Hal Galper Quintet with Randy and Mike Brecker This is the thing

The legendary Hal Galper Quintet
Berlin
November 4, 1977
Hal Galper: Piano
Randy Brecker: Trumpet
Mike Brecker: Tenor
Wayne Dockery: Bass
Bob Moses: Drums

[@dimitryanoshin2747]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I had heard them sooner!

[@vierkanthofdusseldorf509]

fashion icon michael brecker

[@flyingvguy6833]

Brecker was awe inspiring on that, Bob Moses is just great.

[@raepaul8158]

Wonderful

[@Bozzley]

Peak cocaine jazz

[@benyacov1]

Who the fuck didn't like this amazingly tune?????

[@jamminman75]

Bob Moses, one of americas outstandig modern drummers with wonderful imagination and drive, I miss him !

[@MiqelDotCom]

He's still playing & teaching. He's also on Facebook.

[@bluessax5089]

Wow, you can really hear the Henderson in Mike’s conception

[@jrretherford41]

Bobby Moses ... what a freakin' complex volcano of polyrhythm!

[@thebreathalyzer]

Happy Birthday Ra-Kalam Bob Moses. What a cat!!!!! man.

[@ianbuxton8332]

FUCKING BRILLIANT!! Jesus FUCM!! I had absolutely NO IDEA!!

[@wyndhleodumegwu253]

27-/28yrs of age:Mike Brecker is in the House conversing with the use of Organic Real Jazz vocabulary. Oh, how Randy admires and loves him!

[@francofusario1855]

Bob Moses FABULOUS !

[@gillos7488]

Monstrueux !

[@DominicCarioti]

Love the depth of that Otto link sound

[@ra6378]

now I know why every jazz drummers story's got bob moses in it. this is the first solo I've ever heard from him. I'm on tenor so I came to the vid for brecker but damn... I didn't realise this bob moses shaped so much of what I hear from the drummer at the jazz club when their heavy on the set. he contributed ALOT!

[@Carsonsaxplayer]

One of the greatest bands (band leaders) to showcase the Brecker Bros. the whole band is killer too. This Heavy Metal Bebop era is my favourite Michael Brecker period. Thanks so much for posting.

[@thomaskrause7368]

I agree heavy metal jazz finest!

[@rhythmfield]

Ra-Kalam Bob Moses, my mentor & spirit teacher, still vitally creative and active and productive 46 years later

[@jeffbabko834]

YOU GO BOB MOSES!

[@jrretherford41]

Wow! This is so fucking great!!! Great to see old friends Mike Brecker and Bobby Moses in full attack mode. Randy too. Hal put together a wailing ensemble.

[@yggdrasil9039]

Wow, Michael just takes control of that insane tempo, steadies it down, and nails it.

[@freddylebanon]

OMG I have no words

[@keithk.3963]

Can’t thank you enough for these vids. Priceless stuff.

[@gregfishmanjazzstudios]

Thanks for posting this, Louis! Incredible!

[@ewi4000]

One more coming Greg... On which Randy and Mike both solo.

[@tsiggy]

Oh my goodness, oh my dayum. Oh my goodness, they goin' ham.

[@roderickberry2508]

Mr Brecker!!!!!!!

[@kellybrasswind]

This video is so cool to see Michael Brecker playing on a Otto link metal mouthpiece. I knew he did but I had never saw any video's of him playing on a link.

[@mobiusII]

Incredible, thank you!

[@myMusicHobby302]

Wow! Thanks for unearthing and posting this gem!

[@PierreA92]

Yes .Thank you ,Merci beaucoup..A+

[@josemanuelamarodemenezes9034]

Wow !!! Thanks Louis !

[@doce7606]

Halelujah! Bob Moses surely brings us to the Promised Land with how he tunes and operates his kit... He's making that little (18''?) Sonor setup sound like Neil Peart on a world tour...- A;so the Galper MDing ,arks him out as the successor to Horace Siler... that tempo is easy for his alternate hands style... Superb post I keep coming back to

[@thebreathalyzer]

Really good close-up shots and such a high quality video. Awesome!

[@gilparrisgp]

Thanks Louis, Awesome RARE footage ! gp nyc

[@patapierna1]

Gerrits, you're a damn capo. Thanks for all your dedication. Muchas gracias amigo.

[@egyptianminor]

Wow, Both so young... Mike 28 years old, Randy 31/32...

[@tonyfreejazz20]

Thanks so much Louis....YOU ARE THE MAN :-)

[@tombekistan]

geweldig Louis !

[@Herehear49]

Cookin'!!!

[@keithaugeri1174]

ionic performances by them all....

[@wendeleodumegwuhu3322]

At 27-/28-years of age, Mike was already a "killer" tenor Jazzician, although not quite yet emerged in the spirituality and nuances of 'Trane. Later, having accomplished that, Michael became his "own" man - tonally and stylistically. He, however, had never abandoned the 'Trane in him, entirely. But why would he have? How could he have? John was always present in and within his "Trane" of thoughts. Voila the Band! All *****

[@tiluriso]

Mike's classic lick/pattern @ 3:48-54.

[@rightchordleadership]

Sheer nastiness 🔥

[@janbruegelmann9822]

I was in the audience that night and remember the sax-scene in Berlin was shaken profoundly by what they witnessed from that skinny kid from NYC. This is a rare example about Michaels excellent playing before the BreckerBrothers-boom while, as Bill Milkowskys new bio points out, Michael was involved in substance abuse.

[@monktrane325]

Wow took me away

[@BurnsTennis]

I've heard Bob Moses on Pat Metheny's record and have CDs where he plays with Emily Remler. Bob Moses always sounds smore like a percussionist than a drummer.

[@jcrimson21]

Ohhhh this guys !!! So sad for mike ;(((

[@harrylime7938]

Michael is great!

[@enricodalessandro6578]

M. Brecker era inumano; ci ha fatto capire quanto siamo piccoli umani

[@jiyujizai]

💚🌾🙄🌱

[@leanmchungry4735]

Malcolm 'Molly' Duncan purportedly gave that double ring Link mouthpiece to Mike Brecker. I wonder what tip size it was and where it is now? It is not with the archived material, whatever it sounds great, the missing funky Brecker Link.

[@harmonicparadox2055]

I never knew Larry David was such a fantastic drummer.

[@jiyujizai]

😉💐💞🌾

[@VassilisArt]

Hot House changes ?

[@CentreLine2]

what make hat is that? ;) seriously though, this awesome!

[@r.michaelmyers3801]

That is some hot shit music. Sophisticated syncopated to an incredible lebel of timing and perfection. Thanx! Bet you didn't know I played the trombone from 8 yrs. Old and still have a silver slide trombone ? And Whitson was the first chair trumpet and was the best trumpet player around and then blew it off to become world class athlete. The guy who played for Cadillac Bob was 2nd chair behind Don Juan.

[@BTritone]

what Mouthpiece is Michael using here? Doesn't look like a Guardala or a Dukoff

[@ewi4000]

An Otto Link

[@BTritone]

cool! Thanks!

[@adomaskuzinas2137]

Ted Mosby on drums!

[@edisonhenriquebarcarobarca9163]

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