Jazzgipfel, Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany 13th July 1988. Chick Corea: piano John Patitucci: bass Tom Brechtlein: drums Bobby McFerrin: vocals Amazing performance !
God......this makes me happy to be alive....listening, smiling, delighting, wowing, envying, crying, wishing I had a third of this talent. Chick and Bobby are amazing.
how can you have such clean bending on a bass (double bass? sorry english is not my first language) ? everythings incredible but that just gave me chills.
I saw Bobby in concert in Tampa maybe five or so years ago. Chick was in the audience sitting in the seat in front of me. I didn't realize until Bobby introduced him and welcomed him to the stage. What an awesome concert. Living legends!
I was there in 1988 and it was incredible! If I remember correctly, the concert started with a delay because Chick was not satisfied with the piano tuner. RIP and thanks for the music.
That build-up at 12:20 is one of the greatest moments in the history of Jazz. The interaction, the creativity, the tension- damn, I am an adult man and I wet my pants everytime I get to hear this passage!
Watching these musicians interact is like watching two professors talk about the height of their works with gusto. I do not understand everything they say to each other but I can understand the energy and power of the exchange not to mention the passion that comes with what they do.
Autumn leaves,par ces deux là,c 'est du délire,du génie!Du contrepoint!La voix,l 'étendue,le son!Ils s'entendent comme larrons en foire!Et quel bassiste,doublé d'une batteuse aérienne,le tout soupoudré d 'un swing intense!Bobby leader!Quel pied!
I heard Bobby say, once, that he visualized himself performing in front of huge appreciative audiences, without really knowing what instrument he was to be playing...
Amongst the very finest renditions of Autumn Leaves I've ever heard - this is SPIRITUAL FLIGHT right there and then. I'd have flown home if I'd have been at this awesome concert on hearing this tune. THANK YOU!
I was lucky to attend a 5-day workshop with Bobby McFerrin and his then-vocal group, Voicestra, at the Omega Institute about a dozen years ago. It was like being in the presence of a not-yet-ascended master whose prayers were all musical vocalizations, which we were led to participate in. There were professional musicians from all over the world who'd flown in for it; some couldn't even speak English, but they understood the music. I'm a total amateur with no professional aspirations, but I've always wanted to be freer about singing than I had been, so I participated with gusto and mostly on-pitch. Five of the best days of my life. And twice a day, we sang w/Bobby - and yes, one of the songs we worked on was Autumn Leaves. But it never, ever sounded like this!
Collab made in heaven, to my ears...two of my favorites from different times in my life (obviously Chick MUCH earlier than Bobby). Has there ever been a voice more agile than Bobby's?
MI EMOZIONO COME UN BAMBINO AD ASCOLTARE QUESTA PERFORMANCE! IL JAZZ E' QUESTO VERSATILITA', INNOVAZIONE, INTUIZIONE,GENIALITA', NON E' MAI LA SOLITA MINESTRA RISCALDATA.. ODDIO, E' ANCHE VERO CHE QUESTO E' POSSIBILE ANCHE E SOLO GRAZIE ALL'ENORME BRAVURA DEI MUSICISTI CHE IN QUESTA BAND E' DI UN LIVELLO ALTISSIMO!!!
he's gotten so much better. true master of the craft. he now has his own languages where instead of only oo's and ee's he sounds like he's speaking a different tongue. think simlish lol. and some sound african, european, indian, asian. dude is a genius. and his intonation is so much better now, he truly sounds like an instrument, all notes are locked in pitch-wise.
yup. how many more hours of "sing like the stars" exercises do i have to do before i get that , PLEEEESE!???? answer: many, many ,many more, :( but it's fun to practice! ;)
Their interaction reminds me of how I interact with my friend. He's a guitarist and I play sax, so we would trade 4's with each other and just delve into chords not even in the chart. It was great.
Here are three plus one gentlemen taking this golden oldie to town. I'd suggest that the critics get themselves an education. This is pretty sparkling sort of stuff. Good old Bobby is a mad driving force. A very enjoyable moment. Thank you for sharing Vladan.
Bobby is a mad genius of a musician, Chick Corea is a legend. Put them together & you get a wonderful alchemy. The critics don't know " bee from bulls - foot ", as my dad use to say.
It's not often as you grow up that you continue to get your mind blown by new performances, few and far between nowadays; I lived through this and it passed me by completely until now. Colour me blown away - thanks so much for posting. Really appreciate it. Superlative performance.
1988 'AUTUMN LEAVES' CON LA AKOUSTIC BAND DE CHICK COREA & BOBBY MCFERRIN: Actuaron varias veces Corea y McFerrin, grabando incluso un disco de piano y voz... Pero aquí está la Akoustic con Dave Weckl batería y John Patitucci contrabajo... La FUERZA que tuvieron fue IMPRESIONANTE... La canción francesa que se convirtió en uno de los jazz standards más tocados y conocidos (obligado casi para empezar a aprender a improvisar)... A Chick se lo extraña mucho... Pero dejó un legado inmenso y casi que para todos los gustos, por la variedad de formatos y estilos en los que tocó y grabó...🥁🎻🎹🎹🎙️🎶🎶❤️❤️
Great musical performance as always but kudos to the camera man's last shot where he is tight on Bobby, slowly pulls out and tilts down to Chick's hands racking focus with Bobby still in frame out of focus. A masterful shot.
This is awesome. It capitulates all that is jazz improvisation. Autumn Leaves by Johnny Mercer is a beautiful standard and this quartet dignifies it to the max.
Always wanted to see a collab between these two musical geniuses. I knew it would be NUTS, and it is, in a very good way. I don't think that bass player knows what a bassist is "supposed" to do...and it's awesome.
It's like a kid playing with adults. Bobby's mind is in Looney Tunes Land most of the time, and with his amazing talent, he transcends what is perceived as complicated music to most of the worlds population, and helps create something that anyone, from a toddler to a world war I veteran, can take great joy from.
John Patitucci literally translates into Truly Inspired. It's a wonder the stage itself didn't combust into flames with the band and audience running for their very lives and loving every minute of it.
What a fantastic performance! Corea and Bobby are both geniuses not to mention the rythm section is also great! What a great amout of creative power they all bring to music with that joy and flow and easyness when they play like monsters! Amazing. that's music. But people stop makin' comments on their look... you have to just accept everyone looked bad in the 80's, that's a fact of life... Enjoy the music.
Guys, you are the best I have listened to for a long time. I really love abstract music. I t gives one a break form the drab of usual one. Bobby you are incredible
A co worker once said he thinks SCAT is stupid. I say your voice is an instrument. You can make it do whatever you want. Just like any standard mechanical or digital instrument. Bobby is an expert at that. He takes a page from the greats like Ella F.
Verry rich...like to understand life , trio masterpiece of god to create chick, john n dave, bless them and also bobby verry great. Pokona alus pisan anijng teh..gelo , kereen
