I, too, am a senior who has seen 3 out of 4 of these cats, just not together. When the guys on stage are having fun, you know something special is happening. This has to be one of THE greatest jazz performances of all time.
There is no better place and better time than this to lift any Spirit. Such Gods of music all together here. You guys watching this concert life are to recall this forever
This is four masters in their youth at the top of their game. As a life long jazz fan, it just doesn’t get any better than this. I wish I could pay them back for what they contributed to my life, but all I can do is say thank you.
I concur. I called my daughter over and said each one of these musicians is a living legend and you need to know their names. Oh my gosh...the amount of music they've contributed to the world 🌎! Astounding!
You an pay them back by directing as many people as you can into the good graces and to the storied achievements of these messengers of truth and purity of emotions. We are all searching for our true identity and they can at times provide us a glimpse of that core%
I am a percussionist and i am 70 years old . This set is one of the best performances i have ever witnessed . Over and above the great musicians , the sound is great , the audience is just as in love with the musicians as they are with the audience . The energy in the venue is off the chart . One of RU-vid's best jazz videos .
Unreal energy and musical brilliance. Wayne is on fire. Thanks for posting! Great to see the Japanese audience go wild and give these guys the repsonse they deserve.
Maybe the best live in the history of music ! 4 GOAT, one masterpiece Jazz Standard, 4 majestic solos ! Beautiful communication between each musicians ! Best respectful crowd ! I saw this live a million times, but each times it knock me down as if it was the first time !
Evry player in this band is out of the world........i Listen to Herbie and Wayne since their Times in Miles' Quintet.....Stanley and Omar......a class of their own! Yessssss
Stanley Clarke. I saw him with RTF as a college student in 1983 (Academy of Music), then when they finally returned to Philly 25 years later, I was there (the Mann). Best part is that Stanley Clarke is a native of Philly!
I am Korean. One of the biggest points I am jealous of Japan is that they had numerous chances to see incredible jazz performances like this...This must be a tip of the ice berg 😒
Yes, there were so many great performances in Japan, but also in Europe, specially France. Here in the US, where jazz was born, we've been lucky, too, but for several decades many of the greatest performances were not here. Just grateful to have things like this documented for all of us to enjoy for a long, long time.
Could I add Manchester, UK. Jazz audiences going back to the 1950s / 1960s: Free Trade Hall, Manchester, concerts ( no longer there, I believe its now a hotel ) Dizzy, Miles, Duke, Jimmy Smith, Jazz Messengers, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk etc. all played there in 1950s / 1960s. Peace to all !!!
Wayne will be remembered up here with Davis and Coltrane. Greats of the 60s, 70s. (80s, 90s Miles) and well.. .Wayne is still here, but Miles and John Coltrane would be 94 years old now .LOL
Just unbelievable if I hadn’t heard it with my own ears. I have heard Hancock play this many times but it just gets better and better. How great it is to re invent the familiar and play a well known number as if it’s the first time. The interaction between the musicians is remarkable.
At 11:31 when Stanley finishes his bass solo and clearly says ''FUCK THAT SHIT'' LMFAO!!!..He probably was told to do some kind of glam solo because the 'JAPANESE LIKE THAT' lol
one of the greatest displays of technical drumming I have ever seen/heard..............it is mind blowing how he does it with such ease.....jazz drummers are a different breed of drummers!
Yep, this is insanely good and inspired, a perfect chunk of live playing at its finest. Great venue, wonderful audience - and these four great jazz cats playing off each other. I've watched this clip dozens of times since I first found it around eight years ago, and have been a big fan of Stanley Clarke since the age of ten or so. :) It doesn't get any better than this, guys... :) Only down note is that they didn't get to play a full gig by themselves, or even better record a live album - they were allotted the opening slot of this multi-act gig in Japan in 1991 and knew they had just 15-20 minutes to play, so they decided to do just one cut and with flying colours. :)
Really... If god could speak like this everyone would understand. Oh wait, perhaps music is god and it transcends all nationalities, gender persuaions and philosophical boundaries.... I get it.
Solo una cultura en el mundo puede reaccionar tan espontáneamente y masivamente a la conversación que sostienen en el escenario con sus instrumentos unos músicos de jazz. Japón te extraño!
heh folks~~~with all regards to the top end~~~Clarke and Hakim deserve credit for foundation and over the top reserves in supply of such~~~i speak from a bassist point of view and i know how under-rated a foundation of any structure can be lost to all that stands upon it~~~peace/out
TBH, i can clearly see the energy given back from the audience! and as a musician, when you receive this kind of energy, you give it back to the audience X1000 times more! and you can clearly see it from this amazing performance!
THis is the whole show. It was a one off preformence for a festival. If you want to watch that however look up live in the sky 91'. The whole things on youtube
Sometimes in life you may see Michael Jordan do something so spectacular you are speechless , or Tiger Woods in his hay day , make you spill your beer . Then there is the time , that the Sun the Moon and the Earth are all in line. I mean once in a Billion Billion years . This is what you are now listening too . When Omar was playing his solo ... he was not even on Earth ! The sticks played his hands and arms , his feet had a mind of their own . Be glad you where able to witness this rare event . What a song .
Awesome music. Everytime I watch/hear this video tears roll down! Superb sync among the musicians and that energy from the audience, wow wonderful. Though each one was amazing, Stanley and Omar solo were out of this world !
Best I've ever seen from Shorter effen amazing! Percussion provisions up the wazoo from Hakim driven by Stanley and Herbie... woah. See Omar live if you get a chance, he's a precision percussive machine. He tops.
I've never been able to figure that out! Jealousy most likely, because I doubt any of them are better musicians or are able to play as well together in a band like these guys.
Man I love these guys-- four All Star International jazz musicians- playing right dead in the pocket- I had the pleasure of seeing Wayne perform live--several times back in the 1980s-one performance at the Greek Theater in Berkeley Ca-in 1981-- with weather report from the look of their dress-- and their youthful faces- I guess this concert was performed late 1980s early 90s? if anyone knows the date of the performance-- let me know- it's a great pleasure to see these Elder Statesmen of Jazz-- performing in earlier times still at the top of their game 🎵
"Potentially really fine jazz musicians"? Wow. Messrs. Hancock, Shorter and Clarke are all towering Giants. My homeboy from Queens Mr. Hakim has been laboring at a very high level for decades. There's a huge spectrum of 'presentation' between Miles and...say...Dizzy or Satchmo, for instance. All three were geniuses. Relax, bro. There's no need to police this particular universe and I hope they make as much money as they possibly can. They've earned it and deserve it.
***** Herbie aime bien taquiner et surprendre ses amis , mais je crois que Omar l'a vu venir et il a super bien reagi ah ah c'est un très grand batteur
I don't think Hancock or Shorter had very interesting solos here to be honest, (and I'm a huge fan of Shorter especially!), so the piece does t have any real interest for me accept Omar getting off...it's always fun to hear a good drummer.
Talk about great jazz, this is how it should be heard, live in concert, in front of a huge audience, what perfection these musicians put into the music.
Even greater music, Wayne Shorter for God's sake, not to mention the poor boys playing in the background Hancock, Clarke, and even Omar Hakim. the real goods.
This is the not-f’ing-around crew right here. Stanley Clarke? Omar Hakim? Herbie H?? Wayne Shorter?! That’s the shizzle right there, and the Japanese crowd is digging it.
+Louise X Agree completely, wish I had been there, interplay between musicians and musicians and audience out of this world. Every one had a ball.!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sycophantic. Yes, they are true to jazz, but this ain't jazz, IMHO. I have played "so-called" jazz in Japan, btw, and they are appreciators and some even connoisseurs, but Jeff Lorber could have banged out this crap.
@@dominicstewart-guido7598 No, of course not. Herbie plays different styles of jazz, I call this stadium jazz, the lowest form (at least for me, or really, one step above "smooth jazz.") Mostly Herbie is terrific. This is an off day, at best.
Best fidelity ever, here too ! These guys reinvented the wheel - all of them ! To see them all swept up in this conversation, allowing all to shine - it's what art is all about !
Really probably one of my favorite musical performances of all time. There sheer entertainment value of the chemistry between the members of the ensemble, let alone the actual music which is ravenously grinding up tension the entire time. The. Poor Wayne who seems only to be trying to get the bless-ed horn to work for him, swapping reeds, blowing like the big bad wolf, but still pushing past the hardware difficulties despite, putting the melody an octave up using the full range bottom to top, with immense tonal control all through. AAA performing and a good laugh or two along the way!
