Michael Brecker Steps Ahead In Copenhagen's Carlsberg Glyptotek in 1983.Completo. 

My uncle was the owner of Titania Television and the producer of this concert. He died of cancer in december 2019. He also did a lot of other live-recordings.

40 years later and still sounds as amazing as ever. RIP Michael Brecker

I just listened to this video clip again for the 3-millionth time, only this time, on a pair of Bose Companion 20 speakers and WOW!!! Everything is so damn crisp and deep. Hats off to the recording engineer and production staff!!

Peter Erskine is kicking some A##s. Love his playing. Especially on POOLS.

During the song "Pools" (an amazing piece of musical art) when Michael comes in with his solo at 14:19, I almost fell off the chair! It's such an incredble sax solo with unbeliveable ensemble support, I started to cry. What a band!! Michael, R.I.P.

Hats off to the production team for capturing this historically great group with such clarity and musicality!!!

Man, nobody plays like Brecker. Just phenominal.

Eddie Gomez is such a consummate musician. His creative bass sound is so captivating!

Line up is: Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Eliane Elias, Eddie Gomez and Peter Erskine - can you believe this was over 30 years ago. They sound so great.

This is absolutely the best incarnation of that band. Amazing!

Sarah's touch, one of my favorite tunes ever. I am still asking myself how can a human being create such amount of beauty.

Best jazz band of the 80s (with Bass Desires) !! Fabulous tunes, fabulous improvs, playing, sound, musicality, chops, the lot. Thank you for making us vibe with you at such a high level of consciousness.

All greats. Steps ahead is fine art.

All great musicians! It's a pity that just few people know them! Lovely music! It's sad that Michael Brecker passed away too early... Eliane Elias is one of my favourite pianists and one of my favourite Brazilian musicians.

0:00 Islands - Mike Mainieri. 7:12 Pools - Don Grolnick. 18:59 Skyward Bound - Mike Mainieri. 24:31 Northern Cross - Peter Erskine. 29:50 Loxodrome - Eddie Gomez 35:44 Sarah's Touch - Mike Mainieri. 46:48 Duo - Mike Mainieri. 48:30 Both Sides Of The Coin - Michael Brecker.

Pools is a huge piece of Art

What an incredible pianist

this is so well recorded ..... geez killin good ..

Music making of the highest order. We miss you, Mike.

Simply Amazing

michael brecker smiling at the camera is the best thing i have seen this year

Unbelievable what these musicians are doing here. They just create magic music.

Every time I hear Michael Brecker, I'm awed! What a genius! It's hard to believe he is gone.

I saw this lineup in 1983 at the UNC Jazz Festival. My friends and I sat on stage next to Peter Erskine. Seeing and experiencing them up-close and personal like that was an concert I’ll never forget! In an incredibly funny moment, my friends and I noticed during the first tune that Becker’s fly was down. We told Erskine at the end of the song about it and he just laughed. He didn’t tell Becker until the end of the next song.

Effortless mastery, pure zen

My ears never heard such a masterpiece in all my days.

Who are these people who down vote a free 1 hour Michael Brecker concert?

Holy crap. This is a gold mine.

It's the hidden gem.

Timeless ..beauty doesn't know what time it is now.

The first two Steps Ahead records are so amazing..a real jam!

Every one plays so amazing throughout this. The early Steps Ahead had some nice samba grooves happening. I love the line-up with Eliane Elias, too bad she wasn't featured more. She's put out a ton of great albums over the years, well they all have.

This is such an excellent performance by true giants of jazz in the 80s.

Innovative. Mainieri in particular doesn't get enough credit for being an innovator on the vibraphone as well as musically as a composer and arranger. His playing is incredibly solid despite his highly unusual grip. You have to love the Quaker Oats box where he temporarily places mallets when he switches from four mallets to two. (Players that choose to switch back and forth between four and two mallets should emulate what he has always done and use a holder on the side of the instrument, and not try to place the "out of play" mallets on or in the instrument itself.)

2 months after this performance my parents would take me to see them at the Red Creek Inn for my 21 st bday.

My favorite band from that time! Everyone is so brilliant.

Thank Goodness This Was Produced.... A Treasure

What a gig

I remember listening to these guys in high school. Then life happened. Now, 40 years later I can enjoy them again with video. Thanks so much to everyone who has uploaded these shows. It's really a modern miracle.

They had me at the bass, rimshots and vibes groove, in the intro to Islands ;)

Absolutely timeless there's sound never gets old it just gets better!

great .... michael breker .. fantastic... RIP

Eliane Elias ti amo!!!!

I absolutely loved this band. Especially this particular lineup. Terrific stuff.

What a treat it is to see Michael Brecker, no matter what he is playing or with whom. I still regard his self titled solo album (with Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Kenny Kirkland) as one of the top ten albums I have ever listened to. And Eddie Gomez and Peter Erskine are just the perfect rhythm section.

This sounds and songs used to be my teenager soundtrack in the 80' over here in Sao Paulo Brazil. There wasn't nothing like that...maybe never will...Thanks Mike, Eliane, Peter, Eddie and great Michael never will be forget.

ok wow, Eliane Elias

some of the greatest jazz musicians post 1980. You have encountered the holy grail.

Brings me back to 7th Ave. South in the Village. What great music these virtuosos made!

Mike Brecker... Unbelievable

A great band that should not be forgotten. It is sad Brecker is gone;

If anyone needed any proof how seminal this band were it's here Brecker and Gomez. Manieri and wonderful flower yet to bloom Elias....just magnificent.....since 85 hooked and the tsunami of magnetic to come...... astonishing quality.... benchmark viewing

So I saw this on SABC in the early 80's and immediately grabbed the nearest vhs tape and recorded the rest of the program. To this day I still love this show. It gave me hope for REAL musiuc on REAL instruments in the 80s when everything was synthesizers and drum boxes. Thankyou so much Herkenes, I have missed this massive like, and now - the whole show!

The Eliane Elias version of Steps Ahead is my favorite. Thank you very much for sharing this!

Eliane Elias on piano. Second time watching this and just realizing… There is are no better musical discoveries than working your way backwards in time through it…I am convinced. Marvelous music. Peter Erskine too … mind blown 🤯

Peter Erskine is one of the most musical drummers in the world.

The golden age of modern jazz. Wonderful musicians. Top score. Very nice performances on Pools. And then my favourite ballad: Skyward Bound.

01. Islands - 1:14 02. Pools - 7:12 03. Skyward Bound - 18:59 04. Northern Cross - 24:35 05. Loxodrome - 29:50 06. Sarah's Touch - 35:44 07. Duo -46:48 08. Both Sides Of The Coin - 48:30

My jazz prof introduced me to micheal via this dvd so greattt!!!

Great concert!!! And Eliane...she is a STAR! :)

Erano anni che non ascoltavo "Sarah's Touch", è stata un'emozione indescrivibile... Ricordo che questo brano venne adottato in Italia per uno spot pubblicitario di un noto amaro. Durante la sua esecuzione emerge la classe di tutti.Inteso è il solo di Mainieri mentre Eddie e Peter sfoderano la loro maestria! Michael e sua cognata, anche quando sono in pausa, si lasciano trasportare dal sound di "Sarah's Touch. Ragazzi,sono in una lunga terapia fisica, ma questa per me è la migliore terapia!

Beautiful! This music will never die. The sound of M. B. brings tears to my eyes. Thanks

Great Music. Thank You Michael Brecker.

Ну это супер!!! Высший пилотаж!!!

not a word spoken, my kind of music. each song is so powerful...

A beautiful sunset many of us mistook for the dawn.

My ALL TIME FAVOURITE STEPS AHEAD LINE UP!!! STEPS AHEAD?.. Lightyears AHEAD!!! Thanks for a million for sharing this with us.

Whoever gave this a thumbs down needs to get their hearing checked pronto.

This is FUCKING KILLING!!!

I'm a big fan of Michael Brecker but imho Mainieri deserves much more credit.

Thank you for uploading. This is a real treat to see such a great group with all of the members in the prime of life. Mike Mainieri is a personal favorite. He was all over albums in the late 70's (David Sanborn, Michael Franks, etc.) with that distinctive vibes sound. Check out his solo LP for Warner Bros. called Wanderlust. Released in 1980, it was the genesis of Steps Ahead and it includes the first version of Sara's Touch.

Erskine definetly has the best groove and time of all the drummers seen playing this song on youtube!

A gold mine! I've taught myself drums over the years, not being able to get into a music program where I grew up. This video has a wealth of valuable licks and lessons for how to play jazz and using the right technique. F*&# a music program at a college. This video is a 4 yr music degree!!! Thank you Erskine! I hope you will be at the drum fantasy camp in Cleveland this August!!!

Oh wow, with Eliane on piano too! Awesome.

Супер!

divine

Eddie Gomez at his most cerebral!

Chops. Some serious chops.

michael brecker,simplesmente uma lenda!

I was so very fortunate to see this show at a small jazz club called Maynards in Charlotte, North Carolina in the eighties. These folks were so nice. After the show they were available for hand shakes and to talk to. One of the best shows i've ever seen. When i arrived and took a seat at a table, the band was at a table in the corner eating sandwiches. They were comfortable playing and really enjoyed what they played.

glorious - thank you for putting this up!

Even after so many years: Fabulous!

Love Pools. Love Don. Love Michael. Love this band. Love Jazz.

I'm stunned! So fresh. I seriously haven't heard anything this free in a while!

Thank you SO much for posting this.

I LOVE "Pools"!

What a treat! I heard Steps Ahead in Copenhagen on several occations, but not this concert.

Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, Mozart, Einstein, Picasso... and Michael Brecker !!!!!

Saw the Becker Bros. at the Great American Music Hall in SF around 1976. High energy.

amazing sound quality for the time

Excellent music. I love Eliane Elias, she's a great musician from Brasil. Great upload. RIP Michael Brecker.

Musically and aesthetically BEAUTIFUL

Thank you for uploading this valuable film of amazing music. The band sounds fresh, powerful and so together.

Ho iniziato a 15 anni a seguirli adesso ne ho 55 erano gli anni 80 con questo fantastico jazz e ho cominciato ad amare soprattutto la fusion che raggruppa tutti i "mostri sacri". Che tempi

Beautiful sounds in a beautiful setting, thanks (eller 'tak'!)

Excellent lineup. This group is really steps ahead from music of all time. great post.Thank you for uploading this gem.

thank you for this video, it helped a lot to understand the craftsmanship and beauty of michael breckers art.

Muito bom isso, thanks for sharing. Incredible sound quality, I'm amazed at the bass' tone/clarity and how perfectly balanced the whole timbres/instruments mix is.

Videos like this are why I'm glad the internet exists.

geo Wow! Wow! Thanks .... can't find words to express my thanks for a wonderful treat1