Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson is my uncle! Just celebrated his passing last week!! This video is so awesome and thanks for posting!!! Just seeing him with that Gibson L5 which was given to him by Ray Parker Jr. He played on a lot of hit records to include Let’s Get It On, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Car Wash, I Will Survive, Maxwell’s first cd and so many other records!! Miss you Unc but I hear you almost everyday still on the radio!!!! RIP!!!!!!!!
R.I.P to the great Mr. WATSON! And all the legendary men of the past that paved the way for a young black musician as my self to even get the opportunities I have now. ❤ Hope I can do the same.
Totally agree , and if you played piano as in the bloody Ad why would you be struggling with hand coordination? Back to the video - absolutely brilliant, as a sax player I wish the tenor was up more in the mix . Echoes of Sanders .
First of all, Paul Jackson is probably the most underrated bassist. Funky is an understatement. Benny Maupin, Wah Wah, are killers. Miss this era of music. Of course, Herbie is the Man!!!
Many have no idea that this man is playing on the song" Cloud 9" by the Motown Temptations & that changed the sound of soul in the late 60's and early 70's. I played on the stage with him myself( as my mom and dad watched)along with the soon to be Drummer and song writer for the Jimmy Caster Bunch(Elwood Henderson). And on our break at a local club in his and our hometown of Richmond VA. He was with Motown and told us about 5 young cats from Gary Indiana he had done sessions with. Exactly 2 weeks later the Jackson 5's 1st hit came over the local Radio airwaves, "I WANT YOU BACK". And the rest was history.The bassist also with him went on to play with Bobby Taylor and the Van Cougars and then with Donny Hathaway his name was( bassie )Irvin Saunders and can be seen on the flip Wilson 70's show with Donnie Hathaway.Elwood and myself were kids of 16 years old at the time. The year was 1969.
Awesome... Thank for sharing that story. Yes when Motown hired Norman Whitfield to produce for them, Me!vin & Ray Parker were his go to guitar players. Mr Whitfield used Melvin on many many sessions that he produced. He was an amazing and funky guitarist.
Beautiful story! I Grew up in Motown with the kids of Motown legends. I love every part of that musical experience. I played the drums and was the funky white boy!! Great times
One of the best things about attending concerts during the '70's and '80's was how much the musicians enjoyed experimenting with different sounds on standards and hit recordings. Rarely did they perform a song exactly as it was presented on the album. Concerts were for pushing the envelope and branching out to new horizons.
@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL When digital recording and sequencing started to happen in the late 80’s, that gave musicians options for robot accompaniment. You could make music sound more perfect at the expense of its honesty. Soul-killing!
Musicians from the 90’s and back just have a purity you can’t fake or artificially create. Especially 70’s era. They just knew their instruments and were in total sync with them. Thank the human innovation of today that allows us to see them though.
If you were one that read the back of album covers, you know Wah Wah worked plenty. In the ‘70s he was everywhere. As a guitarist myself, I loved his playing. I was a Headhunters fan too. This makes me want to perform again. Let’s see, where is my dashiki?
Yeah Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson is my uncle and he had no shortage of work even thru all of the changes of music and the business!! Unc is my hero and he always told me work and develop your own sound! He said the people will call you for your sound! Unc truly had his sound down!!!!
Especially on old recordings like that, a lot of jams and concerts were filmed like shit, like focusing on the wrong musician and zooming on their face. This particular one with the tasteful special effects and cool camera angles is awesome
You couldn’t be more diametrically opposed……algorithmic suggestion and human players. Or could you ? Musicians don’t always know the math they’re playing, yet they play it truthfully !!!
Wah Wah Watson was a GOAT. I've been playing guitar 49 years. He's the Truth. I grew up with professional musicians. My Uncle Don Myrick (EWF, Phil Collins, MJ)...comes to mind seeing him in the Pharaohs, rehearsing in the living room turned into a Woodwind/Sax Rehearsal studio, infused with African Incense, African Art. It brings you to time everything was real, not sampled. Instant creativity. I will be picking up some of Wah Wah's funky phrases...
I play Keyboards, bass and guitar. This is a musical orgasm for me. Best of the best, making music history. Thanks for sharing this iconic performance.
So much sonic texture here and self-awareness in regards to the impact of volume levels. Nothing is ever in your face, everyone is pulling together for one lush and groovy ride. Spectacular!
To his nephew, I saw him with Herbie Hancock, Sheila E. ( before Prince). At Red Rocks.What was extraordinary was we got there early and they were setting up the stage. No musicians were out there except for him sitting on a folding chair playing, but it didn’t sound like any guitar sounds . No one was at the keyboard setup and it wasn’t until the show started that we realized it was him the whole time. By the way we are all musicians. One of the high points of my musical life 😢🎉❤
Obviously, the music is wildly great but I also just love the esthetic of 70's TV. The overlayed, bluescreen shots they use to feature 2 players at once, the way the sax reflects the studio lights and the camera just can't handle it so it produces that pink glow, muah! Chef's kiss!
Every piece fits...and when you step back, listen to everyone as one-instrunent...the picture they paint is glorious!! And jazzy at it is...it's still approchable; it never leaves the audience behind and baffled. And nobody grandstands except the horn man. But they have too; its in their union rules. Just Sublime
It is incredible it all fits. Each one pulling the fabric of time, then letting go. Like a spider hanging onto its web in a summer rain storm. Uniform and strong but so close to ripping.
Wah Wah used to come in to the flower shop I worked in on Sunset Blvd. back in the early '80s, he was a friend of the owner. I enjoyed his visits, always upbeat and smiling, RIP.
The space and patience in this is an absolute masterclass of listening and feeling. Underrated James Levi on the kit. I'm a Mike Clark fan as well. And of course, Paul Jackson absolutely murdering it.
Maupin's sax solo on Herbie's out-chord is so FIRE and SOULFUL! and last Herbie's solo reminds me a "peaceful funk world" :D yeah! 2022, he is doing the same thing! keep doing todays music! what a man! Herbie Forever!
The jazzfunk masterclass from the tv right into your living room. That was even rare back then. Anyway its always a pleasure to listen to musicians who can play this tight together. Its a expression of what can ppl do together in a very positive way.
"WoW" I have known about Herbie for the longest time but Wah-Wah Watson, I never heard of before!! Just like the late Eva Cassidy after she died in 1996, the music industry realized her work & 'worldwide' she became popular & she was selling cd's out of the trunk of her car when she was playing, she died at age 33!!
Wen I was little I loved the music I grew up with in the '70's. What I loved the most is how these awesome musicians were just cool down to earth people. It was all about love, good vibes, oneness. These musicians put out genius stuff but always were humble and brought so much good energy to the people. It wasn't about being a star, or getting rich. Love supreme was the mindset and we need to just keep that going cuz it brings out the best in us all. 👍💕💕💕🦋🦋🦋
Love it… saw them in Terre Haute, Indiana, fall of 1976 … we were wannabe musicians in HS. We stayed after and the band came back to tear down, etc. They talked… nicest, humblest guys… great memories.
Growing up in my Italian American house, I was taught there were 2 legends that we’d never get tired of. Wahwah Watson and King Curtis. Still to this day this music kick starts some movement in my otherwise soulless body! I love this stuff. Thank you for sharing Joe D
oh my, youtube algorithm, thank for for deeming me worthy of this epic jam session. edit: gosh that was about 2 hours too short...LOVED every second of it!!!
The GREAT musician, composer, producer, engineer, etc…Herbie Hancock and the gang. A GREAT human being in general as well. Great respect to such an honorable and accomplished professional. Definitely one of the Greatest of time…🔥🔥🔥🔥💯😎👍🏾. R.I.P to another great in this lineup, “Wah Wah Watson”. He played on so many hits. A spectacular talent. Keep on coming with it Herbie . Blessings…🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 for the memories.
Didn't even know this video existed ... much thanks for this vivid eye candy. 40 years in Japan now, and the live VSOP version of this song has long been my go-to, expressway, road song for heading into the mountains West of Tokyo, or down to Sagami Bay for a bit of offshore fishing. Brings back good memories of college days and nights at UNC-W/Chapel-Hill ... Weather Report, RTF, the ECM sound, CTI-Kudu stuff. All good. Actually shook hands with Herbie after a gig at the old Blue NoteTokyo. He and Wayne Shorter are living gods at the top of my musical pantheon.
@@zay_thegentleman288 Indeed. It made front page news in Japan, and was aired on NHK television when I first heard about it. He is a god of modern jazz, and one of my favorite thinkers.
I love how steady that L5 is on his lap and how his hands so freely move up and down gliding like they are floating on the neck of the guitar. It feels and sound so balanced and graceful.
I’m amazed….the art of musicianship lives on. Bassist keeping a groove Drums tight in that pocket Wah Wah doing Wah Wah things Herbie is a genius Sax putting the icing on the cake
So glad that such high quality recordings exist. I always love seeing the Northern European tv footage of musicians from this era, as it is usually of superior quality in all aspects. This one doesn't disappoint.
Thanks for saying that. All my favourite American rock and jazz is usually videos from European tv especially the BBC! Now under fire and under the cosh from privatisation!
So I stumbled on this beautiful gem and also discovered that Mr. Herbie Hancock recorded a live version of this track in Chicago in 1977, with none other than JACO PASTORIUS on the bass! Just when you think it can’t go next level, Jaco is added to the mix.
Saw Herbie in Berlin Germany in early 2000's I could not believe the accoustics, or the funk which he produced. I thought I was inside a speaker cabinet during the whole show.
@10:43 Here's where I started to hear Return to Forever vibes enter the piece. These thirsty exploring Jazz musicians from the early '70s onward clearly influenced one another (positively, IMHO). Joe Zawinul was also paying attention as were all the rest to what was being explored. Thanks very much for the upload Bob the Juke. And condolences @djcoolcliff at the loss of your uncle. For as long as we can still hear the music he made, he will never be forgotten. 🙏❤
I met & played with him in front of my Parents in 1969(@ the Sahara Club . He came and played on the stage with our trio of then young high school kids. He was playing a red Gibson E335 semi hollow body I think it was TP-Tail Piece . He was there to play behind the Originals a Motown group on tour later in the same nught club. When we took a break in the band break room & met two other big time Richmond VA musicians Tommy lewis- Drummer & "Bassie" Irvin Saunders-bassist of Motown who was later with Donny Hathaway. They told us about 5 cats from Gary Indiana whom they had witnessed recording at Hitsville in Detroit. 2 weeks later right on the Radio , WANT & WENZ- AM The Jackson 5 (I WANT YOU BACK).
Can’t believe this video is on here, what a find! I love Wah Wah, got introduced to him via the early Maxwell releases which his signature riffs are all over. Fantastic guitar player
Yeah my uncle laced that record!! But you have to understand that not only Wah Wah was in the build but also Leon Ware! Leon wrote the whole I Want You record for Marvin Gaye and My uncle Wah Wah was on it too!!! That’s why you got the sound!!!!!! RIP to Leon Ware and Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson!!!
There is no one like this man and it's good to see Mr Hancock at a young age and the original Headhunters but man Mister wild wild Watson was one of a kind God bless him 🙏
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Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson is my uncle! Just celebrated his passing last week!! This video is so awesome and thanks for posting!!! Just seeing him with that Gibson L5 which was given to him by Ray Parker Jr. He played on a lot of hit records to include Let’s Get It On, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Car Wash, I Will Survive, Maxwell’s first cd and so many other records!! Miss you Unc but I hear you almost everyday still on the radio!!!! RIP!!!!!!!!
And quite a cool little Conga player you got there.
@@stevemartin4249 Thanks Steve!!
@@djcoolcliff Let us know when he goes pro!
Cheers from Japan!
@@stevemartin4249 Will do! Lol!!
@@djcoolcliff 😄
That's why there were shortages of keyboards in 1976! Herbie bought all of them!
😅
An Ad in the middle of a funky groove like this should be a criminal offense
Wah Wah Watson is the best name ever for a guitar player
Beats Joe Strummer anyway.
@@zorbanongreco 'Fingers Malone'? 😎
@@maxwellsilver3115
Yes but..Who's he ?
Is he as good as
Twangy McTwang ?
Totes 😎
@@zorbanongreco 🤣
Stage Manager: "Mr. Hancock. How many keyboard do you need tonight?"
Herbie Hancock: "Yes."
😂😂❤❤
Oh shiet i just found gold.
That shirt Paul Jackson is wearing is unstoppable alone
this video so old school with the editing tis dope
When jazz and funk get perfectly blend together... this monster is the result 😎
Certainly with help of disco, rock-n-roll and certainly fusion.
@@ondaride777 Disco means Dance Music,you can dance to anything
@@marcustrice3876 So if I played some Jazz, some Blues, some Rock, or some Country, you’d say “that’s Disco music”?
@@m.vonhollen6673 I love disco, but you got a point… 🤷♂️
From another dimension, just look at Herbie channelling…
R.I.P to the great Mr. WATSON! And all the legendary men of the past that paved the way for a young black musician as my self to even get the opportunities I have now. ❤ Hope I can do the same.
Fourteen and a half minutes' worth of music, and it doesn't get boring for a single second. Geniuses, geniuses of the highest order...
Whoever put an ad in the middle of this masterpiece is going to hell!!!
So f..g annoying.
Ur in hell for not just paying 10$ a month lol. You probably see 1000 ads a day haha
@@ZachNelson-rl8vbfr, mad worth not seeing ads
Always some dick daeh who’s missing the point … Lol
Totally agree , and if you played piano as in the bloody Ad why would you be struggling with hand coordination?
Back to the video - absolutely brilliant, as a sax player I wish the tenor was up more in the mix .
Echoes of Sanders .
This is criminally funky. Insanely tight groove. Very nice.
Damn right mate
Originally ❤
There's nothing this cool today.
@SmithMrCorona it's my opinion. You can have yours, too.
Have you heard any Vulfpeck?
Well, get to it then.
There very unique and talented driving through the woods listening to vulfpeck❤@@cooldebt
There isn’t a single musician on this video that isn’t in a class by themselves. Amazing.
Man, how I like this!!!
Ever mean to click on a video for a second, and next thing you know you’ve watched it 2-3 times?
THIS.
Cleanest example of funk-Jazz ever. Herbie should be a household name
🧿💙MASTERPIECE !!!
ATOMICA JAZZ BOMB 💣🔥🎼🎵🎺🎻🎹🥁🎷
ALL THIS BEAUTIFULS MUSICIANS HAVE A LIGHT FROM THE OLIMPIO GODS !!!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🧿
🎵😎
This should be preserved in a museum and studied! ❤❤❤
It is. It's called Berkeley school of music 😂😂😂.
That timing shoulder is everything!
10:04
The musical communication here is on another level.
First of all, Paul Jackson is probably the most underrated bassist. Funky is an understatement. Benny Maupin, Wah Wah, are killers. Miss this era of music. Of course, Herbie is the Man!!!
I agree my brother,Paul Jackson was a beast🙏🏽
U forgot to mention solid James Levi..
dude straight cold on it with the golden camel necklace and the most beautiful vintage gibson jazz box ive ever seen
Many have no idea that this man is playing on the song" Cloud 9" by the Motown Temptations & that changed the sound of soul in the late 60's and early 70's. I played on the stage with him myself( as my mom and dad watched)along with the soon to be Drummer and song writer for the Jimmy Caster Bunch(Elwood Henderson). And on our break at a local club in his and our hometown of Richmond VA. He was with Motown and told us about 5 young cats from Gary Indiana he had done sessions with. Exactly 2 weeks later the Jackson 5's 1st hit came over the local Radio airwaves,
"I WANT YOU BACK". And the rest was history.The bassist also with him went on to play with Bobby Taylor and the Van Cougars and then with Donny Hathaway his name was( bassie )Irvin Saunders and can be seen on the flip Wilson 70's show with Donnie Hathaway.Elwood and myself were kids of 16 years old at the time. The year was 1969.
Awesome... Thank for sharing that story.
Yes when Motown hired Norman Whitfield to produce for them, Me!vin & Ray Parker were his go to guitar players.
Mr Whitfield used Melvin on many many sessions that he produced. He was an amazing and funky guitarist.
legend.
Niiiiice brother. Great story.
That riff @03:00
Beautiful story! I Grew up in Motown with the kids of Motown legends. I love every part of that musical experience. I played the drums and was the funky white boy!! Great times
One of the best things about attending concerts during the '70's and '80's was how much the musicians enjoyed experimenting with different sounds on standards and hit recordings. Rarely did they perform a song exactly as it was presented on the album. Concerts were for pushing the envelope and branching out to new horizons.
lucky I caught the tail end of that era. By the mid 90s shows were much more scripted imo.
@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL When digital recording and sequencing started to happen in the late 80’s, that gave musicians options for robot accompaniment.
You could make music sound more perfect at the expense of its honesty.
Soul-killing!
@@m.vonhollen6673 yeah that’s very true
In other words, they were just like the bands that I go out to see today.
did u attend one?
Musicians from the 90’s and back just have a purity you can’t fake or artificially create. Especially 70’s era. They just knew their instruments and were in total sync with them. Thank the human innovation of today that allows us to see them though.
If you were one that read the back of album covers, you know Wah Wah worked plenty. In the ‘70s he was everywhere. As a guitarist myself, I loved his playing. I was a Headhunters fan too. This makes me want to perform again. Let’s see, where is my dashiki?
Go for it!
Too bad Ray Parker Jr. is missing he was also on this cut.
Dust off that dashiki and play. Blessings to you.
In the closet, next to your Super suit.
Yeah Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson is my uncle and he had no shortage of work even thru all of the changes of music and the business!! Unc is my hero and he always told me work and develop your own sound! He said the people will call you for your sound! Unc truly had his sound down!!!!
camera person did a great job in getting us as close as possible to allow us to feel each musician playing their part.
Finally! A cameraman who knows how to photograph musicians.
💯
Especially on old recordings like that, a lot of jams and concerts were filmed like shit, like focusing on the wrong musician and zooming on their face. This particular one with the tasteful special effects and cool camera angles is awesome
Those Danes clearly know how to appreciate great music - this was on TV! What brilliant programming plus a cameraman who really knew his stuff.
Not enuf bass and drums!
Thanks TH-cam algorithm for suggesting this gold, and cheers Bob for this amazing upload, absolutely banging!!!
Me too!!
Yeah. .. they finally got it right.
You couldn’t be more diametrically opposed……algorithmic suggestion and human players. Or could you ? Musicians don’t always know the math they’re playing, yet they play it truthfully !!!
When the aliens arrive, this is what we should present to them as a gift from humanity.
I'm a Metalhead for decades but I also love Funk.
This song is groovy as hell.🇦🇹👋
Wah Wah Watson was a GOAT. I've been playing guitar 49 years. He's the Truth. I grew up with professional musicians. My Uncle Don Myrick (EWF, Phil Collins, MJ)...comes to mind seeing him in the Pharaohs, rehearsing in the living room turned into a Woodwind/Sax Rehearsal studio, infused with African Incense, African Art. It brings you to time everything was real, not sampled. Instant creativity. I will be picking up some of Wah Wah's funky phrases...
What an amazing environment thqt must have been to grow up in
Wow….these cats reminds us of true musicianship….playing from the soul and not the head…lol…lol
this is dumb as hwll
Incredible music, wow. What these guys have left for humanity
I listend for over four minutes and I'm pregnant now.
It really doesn't get any better than this.
It really doesn´t.
As my friend says, "Herbie ... doesn't suck". 🎹
It does
Read the next post
ESPECIALLY from 11:45 to the end.........herbie actually levitates to another planet when the song ends!!!!
I play Keyboards, bass and guitar.
This is a musical orgasm for me.
Best of the best, making music history.
Thanks for sharing this iconic performance.
I. Love. This.. so MUCH!!
This is from my childhood. Thank god for older siblings.
I miss this quality.
So much sonic texture here and self-awareness in regards to the impact of volume levels. Nothing is ever in your face, everyone is pulling together for one lush and groovy ride. Spectacular!
Bob Juke uploading this is commendable
To his nephew, I saw him with Herbie Hancock, Sheila E. ( before Prince). At Red Rocks.What was extraordinary was we got there early and they were setting up the stage. No musicians were out there except for him sitting on a folding chair playing, but it didn’t sound like any guitar sounds . No one was at the keyboard setup and it wasn’t until the show started that we realized it was him the whole time. By the way we are all musicians. One of the high points of my musical life 😢🎉❤
From the Manchild album. My favorite Herbie Hancock album. Never gets old.
That intro is sick!
These guys would be a dream to jam with.
That camera work , back then was as ground breaking as the Band
Obviously, the music is wildly great but I also just love the esthetic of 70's TV. The overlayed, bluescreen shots they use to feature 2 players at once, the way the sax reflects the studio lights and the camera just can't handle it so it produces that pink glow, muah! Chef's kiss!
Very trippy! 😊
Amen. Love that. Just doesn't give the same effect today. No ghosting watching black and white TV either.
the piano & wah wah ad lib finale is incredible!
The TH-cam algorithm was kind to me tonight and put this awesome video in my path. Awesome musicians-
Every piece fits...and when you step back, listen to everyone as one-instrunent...the picture they paint is glorious!!
And jazzy at it is...it's still approchable; it never leaves the audience behind and baffled.
And nobody grandstands except the horn man. But they have too; its in their union rules.
Just Sublime
It is incredible it all fits. Each one pulling the fabric of time, then letting go. Like a spider hanging onto its web in a summer rain storm. Uniform and strong but so close to ripping.
@@Mark_J_on_guitar I absolutely love your description!
i love seeing stuff from this era with this much fidelity and care.
Wah Wah used to come in to the flower shop I worked in on Sunset Blvd. back in the early '80s, he was a friend of the owner. I enjoyed his visits, always upbeat and smiling, RIP.
Lots of fancy video setups (par for the day) and I love it. Thanks for posting.
The space and patience in this is an absolute masterclass of listening and feeling. Underrated James Levi on the kit. I'm a Mike Clark fan as well. And of course, Paul Jackson absolutely murdering it.
Maupin's sax solo on Herbie's out-chord is so FIRE and SOULFUL!
and last Herbie's solo reminds me a "peaceful funk world" :D
yeah! 2022, he is doing the same thing! keep doing todays music! what a man!
Herbie Forever!
It's been downhill from there.....spectacular music back in the day......
The jazzfunk masterclass from the tv right into your living room. That was even rare back then.
Anyway its always a pleasure to listen to musicians who can play this tight together. Its a expression
of what can ppl do together in a very positive way.
may the algorithm bless this gem. 💎
Herbie gets so engrossed in the jam, he doesn’t introduce himself. A musician’s musician- so selfless.
I'm over 40 years old now, but when I grow up I still want to be Paul Jackson.
"WoW" I have known about Herbie for the longest time but Wah-Wah Watson, I never heard of before!! Just like the late Eva Cassidy after she died in 1996, the music industry realized her work & 'worldwide' she became popular & she was selling cd's out of the trunk of her car when she was playing, she died at age 33!!
Wen I was little I loved the music I grew up with in the '70's. What I loved the most is how these awesome musicians were just cool down to earth people. It was all about love, good vibes, oneness. These musicians put out genius stuff but always were humble and brought so much good energy to the people. It wasn't about being a star, or getting rich. Love supreme was the mindset and we need to just keep that going cuz it brings out the best in us all. 👍💕💕💕🦋🦋🦋
exactly thanks for your words
Back for another dose, thanks again!
Love it… saw them in Terre Haute, Indiana, fall of 1976 … we were wannabe musicians in HS. We stayed after and the band came back to tear down, etc. They talked… nicest, humblest guys… great memories.
Growing up in my Italian American house, I was taught there were 2 legends that we’d never get tired of. Wahwah Watson and King Curtis. Still to this day this music kick starts some movement in my otherwise soulless body! I love this stuff. Thank you for sharing
Joe D
Man...your parents had great ears,hearts and Souls...May God Bless them and You And Yours ✌️
That's a beautiful thing, man. ❤️🎶
@@cosmicman621 Thank You buddy. That was nice.
@@oRuTRa45 Thank You buddy.
King Curtis with Cornell Dupree on guitar is a thing of beauty.
Thank you
This is next level after miles - I sure hope people talk about herbie later - his audience hasn't even been born yet.
Pure genius! IQ level is through the roof on this entire set!
The groove is so in the pocket! Incredible lineup of musicians assembled here. Thank you so much for sharing this treasure with the TH-cam community.
Pure perfection, mind-blowing, transcendental. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you youtube algorithm, your finally coming to your senses.
oh my, youtube algorithm, thank for for deeming me worthy of this epic jam session.
edit: gosh that was about 2 hours too short...LOVED every second of it!!!
Exactly
The GREAT musician, composer, producer, engineer, etc…Herbie Hancock and the gang. A GREAT human being in general as well. Great respect to such an honorable and accomplished professional. Definitely one of the Greatest of time…🔥🔥🔥🔥💯😎👍🏾.
R.I.P to another great in this lineup, “Wah Wah Watson”. He played on so many hits. A spectacular talent. Keep on coming with it Herbie . Blessings…🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 for the memories.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE GROOVE PERIOD!!!
His bass groove is nasty AF 🔥💃☝️
Paul Jackson is one of the greatest electric bassists in history
Yeah he deserved more camera time!
Didn't even know this video existed ... much thanks for this vivid eye candy. 40 years in Japan now, and the live VSOP version of this song has long been my go-to, expressway, road song for heading into the mountains West of Tokyo, or down to Sagami Bay for a bit of offshore fishing. Brings back good memories of college days and nights at UNC-W/Chapel-Hill ... Weather Report, RTF, the ECM sound, CTI-Kudu stuff. All good. Actually shook hands with Herbie after a gig at the old Blue NoteTokyo. He and Wayne Shorter are living gods at the top of my musical pantheon.
RIP to Wayne Shorter 🙏🏾🙏🏾
@@zay_thegentleman288 Indeed. It made front page news in Japan, and was aired on NHK television when I first heard about it. He is a god of modern jazz, and one of my favorite thinkers.
Liquid gold music preserved from 50 years ago. Keep grooving
211K? Bra this shit should have millions of viewssss
It's quality my friend, not quantity. The quantity perfer Taylor swift over this
The year I was born! Had to come when this funky gold was dug!
I love how steady that L5 is on his lap and how his hands so freely move up and down gliding like they are floating on the neck of the guitar. It feels and sound so balanced and graceful.
Abbbbsolutely
I never noticed that, but it is amazing to watch.
Should seen him live like I did with Herbie.
Think that's a super 400. Not an L5. Great sounding instrument regardless
And those magnets
What I’m amazed by, next tot the music, is the amazing chroma keying for 1976!!
I’m amazed….the art of musicianship lives on.
Bassist keeping a groove
Drums tight in that pocket
Wah Wah doing Wah Wah things
Herbie is a genius
Sax putting the icing on the cake
PREEEACH!!!!
drums are almost always straight time, the bass is FUNKY big time.
Love that nitrocellulose hiding blues over tones and primitive transistors!
Now we know what they meant by dropping the gold standard! 😂😢😅
Such a solid and inspired video broadcast, too.
One of my first funk lps was Elementary by your uncle. I was 15. I'm now 52. This music is my life ❤
Raw, uncut, cooked from scratch. Truly magnificent jam, takes me back. I'm full now.
Ironically that wah guitar does sound like a DJ scratching at some points 🤯 true pioneer
So glad that such high quality recordings exist. I always love seeing the Northern European tv footage of musicians from this era, as it is usually of superior quality in all aspects. This one doesn't disappoint.
Thanks for saying that. All my favourite American rock and jazz is usually videos from European tv especially the BBC! Now under fire and under the cosh from privatisation!
Wow, I feel blessed getting this delivered to my feed. Absolutely amazing.
So I stumbled on this beautiful gem and also discovered that Mr. Herbie Hancock recorded a live version of this track in Chicago in 1977, with none other than JACO PASTORIUS on the bass! Just when you think it can’t go next level, Jaco is added to the mix.
1976 was the pinnacle of cool music and culture. ✌
It doesn't get any better than this natural from the soul
These cats are each in their own world but are playing as one 😎
Herbie is my favorite jazz musician of ALL time.....................
This is PHENOMENON! ATOMIC! 5 Masters of Jazz-Funk! WHAT A DISCOVERY! Wah-Wah Watson is definitely monumental.
Funky Jazz at its best…a timeless piece of great music. More of this music in these dark times. 🤗🙏
Yeah this was a hell of a band and all this still sounds good i am listening to this in 2023 The sound man is great
Thank you for sharing this!!!MAGNIFICENT groove!!!! PEACE Family, and God bless.
This is so awesome. I was born in the early 80s so I grew up on this type of music via my parents. Thank you for posting this!
Saw Herbie in Berlin Germany in early 2000's I could not believe the accoustics, or the funk which he produced. I thought I was inside a speaker cabinet during the whole show.
Funk at its most vibrant. This is a joy to behold. The groove is relentless. Can I be very selfish and ask for more, more, more!!!!
I can send you a dropbox link for the whole TV thing and you can download it to your computer .. email me at bob.juke@gmail.com
@10:43 Here's where I started to hear Return to Forever vibes enter the piece. These thirsty exploring Jazz musicians from the early '70s onward clearly influenced one another (positively, IMHO). Joe Zawinul was also paying attention as were all the rest to what was being explored. Thanks very much for the upload Bob the Juke. And condolences @djcoolcliff at the loss of your uncle. For as long as we can still hear the music he made, he will never be forgotten. 🙏❤
I met & played with him in front of my Parents in 1969(@ the Sahara Club . He came and played on the stage with our trio of then young high school kids. He was playing a red Gibson E335 semi hollow body I think it was TP-Tail Piece . He was there to play behind the Originals a Motown group on tour later in the same nught club. When we took a break in the band break room & met two other big time Richmond VA musicians Tommy lewis- Drummer & "Bassie" Irvin Saunders-bassist of Motown who was later with Donny Hathaway. They told us about 5 cats from Gary Indiana whom they had witnessed recording at Hitsville in Detroit. 2 weeks later right on the Radio , WANT & WENZ- AM
The Jackson 5
(I WANT YOU BACK).
I remember cold Pgh bites in college ...solving course assignments...painting .Thank you.lost my albulm😂
Can’t believe this video is on here, what a find! I love Wah Wah, got introduced to him via the early Maxwell releases which his signature riffs are all over. Fantastic guitar player
Same here, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Yeah my uncle laced that record!! But you have to understand that not only Wah Wah was in the build but also Leon Ware! Leon wrote the whole I Want You record for Marvin Gaye and My uncle Wah Wah was on it too!!! That’s why you got the sound!!!!!! RIP to Leon Ware and Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson!!!
There is no one like this man and it's good to see Mr Hancock at a young age and the original Headhunters but man Mister wild wild Watson was one of a kind God bless him 🙏
Learning about new great musicians is one of the best feelings on Earth, thanks for sharing!
We need more footage like this ASAP! Keep the funk goin