Dig it, no color, no black, no white, just some jammin' dudes playing the hell out of this tune.

These guys are the coolest cats in town. Bar None!! - playing their hearts and souls on their sleeves. Jammin', Groovin', Hammerin' Just flat layin' it down......

What a moment to be ALIVE!

When Boney plays there is a new dimension of feeling

Casino lights's version of "Always There" the best live version to date, the rhythm and horn section killed it…..broke it down lol

The first concert that made me love Jazz music. Still adorable when listen it again :))

Guys, this is why it's called music. We all have our opinions and tastes; no one is right or wrong. Hence why some professional sax players go the smooth jazz/pop route and others stick with traditional jazz. It's all relative, nothing is written in stone.

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They are all great and my man Billy Kilson on drums is amazing!!!

I wish I was at that concert. Those guys were jammin'!!!

Wahnsinn, leider war ich selbst nicht bei diesem Konzert, aber ein Freund von mir der dabei war schwärmt mir jedesmal davon. Habe die Musik DVD erworben „RICK BRAUN Various Artists-Casino Lights 99" und kann sie nur jeden Jazz Fan ans Herz legen.

This is one GREAT song...

If only the million dollar divas loved what they do as much as these guys do... different styles, same song... all about the music

listening to these bros. will get your mind right.

I love this!!!! Kenny definately shows his MILES influence. Too bad Rick didn't get a chance to display his talents on this song. He is one of the best jazz trumpet players alive today!!!!

You are correct I revisited it just the other night and actually played it.Its in E minor. Thankz!

All of the solos were characteristic of who they are and where they come from. Smokin'.As for the key of the song, it was not the oringinal key, but I can do it there too, lol. Check out Ronnie Laws other version of this song call "Still always there" on the Harvest for the world cd. It's poppin!!

kenny and kirk had the best solos but overall one of the best songs ive ever heard

ALL STARS

A musical feast.It is the best.

This is 1 ferocious cover of the orig '76 classic by jazz saxist Ronnie Laws! Where Ronnie's perf is soulful, Kirk and Co transforms this joint into a funk-flowin','5-STAR,fun-fest every-1 havin'a ball! *SideNote*-R.Laws classic "Always There" has been covered & recorded over 20 times with noteworthy efforts being "Side Effects" voc-version(a club classic), Willie Bobo's latin version & R/B band "Incognito". I even recorded my own version due to the mad-luv I have for this song!

Kenny fucking killed it.

THIS MUSIC IS AMAZING!!!

absolutly fantastic

dude, you don't even know how much I love jazz piano, like Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau are like two of my favorite artists.

This is the best version of this jam,so nice I got to listen to it twice. Nasty!!!!!

WOW...Take me way back home......! Super talented musicians.

Man, that's how life should be every single day! GREAT feeling! GREAT energy! GREAT sounds! Thanx

one of the best songs ive ever heard

It is a totaly crazy,amazing.

Now thís is what music is all about!!

Hells Yeah!!!!! What a jam session....

Stumbled onto this..... but this is one of my favorite tunes, nice extended jam.....

LUUUUURRRRRVVVE this number..... Great bass line....

Seeing all those stars perfoming live is great and very interesting! L♥ve it :D

I'm a sax player and I respect them for bringing what they brought to the table. Boney played more of a smooth jazz style. Kenny, of course one of my favorites, is coming from Jazz/R&B/Soul. LOL funny how he always sounds good putting his own harmonic spin on things regardless of the context. Kirk Whalum, wow he surprised me in this vid. I have always loved his playing too. He is coming from a R&B/Gospel/Jazz context. His tenor sound is so fat and ballsy lol. Great playing

wow you should teach jazz history at my university. You are ever so wise.

This was great! The entire DVD is awesome! The diversity is what makes it!

Magnificent!!!

history is time and context. this is a 99 jamming of people with very different backgrounds. if you listen to Kilson with Holland, Garrett with Miles, 70´s Duke, and Whalum & Carlton doing their usual LA stuff, you will appreciate that they got together for this date not trying to pass any hard core jazz message except that playing together, uncompromisingly, may be a great passtime!

man that bass the start is killing it!!! thumbs up

this is REAL smooth jazz

BRAVO!

Very well put. All three of the players have their place in music and guess what none of them sounded anything alike. That's the beauty of it..

wow!!! Ive never been into smooth jazz and even though 3/4 of the horns are usually on the smooth jazz scene this is SOMETHING ELSE!! its like what smooth jazz should be lol, love it. really loved it.

Yeah Billy Kilson really is a great drummer. He's come far since he went to Berklee says my drum teacher.

If memory serves (not necessarily a given), the first time I heard this tune it was a Brecker Brothers cut. I think this one is better. Thanks.

This is now my favorite song. All of these guys did great. U can really tell they were having fun. As did I just by listening.

the bassist is a beast and boney james had the best solo

Billy kilson é surreal, com certeza é aquele talento que surge a cada geração. O cara é sensacional

I cant stop listening to this song. Ive listened to this so much, I learned all of their solo's. Kirks is pretty difficult tho. I havent got his down yet tho.

when you talk about sax these are the best there is period. you could'nt get it any better than this

they are awesome. wolfen

awsome players Kirk Whalum is the man

I had this DVD and lent it out and never saw it again, could not find it anywhere in the shops, man that was years ago, man thanks for posting it , I'm loving it OOhh Yeah

fantastic

You can also see the position of Boney James. After the repeated part he stands and another position all for sudden... it's very rare

Drummer....Masterfull!!!!

I'm Sooo happy to see Kenny's perfomance before.

dis gotta be da best calaboration eva

great tune. Rick Braun is crackin me up with that silly undershirt

tlcfiend you know your music,yes this is a ronnie laws jam. they picked a great one of his to play. one of my favorites.

amen to that man

killer bass line

This is my favorite song i listen to this song 5 time a day lol but boney james was the best one he killed it thats why the crowd clapped for him

this is bad ass!!!

Some of us got it and some of us didn't. Kirk killed! He kinda put me in the mindset of how Brecker may have approached his solo, inside and outside of the funk. Garret's tone was that of a tenor sax and he kept it real to his roots an R&B and Funky jazz feel. Boney did Boney and he has his place in the smooth jazz genre and if you listened close enough, he almost strayed away from that pen thang but went back to his comfort zone.

this video is d bomb

Musicisti eccezionali BRAVIII

All so talented! I've seen Boney, Kirk & Rick B. live and they are all GREAT. This site is to express to our Artist for the fine job they do. They feed our hearts and soul and that means alot to me. I love music and songs with vocal lyrics I would always listen to although, STILL I would fasinate myself with the background instruments and to me niether is better than the other. what a privilege @ honor to see them live. When I buy a new CD I always get hyper coz I can't wait to hear it

cheesy beyond belief but i haven't heard a groove this good for AGES, just amazing!!!!!! Can't believe how amazing it sounds.

garrett owns this one...serious vocabulary

you crazy Boney James was the only one that got applause

Amen to that!!

thats right starr070 man. lot of ppl don't even know what jazz is about. if you try to define it, you kinda limit what you can do and how you can express yourself. that genre of music is naturally played "out the box" if you know what that means. Jazz artists have different signature style of play that describes who they are as individuals. "RESPECT THAT INDIVIDUALITY". (Jazz from my perspective)

I agree!!!

just stating a fact... music is my future and i like to believe i can make it one day. they have truely at least double my experience, probably more than that.

The real Kenny G kicked booty!

Anytime!

Wicked!

KG's sound can still stand up against two big time tenor sounds, he gets so much bmeat out of an alto, it's amazing

Damn, I just noticed that Boney James has really small hands/fingers! lol look at his right hand during his solo

For the best verison of this song youtube Side Affect "Always There" (made in 1977) The female that sang with the group is Helen Lowe. She married the former road manager for Heatwave James Baylor and now she is known in the Gospel music arena as Helen Baylor. She has had a very successful Gospel music career, but before she became a Christian and started singing for God, she sang background for Rufus feat. Chaka. Go to side effects "always there" for the real vocal verison

you crack me up dude, i didn't even say such a thing. get your facts straight nurse man.

Just to add to ElHuapango's changes for a different flavour you could go Em9-Bm7-F/G-Cmaj7. As always let your ears be your judge. Keep grooving everyone

Larry Carlton

Muito Boommmm

I agree, k7. Breaking music down to technical performance is an insult. Analysis comes from the mind, appreciation from the soul...

nice Nice NIce NICe NICE NIIICE!!!!!!!!!

Awesome. Just a brew of good raw ear-appeal

in your eyes

what the hell is this and why the hell has it been missing from my ipod i love this is this a one off thing of is it a kind of fourplay? we need more bands like this

damn out of sight baby

agreed. i saw him at a chris botti show and he was smokin'

These are all great musicians. Remember to make a real statement it needs to be a different style or sound. If not ir sounds like everyone else and does not set you apart from the others. These cats all know their axes to the max. Let us all savor them while they are still here.Too much of the "great & good " music has left us in the past few years.

Boney James plays Smooth Jazz. Everyone else was playing straight ahead. I'd go with Boney.

All these cats are bad,this is a jam....

sweet i like to rock the selmers.

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