How can something be so cheesy and AMAZING at the same time?

I've watched this video several times now, and loved it each time. Whoever had the idea of matching Manhattan Transfer up with Weather Report should have received an award of some kind. Maybe "Most Serendipitous Musical Match of the Decade". I'd vote for that.

@waynefoote3781

Ай бұрын

This really should have won a grammy!!!

Love the ending...proper Swing...easy...from London with Love ❤

Weather Report playin' and Manhattan Transfer singin'. Is this heaven?

@arthurgamez9436

Жыл бұрын

Musical heaven 🤩

@PieroGiuseppeGoletto

Жыл бұрын

Is this.

@PieroGiuseppeGoletto

Жыл бұрын

Add eventually Quincy Jones and Maynard Ferguson, in case. And this is the case.

@vxunaTM_xuandanhphan

Жыл бұрын

you could even say this was Made In Heaven

@iouheiuh

20 күн бұрын

Could Heaven Ever Be Like This?

Very fortunately, I attended one of these concerts. The music was ingenious in concept and musicianship, and aesthetic experience unmatched!!!!!

I was tebding var at Carmelos Jazz Club in the San Fernando Valley near LA, when Janice Siegalventered alone. she sat at my bar and ordered a cocktail ynfamiliar to me. it was Myerss rum and soda with a squezze of lime. Myerrs is a very dark Jamaican rum a bit bitter. i made she liked it.i made one for myself. she ordered another later. ivdidnt charve her of course, and she left me a generous tip. she was kind and very friendly. i named the drink her the "JSiegal".😊

World class music forever! I´m Austrian like Joe Zawinul and I saw him 3 times at Jazz concerts in Vienna. I´m also happy that I have seen Manhattan Transfer live one time in Vienna and later even in Klagenfurt. But to see them (Weather Report and Manhattan Transfer) together in a concert must be pure delight!

My wife and I were there for this concert. Never forget this experience. Big fans of both groups.

@markjohnson-sl9qf

2 жыл бұрын

Very Cool

@thebuildingbro2587

2 жыл бұрын

Good for you. Hope the marriage is still going strong.

@marc2397

Жыл бұрын

Lucky dog. Lol

@timeout64

Жыл бұрын

Congratulation, great! Must have been fantastic!

@TwoDogHerrick

Жыл бұрын

@@thebuildingbro2587 45 years last month.

Era la prima volta che lo ascoltavo, Weather Report e Manhattan Transfer insieme,beh,una sola parola mi viene in mente nel vederli suonare:MERAVIGLIOSI!!!❤❤❤

Was there.... thought I died and went heaven... 2 glorious days..... People if you're LA .... usually in the month of June.....GOOOOOOOOOOO👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@ericbush6124

3 жыл бұрын

Can't imagine in Heaven

Good vibes, indeed! Thanks for the beautiful music and the moments of great pleasure.

Two of my favorite musical groups, one of my favorite songs.

Amazing performance... Omar Hakim on drums is just 23 years old...

My good friend Omar Hakim on drums!!!

@pmvoice88

3 жыл бұрын

Good call!

@ginogina4589

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing.

@donaldfewell8908

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jamiepastman5594

2 жыл бұрын

He's kind of good...like the best

@JFmK-sh5nh

Жыл бұрын

One of the best!!

I was in love with Janis Siegel. I was 20 and the music and arrangements were magical ✨.

@Google-Experts

Жыл бұрын

To be honest. It was not. The arrangement was not good. The mixer was absolutly terrible and the guitar out of tune. At about 5:25 Cheryl Bentyne and Janis Siegel have to bring the band back into the tempo. Everybody can see this. But! At all it was a great festival and this song is Jazz-History.

@andrewrobinson2565

Жыл бұрын

@@Google-Experts I saw them in London in 1980. The arrangements were good in my opinion ☺️.

@waynefoote3781

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewrobinson2565 who cares about guitar and mixer this brought me to tears of joy!!@

@Google-Experts

Жыл бұрын

@@waynefoote3781 I like that answer. To be honest. If I was there: I would say: One of the best moments in my life. The right musicians, the very best singers. One of the TOP 10 songs in History. Performance? Who cares? They did that song. They could play it with E-triangles. No matter. Finally: o. k.

@tomgardner8825

Ай бұрын

i was tending bar in Carmelos Jazz Club in LA when Janis came in she sat at my bar taught me how to a cocktail with Myers rum soda and bitters. she was very nice smiling and left a nice tip. of course I didn't charge for her drinks.

What a performance! Fantastic musicianship and beautiful singing - doesn't get much better than this.

Janis Siegel is so cute and what a voice

Saw them at Ball State U. a couple years before this,,,,MT,,,, soooo awesome!!

*_I'm Old School... real musicians played and real singers sang.._* I can still remember back in the 70's and 80's when we actually had real talent. Musicians played live and singers sang live on stage in front of many thousands of people. Many bands played just as good Live as they did in Studio. *_Real Bands don't use 'gimmicks' they use Real Talent..._*

I wish Man Tran. had been with them when I saw WR the year before. They add a lot to this number. The bassist does an extraordinary job here. Imagine having to follow you-know-who...

Big crowd for jazz - fusion. Love it. Not anymore. America ignores this stuff.

@truthdweller3454

3 жыл бұрын

The Playboy Jazz Festival still packs the Bowl. But it’s funny to think this song was a hit at one time

@ericberger6966

3 жыл бұрын

America sold its soul and culture.

@TheZigzagman

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, Thundercat is on TV like every other weekend

@marie_laurencerichalet8241

2 жыл бұрын

Big Love.

Love Manhattan Transfer's version of this! Super cool!!!

Wow! Unbelievably brilliant performance from two superb bands!

Truly Excellent. A classic performance.

Moi c'est surtout de voir les gens heureux d'être au concert et s'éclater avec de la bonne musique. Aujourd'hui ils seraient tous sur leurs portables.

@iouheiuh

21 күн бұрын

Amen brother 🙏

guaranteed to make me smile

I would have paid a high price indeed to have been fortunate enough to have seen this live. What a performance!!

Wow. Wow. WOW. So many thanks for putting this up

Many thanks for sharing this happy meeting of giants.

A pinnacle - a mountain peak of performance. What it takes to be this excellent. The unabashed confidence and mastery of the Transfer. The lead singer - quite incredible. To think how few Americans REALLY get how great this is in relation to so much crap that makes millions for not even average work makes me cry.

@rifelaw

Жыл бұрын

Lead singer is Janis Siegel, and she also did the vocal arrangement.

This is jazz singing and swinging at its best. Brilliant!

What a great piece of history... Thanks for sharing.

I saw them in San Francisco in 1978. Really tight group and very together in their singing. They get you moving!

Perfect combination

I love this, I love ManTran,. saw them in London 2018 at Pizza Express Jazz club (Holborn), but the presence of Zawinul just lifts this song to a new level, its his crazy simple changes and arrangements. And Wayne Shorter - the bigger the stage, the more uncomfortable he looks

@thebullgoose6099

3 жыл бұрын

'Crazy simple changes and arrangements"?? Deceptively repetitive, maybe, but simple? Zawinul couldn't do simple if you put a watermelon to his head. There's a whole shirtload of harmonic goodness going on there.

@snoolee7950

Жыл бұрын

Zawinul wrote the song

this is so fantastic on so many levels ! bring back the good vibes.

The scatting at the end if my favorite part

@donaldfewell8908

2 жыл бұрын

scatting and fast scat-like singing by Janis.

LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS!

Woaw, best song ever.

wow! a meeting of heavyweights! thanks for uploading this!

Una perla maravillosa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's invite young generations enjoy freedom of expression because sounds just this good, tribute Wayne Shorter passed away, keep the memory alive fans

I saw this first time today and just when WR played at the start I thought:"Wouldn't it bi nice if Birdland had lyrics?". And then came Manhattan Transfer. Miracle, isn't it?

What’s happened folks? How come we don’t have these incredible Jazz sessions anymore? This is incredible jazzy swingin’ stuff! What an electrifying performance. So dig the vibes folks, swing along and dig the ambiance & Cheers!

@christophermiller7532

2 жыл бұрын

I still go to the Playboy Jazz Festival. It happens every years (sans Covid) and the music is great.

@ronaldunkel2681

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophermiller7532 I have to admit that i don’t know too much about some Jazz festivals around the US. What i do know is that (world) music has been added to get the crowd volume. Same is happening in Europe and around the world. And yes Covid has had an enormous (negative) impact specially for those musicians. Be well and Covid free. G’day & Cheers!

@nielsanderson4926

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree the Northsea Jazzfestival in the Netherlands A bit dull the past few years I Really miss Miles Davis the ALBUM TUTU AND the LIVE recording with Robben Ford these were the genius days I wonder if ever that kind of quality WILL BE seen again

@ronaldunkel2681

2 жыл бұрын

@@nielsanderson4926 Niels you have a good point. In the late 1950’s and the whole of the 1970’s i went to small live-club gigs of visiting American jazz great. Also to several times to the NSJ in The Hague as well as the MJF in Switzerland. Now these festivals have become more - world music - with a small section of Jazz. Sad but true. If i’m correct jazz aficionados are about 5% world wide. Stay safe, toodeloo’s & Cheers!

@benadams1661

Жыл бұрын

It's terrible, the worst camp, broadway styled cringe with zero musical worth

This tune brings back so many good memories 2021 🎵

Wayne Shorter always looks like he is conserving energy. R.I.P. Victor Bailey. His red 1966 Jazz was drop dead gorgeous and he sounded like a million dollars when he played it too!

Very good music... Fabolous

Una música directo al espíritu, mucho talento todos

This just flat-out kicks ass!

This morning I was feeling low and full of cold...went for a walk and back tired...the news was all lockdown and restrictions.....then this came up....It was so beautiful I just burst into tears...Its wonderful...made me so so happy. Say you don't like jazz....I challenge you not to love this! It's just full of talent, skill, joy and such wonderful singing....mind if you have the best backing band in the world - you better be good!

I have no idea how do you feel about such music events but.. true happiness for me looks precisely like this guys, sounds like this & wishing you everybody turn back & paaaarty again, young generations deserve this precise input, let yourselves go & let it be fun like nuts, time for paaaarty guys 🤗🎁😊😊🙋🤩😊🥂🥳🤩🙋😊🎿🎁🍀🌺🎻🍾👏🎻🍾💐🍾🎂🍾🎂👍🍾🎂👍👍🤗👏🤗🎁👏🤗🎁👏

Actually, the lyrics are by Jon Hendricks, who wrote a lot of lyrics for The Manhattan Transfer. I remember reading years ago that originally Eddie Jefferson was asked to write the lyrics but he died before he finished, so they got Jon Hendricks to write them.

@Belchmaster41

2 жыл бұрын

yep...and most of their classic work is on their Anthology 2-disc set: Down In Birdland. Including songs from other albums like Route 66

@hank1519

2 жыл бұрын

@@Belchmaster41 I love their Airegin!

depuis mon enfance j'adore !

so enjoying i wish i was in that concert

The great Victor Bailey on bass

Would have been the icing on the cake had Jaco been able to Grace with his presence.

Two drummers that rocks

@canturgan

Жыл бұрын

Omar Hakim is one of them, more than enough for most people.

Wow. REALLY cool!!

UPありがとうございます! ウェザーリポートとマントラ…当時はJAZZの未来は明るい!と思ってましたが…

Wow what a combination

so great and wonderful!

Nice! Thanks for the video. It doesn't get much better 😂.

Awesome!

Incredible Performance...............! 👍👍👍👍👍

@timeout64

Жыл бұрын

Absolut, kann ich nur bestätigen! Great actors, great performance!

Che fenomeni....troppo bravi...👏👏👏👏👏👏

The best 2 versions of that classic song.

Great singing playing ingenioznost apsolutno heaven burning...

Time of my life all daze all nite such a lucky lad.😎👽

Wow! Wish I was there.

Classic Jazz!

Fantastic 👏

Fantastic sound,from the Philippines

I was there.

Very interesting to see Victor Bailey play Jaco's solos and stuff. It's such a Jaco era song I've always wondered what it would sound like with him playing.

@christophermiller7532

2 жыл бұрын

He was there the year before. I was at the "meltdown" concert and to be honest, Jaco killed it. He got into beef with the band and they walked off. He then did a bass solo of Purple haze and I was blown away but he looped it, put the bass down and walked off stage. Weather Report never came back but Jaco decided to do a solo of Purple Haze for about a minute and a half until they turned the stage and Cosby introduced the next act. That solo from Jaco was amazing. I mean if it's around, it's some of the best bass solo work I've ever seen live.

@PatriotSteve

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophermiller7532 it was a horrible time for Jaco. I wish he’d made an appearance here that could have been taped. Zawinul wasn’t a big fan of tv cameras unfortunately.

Semplicemente fantastico

Fantastico!

Bellissima indimenticabile

Thank You! 🤗

what fun!!

I was at this concert. My parents are clapping @ 1:48 (black balding man 6-5" and white lady to his right) and pops at 6:24 is the tall man with a sport coat (pops was odd) taller than everyone. It was a great concert. I was running around because I was 18 and looking for girls but it was one of the best Playboy Jazz festivals I went to and I've been to about 10 of them.

Amazing

No words!

Wonderful...

Fantastic

Unforgettable!

I once saw a clip of Manhattan Transfer do this w/o Weather Report. Maybe it was American Bandstand or one of those musical shows from the 80s like AB. I cannot think of it right now, maybe someone will help me out with that. Anyway, I already knew that Josef Zawinul of Weather Report had written the song and the band recorded it. Thank goodness one the Manhattan Transfer group acknowledged that during a brief interview. I was about to say," HOLD ON...WHAT! You best own up! Tell them who originally wrote and recorded the song that you somehow got lyrics to!

I'm in heaven, man!!!

Say what you want about Playboy, Hefner invested in jazz. The festival gave lots of artists a good gig and exposure to a wider audience. And fun to see the crowd on their feet dancing!

Excellent...

Great feel good music.

Def an excellent collab here.

Espectacular los Manhattan 4 voces inigualables los Weather aunque aquí no está Jaco músicos adorables pero que hace un conejo en la tierra de los pájaros. No vale decir...comiendo zanahorias. Buen video

Jaco would have love to play with them❤

I’ve got chills…

Sensational

I met thèse fine gentlemen in a diner just outside Jacksonville many years ago. We talked for many minutes and I was impressed by their consumption of waffles in syrup. Very impressive.

this tempo is wild - and good for MT for keeping in some kind of key with that odd keyboard bass drone drifting flat and then sharp!

@rastapastrychief

5 ай бұрын

RIght, so did they hit the 8 ball a little much that day? Dang! So fast! I still prefer the Jaco/Erskine lineup

RIP..WAYNE .JOE....VICTOR..

Wow

奥が一番深い。とまらない。