When the solo is so heartbreaking you reconsider life

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Жыл бұрын

This solo never fails to capture emotionally and take you onto a ride that leaves you in a different state. The build up is incredible, Michael Brecker and the rest of the band have so much cohesion that accumulates here. This solo is from "Common Grounds", a beautiful ballad written by Mike Stern, here performed live in Barcelona 1992.
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@SharpElevenMusic Жыл бұрын

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@romariogranderomariogrande5454 9 ай бұрын

I dont need Dr John ma

@user-mm3sd3uh6y Ай бұрын

i watched the video..nah..i'm underwhelmed.

@mfranke1 Жыл бұрын

„I have often mentioned that the most treacherous location in the jazz world was to be on a bandstand as the guy who has to play the solo right after Mike Brecker.“ - Pat Metheny’s very true words at the memorial service.

@keithk.3963 Жыл бұрын

Randy spoke about a video on KZfaq where you can see him having one of those moments. When you watch it, you can absolutely see it in his eyes. Mike had just gotten finished ripping a hole in the space/time continuum… I would have taken it back to the head immediately. 😂

@Andrew_M_Ward Жыл бұрын

Frequently that guy that had to follow Michael Brecker was his brother Randy...

@steveruzich3273 Жыл бұрын

After Michael Brecker died, I heard Pat Metheny on the radio talking about Brecker's amazing solo on James Taylor's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight". Metheny said that he was driving when he heard it, and nearly drove off the road. I can understand.

@CharlesPayet Жыл бұрын

@@steveruzich3273 that was Michael Brecker!?!? I never realized!

@biffphuddle6581 Жыл бұрын

Snooze.

@jamiemeansjamesmusic Жыл бұрын

This, this is why Mike reigns supreme. He knew when to shred, when to play bebop, but he also knew how to be soulful. Everything he did was 100% intentful, from his heart and mind. He was the best of the best.

@mide8845 Жыл бұрын

Damn right

@MrMischelito Жыл бұрын

There is no "best of the best"

@jarrilaurila Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Mike's playing, originality, many of his songs and overall humble spirit he has. His tone on the other hand has always bugged me.

@sbaiar Жыл бұрын

@@jarrilaurila His tone bugs you??!! That is one of his hallmark qualities above any other - that sound! You are literally the first person I have ever heard say that about Michael Brecker. Lol Now I'm very curious, whose tone does appeal to you? Name a few. I'm honestly interested.

@jarrilaurila Жыл бұрын

@@sbaiar i was speaking about Mike Stern. Im not an expert of Sax, but Breckers tone is topnotch. Sorry my bad.

@ConnorEllisSaxophone Жыл бұрын

It always touches me how Michaels solos were simultaneously so technically complex and impressive but also told wonderfully meaningful stories at the same time. I’ll spend the rest of my life chasing that balance and that is just fine with me. The world misses your goodness, Michael ❤❤❤

@skinnysnorlax1876 Жыл бұрын

I always think of great performances, particularly in jazz, as having a conversation with someone *really* smart, but who is also a really good communicator. You understand the words and concepts they are using, but they put them together in such an elegant way that it elevates your understanding. Musicians can do that same thing, but with sound. Michel Petrucciani, my favorite pianist, did that. You could always follow him, even if he dove down a rabbit hole, lol. Same exact thing here. He gets all the technical jargon behind music, but never let go of the heart of it

@stephenwolfe3699 8 ай бұрын

I told my brother how sad it was that there was no donor match for his cancer. My brother quite casually observed, "That's because he was one of a kind."

@extremadrummer 2 ай бұрын

This is "how to talk with a sax" lesson.

@ezequielgarciapinilla3016 26 күн бұрын

Exactly. These are the words for Michael.

@ezequielgarciapinilla3016 Ай бұрын

Thanks Mike Stern for this composition. Unlimited thanks Michael Brecker , unlimited thanks... crying for this celestial solo.

@npeabs Жыл бұрын

I've been listening, and playing all of my life. I've listened to Mike all of my life. This is, hands-down, the best solo, any genre, I've ever heard. Mike was a gift. RIP

@danon668 Жыл бұрын

How about My one and only love?

@hankwilliams5622 Жыл бұрын

...there are a few that are even better. Not many though.

@danon668 Жыл бұрын

@@hankwilliams5622 which ones are your top3 then?

@hankwilliams5622 Жыл бұрын

@@danon668 Hwew is one of several...kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNWpm8-SyZyYXac.html

@mikeloshak6772 Жыл бұрын

@@danon668 Hmmm, in my humble opinion his solos on Trains and Pools are colossal.

@TunedNoise 5 ай бұрын

How does Mike Stern always write the most devastatingly beautiful ballads? Just heart-stopping, every single one of them 😭

@Darksage5555 Жыл бұрын

I just can't belive how even when he plays such technically demanding phrases, it never ceases to be musical.

@michaelmintchev6010 Жыл бұрын

the way this solo ends is really what gets me. after building the softest bits to snare hits that feel like slaps, and michael builds it to a point that seems so nuts you can't imagine what comes next, the band softening to a whisper, and it seem like michael can barely get the next notes out. really intense

@loganfox6199 Жыл бұрын

How did i get tears in my eyes and then end up smiling within a few minutes. That was absolutely incredible.

@kevinnathanson6876 Жыл бұрын

At the peak of musical greatness, at the top of the pyramid, is the notion of 'transcendence'. Where all the theory, dexterity, musicality, ensemble awareness, and pure technical mastery of one's instrument just fade away, and all that is left is feeling. Itzhak Perlman, Michael Brecker, Bill Evans are three. It's a pretty short list. We miss you Michael; so glad I got to see you all of the times that I did, you made them unforgettable.

@jossfunk Жыл бұрын

Ouffff What a SOLO ! Michael know how to build a solo to a climax and then just depose it like a feather . the one and only Michael.

@Eden_Rubin_Music Жыл бұрын

Oh men, this solo is really something, always touched my heart. Just show how at the same night he can break your face with "Some Skunk Funk" and be so technical and emotional at once, and then melt your heart with this. The thing I love the most about Mike Brecker was the fact that he was very emotional and using phrases and feels that came from the more "popular music"/"smooth jazz" world and at the same time being able to kick your ass playing the most sophisticated kind of jazz at the same time, Giant Steps or something. My favourite Saxophone player of all times.

@keithk.3963 Жыл бұрын

Well said. 👍

@paulmaglio9254 Жыл бұрын

I have to admit that outside of the brass world, I don't know many soloists, so I have no idea how the algorithm got me here - I'm just glad it did. This was an unbelievable solo!

@sonjatiemessen1336 Жыл бұрын

It is so amazing to hear how someone is able to tell a story without using words, just let his heart speak through his tenor saxophone! 🎷🇳🇱

@danielllarenasaxofonista6416 Жыл бұрын

Michael Brecker! Never disappoints. Genius, RIP.

@laurenhoward2888 6 ай бұрын

I have become addicted to this solo. It’s so emotional.

@ezequielgarciapinilla3016 26 күн бұрын

So do I. Crying and crying every time I listen to it.

@SharpElevenMusic Жыл бұрын

This solo never fails to move me personally. Everything is in there: expansive motif building (on Randy's last motif of his solo), dexterity, sound (from beautiful subtone to a projective bright sound), and most of all insane amounts of expressiveness. Not to mention how great the band builds together with Brecker (Dennis Chambers, wow!). How the solo builds to a climax, then to lay it down right at the end... It always gives me personally goosebumps, occasionally a tear. And I know I'm not the only one, according to the comment section on the source video. Why do you think this is such a great solo? Let me know in the comments. /Jorre

@Marunius Жыл бұрын

Hard to top your list, but let me add: The ideas on diminished chords, the occasional dirt, the context adds more emotional value too.

@raffaeleragusa2824 Жыл бұрын

I played it as a transcription test at one of my last conservatory exams last July......I truly believe it's one of the best live solos of all times.....of every genre, every style, every instrument.....so touching, it speaks

@sbaiar Жыл бұрын

Well, it's also a ballad, so that elicits and adds a certain amount of emotion by default. Also, his sound is unparalleled as a saxophonist. Moreover, the crescendo by Chambers, coupled with Michael's melodic (and all the above) response is borderline orgasmic. I'm trying not to exaggerate, but let's be real here!

@AnAmericanComposer Жыл бұрын

My old sax instructor, Carl Coan, told me that he actually knew Michael Brecker and that at one point they did a lesson together and Carl showed him a lot of altissimo techniques. To hear Michael scream sounds SO much like Carl played and hearing him play always makes me sad to think of my late mentor. You look up Carl and hear him play and you'll see what I mean. The man was an absolute monster sax player and Michael will always make me think of him. That solo killed me, fucking perfect.

@SharpElevenMusic Жыл бұрын

@@AnAmericanComposer The name Carl Coan's rings a bell cause of the Michael Brecker transcription book I was so fond of when I was a teenager, so absorbed in Michael Breckers playing but yet not by far skilled enough to get most of it down. He was an inspiration to me as a transcriber, I reckon he must have been an amazing player. Sad tohear he's no longer with us, as is Brecker. I'll definitely research him. Thanks for the info and story! /Jorre

@sbaiar Жыл бұрын

I very possibly may have commented on this before, but that is without question, beyond a shadow of a doubt, one of Michael's most unbelievable solos. It has brought me to tears on multiple occasions, gives me chills every time. Oh, I miss you Mike.

@82zmam Жыл бұрын

Often overlooked by his incredible shredding, Mike Stern writes some amazing ballads and “Common Ground” is among my favorites with such beautiful changes. It’s the perfect palette to showcase Breckers melodic lyrical soloing. Listen to the original recorded version on Mike’s “Odds or Evens” especially his solo which is as riveting as Breckers one here. Huge fan of both.

@L9C1C5 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for remindier to check out Mike's incredible original version. Just spun it for the first time in many years (on Odds Or Evens not Upside) Stunning playing.

@82zmam Жыл бұрын

@@L9C1C5 you are correct it’s on Odds or Evens. Corrected

@keithk.3963 Жыл бұрын

…and he did, yet again, what he always did. Put it where it needed to be. He had the gift of a full range of emotion that would hit you if you were in the last row of a balcony or at home in front of the speakers… bring a tear to the eye or make you feel like you could run through a Wall… every time. So grateful for recordings. This solo, like so many others, shows him effortlessly being able to do whatever he felt like doing on the horn. All the tools at hand a player could want and always went for it… no reservations… no thinking about what to do… he just let it loose… and we have been lucky enough to get to hear those moments. It’s a beautiful thing.

@guitarjonn7103 Жыл бұрын

One of the musicians I miss the most and this is a great example of why. Thanks for posting it.

@olafaalop1188 Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest that ever blew a sax. RIP

@extremadrummer 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Sharp Eleven, this guy talked through his sax. He'll be in my mind as soon I hear the sound of a saxophone.

@sorenfuhrer401 Жыл бұрын

There is no way not to love this. And what makes it even more special is the 90s clothing and haircuts aka "wow, my accountant really knows how to play the sax!"

@BigBungus-ir4vn 3 ай бұрын

This makes me cry every time. Rip Michael Brecker.

@richardcasey7521 Ай бұрын

Me too…:(

@playablecharacter3871 Жыл бұрын

I was so happy when you posted this man. I heard this song when I was 16 on my local Sunday jazz radio show and they didn't mention the name and I could never find it, even after becoming a semipro musician and talking to the guy who ran the show. So thank you for tieing a name to this and letting me know it's the saxophonist who's already been taking over my tromboning this year haha

@nazartkach277 Жыл бұрын

So sweet and vibrant solo

@treehorn36 9 ай бұрын

I instantly knew this was the guy from Steps Ahead even though I know next to nothing about jazz. What a unique and iconic voice on the saxophone

@Kujalamuse Жыл бұрын

Never heard this one before, but it provides a perfect bookend to the very first Michael solo I ever heard, which was 'Heather' off the Cobham album from '74 ('Crossings'?). Heard it in Rick Braun's dorm room when we were students at Eastman. I've been a Breckerhead ever since, and this solo is absolutely stunning in every way. 18 years after the Heather solo, with all that life experience and musical growth present in his playing. Gone too soon. Thanks for posting and transcribing.

@bryandickerson5365 Жыл бұрын

My wife and I saw this band in NYC this same year at The Village Gate(?). Still stands as one of the most other-worldly musical experiences we’ve ever had! Sitting there one table away from Joe Lovano we heard every soloist create emotional masterpieces beyond compare. Sometimes the energy would build to a climax that could not be eclipsed..only to hear it reach higher, then higher again! Totally monumental!! Thanks much for the reminder.

@SerginhoD 8 ай бұрын

Rest in peace, master of the masters! That bastard never fails to make me cry with this one.................................

@Steve-mp7by 7 ай бұрын

Michael was a beast so underrated. A lot of Coltrane influence but he developed his own sound and phrasing

@julianmitchell3035 5 ай бұрын

He definitely had Coltrane's brighter sound, but I feel like he tended to accent his notes more and harder. It makes sense with what he was playing.

@Steve-mp7by 5 ай бұрын

@@julianmitchell3035 So you're saying he's better than Trane? Go to rehab dude lol

@julianmitchell3035 5 ай бұрын

@@Steve-mp7by I'm not saying one was better, I'm saying their tones are different. Coltrane had an altoist's tone because he played alto horn and alto sax before switching. Being a tenor just wasn't in him, and that's partially the reason why he started playing soprano. Brecker, like many other saxophonists, was deeply inspired by Coltrane and modeled their sound after him, although Brecker for his part made his sound a bit fatter and added more direction. Now I will say that Dexter Gordon's tone is the best. He sounds like an upper register bari and it's beautiful.

@jdrosborough 7 ай бұрын

This is really, honestly and truly, the best solo anyone ever did. Ever.

@ezequielgarciapinilla3016 26 күн бұрын

Michael's technique supporting emotion in heaven's level

@rl2905 Жыл бұрын

His solo on a tune called Maxine by Donald Fagen is absolutely superb....my favorite sax solo ever. Not a very long solo, but every note is just solid gold.

@brendanotoole5871 8 ай бұрын

Oh shit, had no clue it was MB on that. That's one of my favorite Donald tunes,

@TheChrisheath7 8 ай бұрын

That solo is spotless.Only 16 bars but he.makes every note count. Its on Fagen's album "The Nightfly" if you don't know it.

@richardhall3803 18 күн бұрын

This has got the most beautiful and heartfelt solo I've ever heard . The way the solo is constructed is a masterpiece as well, proving that we mere mortals are in the presence of genius.

@robertdore9592 9 ай бұрын

just like a harmonic melodic waterfall. I really miss this guys playing..

@RebeccaLoran 11 ай бұрын

Rest in Power, Michael Brecker. You enriched our lives with your unique sound and superhuman dynamic control.

@marklahargoue3426 8 ай бұрын

Michael Brecker is the greatest

@edgenovese 9 ай бұрын

Color is so rich and commitment endless, One of the best solos ever!

@paoloantoniomuzzi4533 Жыл бұрын

breath of the soul....to my dear Dad....

@nickphipp1949 Жыл бұрын

Great playing. This is reminiscent of A Remark You made, Weather Report, both in the phrasing and some of the chord sequences.

@bobpiorun1563 8 ай бұрын

Yes I was thinking the same thing exactly . Same feel , same mood, but Jaco omg

@jazzyben 7 ай бұрын

You are so right…..

@yelnats21 3 ай бұрын

My favorite Weather Report tune

@RussPaladino Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Always loved that solo. It was nice to follow along with the transcription.

@jsmdify Жыл бұрын

absolutely gorgeous playing by MB and writing by Mike Stern. I was lucky enough to see Mike Stern in Scottsdale a few years back with Jeff Lorber. Two jazz titans!

@HansBaier Жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorite sax solos ever. Gives me goosebumps every time. So beautiful...

@Tom06 8 ай бұрын

What are your other favourites?

@HansBaier 8 ай бұрын

@@Tom06 Trains and Cajun solos from the Tokyo concert (the whole concert is extraordinary), the 'Pools' solos from Copenhagen. 'Original Rays' from Wiesen, Austria. Pretty much every of his solos on 'My one and only Love'. Also his playing on his Steps/Smoking in the Pit album. One of the rare occasions where the energy is really on the same level with the skill.

@Tom06 8 ай бұрын

@@HansBaier couldn’t agree more - great suggestions :)

@HansBaier 8 ай бұрын

@@Tom06 I forgot to mention the Album 'Cityscape' which is stellar

@markusweber893 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous and powerful! Thank you for that spirit, that short moment when you see the light shine through!❤

@bobfournier Жыл бұрын

Such a complete player in every regard. He left us way too early. Great post, thanks!

@Phishegghead Жыл бұрын

Goosebump note was spot on

@Alastair6 8 ай бұрын

This is one of the most beautiful solos I have ever heard, by anyone! I really miss Michael Brecker.

@stevens2647 Ай бұрын

His tone shattered both my heart and my vase at home 😭 now i have to fix both

@cerimccoy Ай бұрын

That's such pretty music, its just so amazing the feeling mike brecker was able to communicate via the saxophone. One in a gazillion.

@Tutankhamen210 Жыл бұрын

This is, indeed, a very nice solo. Thank you for highlighting it!

@junkmann69 3 ай бұрын

That is soul touching. The purpose of music to gather all that have sometime celt this feeling. A universal masterpiece.

@Fgcbear15 Жыл бұрын

That was insanely emotional 😭

@soapyart Жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU

@mikejohn2307 Жыл бұрын

Tremendous. Thanks for posting.

@dnews9519 Жыл бұрын

Holy smokes that way killer.

@jazzerrocker 9 ай бұрын

This solo made me rethink life, and how grand it is!

@peterkoeppl1186 Жыл бұрын

So beautiful.

@davidtatro7457 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful solo, thanks for sharing.

@nairdazitro7460 Жыл бұрын

The greatest jazz solo of all time, the only that makes me cry, so deep, what a masterpiece.

@victormanuelgarciagracida6677 Жыл бұрын

This is AMAZING... I never had heard Michael Brecker playing that kind of stuff

@tomsmyth4836 5 ай бұрын

One, if not the best of our generation. Was lucky enough to see Him with Paul simon ( still crazy) in the 90s in linden. Gifted talented beautiful soul! RIP Michael❤

@peterkoeppl1186 Жыл бұрын

Soo touching and beautiful

@biggieb.4843 Жыл бұрын

How have I never heard this before? Also, I got goosebumps the exact same time that the transcription says.

@TheBlueCream Жыл бұрын

leaves me cold

@VincentHoudijk 11 ай бұрын

It always has the same effect on me as well. Since approximately 25 years I've been listening to his solos on this song and they're always soooo powerful! What a pity he couldn't share us 30 years longer with his presence

@peterkoeppl1186 Жыл бұрын

so soulful

@condealisson Жыл бұрын

Amazing solo, amazing transcription job.

@maveri.k Жыл бұрын

Awesome transcription, thanks!

@johnnash7481 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic!

@michaelh9656 Жыл бұрын

I dunno how I ended up in this part of yt but now I feel like I hit a higher plane of existence

@jonstein6868 Ай бұрын

So deeply missed…❤

@wardlewis35 Жыл бұрын

saw mike many times he always made me feel better

@ciapentinaelgat Жыл бұрын

Yo estaba en ese concierto. Fue sublime todo el show, como tantos otros. Michael Brecker es un grande y se le echa mucho de menos.

@kathyborthwick6738 Жыл бұрын

WOW! Powerful and a lovely story told without using a words-voice is the saxophone! 🔥🔥🔥👵🏽🤘🏾

@MikeRen313 6 ай бұрын

It gets me cry everytime

@AshwinSax Жыл бұрын

Have been lisening to him all my life. Even met him in Singapore at the Botanical Gardens where he was perfoming with other great musicians. Took pictures with him. A real wonderful first grade Jazz saxophonist lots of Soul in his playing. Have ten of his long play records with his signature on them. BEST solo i ever heard. Rest in Peace my dearest friend and brother Michael .......................................🙏🫂🌹❤🎷

@edwartvonfectonia4362 Жыл бұрын

Great finding, what a play.

@marciakiernan9018 6 ай бұрын

So beautiful, breathtaking, gorgeous!!!

@pierrechaouat Жыл бұрын

A pure jewell... R. I. P. Michael

@NicholasSladenDew Жыл бұрын

Thnx for this Jorre

@UrsulaDehler1923 Жыл бұрын

…so much more than words can do. ❤

@joeyhoff2574 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Absolutely beautiful

@yeahdefinitely6607 9 ай бұрын

You really do need to watch the whole song to get a greater appreciation for the setup and emotional ride - absolutely beautiful artistry

@RafikCezanneTV 9 ай бұрын

A master class in miniature. The altissimo and 32nd note runs sealed it... RIP

@Nanoci62 Жыл бұрын

AMAZING … STUNNING BEAUTIFUL ❤❤❤

@405Lenny Жыл бұрын

Spectacular! 🙏👏👏👏

@robsonjunqueiradarosa3063 Жыл бұрын

Michael Brecker is the best, forever!

@DanielVerberne 8 ай бұрын

Gone too soon, Mike Brecker.

@williamgregory1848 Жыл бұрын

The late great Michael Brecker knew how to make a grown man cry 😢

@grald74m26 3 ай бұрын

Vraiment super. Merci pour ce beau moment. Gérald

@therealmrben808 7 ай бұрын

absolutly impecable

@dazernia Жыл бұрын

i actually had tears in my eyes bro

@stuartweissman7306 Жыл бұрын

what a perfect way to describe a piece of art that moves you so. and that is what it's all about. not he/she is "the best". music of all genres brings out the poignant...but each differs in the delivery...this is stellar and thank you for bringing into my life. the "reconsider" for me is brought on more by other performances and I appreciate having a new way to describe those. always enjoy your posts (and moniker).