Eric Harland is probably one of the most fluid drummers of today.. incredible

Fascinating to hear a whole band groove in quintuplets - it sounds so natural. What a sax player Ben is - inspirational.

Eric Harland is a monster. Period. (the whole team and tune are amazing too)

Am I the only one who still listens to this regular basis!?

Already 6 years since this video came out and now we can tell how influencial il was on the next gen. It really feels like modern jazz drumming was deeply impacted on this day… On this day, Eric Harland changed the game forever, once again… What a Master he is…

I get back to this one again and again. My god, what a recording. 2:55 actually feels like when the beat drops in electronic music ... holy cow, what a groove

Ben Wendel's playing is so melodic and unique! Absolutely love this!

You can tell the pianist was having a blast!

AMAZING!!!! Man, love what you're doing!! Such great playing guys!!👏👏👏

Unbelievable! Superb! Great band,great sound! Thank you all 4!

Wow love this! Especially how Eric plays with the time

Great music to listen to, and wonderful ensemble playing ... thanks for sharing!

Eric Harland's inspiration seems to be endless...

Unbelievable. Listen to this often months ago and now again. Unbelievable how this is achievable, this complexity, joy, energy and concentration, truely a masterpiece of master musicians.

this is realy soulbuilding. thank u so much

Still gives me chills

Keep imagining vibraphones in the mix !!! This is awesome.. Keep em videos coming !!

holy heck this is stellar. thank you so much

utterly fantastic!!!

such a great tone

Favorito video on KZfaq, no doubt

O My God !!! Much Love from Indonesia

Just Amazing !!!

4 musical monsters amazing

amazing.... taylor is crazy... harland is so crazy....

Sick ..next level!

ドラムのイケオジさんの汗を拭きたくなる😂

*mind blown also....is he circular breathing during the melody? didn't hear a spot in that phrase where he would have taken a breath

I really enjoy when artists revisit tunes over the years. It gives perspective on the composition itself, but also on how band dynamics affect improvisational choices. I have a couple versions in my library (from the albums "The Line" and "Small Constructions"). Would anyone know if there are others floating around? Thanks!

wow mind blown!!

incredible

Fantastic 4 !

i discover your work and I love. thanks for that. I am fan of your sond. Can I know the reference of your mouthpiece ? thanks a lot

Mind blowing piano, sax 'duet'.

fantastic

amazing!

I wish this was the version we got on the record.

So damn good!

Wonderful

So now I finally created a channel just to share my excitement about this performance with you. I love reading how a few other people are equally overwhelmed. For me, this is a perfect example for everything, that makes a good performance. Awesome timing, ideas, communication, feeling, development...just everything. There is nothing that I don't like . I love how lament-like the beginning is and how this motif is raised/lifted/elevated and becomes so powerful at 2:18 . Rather simple comping, simple drums and such a powerfull baseline. At 3:04 then Taylor varies the rhythm and a little later Ben picks it up and responds to it. Eric seems to love it, too. Then the solos show such thrilling development like the motivic and rhythmic development from 6:06 to 6:11 . After that Taylor plays pretty independent rhythms in both hands, which sounds incredibly intense. Finally he prepares the climax of the solo and ends it with a huge firework. Ben then plays of course equally good. My favourite part is where all prepare the climax at about 10:59 and then hit it at 11:16 , WOW. For me the bass player plays the most important role here. The bass line is what actually gives me goosebumps everytime I listen to it. So simple but sooo intense. It seems like for the performers it was also one of the more satisfying gigs. They look like they really dive into the music. Just wanted to share my thouhts. To me this seems like a thing that should be taught or shown at music school, but what do I know? Just a perfect example for a exquisite professional live performance. Sorry for weird english.

That circular breathing is unbelievable, great tune.

Love the sound😅

Oh maaan that was good

The lick is at 1:28

Sick!

Just sensational

Damn Ben!!

The whole tune is subdivided in 5, it seems. Like 4/4, but every beat has 5 subdivisions, so technically it's 20/16. Crazy. Reminds me of Balkan music.

Yeah!

great engineering, Alex

wow!

Ben's short paragraph of circular breathing is a welcomed departure from a one-note sustaining feat. James Carter has a knack for doing wonders during his circular-breathing showmanship. Great tonal quality...

This is fucking amazing

17 minutes of pure shred

absolutely savage

Super

Yeaaaaaaaaa

Outrageous pushing the envelope

that be taylor earning some extra cookie points from me for that solo there. also eric. but then again, ok, fine, it's all of them. it's just so much excellence in this one video.

this play sounds like ornette or his harmolodics. bottom of two are cool n piano nice supports. sax is waving n twisting

This band kinda reminds of what Shorters Quartet. Sounds great!

Would someone give me a link to some familiar standard tune that Ben plays. Everything I've found is unfamiliar to me an oldtimer. Thanks for any info.

Holi shit, awesome!

🖤

nice

soul food sounds!

Him and Redman have such crazy good tone. And others of course... but god his is beautiful.

Nice

Love it :)

🔥

Does anybody know where I can buy this rhythm section? Amazon? Ebay?

I like the pianist

Will there be an album recording of this gig available to purchase?

is that Gary Smulyan in the audience at 47 secs in?

2:03 is Eric Harland surprised by the tempo that is called for the tune? :D

this 2 over 5 sounds amazing

This is some of the hippest shit I’ve heard in years.

Is this based on quintuplets or?

What a monsters...

Anyone else hear "a thousand miles " @5:15?

is it just a fast 5 or does the meter have more going on than that? brilliant stuff.

Man, I don't care for sax in any music except Jazz, and holy $#!t if it isn't the most exquisite voice! What a band, choon!

This is fabulous! As always with something new and original, I made connections with stuff that I was familiar with, and it was Bennie Wallace who came to mind, both in his stance when playing, and with the heft and angularity of the music - but Wallace is far more raw and gutsy, an almost completely overlooked genius who in the early 1980's forged a new jazz language that was never picked up by others - to jazz's great loss. His album 'The Free Will' is a true masterpiece. And try this live performance kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdZ_pcx026u5qIk.html. Not to take anything away from Ben Wenel's really extraordinary work here !!

why?

Doom fan :)

Someday I'll fully transcribe the head

Wooooow? Great. Awesome. Amazing. Please! Whats is your mouthpiece? omG? I'm subscribed to your channel. Virtuoso Saxophonist. Bravo! My sincere respect and admiration. You look like Michael Brecker. Bravo! Greetings from BRZ.🇧🇷 Santos City. Success!

:)

Hi Wendel, I'm Brazilian and I would love to know what is your mouthpiece in the tenor sax?

Taylor Eigsti should be a household name. That solo was bitchin'.

Les Esprits de John Coltrane et de Elvin Jones sont fortement vivants a la maison; n'est pas?

Cero swing

Aha Eric's face at 0:44

Wow !! Bradley Cooper is a superb jazz pianist, and John Krasinksi is great on sax!! Who would've guessed ???!!!

The melody reminds me to the jazz version of this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJ5_o5qFtanTpJs.html

crack boum Boum tschak Tschak

2:01

what??

I don't want to see that music sheet at all. Nope. Not me. Thanks

Ooh aren’t they clever.