James (Pat Metheny) | Takafumi Suenaga x Patrick Bartley

[@samuelcosta9569]

In this solo You can hear so much anime songs like influence in Patrick melodic choices and it just makes it so magical. He is already one of the goats

[@SP35640SNAKE]

I think he is THE goat in terms of lines

[@iamdanharley]

@@SP35640SNAKE He's definitely up there but Baptiste Herbin is next level and currently unmatched in my opinion. Be great to hear those 2 on the same stage.

[@SP35640SNAKE]

@@iamdanharley looks like i need to familiarize myself with some herbin

[@iamdanharley]

@@SP35640SNAKE worthwhile...keen to hear your thoughts

[@The-KP]

It's a fun rendition. The original Pat Metheney song already hewed to a strong central theme, so stirring anime into the mix was natural

[@cooldebt]

Absolutely love how this goes for 9 minutes of exploration and appreciation of a Metheny classic

[@TakafumiSuenaga]

Thank You!

[@sakurawinks]

They are coolest cats in Japan. One incredible duet.

[@TakafumiSuenaga]

Thank You!

[@sorenfuhrer401]

holy moly...Partick is quickly becoming my favourite alto player. These lines are just insanely awesome! Damn. Thank you for the music!

[@saturus.]

会場で聴かせていただきました。 とても素晴らしい演奏を何度も聴けて幸せです！

[@luigiarredondosax]

Patrick’s last chorus (specifically the bridge) was a classical prowess and perfect fusion of jazz bebop articulation on the saxophone. What an amazing musician 🎉

[@picciloson]

Awesome performance gentlemen, brings a tear to my eye, love the energy!

[@ちぃばいちゃん]

サックスとか興味なかったのにメチャクチャかっこよくてファンになりました😍

[@longhaulblue1145]

This is the second video I've watched of the two of you. You guys are magic together!

[@TakafumiSuenaga]

Thank You!

[@valoferriband]

James is a very difficult song to play and especially to improvise and you guys do it magnificently! Mr Bartley, you are a very inspired, talented and brilliant saxophonist, one of the best I've been listening to lately!

[@davidc3903]

Beautiful work! I was really taken away by Pat’s double time lines with such a clarity and melodic presence. It’s not about fast, but the storytelling behind it, nicely mirrored in the piano solo later. Thanks for sharing. 👏

[@sai3927]

@@davidc3903 i agree, 3:23 blew me away

[@Tolbens]

Absolutely amazing performance!!!! Both solos show something different from what we've heard so far on James.

[@jorymil]

It's Thanksgiving week here in the United States. Thank you so much for giving us this masterpiece.

[@v8046]

Always impressed with pats playing.

[@altariabeats]

Such a beautiful composition... and a soul-touching interpretation. Marvelously done!! I've got tears in my eyes...

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

As always. Sick. Man, how many saxophonists have flopped on this tune cos there’s no 251s and you crushed it! 🎉

[@19Lqueen17]

insane, the lines are insane, the double tonguing is insane, everything is insane. dope

[@J-dg8wj]

3:38No word to express this impression, don't you think? 3：38、この感動を表す言葉は見つからない。

[@philo5985]

This is without doubt the most beautiful cover of James I have ever heard 🙏🏻 Good job guys 🍺

[@jackdolphy8965]

I have long been a ‘fan’ of the duet. I’m thinking Shepp and Abdullah Ibrahim, Shepp and Jasper von Hoft(sorry for the spelling), Shepp and Horace Parlan, and of course Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell …. And then came you guys!! Wow you too have stolen my heart. Thank You. Would love to hear you, either of you! both of you - play with Valeriy Stepanov. Ever the Wind at your backs ☮️

[@jorymil]

Stan Getz and Kenny Barron 🙂

[@Elixear]

Grande classe ! Excellent.

[@jamesvivian2975]

Absolutely Beautiful!!!

[@akovalev1999]

Thank you for posting!!!

[@renbou-kouji]

ブラボー…

[@TakafumiSuenaga]

thank you!

[@fallenleavesfeedtheroots]

This song is so great

[@makenzileg]

I got mad chills listening to this! Great performance! Amazing talent!

[@marvinparadroid]

So expressive man, that’ s amazing

[@Bobbias]

素敵なコンボ！

[@MrGuto]

did the pianist wake Patrick up? lol. seriously, amazing playing!!!

[@mudkip_btw]

really loved it! ありがとうございます!

[@MatheusHenrique-rv8wc]

Very exepcionale my brother

[@dylanloew]

3:25 is just absolutely nuts, i mean come on

[@evandye2408]

Beautiful

[@ffly872]

スエナガタカフミ×パトリックバートレー見逃したのマジで数年は引きずると思う

[@christianalexander368]

Nice 🔥

[@TheMushyPotato1]

ARE YOU SERIOUS I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS SONG

[@disgustangy4901]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mok0075]

美しいそして力強い！

[@nicolasgt1479]

😍😍

[@pedrorlobo1]

pqp!!!

[@daningsax]

subalashi

[@PaulHirsh]

While we're doing boys' names could you do Chris by Larry Coryell?

[@raftag590899]

is the bridge of james really that hard? I don´t understand why some guitarists say that the bridge of jame is hard. I saw an interview of pat metheny explain the changes and it seem pretty easy. how do you practiced it?

[@fenyvesijanos7805]

@raftag590899 it's easy to play over it in a mediocre or simply "okay" way, but to actually outline the chords is a different thing, when people improvise they usually use the patterns of the progression as guides (the 2 5 1s and the 3 6 2 5 1 other 2 5 1 4 etc) but the bridge has non of it, in a way it goes against everything you start out with ,studying in jazz. on the guitar too for example when you arpegiate lines and form licks on the go and improvise, after a while u are not actually thinking about chords but the motion of going up a fourth (in a 2 5 let's say, you don't think of Cm7 F7 but the ascending fourth motion thats happening, this also why real experienced jazz players can pretty much play any tune by figuringing it out in the midst of a jam session, cuz they listen to the motion rather then the actual notes of chord. so longstory made short, it's a real unusual harmonic pattern, it's pretty much unique to this tune

[@ryoppippi]

saikou desu

[@jongeo]

A really hard song to solo over. A tricky blend of rolling diatonic harmony and key changes.

[@ttroyscarrlett]

I've never seen him without his hat this is weird

[@LydianLunch]

Bartley sounds a lot like David Sanborn here, which is kind of too bad. Sanborn is incredible; I would like to have heard Patrick do something else here. Oh, well. There is a video on KZbin of Michael Brecker playing this tune with PM. He takes it to all sorts of interesting places. Sounds like no else. Find inspiration in the unique.

[@Frisbieinstein]

Japanese sax players tend to the Sanborn tone.

[@biwc-erie3618]

David Sanborn might an influence, but this sound is all Patrick. His phrases are distinctive and “in the moment.” Lots of different influences are present, Cannonball and Parker are clearly heard; and maybe a bit of Hank Crawford and Gerald Albright. What I like most is the smile on the piano player’s face. Clearly he appreciates the work and performance of Patrick! Excellent work.😊

[@PatrickBartleyMusic]

What? Lol My influences are anime and J-Pop singers

[@lain9719]

@@PatrickBartleyMusic 😂 Apart from the first-rate talent, I love the joy in your playing. This isn't something I can find easily in contemporary music.

[@jorymil]

I dig this. Patrick has a very anime-tinged sound, even down to the vocal inflections. Because of the pentatonics, there's a lot of similarity between anime music melodically and the sort of R&B stuff David Sanborn does, but this hits me more deeply. Nobody sounds like Patrick, either. And you'd be crazy to copy Mike Brecker!

[@barbiebeckford2988]

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