My uncle was the owner of Titania Television and the producer of this concert. He died of cancer in december 2019. He also did a lot of other live-recordings.
My condolences to you and your Uncle's family. My parents passed at the end of November 2019 also of Cancer. Are his live recordings on RUclips? Are they available to the public? Thank you to your Uncle for producing this amazing show. 🎶
During the song "Pools" (an amazing piece of musical art) when Michael comes in with his solo at 14:19, I almost fell off the chair! It's such an incredble sax solo with unbeliveable ensemble support, I started to cry. What a band!! Michael, R.I.P.
Well....if you're still around to get this....I wanted to just pass along that of his solo you're referencing, there's some very similar stuff in his work on "in the presence and absence of you #1, with claus ogerman orchestra; I think you'd be clearly more taken by that--it builds and builds and builds, just mesmerizing. I think it was done in the same year.
From early 2018 until somewhere in 2019, I have been unable to hear anything else than this solo. Still It induces me to that state, as it used to do back then. I love breckers solos, but i feel this one in particular has something special in it... If the devil allowed me to travel in time to see this concert in person, i would wish i had more than one soul to sell. Unfortunatly i have been born too late for this
I just listened to this video clip again for the 3-millionth time, only this time, on a pair of Bose Companion 20 speakers and WOW!!! Everything is so damn crisp and deep. Hats off to the recording engineer and production staff!!
I remember listening to these guys in high school. Then life happened. Now, 40 years later I can enjoy them again with video. Thanks so much to everyone who has uploaded these shows. It's really a modern miracle.
Best jazz band of the 80s (with Bass Desires) !! Fabulous tunes, fabulous improvs, playing, sound, musicality, chops, the lot. Thank you for making us vibe with you at such a high level of consciousness.
All great musicians! It's a pity that just few people know them! Lovely music! It's sad that Michael Brecker passed away too early... Eliane Elias is one of my favourite pianists and one of my favourite Brazilian musicians.
This sounds and songs used to be my teenager soundtrack in the 80' over here in Sao Paulo Brazil. There wasn't nothing like that...maybe never will...Thanks Mike, Eliane, Peter, Eddie and great Michael never will be forget.
Line up is: Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Eliane Elias, Eddie Gomez and Peter Erskine - can you believe this was over 30 years ago. They sound so great.
Yes, I bought that first record about 30 years ago. Actually hadn't heard the group before then, but looking at the personnel I figured it had to be good...my expectations were vastly exceeded.
What a treat it is to see Michael Brecker, no matter what he is playing or with whom. I still regard his self titled solo album (with Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Kenny Kirkland) as one of the top ten albums I have ever listened to. And Eddie Gomez and Peter Erskine are just the perfect rhythm section.
0:00 Islands - Mike Mainieri. 7:12 Pools - Don Grolnick. 18:59 Skyward Bound - Mike Mainieri. 24:31 Northern Cross - Peter Erskine. 29:50 Loxodrome - Eddie Gomez 35:44 Sarah's Touch - Mike Mainieri. 46:48 Duo - Mike Mainieri. 48:30 Both Sides Of The Coin - Michael Brecker.
So I saw this on SABC in the early 80's and immediately grabbed the nearest vhs tape and recorded the rest of the program. To this day I still love this show. It gave me hope for REAL musiuc on REAL instruments in the 80s when everything was synthesizers and drum boxes. Thankyou so much Herkenes, I have missed this massive like, and now - the whole show!
Eliane Elias on piano. Second time watching this and just realizing… There is are no better musical discoveries than working your way backwards in time through it…I am convinced. Marvelous music. Peter Erskine too … mind blown 🤯
Erano anni che non ascoltavo "Sarah's Touch", è stata un'emozione indescrivibile... Ricordo che questo brano venne adottato in Italia per uno spot pubblicitario di un noto amaro. Durante la sua esecuzione emerge la classe di tutti.Inteso è il solo di Mainieri mentre Eddie e Peter sfoderano la loro maestria! Michael e sua cognata, anche quando sono in pausa, si lasciano trasportare dal sound di "Sarah's Touch. Ragazzi,sono in una lunga terapia fisica, ma questa per me è la migliore terapia!
Thank you for uploading. This is a real treat to see such a great group with all of the members in the prime of life. Mike Mainieri is a personal favorite. He was all over albums in the late 70's (David Sanborn, Michael Franks, etc.) with that distinctive vibes sound. Check out his solo LP for Warner Bros. called Wanderlust. Released in 1980, it was the genesis of Steps Ahead and it includes the first version of Sara's Touch.
+sekander3 ..Hey ,, nice comment I have most of steps ahead albums and saw them once when all of them had swinging things between their legs... My best friend in high school played vibes and we jammed every weekend but even Mike forgets to let go of the sustain pedal a lot? lol
A gold mine! I've taught myself drums over the years, not being able to get into a music program where I grew up. This video has a wealth of valuable licks and lessons for how to play jazz and using the right technique. F*&# a music program at a college. This video is a 4 yr music degree!!! Thank you Erskine! I hope you will be at the drum fantasy camp in Cleveland this August!!!
If anyone needed any proof how seminal this band were it's here Brecker and Gomez. Manieri and wonderful flower yet to bloom Elias....just magnificent.....since 85 hooked and the tsunami of magnetic to come...... astonishing quality.... benchmark viewing
Every one plays so amazing throughout this. The early Steps Ahead had some nice samba grooves happening. I love the line-up with Eliane Elias, too bad she wasn't featured more. She's put out a ton of great albums over the years, well they all have.
I was so very fortunate to see this show at a small jazz club called Maynards in Charlotte, North Carolina in the eighties. These folks were so nice. After the show they were available for hand shakes and to talk to. One of the best shows i've ever seen. When i arrived and took a seat at a table, the band was at a table in the corner eating sandwiches. They were comfortable playing and really enjoyed what they played.
It's because it wasn't a public concert. It was set up by a Danish production company called Titania Television, and they rented the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek wintergarden for the occasion. I was invited to the two days sessions by Mike Mainieri, as one of two persons in the magnificent room not taking part in the production - a life changing experience for me as an aspiring vibes player.
I saw both these guys and the Guatemala Coconuts live in Athens. I believe the Coconuts played largely from their latest album, 'Botswana Bleeps'. Genius.
Innovative. Mainieri in particular doesn't get enough credit for being an innovator on the vibraphone as well as musically as a composer and arranger. His playing is incredibly solid despite his highly unusual grip. You have to love the Quaker Oats box where he temporarily places mallets when he switches from four mallets to two. (Players that choose to switch back and forth between four and two mallets should emulate what he has always done and use a holder on the side of the instrument, and not try to place the "out of play" mallets on or in the instrument itself.)
I saw this lineup in 1983 at the UNC Jazz Festival. My friends and I sat on stage next to Peter Erskine. Seeing and experiencing them up-close and personal like that was an concert I’ll never forget! In an incredibly funny moment, my friends and I noticed during the first tune that Becker’s fly was down. We told Erskine at the end of the song about it and he just laughed. He didn’t tell Becker until the end of the next song.
Ho iniziato a 15 anni a seguirli adesso ne ho 55 erano gli anni 80 con questo fantastico jazz e ho cominciato ad amare soprattutto la fusion che raggruppa tutti i "mostri sacri". Che tempi
Just an amazing video, thanks for the upload. I was lucky enough to see them in Toronto and had a chat with Peter Erskine during a sound check break. Wonderful drummer and band.
Quando eu tinha 13 anos de idade, parei em frente à uma loja de disco , onde se ouvia quarteto de jazz. Fiquei parado na porta de entrada para ouvir melhor. Aquele tipo de musica me deixou encantado e curioso. Um vendador da loja se dirigiu a mim e perguntou se eu gostava de Jazz , eu respondi que sim. Até hoje é meu estilo favorito. Agradeço por este video. (Brasil)
Muito bom isso, thanks for sharing. Incredible sound quality, I'm amazed at the bass' tone/clarity and how perfectly balanced the whole timbres/instruments mix is.
Wonderful! One of my all-time favourites! as an aside, I like how they show the band members enjoying the artwork and doing an ocular inspection of the performance site.
My uncle was the owner of Titania Television and the producer of this concert. He died of cancer in december 2019. He also did a lot of other live-recordings.
❤
My condolences to you and your Uncle's family. My parents passed at the end of November 2019 also of Cancer. Are his live recordings on RUclips? Are they available to the public? Thank you to your Uncle for producing this amazing show. 🎶
Thanks to your uncle for believing that making these recordings was a worthwhile investment for Titania. It’s such a beautiful gift to all of us
Many thanks to your uncle R.I.P. ! This is one fantastic live recording and wonderful presentation of these brilliant players in this unique setting.
40 years later and still sounds as amazing as ever.
RIP Michael Brecker
During the song "Pools" (an amazing piece of musical art) when Michael comes in with his solo at 14:19, I almost fell off the chair! It's such an incredble sax solo with unbeliveable ensemble support, I started to cry. What a band!! Michael, R.I.P.
There's a great Eddie Gomez reaction at one point once Mike takes it into orbit... "wow". That's my favorite Pools solo that I've heard Mike play.
Well....if you're still around to get this....I wanted to just pass along that of his solo you're referencing, there's some very similar stuff in his work on "in the presence and absence of you #1, with claus ogerman orchestra; I think you'd be clearly more taken by that--it builds and builds and builds, just mesmerizing. I think it was done in the same year.
@@paulstuart9948 I actually have the album you’re referencing - Micheal Brecker and Orchestra conductined by Claus Ogerman. Brilliant CD!!
From early 2018 until somewhere in 2019, I have been unable to hear anything else than this solo. Still It induces me to that state, as it used to do back then. I love breckers solos, but i feel this one in particular has something special in it... If the devil allowed me to travel in time to see this concert in person, i would wish i had more than one soul to sell. Unfortunatly i have been born too late for this
Hats off to the production team for capturing this historically great group with such clarity and musicality!!!
"with such clarity and musicality!!!" #ytmostidioticcomments
Mmmmmmmmm
The multi-camera shoot is smooth and flawless. Truly amazing.
I do think the piano is a bit too quiet though.
@@Minotauro_di_Chieti #mostwillingtogooutofoneswaytobeadouche
I just listened to this video clip again for the 3-millionth time, only this time, on a pair of Bose Companion 20 speakers and WOW!!! Everything is so damn crisp and deep. Hats off to the recording engineer and production staff!!
Right you are, this live recording sounds better than the album!
Peter Erskine is kicking some A##s. Love his playing. Especially on POOLS.
Eddie Gomez is also killing it throughout pools, and the rest of the show!!
His touch is fantastic.
I remember listening to these guys in high school. Then life happened. Now, 40 years later I can enjoy them again with video. Thanks so much to everyone who has uploaded these shows. It's really a modern miracle.
Best jazz band of the 80s (with Bass Desires) !! Fabulous tunes, fabulous improvs, playing, sound, musicality, chops, the lot. Thank you for making us vibe with you at such a high level of consciousness.
Eddie Gomez is such a consummate musician. His creative bass sound is so captivating!
Can't agree more with you. What a phenomenal bassist. So precise, rhythmically challenging and with a tone that really sings.
Man, nobody plays like Brecker. Just phenominal.
Love how he is improvising over "Islands" near the end...
Bendyk comes VERY close esp. On the nyc album...
@@frankbossert4050 nobody
Agreed - Erskine also trumps his successors.
Bob Berg
I'm a big fan of Michael Brecker but imho Mainieri deserves much more credit.
Sarah's touch, one of my favorite tunes ever. I am still asking myself how can a human being create such amount of beauty.
All great musicians! It's a pity that just few people know them! Lovely music! It's sad that Michael Brecker passed away too early... Eliane Elias is one of my favourite pianists and one of my favourite Brazilian musicians.
Agreed. When they played the samba tunes like Islands or Both Side of the Coin, she made them so much better.
This is absolutely the best incarnation of that band. Amazing!
This sounds and songs used to be my teenager soundtrack in the 80' over here in Sao Paulo Brazil. There wasn't nothing like that...maybe never will...Thanks Mike, Eliane, Peter, Eddie and great Michael never will be forget.
Line up is: Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Eliane Elias, Eddie Gomez and Peter Erskine - can you believe this was over 30 years ago. They sound so great.
Yes, I bought that first record about 30 years ago. Actually hadn't heard the group before then, but looking at the personnel I figured it had to be good...my expectations were vastly exceeded.
37 years!! Almost twice my life. Absolutely I can believe it’s as old as it is, because there isn’t much like it around today.
What a treat it is to see Michael Brecker, no matter what he is playing or with whom. I still regard his self titled solo album (with Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Kenny Kirkland) as one of the top ten albums I have ever listened to. And Eddie Gomez and Peter Erskine are just the perfect rhythm section.
0:00 Islands - Mike Mainieri.
7:12 Pools - Don Grolnick.
18:59 Skyward Bound - Mike Mainieri.
24:31 Northern Cross - Peter Erskine.
29:50 Loxodrome - Eddie Gomez
35:44 Sarah's Touch - Mike Mainieri.
46:48 Duo - Mike Mainieri.
48:30 Both Sides Of The Coin - Michael Brecker.
Whitchy67 oder
Kind of you to consider listeners.. Thanks for that..
michael brecker smiling at the camera is the best thing i have seen this year
My favorite band from that time! Everyone is so brilliant.
The golden age of modern jazz. Wonderful musicians. Top score.
Very nice performances on Pools. And then my favourite ballad: Skyward Bound.
This is such an excellent performance by true giants of jazz in the 80s.
Unbelievable what these musicians are doing here. They just create magic music.
So I saw this on SABC in the early 80's and immediately grabbed the nearest vhs tape and recorded the rest of the program. To this day I still love this show. It gave me hope for REAL musiuc on REAL instruments in the 80s when everything was synthesizers and drum boxes. Thankyou so much Herkenes, I have missed this massive like, and now - the whole show!
All greats. Steps ahead is fine art.
Music making of the highest order. We miss you, Mike.
still can't believe he's gone.
Eliane Elias playing with these monters guys!! Brazil jazz of high quality. Saudações aqui da terrinha
What an incredible pianist
Eliane Elias on piano. Second time watching this and just realizing… There is are no better musical discoveries than working your way backwards in time through it…I am convinced. Marvelous music. Peter Erskine too … mind blown 🤯
Michael Brecker 😂 👍🏼
My ALL TIME FAVOURITE STEPS AHEAD LINE UP!!! STEPS AHEAD?.. Lightyears AHEAD!!! Thanks for a million for sharing this with us.
Absolutely timeless there's sound never gets old it just gets better!
this is so well recorded ..... geez killin good ..
I absolutely loved this band. Especially this particular lineup. Terrific stuff.
The Eliane Elias version of Steps Ahead is my favorite. Thank you very much for sharing this!
The samba tunes come alive with her comping on piano! Islands, Both Sides of the Coin... fantastic. Love that self-titled album.
some of the greatest jazz musicians post 1980. You have encountered the holy grail.
Erano anni che non ascoltavo "Sarah's Touch", è stata un'emozione indescrivibile... Ricordo che questo brano venne adottato in Italia per uno spot pubblicitario di un noto amaro. Durante la sua esecuzione emerge la classe di tutti.Inteso è il solo di Mainieri mentre Eddie e Peter sfoderano la loro maestria! Michael e sua cognata, anche quando sono in pausa, si lasciano trasportare dal sound di "Sarah's Touch. Ragazzi,sono in una lunga terapia fisica, ma questa per me è la migliore terapia!
The first two Steps Ahead records are so amazing..a real jam!
Pinnacles of acoustic jazz
0:00 islands
7:14 pools
19:00 skyward bound
24:33 northern cross
30:00 loxodrome
35:45 sarahs touch
46:45 duo
48:30 both sides of the coin
Beautiful! This music will never die. The sound of M. B. brings tears to my eyes. Thanks
Thank you for uploading. This is a real treat to see such a great group with all of the members in the prime of life. Mike Mainieri is a personal favorite. He was all over albums in the late 70's (David Sanborn, Michael Franks, etc.) with that distinctive vibes sound. Check out his solo LP for Warner Bros. called Wanderlust. Released in 1980, it was the genesis of Steps Ahead and it includes the first version of Sara's Touch.
+sekander3 ..Hey ,, nice comment I have most of steps ahead albums and saw them once when all of them had swinging things between their legs... My best friend in high school played vibes and we jammed every weekend but even Mike forgets to let go of the sustain pedal a lot? lol
A great band that should not be forgotten. It is sad Brecker is gone;
A gold mine! I've taught myself drums over the years, not being able to get into a music program where I grew up. This video has a wealth of valuable licks and lessons for how to play jazz and using the right technique. F*&# a music program at a college. This video is a 4 yr music degree!!! Thank you Erskine! I hope you will be at the drum fantasy camp in Cleveland this August!!!
2 months after this performance my parents would take me to see them at the Red Creek Inn for my 21 st bday.
If anyone needed any proof how seminal this band were it's here
Brecker and Gomez. Manieri and wonderful flower yet to bloom Elias....just magnificent.....since 85 hooked and the tsunami of magnetic to come...... astonishing quality.... benchmark viewing
Every one plays so amazing throughout this. The early Steps Ahead had some nice samba grooves happening. I love the line-up with Eliane Elias, too bad she wasn't featured more. She's put out a ton of great albums over the years, well they all have.
Thank Goodness This Was Produced.... A Treasure
Great concert!!! And Eliane...she is a STAR! :)
Excellent music. I love Eliane Elias, she's a great musician from Brasil. Great upload. RIP Michael Brecker.
I was so very fortunate to see this show at a small jazz club called Maynards in Charlotte, North Carolina in the eighties. These folks were so nice. After the show they were available for hand shakes and to talk to. One of the best shows i've ever seen. When i arrived and took a seat at a table, the band was at a table in the corner eating sandwiches. They were comfortable playing and really enjoyed what they played.
Erskine definetly has the best groove and time of all the drummers seen playing this song on youtube!
What a treat! I heard Steps Ahead in Copenhagen on several occations, but not this concert.
It's because it wasn't a public concert. It was set up by a Danish production company called Titania Television, and they rented the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek wintergarden for the occasion. I was invited to the two days sessions by Mike Mainieri, as one of two persons in the magnificent room not taking part in the production - a life changing experience for me as an aspiring vibes player.
Did they record this?? To these ears Islands & Pools - except for Michael's Solo on the later - sound exactly like the album.
Hey but I saw this concert - ---- On Danish TV !
Pools is a huge piece of Art
Effortless mastery, pure zen
Eliane Elias ti amo!!!!
great .... michael breker .. fantastic... RIP
I saw both these guys and the Guatemala Coconuts live in Athens. I believe the Coconuts played largely from their latest album, 'Botswana Bleeps'. Genius.
Excellent lineup. This group is really steps ahead from music of all time. great post.Thank you for uploading this gem.
Innovative. Mainieri in particular doesn't get enough credit for being an innovator on the vibraphone as well as musically as a composer and arranger. His playing is incredibly solid despite his highly unusual grip. You have to love the Quaker Oats box where he temporarily places mallets when he switches from four mallets to two. (Players that choose to switch back and forth between four and two mallets should emulate what he has always done and use a holder on the side of the instrument, and not try to place the "out of play" mallets on or in the instrument itself.)
Excellent concert!
not a word spoken, my kind of music. each song is so powerful...
Timeless ..beauty doesn't know what time it is now.
Videos like this are why I'm glad the internet exists.
01. Islands - 1:14
02. Pools - 7:12
03. Skyward Bound - 18:59
04. Northern Cross - 24:35
05. Loxodrome - 29:50
06. Sarah's Touch - 35:44
07. Duo -46:48
08. Both Sides Of The Coin - 48:30
Vidal Sbrighi Thanks!
I saw this lineup in 1983 at the UNC Jazz Festival. My friends and I sat on stage next to Peter Erskine. Seeing and experiencing them up-close and personal like that was an concert I’ll never forget! In an incredibly funny moment, my friends and I noticed during the first tune that Becker’s fly was down. We told Erskine at the end of the song about it and he just laughed. He didn’t tell Becker until the end of the next song.
I was there! Amazing show.
@@joeltlong Did you notice Breckers fly open
Ho iniziato a 15 anni a seguirli adesso ne ho 55 erano gli anni 80 con questo fantastico jazz e ho cominciato ad amare soprattutto la fusion che raggruppa tutti i "mostri sacri". Che tempi
Holy crap. This is a gold mine.
Peter Erskine is one of the most musical drummers in the world.
I'm stunned! So fresh. I seriously haven't heard anything this free in a while!
Great Music. Thank You Michael Brecker.
Excellent cameras and sound .
Just what a superb band deserves
This is just amazing. Fantastic. Hard to believe this was 1983. Feels like yesterday. time flies.
Just an amazing video, thanks for the upload. I was lucky enough to see them in Toronto and had a chat with Peter Erskine during a sound check break. Wonderful drummer and band.
Quando eu tinha 13 anos de idade, parei em frente à uma loja de disco , onde se ouvia quarteto de jazz. Fiquei parado na porta de entrada para ouvir melhor. Aquele tipo de musica me deixou encantado e curioso.
Um vendador da loja se dirigiu a mim e perguntou se eu gostava de Jazz , eu respondi que sim.
Até hoje é meu estilo favorito.
Agradeço por este video.
(Brasil)
Peter Erskine is so young looking at this gig! Damn we all looked so young in 1983!!
Muito bom isso, thanks for sharing. Incredible sound quality, I'm amazed at the bass' tone/clarity and how perfectly balanced the whole timbres/instruments mix is.
Fantastic! This is a gem. Was lucky enough to see then during this time frame, and to this day cannot get enough of the original Steps Ahead music.
Mike Brecker... Unbelievable
Oh wow, with Eliane on piano too! Awesome.
Simply Amazing
Brings me back to 7th Ave. South in the Village. What great music these virtuosos made!
My jazz prof introduced me to micheal via this dvd so greattt!!!
Absolutely perfect, playing, visuals, the whole thing man👌🏻
Quel compositeur et improvisateur Mike Mainieri !
Wonderful! One of my all-time favourites! as an aside, I like how they show the band members enjoying the artwork and doing an ocular inspection of the performance site.
ok wow, Eliane Elias
I think she was only about 23 here. Unbelievable.
The first two songs are so beautifully working together. Love it.
Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, Mozart, Einstein, Picasso... and Michael Brecker !!!!!
Whoever gave this a thumbs down needs to get their hearing checked pronto.
They had me at the bass, rimshots and vibes groove, in the intro to Islands ;)
Thank you for uploading this valuable film of amazing music. The band sounds fresh, powerful and so together.
Ну это супер!!! Высший пилотаж!!!
Saw the Becker Bros. at the Great American Music Hall in SF around 1976. High energy.
A beautiful sunset many of us mistook for the dawn.
A very supportive group, each one is making all the rest sound better.
glorious - thank you for putting this up!
De er så dygtige. Også i 2024. ❤
Excelente! Maravilloso concierto en los mejores años de la banda. MB y su glorioso saxo tenor!
michael brecker,simplesmente uma lenda!
Musically and aesthetically BEAUTIFUL
Thank you SO much for posting this.