Branford Marsalis - Giant Steps - 8/26/1987 - Newport Jazz Festival (Official)

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  • Branford Marsalis - Giant Steps
    Recorded Live: 8/26/1987 - Newport Jazz Festival - Newport, RI
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    Personnel:
    Branford Marsalis - tenor sax, soprano sax
    Kenny Kirkland - piano
    Delbert Felix - bass
    Lewis Nash - drums

КОМЕНТАРІ • 209

  • @diment0857
    @diment0857 Рік тому +18

    RIP Kenny Kirkland, the world was robbed of a jazz genius with your passing

  • @TimothyGondola
    @TimothyGondola 6 років тому +186

    For those interested, I've transcribed the piano solo and I will put a video up in a little while

    • @csallenii
      @csallenii 5 років тому +2

      Oh. Wow. Yes, interested

  • @davidscott1052
    @davidscott1052 5 років тому +67

    I still think Kenny does the most melodic improv on this tricky tune of any other pianist I've heard ....miss his great playing .....R.I.P.

    • @Jzh733
      @Jzh733 4 роки тому +1

      David Scott Check out Michel Petrucciani

    • @davidscott1052
      @davidscott1052 4 роки тому +1

      @@Jzh733 will do

    • @thechunkytrucker5111
      @thechunkytrucker5111 4 роки тому +6

      If you think he solos good here check out his solo on Giant Steps with Kenny Garrett at jazz baltica

    • @davidscott1052
      @davidscott1052 4 роки тому +1

      @@thechunkytrucker5111 I have gone that ...both great solos

    • @evanubiera
      @evanubiera 4 роки тому +1

      So swinging!

  • @lj3musicjulien855
    @lj3musicjulien855 Рік тому +4

    Mr. Branford Marsalis plays one of the greatest giant solos over this composition . He's an unsung hero in the jazz industry in my opinion.

  • @joebandana1
    @joebandana1 8 років тому +89

    I met Branford a few years back at the afterparty to his show he did in New Zealand a few years back. He was the nicest, coolest, friendliest guy I've ever met, and got me to go and hang out with the band for most of the night. It was such a great night. In person, Branford is hip as fuck.

  • @brendancarroll9778
    @brendancarroll9778 8 років тому +24

    Branford's "what happened," at 3:28 is hip as fuck.

  • @GregJonson
    @GregJonson 5 років тому +137

    If you play this at 1.25 speed, it gets close to the tempo of the original recording.

    • @yesntnono4172
      @yesntnono4172 4 роки тому

      Ain’t wrong

    • @davidscott1052
      @davidscott1052 4 роки тому +22

      It's not about the tempo it's about the ldeas!!!!!

    • @spacegupta71
      @spacegupta71 4 роки тому +6

      kenny kirkland would shit all pver tommy flanagan lmfao

    • @samchilds4127
      @samchilds4127 3 роки тому +2

      Uneducated comment.

    • @solecaring1230
      @solecaring1230 3 роки тому

      @@samchilds4127 You're uneducated because that's not the way how Coltrane interpreted and played. Branford should not dare to play that musical piece because he"s just messing around.

  • @tychovskisounds
    @tychovskisounds Рік тому +8

    Kenny Kirklands' solo is one of the best I have ever heard on this tune... so melodic, so swinging, just hiply breezing over the changes like it's nothing

  • @BlikeNave
    @BlikeNave 4 роки тому +27

    One of the most melodic versions I've heard on sax, wow. You can tell his understanding of the changes and available notes is rock solid.

  • @c0nk2879
    @c0nk2879 9 років тому +41

    Branford's Air Jordan 2's are hip as fuck.

    • @jazz4asahel
      @jazz4asahel 9 років тому +10

      +Luke Conklin These cats are slick and they are killing the steps.

  • @myingratealbinochild4825
    @myingratealbinochild4825 7 років тому +41

    Kenny Kirkland is just Killing !!!

    • @slickrockcreek1
      @slickrockcreek1 4 роки тому +2

      He always did, but yes this is definitely no exception. I've seen a lot of concerts in my day but hands down one of the best was Branford, and Kenny was with him. I remember being amazed when they came back for an encore and Branford said "we don't have any more songs" and I thought how could these guys not have any more songs? They huddled for a second and Branford said "ok we decided what to do" And they did "Giant Steps" - one of the best memories of my life! Especially because I was with my Dad who bequeathed me the love of jazz, RIP Dad!

  • @signorpresidente7340
    @signorpresidente7340 2 роки тому +8

    Best solo by Kenny and branford . Jazzlife forever

  • @andrewhooker8798
    @andrewhooker8798 7 років тому +17

    RIP Kenny Kirkland.
    You are still....hip as fuck.

  • @rillloudmother
    @rillloudmother 5 років тому +14

    Kenny Kirkland's groove is amazing!

  • @TheDopestCMC
    @TheDopestCMC 4 роки тому +7

    Lewis Nash has such an incredible feel. Like no other

  • @richardsteele5095
    @richardsteele5095 Рік тому +1

    I knew Kenny while at Manhattan School of Music in 1973-74, at a time when he was learning Giant Steps. He worked very diligently on the tune, and blossomed over time. Such a sweet guy, and his hard work really paid off.

  • @marselmusic
    @marselmusic 6 років тому +12

    31 years ago and still better than most today

  • @monkcocolahvera8270
    @monkcocolahvera8270 9 років тому +11

    they way that this is still cool today is hip as fuck

  • @wresk
    @wresk 7 місяців тому +2

    Giant Steps??
    ....pffff piece of cake

  • @julstheturk
    @julstheturk 7 років тому +39

    The 12 mf'ers who gave this a thumbs down are NOT hip af.

  • @HarrisonHoude
    @HarrisonHoude 8 років тому +76

    The bokeh and then zoom out the camera does revealing the crowd and ocean at 5:26 is hip af

    • @nezkeys79
      @nezkeys79 7 років тому

      Harrison Houde bokeh is dumb. just keep everything in focus. there is no need to blur anything

  • @jackturner3721
    @jackturner3721 6 років тому +7

    Branford a Master musician and saxophonist, not to mention Kirkland who is just brilliant.

  • @CarSimping
    @CarSimping 2 роки тому +2

    DAMN the action on that bass is higher than a modern day rapper and he’s still making it look and sound so easy!?

  • @LukeWilliamsMusic
    @LukeWilliamsMusic 3 роки тому +5

    Branford thumbs up at 3:48, so I think when he said, “What happened?” just before that he was talking to the sound guys.

  • @RudeBoy-hx1fn
    @RudeBoy-hx1fn 9 років тому +16

    The way he plays the head is hip as fuck.

    • @NoName-tq7qc
      @NoName-tq7qc 9 років тому +6

      Everything is hip as fuck here!

    • @jdmusic9728
      @jdmusic9728 7 років тому

      RudeBoy99143 what does that mean?

    • @TheZPil
      @TheZPil 7 років тому

      It means it's modern

  • @jazz4asahel
    @jazz4asahel 2 роки тому +3

    Kenny Kirkland, RiP. Delbert Felix and Lewis Nash really carrying it. Branford Marsalis, saxophone. John Coltrane, writer.

  • @Carsonsaxplayer
    @Carsonsaxplayer 3 роки тому +3

    Aside from the fab music, seeing the crowd reflected in Branford’s sunglasses is a great visual.

  • @robertstone8852
    @robertstone8852 6 років тому +4

    this cat never runs out of ideas! Fantastic performance, cool arrangement!

  • @videolover61
    @videolover61 8 років тому +10

    I heard the great Kenny Kirkland play Giant Steps with Branford and Kenny Garrett and KK always played the most refreshing balanced solo. I miss Kenny Kirkland, John Hicks, Ronnie Mathews...great piano players on the NYC jazz scene

  • @everythingsawesome
    @everythingsawesome 3 роки тому +2

    Long live the great Kenny Kirkland

  • @jimbosteen2935
    @jimbosteen2935 5 років тому +2

    Tasty playing from everyone!!!!!

  • @robertgee2369
    @robertgee2369 4 роки тому +3

    Robertgee..Kenny Kirkland was a great player...RIP

  • @RudeBoy-hx1fn
    @RudeBoy-hx1fn 9 років тому +14

    Those sunglasses are hip as fuck.

    • @cldavis33
      @cldavis33 9 років тому +4

      +RudeBoy99143 Those sunglasses reflecting the audience for sure are absolutely hip as fuck.

  • @edcherry9282
    @edcherry9282 5 років тому +2

    I was at this performance. .it was a great afternoon. .Dizzy’s big band ,and George Benson played after Branford. .and killed..

  • @johnsharpe734
    @johnsharpe734 4 роки тому +3

    you wouldnt think this a difficult tune to impro over the way these guys deal with it!

  • @paxwallacejazz
    @paxwallacejazz 3 роки тому +1

    Kenny Kirkland was so brilliant soooo brilliant.

  • @andrewkholowa1740
    @andrewkholowa1740 Рік тому +1

    This piano solo❤

  • @muratt4811
    @muratt4811 3 роки тому +2

    Greatest version of GS, HAF performance

  • @allkeyspro6606
    @allkeyspro6606 Рік тому +1

    ❤Kenny! Your hands are dancing!❤

  • @alexpavchinski
    @alexpavchinski 2 роки тому +1

    The Great Kenny Kirkland - Master!

  • @rakutzimbel4539
    @rakutzimbel4539 9 років тому +55

    Apart from every aspect of that video being hip as fuck (which made my day btw), did anybody see that Branford wasn't happy with the backing chords during the first part of his solo? I think he wanted to improvise on these altered chords he invented for the theme, which I like very much. He looks to the rhythm section and says: "What happens?" @ 3:25 , if my lip reading skills don't fail me. He looks again at 3:43, so something is going wrong there.
    I don't agree that the Marsalis family is playing without the heart. I especially love Branford on the soprano sax, and I have heard Winton playing wonderful ballads with his incredible trumpet sound.

    • @bhot9293
      @bhot9293 9 років тому +1

      Raku Tzimbel I'm not the best at this stuff ,but I think the beat got turned around during the last few bars of Kenny's solo (he's too hip lol) and Brandford was saying "What happened?"

    • @eddierichmusic
      @eddierichmusic 9 років тому +3

      Raku Tzimbel If you listen closely, it sounds like there's feedback coming from one of the toms. That happens very prominently at 3:25 and several places throughout.

    • @rakutzimbel4539
      @rakutzimbel4539 9 років тому

      you both might be right... I have to listen closely again, (which is not a penalty :D).

    • @lonhillyer
      @lonhillyer 8 років тому +3

      +Raku Tzimbel What happen is that his monitor was acting up.

    • @vaughnvkeyshenry8638
      @vaughnvkeyshenry8638 8 років тому +15

      It was definitely the sound man he was looking at. He would never have to Kenny anything. He steals half of his licks from Kenny lol. If yu look at the different angles through the video yu'll see that he was looking out the sound man. And notoriously sound men usually never know how to set the stage right for jazz. Especially at the festivals. They never solo over the arrangement chords so thts not the problem. Kenny Kirkland doesn't drop beats. Lewis Nash never drops beat. Delbert sometimes but not in this video. They were on.

  • @peanutsfrancavilla8549
    @peanutsfrancavilla8549 7 років тому +5

    J'adore cette pianiste

  • @toddm8609
    @toddm8609 9 років тому +11

    all around: tight

  • @ericwilliamsjazz
    @ericwilliamsjazz 7 років тому +6

    Watching in 2017 and it's still hip as fuck

  • @jamorains
    @jamorains 7 місяців тому

    the action on that bass is so high you can see him through the strings! ha

  • @paxwallacejazz
    @paxwallacejazz 3 роки тому

    To this day my favourite concert was Branford and Kenny in the mid 80s at Bumbershoot in Seattle.

  • @manguera9
    @manguera9 4 роки тому +2

    Giant Steps is a brain song, better than sudoku or chess .I play that song every morning to wake up my brain,practicing in many ways ,one is, remember the chords and substitutes and improvising all over the backing track, the other way is feeling the chords and improvising over.

  • @paxwallacejazz
    @paxwallacejazz 3 роки тому

    I met him at Mariners game he's cool very warm very hip one of the times I wasn't disappointed by those I respect.

  • @simonsays525
    @simonsays525 5 років тому +5

    Those shades...hip AF.

  • @sampowellmusic
    @sampowellmusic 2 роки тому

    Wildly creative lines

  • @keithsy75
    @keithsy75 Рік тому

    Very good, not rushed. You need not be fast to be good. Savour it.

  • @templarexemplar35
    @templarexemplar35 5 років тому +6

    sick ass dancing in the background starts at 5:12

  • @Ericstlaurent
    @Ericstlaurent 9 років тому +19

    The weather on that day is hip as fuck.

    • @andrea22213
      @andrea22213 7 років тому +2

      What is the Saxophone hip as? I reckon two fucks at least.

  • @heifetz14
    @heifetz14 7 років тому +9

    I am 57 and if I fuck too much I tend to fuck my hip.I once saw Django B ates play this and he went up a semitone after every chorus.The bass player looked at him and said fuck that and fuck you.We all shared a house and the bass player forgot to wash up so that was his punishment.Nice touch though.

  • @AkilHenry
    @AkilHenry 7 років тому +2

    Kenny Kirkland!!!!! man

  • @alexanderking994
    @alexanderking994 6 років тому +1

    Not bad made it his own... very good example to take something Great and put your own twist on it.

  • @alemuabayneh2519
    @alemuabayneh2519 5 років тому +1

    TOP CLASS MUSICIANS

  • @jasondavisjazz
    @jasondavisjazz 5 років тому +1

    Branford is amazing! And he is cool!

    • @solecaring1230
      @solecaring1230 3 роки тому

      He is not amazing because he could not play the Giant Steps well. He actually ruined the whole piece.

  • @eternalgloy
    @eternalgloy 4 роки тому

    Listening to this, all I can think is Kenny was READY

  • @edge60able
    @edge60able 8 років тому +10

    Branford's socks are hip as fuck.

  • @RivieraByBuick
    @RivieraByBuick 9 років тому +6

    Felix on 6:00 is like - oh here he goes again..let`s go get some walk

  • @jimbosteen2935
    @jimbosteen2935 5 років тому

    Kenny one of my fav!!!!

  • @RudeBoy-hx1fn
    @RudeBoy-hx1fn 9 років тому +14

    Guy in shorts dancing at 5:15 is hip as fuck.

    • @j.p.lindsay6768
      @j.p.lindsay6768 7 років тому +1

      RudeBoy99143 Too funny! Way to keep it going... :)

    • @skillet6870
      @skillet6870 Рік тому

      He's not dancing at all.

  • @grantkoeller8911
    @grantkoeller8911 4 роки тому +1

    Personnel:
    Branford Marsalis - tenor sax, soprano sax
    Kenny Kirkland - piano
    Delbert Felix - bass
    Lewis Nash - drums

  • @electrojazz14
    @electrojazz14 2 роки тому

    killer track

  • @franklindelaine5287
    @franklindelaine5287 6 років тому +1

    Great.

  • @derrfumousspeed9196
    @derrfumousspeed9196 7 років тому +1

    he took it and remade it well

  • @isaiasrivera9302
    @isaiasrivera9302 4 роки тому

    Bravo!!!

  • @plitser9880
    @plitser9880 4 роки тому

    Is Marsalis pretending that they have had mistakes? 'Cause if he is, then that's just amazing.

  • @caponsacchi
    @caponsacchi 8 років тому +7

    I'm not hearing the drummer's high-hat. With all the mics used on drums these days, don't engineers know enough to put one on the high-hat? All a drummer needs is an athletic left foot, one that never misses an offbeat.
    Branford is refreshingly melodic. He doesn't "overplay," like some guys trying to prove they're Roland Kirk reincarnated. He's playing the same carefully phrased melodic lines even when the piano lays out. I may have been in awe the first time I heard Trane's cadenza on "I Don't Want to Talk About You" (the later Birdland '63 album more than the earlier one with Red Garland). But having admired its sheer brilliance (the same for Getz's incredible solo on "Shine"), I don't need to listen to it every day. Hank Mobley and Tina Brooks are the players who never wear out their welcome.
    And returning to the digital version of "Ellington at Newport '56", it's clearer than ever why the most famous solo in Newport history is Paul Gonsalves' 28 choruses on "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue." The band came on 5 hours late, after midnight, but what transpired was timeless. Paul stays right in the groove, listening to himself, making minimal changes with each chorus--and Duke's piano accompaniment pushes him to play like a man on a mission (which he was--as was Duke's band--being written off as academic and unswinging--not after this night).

  • @lenkemorath9931
    @lenkemorath9931 6 років тому +1

    BURNIN!!!!

  • @skrrrg
    @skrrrg 5 років тому

    Delbert!

  • @CONSULTORIOPCM
    @CONSULTORIOPCM 8 років тому +1

    wow

  • @kaihuku-ly4qo
    @kaihuku-ly4qo 9 років тому +1

    どうにも懐かしい。♡

  • @jarbasjesus5516
    @jarbasjesus5516 2 роки тому

    Pure jaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzz.

  • @joshhu1465
    @joshhu1465 8 років тому +68

    3:26 did he say "what happened?"

    • @nezkeys79
      @nezkeys79 7 років тому +5

      Josh Hu looks like it

    • @jakeelliott781
      @jakeelliott781 6 років тому +3

      jazz4asahel Kenny gets a bit off track? Talk about pretentious...

    • @kleinequietboykleinequietb7126
      @kleinequietboykleinequietb7126 6 років тому +19

      it's probably a problem with the sound guys.
      "what happened" to his monitor or something. Just a guess since, they fuck up the sound pretty well on every recording I've heard from Newport.

    • @daryljohnson3896
      @daryljohnson3896 6 років тому +2

      Agreed ! the sax volume went up right after that, he was probably too low in the mix.

    • @NathanialWheelerHD
      @NathanialWheelerHD 5 років тому +2

      Yeah probably because they clapped after that piano solo and he wanted to be like “what happened? You haven’t seen nothing yet 😂”

  • @cerimccoy
    @cerimccoy 6 років тому +11

    Flat 5th or sharp 11th? I ain't asking

  • @yakovsyskov191
    @yakovsyskov191 8 років тому +15

    Does anybody know what shades Branford is wearing? They're hip as fuck.

    • @edge60able
      @edge60able 8 років тому

      I really want to know too, now...

    • @kobebryanthashops
      @kobebryanthashops 6 років тому +2

      Yakov de la Syskov I think they're made by FAOSA. Unfortunately you can't find them anywhere nowadays

  • @no.mans.guy.
    @no.mans.guy. 6 років тому

    Holy fuck, that head out🙌🏼

  • @alexcox8497
    @alexcox8497 3 роки тому +1

    Do you see how they feel it? Its insane!

  • @tonibasanta3419
    @tonibasanta3419 3 роки тому

    Branford Marsalis Quartet play Giant Steps in 1987
    Newport Jazz Festival Official
    268,296 + 72 views since September 23, 2014
    Jazz on MV
    87.6K subscribers
    More Branford Marsalis at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com
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    Personnel:
    Branford Marsalis (tenor and soprano sax), Kenny Kirkland (piano),
    Delbert Felix (bass), Lewis Nash (drums)

  • @joer3481
    @joer3481 6 років тому +5

    He ate Giant Steps.

  • @caiomonteiro4995
    @caiomonteiro4995 4 роки тому

    guys take off ur sun glasses when u walk on a stage pls hahaha

  • @thehack5917
    @thehack5917 4 роки тому

    nomercy

  • @miguelmoreira8120
    @miguelmoreira8120 5 років тому +12

    Apollo Creed on bass!

  • @markyuells7175
    @markyuells7175 4 роки тому

    Truth

  • @thekidfromiowa
    @thekidfromiowa 6 років тому +2

    Jay Leno's original band leader. Like Hendrix playing in a bar band.

  • @marselmusic
    @marselmusic 6 років тому +1

    wow! i didn't even know wynton had a brother... turns out he has a few!

    • @demetriuswhite1589
      @demetriuswhite1589 5 років тому +1

      He has three brothers

    • @ldbboosha
      @ldbboosha 4 роки тому

      His whole family is a musical dynasty in Louisiana.

  • @charlesbarry6730
    @charlesbarry6730 8 років тому +20

    A test piece for modern jazz players.Donna Lee is the test piece for bebop players.

  • @tatiofficial9157
    @tatiofficial9157 3 роки тому

    Hey guys! You need listen this shit in X1.25!
    Trust me.

  • @samuel_piper23
    @samuel_piper23 5 років тому +2

    The lick 3:49

  • @jiyujizai
    @jiyujizai 4 роки тому

    さすがにうまい🍴😆✨。

  • @arthurcabral100
    @arthurcabral100 7 років тому

    arrasou

  • @rolandedrummer9723
    @rolandedrummer9723 4 роки тому +3

    "What happened?"

  • @MrHidan30
    @MrHidan30 6 років тому

    This reharm is hip as fuck.

  • @breckerman7552
    @breckerman7552 Рік тому

    Wow...I never saw the phrase "hip as f..." used so many times as in these comments. Is that hip??? Sometimes hipness is what ain't...

  • @jiyujizai
    @jiyujizai 4 роки тому

    いやいやいい音してる。😃🎵😘

  • @mahakala
    @mahakala 4 роки тому +1

    little faster lollipops

  • @phileascarrai
    @phileascarrai 5 років тому +2

    Isn't it that famous screaming sheep @ 0:03 ?

  • @SUPER5DESTROY
    @SUPER5DESTROY 7 років тому +1

    恐ろしい曲だ。誰が演奏してもコルトレーンのようにしかならない。