Michael Brecker - Say It (1999)

[@DRWJD]

Mike Brecker was the most complete sax player ever born bar none.He mastered the Tenor Sax.I 've never seen any sax player attack the instrument like he did

[@kuritaro-x3i]

何回も見ている動画だけど、これ、やっぱり相当すごい。これを日本のテレビの企画でできたことも今更感謝します。最初のインタビューはわけがわかりませんが、マイケル出だしから最高です。この曲に対してのリードのセッティングがバッチリで、管を通ったときの鳴りが絶妙で泣けてきます。ガーデラって、うまく吹くとこんな音色するんだと改めて感動させられます。彼にしか出せない音ですね。マイケル最高！

[@temporaryname73]

Awesome sax player. He's like the Jimi Hendrix of saxophone. No one will ever be as great as Michael Brecker.

[@Filippo-Parisi]

May I cry?

[@DestinMillerMusic]

it's beautiful to see such a technically accomplished musicians play with such discipline and tenderness on a ballad... long live brecker

[@JPSaxMan]

Wow, it's amazing how much of Trane's influence you can hear coming out in Michael but at the same time, he definitely has his own sound and style that just make my draw drop. We will truly miss you Michael, you were taken away from us too soon!

[@frasertones8519]

I agree.

[@Wandley.T.L]

Brecker"s sound is so wonderful !!!!

[@Moromoro_Laboratory]

今ではベースの鈴木氏以外は、皆さん他界されてしまい残念です。 この素晴らしい演奏がKZbin上で聞けることに感謝します。

[@michaelthompson6452]

One of the very best. We love and miss you Mike .

[@vaineminaru]

i think that was possibly the best saxophone solo i have ever heard in my entire life.

[@DirtyRed]

Nawl bruh "Common Ground" that's the GOAT

[@saxwill]

mike is a big influence for all the sax players, its a lenguaje... a way to play... For me the best....... Thanks for your music mike....

[@manni108]

One of the most beautiful ballads from Michael ....

[@joseppi4cinqua]

Manuel Goldbach Coltrane has a much better version than anybody else

[@toughtenor]

it simply can't get any better then this. unearthly beautiful.

[@ronnyjam]

Very proud of Japanese players along with the great saxphonist !!

[@bernardlec]

- great - interprétation particulière et personelle - grande sensibilité e l'émotion est là ! digne des grands ! thanks M B.

[@GTRandolph1964]

God be with Michael and Bless his family. Rest In Peace Greg

[@Tasheezi]

Great musician, always to be remembered One of my main inspirations to play my alto, i want a tennor sax now!

[@jdsumner]

What a musician, fantastic performance, RIP Michael.

[@jazzmunky]

Brecker's sound was so great, and all those sinuous lines...

[@aammirr]

...like the many that have passed on; they are not gone, musically. I have always felt that personages that have left us (like Brecker, Trane, Fat Girl, Bird, Jimi, et al) were/are conduits for musical energy passing through them for us ! A manifestation of grace, if you will. I thank the 'prime mover'.

[@henrywasserman]

Timeless. What a great homage to John Coltrane. Brecker lives!

[@gigglepet]

he means he improvises so melodically and logically that one could write lyrics to his improvised melody.

[@jiyujizai]

この音は凄い。😃🎵

[@efergarmx]

Excellent, Excellent!!! beautiful interpretation. What a incredible piece of jazz!!

[@jeeongpark]

It's not a matter of difficulty but the way you play it.. Wish I could play it like Michael..

[@norbertsarkozy]

One would say that great players (and not only musicians) were all poets like him.

[@exjazzbassbaz]

thanks mr brecker for all your wonderful music.you left your mark alright.you will never be forgotten.one of the greats.up there with j.c.now.many thanks.marks6338.

[@krikorsax]

fantastic man michael...GOD bless your soul...

[@CamTheCat]

At 4:32 he blows a killer variation on a nice ii-V7 pattern that I've heard Bird and Getz and many others use... but Michael's variation is really hip with his outside modulation added.

[@DirtyRed]

Bro I caught that as well. It's alot of licks in here from all over but played so well he also plays something similar around 5:08 in as well. Brecker is Goated like the man was so amazing.

[@jazznutz]

Still so unreal that he is gone. What I do know is he was definitely here.

[@alberto7ct]

MMMMMM q delicia escuchar y ver al uno de los mejores saxofonistas de todos los tiempos.

[@ethanjhayward]

4:10-4:31 such a gift for melody, especially the last little statement. you could write words to this.

[@isabelmaturana5769]

impresionante.

[@billabbott6092]

I have been a pro saxophone player for 30 plus years and am always in awe of Michael. He is the Motzart, Rembrant, Stravinski and Worhal of post modern intelectual music.

[@krikorsax]

he gave too much to us we must learn from him rest in peace he was very good in 20 century

[@TrailerGott]

this is soooooooo cooooooool

[@MoFabri]

Che spettacolo,questo Brecker mi piace molto di più nei panni del melodico che del pazzo scatenato.

[@CamTheCat]

I love this song. So great to hear Micheael do it.

[@panmariop9466]

I love it!

[@javijazztazz]

Bella Balada, fuiste un gran saxofonista Brecker Q.E.P.D

[@bzackbear]

Wow !! I've finally got someone to LISTEN to again! Since Trane, Stitt and Dexter passed on, I thought I wouldn't have anyone else I want to hear. But, tonight, Marks6338, I've found someone--thanks to you. I did not hear ONE WRONG NOTE by Brecker. Further, it was a real heart warming thing to listen to the Japanese musicians- who have really gotten into the music- play as expertly as they did.This type of thing AGAIN shows how close all humans are--or can be. Thanks again, Marks 6338. Now, I'm going on a journey for MORE BRECKER !!

[@JoseValentino]

Michael was "Trane" of this generation. He took what the amazing Coltrane did and expanded on it to the next level.

[@mxer6161]

so beautiful

[@BastiatHayek]

Praise to the King !

[@EphemeralProductions]

He was lookin so good in this one! :)

[@stephenruggieri]

This was recorded by John Coltrane but the actual composer is Frank Loesser, was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and music to the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the latter.

[@jazzbirdbecky]

So beautiful and passionate. Wow.

[@vasconcellosdecastro]

Que lindo!

[@NISHIKOU4]

im really moved...i love this song

[@electrojazz14]

beautiful RIP bro

[@krikorsax]

the most beautufull ballad

[@blasmasters]

Oh darn, R.I.P Michael.

[@expandexpo]

Amazing! Micheal brecker R.I.P!

[@Vichun]

A wonderfull song

[@topolinik]

Che poesia questa musica...

[@manni108]

abolutely love this video/song!!

[@sanblem]

R.I.P. nostro maestro

[@fabio6764]

favoloso....

[@kendricbaines2415]

Damn. Bravo bravo lol. This is how I wanna be, My goal. Simply motivating, beautiful

[@stefanocanaletti7946]

GREAT, MAGIC!

[@billjhyt]

I think that is the idea here, drum1953, MB said himself that his rendition of 'Say It' was his way of saying thanks, of paying homage to one of his closest mentors, if your will. The torch must be passed on, as others, mentored by MB and those you mentioned, will arise and come into their own greatness as new unique voices in a parade of new generations.

[@Stubummer]

WOW!

[@jazz31175]

magnifique

[@krikorsax]

God bless his soul krikor sax

[@stealthswimmer]

I agree with jfvlute87. Michael took jazz and music further and elaborated on his influences to take it even further.

[@stealthswimmer]

oh, thx for answering :)

[@Mofeko]

Serious, I agree.. Great performance..

[@ethanjhayward]

4:10 to 4:31 is pure melodic brilliance.

[@giomuccio46]

Concordo, il più grande anche senza la pelle nera.

[@ravioli2382]

この人がこういう曲を演奏しているのは、あまり聴いたことがなかったんですが・・・いいですね！！

[@unclejunglebass]

bassist's first name is vagabond? what a beast.

[@jazzmunky]

3:53-4:10 i love the piano chord melody, sort of wynton kelly Michael smoking of course 6:36 that note perfect choice, what is it? sharp9 on a dominant? can't be bothered to work it out and i don't have good pitch anyway

[@eggyolk1992]

maybe he means its less complicated harmonically, i'm not sure.. could be an issue with translation anyways, this is amazing

[@みいこ-t4j]

村上ポンタ秀一さん、ご冥福を お祈りいたしますm(._.)m

[@lilico05]

kkk Este é Michael Brecker!

[@jazzmunky]

sounds very much like a pattern coltrane used too. Accents on chromatically descending notes from root of II minor chord - sharp 7, flat 7 and sixth. On D minor, the Csharp, Cnat, B. Same technique often used to embellish static harmony (i.e. two-bar minor chords)

[@markhiggins8315]

It's a very well known ii/V/i phrase usually most associated with Sonny Stitt. That's where I first heard it and I've since seen a few educators pass it on as a Stitt excercise. A very good one to learn on all keys.

[@fedebsas6531]

Alguien tiene la partitura de este tema? Podria intentar sacarlo a oido pero me llevaría muchísimo tiempo... gracias !

[@krikorsax]

GOD LOVE YOU TOO MUCH KRIKOR LIBANON

[@jazzmunky]

Oh man!! Brecker at 4:10!

[@吉田祥一郎-c1p]

RIP Ponta san

[@brickboo1]

I'm really going to run over my Tenor in the morning with my pickup truck loaded with sand.

[@Secret_Doves]

It's so amazing to see this cross cultural stuff happening. Coltrane in japan; who would have thought? On the contrary, Austin, I thought that the drummer did a nice job. So often ballad drum parts are simplistic and "tinkly;" this one was nice and rhythmic. It was a bit heavy on the snare, but it gives it a unique sound. I suppose you could find it same-y, but I find it interesting.

[@gigglepet]

ya man i tried some yanis and the altos are rippin man, theyre great!

[@sbaiar]

Brecker doesn't play a Yani. He plays a Selmer Mark VI.

[@samadhist]

That phrase doesn't belong to anyone. It's all of ours. Seriously, I mean that.

[@IFeeeeelGood]

@stephenruggieri I don't know the author of this piece,but the John Coltrane's version is very famous!

[@kentosu88]

「フジテレビ」の「ニュースジャパン」の「1999年」。「当時­」の「ニュースキャスター」。「木村太郎さん」が出ている。「マ­イケル」と云って居た。「テナーサックス」の音が大変良い。「P­C」の「外付けスピーカー」は「BOSE」。「30万円」した。­「安いコンポ」より「遥かに音が良い」。

[@高橋正博-s2u]

ameblo.jp/galwayera/entry-12158453643.html Listening to this album "Ballad", Some People told that John Coltrane has become a simple mood tenor sax player. (バラードというバラードを聴いて、ジョンコルトレーンは、ムードテナーサックス走者に成り下がってしまったという人もいました。） But I don't want to agree with this opinion. (私は、到底その意見には与することができません。） I've been loving this Coltrane's album titled "Ballad" which includes attractive songs like "Say it" or "Nancy". (私は、バラードというタイトルのコルトレーンのこのアルバムを愛聴して来ました。その中には、セイ イットとか、ナンシーなど、名曲が含まれています。 This Album shows us another enchantment which is different from "Giant steps". （このアルバムは、「ジャイアントステップス」とはまた一味違う魅力を示していると思うのですが。） Mr. Michael Brecker is faithfully playing it, comparing with original playing of John Coltrane. Anyway this Performance is remarkably nice. （マイケルブレッカーさんは、コルトレーンの演奏に忠実にプレイしています。とにかく、特筆すべきパフォーマンスであることは間違いありません。）

[@leopereirafilho1456]

"so you're going to play a ballad which is not the difficult one... " 😂😂

[@ethanjhayward]

as in... to the section that doesn't already have words... also known as the improv section...

[@thejoyofsax]

It comes from the word "accompany."

[@songsmadeforyou]

can someone translate that bass player in the beginning?

[@jazzmunky]

That chord-melody phrase the pianist does at 3:55, I've heard it before, who used to play that? Wynton Kelly?

[@frasertones8519]

Nice laptop for 1999.

[@therealappl3]

2:42

[@stephenruggieri]

Does anyone know if this is a Brecker original? If not who is the composer of this tune? Thnx

[@PepperWilliams_songcovers]

Trane would be proud!

[@stealthswimmer]

what's "comping"? Sorry if I sound ignorant, I just never heard that term.

[@derio1216]

How does he get that sound of a strength 1.5 reed!? talk about control.

[@ewi4000]

Where did you get that info. Mike played a La Voz Medium. That's 3 or something.

[@thebreathalyzer]

right, for that tip opening that's a pretty usual reed strength. Kind of in the middle.

[@stealthswimmer]

lol, u talkin bout the interview part right?

[@yahbitchyah777]

Lol "Not the harder one, the easier one" And Brecker proves yet another misconception wrong.