The way Bill Evans just comes to the fore, wanting to solo, and then at 9:36 drummer Steve Smith looks at Stern and nods "why not",...that shit is beautiful. The whole band just holds it down when Evans is playing , and the song grows into a big finish. Beautiful, i feel this live version every single time!! THIS is why im into music! Music flies above all our bullshit in this world, all of it.
15:55. On NPR I heard that when Richard Bona was a little kid he climbed through the window of a bikeshop in his homeland of Cameroon to get bicycle cables to make his own bass....out of bike cables!......this is what that determination sounds like decades later. Commitment level 9000.
Is there anything better than a beautiful melody? Written or improvised. Voice or guitar or vibes or bass or drums. The spirit of Wishing Well delights the audience. Sure, we marvel at great musicians like this incredibly talented band playing anything. But the listening experience reaches its fullest when there's a great composition for the virtuoso(s) to play.
Steve Smith is phenomenal in his melding, blending and boosting or retiring of the bottom line. Bill Evans covers so many bases it’s huge, Stern is up there with the great guitarists, composers and arrangers living. Richard Bona brings it all together with beautiful playing and a voice of angels AND a creative spirit w/playfulness unparalleled in one package. Eee Gods. Thanks for the performance and the Upload shared.
There is very little I can listen to over and over again. Too many notes, or just not my piece of the pie, but this is it. My heart on a platter, no walls, all is good. Because I said so.
World class virtuoso's who listen to each-other. I have had the pleasure to listen to Mike and Richard play together about 6 feet away. My only criticism is that I wish Mike would sing more because he has a great voice and could hold his own vocally with Richard who is a great.
le meilleur de ce que la musique international peu produire quel plaisir !!! quelle musicalitée.... quels talents.. et le message est sublime! merci a ces musiciens qui nous rappellent que la musique se joue des frontieres baties par les hommes,et est sans limites, les personnes se rejoignent dans la memes couleurs" musicale et humaine" ce sont en plus des musiciens que j'adore depuis longtemps ..Sublime!!! a l'interieur nous avons tous la meme couleur le rouge qui est symbole d'amour!
like stern because he's a great composer , never boring ! some great guitarists they make albums just for guitarist , any name lol ? stern make music very pleasant to hear even if its great music hard to play !
and he is a very natural and friendly person he was in austria ,st pölten it was soooooo great he talked with us and i have a pic mike and me , so great i love him and his looking and behaviour is very young and powerful
Wonderful to have so different charakters unique in one band. Wish, Trumps, Putins, Orbans and Kims could find any harmony... even 0.1% would be great for the world. what we can see and hear here, is 110%, timing, intonation, lines, construction, I can learn so much from this! Personal thanks to my favourite Bill Evans. Must be like in heaven to listen live to that concert!!
Grande Richard Bona, non sapevo cantasse così bene. Mike Stern ha bisogno di questi genii nella sua Band. (anche se gli SA sono una Band a se stante). Richard Bona mi fa pensare quanto sia aperto mentalmente per fare questi skat: come di consueto in questa tecnica, non dice una parola sensata, ma sembrano poesie.
what do you call that snare figure w/ brushes? When he sings the melody widens out touches everywhere. for chills and thrills..on par with metheney's nicest melodies.. the band listening so well playing the rhythm and the band playing each other
Drummer is the leader of fusion band Vital Information, and is the prototype rocker/jazzer fusion master: ex and again current member of Journey; also played with Ronnie Montrose; & Jean Luc Pony - this is stickman Steve Smith.
Sorry, but Richard Bona is an over playing nightmare. He plays like he's starved for attention. Don't get me wrong, he's an amazing talent. He plays like a kid w/ chops on bass without much taste.
Nah... you're wrong. LIke Jaco, he plays a lot and it all makes sense. There area a lot of apologists who think any bass player that plays more than 8th notes is playing too much.... nah, you're wrong.
To be fair he does play his trademark runs a little bit too often... not too much vocabulary just great technique. Although I do still enjoy most of his playing.
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Bona is beyond any possible comment...
The way Bill Evans just comes to the fore, wanting to solo, and then at 9:36 drummer Steve Smith looks at Stern and nods "why not",...that shit is beautiful.
The whole band just holds it down when Evans is playing , and the song grows into a big finish. Beautiful, i feel this live version every single time!!
THIS is why im into music! Music flies above all our bullshit in this world, all of it.
A great edition of Steps Ahead!!!
15:55. On NPR I heard that when Richard Bona was a little kid he climbed through the window of a bikeshop in his homeland of Cameroon to get bicycle cables to make his own bass....out of bike cables!......this is what that determination sounds like decades later. Commitment level 9000.
Is there anything better than a beautiful melody? Written or improvised. Voice or guitar or vibes or bass or drums. The spirit of Wishing Well delights the audience. Sure, we marvel at great musicians like this incredibly talented band playing anything. But the listening experience reaches its fullest when there's a great composition for the virtuoso(s) to play.
You said it well.
Haven’t seen you since the Mim in phoenix. I finally retired, but my students remember you from jazz guitar class. Rock on.
A beautiful piece by one of my all time fav bands.
Steve Smith is phenomenal in his melding, blending and boosting or retiring of the bottom line. Bill Evans covers so many bases it’s huge, Stern is up there with the great guitarists, composers and arrangers living. Richard Bona brings it all together with beautiful playing and a voice of angels AND a creative spirit w/playfulness unparalleled in one package. Eee Gods. Thanks for the performance and the Upload shared.
There is very little I can listen to over and over again. Too many notes, or just not my piece of the pie, but this is it. My heart on a platter, no walls, all is good.
Because I said so.
Mike Stern is a brilliant guitarist, a great talent, thankyou Mike for so much great music.
Tears of joy...
Bona est un extra-terrestre.....
Le coeur de Bona et l'imaginaire de Stern...ça envoie...
Oh man, Steps Ahead with Mike Stern, what a show that must be.
What a vibes solo!
When the vibes come in on the melody-OMG.... Such a deeply beautiful thing. And then the song blooms and grows and expands.
I've only discovered this version recently. It's beautiful, amazing musicianship. The vibes solo makes the song whole, brilliant.
Sublime.
I think it's the best video I've seen in my life.
World class virtuoso's who listen to each-other. I have had the pleasure to listen to Mike and Richard play together about 6 feet away. My only criticism is that I wish Mike would sing more because he has a great voice and could hold his own vocally with Richard who is a great.
Très jolie avec le mariage, d'électrique-Basse-voix Bonna. Avec les autres musiciens également, belle ambiance...
So great, this music
le meilleur de ce que la musique international peu produire quel plaisir !!! quelle musicalitée.... quels talents.. et le message est sublime! merci a ces musiciens qui nous rappellent que la musique se joue des frontieres baties par les hommes,et est sans limites, les personnes se rejoignent dans la memes couleurs" musicale et humaine" ce sont en plus des musiciens que j'adore depuis longtemps ..Sublime!!! a l'interieur nous avons tous la meme couleur le rouge qui est symbole d'amour!
pas mieux , mon ami , la question est Mike ou Pat ?
A pair of creative geniuses.
Beautiful control on wishing well, gorgeous vibes solo and stella sax solo and anything with Steve Smith in it’s OK with me.
RICHARD BONA WHAT A FUCKING GUY
Never ending Bona!
Masterpiece,
one of the most beautiful melodies ever,
Bona sounds like an angel
WORD ! ! ! !
This makes me happy.
Bill Evans is a genius
i cried and let it out when richard sing da head
c'est trop bon, la grande classe !!!
Bona at the back there with the vocals! Real gem this. Getting my bass out now!
like stern because he's a great composer , never boring ! some great guitarists they make albums just for guitarist , any name lol ? stern make music very pleasant to hear even if its great music hard to play !
LOVELY TEAM!!!!
and he is a very natural and friendly person he was in austria ,st pölten it was soooooo great he talked with us and i have a pic mike and me , so great i love him and his looking and behaviour is very young and powerful
Beautiful composition. This typical Steps' sound is given by Mainieri's vibes.
Masters on stage!
Super
Two words: Holy shit!!
Hell Yeah!! Just Amazing!! So much feeling...
Virtuosity at its APEX!👏🏾👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿🎤🎹🎺🎻🎸🥁🎧🎷🪕🎼🥁🪕🎸
Quelle compo magnifique!! interprétée avec génie par des musiciens géniaux.. Ils se régalent, et nous aussi. Après ça: Wishing Well.
Wonderful to have so different charakters unique in one band. Wish, Trumps, Putins, Orbans and Kims could find any harmony... even 0.1% would be great for the world. what we can see and hear here, is 110%, timing, intonation, lines, construction, I can learn so much from this! Personal thanks to my favourite Bill Evans. Must be like in heaven to listen live to that concert!!
Henry Gerwien Bona ?
Oh I nderstand Music and musicians are the worlds saviour
So fine...
Holy Shit...this bassist is a regular Jaco...and then some. Beautiful!!!
Richard Bona is one of the most talented bass player and musicien in the world as the great Qwincy jones said.
Grande Richard Bona, non sapevo cantasse così bene. Mike Stern ha bisogno di questi genii nella sua Band. (anche se gli SA sono una Band a se stante). Richard Bona mi fa pensare quanto sia aperto mentalmente per fare questi skat: come di consueto in questa tecnica, non dice una parola sensata, ma sembrano poesie.
Very Gifted player ............. MIke Does look Fem !! however incredibly talented !!
amazing....
Bona!
Beautiful song..damn at the talent!
Stern-- Bona même conbat, c est d' la bombe les gars!
Wow..awesome
Thanks a lot for sharing this pure gem !
more of same show please...
;-c
thank you for sharing, Horváth Gábor DörgeJazz
Music trip...
JAZZMASTERS!!!!!!!
yeah !!!!!!!!!!!!!! good product
Exelent!
richard bono really knows, what he is playing :-) 15:56
what do you call that snare figure w/ brushes? When he sings the melody widens out touches everywhere. for chills and thrills..on par with metheney's nicest melodies..
the band listening so well playing the rhythm and the band playing each other
ça le fait grave
Thx. But the vidéos is cut at 3:17 😢
cool
Bellissimo
muito bom
Can we find the full concert video?
Richard's solo starts at 14:40 (BTW Good morning from Canada)
Good morning from Brazil. But Bona's solo starts at 2 min! And let's prestige other musicians too! Regards
It turns out you can do a lot with a D major if you put your mind to it!
Amazing that this gets 40K views and other crap get millions. Stern is god
this world we live is truly pathetic when you think about it...one name...justin bieber. thats enough to get me depressed
Irving Gonzalez,,lol
what is amazing pathetic is jazz musicians are just like spouses, they will not give the audience what they want.
Shhhhh. Our secret. ;-)
jam for pigs
I do appreciate Stern but to say he is God, it's an overstatement.
Lugano jazz! Io c’ero!😜
tienes un tema y sabes que es ya un stardard, y lo tocas como un standard, guau!!
😍
sweet f_____g Mary.
@paisteguy799 it's cool! hand shake and a cheers: )
miles musiciens!!! 80;;;
Where and when was this?
Sorry. Richard Bona has got chops. If I am the band director for this song. YOU USE THOSE CHOPS. Stop hating.
EARFOOOOOOD!!!!
drummer and Bona are UN -be -lie -va -ble
Drummer is the leader of fusion band Vital Information, and is the prototype rocker/jazzer fusion master: ex and again current member of Journey; also played with Ronnie Montrose; & Jean Luc Pony - this is stickman Steve Smith.
now back with journey
what effect does richard use ?
Beautiful. But Steps is not Steps without Brecker.
This is a 200 tons band... 😱
is that Marvin 'smitty' Smith on the drums?
Imagine Bona & Nina Simone on 1 stage with Elvin Jones, they say fucking hologram concert will be here soon
Who is the vibe player, Manieri, Samuels or?
Oh it's Mainieri I dig it..
No comment
la palatabilità della vita
Bill Evans on sax wishes he had hair like Stern. :"
Whoopi Goldberg on bass
Unfortunately you play the insufferable R. Bona, disgust
Sorry, but Richard Bona is an over playing nightmare. He plays like he's starved for attention. Don't get me wrong, he's an amazing talent. He plays like a kid w/ chops on bass without much taste.
Bull. He's wonderful. You're a buzz kill.
Nah... you're wrong. LIke Jaco, he plays a lot and it all makes sense. There area a lot of apologists who think any bass player that plays more than 8th notes is playing too much.... nah, you're wrong.
To be fair he does play his trademark runs a little bit too often... not too much vocabulary just great technique. Although I do still enjoy most of his playing.
Everyone has a wrong to their opinion
This makes me happy.