My uncle was the owner of Titania Television and the producer of this concert. He died of cancer in december 2019. He also did a lot of other live-recordings.

@gerrysilvelli2453

4 ай бұрын

❤

@esotericgeOrge

3 ай бұрын

My condolences to you and your Uncle's family. My parents passed at the end of November 2019 also of Cancer. Are his live recordings on KZread? Are they available to the public? Thank you to your Uncle for producing this amazing show. 🎶

@nickyates_music

Ай бұрын

Thanks to your uncle for believing that making these recordings was a worthwhile investment for Titania. It’s such a beautiful gift to all of us

40 years later and still sounds as amazing as ever. RIP Michael Brecker

I just listened to this video clip again for the 3-millionth time, only this time, on a pair of Bose Companion 20 speakers and WOW!!! Everything is so damn crisp and deep. Hats off to the recording engineer and production staff!!

Peter Erskine is kicking some A##s. Love his playing. Especially on POOLS.

@graxjpg

3 жыл бұрын

Eddie Gomez is also killing it throughout pools, and the rest of the show!!

@zackkantor2737

3 жыл бұрын

His touch is fantastic.

During the song "Pools" (an amazing piece of musical art) when Michael comes in with his solo at 14:19, I almost fell off the chair! It's such an incredble sax solo with unbeliveable ensemble support, I started to cry. What a band!! Michael, R.I.P.

@thebreathalyzer

4 жыл бұрын

There's a great Eddie Gomez reaction at one point once Mike takes it into orbit... "wow". That's my favorite Pools solo that I've heard Mike play.

@paulstuart9948

2 жыл бұрын

Well....if you're still around to get this....I wanted to just pass along that of his solo you're referencing, there's some very similar stuff in his work on "in the presence and absence of you #1, with claus ogerman orchestra; I think you'd be clearly more taken by that--it builds and builds and builds, just mesmerizing. I think it was done in the same year.

@usatran

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulstuart9948 I actually have the album you’re referencing - Micheal Brecker and Orchestra conductined by Claus Ogerman. Brilliant CD!!

@UnhandledRuntimeException

2 жыл бұрын

From early 2018 until somewhere in 2019, I have been unable to hear anything else than this solo. Still It induces me to that state, as it used to do back then. I love breckers solos, but i feel this one in particular has something special in it... If the devil allowed me to travel in time to see this concert in person, i would wish i had more than one soul to sell. Unfortunatly i have been born too late for this

Hats off to the production team for capturing this historically great group with such clarity and musicality!!!

@Minotauro_di_Chieti

2 жыл бұрын

"with such clarity and musicality!!!" #ytmostidioticcomments

@damienciel-musicienvibraph7395

Жыл бұрын

Mmmmmmmmm

@jimmyddddd

Жыл бұрын

The multi-camera shoot is smooth and flawless. Truly amazing.

@jimmyddddd

Жыл бұрын

I do think the piano is a bit too quiet though.

@ajn465

Жыл бұрын

@@Minotauro_di_Chieti #mostwillingtogooutofoneswaytobeadouche

Eddie Gomez is such a consummate musician. His creative bass sound is so captivating!

@alexandremello6913

Жыл бұрын

Can't agree more with you. What a phenomenal bassist. So precise, rhythmically challenging and with a tone that really sings.

Man, nobody plays like Brecker. Just phenominal.

@lorenzmuller3542

7 жыл бұрын

Love how he is improvising over "Islands" near the end...

@frankbossert4050

4 жыл бұрын

Bendyk comes VERY close esp. On the nyc album...

@raefblack7906

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankbossert4050 nobody

@241mrmark

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed - Erskine also trumps his successors.

@edoardozampetti4601

Жыл бұрын

Bob Berg

This is absolutely the best incarnation of that band. Amazing!

Best jazz band of the 80s (with Bass Desires) !! Fabulous tunes, fabulous improvs, playing, sound, musicality, chops, the lot. Thank you for making us vibe with you at such a high level of consciousness.

All great musicians! It's a pity that just few people know them! Lovely music! It's sad that Michael Brecker passed away too early... Eliane Elias is one of my favourite pianists and one of my favourite Brazilian musicians.

@thebreathalyzer

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. When they played the samba tunes like Islands or Both Side of the Coin, she made them so much better.

Line up is: Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Eliane Elias, Eddie Gomez and Peter Erskine - can you believe this was over 30 years ago. They sound so great.

@thebreathalyzer

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I bought that first record about 30 years ago. Actually hadn't heard the group before then, but looking at the personnel I figured it had to be good...my expectations were vastly exceeded.

@graxjpg

4 жыл бұрын

37 years!! Almost twice my life. Absolutely I can believe it’s as old as it is, because there isn’t much like it around today.

All greats. Steps ahead is fine art.

Sarah's touch, one of my favorite tunes ever. I am still asking myself how can a human being create such amount of beauty.

this is so well recorded ..... geez killin good ..

Music making of the highest order. We miss you, Mike.

@Guitfiddlejase

9 жыл бұрын

still can't believe he's gone.

Every time I hear Michael Brecker, I'm awed! What a genius! It's hard to believe he is gone.

Effortless mastery, pure zen

Pools is a huge piece of Art

Unbelievable what these musicians are doing here. They just create magic music.

Absolutely timeless there's sound never gets old it just gets better!

What a treat it is to see Michael Brecker, no matter what he is playing or with whom. I still regard his self titled solo album (with Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Kenny Kirkland) as one of the top ten albums I have ever listened to. And Eddie Gomez and Peter Erskine are just the perfect rhythm section.

What an incredible pianist

This is such an excellent performance by true giants of jazz in the 80s.

The first two Steps Ahead records are so amazing..a real jam!

@whistlenorvell5197

2 жыл бұрын

Pinnacles of acoustic jazz

michael brecker smiling at the camera is the best thing i have seen this year

This sounds and songs used to be my teenager soundtrack in the 80' over here in Sao Paulo Brazil. There wasn't nothing like that...maybe never will...Thanks Mike, Eliane, Peter, Eddie and great Michael never will be forget.

My favorite band from that time! Everyone is so brilliant.

I absolutely loved this band. Especially this particular lineup. Terrific stuff.

My ears never heard such a masterpiece in all my days.

Simply Amazing

I remember listening to these guys in high school. Then life happened. Now, 40 years later I can enjoy them again with video. Thanks so much to everyone who has uploaded these shows. It's really a modern miracle.

great .... michael breker .. fantastic... RIP

2 months after this performance my parents would take me to see them at the Red Creek Inn for my 21 st bday.

some of the greatest jazz musicians post 1980. You have encountered the holy grail.

The golden age of modern jazz. Wonderful musicians. Top score. Very nice performances on Pools. And then my favourite ballad: Skyward Bound.

Every one plays so amazing throughout this. The early Steps Ahead had some nice samba grooves happening. I love the line-up with Eliane Elias, too bad she wasn't featured more. She's put out a ton of great albums over the years, well they all have.

Timeless ..beauty doesn't know what time it is now.

Holy crap. This is a gold mine.

Thank Goodness This Was Produced.... A Treasure

Eliane Elias ti amo!!!!

Eliane Elias on piano. Second time watching this and just realizing… There is are no better musical discoveries than working your way backwards in time through it…I am convinced. Marvelous music. Peter Erskine too … mind blown 🤯

@W.O.P.R

Жыл бұрын

Michael Brecker 😂 👍🏼

Who are these people who down vote a free 1 hour Michael Brecker concert?

@juangarcera2544

3 жыл бұрын

ignorants, they are everywhere.

@alessandrorossini8704

3 жыл бұрын

Zombies, they think they're alive but they're not...

@gisaac46

2 жыл бұрын

Fools

@original-booxfield

2 жыл бұрын

Idiots …

@frankbossert4050

2 жыл бұрын

Only morons downvote pure musical genius!

A great band that should not be forgotten. It is sad Brecker is gone;

Beautiful! This music will never die. The sound of M. B. brings tears to my eyes. Thanks

If anyone needed any proof how seminal this band were it's here Brecker and Gomez. Manieri and wonderful flower yet to bloom Elias....just magnificent.....since 85 hooked and the tsunami of magnetic to come...... astonishing quality.... benchmark viewing

0:00 Islands - Mike Mainieri. 7:12 Pools - Don Grolnick. 18:59 Skyward Bound - Mike Mainieri. 24:31 Northern Cross - Peter Erskine. 29:50 Loxodrome - Eddie Gomez 35:44 Sarah's Touch - Mike Mainieri. 46:48 Duo - Mike Mainieri. 48:30 Both Sides Of The Coin - Michael Brecker.

@luisaohndorf155

6 жыл бұрын

Whitchy67 oder

not a word spoken, my kind of music. each song is so powerful...

The Eliane Elias version of Steps Ahead is my favorite. Thank you very much for sharing this!

@thebreathalyzer

2 жыл бұрын

The samba tunes come alive with her comping on piano! Islands, Both Sides of the Coin... fantastic. Love that self-titled album.

My ALL TIME FAVOURITE STEPS AHEAD LINE UP!!! STEPS AHEAD?.. Lightyears AHEAD!!! Thanks for a million for sharing this with us.

Great concert!!! And Eliane...she is a STAR! :)

So I saw this on SABC in the early 80's and immediately grabbed the nearest vhs tape and recorded the rest of the program. To this day I still love this show. It gave me hope for REAL musiuc on REAL instruments in the 80s when everything was synthesizers and drum boxes. Thankyou so much Herkenes, I have missed this massive like, and now - the whole show!

Thank you for uploading. This is a real treat to see such a great group with all of the members in the prime of life. Mike Mainieri is a personal favorite. He was all over albums in the late 70's (David Sanborn, Michael Franks, etc.) with that distinctive vibes sound. Check out his solo LP for Warner Bros. called Wanderlust. Released in 1980, it was the genesis of Steps Ahead and it includes the first version of Sara's Touch.

@JazzKeyboardist1

8 жыл бұрын

+sekander3 ..Hey ,, nice comment I have most of steps ahead albums and saw them once when all of them had swinging things between their legs... My best friend in high school played vibes and we jammed every weekend but even Mike forgets to let go of the sustain pedal a lot? lol

Mike Brecker... Unbelievable

Whoever gave this a thumbs down needs to get their hearing checked pronto.

Great Music. Thank You Michael Brecker.

ok wow, Eliane Elias

@eugeneburns6124

4 жыл бұрын

I think she was only about 23 here. Unbelievable.

0:00 islands 7:14 pools 19:00 skyward bound 24:33 northern cross 30:00 loxodrome 35:45 sarahs touch 46:45 duo 48:30 both sides of the coin

Innovative. Mainieri in particular doesn't get enough credit for being an innovator on the vibraphone as well as musically as a composer and arranger. His playing is incredibly solid despite his highly unusual grip. You have to love the Quaker Oats box where he temporarily places mallets when he switches from four mallets to two. (Players that choose to switch back and forth between four and two mallets should emulate what he has always done and use a holder on the side of the instrument, and not try to place the "out of play" mallets on or in the instrument itself.)

A gold mine! I've taught myself drums over the years, not being able to get into a music program where I grew up. This video has a wealth of valuable licks and lessons for how to play jazz and using the right technique. F*&# a music program at a college. This video is a 4 yr music degree!!! Thank you Erskine! I hope you will be at the drum fantasy camp in Cleveland this August!!!

Erano anni che non ascoltavo "Sarah's Touch", è stata un'emozione indescrivibile... Ricordo che questo brano venne adottato in Italia per uno spot pubblicitario di un noto amaro. Durante la sua esecuzione emerge la classe di tutti.Inteso è il solo di Mainieri mentre Eddie e Peter sfoderano la loro maestria! Michael e sua cognata, anche quando sono in pausa, si lasciano trasportare dal sound di "Sarah's Touch. Ragazzi,sono in una lunga terapia fisica, ma questa per me è la migliore terapia!

Erskine definetly has the best groove and time of all the drummers seen playing this song on youtube!

They had me at the bass, rimshots and vibes groove, in the intro to Islands ;)

Peter Erskine is one of the most musical drummers in the world.

I'm a big fan of Michael Brecker but imho Mainieri deserves much more credit.

I saw this lineup in 1983 at the UNC Jazz Festival. My friends and I sat on stage next to Peter Erskine. Seeing and experiencing them up-close and personal like that was an concert I’ll never forget! In an incredibly funny moment, my friends and I noticed during the first tune that Becker’s fly was down. We told Erskine at the end of the song about it and he just laughed. He didn’t tell Becker until the end of the next song.

@joeltlong

3 жыл бұрын

I was there! Amazing show.

@saxchillz2328

Жыл бұрын

@@joeltlong Did you notice Breckers fly open

My jazz prof introduced me to micheal via this dvd so greattt!!!

It's the hidden gem.

A beautiful sunset many of us mistook for the dawn.

I was so very fortunate to see this show at a small jazz club called Maynards in Charlotte, North Carolina in the eighties. These folks were so nice. After the show they were available for hand shakes and to talk to. One of the best shows i've ever seen. When i arrived and took a seat at a table, the band was at a table in the corner eating sandwiches. They were comfortable playing and really enjoyed what they played.

What a gig

Brings me back to 7th Ave. South in the Village. What great music these virtuosos made!

What a treat! I heard Steps Ahead in Copenhagen on several occations, but not this concert.

@MortenGrnvad

8 жыл бұрын

It's because it wasn't a public concert. It was set up by a Danish production company called Titania Television, and they rented the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek wintergarden for the occasion. I was invited to the two days sessions by Mike Mainieri, as one of two persons in the magnificent room not taking part in the production - a life changing experience for me as an aspiring vibes player.

@ronjross

7 жыл бұрын

Did they record this?? To these ears Islands & Pools - except for Michael's Solo on the later - sound exactly like the album.

@Tfunkize

6 жыл бұрын

Hey but I saw this concert - ---- On Danish TV !

Videos like this are why I'm glad the internet exists.

Muito bom isso, thanks for sharing. Incredible sound quality, I'm amazed at the bass' tone/clarity and how perfectly balanced the whole timbres/instruments mix is.

I'm stunned! So fresh. I seriously haven't heard anything this free in a while!

Ho iniziato a 15 anni a seguirli adesso ne ho 55 erano gli anni 80 con questo fantastico jazz e ho cominciato ad amare soprattutto la fusion che raggruppa tutti i "mostri sacri". Che tempi

This is FUCKING KILLING!!!

Excellent music. I love Eliane Elias, she's a great musician from Brasil. Great upload. RIP Michael Brecker.

Ну это супер!!! Высший пилотаж!!!

michael brecker,simplesmente uma lenda!

Excellent lineup. This group is really steps ahead from music of all time. great post.Thank you for uploading this gem.

Oh wow, with Eliane on piano too! Awesome.

Un des meilleurs concerts du groupe ! fan de PETER RESKINE ! (je suis entre autre un ex batteur de Rhoda SCOTT EN 1992 ) rip Michael my brother musician +

This is just amazing. Fantastic. Hard to believe this was 1983. Feels like yesterday. time flies.

Love Pools. Love Don. Love Michael. Love this band. Love Jazz.

There are people who should never die, you Brecker was one.

A very supportive group, each one is making all the rest sound better.

glorious - thank you for putting this up!

Absolutely perfect, playing, visuals, the whole thing man👌🏻

Beautiful sounds in a beautiful setting, thanks (eller 'tak'!)

Yeah one of them bands I really liked back in the day

Even after so many years: Fabulous!

Musically and aesthetically BEAUTIFUL

I LOVE "Pools"!

Excellent cameras and sound . Just what a superb band deserves

Thank you SO much for posting this.

Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, Mozart, Einstein, Picasso... and Michael Brecker !!!!!

Eddie Gomez at his most cerebral!

Thank you for uploading this valuable film of amazing music. The band sounds fresh, powerful and so together.