Bill Cobham / George Duke Band - Almustafa The Beloved

July 6, 1976
Montreux, Switzerland
Track 4
Billy Cobham - Drums
George Duke - Keyboards, Vocals
John Scofield - Guitar
Alphonso Johnson - Bass, Chapman Stick, Vocals

[@GeeLove]

I can't believe this is on KZbin!!!!!! Classic!!!!! Thank the Creator for George Duke, Billy Cobham, John Schofield, Alphonso Johnson, and KZbin for blessing us all with this classic!!!! I first heard this when I was sixteen...1976...Philly...timeless classic!

[@matthw633]

Same year I heard it. Same age. The Great Jon Lucien was the narrator

[@timurmusabay4822]

keep coming back to this performance.... thank you

[@nywlaw]

Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop. Stunts are a man's best friend...

[@ArzininiLinguini]

to know your future is to know your past!

[@AnEclecticMan]

That outro was EVERYTHING.

[@rellis3940]

Duke was everything. Guinness and great dude.

[@soundscaperadio]

I went to high school in Vaud. One day, a friend left "Total Eclipse" on my turntable and I became a Cobham fan. When we saw the Montreux Jazz schedule that year, we bought tickets and went - it was a big deal for a couple teenagers so we couldn't believe we were there either. The next year we saw Shakti and Sun Ra and the year after that I became a jazz DJ in the US. Been one ever since.

[@techxdabruiser]

What a group ! First time seeing Al play the Chapman Stick.

[@needtashow]

This is an Alfonso Johnson composition. I've always heard it as a tribute to Sun Ra.

[@ShawnBarnesbass]

This definately the earliest footage i've seen of someone playing the Chapman Stick. I guess Alphonso (along with Levin, of course) were the first two high-profile players to use that instrument which I think first came out in 1975.

[@joezilla25]

For years, the people of ofelice carried a feeling of warmth and beauty within their hearts but, as all things come to pass, their leader, Almustafa, had to depart to carry his majestic feeling of the story of life to other lands Though time and time again, his believer's knew of his departing, and although his body would be traveling far, far, ever so far away, his soul will remain with them forever and theyl remever always of Almustafa, the Beloved

[@damianlagos]

beautiful. and his acent is so cool

[@Dc8139]

Jon Lucien

[@joezilla25]

@@Dc8139 Wow what a trip down memory lane. I never knew who the vocalist was thanks! Such an amazing track.

[@EannaButler]

7:17 - turning off the chorus brings the low-end back in... Glad they have bass-oriented chorus/vibrato pedals since then. Best musical performance ever, for me. Nothing can touch this...

[@thePhunktOGraphist]

got this album on wax...what a come up...was at the record store digging pulled this album out saw the right price so i picked it up,didnt know i was gunna hear something so funky,i bought it used,some dumbass didnt want it,what a joke,no soul havin ass humans,feeln really sorry for you,now im the keeper and never gunna let go....an unforgettable jam

[@soundscaperadio]

Man! What a blast from the past! I was AT this show at the casino in Montreux in '76 AND I just played it off the album this morning on my radio show. Good stuff doesn't go away, man

[@Perigaeum]

I was there. Sweet 21 years old. Flashed me.

[@martinbe5111]

Wow this transition at 5:45 is really something else, sounds so ahead of its time

[@alexandergallant6444]

All of these musicians are TIMELESS

[@uyauabing]

Scofield with a cig in his mouth. Those were pre-Orwellian days.

[@magp123]

oh man, we need a time maschine!

[@mrskinszszs]

billy cobham / george duke band - live on tour in europe

[@carlosalbanosantiagoduarte3731]

what is a real good sound remains for ever

[@Joeskateapool]

This is so fucking amazing. I think I've watched this six or more times a day. That intro when Bill is RIPPING gets me every time. Fucking legendary

[@winstonwolfe5733]

Brilliant, magic, soulful !!! Probably the seminal workart that inspired Level 42 in all the ways.

[@chriscollins570]

Thank You, shimmy2006! And thanks to the iconic George Duke (RIP) and the indefatigable Billy Cobham; the quintessential percussionist of my formative years!

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Ta JF, Alphonso is brilliant. i never ever heard him play a duff note or dull riff. He is the ART of bass playing !!

[@stillphil]

REST IN POWER George Duke !

[@bobbydazzlersmokez]

still got this lp...rip george duke...

[@pegsterdtown]

THIS SONG IS crackin!!!!!

[@jcp3588]

Oh the memories this brings back... I'm so glad this song is up! :-D

[@frankiewelfare8087]

REST IN PEACE GEORGE!!!!!

[@35april]

8:20 Blast beat!

[@SeanBoog]

20syl brings me here

[@jammmessenger]

Yes he did sample this song , but not this version. We got it off George Duke & Billy Cobham live in Europe. Good ear my man .

[@EannaButler]

It's a toss-up of this, or "Whatever's written in your heart" by Jerry Rafferty, that's gonna be my most-listened-to song of 2024...

[@jafuso61]

Great MUSIC! Great TRIBUTE!

[@Tdubs2u]

I can't believe how long the intro is before the song actually starts. But this is some classic stuff. I don't think I have seen anyone else play the Chapman Stick except for Alfonso Johnson. Great find!

[@progger53]

Tdubs2u Tony levin with King Crimson and other prog/fusion bands has been playing the for at least 35 years.

[@jammmessenger]

I want this drum set .

[@hawenam]

majestic.

[@e320w]

i keep this cd in my car 247 i got the album

[@FusionHowie]

Thank you for this video. You made me sooo happy. I missed this era by two years.

[@zappajazz]

Thank You for have you this and upload video.

[@wassis72]

I love it.

[@jeustor]

Check out Cobham's set....yeah boy!! octagons and all...

[@stillphil]

the one and only.

[@jeustor]

Alphonso Johnson!!! John Snowfield!!!...and u know the rest...great!!

[@rutherfordBHAZED]

"SCOFIELD"...

[@ThomasBlomster]

Alphonse on the stick!

[@MrDerfinator]

Freestyle Fellowship-7th Seal.

[@eruda709]

my man

[@timothycowart217]

I heard this for the first time on the local jazz station and instantly recognized it by that sample.

[@Sualk2309]

Great Stuff

[@ConstantXplorer]

OH YEAH!

[@MemphisGrooves]

Many Thanks For The Post ♥♥♫♫♪ !!..

[@gregoryyancey6081]

Yes it is.

[@MrAAron5775]

A MEGA Blast from the past !

[@floffunk]

se zarpan son los mejores.

[@RalfGer]

pitty that there was no digital recording at this time

[@uubuuh]

Majestic Feeling! I remember Downbeat gave this album a lukewarm review, and I was beginning to realize as a teen that music criticism even if a valid effort was not relevant to me personally. And here I'm reminded why... I still like this piece a lot! It's daring in a way because it takes a long time to get to the climax which is as @jbc6 points out around 8:00 (but I love Cobham at 6:48 .. so jazzy). This is by Alphonso iirc. And Sco' smoking... yikes, back in the day, with hair...

[@bcancun123]

Amazin

[@sergiohormiga1983]

ARP Odyssey, Minimoog, Rhodes and... are that roland space echoes or what?

[@witz85]

the funk hunt

[@ShawnBarnesbass]

@WahkibaJ Those toms were made by the NORTH company in the 70's. Their inventor, Roger North also had another company make them named MTI. The toms were made out of fiberglass and they stopped making in the early 1980's. - Isn't Wikipedia wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!

[@huzzism]

This IS the shit!

[@jammmessenger]

Sorry You are wrong . It was a sample of the same kind of Moog synth in this video . However with a sine wave , not the square wave you hear on this video.

[@MrDerfinator]

Freestyle Fellowship-7th seal

[@jfusion10]

hey Scofield... smoking is bad for you.

[@alexriesenbeck]

@NeptsLaze nah, billy duke & FUSION!

[@kolisionn]

@thamotherflippin 7th seal is fuckin epic!

[@3rd_eyeairbrush]

Diamond D sample at 5:45

[@bcancun123]

Crazy listening to it now

[@wholetthedoggo]

@TheDemetriusblack it's the Al Moroned

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

This sounds just like the tune from P Moneys Everything... Hmmm... He sampled it didn't he!!!

[@P0rn0ralle84]

No the sample in the song is a flute sample no keyboard!

[@tysherray2817]

Madlib brought me here..

[@djromes]

5:45

[@John4Skin]

Where can i get said album

[@WahkibaJ]

WHAT KINDA YELLOW TOMS ARE THOSE?????

[@justinkinney9466]

I think there large concert toms

[@samweber6512]

is that scofield on guitar?

[@spk9030]

yeah doc

[@monsterjazzlicks]

What on earth is the bass player playing ? !

[@5thdisvent]

A Stick! - Ten strings...

[@monsterjazzlicks]

5thdisvent Never heard of those before? I thought a Stick was a slim version of an upright bass?

[@5thdisvent]

Yes maybe. This Stick got 10 Strings. Four Bass and six guitarstrings. It can be played with all fingers to produce tunes. Simlar to a keyboard or an organ. And of course in a percussiv way, too. Regards

[@monsterjazzlicks]

5thdisvent So like a TWIN NECK guitar but all sharing the same fretboard !

[@5thdisvent]

Yes Sir. But you can play different, sustainable notes with every finger of your Hands. ' think it's a prototyp made for Alphonso. Roger? Cu

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Is Duke playing the bass line with his left hand ????

[@RalfGer]

lol, cig on stage