Chad LB Virtual Big Band - Giant Steps

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

For PDF download of the full big band arrangement: www.chadlb.com/store For practice materials visit www.jazzlessonvideos.com/pdf-packages Use $10 Coupon Code CHADXSYOS on the Chad LB Signature SYOS mouthpiece at www.syos.co/en/artists/chad-lefkowitz-brown

[@DavePollack]

Maaaaaan this just crushes. Killer playing and arrangement!!

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

Dave Pollack thanks, Dave!!

[@johndorsey2077]

Hey Dave! Love your vids and a long time supporter. Many of my friends have cycled through your classes in some form (in Central NJ). You gotta collab with Chad LB. The sax potential is crazy!!!

[@montigo2063]

Chad plays the whole thing asleep.. I can’t even...man forget it.

[@jinlee2709]

favorite parts gotta be 1:04 with that polymetric bit 3:59 with chads og solo as a unison line just killin just the best

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

Jin Lee thank you, Jin!!

[@Jxshyy]

1:57 the lick

[@dcx45]

good spot!

[@julianmitchell3035]

@@dcx45 Part of it, yeah!

[@fabriciolcc]

haha yeah, thanks man

[@Momo-cu7xl]

he had to stop himself before he played the rest lolol

[@bradygandy1031]

Facts

[@anthonycherego5679]

2:37 - 2:41 That trumpet note though...

[@harrymears1623]

Very cool

[@logasimpso8274]

It’s a double c! It’s kinda a big deal for a trumpet player to be able to be able to hit this note. I can do it, on a very VERY good day lol

[@ChrisDavisTrumpet]

Man the arrangement is sick enough but y’all did this virtually!!!!! Audio and Video! Incredible! Thank you!!!

[@gamalielsetiaji7887]

When you max your sax ability in your character.

[@montigo2063]

gamaliel setiaji honestly

[@ili626]

Love these arrangements by Steven Feifke. Aside from his amazing playing I like Chad’s personality. He seems like a fun dude

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

Tom thanks man! :)

[@ili626]

Chad LB Thank you for all the awesome music and lessons

[@Osnosis]

Have to say that Chad, like almost every great jazz musician I have met and known is a real mensch. Humility is the key; Brecker, Potter, Redman, Berg, Liebman...all have/had it. As an older guy in the process of learning the canon, it is comforting to know that a real jazzer is never satisfied.

[@natbfunky]

Thanks Chad and the Band - Music Is Medicine - Believe that !

[@pabloa2228]

1:39 breakout to swing is 🔥

[@jameshalljazz]

Wow! Giant Steps is a unique challenge of a tune! 1:00, as mentioned in another comment, is clever, and highlights how the tune can easily convert back and forth between time signatures - such as 3/4.

[@grantvance3686]

I wish that this form of music could be appreciated by a broader audience. I'm sure if you're reading this and enjoyed the music, you're probably a musician. Truly amazing work, keep it up!

[@michaeldean9338]

Great rendition! The Woody Herman &Thundering Herd Big Band's 'La Fiesta' album came to mind. Can't wait until i have the money to purchase Chad's materials. Almost 60, clarinetist that hasn't played in close to 30 years,(messed around with tenor and flute just before I stopped altogether). THIS TIME I'm going to practice correctly and do what I'm instructed to do to prep for a lesson! Chad is such a bad azz, and seems like a VERY humble and decent cat. Kudos to all the participants,

[@AlexTamMusic]

Great example on the internet!!

[@CrisFerrerYT]

holy cow!! exactly what I was needing, I just finished recording for a client, and this is so refreshing to my ears.

[@usedtissue1073]

Drinking game: everytime the key changes, take a shot.

[@ethanlocke3604]

To keep up you’d just be drinking from the bottle

[@saigetripletone2673]

Thats called alchoholism.

[@robin-um4zj]

I have died of alcohol poisoning

[@gabethebabe8187]

Saige Tripletone lmao true

[@kleidos]

That's straight up a death wish man, straight up

[@AlexBrownMusic]

Fun to be a part of this!

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

Alex Brown great to have you on it bro!

Dude I loved your solo. Amazing

[@AlexBrownMusic]

@ thanks!

[@danielabdelnour8232]

so excellent . keeping the tradition alive.

[@angelvega2937]

The piano player just redeemed the original piano solo hahaha

[@ethanlocke3604]

Haha 😂 poor Tommy Flanagan wasn’t ready for it

[@MarvelousMaxter]

Imo flanagan’s solo was genius. A great contrast to the intense wall of deliberate notes that Coltrane played

[@pieterzegers7788]

You should listen to Flanagan's solo on Giant Steps on his trio's Giant Steps album, he's a monster of a pianist and one of the few who wouldn't have fucked it up completely on the original recording tbh

[@brooksrichardbrown]

To be fair to Tommy, the Coltrane version was a LOT faster and I heard Tommy had zero preparation, just "here's the music" and go.

[@erboch7124]

Coltrane prepped the solo tho, Flanagan was going off top

[@heinzhasenauer5258]

just fantastic!- wherever You are! this is just big fun to listen! great soloists and great arrangement! congrats to Your beautiful big band!

[@toadmilk]

I was hoping for this song from you. My prayers have been answered.

[@jasonbedford466]

I know it’s not a competition but wow, starting to feel like Chad’s the best saxophonist in the world... at age 30... crazy. 2:44 must be a world record for something...

[@charliejones6526]

I know! His sound and technical abilities are insane, especially considering his age

[@evantaylor7531]

Yeah he’s very technically good, and I love his work, but I would argue for CHRIS Potter or Joshua Redman, considering that Chad is mostly licks. That said, Chad is awesome!

[@seandeegan2067]

(Potter, Redman, Walter Smith III, Ben Wendel, Branford Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Kenny Garrett, Eric Alexander, Seamus Blake) That thing at 2:44 is all approach-tones and the sound is definitely more technically impressive than MUSICALLY (in my opinion). Chad's great, but come one now

[@kpoudavoff]

IMHO the only thing Chad has is insane technique. It’s not enough to become the best saxer (or musician).His sound is very flat and dead (listen to old masters man , they had such a fat tones ) To me all this shredding is not musical (considering that he does it in every solo), it’s like “yo man look how fast I can play my licks from book huh“. No doubt Chad is great musician , but man , come on , let’s play music not fire licks. Chad’s fans , please don’t go bananas, Everything I wrote is IMHO , have a nice day 😂

[@charliejones6526]

@@kpoudavoff I don't really believe that his playing is purely licks. If you've been keeping up with his playing over time, you'll notice that his style and playing has gotten even better. Plus, the speed at which he does his shredding is very fast. The finger dexterity that doing that takes oftentimes takes years of dedicated practice. In my opinion, he is very accomplished and practiced, and is unique.

[@TK-xo2mf]

CG =Drums=Awesome=Beast =Thanks for your music

[@Good_EnoughForJazz]

Wow, pls pls pls keep it up, loving listening to it and finding it so inspiring with my own playing

[@mikepaquette5711]

I hear a lot of brecker in his playing. Awesome!

[@michaelandrewnewell]

Yo, this is sick! Well done!

[@rodgerfox2315]

Greetings from New Zealand - fantastic arrangement Steven - and naturally killing playing by the complete band. Chad thanks for putting it together. Best Rodger Fox.

[@StevenFeifke]

Thank you, Rodger. Nice to see you at JEN this past January. Hope to see you again at the next one...

[@kevinrussell6101]

Who are the 27 jerks that clicked a thumbs down?!?!? Clearly this is spectacular!!!... and then you add recording remotely... This is crazy good!!!

[@EllingtonReborn]

Oh dude, i could just imagine all the work that was needed to go into this. This is amazing! Nice job, everyone!

[@macsith]

Really enjoy this fantastic Big Band !! especially Chad you are awesome !

[@joeeaton2422]

We truly love the music,...........truly..................but my mind is blown by the video editing................you are a true wizard................this is incredible,............Austin Kruczek.....I watched your video editing youtube video..................again,..................the only word that comes to mind is "Wizard"............

[@toadmilk]

could you upload this to spotify if possible? would love to have this in my playlist! :D

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

The full album is on Spotify :) Look up Chad LB Virtual Big Band.

[@mikebullock8196]

GREAT PLAYING CHAD!!!!!! NOT A EASY SONG TO FOLLOW AS FAR AS CHORD CHANGES AT THE SPEED THEY COME AT U IN THIS SONG , IT WAS GREAT TO LISTEN TO U AND THE BIG BAND GREAT ARRANGEMENT !!! LOVED IT !!!!!!! KEEP UP THE GREAT MUSIC CHAD !!!!!!

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

mike bullock thank you, Mike!!

[@charliejones6526]

This Big Band is so legit! If I close my eyes I can't even tell that they're not even in the same place!

[@drkeithnewton]

The band is killin. Be glad everyone can read that happenin' soli!

[@SaxSpy]

Eyy Chase Baird, Steve Kortyka, Andrew Gould and Chimy on the bass!

[@samondaatje3604]

cats!

[@seanh9190]

sax section alone could rule the world

[@tringuyenmusic888]

Bellissimo! Such virtuosity Chad! Brava guys.

[@MihaiSorohan]

WOW!!!

[@ScroogeMcDuck.]

@ Chad LB, great sound & collabo 👍

[@TracksWithDax]

Wild arrangement! Reminds me a LOT of the stuff Michael Philip Mosan would write for Bobby Sanabria and the like

[@player197SD]

Insane!!! Incredibly sound and playing!!!

[@MrRicsant]

Fantastic !

[@miguelgarciaoficial7351]

Bravooooooo! Amazing! Thanks, Chad and People.

[@professorspira]

Excellent work!

[@p_ineappl_e]

It's nice to heard giant steps with backgrounds for the soloists

[@garrettmillerdrums]

WONDERFUL!!

[@baturayozogur917]

3:22 I am like this through the whole video :D

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

Baturay Özoğur haha :) glad you enjoyed it!

[@henrycoba885]

Amazing !!

[@ulrichhobler8755]

This leaves me breathless... Great job!!

[@oluwootoi.e2555]

Very good!!!!!

[@diegorandi]

Wow, awesome version!!

[@justinsublett5880]

Phenomenal.

[@Legend-jp5dr]

great work!

[@danielryanmusic]

Yo I love the section with Chad"s solo written as a soli!! Soild stuff man :)

[@jameshoward2768]

And I thought the first time I heard you play this in a combo setting it was amazing🔥 The best bring the best and as always it’s amazing!

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

James Howard thanks so much, James!

[@kiipparisti]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@larrythebassist]

You guys are just AMAZING!

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

Thank you, Larry!

[@loufip4374]

Very nice & interesting rendition. Great job, many contrats to you all!

[@jubertbruno8913]

look like everybody has a sound card and good pc at home 😅 nice arrangement ! bravooo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@DanielR1-MIDI]

1:57 nice

[@legaleagles3654]

Loved it.

[@jazzman.]

This is so cool.

[@Cheesehuggerz]

Love these kinds of videos, Louis Dowdeswell does these kind of big band videos too. Sounds great!

[@marktyler3381]

Bloody brilliant !!

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

Thank you, Mark!!

[@MikeySaxMusic]

Bravo!! Chad sounding great! Go Andrew G too!!

[@SapphicTwist]

cool arrangement

[@concernedcitizen4852]

This is excellent!

[@stephenriley6541]

loved it... wow .... xx

[@ryo_s_17]

AWESOME

[@papecat]

Very Nice, Chad LB. Anyone else who enjoys Giant Steps in a big band setting with Tenor lead should check out The Carnegie Hall Jazz Masters led by Jon Faddin featuring Lew Tabackin on T. Sax. Cheers

[@JonathanArcangel]

fantastic guitar tone

[@artofbrass]

Great arr..and solo..👍

[@andreashuber2880]

Bravo

[@bloomindoom]

Just found your channel on my home feed, and I'm having a great time

[@jeremiahmiles6698]

This is sick! :)

[@razimoh12]

I like the time the key changes

[@ivanshalaev5286]

Just Monster...

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

Иван Шалаев thank you!!

[@kevinlaster9447]

Holy saxophone!!

[@edo_freestylee]

Beautiful sound and amazing idea! Yasss love it!

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

Edoardo Turri thank you!!

[@sergej100qca4]

You are my biggest saxophone inspiration. I with to, one day, have such control over my instruments. As soon as I get enough money, I will buy the text lessons.

[@ikemoemeka]

Way to go chad! This is great

[@WillBrown3]

This is so dope!

[@paynemeads5940]

Yessir Chad!!!

[@victordeyjr.9137]

Yes!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@srklgk]

Amazing 😍

[@지성과야성-j8r]

Coool!

[@alexm771]

Chad isso really rocking those glasses

[@whatthelick]

Crazy

[@samh3029]

I see that Jennifer Wharton uses the Doug Yeo style grip with her left hand. Don't see that too often but I think it helps a lot.

[@richardcomard6151]

Thank you so much. That looked like a lot of work. Worth every measure. Man,,,,that made my day. And, damn it, you make it look so easy!

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

Richard Comard thank you so much!

[@rickdavenport9538]

Yessir!!!!

[@nicholasheide688]

Wow, great stuff! Can you do a video on how you go about improvising on this tune? I dont even know where to begin...

[@ChromaticHarp]

There is tons of stuff about blowing on Giant Steps online. Just do a search...For practicing, I recommend getting the Jamie Aebersold Book/CD set 'Countdown to Giant Steps'

[@DevynFromCFXTV]

Okay Trumpet X!!

[@Feranitar2]

Charles is just unreal

[@ChadLefkowitzBrown]

Matt Bruneau yes he is!

[@paulkriesch3404]

Hi Chad, just wondering how you made this video? I am a high school big band director in Brisbane, Australia and would love to do something like this to keep the young musicians in my band keen while in isolation. Cheers for the great vid.

[@noahavary6157]

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Qué bueno. Gran banda y grande Chad. Gracias

[@Angelus-om3wp]

1:00, If you think of one bar as 12/8 (triplet), are the instruments excluding saxophone divided by 5/8?

[@fankitonkizonki]

1:57 the lıcc

[@andrey_bassplayer]

🔥🔥🔥