Wah Wah Watson with Herbie Hancock 1976 (live video) - Hang Up Your Hang Ups

[@swordmonkey6635]

Stage Manager: "Mr. Hancock. How many keyboard do you need tonight?" Herbie Hancock: "Yes."

[@thebagelsproductions]

😂😂❤❤

[@mooneymooney251]

That's why there were shortages of keyboards in 1976! Herbie bought all of them!

[@baspoiesz9682]

😅

[@djcoolcliff]

Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson is my uncle! Just celebrated his passing last week!! This video is so awesome and thanks for posting!!! Just seeing him with that Gibson L5 which was given to him by Ray Parker Jr. He played on a lot of hit records to include Let’s Get It On, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Car Wash, I Will Survive, Maxwell’s first cd and so many other records!! Miss you Unc but I hear you almost everyday still on the radio!!!! RIP!!!!!!!!

[@stevemartin4249]

And quite a cool little Conga player you got there.

[@djcoolcliff]

@@stevemartin4249 Thanks Steve!!

[@stevemartin4249]

@@djcoolcliff Let us know when he goes pro! Cheers from Japan!

[@djcoolcliff]

@@stevemartin4249 Will do! Lol!!

[@stevemartin4249]

@@djcoolcliff 😄

[@martinmind]

Oh shiet i just found gold.

[@timujin1000]

Whoever put an ad in the middle of this masterpiece is going to hell!!!

[@ryand141]

So f..g annoying.

[@ZachNelson-rl8vb]

Ur in hell for not just paying 10$ a month lol. You probably see 1000 ads a day haha

[@legalcake6125]

@@ZachNelson-rl8vbfr, mad worth not seeing ads

[@THEMATRIXCORP]

Always some dick daeh who’s missing the point … Lol

[@martingray4005]

Totally agree , and if you played piano as in the bloody Ad why would you be struggling with hand coordination? Back to the video - absolutely brilliant, as a sax player I wish the tenor was up more in the mix . Echoes of Sanders .

[@jaiiskii2262]

An Ad in the middle of a funky groove like this should be a criminal offense

[@TK-fk4po]

Wah Wah Watson is the best name ever for a guitar player

[@zorbanongreco]

Beats Joe Strummer anyway.

[@maxwellsilver3115]

​@@zorbanongreco 'Fingers Malone'? 😎

[@zorbanongreco]

@@maxwellsilver3115 Yes but..Who's he ? Is he as good as Twangy McTwang ?

[@kazbah1217]

Totes 😎

[@maxwellsilver3115]

@@zorbanongreco 🤣

[@brucemorrison7023]

That shirt Paul Jackson is wearing is unstoppable alone

[@bricio4688]

this video so old school with the editing tis dope

[@steecaz]

I'm over 40 years old now, but when I grow up I still want to be Paul Jackson.

[@maccamundi]

Man, how I like this!!!

[@Mr.LloydMarksHoodoo45]

R.I.P to the great Mr. WATSON! And all the legendary men of the past that paved the way for a young black musician as my self to even get the opportunities I have now. ❤ Hope I can do the same.

[@flippingheck6697]

When jazz and funk get perfectly blend together... this monster is the result 😎

[@ondaride777]

Certainly with help of disco, rock-n-roll and certainly fusion.

[@marcustrice3876]

@@ondaride777 Disco means Dance Music,you can dance to anything

[@m.vonhollen6673]

@@marcustrice3876 So if I played some Jazz, some Blues, some Rock, or some Country, you’d say “that’s Disco music”?

[@mychannel3774]

@@m.vonhollen6673 I love disco, but you got a point… 🤷‍♂️

[@mychannel3774]

From another dimension, just look at Herbie channelling…

[@marcosferreira5030]

🧿💙MASTERPIECE !!! ATOMICA JAZZ BOMB 💣🔥🎼🎵🎺🎻🎹🥁🎷 ALL THIS BEAUTIFULS MUSICIANS HAVE A LIGHT FROM THE OLIMPIO GODS !!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🧿 🎵😎

[@richharris2864]

Ever mean to click on a video for a second, and next thing you know you’ve watched it 2-3 times? THIS.

[@skeezix8156]

Cleanest example of funk-Jazz ever. Herbie should be a household name

[@organoklepto]

Fourteen and a half minutes' worth of music, and it doesn't get boring for a single second. Geniuses, geniuses of the highest order...

[@colinthorn]

Amen!

[@pneumaticman5927]

There isn’t a single musician on this video that isn’t in a class by themselves. Amazing.

[@MarnibiOutThere]

What I’m amazed by, next tot the music, is the amazing chroma keying for 1976!!

[@colinthorn]

It's outrageously good, so much care and effort went into it, almost on a par with the music itself.

[@the_real_MarcGyver]

dude straight cold on it with the golden camel necklace and the most beautiful vintage gibson jazz box ive ever seen

[@funkmydelic]

First of all, Paul Jackson is probably the most underrated bassist. Funky is an understatement. Benny Maupin, Wah Wah, are killers. Miss this era of music. Of course, Herbie is the Man!!!

[@galenhubbard8784]

I agree my brother,Paul Jackson was a beast🙏🏽

[@freddycus5167]

U forgot to mention solid James Levi..

[@igorslocks]

Herbie is the fucking best. All of these guys are savages.

[@mistersmith3986]

That timing shoulder is everything!

[@elquebi]

10:04

[@davidlamb7524]

The musical communication here is on another level.

[@handsomeX]

Absolutely

[@drewmillz1]

Musicians from the 90’s and back just have a purity you can’t fake or artificially create. Especially 70’s era. They just knew their instruments and were in total sync with them. Thank the human innovation of today that allows us to see them though.

[@timtime9167]

There's nothing this cool today.

[@timtime9167]

@SmithMrCorona it's my opinion. You can have yours, too.

[@cooldebt]

Have you heard any Vulfpeck?

[@billchavez8473]

Well, get to it then.

[@jasonpowell8396]

There very unique and talented driving through the woods listening to vulfpeck❤​@@cooldebt

[@jonathanpark7245]

There is

[@docteuradical]

the piano & wah wah ad lib finale is incredible!

[@azizadelrosario4364]

Amazing ♥ Sending my 💓Love for Eternity to Mr Herbie Hancock 💕 Superb Unique Fabulous Music & Musicians Band , Once in a Lifetime Funky Jazz Band ❤❤Always & for Eternity 💕Much Love Herbie 😎and Fabulous Unique Musicians❤

[@thequietrevolution3404]

One of the best things about attending concerts during the '70's and '80's was how much the musicians enjoyed experimenting with different sounds on standards and hit recordings. Rarely did they perform a song exactly as it was presented on the album. Concerts were for pushing the envelope and branching out to new horizons.

[@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL]

lucky I caught the tail end of that era. By the mid 90s shows were much more scripted imo.

[@m.vonhollen6673]

@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL When digital recording and sequencing started to happen in the late 80’s, that gave musicians options for robot accompaniment. You could make music sound more perfect at the expense of its honesty. Soul-killing!

[@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL]

@@m.vonhollen6673 yeah that’s very true

[@conradsullivan6910]

In other words, they were just like the bands that I go out to see today.

[@Canosa612]

did u attend one?

[@thevillageshaman]

His bass groove is nasty AF 🔥💃☝️

[@McDoinky]

Paul Jackson is one of the greatest electric bassists in history

[@organisespace9347]

Yeah he deserved more camera time!

[@Bavisandmeef]

Incredible music, wow. What these guys have left for humanity

[@beckydoesit9331]

I listend for over four minutes and I'm pregnant now.

[@tigerpayphone]

Obviously, the music is wildly great but I also just love the esthetic of 70's TV. The overlayed, bluescreen shots they use to feature 2 players at once, the way the sax reflects the studio lights and the camera just can't handle it so it produces that pink glow, muah! Chef's kiss!

[@HagbardCeline23]

Very trippy! 😊

[@sspotter1978]

Amen. Love that. Just doesn't give the same effect today. No ghosting watching black and white TV either.

[@DCronk-qc6sn]

It's been downhill from there.....spectacular music back in the day......

[@ronaldhill7180]

Thank you youtube algorithm, your finally coming to your senses.

[@bigcrier]

211K? Bra this shit should have millions of viewssss

[@MrIrrepressible]

It's quality my friend, not quantity. The quantity perfer Taylor swift over this

[@alichamas63]

The year I was born! Had to come when this funky gold was dug!

[@JustDatBoi]

That intro is sick! These guys would be a dream to jam with.

[@thomasfleischer83]

I'm a Metalhead for decades but I also love Funk. This song is groovy as hell.🇦🇹👋

[@teajaydc4484]

If you were one that read the back of album covers, you know Wah Wah worked plenty. In the ‘70s he was everywhere. As a guitarist myself, I loved his playing. I was a Headhunters fan too. This makes me want to perform again. Let’s see, where is my dashiki?

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

Go for it!

[@textbandit246]

Too bad Ray Parker Jr. is missing he was also on this cut.

[@brianpadilla3244]

Dust off that dashiki and play. Blessings to you.

[@danielwaters6654]

In the closet, next to your Super suit.

[@djcoolcliff]

Yeah Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson is my uncle and he had no shortage of work even thru all of the changes of music and the business!! Unc is my hero and he always told me work and develop your own sound! He said the people will call you for your sound! Unc truly had his sound down!!!!

[@Lyndanet]

Bob Juke uploading this is commendable

[@fweddyfwintsone4491]

This is criminally funky. Insanely tight groove. Very nice.

[@donaldduring8419]

Damn right mate

[@nilib-j9472]

Originally ❤

[@JD54007]

This should be preserved in a museum and studied! ❤❤❤

[@allen6924]

It is. It's called Berkeley school of music 😂😂😂.

[@josephbest912]

To his nephew, I saw him with Herbie Hancock, Sheila E. ( before Prince). At Red Rocks.What was extraordinary was we got there early and they were setting up the stage. No musicians were out there except for him sitting on a folding chair playing, but it didn’t sound like any guitar sounds . No one was at the keyboard setup and it wasn’t until the show started that we realized it was him the whole time. By the way we are all musicians. One of the high points of my musical life 😢🎉❤

[@jamescarter8699]

Many have no idea that this man is playing on the song" Cloud 9" by the Motown Temptations & that changed the sound of soul in the late 60's and early 70's. I played on the stage with him myself( as my mom and dad watched)along with the soon to be Drummer and song writer for the Jimmy Caster Bunch(Elwood Henderson). And on our break at a local club in his and our hometown of Richmond VA. He was with Motown and told us about 5 young cats from Gary Indiana he had done sessions with. Exactly 2 weeks later the Jackson 5's 1st hit came over the local Radio airwaves, "I WANT YOU BACK". And the rest was history.The bassist also with him went on to play with Bobby Taylor and the Van Cougars and then with Donny Hathaway his name was( bassie )Irvin Saunders and can be seen on the flip Wilson 70's show with Donnie Hathaway.Elwood and myself were kids of 16 years old at the time. The year was 1969.

[@misc3k]

Awesome... Thank for sharing that story. Yes when Motown hired Norman Whitfield to produce for them, Me!vin & Ray Parker were his go to guitar players. Mr Whitfield used Melvin on many many sessions that he produced. He was an amazing and funky guitarist.

[@v.valente]

legend.

[@Manup2day]

Niiiiice brother. Great story.

[@dplj4428]

That riff @03:00

[@TimPickering]

Beautiful story! I Grew up in Motown with the kids of Motown legends. I love every part of that musical experience. I played the drums and was the funky white boy!! Great times

[@jimbennett834]

From the Manchild album. My favorite Herbie Hancock album. Never gets old.

[@henrywasserman]

It really doesn't get any better than this.

[@sonykroket]

It really doesn´t.

[@TheMisterGriswold]

As my friend says, "Herbie ... doesn't suck". 🎹

[@MaxPower-if3yz]

It does Read the next post

[@samiam7342]

ESPECIALLY from 11:45 to the end.........herbie actually levitates to another planet when the song ends!!!!

[@cherish9493]

Wen I was little I loved the music I grew up with in the '70's. What I loved the most is how these awesome musicians were just cool down to earth people. It was all about love, good vibes, oneness. These musicians put out genius stuff but always were humble and brought so much good energy to the people. It wasn't about being a star, or getting rich. Love supreme was the mindset and we need to just keep that going cuz it brings out the best in us all. 👍💕💕💕🦋🦋🦋

[@STOLHO]

exactly thanks for your words

[@adburger]

Wah Wah used to come in to the flower shop I worked in on Sunset Blvd. back in the early '80s, he was a friend of the owner. I enjoyed his visits, always upbeat and smiling, RIP.

[@brighterhealthshop]

Wah Wah Watson was a GOAT. I've been playing guitar 49 years. He's the Truth. I grew up with professional musicians. My Uncle Don Myrick (EWF, Phil Collins, MJ)...comes to mind seeing him in the Pharaohs, rehearsing in the living room turned into a Woodwind/Sax Rehearsal studio, infused with African Incense, African Art. It brings you to time everything was real, not sampled. Instant creativity. I will be picking up some of Wah Wah's funky phrases...

[@williamshakespeare9815]

What an amazing environment thqt must have been to grow up in

[@bw1520]

Wow….these cats reminds us of true musicianship….playing from the soul and not the head…lol…lol

[@MG-fn9xw]

this is dumb as hwll

[@Buki0300]

Thank you

[@samiam7342]

Herbie is my favorite jazz musician of ALL time.....................

[@Nahc365]

My ear’s really liked what they heard…but my eyes really loved what they seen!! Dig it!!!

[@sssnacksss]

i love seeing stuff from this era with this much fidelity and care.

[@henrymartin4083]

I. Love. This.. so MUCH!! This is from my childhood. Thank god for older siblings. I miss this quality.

[@slingerland63]

camera person did a great job in getting us as close as possible to allow us to feel each musician playing their part.

[@MsAppassionata]

Finally! A cameraman who knows how to photograph musicians.

[@philshoward9340]

💯

[@rickhapstley3866]

Especially on old recordings like that, a lot of jams and concerts were filmed like shit, like focusing on the wrong musician and zooming on their face. This particular one with the tasteful special effects and cool camera angles is awesome

[@cooldebt]

Those Danes clearly know how to appreciate great music - this was on TV! What brilliant programming plus a cameraman who really knew his stuff.

[@freddycus5167]

Not enuf bass and drums!

[@eeemotion]

Back for another dose, thanks again!

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

I play Keyboards, bass and guitar. This is a musical orgasm for me. Best of the best, making music history. Thanks for sharing this iconic performance.

[@safespacebear]

oh my, youtube algorithm, thank for for deeming me worthy of this epic jam session. edit: gosh that was about 2 hours too short...LOVED every second of it!!!

[@susanyates858]

Exactly

[@daedae5442]

Lots of people think im weird for the music I dig but its all good it brings peace to my soul something they'll never understand.

[@JustDatBoi]

Nah, this is great music. I appreciate your taste in music.

[@daedae5442]

@@JustDatBoi thanks bro

[@rullisc7102]

I do understand you!

[@davidmundowyahoo7839]

Anyone who thinks you're weird for liking this, they're the weird ones 😂

[@FreeBrunoPowroznik]

Who wants to be considered normal in a effed up world like this?

[@Sngln_hyeon]

Maupin's sax solo on Herbie's out-chord is so FIRE and SOULFUL! and last Herbie's solo reminds me a "peaceful funk world" :D yeah! 2022, he is doing the same thing! keep doing todays music! what a man! Herbie Forever!

[@bmejia220]

Liquid gold music preserved from 50 years ago. Keep grooving

[@RonSafreed]

"WoW" I have known about Herbie for the longest time but Wah-Wah Watson, I never heard of before!! Just like the late Eva Cassidy after she died in 1996, the music industry realized her work & 'worldwide' she became popular & she was selling cd's out of the trunk of her car when she was playing, she died at age 33!!

[@jameslast3192]

Now that’s some funky brothers right there!

[@allenanderson4911]

Every piece fits...and when you step back, listen to everyone as one-instrunent...the picture they paint is glorious!! And jazzy at it is...it's still approchable; it never leaves the audience behind and baffled. And nobody grandstands except the horn man. But they have too; its in their union rules. Just Sublime

[@Mark_J_on_guitar]

It is incredible it all fits. Each one pulling the fabric of time, then letting go. Like a spider hanging onto its web in a summer rain storm. Uniform and strong but so close to ripping.

[@cooldebt]

@@Mark_J_on_guitar I absolutely love your description!

[@Supervillainmc]

How Sweet It Is!

[@donavangreen27]

I’m amazed….the art of musicianship lives on. Bassist keeping a groove Drums tight in that pocket Wah Wah doing Wah Wah things Herbie is a genius Sax putting the icing on the cake

[@VINZBROWN]

PREEEACH!!!!

[@darkforest33]

drums are almost always straight time, the bass is FUNKY big time.

[@minusstage3]

Love that nitrocellulose hiding blues over tones and primitive transistors! Now we know what they meant by dropping the gold standard! 😂😢😅

[@Okranic]

Herbie gets so engrossed in the jam, he doesn’t introduce himself. A musician’s musician- so selfless.

[@richardoliver1303]

Saw Herbie in Berlin Germany in early 2000's I could not believe the accoustics, or the funk which he produced. I thought I was inside a speaker cabinet during the whole show.

[@tahupotikihaddon2967]

It doesn't get any better than this natural from the soul

[@paulwebb4771]

One of my first funk lps was Elementary by your uncle. I was 15. I'm now 52. This music is my life ❤

[@dylanakent]

So much sonic texture here and self-awareness in regards to the impact of volume levels. Nothing is ever in your face, everyone is pulling together for one lush and groovy ride. Spectacular!

[@Paulcvids]

Such a solid and inspired video broadcast, too.

[@aditkhati8934]

this tune make me realize we all are in same world but within it we are in different world created by yourself.....

[@AskthePoolman]

You know it , grew up in Torrance, “Straight Out of Compton!” B. 1963…….

[@Johnmarkgifford]

😂 right on bro

[@Johnmarkgifford]

😂 right on bro

[@ThomasBridges-k2k]

Yeah this was a hell of a band and all this still sounds good i am listening to this in 2023 The sound man is great

[@GraceKeyz]

Love it… saw them in Terre Haute, Indiana, fall of 1976 … we were wannabe musicians in HS. We stayed after and the band came back to tear down, etc. They talked… nicest, humblest guys… great memories.

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

This is next level after miles - I sure hope people talk about herbie later - his audience hasn't even been born yet.

[@dagunn2124]

The KZbin algorithm was kind to me tonight and put this awesome video in my path. Awesome musicians-

[@Zockopa]

The jazzfunk masterclass from the tv right into your living room. That was even rare back then. Anyway its always a pleasure to listen to musicians who can play this tight together. Its a expression of what can ppl do together in a very positive way.

[@williambeltonjr.4490]

Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson Is a very good friend of mine we went to school sometimes together our Junior High School was around the corner from where I live he would tell me Belton when I graduate that he would go on the road and join a big band He did it like he said he would my buddy and Inspiration always💕🎶🌹👌

[@josephcopeland2343]

There is no one like this man and it's good to see Mr Hancock at a young age and the original Headhunters but man Mister wild wild Watson was one of a kind God bless him 🙏

[@FredVoomVoom]

This is PHENOMENON! ATOMIC! 5 Masters of Jazz-Funk! WHAT A DISCOVERY! Wah-Wah Watson is definitely monumental.

[@winterrosebeaumont6209]

Thanks KZbin algorithm for suggesting this gold, and cheers Bob for this amazing upload, absolutely banging!!!

[@VINZBROWN]

Me too!!

[@gradyh9871]

Yeah. .. they finally got it right.

[@lotsabuena1406]

You couldn’t be more diametrically opposed……algorithmic suggestion and human players. Or could you ? Musicians don’t always know the math they’re playing, yet they play it truthfully !!!

[@Boris_Chang]

Lots of fancy video setups (par for the day) and I love it. Thanks for posting.

[@nom5358]

may the algorithm bless this gem. 💎

[@2020Viszion]

Shout out to the funky 70s style video shots/angles.

[@Silverlining1111]

👍👍Wow, at that time, the artist name, music, fashion & tv visual all freaking cool. 👍👍

[@darkhorse10036]

Growing up as a kid I always wanted to be Herbie Hancock because he was so great at this.

[@olesolja1407]

The GREAT musician, composer, producer, engineer, etc…Herbie Hancock and the gang. A GREAT human being in general as well. Great respect to such an honorable and accomplished professional. Definitely one of the Greatest of time…🔥🔥🔥🔥💯😎👍🏾. R.I.P to another great in this lineup, “Wah Wah Watson”. He played on so many hits. A spectacular talent. Keep on coming with it Herbie . Blessings…🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 for the memories.

[@robertwhesterjr1142]

IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE GROOVE PERIOD!!!

[@emmanuelcardona100]

Slow it down .75 on the speed & you won’t regret it !!!

[@albertrefiti3353]

Bloody hell! Can there be any more funky complex layers than this?

[@l.cruces2223]

You can't find this live stuff on streaming apps. It let me drift away from my problems for 14 minutes. Thanks so much for posting!

[@jerryspearman]

This is great footage

[@atta1798]

IT is a great video..real musicians... and feel Bob 👍

[@leodibernardo9136]

Funky Jazz at its best…a timeless piece of great music. More of this music in these dark times. 🤗🙏

[@stickmanmusic5840]

I got to see Wah Wah Watson once, where he was headlining at the Keystone in Berkeley, California.

[@20x20Ghost]

Herbies a King and man a genious and the musicians with you on this kick ass they good

[@danreed5171]

DEFINITION oF GROOVY

[@Kwon-p3s]

Jazzy, groovy, funky and i’m happy😎

[@jamescarter8699]

I met & played with him in front of my Parents in 1969(@ the Sahara Club . He came and played on the stage with our trio of then young high school kids. He was playing a red Gibson E335 semi hollow body I think it was TP-Tail Piece . He was there to play behind the Originals a Motown group on tour later in the same nught club. When we took a break in the band break room & met two other big time Richmond VA musicians Tommy lewis- Drummer & "Bassie" Irvin Saunders-bassist of Motown who was later with Donny Hathaway. They told us about 5 cats from Gary Indiana whom they had witnessed recording at Hitsville in Detroit. 2 weeks later right on the Radio , WANT & WENZ- AM The Jackson 5 (I WANT YOU BACK).

[@oscarwarren469]

I remember cold Pgh bites in college ...solving course assignments...painting .Thank you.lost my albulm😂

[@matthewotremba9230]

That camera work , back then was as ground breaking as the Band

[@handsomeX]

Facts!

[@emiliacanet9960]

Christmas 2023 San Francisco listening. To Awesome

[@markbrito21]

Pure genius! IQ level is through the roof on this entire set!