Michael Brecker Group, BJD 1987, Bratislava, Michael Brecker: Tenor/EWI Mike Stern: Guitar Joey Calderazzo: Piano/Keyboards Adam Nussbaum: Drums Jeff Andrews: Bass
I was there..... The best concert I've ever seen in my life live. After the concert, half the audience remained seated with open eyes and mouth in shock. It was really amazing lineup.
Definitely agree. On Mike Stern studio albums, he plays like a groove oriented studio guy. Live, he’s completely on fire. Just like Stern. He’s a great soloist as well. Check out this bands version of Straight No Chaser on TH-cam. Ridiculously good phrasing and technique. Jeff Andrews is a monster
Yup. If I remember correctly he's on my favorite recorded Stern tune from the Brecker album Don't Try This At Home. The tune is Suspone and is basically this band I think. Andrews plays this pedal thing through Calderazzo's first through the form that really just makes it. Always loved that. Great stuff.
Jeff Andrews always had one of my favorite Fender tones. Tremendous player. And this lineup was just scary good. I had the good fortune of seeing him play a few times in the late ‘80’s and early ‘90’s. He was always RIGHT THERE with his incredible pocket. I wish more people knew of him.
Mike Stern sure can tear it up. Few genuine jazz guitarists have his rock feel. I saw him a few years earlier with Miles Davis doubling with John Scofield. I didn't need a haircut that month!
Since I was a kid I've always loved music. Never could choose which horns I liked hearing the most between Sax & Trumpet. Even with Dizzy & Bird, Coltrane & Miles & Randy Brecker. Then I started to listen to Michael Brecker. His incredible gift was missed in Heaven. Now its back there. That guy was Special. R.I.P. Mike
If anything is said about a Tele is that it can do anything. Also, he uses a Seymour Duncan humbucker as his neck pickup (what he uses for almost everything, certainly this solo), not really Tele. :)
I remember when Stern's Upside album came out. I was studying guitar in L.A. and my teacher Adam Levine (no not that one!) had a whole class where we listened to this and studied it. One of my faves to this day!
He’s known as a jazz player but I think his pocket is beautiful. He never gets credit for it. He does some amazing pocket grooves on some of Mike Brecker’s solo albums.
Apart from the obvious props to the frontmen, the drummer and bassist are grooving like crazy. Such a pleasure to listen to. The video editing gave me epilepsy a couple of times though.
Incredible solo by Brecker sounds like Holdsworth synthaxe, amazing. Jeff Andrews a real beast reminds me of Jaco, and Hulk on guitar also great, nice track.
How in the F*&# is Brecker getting feedback multiphonics out of that damn thing at 6:10 ?!?!?!? How is that even possible? My word, he would have sounded awesome on a potato with a straw shoved in it...
I saw this band in 1987. When Miles Davis talked about creating the best MF'ing rock band ever, he was talking about this group. They would start off with a standard jazz type head and just tear it apart.
I saw them numerous times between 1987 and 1989. Each performance was mind blowing. I also saw the group immediately before this, which had Omar Hakim on drums and Kenny Kirkland on piano.
Who is more underrated? Michael Brecker or Mike Stern? What awesome musicians! The tracking on one of the first 1987 MIDI wind controller's must have sucked but Michael made it sound flawless! I saw this live in Ann Arbor MI 1987! Peace from Detroit MI.
Mike Stern mueve los dedos sobre el mástil de su guitarra como un pulpo acosado por una avispa para describir líneas de meteorito impaciente y ataca acordes broncos y acorazados, que suenan mejor cuanto más leña le hecha al fuego, provocando cosquilleantes descargas de adrenalina.
I had never heard of Mike Stern until one day , I walked into the jazz dept of the newly opened Tower records in Piccadilly Circus, London & this was playing....needless to say it was my first of many purchases of Mike Stern albums👍
Saw Mike perform in Quebec City in 1981 on a 12ft x 12ft stage. I just dropped in to have drink (a bar) and had no idea I was going to be treated to such mastery on the guitar.
Saw Brecker in Phila. several years ago and it was , I believe the first tour / introduction of the EWI.....I recall the highs pierced my eardrums bordering on discomfort and the lows were vibrating my ribcage more than any electric bassist I'd ever seen....haha still loved it ! But put a woodwind in this man's hands and he was dangerous....He left us alot of excellent material but just like all the greats , I miss what could have been.
Mike was in Kristiansand, Norway a few year ago, and played in a small venue. Met him. The thing is, that before the gig, in between the gig and after; he was playing/practising. So, like he says himself; he´s practicing all the time :)
I suppose that when some rock lads (and some boppers) listen to this they feel similar way than in the forties some old lads of swing era felt about be bop. It scares them, so they abjure, and criticise. Too bad. This stuff is not more difficult than a lot of rock and pop stuff, is simply a different approach, that requires dedication too, but above all, love for the music itself
I have been there that evening and it has incredibly good concert, starting well after midnight, as Sun Ra Arkestra playing before them extended their performance quite a lot. In spite of that no one felt tired, it has been really exciting night, ending after 3AM Monday morning. All guys were just perfect.
Hey, saw this comment and couldn't help but respond. I've got some videos on my channel of me doing newer, more challenging EWI work, with a large sum of videos about to be uploaded in the next few months with the release of a new album. Have a look if you'd like, just wanted to point you in a direction.
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I was there..... The best concert I've ever seen in my life live. After the concert, half the audience remained seated with open eyes and mouth in shock. It was really amazing lineup.
👍How awesome! What an experience that must've been!!
Which year?
@@ewaremusica 1987. Mike Stern was dressed all in black, Jaco died three weeks before.
I can imagine your recollection is completely true. This lineup is unbelievable.
It's spectacular that we live in a universe in which this could exist.
arthurthegreat yeah
no doubt
Jeff Andrews one of the most underrated bassists ever..
Definitely agree. On Mike Stern studio albums, he plays like a groove oriented studio guy. Live, he’s completely on fire. Just like Stern. He’s a great soloist as well. Check out this bands version of Straight No Chaser on TH-cam. Ridiculously good phrasing and technique. Jeff Andrews is a monster
Yup. If I remember correctly he's on my favorite recorded Stern tune from the Brecker album Don't Try This At Home. The tune is Suspone and is basically this band I think. Andrews plays this pedal thing through Calderazzo's first through the form that really just makes it. Always loved that. Great stuff.
We agree!!!!
And RIP Jeff Andrews. So sad
JEFF IS FILTHYYYYYY ON THIS TRACK, I AM SCREAMING
Jeff Andrews always had one of my favorite Fender tones. Tremendous player. And this lineup was just scary good. I had the good fortune of seeing him play a few times in the late ‘80’s and early ‘90’s. He was always RIGHT THERE with his incredible pocket. I wish more people knew of him.
Mike Stern sure can tear it up. Few genuine jazz guitarists have his rock feel. I saw him a few years earlier with Miles Davis doubling with John Scofield. I didn't need a haircut that month!
I can't say I'm a big fan of Stern's playing, but that Jean Pierre... Scary!
Since I was a kid I've always loved music. Never could choose which horns I liked hearing the most between Sax & Trumpet. Even with Dizzy & Bird, Coltrane & Miles & Randy Brecker. Then I started to listen to Michael Brecker. His incredible gift was missed in Heaven. Now its back there. That guy was Special. R.I.P. Mike
One of my favorites Mike Stern's Tune, He is Killer Composer! Great Guitarist
I like how he turned what was termed a rhythm or country guitar (Fender Telecaster) into a rock machine. Nice lead work there.
If anything is said about a Tele is that it can do anything. Also, he uses a Seymour Duncan humbucker as his neck pickup (what he uses for almost everything, certainly this solo), not really Tele. :)
+Brazen NL Yes indeed!
@@BrazenNL you can even play metal with telecaster!
Michael Brecker!!! The man blessed us with his gift. Fire, skill, beauty and heart. Every time I hear that solo I am overwhelmed.
I remember when Stern's Upside album came out. I was studying guitar in L.A. and my teacher Adam Levine (no not that one!) had a whole class where we listened to this and studied it. One of my faves to this day!
Cannot forget about Adam Nussbaum drumming. It’s so in the pocket
One of my very favorite jazz drummers Alex B. Totally agree with your comment .
He’s known as a jazz player but I think his pocket is beautiful. He never gets credit for it. He does some amazing pocket grooves on some of Mike Brecker’s solo albums.
There has not been another player of EWI and sax like Michael Brecker.
Ewi maybe, but sax : Bob Berg
Sin respuesta,demasiado buenos!!!!
@@grahamgreene1158 couldn’t agree more graham
Brecker was a complete and total bad ass...
Apart from the obvious props to the frontmen, the drummer and bassist are grooving like crazy. Such a pleasure to listen to. The video editing gave me epilepsy a couple of times though.
JEFF ANDREWS!!!
My favorite bass player!
You've been Breckered!!!!
and then his glasses almost fell off! wow
Stern hasn't aged in 30+ years
Can you believe he's in his seventies now?
The bass player's awesome! Evoking the spirit of Jaco!👍
Never seen Brecker shred harder, also my first time hearing him on an EWI. Chills during his solo!!!
Incredible solo by Brecker sounds like Holdsworth synthaxe, amazing. Jeff Andrews a real beast reminds me of Jaco, and Hulk on guitar also great, nice track.
Yes I thought it was like holdsworth...he really worked that thing !!
The absolute peak of greatness! RIP Michael Brecker!!
don't try this at home!
great stuff, Michael is on fire...:)
Which one?
What a band. And Mike Stern is BURNING
OMG Mike wearing BLUE pants!
Chris Marxen..... Wow rare one that blue... Mike only wears black... He told me he doesn't own any clothes other than black....
How in the F*&# is Brecker getting feedback multiphonics out of that damn thing at 6:10 ?!?!?!? How is that even possible? My word, he would have sounded awesome on a potato with a straw shoved in it...
piliage Must be a breath control parameter or something similar.
It’s as simple as a foot switch
I saw this band in 1987. When Miles Davis talked about creating the best MF'ing rock band ever, he was talking about this group. They would start off with a standard jazz type head and just tear it apart.
I saw them numerous times between 1987 and 1989. Each performance was mind blowing. I also saw the group immediately before this, which had Omar Hakim on drums and Kenny Kirkland on piano.
The scary thing is that during all that ridiculous playing, the tempo only went up from 102bpm to 104bpm...sorry I'm bit of a geek like that.
Relax and enjoy poindexter.
Ridicolous and Michael Brecker don’t match!!!!
That is called real time!
Incredible 🔥
Right here brecker is playing like... If Kenny g fell into a parallel dimension and lived a hundred lifetimes.
Kenny who?
A master piece, It should be renamed Dopamine.
louis ck on drums
Funny! Loius CK wishes he had timing like Mr Nussbaum!!
who doesn't. Adam Nussbaum is one BAMF
Someone needs to find all existing youtube videos with Adam Nussbaum and stick that comment there.
Of course 26 in ride cymbals are great…….but maybe…….
Mahavishnu Michael Brecker. He sounds like Goodman and McLaughlin blended on the EWI
Jeff Andrews on bass carries that groove very well, I love it
Mike always With a smile 😀
Post Miles; Yes. Before he was a tortured soul it seems... :-)
5 people are unable to recognise immense talent...
5 per year ;) Or maybe 1 hater made 30 accounts?
Mike Stern is the coolest man on earth
Mike Stern particularly amazes me with his innate like musicality which definitely shows in this composition.
Brecker's solo is fucking poisonous... holy shit.
Who is more underrated? Michael Brecker or Mike Stern? What awesome musicians! The tracking on one of the first 1987 MIDI wind controller's must have sucked but Michael made it sound flawless! I saw this live in Ann Arbor MI 1987! Peace from Detroit MI.
Watching Mike Stern just fucking go for it is one of the great joys in life.
One of the greatest ever synth-solos turns out to be played on an electric sax-thing. I love the bass playing as well.
I thought this was kinda cheesy at first, then those chord changes at 1:04 happened 🤯
Mike Stern is a psychopath on guitar. An artistic psychopath. The nice kind.
This band is not from The Mother Earth!!!!!!!
This is the kind of music they ought to play at coffee houses. After all, it almost sounds caffeinated.
Not enough notes. Simply add a few, and it'll be fine.
Fak me !! Brecker KILLING it on the EWI !!! Faaaaaaakkk.....
The greatest rocker on the sax and the EWI ever (not to mention the rest of his playing in general)...
And a great Mike Stern tune!
Now we know: Michael Brecker also influenced the Djs from the 90s😉
Un solo di EWI pazzesco. Era avanti anni luce,
Mike Stern mueve los dedos sobre el mástil de su guitarra como un pulpo acosado por una avispa para describir líneas de meteorito impaciente y ataca acordes broncos y acorazados, que suenan mejor cuanto más leña le hecha al fuego, provocando cosquilleantes descargas de adrenalina.
Jaw dropping bass playing... RIP Jeff!
Jeeeeezzzz...Mike Stern solo though...!!! Anyways my unconditional love to Jeff Andrews. I am sorry.
I had never heard of Mike Stern until one day , I walked into the jazz dept of the newly opened Tower records in Piccadilly Circus, London & this was playing....needless to say it was my first of many purchases of Mike Stern albums👍
Saw Mike perform in Quebec City in 1981 on a 12ft x 12ft stage. I just dropped in to have drink (a bar) and had no idea I was going to be treated to such mastery on the guitar.
Saw Brecker in Phila. several years ago and it was , I believe the first tour / introduction of the EWI.....I recall the highs pierced my eardrums bordering on discomfort and the lows were vibrating my ribcage more than any electric bassist I'd ever seen....haha still loved it ! But put a woodwind in this man's hands and he was dangerous....He left us alot of excellent material but just like all the greats , I miss what could have been.
Man I wish Brecker could have stuck around a while longer! What a monster! Would have loved to hear and see him play with Hiromi!
Adam Nussbaum!
from mike stern's second Album・・・ｍｙ ｆavorite tune ！
Incredible cut. Wish the EWI didn't sound like a second guitar solo. Someone mentioned in comments that Jeff Andrews passed? So sorry to hear that.
Only a thumbs up button is required for these guys, delete the other one 😎
let's have a hand for louis c.k. on drums!
Great tune
OMG what a jam
Love the weather report vibe at the end
where the chords seem to resolve and are happy together...music geeks??
Michael didnt play sax on that record, that was Bob Berg and David Sanborn. Michael did play on "Time in place" though.
I... I... what was that...? 10 minutes of out-of-this-world awesomeness
that solo came from an an other univers
Yeah this song and video just totally make me rock out...I freaking love it!!!
One of my favorite heads to sing along with.
A whole different use of a Tele than what I knew at the time. I saw this band in Atlanta ,Wow!
Steve Khan was a another fusion guy known for Tele.
Forbidden Mario level music
as of today, 5 people that viewed this are most certainly going to hell ........ insert smily face
Mike Stern, reminding us music is fun, laughing his ass off while playing brilliantly. Fusion needed more of that attitude, got too serious sometimes
I hope some peeps who got here cause they watched the Shawn lane attempt now get the difference
Stern - 'Gruesome Twosome' - Wacky Races ;).
michael breaker!!
the all bad band
Opening shot: was there just a Tenor laying on the floor?
Brecker is one of a kind, just fantastic.World top Sax player. all musisian top of the top
Used to watch Mike play this with Tiger at Pooh’s Pub
me too, remember mike's tune "brews for tiger"?
F*ck! There You go Sir M Brecker. What a solo ❤
I remember seeing this show @ The old IMAC in huntington Pretty amazing
Mike was in Kristiansand, Norway a few year ago, and played in a small venue. Met him. The thing is, that before the gig, in between the gig and after; he was playing/practising. So, like he says himself; he´s practicing all the time :)
We just lost Jeff now :/ thank God for videos! Their talent never dies.
just found out; RIP Jeff. Thank You for the music
I suppose that when some rock lads (and some boppers) listen to this they feel similar way than in the forties some old lads of swing era felt about be bop. It scares them, so they abjure, and criticise. Too bad.
This stuff is not more difficult than a lot of rock and pop stuff, is simply a different approach, that requires dedication too, but above all, love for the music itself
Johnny Ramone in Bass.
Can anyone tell me what kind of instrument Michael Brecker is playing? That’s awesome…never seen it before.
It has sound similar to the city where this psychadelix happened - Bratislava
RIP Jeff Andrews :(
Yeah, Mike Brecker was not on cd.
Feel the Breck.
Omg. I wanted to see my Buddy Adam on drums,then Mike’s EwI solo made my head explode!!
EWI orchestra anyone?
wowww a monster...Michael brecker a Genius.Her play play in the style of mike stern or jazzrock...monster
I have been there that evening and it has incredibly good concert, starting well after midnight, as Sun Ra Arkestra playing before them extended their performance quite a lot. In spite of that no one felt tired, it has been really exciting night, ending after 3AM Monday morning. All guys were just perfect.
Brecker is using samples of Mike's guitar. Not an easy/cheap thing to do in '87.
Hey, saw this comment and couldn't help but respond. I've got some videos on my channel of me doing newer, more challenging EWI work, with a large sum of videos about to be uploaded in the next few months with the release of a new album. Have a look if you'd like, just wanted to point you in a direction.
That was sick. Wow.
4:23 very visceral phrasing. great solo.
Sexy bit of music there. Mike Stern should do it double time again just to win...
2:35 Mike Stern guitar
This is by far one of my favorite videos on TH-cam...just freaking amazing
GOD Bless You 🎸🎸🎸