I've watched this video several times now, and loved it each time. Whoever had the idea of matching Manhattan Transfer up with Weather Report should have received an award of some kind. Maybe "Most Serendipitous Musical Match of the Decade". I'd vote for that.
*_I'm Old School... real musicians played and real singers sang.._* I can still remember back in the 70's and 80's when we actually had real talent. Musicians played live and singers sang live on stage in front of many thousands of people. Many bands played just as good Live as they did in Studio. *_Real Bands don't use 'gimmicks' they use Real Talent..._*
Era la prima volta che lo ascoltavo, Weather Report e Manhattan Transfer insieme,beh,una sola parola mi viene in mente nel vederli suonare:MERAVIGLIOSI!!!❤❤❤
World class music forever! I´m Austrian like Joe Zawinul and I saw him 3 times at Jazz concerts in Vienna. I´m also happy that I have seen Manhattan Transfer live one time in Vienna and later even in Klagenfurt. But to see them (Weather Report and Manhattan Transfer) together in a concert must be pure delight!
To be honest. It was not. The arrangement was not good. The mixer was absolutly terrible and the guitar out of tune. At about 5:25 Cheryl Bentyne and Janis Siegel have to bring the band back into the tempo. Everybody can see this. But! At all it was a great festival and this song is Jazz-History.
@@waynefoote3781 I like that answer. To be honest. If I was there: I would say: One of the best moments in my life. The right musicians, the very best singers. One of the TOP 10 songs in History. Performance? Who cares? They did that song. They could play it with E-triangles. No matter. Finally: o. k.
i was tending bar in Carmelos Jazz Club in LA when Janis came in she sat at my bar taught me how to a cocktail with Myers rum soda and bitters. she was very nice smiling and left a nice tip. of course I didn't charge for her drinks.
I was tebding var at Carmelos Jazz Club in the San Fernando Valley near LA, when Janice Siegalventered alone. she sat at my bar and ordered a cocktail ynfamiliar to me. it was Myerss rum and soda with a squezze of lime. Myerrs is a very dark Jamaican rum a bit bitter. i made she liked it.i made one for myself. she ordered another later. ivdidnt charve her of course, and she left me a generous tip. she was kind and very friendly. i named the drink her the "JSiegal".😊
I wish Man Tran. had been with them when I saw WR the year before. They add a lot to this number. The bassist does an extraordinary job here. Imagine having to follow you-know-who...
A pinnacle - a mountain peak of performance. What it takes to be this excellent. The unabashed confidence and mastery of the Transfer. The lead singer - quite incredible. To think how few Americans REALLY get how great this is in relation to so much crap that makes millions for not even average work makes me cry.
What’s happened folks? How come we don’t have these incredible Jazz sessions anymore? This is incredible jazzy swingin’ stuff! What an electrifying performance. So dig the vibes folks, swing along and dig the ambiance & Cheers!
@@christophermiller7532 I have to admit that i don’t know too much about some Jazz festivals around the US. What i do know is that (world) music has been added to get the crowd volume. Same is happening in Europe and around the world. And yes Covid has had an enormous (negative) impact specially for those musicians. Be well and Covid free. G’day & Cheers!
Yes I agree the Northsea Jazzfestival in the Netherlands A bit dull the past few years I Really miss Miles Davis the ALBUM TUTU AND the LIVE recording with Robben Ford these were the genius days I wonder if ever that kind of quality WILL BE seen again
@@nielsanderson4926 Niels you have a good point. In the late 1950’s and the whole of the 1970’s i went to small live-club gigs of visiting American jazz great. Also to several times to the NSJ in The Hague as well as the MJF in Switzerland. Now these festivals have become more - world music - with a small section of Jazz. Sad but true. If i’m correct jazz aficionados are about 5% world wide. Stay safe, toodeloo’s & Cheers!
This morning I was feeling low and full of cold...went for a walk and back tired...the news was all lockdown and restrictions.....then this came up....It was so beautiful I just burst into tears...Its wonderful...made me so so happy. Say you don't like jazz....I challenge you not to love this! It's just full of talent, skill, joy and such wonderful singing....mind if you have the best backing band in the world - you better be good!
Wayne Shorter always looks like he is conserving energy. R.I.P. Victor Bailey. His red 1966 Jazz was drop dead gorgeous and he sounded like a million dollars when he played it too!
I love this, I love ManTran,. saw them in London 2018 at Pizza Express Jazz club (Holborn), but the presence of Zawinul just lifts this song to a new level, its his crazy simple changes and arrangements. And Wayne Shorter - the bigger the stage, the more uncomfortable he looks
'Crazy simple changes and arrangements"?? Deceptively repetitive, maybe, but simple? Zawinul couldn't do simple if you put a watermelon to his head. There's a whole shirtload of harmonic goodness going on there.
I saw this first time today and just when WR played at the start I thought:"Wouldn't it bi nice if Birdland had lyrics?". And then came Manhattan Transfer. Miracle, isn't it?
Actually, the lyrics are by Jon Hendricks, who wrote a lot of lyrics for The Manhattan Transfer. I remember reading years ago that originally Eddie Jefferson was asked to write the lyrics but he died before he finished, so they got Jon Hendricks to write them.
I have no idea how do you feel about such music events but.. true happiness for me looks precisely like this guys, sounds like this & wishing you everybody turn back & paaaarty again, young generations deserve this precise input, let yourselves go & let it be fun like nuts, time for paaaarty guys 🤗🎁😊😊🙋🤩😊🥂🥳🤩🙋😊🎿🎁🍀🌺🎻🍾👏🎻🍾💐🍾🎂🍾🎂👍🍾🎂👍👍🤗👏🤗🎁👏🤗🎁👏
Very interesting to see Victor Bailey play Jaco's solos and stuff. It's such a Jaco era song I've always wondered what it would sound like with him playing.
He was there the year before. I was at the "meltdown" concert and to be honest, Jaco killed it. He got into beef with the band and they walked off. He then did a bass solo of Purple haze and I was blown away but he looped it, put the bass down and walked off stage. Weather Report never came back but Jaco decided to do a solo of Purple Haze for about a minute and a half until they turned the stage and Cosby introduced the next act. That solo from Jaco was amazing. I mean if it's around, it's some of the best bass solo work I've ever seen live.
@@christophermiller7532 it was a horrible time for Jaco. I wish he’d made an appearance here that could have been taped. Zawinul wasn’t a big fan of tv cameras unfortunately.
Espectacular los Manhattan 4 voces inigualables los Weather aunque aquí no está Jaco músicos adorables pero que hace un conejo en la tierra de los pájaros. No vale decir...comiendo zanahorias. Buen video
Let's invite young generations enjoy freedom of expression because sounds just this good, tribute Wayne Shorter passed away, keep the memory alive fans
I was at this concert. My parents are clapping @ 1:48 (black balding man 6-5" and white lady to his right) and pops at 6:24 is the tall man with a sport coat (pops was odd) taller than everyone. It was a great concert. I was running around because I was 18 and looking for girls but it was one of the best Playboy Jazz festivals I went to and I've been to about 10 of them.
5,000 light years from Birdland But I'm still preachin' the rhythm Long-gone, uptight years from Birdland An' I'm still teachin' it with 'em Years from the land of the Bird An' I am still feelin' the spirit 5,000 light years from Birdland But I know people can hear it Bird named it, Bird made it, Bird heard it, then played it Well-stated! Birdland It happened down in Birdland Oh! In the middle of that hub I remember one jazz club Where we went to pat feet Down on fifty-secon' street Everybody heard that word That they named it after Bird Where the rhythm swooped and swirled The jazz corner of the world An' the cats they gigged in there Were beyond compare Birdland - I'm singin' Birdland Birdland - Ol' swingin' Birdland Hey, man, the music really turns you on! Y' turn me on, Really, y' turn me aroun' 'N turn me on Down them stairs, lose them cares - where? Down in Birdland Total swing, bop was king - there Down in Birdland Bird would cook, Max would look - where? Down in Birdland Miles came through, 'Trane came too - there Down in Birdland Basie blew, Blakey too - where? Down in Birdland Cannonball played that hall - there Down in Birdland Yeah... There may never be nothin' such as that No mo', no mo' Down in Birdland, that's where it was at I know, I know Back in them days bop was ridin' high Hello! 'n goodbye! How well those cats remember Their first Birdland gig To play in Birdland is an honor we still dig Yeah...that club was like... In another world, sure enough... Yeah, baby All o' the cats had the cookin' on People just sat an' they was steady lookin' on Then Bird...he came 'n spread the word... Birdland Yes, indeed, he did Yes, indeed, he did Yes, indeed, he did Yes, he did, Parker played at Birdland Yes, he really did Yes, indeed, he really did Yes, he really did Told the truth down in Birdland Yes, indeed he did, Yardbird Parker played in Birdland Yes, indeed, he really did Charlie Parker played in Birdland Bird named it, Bird made it, Bird heard it Then played it Well-stated! Birdland It happened down in Birdland Everybody dug that beat Everybody stomped their feet Everybody digs be-bop An' they'll never stop Down them stairs, lose them cares, yeah Down in Birdland Total swing! bop was king, yeah Down in Birdland Bird would cook, Max would look, yeah Down in Birdland Miles came through, 'Trane came too, yeah Down in Birdland Basie blew, Blakey too, yeah Down in Birdland Cannonball played that hall, yeah Down in Birdland Down them stairs, lose them cares, yeah Down in Birdland Total swing! bop was king, yeah Down in Birdland Bird would cook, Max would look, yeah Down in Birdland Miles came through, 'Trane came too, yeah Down in Birdland Basie blew, Blakey too, yeah Down in Birdland Cannonball played that hall, yeah Down in Birdland Down them stairs, lose y' cares, yeah Down in Birdland Total swing! bop was king, yeah Down in Birdland Bird would cook, Max would look, yeah Down in Birdland Come in pairs down them stairs, lose y' cares Them that dares gits it! Pay the gate, don't be late It's a date! - whattay' know If y' dig, then you'll dig, it's a groove Quite a groove, 'cause y' t' move Come in twos, pay your dues What can you lose? Just your blues! So lose them! The band swingin' one and all and what a ball! Yeah! Music is good, music is better than good Pretty good Very nice Really very good - things are bein' like they should Very good, very good, very good All y' gotta do is lend an ear An' listen to it Then y' dig a little sooner than soon You'll be diggin' everything diggin' all the music What a ball! How y' gonna figure out A way t' bring it all about amid a Lot o' other music on the set'n on The scene know what I mean? How y' gonna separate the music from the scene 'Gonna have t' keep the memory clean Y' gonna hear a lotta' sound... a lotta soun'
I once saw a clip of Manhattan Transfer do this w/o Weather Report. Maybe it was American Bandstand or one of those musical shows from the 80s like AB. I cannot think of it right now, maybe someone will help me out with that. Anyway, I already knew that Josef Zawinul of Weather Report had written the song and the band recorded it. Thank goodness one the Manhattan Transfer group acknowledged that during a brief interview. I was about to say," HOLD ON...WHAT! You best own up! Tell them who originally wrote and recorded the song that you somehow got lyrics to!
Say what you want about Playboy, Hefner invested in jazz. The festival gave lots of artists a good gig and exposure to a wider audience. And fun to see the crowd on their feet dancing!
Wayne did not do theatric dance gestures - he just played. His other band members danced and emoted. He stayed within himself. But it didn't detract from the music.
No se puede creer lo que se encuentra en RU-vid... WEATHER REPORT SI LLEGÓ A TOCAR BIRDLAND CON MANHATTAN TRANSFER... Qué bestia ❤... Es Weather en otro momento, ya en los 80'. Veo a Omar Hakeem batería (me encanta este baterista), al peruano Alex Acuña en la percusión, Víctor Bailey bajo, Wayne Shorter 🎷 DEP y Joe Zawinul 🎹🎹 el mega compositor de Birdland... Upside Down cantaba Diana Ross... Asi me dejó esto, ni había escuchado o leído de que tocaron juntos alguna vez ... Weather Transfer!! QUE TANKES!!
La época Jazz Fusión de los 70' (claro que este concierto fue en los 80'), los músicos de jazz fueron como rock stars también. Zawinul era muy soul y funky, Jaco además de funk era pro Hendrix y le gustaba el rock agresivo también. Wayne era libre y se acomodaba y escribía música para la banda Weather Report. Tres mega compositores, hablamos de lo máximo de lo máximo: Jaco, Wayne, Joe... Tres en la misma banda ... De ahí el nombre:El Clima es muy impredecible. También era un informe o reporte de las tendencias en la música de ese tiempo. Si dicen algunos que no era jazz realmente lo que hacían, pues era una música que combinaba un poco de todo. Nunca me lo esperé ver un Weather Transfer para 'BIRDLAND' el club de música jazz nombrado en honor a Charlie Parker 'Bird' 🎷🎶🎶
Tendré que ponerme a ver poco a poco las actuaciones en vivo que hay de Manhattan Transfer en videos... He visto unos tres conciertos por cable, pero hace ratón Miguelito, mucho tiempo ya ... Los domingos creo ocuparé una hora y media a los Transfer o cuando esté de ánimos... Es mucho lo que hacen, no se puede captar con la mente o análisis. Simplemente lo hacen...
I met thèse fine gentlemen in a diner just outside Jacksonville many years ago. We talked for many minutes and I was impressed by their consumption of waffles in syrup. Very impressive.
