEAVY OUT.
Absolute chad
Literally. Boss move
Brecker was so incredibly connected to the harmony he could play outside and you’d feel like it was in.
yes, don't hear anyone mention that much--if I could be playing again, I would work on that aspect of ear.
@Silvio Spampinato agreed!
Sonny Rollins is the master of that.
@@anthonybeecher2883 agreed!
I once heard him with the acoustic Brecker Bros. band. They played an unknown tune with about 100 harmonies in succession. I mean I´m a prof. musician but after numerous harmonies I simply couldn´t follow anymore. Then Michael played his solo over two choruses and finished it exactly at the end. And exactly then his brother took over. I was mesmerized.
if this is softly as in a morning sunrise, i would like to see how they do it was a wildy stormy night hahaha..
theyd be playing so fast theyd turn into helicopters and smash into the walls and the world would explode and then theyd play some modular pentatonic thing thta would be even more epic than that
brilliant!!
It's always the naysayers that can't do what others can do and misinterpret the high jump for the leap frog...hahaha
+Eddie Hill bingo
This is more like "it's morning time bitch, get yo ass up or u gonna be late for work again"
I'm sure I've commented before, but this is one of (and I have many) my very favorite Brecker solos. I love how out he's playing, with so deliberate percision... and coming back in just to keep you barely hanging on. So much rhythmic and melodic variance. And his sound! Oh his sound! I have so many favorite sax players, but if FORCED to pick only one... Michael, you take cake!
He is the MAN
He's not playing he is saying
The sunrise that engulfed the entire plant in flames.
Do you think Mike was subtly warning us about climate change? 😏
Michael Brecker had a complete mastery of the saxophone. Pure magic.
There are no words for michael Brecker. He is in the list of Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Stan Getz Dexter Gordon and John Coltrane. I miss him...
I took my wife to see Michael at the original Yoshi's on Claremont Ave in Oakland. Neither of us could listen to music for about a week afterwards. We were still processing the magnitude of what we had just witnessed.
I miss Yoshi's saw many good shows there
I heard MB there also. There were a bunch of tenor players in the audience, and he plays Delta City Blues. All of us tenor players were shocked at how totally handled that!
I saw him there with McCoy (and another time with Brecker Bros). The intimacy of that room was incredible. As a tenor player, sitting about four feet from Mike’s bell was a life-changing experience
Wow. That sounds wild!
@@newmanana Saw him in the UK with Mike Stern at the Brecon Jazz festival in the mid 80s, and was similarly close. Overwhelming sensory overload. Mindblowing. Audience was full of sax players hanging on his every note.
Michael Brecker - Softly as in a Morning Sunrise .. great video and song..R.I.P. Michael.
Yepp
Michael ,and Randy Brecker awesome players helped Jazz on go.
I met the Brecker Brothers when we were all about 23, at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway. Every show was sold out when I got there (1974, no internet). The Breckers had a break during a rehearsal with Billy Cobham. They came out and saw me sitting on a bench, invited me in to watch the rest of the rehearsal. Very nice people. An unbeatable combination -- Tremendous talent and good hearts.
Eternal grace under fire ! This is pure power from pure soul. This is what we all aspire to but can only hear when the avatars sing. This is the most incredible morning wake up call of all time. Every artist at his most brilliant. Thank you brothers of the deep.
This version and Trane's version are probably the best i've ever heard in my life!!!
That's one hell of a performance from 5 absolutely complete musicians...Brecker playing at a superhuman level to make this astounding...
After being an all out blues guy for the past 20 years I finally had my first jazz-gasm today.
Please never call it that ever again
Was it from a Blow- job ?
@@saxiroth6647nah keep using it 😂
@@saxiroth6647let the man be happy
Incredible solo ...Ulf...great playing all.
R.I.P. Michael, thank you for your music, we are losing too many incredible musicians, and nobody does anything for the old dudes around still, that did not make it big, whatever that means for Jazz, unfortunately, here, in NY, the "jazz capital of the world"
Yorgo Valirakis I here you. Saturated with fat like American Idol. Lack of public TV jazz programs to feature jazz masters etc
Wow is the only word that comes to mind with this Michael Brecker performance. Then mix in a cohesive rhythm section whose members are all unbelievable soloists as well, then WOW! 💙🎵🎶
That Benny Green solo was INSANE.
WHAT A KILLIN RHYTHM SECTION! WHAT KILLIN SOLOISTS! WHAT A KILLIN BAND!
Probably the greatest of. All time!!!
A brilliant bumpy, stormy ride! Awsome jazz (luckily I fastened my seatbelts).
Benny Green's solo was out of this world!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Awesome guitar solo.
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise Full Of Fantastic Beasts!
Brecker, Wakenius, McBride, Green, and Queen... I wish I was a fly in the corner of that stage in 2003 at Jazz Baltica
I Love the feel of this.One of the best Bass solos ever recorded,in my opinion.G.
I agree. His notes, tone and phrases are just great! I wish I could play the upright at all! lol.
That's the hottest, most hectic soft sunrise I ever heard.
What a Lineup this was!!!!! SOB!!!! Incredible!!!
Michael Brecker was so extremely on outside line start from first solo but still lirycal and he exactly did his own way
My favorite sax of All Times !!!
RIP You We're too good!!!
Three of my favorites together! I don't believe I will ever be the same again after this experience! Not just a little bit of heaven...
Some awesome piano from Benny Green...Michael Brecker set a standard as did Coltrane!...An awesome band!!!!!
Benny Green Berkeley, CA
@@andil101 Gosh Linda..I can't believe it's been 6 years since I wrote my comment and last watched this clip! 🙂
Benny Green is awesome! Christian McBride is a genius! And Brecker... is above greateness. Well I hope he, together with Kenny Kirkland et al. can still listen to this : there must be yuotube in Heaven. And our love is with you.
Ugh, Brecker just understood how to make, what he wanted to, work. So sick!
When I am inspired and humbled
Simultaneously.
Christian McBride has got one of the best sound out there!
great jazz guitar...
So much work, so much accuracy, so much stuff.
So much MUSIC
Drummer is the best!
Bravo, Alvin Queen!!!
Christian McBride solo so melodic and ingeneous. Wish I could play my acoustic bass guitar like that.
RIP Michael. Such a beautiful player.
Michael Brecker is sorely missed in today's climate of sound-alike non-artists. Rest in Peace.
What a great player had the pleasure of seeing Mike Brecker up close at the palace in Hollywood and the return of the Brecker bros.at the strand Mike Brecker what a humble man!
Un tema con muy buenas improvisaciones de todos los músicos.FANTÁSTICO !!
I remember this guy was playing the on Dan Fogelberg's song Lonely In Love!!!
my God does it get any better than this ??? Amazing .....
it doesn't
Great group .... and great live performance production. ....
Hey listener:
plug in speakers or headphones !!!!!!
so you can enjoy the bass. it's not only 1/3 of the music but it adds to the brilliance of the sax and drums
i had this song in jazz band. we didnt sound this good bu it was still fun
Michael was always smokin' and I miss him. RIP
MY Ears hear it... but my brain..... is processing......still processing. thank God its been taped.
I have a theory... this particular rhythm section is playing so tight and swinging that its what inspired Mr Brecker to play way out this night.
Alvin Queen totally connected with the music that is emerging!
So good I’ll learn softly as in a morning sunrise off this recording
Color full. Very nice and lively!
I love the way McBride uses ostinato to build tension at 1:49 before Brecker starts throwing grandiose lyrical lines with held high notes, making you feel like the band is climaxing but also the way he uses it to introduce the feeling of release at the end of the guitar solo.
So insanely good...my word...
nice that Mcbride is playing, brecker has no words to be described as a person, just a monster!
That guitarist is HILARIOUS when he talks about Hot Pockets in his comedy specials!
Faake Naymington He kinda does look like Jim Gaffigan
ROFL! Ulf Wakenius > Jim Gaffigan :P
Amazing, I’m in awe. The SAX solo and guitar especially wow
Wonderful!!!
Damn! That was some blowing.
That bass solo is nuts!
Thanks for all this greatness!
Great artist ❤👍R.I.P Michael 🙏🎵🎶🎼
You take the DNA of John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Sonny Rollins-you got Brecker.
what a band!
so much respect ... and LIVE :)))))) out of your friction ^^
Monumental! Thank you for posting!
I fucking love this thing... Specially that the overall feels like softly as a kick in the ass
simply incredibile...
Holly fucking shit this is fantastic
That piano player Benny... WOW!!!!!!
Mike incredible as always, followed by great Ulf
unbe-bloody-lievable!
Incredible performance by all. Wow.
World Class.
I love this song, very nice version of it!
Michael Brecker and Christian McBride's solo were the best
j'adore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SUPER!
Heerlijke muziek.
Great Michael...
Its hitest jazz misic level than I ever see !
super class!!!!!
Brecker magic
What a rythm section!!
I think of them as a wrecking crew... BEASTS I tell ya!
What A Surge Of Energy 😀Is There A Tenor Player who matches Mike Brecker???
Numero uno!!
Mmm... crazy melange of sounds.
Gotta transpose this!!
Wow!
Geeeeeeeeeez!
Insane 🔥
yeah really good guitar solo and piano playing during it.
The Steve Jobs of sax ...
Excellent.
7:42 WOW he connected the theme so well here!!!!
Who is that drummer & piano man? What a tight rhythm section