Brecker / Liebman / Lovano Live at Birdland, 12.17.99

[@tylerpauletti4265]

10:17 bro the way he just comes right out the gate absolutely leveling this tune… There truly will never be another Brecker 🔥🔥

[@Aiden057]

Thanks to both of you and, "There Is No Greater Love" than the love of Jazz. :-)

[@cedardreamsLLC]

Brecker solo oh my god

[@vcjazzTenor1]

wow michael brecker is just beastin it like always!

[@1jazzsoul]

Totally Priceless! What a great way to start off 2010! Thanks, Bret, and thanks to KZbin for not cutting it off at 10 mins!

[@johnnicholas7420]

I'm finally seeing this. I remember when it was live-streamed back in the days of dial-up. I think this was one of the first time anything like this had been done. I spent the entire time trying to connect and never got to see it.

[@JazzVideoGuy]

Yes, very people saw it that night because hardly anyone had broadband.

[@TerryRayVegas]

Yes, it was introduced by the folks at Birdland as the first of its kind live over internet from a NYC club, I arrived at this event one hour before it started, had an excellent burger there at the bar, sat thru the whole fantastic show. ..I was on Greyhound bus from Texas, on my way to Maine, midnight in Atlanta I heard Steve Cushing on “Blues Before Sunrise” go thru the club schedule in NYC - but for once the reading of shows was of some use for me!…he mentioned this show, I left my bag behind counter with the bus package folks at Port Authority (not allowed since 9/11) went to Birdland for dinner and show!

[@teelurizzo8542]

What an incredible band. i get a bit of a Mingus' 1964 band vibe from them - the way Brecker and Liebman offer 'comments' to Lovano's solo from the side of the stage @ 4:31 - like Johnny Coles and Eric Dolphy would to to Clifford Jordan. Billy's @ 6:44 also reminding me a bit of Donny Richmond, and Phil Markowitz's comping also a bit in a Jaki Bayard bag. I'm sure they love that classic sextet, which like this band here, was one hell of an ensemble. Three of the most incredible sax solos I ever heard them play This gig must have been historic. Thanks for sharing.

[@jefersonlobo]

To see Michael Brecker having a good time is priceless at 14:48 ! Thanks for the post Jazz Video Guy !

[@scottquickel6462]

Brecker always like this kind of experimental stuff = too many sax voices for me - but then just the Piano, Bass and that great drummer - all together = Straight Ahead Jazz man...top shelf!

[@davidbrogan432]

Liebman's solo is awesome !! !! !!

[@JazzVideoGuy]

that was a great night I'll never forget

[@malissasmith7937]

Billy Hart!!!!! ❤

[@JazzVideoGuy]

Billy is a national treasure.

[@mobiusII]

I remember streaming this live when the performance took place. It was a novelty at the time to be able to do that. Funny how quickly we get used to things. My dad, a saxophone player as well, was visiting and we watched it together. We both thought that Brecker stole the show!

[@jakegreenburger]

i love rufus

[@carlosbjones]

This Music Is Love. In my opinion...Yeah!!!!!!!!!

[@JazzVideoGuy]

Agreed

[@pvelectric]

for anyone whose heart broke when eric dolphy died, it's making me warm all over to swing along in my chair listening to these most worthy wailers, seeming exponents of the dolphy school of hard bop. that improvising together is so difficult to pull off well, it seldom happens by amateurs or pros, and here it's a gas. bravo and crank up the volume to indoctrinate the neighbors!

[@androidguitar]

What a gem. Priceless. I was almost hypnotized. Amazing.

[@PadreMDB]

Thanks JVG a great take

[@BijanTaghavi]

Epic piano solo by Phil! So swinging!! And his comping behind Lovano is so tasteful and grooving!

[@maracuja55]

Giantissime !

[@TheDrGroove]

Great work. Thanks for make it public!

[@Baduil]

Thanks a million Jazz video guy!

[@robertmbruno]

Yea man ! An immediate favorite .

[@L9C1C5]

No Greater Love

[@bassboneful]

Wow! It swings. 🔥

[@JazzVideoGuy]

It was a hell of a night. So glad we were able to document it.

[@maxwu3395]

aw man... all giants up there, but brecker's solo... wow

[@karrowarro02]

17:47 - 17:53 reminds me of a nursery rhyme we used to sing in preschool,

[@bbone610]

and, there was Trane before him.....you know? if Brecker could exist from Trane, then someone as great as Trane could still come. it's not impossible. the rest of eternity is right around the corner.

[@JazzVideoGuy]

@GuillaumeThekkadath I miss Trane and Cannonball and Michael Brecker and Ben Webster and Lee Morgan

[@geoffpeterstrio]

this is the song "There is no greater love?" awesome!!

[@Official_David_Milzow_Music]

@JazzVideoGuy Hi Bret, love this vid, three saxplayers -totally individual and different from each other- with a rhythm section who match everything, this is for me the way to play standards in the new century with an acoustic instrumentation! all the best from Hannover/Germany --- David

[@samepstein]

So much Sonny in Brecker's playing here

[@timmo491]

yeh but Joe's not copying anyone

[@willshakeyou]

there is no greater love =)

[@19Lqueen17]

Brecker rocks... or jazzs... man, he's the best of all times...

[@BebopsHouse]

Charlie Parker once said, 'if you ain;'t lived it...it ain't gonna come out your horn.' Liebman musta had a bad day an' it sounds like he's PISSED!! Ha haaa!! - I like when 'ol Dave gits Pissed!! LOL

[@leviandades777]

thanks so much 4 this.

[@XxSaxCannon921xX]

Wow

[@SurveyofFilmMusic]

Lots of beginner listeners/non-players commenting below. As a pro player; can't say I liked where they all 3 played in the beginning. Lavano is killing... like usual. Brecker> genius. The RS was weird for Dave's solo in the first third of his solo..So much so, he had to say "come back in,' he was sounding as like he couldn't get airborne. Then he did! The end where they were all playing...so brilliant melodies!

[@pectenmaximus231]

Ok? And as a "pro-player" I think the intro clearly showcased their deep musicality? E.g. Listening driving the sense of harmonic direction

[@jamiebeardmore4732]

I wish I was a pro player

[@aidandoylepolitics]

Lmaoooo

[@Shrimpilla]

What is RS?

[@JazzVideoGuy]

@DanielKo09 No, we there won't be. We were so lucky to have him with us while we did.

[@m6nj]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stuartdailey8854]

Ooooo

[@jerryramosbass7913]

THIS IS GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!

[@JazzVideoGuy]

it was a rather memorable evening

[@hgkgiles]

Damn Liebman is hip

[@yoonseungcho2921]

Wow👍🙏🏻

[@JazzVideoGuy]

Stay connected

[@valtgasser]

you nailed it! couldn't have said it better myself ;)

[@JohnnyJazzFreak]

Having listened to Michael Brecker for over 35 years, I reckon he has to be the greatest jazz soloist of all time. I never ever ceased to be amazed by him. I don't know of any tenor player or any muscian who was that consistently brilliant. Not Joe Henderson, not Wayne Shorter, not anybody. Every solo a masterpiece. No bullshit. Crystal clear articulation, amazing architecture, taste, the arc of the solo. amazing lines, amazing musicality. always in, even when out. a satisfaction in his melodic lines, you can even hear the melody in the spaces, the fire, the feeling, the passion, the rhythmic pulse and variety, the technique, the perfection. He might rest on Coltrane's shoulder's, but he brought the Coltrane vibe to a new level and I reckon outstrips him. But nobody has that record. Every solo. Perfect. Not even Coltrane. Now maybe had Coltrane lived....

[@JazzVideoGuy]

well said

[@nunnayuhbitness6708]

Learning a lesson in improvisation

[@JazzVideoGuy]

For sure.

[@erickmiranda0325]

I feel like Brecker did not want to be part of Liebman’s shenanigans lol.

[@JazzVideoGuy]

They were very very close friends so who knows?

[@erickmiranda0325]

Sure but they are also completely different players. Whenever the three were playing together it always sounded like Brecker was laying stuff down that grounded himself in the tune while Liebman and Lovano went out to space. Even ending the tune it seemed like Brecker was done with the vamp long before Lovano and Liebman. An interesting contrasting dynamic. They each go outside of the tune in their own way which makes it a fascinating listen.

[@persistence_of_vision]

everyone killed - this is modern jazz guys, if you can't keep up then go stand with the moldy figs

[@PaulHarrisonmusician]

I love this music, teach jazz, and the students think I’m a moldy fig…

[@RC2067]

You definitely got to be in the groove for this if not play a violin , but then again there was Sugar Cain Harris that could work with these cats , for y'all who may not know Sugar was a jazz musician who played a violin ..

[@leejacobus5305]

Ronald Coleman ... and Grappeli ???

[@androidguitar]

It is. Most impressive, their playing, isn't it?

[@MacawAviculture]

This beginning of this song was the basis for these lyrics form Chuck Berry: I've have no kick against modern jazz, Unless they try to play it too darn fast, And change the beauty of the melody, Until they sound just like a symphony.

[@westerrnredcedar]

blowing snakes all of em...

[@bbone610]

there'll be somebody else that great. Gary Thomas, Antoine Roney, Mark Turner, Chris Potter, JD Allen. if there was one, there could be another.

[@jahkneep8351]

my 2cents on that is it's Chris Potter right now...as far as guys in the "spotlight"...

[@jiyujizai]

🌹💜😉

[@bbone610]

Chris Potter is that great....I agree!

[@bbone610]

correction: after Trane.

[@Aiden057]

Great stuff, what tune is this?

[@NicklasJazzström]

Some serious skunk saxophone works.

[@jakegreenburger]

was he playing trumpet back then?

[@NunoVH]

13:44

[@robscheps7722]

An amazing meeting of cats.

[@JazzVideoGuy]

It was a night to remember.

[@DarktoneX]

Please does anyone else feel the total destruction when it LOOKS like Liebman goes in for the low five at 22:11 but Brecker totally either misses it or disregards it so Liebman has NO other choice but to try and recover by just putting his sax down? LOL

[@noahpettibon]

It looks like it hurts a lot for Dave to do what he does. He seems to have missed a key lesson from his teacher Joe Allard about playing up/out to reduce strain in the throat. And relaxing the facial muscles to free up movement in the same area.

[@75pianist]

When people used to go out at night to listen jazz

[@CrandMackerel]

Lovano at 5:33 made me yell.

[@JesseJB-1990]

liebman always looks and sounds so angry :)

[@PabloVestory]

Dave Liebman had polio in his childhood

[@FabioSaxValeri]

Instinctively, in my facebook I never felt the need to publish any video of Lovano and Liebman, as well as many other saxophonists, indisputably (and rightly) acclaimed as masters of the saxophone. So it's not for Michael Brecker.

[@JazztrumpeterRocks]

im a trumpet player so i have to say this TO MUCH SAX

[@leftear8010]

i remember you had uploaded "round midnight" from this Birdland set by the Saxophone Summit but its no longer on KZbin... is there any chance you could re upload it please?

[@JazzVideoGuy]

Will try and find. My life is an illustration of the Chaos Theory.

[@leftear8010]

@@JazzVideoGuy haha, thanks man, I love that one, very rare stuff

[@JazztrumpeterRocks]

its a joke by the way ive got this on going thing in my school stage band about sax players although soprano saxes do annoy me due to the lack of internation and the constant reminder of Kenny G.

[@SuperMrbassman1]

RUFUS REID NUF SED

[@alainjames9556]

Everybody looks so grim...

[@RangerMoose7]

DIDNT NO PITBULL PLAYD SAXAPHONE

[@anthonycincottamusic89]

I'm sorry, but Rufus Reid stole that performance.

so, you don't like big bands then? :)

[@Hammett175]

In watching this I feel jazz is dead. Played out. Everything that needed to be said has been said. The best thing about this was the piano solo. Overall I am reminded of the old joke that blues musicians play three chords in front of thousands of people, while jazz musicians play thousands of chords in front of three people. Miles and Getz had more or less the final word.

[@tracezacur6784]

+Hammett175 jazz cant die!

[@FawleyJude]

In reading this I feel that "jazz is dead" commentary is dead. Played out. Everything that could be said has been said.

[@leftear8010]

Have you listened to this enough to understand what's being said?

[@saxman1141]

Great Vid! Not disrespect to David Liebman but he has a horrible sax face.

[@francescolecce1262]

Dio si prende la genste sbagliata........

[@edwardblake1610]

Bricker was on fire Locarno and liebman overrated

[@JazzVideoGuy]

I believe you mean Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman.

[@ajd711]

The only thing worse than this type of music if you can call it music are nails on a chalkboard! Ughhh!