I did a few gigs playing bass with Bobby Hutcherson in the early 70s in San Francisco and his approach to jazz then was exactly the same. No charts, no set arrangements. I was to set up a solid groove pattern on the spot and stick to it no matter what. I was 19 years old and it was the first time I'd ever played live outside of a rehearsal studio and I have no idea why he picked me to play, but I'm very honored that he did. For Bobby it was all about spontaneity, experimentation, feel and groove.
PSA: For some time, the 1st 3 Eyewitness albums were OOP, hard-to-find, etc. Recently, for less than $20, all 3 are available on a 2-cd set. Another thing I like about Khan's guitar-ing > He usually doesn't voice chords with the 2ea Low Strings (E-A). This gives the bassist a huge amount of responsibility & freedom. A guy with big ears like AJ is the perfect musician for this group.
@@Bokkie100k Thanks -- I have followed Rick Beato and Adam Neely and enjoy them as well. All bring different things to the party and teach while also being extremely entertaining.
Anthony Jackson (before I knew who he was!) used to come to my gigs at the long-defunct Melody Lounge in Washington Heights, NYC. He was unassuming, polite and always had this sense of approval at what he was hearing. It wasn't until a few years later in a session at Electric Lady Studios with Steve Gadd,, Dave Grusin and the late and amazing jazz flute player and dear friend -Dave Valentin that I realized that it was HE (Jackson) who I was already going wild over in recordings with everyone! What a player! What a technician! His playing on the title tune of the above-mentioned session - Legends - was simply phenomenal! I was all of 19 years of age and still very wet behind the gills but I will never ever forget that experience!!!
I had the pleasure of seeing Anthony Jackson perform with Hiromi and Simon Phillips playing the "Alive" album. Really outstanding stuff. Thanks for sharing this album I had never heard of it.
Thank you sooooooooo much for using your platform to give visibility to this band! AJ has done so much tremendous work but I tell people... "you haven't heard Anthony Jackson or Steve Jordan until you've heard them with Steve Khan, in the Eyewitness band on the albums Eyewitness, Blades and Casa Loco". Eyewitness was one of those records that really took me on an rhythmospheric ride. IMO they were the epitome of what a modern electric improvising combo could do. No other jazz-fusion combo had such unique voices. Don't get me wrong... hat's off the Chick and the Electric Band but, minimal arrangement and production was actually the Eyewitness band's strength. The space between the notes is played brilliantly! Marks of true masters! Yes, I'm gushing but, that band deserves it. Another band, in a similar vein, around that same time, which got even less notice that Eyewitness (yes, it's possible) but with musicians just as fantastic is the Wayne Johnson Trio w/Jimmy Johnson on bass and Bill Berg on drums. Check out the title cut "Grasshopper". Anyone with a heart and an ear won't sit still listening to it! People though fusion was dead history in the late 80's. Not hardly.
The Eyewitness albums are great! The sum of the amazing parts is greater than one could expect or imagine. Their "dialogue" style Improvisation and the interplay throughout the tunes is 🔥🔥🔥 AJ is next level: anyone else and these albums would not have been as impactful
Gotta love some Steve Khan stuff! He always brings out a lot of brilliance from the musicians he's played and recorded as a leader. His are very unlike your typical guitar albums. He has a pretty chill style and some really nice harmonies and voicings coming from out of nowhere. And the latest stuff is still fire. The percussion section is always amazing. I don't know if he's done transcriptions of the bass parts, but he has a whole lot of transcribed solos not only from guitar but other instruments as well from his own recording and other stuff.
One my all-time fave Groups. I'll never forget being on Tour with a band in Japan and finding all those CDs and the live CD. It was Christmas. I read What the Great Steve Said about you. It was so lovely and Deep. Great job again. Cheers
Great video. You did a good job breaking down the complexity of improvisational jazz in mundane terms. I wish more people would listen to jazz, and together we could all put an end to the pop-music poison that has been poisoning our world.
I am so grateful to have found this channel, the history and origins of the bass and those who make phenomenal interpretations on it are such real pleasantries not only to the ear but to the mind. I can only imagine what the jam sessions were before they (I Witness) had the idea to put it on tracks. Just amazing!!
Love this channel. All of my favorite music discussed and broken down. My life long friend Tom Guarna studied with Steve Khan many years ago. A few years ago I was shopping in a Staten Island Shoprite and I ran into Anthony Jackson. He walked passed me in the supermarket and I said out loud, that looks just like Anthony Jackson, hoping he would hear me. He didn't respond but someone he was with said, it was Anthony. He had just went through what I think was a Stroke but I'm not sure. He was very kind and let me take a photo but was not talking much. I had seen him play with Michel Camilo so many times at Mikell's and also with Eyewitness at a NYC studio show. Chaka actually showed up to see him at that show. Keep up the great work.
Wonderful video, man. I remember the first time I heard this song - it was on The Suitcase Live record with Steve, Anthony, and Dennis Chambers. I was so excited when it was released because I had recently become intrigued with Anthony's work and was trying to dig up anything I could find with him on it. In 2008, it was a lot harder to find such info than it is now. Where's Mumphrey is the first track on that live album, and my 18 year old self was FLOORED when I heard it.
The performance of this track on the live album "The Suitcase" is really cool, and features Dennis Chambers on drums. Even with the excellent explanation here of the bass and drums, it's hard to figure out where "one" is during both the studio and live performances of this track.
Not many people know this I believe, due to the fact that he not known(on records anyway)for doing so, but he had a command of playing Funk bass in the Larry Graham style as well! I saw him play a little bit at one of the music stores on what was it, 52nd street, decades ago(around 1995 maybe, when I lived in NYC then); he was about ten feet away from me-but was right in front of me, and so I got to both see and hear what he could do with the Funk as well. Why he never promoted his ability to play this style on any of his recordings back in the 70s/80s/90s baffles me to this day maybe he did and I never found out about the recording(s). I think about what Jesus said also, about not 'snuffing out' your light(i.e., gifts and talents-especially when you've worked to develop them)but letting it(the light)shine-He specifically called it 'not putting your candle under a bush or bed, but putting it where it can give what it was designed to do-give light to the room in which there is darkness otherwise' (Matt. 5:13-15). Well, that's about it for now-just thought any of you who are fans of Anthony Jackson would be interested in seeing this, which I recollect of that day, when I saw him play like Larry Graham; and he was good at it! 4-26-23.
Remember buying this lp in 1983 ? Used to go to a shop in Wardour Street that sold mostly Classical music but had a Jazz section. Got this lp and bought the new Miles Davis Star People another day.. This lp is wild , sometimes sounding a bit like the Police? Is that auxiliary police? Steve Jordan playing great stuff , then he starts that whole rock n roll Keith Richards journey. Wonder if we can ever see him playing like this these days? I love the cover art too. Great album
Thank you for this study, overall, Anthony Claiborne Jackson is my favorite bassist, and that's saying something! All of his work is great, by his 70s fusion grooves always stun me! He is 13 months older than me, but his musical knowledge and application are in a different universe than I will ever occupy! I can only marvel at his celestial genius from my mortal coil.
This might be my favorite video you have done. I have loved Steve Khan’s sight for years now. What a treat to hear a stellar bass player break down music from this important, possibly unsung, group. Bravo. Every video of yours reminds me why I play. Thank you for always bringing the bass and music joy.
Anthony Jackson is an amazing bass player . He has played with some of everyone. I had an album by Michael Urbaniak and Anthony was playing bass on the entire album. Awesome sounds!
OK... new music alert!!!! but AJ favorite bass line to me will always be "Love Has Fallen On Me", by Chaka Khan. When he starts soloing, a little, the strings then pick up and play what he's doing.... Just my favorite!
The live version of this tune on SK double live album is insane, What Anthony Jackson and Chambers do with this is beyond words. My Favorite Eyewitness recording to this day is Casa Loco.
Eyewitness. Paul you have me in “ The WayBack Machine “ with this. Such a avant-garde sound , this group was a eclectic delight when I first heard them. My buddy Greg had this album. We’d go to his house and marvel at what they were doing. As always, thanks for sharing buddy !
Also Sir I am a Cleveland Eaton fan . Saw him 3 times with The COUNT . Got to speak to him many times . Also I was a acquaintance of Waymon Reed . Got to know him on his second stint with the COUNT as well when he was with Buddy Rich Band . We lost him in 1983 . Nice Guy . Joey .
Thank you so much for your erudition, enthusiasm and insight. Aside from so much new music, you have shown me many elements that I've missed on many old favourites. Superb.
Great video that pulls back the curtain. .This very song playing on my car radio made me a fan of Anthony for life. He is indeed a very rare type of genius. ❤❤
"One" is always "one" where AJ's part is concerned. He is locked into it, and you can easily follow it through the entire tune. Under Kahn's solo, AJ does his typical "off the reservation" exploration of unexpected notes that work perfectly and make him the most interesting bassist alive today, but he still keeps the one distinct as he comes full circle to the original feel. A song like this was never scripted or rehearsed. During this era, fusion with a band like this was all about experimenting and seeing where the music could go with a room full of virtuoso musicians who listened to each other and played off each other's cues. I can see it now...drums starts out with what he was feeling, AJ comes in playing a line off the cuff, and Kahn spontaneously comes up with a melody, and it is off to the races from there. In the end, everyone is still anchored to the one by Anthony's rhythm.
Thanks for the amazing video. I love being an "eyewitness" to your great enthusiasm. Ehhhh...... Anyhow though, your enthusiasm in all your videos is really inspiring to me. Been playing bass for 8 years and your videos have been some of the most inspiring for me to get out of my comfort zone and therefore, rut, and start learning new things and improving again. Keep spreading the joy of music my friend! Many thanks and I wish you the best in all your endeavors.
Wow!!! that was amazing, I had never heard of this group before, I know all of the individuals, but that has got me, again, you have me buying another album mid-video. Thank you for another great video Paul.
Thank you so much for being a friend in touch talking jazz . Most of the time in life I have to turn myself off because if I started talking about Steve Khan or Woody Shaw . Or Anthony the con …. Ver sa…. tion would be awkward and I get ignored. But then I go home and listen to this stuff. Saw Manolo live at Ronnie Scott’s in 1998 with Zawinul . I mean talk about another level it’s frightening. Airto was another guy who took me to the depths of the Amazon rainforest at a Ronnies gig right there with reverb and off mic stuff . Incredible people. Thank you Paul it all means a lot . Steve Jordan yeah .
Love your breakdown on these vids! Guitar & bass player here for nearly 50 yrs. Would like your analysis on Michael Anthony's work with VH. Would appreciate it bro! Hope your MS is in check. Prayers out to you brother!🙏🏻👍🏻🙏🏻
AJ's work with Steve Khan has always been some of my favorite AJ playing, but it seems like it's still somewhat unknown. BTW.. the live recording from '94 is killer!!
I remember my experience with Anthony Jackson. It was in New York peering into the window of McKells high end supper club. Chaka Khan was live performing, the band playing two keyboards playin but couldn’t figure out where the bass low B was coming from , watching the fingers of the synth players they weren’t there, not considering the stringed bass at all the experience happened it was Anthony Jackson on 5 string bass my first time ever to witness this sound time was around 1985-86 that’s my story.
Just uploaded a Eyewitness style jam I did in 2015 on my channel . I played guitar and bass . Always loved Eyewitness. Listening to their second live in Tokyo lp
So good, thank you for this. I found this record in the dollar bin at a record store in in LA, in 1992. Found the live one too... "Blades" I think. Public Access was my favorite of the bunch.
I love bass but don't know much about players, which is why I love to watch your channel. Just found that AJ played bass on Lalo Schifrin's version of Quiet Village, which is awesome❤
One of my faves too! I heard this for the first time around the same time I heard Chick Corea's "Three Quartets." These two albums shaped my brain in profound ways. I couldn't decide (as a 12 year old) whether to give up drums, or give up guitar, or both. (I stuck with violin, haha). Even more strange, as a fan of Letterman, was to see Steve Jordan take up the drum mantle with Will Lee! I stayed up way past my bed-time just to hear them play the intro, and the bits before and after commercial breaks! Sports. Baseball. You went there. Stranger still is the tune titled Guy Lafleur. Who was the hockey fan? As a Canadian (who hated hockey), this puzzled me immensely. And it must be said, the production on this album was superb. It sounds fresh, bereft of the questionable choices that reigned over this era. This could have been recorded yesterday, sounds so fresh. And what can one say about their playing? It's the stuff I still aspire to all these years later. :) Amazing spotlight man.
Was recording with Sergio in Burbank ‘77 and Steve Gadd and Anthony were down the hall recording with Earl Klugh. They came into the studio to play on a song called Peninsula by Oscar Castro Neves. They listened to the demo, sketched it out and with 2 takes nailed it with a killer solo by Gadd ! Legendary performance!
Thanks so much for this. I didn’t know the album or the group, and you’ve given me a taste for how much there is to learn from the shifting syncopation in this track.
Apparently, the spelling machine was off when I ran the slide for "OSTINATO" #qualitycontrol 🤭
Brother, I appreciate you and what you do❤
I did a few gigs playing bass with Bobby Hutcherson in the early 70s in San Francisco and his approach to jazz then was exactly the same. No charts, no set arrangements. I was to set up a solid groove pattern on the spot and stick to it no matter what. I was 19 years old and it was the first time I'd ever played live outside of a rehearsal studio and I have no idea why he picked me to play, but I'm very honored that he did. For Bobby it was all about spontaneity, experimentation, feel and groove.
I was fortunate to see AJ and his huge Fodera with Hiromi and Simon Phillips , great show with top-notch playing all around !
Steve's Chord Khancepts and Pentatonic Khancepts are amongst my favorite music books.
AJ is a monster. I saw him with Hiromi and Simon Phillips about 10 years ago. Unbelievable.
Great video!
I just love what Paul is doing such a value to the music community, bravo!
PSA: For some time, the 1st 3 Eyewitness albums were OOP, hard-to-find, etc. Recently, for less than $20, all 3 are available on a 2-cd set.
Another thing I like about Khan's guitar-ing > He usually doesn't voice chords with the 2ea Low Strings (E-A). This gives the bassist a huge amount of responsibility & freedom. A guy with big ears like AJ is the perfect musician for this group.
This channel is something we need on TH-cam. It’s like Reading Rainbow for real music
No one breaks it down like Professor Paul!
I just love this channel! It's the music history / appreciation class I never knew I needed.
Check out Rick Beato
@@Bokkie100k Thanks -- I have followed Rick Beato and Adam Neely and enjoy them as well. All bring different things to the party and teach while also being extremely entertaining.
Anthony Jackson (before I knew who he was!) used to come to my gigs at the long-defunct Melody Lounge in Washington Heights, NYC. He was unassuming, polite and always had this sense of approval at what he was hearing. It wasn't until a few years later in a session at Electric Lady Studios with Steve Gadd,, Dave Grusin and the late and amazing jazz flute player and dear friend -Dave Valentin that I realized that it was HE (Jackson) who I was already going wild over in recordings with everyone! What a player! What a technician! His playing on the title tune of the above-mentioned session - Legends - was simply phenomenal! I was all of 19 years of age and still very wet behind the gills but I will never ever forget that experience!!!
I had the pleasure of seeing Anthony Jackson perform with Hiromi and Simon Phillips playing the "Alive" album. Really outstanding stuff. Thanks for sharing this album I had never heard of it.
I love this channel. Always a good click, i always end up hearing about some cool bass playing that I hadn't before
Amazing stuff, I never knew about Eyewitness and Anthony Jackson, I'll be sure to check them out!
Im listening to the album now. Amazing as always you beautiful soul ...
Public Access is my favourite Anthony Jackson album. Dude is a beast!! Thank you for the eye opening comments.
Gotta check this album out; that bass line is addictive! And HUGE props to Steve Khan for allowing you to use the material. Class act.
AJ is such a powerful voice in all the music he has been a big part of creating and this is a great video on the this tune. ... Thanks
Thank you sooooooooo much for using your platform to give visibility to this band! AJ has done so much tremendous work but I tell people... "you haven't heard Anthony Jackson or Steve Jordan until you've heard them with Steve Khan, in the Eyewitness band on the albums Eyewitness, Blades and Casa Loco".
Eyewitness was one of those records that really took me on an rhythmospheric ride. IMO they were the epitome of what a modern electric improvising combo could do. No other jazz-fusion combo had such unique voices. Don't get me wrong... hat's off the Chick and the Electric Band but, minimal arrangement and production was actually the Eyewitness band's strength. The space between the notes is played brilliantly! Marks of true masters! Yes, I'm gushing but, that band deserves it.
Another band, in a similar vein, around that same time, which got even less notice that Eyewitness (yes, it's possible) but with musicians just as fantastic is the Wayne Johnson Trio w/Jimmy Johnson on bass and Bill Berg on drums. Check out the title cut "Grasshopper". Anyone with a heart and an ear won't sit still listening to it!
People though fusion was dead history in the late 80's. Not hardly.
Still got the first 2 records on vinyl. Eyeopening stuff at the time. Thank you!
when you first mentioned Eyewitness and AJ I knew exactly what track you were going to talk about. Shoulda been called "Where's One"...
Hi Paul, I'm so glad to see this band getting the recognition it deserves! Thank you so much!!!
The Eyewitness albums are great! The sum of the amazing parts is greater than one could expect or imagine. Their "dialogue" style Improvisation and the interplay throughout the tunes is 🔥🔥🔥
AJ is next level: anyone else and these albums would not have been as impactful
Gotta love some Steve Khan stuff! He always brings out a lot of brilliance from the musicians he's played and recorded as a leader. His are very unlike your typical guitar albums. He has a pretty chill style and some really nice harmonies and voicings coming from out of nowhere. And the latest stuff is still fire. The percussion section is always amazing.
I don't know if he's done transcriptions of the bass parts, but he has a whole lot of transcribed solos not only from guitar but other instruments as well from his own recording and other stuff.
The Live album "The Suitcase" has been one of my favorites the last few years !!!
Absolutely!!!💯 I have every Steve Khan CD. Anthony’s bass lines are great. Thank you for this video
One my all-time fave Groups. I'll never forget being on Tour with a band in Japan and finding all those CDs and the live CD. It was Christmas. I read What the Great Steve Said about you. It was so lovely and Deep. Great job again. Cheers
Eyewitness is by far my favourite ensemble ever.
Great video. You did a good job breaking down the complexity of improvisational jazz in mundane terms. I wish more people would listen to jazz, and together we could all put an end to the pop-music poison that has been poisoning our world.
Love "Auxiliary Police" from that album. AJ goes crazy on that one. Groove is infectious too.
I am so grateful to have found this channel, the history and origins of the bass and those who make phenomenal interpretations on it are such real pleasantries not only to the ear but to the mind. I can only imagine what the jam sessions were before they (I Witness) had the idea to put it on tracks. Just amazing!!
Love this channel. All of my favorite music discussed and broken down. My life long friend Tom Guarna studied with Steve Khan many years ago. A few years ago I was shopping in a Staten Island Shoprite and I ran into Anthony Jackson. He walked passed me in the supermarket and I said out loud, that looks just like Anthony Jackson, hoping he would hear me. He didn't respond but someone he was with said, it was Anthony. He had just went through what I think was a Stroke but I'm not sure. He was very kind and let me take a photo but was not talking much. I had seen him play with Michel Camilo so many times at Mikell's and also with Eyewitness at a NYC studio show. Chaka actually showed up to see him at that show. Keep up the great work.
Man your technique is phenomenal
A group really underated !! THANK YOU for this great analysis Big up for AJ
Wonderful video, man. I remember the first time I heard this song - it was on The Suitcase Live record with Steve, Anthony, and Dennis Chambers. I was so excited when it was released because I had recently become intrigued with Anthony's work and was trying to dig up anything I could find with him on it. In 2008, it was a lot harder to find such info than it is now. Where's Mumphrey is the first track on that live album, and my 18 year old self was FLOORED when I heard it.
I had never heard of this player or this group before. Really enjoyed learning about him, and Eyewitness. Thank you!
The performance of this track on the live album "The Suitcase" is really cool, and features Dennis Chambers on drums. Even with the excellent explanation here of the bass and drums, it's hard to figure out where "one" is during both the studio and live performances of this track.
Not many people know this I believe, due to the fact that he not known(on records anyway)for doing so, but he had a command of playing Funk bass in the Larry Graham style as well! I saw him play a little bit at one of the music stores on what was it, 52nd street, decades ago(around 1995 maybe, when I lived in NYC then); he was about ten feet away from me-but was right in front of me, and so I got to both see and hear what he could do with the Funk as well.
Why he never promoted his ability to play this style on any of his recordings back in the 70s/80s/90s baffles me to this day maybe he did and I never found out about the recording(s). I think about what Jesus said also, about not 'snuffing out' your light(i.e., gifts and talents-especially when you've worked to develop them)but letting it(the light)shine-He specifically called it 'not putting your candle under a bush or bed, but putting it where it can give what it was designed to do-give light to the room in which there is darkness otherwise' (Matt. 5:13-15).
Well, that's about it for now-just thought any of you who are fans of Anthony Jackson would be interested in seeing this, which I recollect of that day, when I saw him play like Larry Graham; and he was good at it! 4-26-23.
Remember buying this lp in 1983 ? Used to go to a shop in Wardour Street that sold mostly Classical music but had a Jazz section. Got this lp and bought the new Miles Davis Star People another day.. This lp is wild , sometimes sounding a bit like the Police? Is that auxiliary police? Steve Jordan playing great stuff , then he starts that whole rock n roll Keith Richards journey. Wonder if we can ever see him playing like this these days? I love the cover art too. Great album
This is awesome! Anthony Jackson has been my favorite bass player for 30 years. Im a drummer and heard him on Dave Weckl albums.
Terrific review of this track. It's one of my faves. That record is amazing. His bass solo in Guy Lafleur is out of control.
Thank you for this study, overall, Anthony Claiborne Jackson is my favorite bassist, and that's saying something! All of his work is great, by his 70s fusion grooves always stun me! He is 13 months older than me, but his musical knowledge and application are in a different universe than I will ever occupy! I can only marvel at his celestial genius from my mortal coil.
This might be my favorite video you have done. I have loved Steve Khan’s sight for years now. What a treat to hear a stellar bass player break down music from this important, possibly unsung, group. Bravo. Every video of yours reminds me why I play. Thank you for always bringing the bass and music joy.
Anthony Jackson is an amazing bass player . He has played with some of everyone. I had an album by Michael Urbaniak and Anthony was playing bass on the entire album. Awesome sounds!
I can't wrap my head around this.
OK... new music alert!!!!
but AJ favorite bass line to me will always be "Love Has Fallen On Me", by Chaka Khan. When he starts soloing, a little, the strings then pick up and play what he's doing.... Just my favorite!
Masterful.....Anthony is the Forever GOAT!!!
The Electric Bass Guitar G.O.A.T 👌🏿
The live version of this tune on SK double live album is insane, What Anthony Jackson and Chambers do with this is beyond words. My Favorite Eyewitness recording to this day is Casa Loco.
Eyewitness. Paul you have me in “ The WayBack Machine “ with this. Such a avant-garde sound , this group was a eclectic delight when I first heard them. My buddy Greg had this album. We’d go to his house and marvel at what they were doing. As always, thanks for sharing buddy !
Never heard this stuff before. Thanks Paul, for making great content, that I know even before I watch your video I will enjoy 👍🙏
Everything about your channel is increasing my general music knowledge and really improving my bass playing. Thanks my man, you're my MVP👍
Great review - thanks! The Eyewitness "Live" album is insane!! AJ + Khan = gold!
what an education we are getting Thank You Paul!!!
never a bad post. killer channel.
Dayum!! Where has this been all my life?? Thank you maestro- that's my deep dive for the week! :D
Also Sir I am a Cleveland Eaton fan . Saw him 3 times with The COUNT . Got to speak to him many times . Also I was a acquaintance of Waymon Reed . Got to know him on his second stint with the COUNT as well when he was with Buddy Rich Band . We lost him in 1983 . Nice Guy . Joey .
Thank you so much for your erudition, enthusiasm and insight. Aside from so much new music, you have shown me many elements that I've missed on many old favourites. Superb.
Great video that pulls back the curtain. .This very song playing on my car radio made me a fan of Anthony for life. He is indeed a very rare type of genius. ❤❤
With your explanation I can enjoy more this unique song. Thank you 👍 David
This world is missing cool bands like this popping up here and there like they did in the 70s and 80s.
i didnt know this ... wow - so beautiful - and complex - and so smooth
"One" is always "one" where AJ's part is concerned. He is locked into it, and you can easily follow it through the entire tune. Under Kahn's solo, AJ does his typical "off the reservation" exploration of unexpected notes that work perfectly and make him the most interesting bassist alive today, but he still keeps the one distinct as he comes full circle to the original feel. A song like this was never scripted or rehearsed. During this era, fusion with a band like this was all about experimenting and seeing where the music could go with a room full of virtuoso musicians who listened to each other and played off each other's cues. I can see it now...drums starts out with what he was feeling, AJ comes in playing a line off the cuff, and Kahn spontaneously comes up with a melody, and it is off to the races from there. In the end, everyone is still anchored to the one by Anthony's rhythm.
Great video, Anthony is my hero...
Love Steve and the crew.
Thanks for the amazing video. I love being an "eyewitness" to your great enthusiasm. Ehhhh...... Anyhow though, your enthusiasm in all your videos is really inspiring to me. Been playing bass for 8 years and your videos have been some of the most inspiring for me to get out of my comfort zone and therefore, rut, and start learning new things and improving again. Keep spreading the joy of music my friend! Many thanks and I wish you the best in all your endeavors.
Wow!!! that was amazing, I had never heard of this group before, I know all of the individuals, but that has got me, again, you have me buying another album mid-video. Thank you for another great video Paul.
Love it, never heard of this before and enjoying checking it out.
Yes.. Jackson's R&B grooves moving around.. Never disturb the dancers 😂
My buddy in college turned me on to this group, and I absolutely loved it! I thought of it as structured freedom. I wore that first album out!
Thank you so much for being a friend in touch talking jazz . Most of the time in life I have to turn myself off because if I started talking about Steve Khan or Woody Shaw . Or Anthony the con …. Ver sa…. tion would be awkward and I get ignored. But then I go home and listen to this stuff. Saw Manolo live at Ronnie Scott’s in 1998 with Zawinul . I mean talk about another level it’s frightening. Airto was another guy who took me to the depths of the Amazon rainforest at a Ronnies gig right there with reverb and off mic stuff . Incredible people. Thank you Paul it all means a lot . Steve Jordan yeah .
It’s such great music! I’ve made a wonderful connection with Steve Khan, too. He’s been so generous. I just love to connect to people through music!
Love your breakdown on these vids! Guitar & bass player here for nearly 50 yrs. Would like your analysis on Michael Anthony's work with VH. Would appreciate it bro! Hope your MS is in check. Prayers out to you brother!🙏🏻👍🏻🙏🏻
Stellar work here, Paul. Your channel is one of my favorite.
Brilliant! Love this group and your breakdown was superb! Thanks for posting
AJ's work with Steve Khan has always been some of my favorite AJ playing, but it seems like it's still somewhat unknown. BTW.. the live recording from '94 is killer!!
man, paul, you're one of the greatest! so damn glad I have found your chan - much love!
Steve's site is a treasure trove
I remember my experience with Anthony Jackson. It was in New York peering into the window of McKells high end supper club. Chaka Khan was live performing, the band playing two keyboards playin but couldn’t figure out where the bass low B was coming from , watching the fingers of the synth players they weren’t there, not considering the stringed bass at all the experience happened it was Anthony Jackson on 5 string bass my first time ever to witness this sound time was around 1985-86 that’s my story.
Just uploaded a Eyewitness style jam I did in 2015 on my channel . I played guitar and bass . Always loved Eyewitness. Listening to their second live in Tokyo lp
I think AJ’s work on Al Dimeola’s Elegant Gypsy is iconic, especially Race With the Devil on Spanish Highway. He stayed with Al’s solo note for note…
I knew as soon as i saw the thumbnail that is was this track! I really like the briefcase version with Dennis chambers
Yes, yes, yes.
This is brilliant, thanks again!
So good, thank you for this. I found this record in the dollar bin at a record store in in LA, in 1992. Found the live one too... "Blades" I think. Public Access was my favorite of the bunch.
People don’t talk about this man nearly enough
I’d never heard of them before, Paul, thanx al lot they‘re great!
love it! My jazz band Tribus plays this tune, as well as Kahn's version of Epistrophy.
Thank you! You are amazing Paul!
Fantastic video. Thank you. You’re always introducing me to inspirational music I seem to have missed along the way!
Thank you for this amazing recommendation! Taking a good listen with this album
Great video!
The live version of this tune with Dennis is 🔥as well.
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Thank you for introducing me to this album now!
I love bass but don't know much about players, which is why I love to watch your channel. Just found that AJ played bass on Lalo Schifrin's version of Quiet Village, which is awesome❤
I had not heard this band before and am going to correct that right away! Thanks for the video, superb bassline from an excellent player.
I'll have to check this out because I do enjoy some Steve Khan numbers ...
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One of my faves too! I heard this for the first time around the same time I heard Chick Corea's "Three Quartets." These two albums shaped my brain in profound ways. I couldn't decide (as a 12 year old) whether to give up drums, or give up guitar, or both. (I stuck with violin, haha).
Even more strange, as a fan of Letterman, was to see Steve Jordan take up the drum mantle with Will Lee! I stayed up way past my bed-time just to hear them play the intro, and the bits before and after commercial breaks!
Sports. Baseball. You went there. Stranger still is the tune titled Guy Lafleur. Who was the hockey fan? As a Canadian (who hated hockey), this puzzled me immensely.
And it must be said, the production on this album was superb. It sounds fresh, bereft of the questionable choices that reigned over this era. This could have been recorded yesterday, sounds so fresh. And what can one say about their playing? It's the stuff I still aspire to all these years later. :)
Amazing spotlight man.
Saw Anthony live with Horace Silver featuring Mike Brecker. Brilliant performance!
Was recording with Sergio in Burbank ‘77 and Steve Gadd and Anthony were down the hall recording with Earl Klugh. They came into the studio to play on a song called Peninsula by Oscar Castro Neves. They listened to the demo, sketched it out and with 2 takes nailed it with a killer solo by Gadd ! Legendary performance!
My favorite track on the album is another one named after a sports star- "Guy Lafleur".
Thanks so much for this. I didn’t know the album or the group, and you’ve given me a taste for how much there is to learn from the shifting syncopation in this track.
Steve Kahn "Blades". I love it
Great channel. I've always loved this music and it's time someone hilighted it well done..