Saw him live back in March with the Phat Band. If you thought they were clean on CD's, it's a whole other world live. Great experience hearing a world-class musician.
Clean performance. I'm missing the high notes, but that's alright. Clearly this band is technically strong, well rehearsed. But about the concert experience, one flaw: too much talking, both before the piece and after, even while the audience is still clapping. Isn't this music, not a lecture? One of the great things about Buddy Rich is that he never talked about what he was going to play. His focus was the music. Likewise in most classical performances usually there is absolutely no talking, and the info is in the printed program. When a band or orchestra plays without any words, the audience is left free to interact with the music directly; we don't need a back story about someone's personal relationship to the music, because all the listeners will have their own relationships - if we let them. A good band builds a mystical connection between the listeners and the music. Speeches, even short ones, just get in the way. For me one of the worst habits jazz culture adopted was talking in the middle of a performance to identify a soloist. Maybe the culprit is technology: the microphone. Band leaders should leave it alone until the end of the set. Let the music speak for itself.
So clean and pure on the high end. Nobody does it better.
Wayne is great. My favorite high note performance by him is O Holy Night.
Saw him live back in March with the Phat Band. If you thought they were clean on CD's, it's a whole other world live. Great experience hearing a world-class musician.
Wayne is amazing. I think Maynard would be proud.
Absolutely awesome!!
Wow! Amazing performance!
what a legend!
amazing double c
Nice usage of the alternate fingering on the massive trill @ 3:48!
BRAVO!!!!!
Dang, he played that perfect... Cleaner than the Maynard recorded version. Nice Double C!
Does anyone know if Wayne has recorded this onto CD. I want it... really bad.
That was a SILKY double c
Does anyone know where to purchase this arrangement?
Anyone got the score for this?
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i like this tempo...i had to play it much slower than this and needless to say it was a bitch.
@rmtoyama I agree. It's safe to say they're both 10/10 performances but I think Eric beats Wayne...this time.
wrong. There’s no clip of Eric playing a double C at the end like this. I love Eric, but Wayne wins.
Nice Ending (as always) but I think Miyashiro's version has a bit more energy and wide shakes
wrong. There’s no clip of Eric playing a double C at the end like this. I love Eric, but Wayne wins.
Could barely hear the tenor solo.
Tempo was quite fast for my taste. It kind of took away the ballad feel of this piece.
Trolologram Yes
Trolologram Way too fast
Wayne just a bit “ Too Stiff “ for me. Always sounds like a section player.
Same here. One of the best lead players in the world, but doesn't always play as musical as I'd like.
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He seems a bit stiff ‘
Clean performance. I'm missing the high notes, but that's alright. Clearly this band is technically strong, well rehearsed. But about the concert experience, one flaw: too much talking, both before the piece and after, even while the audience is still clapping. Isn't this music, not a lecture?
One of the great things about Buddy Rich is that he never talked about what he was going to play. His focus was the music. Likewise in most classical performances usually there is absolutely no talking, and the info is in the printed program. When a band or orchestra plays without any words, the audience is left free to interact with the music directly; we don't need a back story about someone's personal relationship to the music, because all the listeners will have their own relationships - if we let them. A good band builds a mystical connection between the listeners and the music. Speeches, even short ones, just get in the way. For me one of the worst habits jazz culture adopted was talking in the middle of a performance to identify a soloist. Maybe the culprit is technology: the microphone. Band leaders should leave it alone until the end of the set. Let the music speak for itself.