Koinonia 

Hadley Hockensmith must be the most underrated and overlooked player in the history of guitar. This is the definitive tone!

A las personas que votaron con el pulgar abajo definitivamente no saben de musica.Grande Koinonia

Thanks for posting this! An entire generation of Christian Jazz Musicians have been blessed and influenced by the music of Koinonia. Justo Almario is one of the reasons I started playing, and is still a major influence in my music and career. Praise God for Koinonia!

1. Countin`The Cost 0:11 2. Good-Bye 9:59 3. Hidden Beauty 16:51 4. Celebration 23:15 5. Cuando 37:50 little speech (James 1:17) 47:05 6. From You 48:43 7. School Bus 55:03 8. Sno-Cone 1:07:48 9. Night In Tunisia 1:15:04

In my opinion, Abraham Laboriel is one of the most delicious bassplayers and musicians of the last century ...! Love and peace out there on earth ...! Thanks to Koinonia - what a wonderful and marvelous band ...!

Justo Almario still plays at our church a couple of times a year. What a blessing!

Saw them this same year I believe, 1984 (maybe 1983), at Huntington Beach, CA famous club called the "Golden Bear." Artists such as Dick Dale, Janis Joplin, Arlo Guthrie, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hoyt Axton, Jackson Browne, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Dave Mason, Tower of Power, The Chambers Brothers, Jose Feliciano, and Jerry Garcia played there. Club there 1923 to 1986. Abraham up to his old passionate jamming antics during that jam. It was standing ovation awesome. That club was eventually tore down due to development. It was right there on the corner of PCH and the famous Huntington Beach Pier. Old hang. But urban sprawl took over. Big shopping place now. Hotels, etc. They fought the teardown but big money won out as usual. Good memories. Saw Koinonia not too far off from that 1984 event ,at another venue long gone as well. But this place was literally a housing/business building, long dining room turned into a venue. Literally like they were jamming in your living room. Maybe 25 of us there to enjoy. And did they jam. Haha Like we were all just hanging out at our house. Crazy situation, but well worth it. These guys are just plain good. Amen.

Abraham Laboriel's 8 string bass is crazy, and he plays it with such dexterity. The man has strong fingers! Funky stuff.

Timeless, eternal bliss, simply spiritually uplifting, joy unspeakable! The endless fountain of surrender to the spirit within us all! Thank You for sharing your harmony of a brotherhood that is "One from the Heart!"

Great Christian band,and I never knew that when I was dancing to their music at my favourite night club before I met the Lord

Best Christian Jazz artists I've heard. Praise God.

27:44 does anyone notice how Alex fills in the drum roll, then lays down the sticks and switches to the Conga without missing a beat? #legend

Thums down???? The best musicians👍🏼👍🏼🎷🎺🎸🥁🎹❤

Watching some contemporary bassplayer on yt led me down a rabbithole, to Victor Wooten and then Abraham Laboriel and Koinonia. How many home papers I have made with Koinonia on the cassete player... Especially the last encore with Dee Dee and McFerrin made this late evening perfect. Alex Acuña led me further back to Weather Report.. What a perfect journey of mind. Cheers you all.

Goes to show you it's possible to be Christian and very hip too!

Estos hermanos son de verdad. Que gozo en el Espiritu me dan!!!

Abraham Laboriel que bajista y que humildad.

In my opinion Koinonia is the greatest jazz band with that unique style of melody which can never be reproduced by other musicians. Thank you Koinonia for being such a big part of my life's journey. My kids grew up with Lyn, Valentine, Senor Funky Bumpkins. Just pure music pleasure, skill and talent from the giver of Life. Shalom

EXCELENTE MUSICA, ES UN DELEITE Y NO ME CANSO DE ESCUCHARLOS, TENGO 30 AÑOS ESCUCHANDOLOS, SON UNOS MASTER, SABIENDO QUE EN ESE TIEMPO NO EXISTIA LA TECNOLOGIA DE HOY, OJALA Y TUVIERAN UN REENCUENTRO, ESTARIA GENIAL !!

It's really impresive how good the music is. All the artists in the band are certenly very blessed talented musicians!!! Very Special!!!

HAHA! These guys and their talent make me laugh out loud with JOY! Such an appreciation for this unbelievable group of musicians! This is criminally under viewed! I thank the Creator for such cool vibes.

These guys are so friken bad ass I grew up on their music. Abe Alex Hadley Bill Harlan Justo are world class musicians. One of the most underrated bands but not to those of who listen to and love them. Timeless music

DESDE LOS 90'S ESCUCHO A ESTOS GENIOS MUSICALES... LEER LA BIBLIA, ESTUDIAR, AL COMPÁS DE ESTA MÚSICA, ES UN DELEITE CELESTIAL. BUENA POR ELLOS Y POR QUIEN SUBIO ESTE VIDEO.

Learned to play the bass mostly listening to Abe L. This group is ultra-talented. Always a pleasure to hear!

I'm so blessed and challenged by this Christian group, hope you can make a new material again. I grew up as a musician listening to Koinonia's cassette tape.

mejor imposible. esto me llena demasiado. aun en mi condición es un deleite escucharles,

Best musicians ever !! Son los mejores de verdad !!

AThe greatest smooth jazz ensemble EVER! The greatest bass player EVER! Always loved their music.

One of the Greatest Jazz bands ever!!! And Ive listened to them all. And they all Love Jesus.

Fabulous!! So glad to finally see the entire concert... and the quality is excellent, considering this is "only" 480. I was fortunate to see Koinonia onstage back in 1990 and even got to interview Abe Laboriel in 1994 for a local radio when he released his second solo album. Thanks a LOT for sharing!

Loving this! Abraham and the whole crew, amazing! Ty for posting this

Thanks for posting! This was the first Jazz piece my old group performed at church, what memories!

Simply amazing. And Abe is over the top. What a player and .......a seldomly seen 8string bass

Thank You for posting this…”Celebration” was a game changer for me!

These guys changed my life in the 80s

Mosntruos de Monstruos....una calidad increible ademas que su musica trasmite sensaciones de gozo, alegria, paz. Gracias

Man I miss this group!

My favorite gospel group. From the early 80 tees love this band.

This is what music is supposed to do. Lift our spirit and make us feel good.

Muito bom poder ouvir novamente, nos anos 90, também escutava em fitas K-7. Excelente a captação , com câmeras de "Tubo". Ouvir e agora ver, poder sentir e saber , que no inferno não haverá música, aumentou o desejo de ir pro CÉU. Realmente música é uma coisa de DEUS.

Good Job brother ! It's great to find such treasures on the Web ! God bless !

Lembro me que ouvi Koinonia pela primeira vez em 1988 muito bom.

THE TRUE MUSICIANS !!!!!!!!!!! And music of TRUTH !!!!!!!

Such good memories of Koinonia. I've been influenced by them especially Hadley Hockensmith as a guitarist. Also love his solo album-Heartsongs. I'm currently in a Christian Jazz band called Gospel Jazz Hawai'i. We formed in around 2005 because of attending a "live" concert with some of them (Koinonia) here Hawai'i. God bless Koinonia.

This is their signature song....Abraham in a church setting will actually ask the congregation to join in celebrating Christ and watch him start dancing in the spirit at the end...saw them live in 1985 at Church On The Way, Ventura, CA, awesome!

Thanx for sharing this concert, it was a pleasure to listen to

I'm very happy to listen to this band!

Pedazo de grupo y pedazo de bajista!!!!

This is classic. Thanks so much for putting this on here. I'm gonna Chromecast this onto my TV and play it through my stereo to get the full effect!

Have always loved these guys! Great groove! Great spirit (through the Spirit)!

The Best! and the greatest men and talent you could ever listen to and know! What a joy to see this it brings back the best days of the journey. You must love the technology or at least some of it........ a Salute to all musicians and their contribution to the joy music brings us. Fellowship is the Key!

Wish I'd gotten to see them live. I'll share this on my Facebook page, Faith & Values. Thanks for posting!

Koinonia still sounds! great!

What a great band this was! Thanks for uploading!

It's so refreshing to hear this music again! As a bass player, Abraham has been a great source of inspiration for me through the years. Thank you so much for this upload, Johnny!!! If you have it, would you PLEASE upload Abraham's Guidum CD? I lost it having to move from place to place.

May the Lord God bless all Europe and the world. What Abraam Laboriel says from 47:45 on how many of us would dare to say in front of the audience in today's relativist world? May the Holy Spirit fill our hearts again with that courage and set us on his holy fire again!

thanks for sharing! I've seen them several times here in Switzerland and I'm happy to have a part of them back in Switzerland next sunday as band "open hands"!

So glad to find some Koinonia clips on here. I was a fan in the past. Thanks very much for posting. They were just amazing !!! Wow

Thank you for that video!

my father used to eared theses songs !!! so great to ear then again

Top Level musicians!

Glória a Deus!

You have a new subscriber sir! Tnx for the upload. Teenage years in the 80’s ...😎

Such a great concert!

"Paying The Cost"...my favorite track of all time

very good music ! ...greetings from Poland - shalom !

Thanks for sharing this video. I became aware of this band in 1989 in of all places Bahrain

Great performance!

unbelievable slap bass

Espectacular.

Oh!!! Love those Guys so much and make laugh loudly. Be blessed!

This is a jewel... una verdadera joya....

Jamming with funkiest style. 🤝👏👏👍

simply cool. thanks for posting.

Waooooo que nivel Gloria a Dios

This inspires!!!!!

AT AROUND 13:00 TO JUST OVER 15:00 MINUTES,,, WHOA,,,,, HADLEY IS ON FIRE.................!!!!

Harlan Rogers sure can play that Fender Rhodes.

Un régal...!!

Abe literally jumped out of his pants!

THANKS, wow.......

Koinonia was and is the best! I have all their cd's and Justo's, Abraham's and Alex's too. They also recorded one great album with Ron Kenoly. And with many others. I guess I have about 30 "Koinonia related" cd's. Awesome players these guys!

I would very much like to see a video of them live in Stockholm.

Hay 24 aguafiestas que le dieron dislike a esta maravilla :0

trop bien

Nice Johnny :)

Só tenho a aprender.

Is this on video? DVD or/and Blueray? Somewhere? Offciially?

How is it in thin air Abe......on top of the bass game......!?

alguien sabe qe tipo de bass guitar de doble cuerda es el que usa Abrahan

HUH!

Name/make/model of Abe's bass?

Does anyone know the name of the tune they play in 5//4? (trying to locate it)

The Bass player could play on a trampoline.......

Wait is Abe playing an 8 string?

It looks like Hadley has an apple watch

16:50

:)

The truth is that Christian music in general, before the advent of internet, is woefully unfamiliar to most Christians today. These guys trace back to some of the greats of Contemporary Christian music. We've managed to bring hymns into the 21st century, but there's a huge gap between 1960 & 1990 that is relatively unknown to most people.

40 years Don rite