Sony Emory is one hell of a drummer. Crisp creative drumming so bloody tight, amazing sound quality on every part of the kit, even time to spin the sticks a few times. Jeff's fingers are also magic along with great vamping. It's not a memorable tune but the sheer energy, rhythm and groove is intoxicating.
It's really hard to comprehend how these guys know exactly where each is going at all times. So damn tight. Absolutely jaw dropping. I got my first Lorber vinyl in 1979. Been great ever since.
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
I was house FOH engineer at the University of Maine Hauck Auditorium in the 1970s- multiple Jeff Lorber Fusion concerts over the years. Nicest bunch you'd ever want to meet. They were just as tight then as they are now. It was a gas!
I have been listening to Jeff Lorber since 1980 when he was with the Jeff Lorber Fusion when Kenny Gorelick was him in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Tierre Verde Island Resort Hotel. Fantastic show. He jamms the piano like no OTHER!!!! All the best from Jeff Out West.
Lorber is quite simply a master. I worked with a relative of his a while back who indicated Lorber is the powerhouse he is due to an incredible work ethic. For me he's the most accomplished keyboardist of the age. I love his solo intro. Heck I love everything he's done.
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
Yeah, all that noodling at the beginning is simply building the tension and suspense of what's to come. And there's not a hint of disappointment when the bass and drums hit the gas. Damn.
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
Jeff Lorber is a monster! What a keyboard player! Yeah but for me this is ''Soft Space'' I discovered first before ''Water Sign'', ''Wizard Island'' and ''Galaxian'' who remains probably one of the most creative fusion period for music. Also, Eric Marienthal one of the greatest sax player ever existed! Love all of them!
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
This band sounds amazing together! They play as one with respect to never step on each other's creativity. The results show indisputable class, discipline, taste, and communication through their instruments! Hats off to Jeff Lorber Surreptitious! WOW! Very Nicely Done Gentleman... A total inspiration for aspiring musicians. Thank you for sharing this performance, Sonny just completely blew me away! Holy Shit I'll be back for more...
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
Lovin' it! These guys be killin'!! Eric's solo serves as the perfect climax - little bit bluesy, little bit be-bop, a whole LOTTA bit smokin'. Just all-around fun tune to watch and hear.
This is soo deep in the pocket it's ridiculous. If you want Fusion or Jazz this is as good as it gets!! Even if you don't like Fusion you have to be tone deaf not to understand the talent here! ALL of the players are killin' it, especially Lorber and Sonny Emory. The smile at the end of the drum solo says it all! 🙂👍 God, how I miss live performances...
This is what makes you Great when your sound is recognize when you play. Jeff. Lorber is one in that category.🎹🎹 One of my Favorites. Always Great to Hear.👍👍
Awesome jam... great key solo, great drum solo, great sax solo. Good feeling overall, bassist has a great groove and nice ornaments. Great job all around wow :)..
Glad to see Nate Phillips on bass. Saw him @ the Berks jazz fest with Richard Elliot playing his signature Bass Mods 5 string bass. Awesome show! Jeff never ceases to amaze me!😎
Jeff Lorber is the King of the Keys.... I stumbled upon him and he is all the Keyboardist, I have dreamed of.... Jeff, you are the Man..... Gonna find a Good Location to Catch your Concert... I Love me some Lorber.... Groove on Mr. Butter Fingers.....
Absolutely....one of the best....although I also love Tom Schuman from Spyro Gyra....who is extremely unde rated probably only by virtue of choosing to remain with Spryo Gyra as opposed to a solo career. but Yeh, Yeh, Yeh, ....love love love Jeff.....phenomenal
JL- You are incredibly AMAZING and i wish todays younger generation could hear your solo jams and music composition with other solo jazz artist who share the same passion and true love for JAZZ.
Unreal that's all I can say. Jeff is just amazing, all the people he has played with over the years have been tight as hell. If he is in your town or country please go and see him and enjoy yourself.
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
It’s 2:21AM in Detroit Michigan and I stumbled upon this and all I can say right now is DAMN!!! Check with me in 24 hours and hopefully my brain can articulate the proper words... 🔥🔥🔥🥁🎸🥁
Jeff Lober is one of the best keyboard player's in jazz. First time I saw him was back in the early 80's and I been a fan ever since. I have all his music.
На каждую партию инструментов у меня вырабатываются разные мощные антитела ). Полное наслаждение, кайф и приобретение здоровья! Прослушивание этого ролика - это самое лучшее лечение.
Saw Jeff who opened for Stanley Clarkwhile i was stationed in New York in the Coast Guard in 86 some friends and our wives were hanging out on a kind of dreary Sunday and it came the radio us guys went wives wasnt much for jazzheard on radio that afternoon went that night had a great time also bonus im from Philly as is Stanley Jeff is from Cheltenham Pa which was across the street from me Jeff is awesome
Don't care whether the keys were Yamaha synthetic induced or were the real Fender Rhodes.....it still all sounds just damn good, doesn't it? These dudes were all in the proverbial pocket on their respective instruments......what a groove, what a tempo, what supremely talented musicians. Stay well, fellows, happy holidays.
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
I was lucky enough to see him a couple of times at the Univ of WA (Kane Hall) in the early 80s when Kenny Gorelick (before he became Kenny G) was in his band. On another note, I can't recall ever seeing a drummer chewing gum before. I would think that would completely throw a drummer off. He stopped chewing it during his solo though.
Sony Emory is one hell of a drummer. Crisp creative drumming so bloody tight, amazing sound quality on every part of the kit, even time to spin the sticks a few times. Jeff's fingers are also magic along with great vamping. It's not a memorable tune but the sheer energy, rhythm and groove is intoxicating.
If only I would have had a drummer like that [for bassist me].
Someone that is like an atomic metronome.
Absolutely! His drum solos are real solos -- like another voicing -- melodic -- so amazing.
What a session & what a line-up! Eric Marienthal is fabulous on sax. And this drummer is rockin @7:15. Thank you for this uploaded treasure.
It's really hard to comprehend how these guys know exactly where each is going at all times. So damn tight. Absolutely jaw dropping. I got my first Lorber vinyl in 1979. Been great ever since.
This is a cold arrangement
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
I was house FOH engineer at the University of Maine Hauck Auditorium in the 1970s- multiple Jeff Lorber Fusion concerts over the years. Nicest bunch you'd ever want to meet. They were just as tight then as they are now. It was a gas!
The key to performing any music in any genre. There is always '1' - the downbeat. The great players always know and feel where '1' is.
I have been listening to Jeff Lorber since 1980 when he was with the Jeff Lorber Fusion when Kenny Gorelick was him in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Tierre Verde Island Resort Hotel. Fantastic show. He jamms the piano like no OTHER!!!! All the best from Jeff Out West.
Lorber is quite simply a master. I worked with a relative of his a while back who indicated Lorber is the powerhouse he is due to an incredible work ethic. For me he's the most accomplished keyboardist of the age. I love his solo intro. Heck I love everything he's done.
Yessssssssssssssss everything.Since 1979 for me!
Me too
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
Yeah, all that noodling at the beginning is simply building the tension and suspense of what's to come. And there's not a hint of disappointment when the bass and drums hit the gas. Damn.
Never enough said about Jeff lorber. I been listening since the late seventies I couldn't have said it any better myself.
That groove is so deep, they've created a new branch of geology!!
Geofunkology. This is music that gets into your bones.
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
Groovology
Jeff Lorber is a monster! What a keyboard player! Yeah but for me this is ''Soft Space'' I discovered first before ''Water Sign'', ''Wizard Island'' and ''Galaxian'' who remains probably one of the most creative fusion period for music. Also, Eric Marienthal one of the greatest sax player ever existed! Love all of them!
Jeff.
Thank you...
Your music is a blessing...
Please, visit Perú.
We need you!!!.
Your people is great!!!!.
That was just an AWESOME JOB EVERYBODY.....
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
This band sounds amazing together! They play as one with respect to never step on each other's creativity. The results show indisputable class, discipline, taste, and communication through their instruments! Hats off to Jeff Lorber Surreptitious! WOW! Very Nicely Done Gentleman... A total inspiration for aspiring musicians. Thank you for sharing this performance, Sonny just completely blew me away! Holy Shit I'll be back for more...
That's the way real musicians operate
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
Yip......super sounds, really cool arrangements - the world needs more of this. 👍🏴
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
Lovin' it!
These guys be killin'!!
Eric's solo serves as the perfect climax - little bit bluesy, little bit be-bop, a whole LOTTA bit smokin'.
Just all-around fun tune to watch and hear.
This is soo deep in the pocket it's ridiculous. If you want Fusion or Jazz this is as good as it gets!! Even if you don't like Fusion you have to be tone deaf not to understand the talent here!
ALL of the players are killin' it, especially Lorber and Sonny Emory. The smile at the end of the drum solo says it all! 🙂👍
God, how I miss live performances...
This is what makes you Great when your sound is recognize when you play. Jeff. Lorber is one in that category.🎹🎹 One of my Favorites. Always Great to Hear.👍👍
Fantastic, what a line- up, the coolest and best drummer 🙂👍
Awesome jam... great key solo, great drum solo, great sax solo. Good feeling overall, bassist has a great groove and nice ornaments. Great job all around wow :)..
Love this style of jazz, upbeat, in your face...Jeff is one of the best!
Glad to see Nate Phillips on bass. Saw him @ the Berks jazz fest with Richard Elliot playing his signature Bass Mods 5 string bass. Awesome show! Jeff never ceases to amaze me!😎
Man, Nate is as fierce as ever!
@@BassByTheBay he's cool..... listen to the original recording.... Alex Al killed this tune
Jeff Lorber is the King of the Keys.... I stumbled upon him and he is all the Keyboardist, I have dreamed of.... Jeff, you are the Man..... Gonna find a Good Location to Catch your Concert... I Love me some Lorber.... Groove on Mr. Butter Fingers.....
Absolutely....one of the best....although I also love Tom Schuman from Spyro Gyra....who is extremely unde rated probably only by virtue of choosing to remain with Spryo Gyra as opposed to a solo career. but Yeh, Yeh, Yeh, ....love love love Jeff.....phenomenal
After playing with the Elektric band this is like kindergarten for Marienthal. He just shreds this music like it's nothing.
Just caught this browsing.....Sonny, as usual off the map, ...just amazing. All of them...incredible.
Sonny Emory from Earth Wind and Fire at one time?
JL- You are incredibly AMAZING and i wish todays younger generation could hear your solo jams and music composition with other solo jazz artist who share the same passion and true love for JAZZ.
Yeah! Jeff Lorber you sounds great, and the whole band as well!
Unreal that's all I can say. Jeff is just amazing, all the people he has played with over the years have been tight as hell. If he is in your town or country please go and see him and enjoy yourself.
That's a freaking amazing drummer!
I might be wrong, I feel the drummer has the heavest part in a band , he has to hold that constant beat,
Sony Emory ex Earth Wind & Fire
OH MY GOSH 😵 !!!! These guys ARE KILLIN IT!!!
I love, during a solo, Jeff has got to stand up for a second.
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
I saw him during the early 80's and he stood the whole concert!!! Love him!!
Absolutely awesome piece ! Jeff Lorber is ridiculous
Wizard Island. One of the best fusion albums ever!!
I agree, hit me over the head at 14 grew up on that one, in fact wore out 2 copies of it!....
YES!!
@@michaelmatthews2126 I wore out LP, wore out cassette now have cd!
the intro on 'surreptitious' is far past amazing...love jeff lorber.
Four masters of their individual crafts. Together, sounding as one!
Jeff Lorber, still gettin' it! No more Kenny G, but sax man, Eric Marienthal!
It’s 2:21AM in Detroit Michigan and I stumbled upon this and all I can say right now is DAMN!!!
Check with me in 24 hours and hopefully my brain can articulate the proper words...
🔥🔥🔥🥁🎸🥁
Genial and simply great : Jeff the Music!
Emory : super Musician!
Fine to Eric Marienthal.
enormous and genial : the bassist Nate Phillips !
Amazing ..these 4 guys sit well together..BRILLIANT!
Well this jam session has made Jeff Lorber fan for life you are truly jamming my man.
My man Jeff! This cat has been doing it since the 70's and I have everything he has ever made. Check out the past.
Genius is Jeff Lorber
Jeff Lober is one of the best keyboard player's in jazz. First time I saw him was back in the early 80's and I been a fan ever since. I have all his music.
He is the best and underrated. I first saw him in 1980 and I too have all of his music!
На каждую партию инструментов у меня вырабатываются разные мощные антитела ). Полное наслаждение, кайф и приобретение здоровья! Прослушивание этого ролика - это самое лучшее лечение.
Вертуозы!
Music is medicine
real talent , real music!
Eric great solo. With so much passion :) thank You
Love that dyno my rhodes sound!
Sonny Emory!!!!! Amazing Drummer !!
Great Music, when I was working at Banyan, your Mother gave me one of your cd's, that was played in my vehicle for a long time.
Only went to see Sonny but can’t put into words how good they all are
Sonny Emory
Awesome!!!!🎩🎩🎩🎩
Artistry, Superb complicity, TOP4 SuperGroup. 👑👑👑👑
Musical Genius of Jeff Lorber, what more entertaining?
Pure Synergy in Action 👏👍🏼
Just love that double handed descent thing at 2:25
Absolutely beasts every single one of these guys. AND super funky.
i SAW THE JEFF lorber fusion band with mr Kenny g on sax in D.C AT THE BLUES ALLEY BACK IN THE 80.S, SUPER HOT...PAULD...
Great combination of some of the best players in the biz. Good stuff.
Saw Jeff who opened for Stanley Clarkwhile i was stationed in New York in the Coast Guard in 86 some friends and our wives were hanging out on a kind of dreary Sunday and it came the radio us guys went wives wasnt much for jazzheard on radio that afternoon went that night had a great time also bonus im from Philly as is Stanley Jeff is from Cheltenham Pa which was across the street from me Jeff is awesome
Don't care whether the keys were Yamaha synthetic induced or were the real Fender Rhodes.....it still all sounds just damn good, doesn't it? These dudes were all in the proverbial pocket on their respective instruments......what a groove, what a tempo, what supremely talented musicians. Stay well, fellows, happy holidays.
thanks for publishing this on my b/d,skidooCU....2018 and beyond,saw him perform last summer in lexington ky,show was good just not long enough
jeff, just fantastic!
Sonny Emory!!!
Oh my goodness... WOW!!
Fantastic musicians 😄😄
OMG.. Sonny...!!! who is the best... who is the the best!!!...
Who is the phenomenal drummer? WOW Though this is unfair to the other musicians. they are all GREAT.
Sonny Emory former drummer from Earth Wind and Fire
Thank you :)
MY FAVORITE. THE *** KINGPIN OF THE KEYBOARDS *** PLAY THE SAME THING AT S.W. FUNERAL !!!!!!
WOW!
Crazy good!
Sure would love to see Jeff playing w/ Danny WIlson again. What a beast.
Awesome mans!!!! Bravo!!!! Fan from Vietnam
I think that's Sonny Emory on those skins!!!
William Parker any idea on the rest of the personnel?
@@SandEdwards Jeff Lorber on the keys, Eric Marienthal on the Sax, and I believe it's Nate Phillips on the bass(But don't quote me on that).
Brotha working out on the drums. It takes a lot of practice.
It is. I Love Him!
❤❤ My favorite best pianist!!!!!!
Er hat was Trauriges an sich... ich liebe ihn, so ein toller Musiker!!
This is freaking insane!!
Richard milton
These guys are so good together!
Nathaniel Phillips on Electric Bass from the Jazz Funk Group called Pleasure, from Portland Organ. Alto Saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Drummer extraordinaire Sonny Emory. The great Jeff lorber on keyboard instruments.
The band is so tight
Waoh !! A perfection. Thank you !
Yeah so much soul it hurts
Wow this sound quality is perfect drums are mic'd to a perfect fusion kit.
this is recorded live and mixed at Lehser Tonstudio, which is aside to Live Proberaum, Engineered by Bruno Lehrser
Awesome band!
Luv this Brother...been a fan for a long time!
I was lucky enough to see him a couple of times at the Univ of WA (Kane Hall) in the early 80s when Kenny Gorelick (before he became Kenny G) was in his band.
On another note, I can't recall ever seeing a drummer chewing gum before. I would think that would completely throw a drummer off. He stopped chewing it during his solo though.
Awe as always so very smooth and very cool!
Haven't heard of this cut by him before (been out if the Jazz loop for a while) but this tune is SMOOOMKING😎.
Jeff is such a great player. The keys just seem to be an extension of him.
...Perfect !!!
AMAZING
Really like this man style!
Sonny, my god. Superb.
Wow... what a band... George Duke would not wait long to join in...
Phew the bass and drums are tiiiiiiight....
Mostri.......!!!!!
thei are magik !
Как же кайфово!!!
Wow. That was insanely tight.
Outstanding, good to hear such a good musicians ! They know all about !
👏 Awesome
This song soars! All the guys are on!
Jeff lorber what a guy haha got here from mndsgn. Panduh
Stellar!
Beautiful
technically, emotionally FULFILLED
❤❤