Studio Jams #69 - "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" 

Wherever he is, Nathan is fun to just watch.

The space that James and Nathan allow is heaven to the melodic section.

Extraordinaire Reprise ....Super Band, Fantastiques Musiciens!!!!!!!!!

The best performance of this jazz standard I have ever heard. Congratulations.

What a creative guitar solo - mindblowing

Fantastic Band & Nathan east on That Yamaha Trb 6 .that Solo smooth as Butter.

Solo clapping for Gil Parris, “I’m not worthy, I’m not worthy”. Praise God for the talent that Gil Parris and each of the talented musicians have been given, the joy that they have shared, and for working through the equipment and algorithms that make it accessible to many. Also, when possible remember to support local musicians. I miss going to Open mic nights in Oakland, CA.

This RU-vid channel is a blessing from God

It took me a long time to warm up to the non-standard bridge chords. But these guys absolutely kill it. You sold me.

Nathan East is a BEAST!!! :)

Excellent ! Great chemistry between these players.

Good stuff. I love that guitar/keyboard hand off at 5:32. For guitar nerds- I believe Gil's playing an early 90's Strat Plus with Lace Sensors and the original Wilkinson roller nut.

Great arrangement. Excellent tone on the guitar!

Totaly freakin INCREDIBLE

I have always loved the tone Nathan East gets from his Yamaha TRB 6 string bass. Haven't heard a bass that sounds like it; love the way it sits in the mix in studio and live settings. Of course, the person playing it has a lot to do with that also...respect.

Great version of this song. Everyone played really it flawlessly. The groove was solid. This is what happens when real musicians get together to play real music. GREAT WORK GENTLEMEN!! Oh,BTW I now know who that funky drummer is!!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this…the guitar is WOW!! Mercy….❤️❤️❤️

Always good for me to listen to musicians far greater than me. Wonderful when master bassist Nathan East played a solo that other players kept playing and supported him. So many times if a bassist plays a solo everyone but the drummer abandons supporting him.

Man, I love this type of music. Keep up the good work!

Blown away. Thanks!

Bisquit!! I went on tour with him for Lauryn Hill. Good guy.

Holy shit, y'all. That was amazing.

Nathan East what a BEAST!!!!!

the guitarist knocked my socks off!! what beautiful tone and articulation! It has been long since i wasn't surprised by a guitar player (and I say this as a fan of Jeff Beck)

Great Jam, talented musicians doin what they do!

So glad I watched this

Amazing. This tune represents so much regarding the Civil Rights Movement of the 60’s and the struggle for Equal Rights. But never had I known that this “funky blues ditty” was written by this dude who witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust in his native Austria, a guy who played acoustic piano like hell on fire in his early Jazz years, who later founded the inimitable Weather Report with Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine, at its core, who further founded his own post-fusion ensemble, the man known as the late-great Joe Zawinul. So very glad I got to hear Weather Report circa 1981-1982 at the JVC Jazz Festival at Lincoln Center in New York. Man, the late-great Bill Evans (“Blue in Green” with Miles Davis from the “Kind of Blue” album) had passed away right before that time, so I never got to hear Bill play live (Damn, God!). Mr. Nathan East here again, I’ve nicknamed him the “Ron Carter” of Electric Bass cuz dude be ev’rywhere lol. Great post, thanks. It’s good to cry a little sometimes... that’s why we’re Human! 🤓

love the groove with bit of a barney miller theme song vibe at times

7:10 Nathan East , what big ears he has , comps the altered chords by instinct.

... superb jamming! Cheers!

Beautiful;

Is fantastic

Wow that was astonishing! Gil Parris took string bending pretty darn far there, great stuff.

Fantastic!

Great guys

So good!

best jam ever!

thanks i needed that

great guitar!

Nathan East!!!!!!!

The bass player is wicked!!

Vous assurez les gars ;-)

Klasse gespielt!!!

love it..!

Super compatible players.

WOW,SOME DRUMS AND A GUITAR AND A BASS AND SOME KEYBOARDS.REAL INSTRUMENTS ALL DA WAY.DIS MY KINDA OF SHIT HERE. THANKS FOR DIS ONE FOOL.

Good groove 😱😍

Oh man, I had to pull so many faces during this!

GREAT!

Sweet!

so cool

Great Rhodes sound out of that Nord.

Yeaaaaaaahhhhhh ! So Groovy, isn't ? :-)

I am resting with you.

8.09 that improv

sometimes ya just gotta say - DAYUM ! !

Grover Washington gone but not forgotten

Gil is STILL waving the solid state flag (Roland cube amp) it seems, 30+ years ;-)

Oh,yeah!!!!

гитарист супер

Oh,Yeah!!!

Nice.

We have a lift off - at 6:00

The Guitarplayer has some fresh ideas

tight!

At velocity 1.5 they become Vulfpeck !

"Nice, now take your shirt off and go get me a burger Randy." *evil grin*

5:25 few seconds of paradise

F-n-m-a-zing!

BISCUIT!!!! WHAT UP DAWG..

Can you purchase just the recording?

Jaco”s version is the best!!!!

nice

❗️

Joe Zawinul would approve.

Did Wes Montgomery ever do a cover of this, because I think he did.

What are the chords the keyboard player is playing at 6:10? Very modern sound...

Tasty!

8:00 bass solo

Ah yeah that's the ticket

only jaco

6 String Bass

tasty!

Great! I also cover it with guitar in my channel!

Are those ivory pickups?

So much pocket

Rocco prestia quote 9:25 !!

Guys let me download your brains please!

2:15

3:04 looks like Nathan regretted that unnecessary slap bass.

i want to jam like this, have mercy on me haha.. oh ya Denzel is on the bass.

You musicians you are selfish!you had also to give drumist James time to improvise...???!!!!Oh la la la !!!