Niels Henning Ørsted pedersen on bass, the best there ever was. Jon Christensen on drums left us today, 18 Feb 2020, RIP to a giant.

First note of his solo, he's like "fuck ya'll, I'm gonna play in my own key" LOL

The best. Mike was and is the greatest. Great therapy for the ego if you are ever start feeling really good at Jazz

The reason is that the notes that come out of our instruments, the patterns we play, the scales we use, and the way that we articulate and even sound on our horns is a product of EVERYTHING we have ever been exposed to musically as well as being the product of all the things we have chosen to practice.

I'm pretty sure that no one who left a comment regarding Michael Brecker has earned the right to criticize Michael Brecker. Maybe everyone should stop making suggestions to a professional musician and just be thankful they can witness brilliance in action.

i like how he starts off on the flat 9, what a badass

How anyone could this less than 5 stars is beyond me. Michael Brecker was the greatest saxophonist of the last 35 years, and this just reaffirms that. Unbelievable - RIP.

Favourite saxophonist of all time. This solo is fucking genius, and I've watched this multiple times each day for the past few days. I gotta go and lift this. Jesus

Listening to this is truly humbling experience.

Got no words to describe how i feel. You will be missed Michael.

I can' believe his chops , my favorite musician

Both Brecker and NHOP had an UNBELIEVABLE tone on their instruments. They could move mountains with their sound.

best solo in the entire universe

Michael Brecker can play anything.

We will have his work to delight us forever... and he has gone to the stars, where he is shining now...

I love Brecker.........great big sound and extensive harmonic knowledge.....and emotion....

This guy put his soul in every note that he played, I really miss this guy!

everybody just chill out and enjoy a song by the master Michael Brecker

AHHHHHH. He's just so crazy. How does he dominate so much?

I'm so glad I got to meet this guy before he passed. Such a nice guy, and the best player of our generation imo.

It does'nt matter what anybody thinks about his playing or about Coltrane playing, the music stands for itself...incredible playing!

that bass player is crazy good, anybody who can play oleo that fast on an upright has my respect

No matter who anyone says...Incredible playing! Listen how he managed to use the diminished scale (Bb concert) trought the Rhythm changes...Just incredible! Remember that this is his sound...

Haha Brecker caught me off guard at the beginning of the solo section. Then I realized he was playing in B instead of Bb.

thanks a lot ! this was an amazing solo on changes!!! Thanks forever MB!

It does not get any more fiery than this! As Dexter Gordon used to say "Niels Henning Orsted Peeeeeeeeeee-der-sen!"

this is simply amazing! my F-ing goodness! i almost cried... woooow man, much respect. Much respect!

Wow. I've just started playing after a 45 year break. I've heard lots of Mike's work but nfer this. My God hecwas good. Probably the best ever. RIP.

ok firstly holy crap that bassist is tearing shit up. secondly how the hell do you start a solo on that note and make it sound so damn good

Life is beautiful when I listen music like this man! Pure genius!

Jon Christensen on drums. I love this video. I must have watched it a hundred times and the urgency and energy of Brecker's solo never fails to get my blood pumping!

My favorite tenor players are Michael Brecker, Joe Farrell, and Joe Henderson...pretty much in that order. If this video doesn't prove to you that Michael Brecker was the man, I don't know what it would take.

tearing it UP! i never heard the original-ish version of this song even tho i've played it a billion times... and solos over rhythm changes even more... great vid

No coppens, there is no one that can hear the inadequacies of others and elucidate upon them quite as boldly and bluntly as you. Thank you!

The bassist is AMAZING!!! 5 stars for this

OMG! Brecker is the man! It just goes to show that he can play 'traditionally' just as great as he can play contemporarily.

its fun to recognize the brecker licks he uses. he uses many exakt licks in the skunk funk barcelona vid solo. hes such an amazing player

This needs a diorama not a transcription.

NHØP just sits down and play the best

Most amazing Oleo solo ever!

Michael Brecker was the best saxophonist of his time

wonderful, just wonderful, how he starts his solo, only michael would do it that way

michael brecker prohaps the most greatest modern tenor player of awer time yea

Brecker is a Legend. Wish the clip was longer though so I could have heard more of that smokin' hot bass solo!

brecker and nhop omg this is amazing!

Yeah thank god for CD's and KZfaq

Man...he's really kicking it.

Wow. Brecker's sure had a lot to say in that solo.

Michael. #1 saxophonist.

Great playing.........

The man was total genius. Nothing more to say!

I MISS BRECKER!!! KILLING!!!

With that bass-playyer.. Yiiahhaah. Probably the greatest moment in jazz and music history.

One last thing, don't confuse speed with quality. Imagine someone new to the english language memorizing every word of Hamlet and then practicing reciting the whole thing as quickly as possible. Sure, it would be neat but all the beauty of rhyme, meter, and metaphor would be lost!

That flat 9 is so damn hip!

During his career, he was in great demand as a soloist and sideman. He performed with bands which spanned from mainstream jazz to mainstream rock. Altogether, he appeared on over 700 albums, either as a band member or a guest soloist. He put his stamp on numerous pop and rock recordings as a soloist. The Michael Brecker Band appeared in Pori Jazz 1998 Members: Brecker, Michael, sax Calderazzo, Joey, p Genus, James, b Peterson, Ralph, Dr. In the summer of 2004, Brecker was diagnosed with (MDS)

... and equally as hard attempting to play in this style is transcribing this solo in the first place. Wow Louis - you have my unwaivering respect.

what an incredible trio.

I had to concentrate just to hear to the changes...Playing it must take some real focus. I'm impressed!

THANKS !!!!!! FOR EVER

Best solo on "Oleo" I ever heard. Who are 19 "dislikes?"

@Musicenthusiasm Who else can play with such intensity but keep such composure?

His bridge starting @ 1:54 is just bananas

Enjoyment to my ears!!!

What in the heck are you talking about? Can't you just listen at this incredible perfomance? This is Brecker and Pedersen at their best!!!!!

Rest in peace Michael. You ARE the man!

You guys did not just say Michael Brecker was "o.k." MICAHEL BRECKER was one of the best people who have ever touched a saxophone! He has a sound to which most modern day tenors try to emmulate. His ideas of harmonies are brilliant.

How can you possibly play better than this?!!! Probably the greatest straight ahead player ever...

Awesome!

Mamma mia!!!!!!!!

nhop one of the greatest ever yea

ahhhhhhh!!!!!!! brecker is so gooooood here. I got rhythm x 1,000,000

Damn!! that was brilliant !!! (picking my mouth off the floor).

Superb. Pity about the NHOP solo being cut off

Michael Brecker is one of the more expressive jazzman for me... here at his best !!!

@bassdrumbone64 well my old private sax teacher was a bebop guy, not a post bop/contemporary jazz player. He rarely inserted tense chord harmonics like Michael brecker did at the beginning of his solo here. That's why my teacher would have got on me about that. He was a good teacher... helped me get good enough with jazz and improv to be in the maryland all state jazz band and get accepted to various reputable music schools w. scholarship offerings. I don't have a teacher now... looking....

Dont forget Jon Christiansen, also a legendary danish drummer. Think he, Jan Garbareak, and Palle Danielsson (swe) made some records with Keith Jarrett. Jon is very famous for his free drumming, often just melodic (?) with a extremly disguised (or non existing) beat, but hey? On this clipp he is tearing the house down! I LOVE BRECKER around this time, such a monster. Seen him live a few time (he was quite ill then) and it was so beautiful. Missed by every lover of jazzmusic...Best, Sandemose

RIP thnx 4 this vid

staggering!

Very very good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Rip grande Mike ❤️

Starts his solo on the flat 9... what a fucking badass

this is the coolest thing ever

Grande Michael!!!!

only brecker can just sit on the flat 9 at the begginging of a solo

When i first heard that b9, i was glad i was already sitting on my ass

NHOP and Brecker together, what a joy to see. Both lovely human beings and inspirational musicians. If anyone knows where I can see the rest of this broadcast, I would be indebted to them!

this guy is bad ass!!

thats cool. Whatever floats your boat man. Hoepfully i will be attending one of those two schools, as they are my top two choices for when i graduate high school =]

WOW!

i fell asleep listening to this. when i woke up.....i felt stronger....more powerful

height of his powers...? great post thanks !

Master

I would really have loved to hear that bass solo before the video cut off... otherwise brilliant stuff. Unbelievable

. I finally realized that I NEVER would be able to and that is the beautiful thing about creating. Sure, you can learn their licks from a transcription or by using your ear(listening and figuring out the licks is the most beneficial way)and you can practice them until you are blue in the face. Then you can get on stage and try to paste those licks in every solo you have. Then you realize that making those licks fit cohesively into one of your solos is a hard thing to do

The bassist is Niels Henning Orsted-Pedersen.

i wonder what its like to play at this level every night. must be exhausting.

this is KILLING

Man, what a nice thought..

Best Straight-Ahead Tenor Player of All time