Jeff Kashiwa playing the Akai EWI4000s

[@cyberholix]

Sounds so synthetic, but with that natural expression, the overall sound character of this baby is so unique. I like it so much.

[@mrbigarms]

Seen Jeff a number of times and he just blows me away with his skill and inventiveness, He must surly be one of the best sax players of our time.

[@ricinaddict]

I just went to a jazz festival, this guy was an adjudicator there and played this for us! It was awesome.

[@efergarmx]

All the orchestra in one instrument. What a rare and fascinating instrument.

[@sprak404]

***TO EVERYONE WHO IS LOOKING FOR HIS SOUND***-----HE IS USING A PATCHMAN MUSIC EWI4000s SOUNDBANK. Google Patcman muisc ewi and you will find how to purchase. Bob Mintzer and other well known players use this sound bank. There are 100 different sounds. The delay that he uses (to play the canon/duet) is actually one of the sounds (#40 if i remember). If you want to order an ewi i HIGHLY recommend that you order from patchman music. the instrument comes calibrated with all the sounds sounding their best. hope this helps someone!

[@PHUNKLEBAND]

Totally impressed with this Musician and his instrument, very cool duets with himself !! awesome !!

[@ParveshJamwal]

That's the power of the EWI+Jeff's genius!! Totally rocking! Thanks for sharing!!

[@chrisliddiard725]

Every time i watch this im left in awe of this performance, from his opening intro of the instrument to that very last note. Im thankful to the person who was there to capture and then share this performance.

[@Bibbly53]

I got to play one of these earlier. Very nice, user friendly, and quick to pick up and play. It's a lot of fun to play, and enjoyable to hear.

[@Johnharpdalton]

Great playing, super sound and some very nifty footwork.,... excellent!

[@MrSuperJBWALKER]

THIS GUYS PUTS EVERYBODY TO SHAME ON THIS EWI. UNREAL!

[@JulioARodriguez]

Wow! Incredible sound. Thanks to this guy I'm going to buy my own so I agree with many people here. Akai pay a commission to Mr. Kashiwa!

[@saxfraga]

Awsome player... The best demo of the EWI... I had to buy it.

[@aldoblaga]

simply awesome instrument, and playing !!! wonderful. Made my day (as a clarinet player)

[@stlmusic]

I got my EWI about a year ago to help fill some voids in my band. I use it in conjunction with a Roland Sonic Cell (all with patchman patches on both the Sonic Cell and EWI 4000s) I've been playing sax for 30 years and the rollers took a little getting use to. I was told by others it would take about 3 months to get comfortable with it. They were right. After hearing Jeff, I had to get a loop station. It took a few hours to figure out but I'm coming close to reproducing his exact solo :-)

[@kurtgainz]

That thing is beyond awesome. Great player 5 Stars

[@luksaxtenor]

Until now... I haven't known how really great he is!!!! WOW!

[@lovejazz]

Jeff Kashiwa is one of a kind on the wind instruments.

[@bananamusician]

By the way, if you want to see a GREAT player on the EWI, search on Masato Honda here on the tube. There are many videos of him playing the EWI. I'd say he's the best I've heard on this instrument.

[@markmiller66]

Akai should give this guy a commission. It helped to sell me. I had tried early versions back around 1988, but the self-contained synth in this sold me. Picked it up with the patchman music patches and love the sounds.

[@Halberddent]

Finally an instrument that can play the inception soundtrack.

[@skriglangka]

Jeff is fantastic on the EWI... And now I have 1 2 :-).

[@maxalaintwo3578]

How's workin for you after a decade

[@Carsonsaxplayer]

Great job Jeff! Nice EWI, and use of looping as well!

[@HowieStephens]

Great video. I'm considering an EWI myself, though I don't know how to play a wind instrument (yet). This guy's performance rocks; very creative use of looping himself.

[@joshuarosen6242]

The canon was absolutely great. The EWI looks like you could have a lot of fun with it.

[@tabalitigi]

as far as depriving musicians of their job...music wouldn't be a "job" if everyone took the time to learn. We are too specialized as a society...everyone has the capacity to become a musician, but we have become too lazy...this instrument is amazing, and remember, great musicians are always going against the grain, everyone else is trying to copy them.

[@paulfleming3599]

I play tenor and alto saxophones and want to add soprano for the register. I just today returned to this video after a year or so, remembering how expressive Jeff's whole presentation was. I am now an uncommitted but leaning buyer of the EWI. I am familiar with Patchman Music; Thank you, Pat Q, for the info on the sound Jeff Kashiwa gets. In the range he uses for the funky stuff, it's like a "fat" soprano sax, clear as glass, and in his hands every bit expressive as the "real time" instrument. Does anyone know what sound or patch he is using?

[@robbiemccarthy]

He could be using a looping pedal, but he would have to be doing mad foot work to get that first piece to sound correct. What I think he is doing for his first duet, (someone correct me if I'm wrong,) is using Patchman Music's "Looper" voice from their EWI4000s Soundbank Volume 1. That particular voice resembles this exact synth sound, and everything played is reverberated heavily, exactly one second later, as in the first piece played here; this creates a nice duet with ones own playing.

[@JaySlaterOfMars]

If it's anything like the recorder I played back in my elementary school days, the fingerings would be different. The EWI fingerings are basically saxophone fingerings, which will be familiar to anyone who's played sax, clarinet, flute, or penny whistle.

[@jerrypinter]

Sounds great Jeff! Been curious about the ewi for quite a while. Nice presentation. Jerry Pinter

[@chrisliddiard725]

ha ha. who needs a band. Everytime i watch this it has me smiling.

[@MsLaLa47]

Oh my god that's amazing!!! I want one so bad now!

[@IconicBattles]

Just bought an EWI4000s from patchman. CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT! And I'm a freakin guitarist =)

[@rozenaxsax5133]

Awesome playing with an EWI.....lovin' it to death.

[@monomakes]

The loops (EWI, not drums) are probably MIDI recorded into a program like Ableton Live (great application!).

[@bananamusician]

I'll be getting one of these pups in a few weeks, I can't wait for it!

[@jazzsolo1]

Really nice,sounds awesome!

[@DarthNoshitam]

@analogWeapon Jeff Kashiwa uses the patchman music EWI patches; the "delay" is simply one of their patches (#40). Then of course he uses a loop station for the latter part of the video

[@Lolleka]

2:47 till the end, back to 2:47 till the end, back to 2:47 till the end, .... and so on. Damn I love this demo.

[@Its303AcidBass]

I lost count of how many times I watched this video.

[@eskimo103]

Its Allegro from Telemanns Canonic Sonata #1

[@seerskater]

damn that cannon thing wasd dope

[@marchiesmusic]

This video deserves more than 211828383738227 views

[@daquetreed5522]

You can adjust all of the sounds in the EWI. He most likely found a sound already close to the sound and went from there til he got what he wanted.

[@SimplyLee1980]

Jeff the Man..

[@equesfuscus]

@JanneFlinck1981 I live in an apartment, too, and always finish practising by 9pm. I talked to my neighbours, told them what I was going to do, offered to let them let me know what time was best, but didn't offer not to do it. They appreciated being consulted, and no one complains. People have pianos and other instruments in apartments a lot. I recommend talking to your neighbours.

[@DJHB317]

Wow he killed it!

[@JanneFlinckExplorations]

@equesfuscus there are lot of places to learn wich i dont know :) band rehersal apartments, music schools, normal schools, im not sure, mainly in music schools, anyway you always haveto go somewhere else to train. saxophone what i was looking was 655 euros, tenor, very nice looking, golden. i actually might buy it, i never even played flute before :D but usually when im interested on something i train hard, im not that kind of, that got some "face" and then i forget it after 3 play times.

[@stubert311]

i think he's using the onboard tone generator... look at the little box at the end of the instrument. thats a thing usually used for wireless guitar hookups and it'd plug into the audio out jack on the ewi

[@bobbobbinson1841]

damn... makes me want to play the damn flute now....

[@eyeheartchrist]

Yep, if you plan to start playing on stage and studio, the 4000s is worth every penny. It may be tough to get use to octave rollers and how precise the keys are, that's basically the only real learning curve if you play wind instruments as well. :-)

[@seekingpeniel]

Lot's of fun! Thank-you!

[@turbomax]

great instrument!

[@daddo77]

@sporefreak105 It's the first of six canonic sonatas for two violas by Georg Philipp Telemann, 3rd movement Allegro

[@Its303AcidBass]

I lost count of how many times I watched this....oh here I am saying it again.

[@Its303AcidBass]

Back again

[@Its303AcidBass]

Back

[@jacksontru4346]

If you own an EWI, and you're currently learning how to really master technique (in particular) on it, you will understand how much of a badass Jeff is in this video

[@amhtbb]

One of these tune motifs turned into "Seventh Heaven" on one of his recent albums... He should do the other ones too...

[@MusicGodAndMyLaptop]

@JanneFlinck1981 Sure thing. It has one mini-stereo-tele headphones and one 1/4 line out jack on the back.

[@AlaskanGenius]

@DebbSaxx1 Jaw strength? and for a second I thought you had played a woodwind instrument in your life.

[@Eefiebaby]

Ow, I like that instrument! Fantastic :))

[@xenadon]

@TheRealJaySlater Hey Jay this is actually Ben from fencing. Funny how you ended up finding me on youtube too. Thanks for the info (twice).

[@FolksWhite]

Are you still fencing?

[@stubert311]

ewi usb is only a midi controller, no tone generator at all. so you need a midi box or a pc running midi sampler software it comes with (or any midi sampler)

[@robbiemccarthy]

I'm guessing the first piece he played was an original composition, maybe? if not, anyone know the title? also, i still cant figure out how to get his looping effects to happen on the fly. im working on a patch that will do it, but until then, i'll just watch in awe.

[@PatchmanMusic]

If you are interested in the EWI, visit the Wind Controller FAQ here: www.patchmanmusic.com/WindControllerFAQ.html

[@efergarmx]

I see or better said I heard that he reproduces a part of music and after he does loops abut it and begins a new sequence of notes.

[@angrykoopa]

omg why have i not heard of this guy before?? 3:32 - 4:37 is pure funk, anyone know what song that is?

[@BestFavorite]

i love it!!!!

[@gregormann7]

Phil Keaggy would love this!!

[@JanneFlinckExplorations]

can this be played with earphones that only you can hear it, or put volume down, so it can be practised at evening in apartments, without disturbing neigbours? i would really want to play saxophone alto or tenor (dont know diference), but i would like to learn something before going practise realone with other people.

[@EternaDevotee]

@JanneFlinck1981 The only difference is the size and the range of the instrument. Well, they do have slightly different sounds but that is due to the range they play in.

[@scottyforte5889]

My jazz teacher rocks

[@Pampam256]

Jeff is really good

[@iliutzzaro]

Must to have a midi interface. Conect your ewi midi in + midi out to midi interface and interface to your pc. Instal VIZEX program from the ewi cd. Also you can buy Akai ewi 4000s soundbank from patchman music.

[@lewisthemusician]

i was thinking of buying one of these? Should i? Or are they bringing out a newer version or something soon?

[@HighMizai]

thats AWESOME!

[@CORNERSTOW]

next on the gear list for me. g center you betta have it in stock lol

[@thejoyofsax]

Love how one of his examples is a Telemann duet. Is this a school assembly or something?

[@bankapolonia]

co to za instrument?!!!! Super!!!!! Duże możliwości ma!!!

[@AkiraElric1985]

Holy shiz! It's out of stock at music and arts right now as of 3/12/11!

[@musella974]

Very impressive... What's your loop station ? Boss RC-50 ?

[@MarshallAmpMan]

This is like a Lyricon, the late Chuck Greenberg of Shadowfax had one.

[@ProDigit80]

one of the internal sax sounds.

[@MusickBusiness]

talent

[@sva988]

He's absolutely also using a loopstation. I'm looking for a good sax emulation. Are the patchman patches good? Or should I go the VST way? I'm thinking about getting the sample modeling Sax Brothers VST, but wanted to hear if anybody has had good experience with the three saxes.

[@stanhegeman8751]

sva988 who needs a good sax “emulation” when you have 2 saxes on stands beside you?

[@JaySlaterOfMars]

@xenadon $700 or so. Having one myself, I'd recommend getting one from Patchman Music, along with the soundbank from the same place. The factory sounds aren't great.

[@Badass-cycles]

It is a great instrument with a nice sound. Great playing

[@N33dM04rM3t4l]

Like an upbeat jazz, there's other influences thrown in tho. This guy is more on the alternative side.

[@SoCereally]

Does anyone know the title of the first song? The duet he played? Was that just improv to show off the EWI or is it an actual song from somewhere?

[@stubert311]

you can still do the same setup, but you need a soundcard with a midi input

[@stubert311]

you can't i think. the internal synth is analog and has a set of sounds you can't change. to use different sounds people use an external synth connected by a midi cable

[@iliutzzaro]

hi. why the octave key from my ewi 4000s respond like a normal key. the sound from up to down or reverse it.s like a beep.

[@analogWeapon]

@MiguekCL delay. he says so. maybe loop stations can delay. dunno.

[@MiguekCL]

el esta usando un una estacion de loops???

[@equesfuscus]

I think it's worth it. You can work on your tone and some scales, just to get the basics going. If you love it, then do it. It won't be easy or great at first, but if you work at it, then you'll be better able to really learn once you get a different place to practice. Surely, people in Finland like playing music, so where do people generally go to practise?

[@VladimirRussianDude]

wow that was good

[@stubert311]

parts of this sound like the nightcourt theme

[@homeslice1479]

Pretty sure it's the Boss RC50; I know for a fact that he's used those before.

[@shadowbliss07]

how is he able to loop his sound like that? i wanna learn to do that

[@methomatha865]

with BOSS RC-3 you can make loop for 6 hours lool

[@xcrezyx]

it's called "duet with myself" ... it's on an unreleased album that only his fan club members get.

[@analogWeapon]

@DarthNoshitam Thanks for the info!