NATE SMITH: "SKIP STEP" ft. Lionel Loueke + Michael League

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Жыл бұрын

featuring:
Lionel Loueke on guitar, Michael League on bass, and Nate Smith on drums.
recorded live July 2, 2023 at Gesu Music Hall, Montreal CA
shot by Remi Hermoso at Studio Fast Forward
edited by Tyler Scheerschmidt for ‪@HourglassSessions‬
“Skip Step” composed by Nate Smith
you can view Lionel's KZfaq channel here
‪@LionelLouekeMusic‬
produced by Nate Smith for Waterbaby Music, Inc.

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@natesmithdrumsofficial 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching everyone! Much more to come 🙏🏾 SUBSCRIBE HERE -> www.youtube.com/@natesmithdrumsofficial?sub_confirmation=1 😊

@Billiewill 3 ай бұрын

@HourglassSessions Жыл бұрын

Had the pleasure of editing this video, so I've listened to this track countless times. Still can't get enough of it, well done Nate!

@xeropulse5745 Жыл бұрын

Great job with the editing as well by the way! I love doing work for jazz artists in general, it gives you so much room to play around with the cuts, I can't imagine how fun it must have been to work with artists of this calibre!

@HourglassSessions Жыл бұрын

@@xeropulse5745 thanks! the opening drum solo was a treasure trove lol

@chali8762 Жыл бұрын

🧠🔥 my mind is breaking right now listening to it

@Multimol7 Жыл бұрын

How did you get that gig?

@xeropulse5745 Жыл бұрын

@@HourglassSessions Absolutely! I had to pause it and go back so my partner could hear it too! It's beautiful!!

@partysnax1984 Жыл бұрын

The bassist’s face every time Nate stretches those beats into syncopation purgatory is cracking me up 😂

@sandenson 11 ай бұрын

Welcome to the Michael League experience lol

@topofthemornintoya 10 ай бұрын

Syncopurgatory

@gregola1 9 ай бұрын

Yes, Mike League eats this stuff for breakfast. He's enjoying every second of it. That face is just pure into it-ness.

@jedwing 3 ай бұрын

The stank face.

@scatmando 2 ай бұрын

He’s has a cool bass face. His playing and feel is top notch. I hear you though, I have a chuckle myself at him but he’s like that on most gigs. Infectious 👍🏼

@japanesemaplepruning 4 күн бұрын

Man, this kills on so many levels; feel, sound and intensity

@JarKaze Жыл бұрын

this is the dream team we're gonna need more of this trio man 😭😭

@cooldebt Жыл бұрын

Agree 100%

@PFA... 11 ай бұрын

Whenever Nate Smith asks on social media "Who should I do a show with?", I always have said Lionel Loueke and 'some bassist". I have been proven correct. I hope these guys get along and keep playing together for a decade.

@InnerDaze 11 ай бұрын

I was there and I agree. I've been to about 100 shows in my life. This was top 5😀. Whish they had played for hours. I hope more videos come out of this because this was stellar.

@paulcochran7007 Жыл бұрын

Love when he's talking at the end and casually still playing something fairly complicated

@sushigimme Жыл бұрын

Bro, this is one heck of a crossover with Nate and Michael. Imagine if he got featured on a Snarky Puppy album in the future.

@Vasavant 5 ай бұрын

And sit Larnell out? That’s a tough call 😅

@borgesguerardi Ай бұрын

a boy can dream

@joshhernandez2292 Жыл бұрын

Loving this synth guitar / bass version of this song. More Nate + Michael League please 🙏

@ChuckSilva Жыл бұрын

Do you know what synth he’s using to get that sound? ❤

@jacobbass5276 Жыл бұрын

@@ChuckSilva I am also curious! The vibrato tone he has on the melody around 3:00 is sweet

@borgesguerardi Жыл бұрын

@@jacobbass5276 league has been known for using an mxr octaver deluxe, although i don't know if it's the case in this instance. It's a combination of some sort of octaver pedal plus an envelope filter, hope someone can enlighten us on his exact setup

@jacobbass5276 Жыл бұрын

I think you’re right! I actually was wondering what the effects were for the guitar

@joshhernandez2292 Жыл бұрын

@@jacobbass5276 I’m pretty sure Lionel is only using a Kemper so probably the built in fx. I’ve gotten similar sounds with my HX Stomp.

@7c2d Жыл бұрын

I saw Lionel play with Herbie Hancock in London last week. What an absolute delight. His solos and improv skills are unlike anything I’ve heard. Such a creative player

@5243SWATS Ай бұрын

1:26... "I got a big long Caddy not like a Seville, and written on the right side it says dressed to kill" Run DMC Sucka MCs💯💯💯

@AndyNicholson Жыл бұрын

Respect to the one guy in the audience who didn't give a shit and got his groove on

@cooldebt Жыл бұрын

LOL, scrolling and looked up when I saw your comment just in time to see the guy grooving! Timing!

@jonathanbaker2789 Жыл бұрын

Michael League will be a low key jazz legend.

@deloaded Жыл бұрын

This was absolutely insane! Love seeing Michael's reactions to Nate's fills, his facial expression says it all!

@PDexters Жыл бұрын

I'm crying! What was that? I've always liked this song, but this version is absolutely insane! WOW🤯🤯🤯

@lee399 Жыл бұрын

1:26 - 1:47 Nate with the "Sucker MCs" quote/motif! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@djanoglymusic 10 ай бұрын

was literally just looking to see if anyone else noticed !!

@fabianvanderelst9643 3 ай бұрын

Holy shit, that's awesome! Didn't know the song, thanks!

@dominikn19 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe what I just heard. This is a match made in heaven. So glad I got to meet y'all through the course of the last year or so. I loved to see that the 3 of you are just as wonderful as a human being as you are as a musician. Nate, Lionel & Michael, you're always gonna be my heroes!

@realatomizer Жыл бұрын

Imagine being addicted to a song and every version gives a different high......

@isaaccologne Жыл бұрын

Yes agreed

@bluessssss 10 ай бұрын

wow que interesante tienes razón men...ufff

@josces 11 ай бұрын

Oh, man... Skip Step yet again! A masterpiece reimagined with monster players! SOO GOOOOD!!

@waffleadvocate Жыл бұрын

Dang! I love how there are no two exact versions of Skip Step. Every time I've seen it played, it's different! What an epic trio!

@FreeTimeFeats Жыл бұрын

Skip step was my introduction to nate... And wow this absolutely blows me away all over again!

@UneSaisonAuxAbeilles Жыл бұрын

Show us the full show, pleeeeaaaaaase ! Thank you Nate, you're the best

@308atalay Жыл бұрын

the skip step groove always brings out the best of nate smith

@dbass_minister Жыл бұрын

Mann!!!!! This trio!!!! 🔥🔥And Lionel Loueke on Guitar representing Bénin 🇧🇯 so well

@lukesnyder5637 Жыл бұрын

Just an unbelievable amount of talent on that stage, tastefully and ever so musically displayed. Absolutely incredible.

@dpclerks09 Жыл бұрын

Dude, I LOVE how Nate does his banter while keeping the backbeat going, reminds me of when I first watched videos of Bernard Purdie teaching and speaking in-time while keeping the groove going. Never gets old for me!

@cpizz99 11 ай бұрын

Except that Nate does in 17/8

@arnaudnoar3345 11 ай бұрын

More than other drum players, when I hear you playing, it's like I was hearing you talking. That's why I play and hear music instead of talking to say nothing. Thank you Nate.

@amoswaranch1102 10 ай бұрын

this is the best new jazz tune written in the last decade man nate smith is a living legend

@leorubio5653 Жыл бұрын

Ive been a Deep Lover of Music in general my whole life and play percussion. Music is part of my entire day every day and 4:54 in and this has truly blown me away and also a bit embarrassed that I had not found you sooner. I know Michael from Snarky and also discovered the ridiculously talented Lionel right now also. This gave me goosebumps brother! You and we the viewers/listeners are so blessed! :)

@EXTRA300s Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite drummers ever... Always's good for a second "repeat" and even that third time big eyes again. How Nate...?.Nate a great, beautiful drummer.

@f.t2542 11 ай бұрын

Everyone coming back together at 4:20 and it's so dope

@N3V2-Nevto 11 ай бұрын

shout out to the one man who stood up 6:22 definitely feeling it right there!

@isaaccologne Жыл бұрын

This was absolutely nasty. I literally stayed staring at my phone once the video ended. And rewatched once I came back to consciousness. I’ll be coming to this video often. Thank you.

@isaaccologne Жыл бұрын

Need this version on all streaming platforms asap 🙏🏾

@simonalmindpedersen8296 10 ай бұрын

Man, the guy at 4:45 who just has to stand up when everyone is sitting, because it is too groovy.. -I can relate. This is out of this world

@andreadaniel8792 11 ай бұрын

This is absolutely wonderful! How could the audience just sit there? I so appreciated that one guy who stood throughout the performance. He is me. 😂 I wouldn’t have been able to just stay in my seat.

@InnerDaze 11 ай бұрын

Hi Andrea. Audiences are very still and quiet in Montreal but quite loud between songs LOL. It was an amazing performance. 😀

@andrewtregoning 11 ай бұрын

dead crowd, insane people lol

@nts4906 11 ай бұрын

4:50 in the background one guy is dancing 🤣

@ruminates 10 ай бұрын

That one guy dancing!!! ❤

@InnerDaze 10 ай бұрын

@@andrewtregoning I love dancing clowns LOL

@cameronshanken3748 11 ай бұрын

Michael league has so much space on stage. It’s weird. I’m here for it.

@8020drummer 11 ай бұрын

If my theory that smack stack and snare simultaneously on the backbeat (instead of just stack) costs extra, Nate must've been paid handsomely for this gig.

@JoyDrummer2 Жыл бұрын

I love the guy standing and dancing at 4:45

@felipemotorhead Ай бұрын

First day of vacation and I'm watching this in my home cinema with surround speakers

@antonyaslinskyi1101 26 күн бұрын

Insane!

@juanlee0413 Жыл бұрын

You can't go wrong with Nate

@billstrohler Жыл бұрын

I don't know how much effort or the cost to release a live album is but I would buy this the day it came out.

@InnerDaze 11 ай бұрын

I was there and an album would be mind blowing. Every song was stellar!

@AmalieL323 Жыл бұрын

Супер супер супер супер😊🤓🔥👍💪🤟🙏

@GrooveJuggernaut Жыл бұрын

one of the most incredible performances i've ever seen!

@user-vw5ju9oy4m Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥 One of the few odd meter songs that I enjoy listening to!!

@OkImJustCommenting Жыл бұрын

Level 1000 "stank face" was initiated as a result of this groove master.

@c3N3q Жыл бұрын

That was pretty awesome 😳 Thank goodness the footage of the full concert will follow !

@familytreemusic Жыл бұрын

i really hope so.

@littledrummaboi123 Жыл бұрын

Some really cool ideas and colors before the rest of the group even comes in! I remember seeing Lionel with Herbie Hancock way back when and I was mesmerized with some of the loops that he was working with. Amazing musicianship!

@biswas01 Жыл бұрын

Jesus Lord, Nate Smith rabbit hole activated!

@uubuuh Жыл бұрын

😂same

@kunaljoshi630 Жыл бұрын

Just saw this (but I'm saving it to savor at the end of the day). Thank you, Nate :)

@Ragubibou Жыл бұрын

Such a dream team

@BARMETOXx123 4 ай бұрын

4/4 and 9/8. 4/4 9/8

@jonasstone1520 11 ай бұрын

By the look on Michael's face you can tell it's really a pleasure working/playing with Nate.

@cooldebt Жыл бұрын

Brilliantly crafted and what a trio!

@Nic______ Жыл бұрын

I love Nate smith, what skill and taste

@gregmoore2875 11 ай бұрын

More of this trip please‼️ remarkable

@percyvolnar8010 Жыл бұрын

1:24 Old Skool grandmaster flash era rap beat. Amazing!

@ropeadope99 9 ай бұрын

ah.. great ears

@percyvolnar8010 9 ай бұрын

@@ropeadope99 indeed, my friend. Glad you noticed it too!

@LiamBarnwell Жыл бұрын

Nate Smith & Michael League 🔥What a collab

@Vincentrohr Жыл бұрын

nate + lionel. amazing!!!

@SteveFullerBikes 11 ай бұрын

Lionel Loueke channelling Cory Henry in that section... man, this all SO DAMN GOOD!

@tomhealey560 11 ай бұрын

Think they were in the woods at some points, glad to see them out toward the end!! That's what makes for an authentic musical experience, chaos and order in one bite. Incredible musicians.

@SeanFenlon Жыл бұрын

Bravo guys -- exceptional performance. MInd-altering solo by Lionel. Nate and Lionel -- maybe you guys can come back to Miami for Michael League's GroundUP Music Festival (that you guys both know well) and reproduce this excellent performance. Mike, the bass tone is wonderful -- reminds me of The Curtain from Sylva 😎

@aristotepham-ba5344 6 ай бұрын

That one man standing in the crowd

@gizmonti Жыл бұрын

My Man, go git it Nate!!!

@pluckmymuck 11 ай бұрын

this song gets better every time I listen to it!

@PFA... 11 ай бұрын

what a band gawd dang! I SAID GAWD DANG!

@FranciscoHernandez-Music 10 ай бұрын

I’ve been mentally dissecting Nate’s solo in the beginning and I learned an invaluable lesson in soloing - Nate was singing the bass-line in his head long before Cory came in. Wild how the first few listens of this you’d think his solo is organized chaos - but, it’s all groove. “Drummer of the Year” is an understatement.

@fheering Жыл бұрын

What a ride! First class ticket to groove land!

@chatbass2468 11 ай бұрын

daaannnggg...

@o_caeden 11 ай бұрын

Caught me skippin 🦵

@turcmic Жыл бұрын

I was there. I was amazed. I’m still amazed. Thanks for sharing a « man you had to be there » moment!

@stmonroe Жыл бұрын

did that guy in the audience stand up the whole time?

@turcmic Жыл бұрын

@@stmonroe ha! No. I was too busy keeping my jaw on my face 😁

@Bowe_Music 3 ай бұрын

I'm surprised this didn't explode the universe

@DavidNerattini 11 ай бұрын

The "Sucker Mc's" groove in the intro killed me... 😄 Nate, " si gruoss'" (like they say in Naples).

@BassByTheBay Жыл бұрын

Nate, I don't know you, but I love you 😁. Your drumming never fails to put a big smile on my face.

@jorgelopez9620 11 ай бұрын

BEAUT

@jeferssondelarosa8654 Жыл бұрын

Two words: EPIC & FUNNY

@Lahorca Жыл бұрын

Probably best version so far

@AkilHenry 19 күн бұрын

Incredible playing, loved this!

@manueliglesias1210 Жыл бұрын

YES!

@CnutLongsword Жыл бұрын

Pretty much the only word that came to mind when I saw this.

@joshlovegood9392 Жыл бұрын

Somehow this was even better than I thought it was going to be. WOW

@marceloseghese Жыл бұрын

AMAZING NATE, THE BEST DRUMMER

@tylergorham7301 Жыл бұрын

Goodness gracious.

@barrybjerke9353 11 ай бұрын

...Nate all day, I thoroughly enjoyed this!

@CRD82 7 ай бұрын

It won´t get any tighter than this

@dsdm407 Жыл бұрын

Q U A L I T Y

@MacTeee 11 ай бұрын

My favourite drummer on the planet right now...

@petra.renaissense 6 ай бұрын

That tiny little change in rhythm at 3:35 was insanely pleasing

@jonreintjensdrums Жыл бұрын

please record this in the studio and release it..... this version craaaaazzzyyy

@neoillogic 11 ай бұрын

props to that one dude vibing in the crowd!

@LofiHonywood 11 ай бұрын

wow

@boomerdell Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@kabepinheiro Жыл бұрын

Wow... i love.

@keithkenyon3845 11 ай бұрын

i need to hear the rest of this show. this is one of the best trios i've ever heard. this was stellar!!!!! MOARPLEEZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@sungjindrums Жыл бұрын

I totally feel the one guy standing up!

@hadenbaillie1833 Жыл бұрын

What is this?!!!..my favorite drummer and bass player collabing?..is this a dream,more please ❤

@duroxkilo 11 ай бұрын

yes!!!

@isaacvandoren4733 11 ай бұрын

Let’s go!!

@rlwhite68 Жыл бұрын

Guitar player is pure trickery and Gimmicks

@marks7192 11 ай бұрын

this is frightening........ly amazing. a trio of monstahz

@padureancalin8096 Жыл бұрын

Soooo coool!