Mike and Bob - The Michael Brecker Podcast
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Saxophonist/Compoer Bob Mintzer remembers when he first met his friend Mike. Music: Thieves in the Night solo from the New Standard's Band Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival, 1998 featuring Michael Brecker along with Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Don Alias and John Scofield. - เพลง
Interesting to hear Bob Mintzer’s comment. Bob is an amazing complete musician He is underrated even with his accolades. Mike Brecker happened and changed tenor playing-period.
true dat
“Wanna play now..?” Hahaha 😄🤗
It’s wild to see Dave Holland on an acoustic bass guitar!
To my knowledge, he only played it with Herbie's New Standards group
@@JazzVideoGuy He played a bit too in the Jack Dejohnette's parallel realities album and tour too, with Metheny and Hancock
th-cam.com/video/YG7PDB4Qqqc/w-d-xo.html
Amazing videos. Thank you so much for these!
Glad you like them!
Blue bossa by Bob and Recorda Me by Michael, are my all time favorite recordings of those songs.
with steps ahead?
It was just Steps at that time
Two of my favorite newer age Tenor saxophonists.
the new Masters
Thanks!
WOW!
I agree, WOW!
Between the time they’d met and when Bob was trading with Michael on Giant Steps with the Jaco Pastorius band, Bob had obviously been “deep in the shed”!
That Standards band clip is just.ab.so.lute.ly.ri.dic.u.lous!!!
Bob is a hard worker.
@@JazzVideoGuy
And such a brilliant musician! Blown away when I saw him play with the NTSU 1 O’clock Band back in the ‘80s. His unaccompanied intro to one of the charts still sticks with me decades later. Other favorites were his Big Band pieces like ‘Lazy Day’, his Bass Clarinet work with Grolnick and his unforgettable playing on ‘The Chicken’ with Pastorius on ‘Invitation’, and that’s barely gettin’ started!
Fire! 🔥
Somebody better call the fire department
@@JazzVideoGuy Nice, Guy!
As you know, Our Man Mike IS a Jazz "Arsonist" whose inferno WILL require oceans of water to be extinguished. (smile)
Look!
Look Video Wizard, John William Coltrane DOES concur, and so also does Chris Potter with Chad L-B and James Carter.
Wah'ow!
Go, Michael! We adore ❤️ YOU.
"Fantastic You Are"
Yeah Bret- Once again a phenomenal video- and great choice of solo- some real building going on here. Mike wouldn't always build solos like this. Sometimes it was just go for the jugular and let fly, but when he built solos like this he was the absolute master of creating motifs and variations as he does here- returning to beautifully distorted overblown notes followed by diverse variations of approach lines- and hit those overblown notes again and again and again PERFECTLY each time. You don't have to play sax to appreciate just how difficult that is to pull off on an acceptable level much less to that degree of perfection. The thought processes, immaculate technical mastery- the whole ball of wax- and he could do this slowly or at lightening speeds flawlessly- accuracy and articulation intact. To this day- nobody has ever come close to this kind of well thought out and executed perfection of mind over matter on any instrument that I've ever encountered in my world. It was cool to hear Bob's take on playing with him for the first time. I used to jam at that 21st St. brownstone loft (bet. 6th and 7th) with Bob Jospe and John Dearth back in '76(?). I wish I were there at that particular session!! The first time I played with Mike, it was a late night session at Sophisticated Gents (?) way down on 4th Ave. It was probably close to 3 am. I sure can relate to Bob's reaction, and I can't help but laugh- like "uh, yeah- I think I'll just sit back for a minute here and take this in..." I had just gotten off a gig playing bass with Kenny Kirkland and some other guys, but ran home to get my guitar and meet them there. We played for about 90 minutes, and the whole time I just sat on the floor and played in complete humility and admiration at what was coming out of this guy. That deer in the headlights factor was just as real for me, and that's how it manifested. Anyway, without writing a book here- I just want to say how beautifully Mike intuitively built solos- starting sparsely and thoughtfully, building intensity, going 'berserk" (as he would sometimes call it), and then just as magically wind down gracefully and thoughtfully as he began to the very last note when he walked away from the mic. Good to the last drop. Brett- again- all your videos are completely wonderful, but the Mikey B. ones hit home the most for me. New York and the rest of the world would have missed instrumental improvisation on an unbelievably high level if he had not been there. Thank you. Thank you! Bruce Whitcomb
OK Bruce. Thank you for sharing!
Saw it again this afternoon. Hey- I'm late taking a shower to get off to my own gig tonight, but with inspiration like this... I can be a minute or two late!! I mean, if it's not about inspiration, it's just not on a worthy high plane. Seeing Don smiling on this is fantastic too. What a wonderful man he was. Several jam sessions and hangs with him. Too many greats left early. Memories and youtube- AND tour videos keep their spirits available to us still. Thanks again.
Amazing choice of music, and which I had never seen. That’s as great as it gets. He gives you everything, and somehow it all makes sense. Mike hits me deep in the bones. Brett, do you curate all the music clips, or do you let your guest decide? Great taste always. Might be a cool sidelight to do a show with these folks and have them play 3 things they love from Mike?
Good idea
Michael Brecker -the greatest tenor saxophonist that ever lived.
one of them, for sure
HAHAHAHAHA sorry, cannot help...this kind of comment is laughable...no disrespect.
@@andradas9688 Porque?
@@JazzVideoGuy thanks for asking: It is logically impossible to affirm that one musician is the greatest in his/her instrument. There is no such a thing. The comment is laughable because it is absurd and wrong, to say the least. On the other hand, your answer was correct: Michael Brecker is one of the greatest sax players who ever lived. But to say that he is the greatest is infantile and superficial. Plus, if we want to be more technical about music, John Coltrane added most of the new expressive and technical possibilities to the instrument through his avid studies and explorations. Prior to Brecker, Coltrane had already explored with timbres, different types of sounds such as multiphonics, microtones, textures, layers of harmonies, etc, etc, in really innovative ways. No question Brecker was a virtuoso and developed his own voice in a fantastic manner. No question Brecker has become one of the most influential tenors of all time. But again, the title "the greatest" is not serious. It is a juvenile remark. That's why tend to laugh when I see that kind of comment. Thanks for your videos!
@@andradas9688 In time, I believe what I say will be vindicated. Michael Brecker is unmatched. How long have you been listening to jazz, and specifically, Michael Brecker? I'm a veteran musician and I've been listening to him (and others) since 1976. I still don't think the "jazz community" really knows or understands just how good he was. It might need another generation to write the history books properly. But then even those who write the history books can be dubious. I once looked up Michael Brecker in a jazz encyclopedia, and it said: "A tenor saxophone player". Then later it said: "who plays with a lot of emotion" That was it. Like the emotion part was all there was and on top, a disqualifier, lol. What are these idiots smoking? Brecker took Coltrane's torch for sure. But took it to a virtuoso level and made it his own. They say Brecker wasn't an innovator, but I believe he was. Please point me to a better saxophone player? Coltrane has played solos with an amount of fluff or un-clarity. Joe Henderson too. To say that is not to criticize these greats, but just to point out that Michael Brecker was a perfect player, an exceptional tenor player and musician. Just listen to Bob Mintzer talk about the first time he heard Mike play in an NY loft. Bob, believing he could play, became speechless, after Mike did a solo and then asked Bob if he wanted to blow. All of Michael's solos that he ever did, of those recorded, and they are ubiquitous, were perfect. Perfect time, perfect execution, perfect virtuoso technique, perfect articulation. But all of that would mean nothing, without sense-making. Lots of musicians have the prior-mentioned attributes, but his solo architecture, musical meaning, and utter consummate melodicism and above all, musicality were unmatched. You have to view everything in terms of sense-making. Everything that Michael played made sense, whether playing in or out. A lot of people play nonsense. There was no nonsense in anything that he played. It's all there in the transcriptions. No bullshit. Just pure musicality on every conceivable level. No-one had the consistency of Michael Brecker. As they say, some are brilliant; some are consistent. Michael was consistently brilliant. All of Michael's solos, absolutely ALL of them, is eminently transcribable. Say that about any of the other greats. Who? I'd be shocked if you could point to anyone with that kind of record. One of his greatest and most incredible solos is on "Invitation" back in the late 70s I think, on a record by guitarist Jack Wilkins. If you are not familiar, check out that solo. You can find it on TH-cam. I remember being shocked at how awesome and amazing that was, and still is. Listen to that and then talk.
Man! was that Standards Band recording every made commercially available?
That is some killer Brecker.
There's a New Standards recording by Herbie. But also, documentation of the group on TH-cam, and on the sugarmegs.org website (an archive over tens of thousands of performances)
@@JazzVideoGuy I have the recording. But that live solo is something else!
RIP Mr brecker
Sadly, he left us much much too soon.
@@JazzVideoGuy we are so appreciated your efforts for gratitude and tribute Mr BRECKER continuously ✊❤️🎷