Toto was made up of the A team of session musicians, so they sounded this good regularly back in the day. Even when they had subs for the main lineup their subs were top tier.
Porcaro is one of the BEST drummers to ever walk this earth. I wish there was a camera focused on just him for the entire song. Watching him play is mind blowing.
The guy was truly amazing. I was fortunate to have seen him at a small Jazz club in North Hollywood, CA called Dante’s. He was playing with Larry Carlton, Robben Ford and Greg Mathieson. I was sitting at one of the front row tables and every time Jeff Porcaro laid into the kick drum, I could feel my chest compress. Incredible.
used to be in a cover band (only when I was young) and hardly ever hear the drummers unless there's something wrong, but the drum voicing and performance stood out to me in this performance and have been listening to this and a few other tracks daily for the last couple of weeks. Plenty of recordings of later performances, and they're good - but none are as good as this version. Different guys, different equipment, different amp for Lukather. Porcaro is enough some something extra that even non-drummers can hear it and then tell when he's not there.
Who’s watching in 2025 and wondering why it’s disturbingly uncanny how good the video quality is. I mean it almost looks like it was shot last year and everyone and all equipment is just perfect 1991 vintage.
pablo2by4GotBanned This was recorded on 35 mm Film Industrial Cameras. Queen had many of their concerts filmed on 35 mm Film. Look at the Montreal Queen concert it is one of the best superb video from that time.
Multi Camzilla lmfao "Tube HD Cameras" the first 2k HD cameras were used for the principal filming of the Lord of the Rings. Cost of each camera was $225,000. They used 4 Arri 2k HD cameras. The issue here is HD has been around for a long time the problem was the expensive workflow hardware needed. Industrial 35 mm high ISO film is still higher than anything Digital out there. Unless you have a Camera that can shoot native at 8000x8000 you are never going to match the quality of Film.
Danfuerth Gills. You are not correct, broadcast HD has been in development since the mid 1980s. They even shot the Genesis Invisible Touch concert in 1986 in HD video. Read and learn about this Toto show right here: "The entire Jazz Festival was recorded using the Sony HDVS system, 1125 lines interlaced analog component video signal. with 16x9 aspect ratio. So it is basically 1080i when converted to digital. The audio was recorded with 2 Sony 48 track DASH digital recorders at 16 bit resolution 48 KHz sample rate. The VTR's used to record the concert recorded the analog component HD video digitally along with separate 8 channel 16 bit 48 Khz audio, so a 8 channel audio sub mix was fed to the truck to be recorded to the tape with the video. The production used 5 cameras 4 Sony HDC-300 3 tube HDVS cameras and one Sony HDC-500 3 CCD HDVS camera (a prototype). The 5 cameras where fed into an 8 input HDS-1000T switcher a ,live mix was recorded to an HDD-1000 Digital 1" VTR. Three of the cameras where also directly run to their own HDD-1000 VTR(ISO CAMS) so that more shots could be added or changed in post production. The entire system of 4 VTR's and 2 DASH audio recorders was synced through the use of SMPTE time code. The output of the switcher was also fed through a Sony HDN-22000 NTSC/PAL down-converter, the output of which was recorded on Betacam SP and D2 to allow local broadcast outlets have copies of the jazz festival for use in their broadcasts."
There are so many great bands that are not in the R&RHoF. Jann Wenner is a gatekeeper who is a petty little man. It's not cool who has been passed over for years due to musical politics. Why is Harry Nilsson not in the R&RHoF and the Dave Clark 5 is? It makes no sense. Anyways, Toto not being in the R&RHoF is insane and just not cool. Jann Wenner is the worst.
Toto is a band composed of the very best of the very best musicians. This performance is absolutely over the top. Pure magic. Everyone on that stage was at the top of their game on this day. And Jeff, well, there's nothing Jeff couldn't do perfectly. And don't take my word for it, just ask any pro. ANY pro. This is a perfect live performance. There's not a single flaw anywhere. Even if I try to nitpick, there's nothing. It's unbelievable.
Jeff is the #1 Studio level drummer in History dude in my opinion is on the same level as peart and honestly to me above bonham even. I love Bonham too but Jeff is always on the money like you said
@@perryfisher3373 I hear you, but I think that comparing top drummers or top guitarists is kind of pointless because each is so different. Top musicians can play just about anything. It's down to what they want to play, not what they can play. Neil always seemed to me to be into stretching the envelope and doing creative / unusual things. Jeff was the quintessential studio / session drummer, who could play anything, any style, immediately on the spot, while smoking a cigarette and chatting with you if you were standing next to him. He was a drumming machine. Did you know that Jeff played on a Pink Floyd track? Yeah. The timing and rhythm of the song "Mother" was so difficult that Nick couldn't play it. So Gilmour called Jeff to see if he'd come into the studio and try it. He played it straight off and that's what's on the album. With practice, Nick later learned to play it. And don't forget Steve Gadd, the "groove" machine and capable of improvising mind-blowing solos on the spot. Consider Steely Dan's "Aja". The drumming and sax you hear on the album is Gadd and Wayne Shorter on take one and two. That 32 measure outro at the end, the two of them made up on the fly during the first and second takes, at which point they were done. The rest of the band collapsed and stopped playing just to watch those two do their thing. Blew their minds. The remaining musicians then spent the next three days trying to equal what Steve and Wayne had done. Comparisons of musicians at that level of skill and talent are pretty pointless. Just appreciate each genius individually.
As a video guy (and bass guitar player) I noticed this immediately. 1991 was years before HD was an official standard. Now, this WAS Europe which used PAL - not as good as HD but better than NTSC (US standard until 2006). But I can’t understand the aspect ratio AND HD like resolution for 1991. I’m scratching my head on this one.
@@MarkHaggerty-v2i This text quoted:. The entire Jazz Festival was recorded using the Sony HDVS system, 1125 lines interlaced analog component video signal. with 16x9 aspect ratio. So it is basically 1080i when converted to digital. The audio was recorded with 2 Sony 48 track DASH digital recorders at 16 bit resolution 48 KHz sample rate. The VTR's used to record the concert recorded the analog component HD video digitally along with separate 8 channel 16 bit 48 Khz audio, so a 8 channel audio sub mix was fed to the truck to be recorded to the tape with the video. The production used 5 cameras 4 Sony HDC-300 3 tube HDVS cameras and one Sony HDC-500 3 CCD HDVS camera (a prototype). The 5 cameras where fed into an 8 input HDS-1000T switcher a ,live mix was recorded to an HDD-1000 Digital 1" VTR. Three of the cameras where also directly run to their own HDD-1000 VTR(ISO CAMS) so that more shots could be added or changed in post production. "
David Paich is a super monster of keyboards. Steve Lukather is a Hard Rock Jazz Guitar God!!! Mike is a precision machine and Jeff..is absolutely amazing. All the band. Toto the best music band of the world. Forever.
That's why the members of Toto are called "first call" studio musicians. When you want the absolute best players on your record, you call these guys first to check their availability.
Rush has entered the chat about pure music ability... Toto is no doubt amazing musicians and some of the best of all time and make great music, but Rush is on another level when it comes to technical ability.
Yupper same here, I always knew they were a great pop band, BUT! I grew up listening to some of the best musicians during the 70’s and 80’s so I thought that that was the norm. I knew that they had been session musicians, but that still didn’t seal the deal for me because I thought of them as too poppy. Well maybe so, but I’m absolutely glad I got to live through this time period. I do look back on those times fondly even if they weren’t always so. The more I listen to them now, the more I appreciate not just their musicianship but their creativity and imagination. Just wow.
Same Here.. I'm now in my late40$..And remember toto when I was a yongster.. especially Africa, Rosanna ECT..but I say the Black gentleman's voice is 🔥🔥🔥🤘💯I mean GD!!!!
Poyax They just released this on Blu-ray this summer I believe. Probably had to do quite some work to make it look and sound this good. Sound and video quality are just superb..
Seems like most of my CD's and VHS concert tapes from the early 90's sounded incredible. The audio of the VHS of Ten Summoners Tale by Sting through my Bose system was spectacular.
kabibi95 . Just because a guy kiss his band mate and friend during a phenomenal set like this doesn't mean he's frikkin gay. These guys were friends and simply great musicians. Miss Mike and Jeff.
This is one of those rare live performances where I feel like both the band and the audience realized they were participating in history. This performance is absolutely huge and you can tell everyone was feeling it.
Posting this again because it's quite a fascinating look at old cutting-edge tech. ""The entire Jazz Festival was recorded using the Sony HDVS system, 1125 lines interlaced analog component video signal. with 16x9 aspect ratio. So it is basically 1080i when converted to digital. The audio was recorded with 2 Sony 48 track DASH digital recorders at 16 bit resolution 48 KHz sample rate. The VTR's used to record the concert recorded the analog component HD video digitally along with separate 8 channel 16 bit 48 Khz audio, so a 8 channel audio sub mix was fed to the truck to be recorded to the tape with the video. The production used 5 cameras 4 Sony HDC-300 3 tube HDVS cameras and one Sony HDC-500 3 CCD HDVS camera (a prototype). The 5 cameras where fed into an 8 input HDS-1000T switcher a ,live mix was recorded to an HDD-1000 Digital 1" VTR. Three of the cameras where also directly run to their own HDD-1000 VTR(ISO CAMS) so that more shots could be added or changed in post production. The entire system of 4 VTR's and 2 DASH audio recorders was synced through the use of SMPTE time code. The output of the switcher was also fed through a Sony HDN-22000 NTSC/PAL down-converter, the output of which was recorded on Betacam SP and D2 to allow local broadcast outlets have copies of the jazz festival for use in their broadcasts.""
Mr Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro FOREVER!!! I got to shake his hand at a live performance in New Orleans, LA in 1984. I'm still amazed at this man 30 years later! RIP Jeff!
Jeff Pocaro was a Beast on the Drums. He was a Walking Metronome. Perfect Time Keeper. One of My Heroes on Our Instrument The Drums. R. I. P Jeff Pocaro.
INCREDIBAL...from Porcaro absolutely killing his signature groove...to Mike laying down what I call 'A BOMB' bass line....to the ultra-talented David Paich...and the assasinator on guitar Mr Steve. Lukather....to the unknown back-up singers, the guy covering Bobby's vocal line simply COULD NOT BE A BETTER FIT, and the 2 girls back-up their astounding vocals with the killer danmcing that only added to this PRIME performance...the groove they lay down after the last chorus simply COULD NOT BE A BETTER FIT, and the 2 girls back-up their astounding vocals with the killer dancing that only added to this PRIME performance...the groove they lay down after the last chorus would make a person with no feet get up and dance, and the 2 girls back-up their astounding vocals with the killer dancing that only added to this PRIME performance...ABSO-F**KING-LUTELY THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF THIS SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD.
Everything about this is absolute perfection. The broadcast mix with a perfect blend of band/audience mics. The bloody arrangement... handoffs to the solos.... the BV's... the stage presence. The individual solos! Damn.... Imagine being there!!
Toto is one of those bands that at its core is all about technical excellence... I'm not even much of a fan (I of course know this song and Africa, but that's about it), but as a guitarist know how much Steve Lukather is revered and know they're in that pantheon of bands such as Yes, Genesis, etc. where any member could also be a top notch session musician (edit: apparently they all were session musicians, lol)
If Toto had never recorded another song after "Rosanna" it wouldn't have mattered. Their brilliance as musicians and songwriters on this song alone guaranteed their place with the best in rock history. I'm a drummer and love Jeff Porcaro to death, but I'm in awe of the musicianship of the rest of the band. Steve Lukather shreds on guitar as usual, and David Paich on keyboards here is just unbelievable. I would vote him and Billy Powell as the top two rock pianists of all time. 😄👍
That cheek kiss on Mike at 4:43 means so much to us Toto fans. We all miss you Mike and Jeff. RIP. This is one fantastic performance. And there is Mr. Metronome not missing a beat... This is one fantastic performance. And there is Mr. Metronome not missing a beat...
Toto is THE perfect band. From drums to percussion to bass to guitar to keyboard to the singers - it could not be better and more perfect. Perfect song writing. Perfect groove. Perfect timing. Tight as hell. And they have the big pleasure to play. This performance one can hear and look 50 years from now and still find it great and just perfect. The jam part: PERFECT!
Holy crap!! What a band...the best musicians of a complete era...Paich, Luke, the Porcaros...(Jeff is the f###ing king of groove). I' think this is the musicians heaven...
Latoya Knight..Bitter Sweet to watch..Jeff(0:14)looks tired and the smoking did not help his health..But this version is a Hurricane.Playing so great and the Brothers P together playing....Heavens Ultimate Rhythm Section.....
I love this live video. High quality, seems like was taken this year. Smoking while drumming, the back up singers, the lead. What else. Woah!!! Love it.
Toto was a mashup of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Steve Lukather's guitar skills match none. Jeff Porcaro was practically a metronome with hands. Mike Porcaro was a fantastic bassist (rest in peace Mike and Jeff). David Paich's playing is right in time with Mike and Jeff like always, and was, in my opinion, one of the top songwriters in music history. Unfortunately I was unable to experience Toto in their prime, but their legacy in the style of modern rock will live on forever.
Your comment was spot on..however I still really miss Steve Pocaro as the additional and auxiliary player on synth. He always added that orchestral element..and still today no one can program synth string or horn sounds like him...But David P. rocks too,especially on piano.
Looking at live performances of Toto on RUclips for me this is one of the best! Resolution and sound. Jealous of people who attended that concert. Phenomenal!!!
I remember being a punk kid and not caring about this song when it came out, however I've come to greatly appreciate the talent on this stage and just how great Toto was/is now that I'm old.
No one really knows the exact truth behind the reasons for his death other than it was a heart attack, and this could have been hereditary as other close family members had heart issues unfortunately. Steve Lukather 100% maintains that although there were minor trace samples of cocaine found in Jeff’s blood during the autopsy, he vehemently denies that Jeff was involved in the whole drugs thing and has called it bullshit. I guess we’ll never know what the cause was, but one things for sure, heavy smoking and the heart are not a good mix so go figure. RIP Jeff
There are only two live drummers that have that bass drum sound like that, and to me its perfection. Carter Beauford in the 2003 Central Park concert, and Jeff on this live recording. Incredible sound.
Jeff started playing his half time shuffle, at that tempo, with a smoke on his mouth... I would probably eat it before bar 4, and stop playing before bar 7. Probably dead before first chorus
Seems every time i try to show off following some of these masters just results in disaster..they are who they are because they dont show off..Porcaro said he never soloed..time was his obsession..family of true professionals..rip Jeff.Mike.Joe..condolences to Steve...god bless
@Vinnie Moran Its not film. its shot on HD video tape, WIth HD 3 Tube colour cameras. thats why you can see streaking / comet tail effect on the picture. from 4:02 to 4:11 you can see the cameras themselves and that streaking effect. 35mm would be very costly especially for a one of long multi camera shoot like this.
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This has to be one of the greatest performances of all time
I wasn't expecting to see that, I'm floored!
@@PhilistineTheArtLuvr Same here ❤
what is it like to live with brain damage
Yep. The Pocarro brothers plus awesome backing singing. Great performance
Toto was made up of the A team of session musicians, so they sounded this good regularly back in the day. Even when they had subs for the main lineup their subs were top tier.
That backing singer is killing it.
Whats his name?
@@bearblackhawk9362 Fred White. Toto should've invited him into the band back then.
@@bearblackhawk9362 Lando Calrissian
@@james732007 Thank you
@@bearblackhawk9362he passed away this year :/
Fred White absolutely killed it. What a great voice.
C'est à dire ??
Is that the guy singing the Kimball part?
I don't undstand too
The backing vocals on this track are off the chain, it brings out the brilliance of the song.
Is that the same guy who samg bv's with Little Feat?
Porcaro is one of the BEST drummers to ever walk this earth. I wish there was a camera focused on just him for the entire song. Watching him play is mind blowing.
He's my favorite - picking exactly the right thing at exactly the right time, no more and no less
The guy was truly amazing. I was fortunate to have seen him at a small Jazz club in North Hollywood, CA called Dante’s. He was playing with Larry Carlton, Robben Ford and Greg Mathieson. I was sitting at one of the front row tables and every time Jeff Porcaro laid into the kick drum, I could feel my chest compress. Incredible.
The dude that's singing the Bobby Kimball parts is absolutely AWESOME!
Do you know who he is.
@@chrisfloyd9224, he's Fred White (TheSingerFredWhite dot com).
@@cynthiad3023 thanks man. that guy can sing
It took guitarists 30 years to catch up to Steve Lukather
The breakdown has some Bo Diddly in there
Even now 30 years later, I miss Jeff Porcaro, one of the best drummers to ever walk this earth. RIP legend 🙌
used to be in a cover band (only when I was young) and hardly ever hear the drummers unless there's something wrong, but the drum voicing and performance stood out to me in this performance and have been listening to this and a few other tracks daily for the last couple of weeks. Plenty of recordings of later performances, and they're good - but none are as good as this version. Different guys, different equipment, different amp for Lukather. Porcaro is enough some something extra that even non-drummers can hear it and then tell when he's not there.
@@daw162 It's his signature groove. I've never heard it played with the same feel.
@@patrickchase5614 Ash Soan is an awesome drummer with a great feel, heavily influenced by Porcaro
@@patrickchase5614 based partly on the purdy shuffle and bonhams interpretation of the purdy shuffle on fool in the rain
Jeff Porcaro is the best drummer ever. No one else will ever measure up!!!
Who’s watching in 2025 and wondering why it’s disturbingly uncanny how good the video quality is. I mean it almost looks like it was shot last year and everyone and all equipment is just perfect 1991 vintage.
We drummers might be cool, but we’ll never be Jeff Porcaro playing Rosana while smoking a cigarette cool 😎
You are NOT lying!! Legendary
Agreed my friend, he is sorely missed.
Unfortunately that's the what killed him.
So He got cancer, right? Is that cool? Same happened to Eddie Van Halen...
He did not have cancer but a weakened heart from many years of heavy smoking.
Mike Porcaro a legend. i Love \you
The video quality is amazing. It looks like it was recorded yesterday!
pablo2by4GotBanned This was recorded on 35 mm Film Industrial Cameras. Queen had many of their concerts filmed on 35 mm Film. Look at the Montreal Queen concert it is one of the best superb video from that time.
Absolutely unreal! Feels like a time machine.
No, this was shot with very early tube HD video cameras. Not film.
Multi Camzilla lmfao "Tube HD Cameras" the first 2k HD cameras were used for the principal filming of the Lord of the Rings. Cost of each camera was $225,000. They used 4 Arri 2k HD cameras. The issue here is HD has been around for a long time the problem was the expensive workflow hardware needed. Industrial 35 mm high ISO film is still higher than anything Digital out there. Unless you have a Camera that can shoot native at 8000x8000 you are never going to match the quality of Film.
Danfuerth Gills. You are not correct, broadcast HD has been in development since the mid 1980s. They even shot the Genesis Invisible Touch concert in 1986 in HD video. Read and learn about this Toto show right here:
"The entire Jazz Festival was recorded using the Sony HDVS system, 1125 lines interlaced analog component
video signal. with 16x9 aspect ratio. So it is basically 1080i when converted to digital. The audio was recorded with 2 Sony 48 track DASH digital recorders at 16 bit resolution 48 KHz sample rate.
The VTR's used to record the concert recorded the analog component HD video digitally along with separate 8 channel 16 bit 48 Khz audio, so a 8 channel audio sub mix was fed to the truck to be recorded to the tape with the video.
The production used 5 cameras 4 Sony HDC-300 3 tube HDVS cameras and one Sony HDC-500 3 CCD HDVS camera (a prototype). The 5 cameras where fed into an 8 input HDS-1000T switcher a ,live mix was recorded to an HDD-1000 Digital 1" VTR. Three of the cameras where also directly run to their own HDD-1000 VTR(ISO CAMS) so that more shots could be added or changed in post production.
The entire system of 4 VTR's and 2 DASH audio recorders was synced through the use of SMPTE time code.
The output of the switcher was also fed through a Sony HDN-22000 NTSC/PAL down-converter, the output of which was recorded on Betacam SP and D2 to allow local broadcast outlets have copies of the jazz festival for use in their broadcasts."
This is one of the tightest live performances I've ever seen or heard. Beautifully filmed too.
Shannon Pincombe Seriously. It’s so perfect in sound, it’s even better than studio quality.
Yep. Flawless.
They're all session musicians before forming toto
It's beautifully remastered, but the camera guys and director really tick me off with their virtually ignoring Jeff. COME ON.
In fact this is one of the first experimental HD recordings.
Can’t believe why TOTO is not in the rock n roll hall of fame !
If not for their music, members of Toto should be in the Hall for their contribution to pop/rock music for their excellence as studio musicians.
Its BS. Whomever decides to induct acts are complete morons.
Bon Jovi is in the Hall. Anda they suck!
There are so many great bands that are not in the R&RHoF. Jann Wenner is a gatekeeper who is a petty little man. It's not cool who has been passed over for years due to musical politics. Why is Harry Nilsson not in the R&RHoF and the Dave Clark 5 is? It makes no sense.
Anyways, Toto not being in the R&RHoF is insane and just not cool.
Jann Wenner is the worst.
Jethro Tull isn't either. It's a farce.
Toto is a band composed of the very best of the very best musicians. This performance is absolutely over the top. Pure magic. Everyone on that stage was at the top of their game on this day. And Jeff, well, there's nothing Jeff couldn't do perfectly. And don't take my word for it, just ask any pro. ANY pro.
This is a perfect live performance. There's not a single flaw anywhere. Even if I try to nitpick, there's nothing. It's unbelievable.
Agreed 💯
Jeff is the #1 Studio level drummer in History dude in my opinion is on the same level as peart and honestly to me above bonham even. I love Bonham too but Jeff is always on the money like you said
Jeff is above Neil Peart in my book
@@perryfisher3373 as of recently he is for me the number biggest influence on drumming
@@perryfisher3373 I hear you, but I think that comparing top drummers or top guitarists is kind of pointless because each is so different. Top musicians can play just about anything. It's down to what they want to play, not what they can play. Neil always seemed to me to be into stretching the envelope and doing creative / unusual things. Jeff was the quintessential studio / session drummer, who could play anything, any style, immediately on the spot, while smoking a cigarette and chatting with you if you were standing next to him. He was a drumming machine.
Did you know that Jeff played on a Pink Floyd track? Yeah. The timing and rhythm of the song "Mother" was so difficult that Nick couldn't play it. So Gilmour called Jeff to see if he'd come into the studio and try it. He played it straight off and that's what's on the album. With practice, Nick later learned to play it.
And don't forget Steve Gadd, the "groove" machine and capable of improvising mind-blowing solos on the spot. Consider Steely Dan's "Aja". The drumming and sax you hear on the album is Gadd and Wayne Shorter on take one and two. That 32 measure outro at the end, the two of them made up on the fly during the first and second takes, at which point they were done. The rest of the band collapsed and stopped playing just to watch those two do their thing. Blew their minds. The remaining musicians then spent the next three days trying to equal what Steve and Wayne had done.
Comparisons of musicians at that level of skill and talent are pretty pointless. Just appreciate each genius individually.
That backing singer absolutely KILLED Bobby Kimball’s part.
@@danttevaa1376 classless clown
@@johnnydoe725 LOL, you owe me a new keyboard...
I think him singing and nailing those parts got everybody hyped up. They clearly had fun here.
Johnny Doe
LOL!
backup male singer is Fred White, he also sing back up for Phil Collins
Holy crap the best video quality of the 90s of anything I've seen
As a video guy (and bass guitar player) I noticed this immediately. 1991 was years before HD was an official standard. Now, this WAS Europe which used PAL - not as good as HD but better than NTSC (US standard until 2006). But I can’t understand the aspect ratio AND HD like resolution for 1991. I’m scratching my head on this one.
@@MarkHaggerty-v2i This text quoted:.
The entire Jazz Festival was recorded using the Sony HDVS system, 1125 lines interlaced analog component video signal. with 16x9 aspect ratio. So it is basically 1080i when converted to digital. The audio was recorded with 2 Sony 48 track DASH digital recorders at 16 bit resolution 48 KHz sample rate.
The VTR's used to record the concert recorded the analog component HD video digitally along with separate 8 channel 16 bit 48 Khz audio, so a 8 channel audio sub mix was fed to the truck to be recorded to the tape with the video.
The production used 5 cameras 4 Sony HDC-300 3 tube HDVS cameras and one Sony HDC-500 3 CCD HDVS camera (a prototype). The 5 cameras where fed into an 8 input HDS-1000T switcher a ,live mix was recorded to an HDD-1000 Digital 1" VTR. Three of the cameras where also directly run to their own HDD-1000 VTR(ISO CAMS) so that more shots could be added or changed in post production. "
David Paich is a super monster of keyboards. Steve Lukather is a Hard Rock Jazz Guitar God!!! Mike is a precision machine and Jeff..is absolutely amazing. All the band. Toto the best music band of the world. Forever.
That's why the members of Toto are called "first call" studio musicians. When you want the absolute best players on your record, you call these guys first to check their availability.
You forgot steve.p brother
I totally agree bless them❤
@@TheTEMPESTER That's because Steve Porcaro isn't playing here.
Rush has entered the chat about pure music ability... Toto is no doubt amazing musicians and some of the best of all time and make great music, but Rush is on another level when it comes to technical ability.
4:48 Best Rock Kiss Ever!!! ❤️
Bromance 😂
Cocaines a hella drug
Ghey
The best Toto’s performance playing Rosanna ever.
Yes, due to Jeff playing it slightly faster than the other Toto drummers.
No no no no no! The one on Absolutely Live is better!
It wasn’t until I was an adult before I could truly appreciate the greatness of Toto.
Yupper same here, I always knew they were a great pop band, BUT! I grew up listening to some of the best musicians during the 70’s and 80’s so I thought that that was the norm. I knew that they had been session musicians, but that still didn’t seal the deal for me because I thought of them as too poppy. Well maybe so, but I’m absolutely glad I got to live through this time period. I do look back on those times fondly even if they weren’t always so. The more I listen to them now, the more I appreciate not just their musicianship but their creativity and imagination. Just wow.
Same Here.. I'm now in my late40$..And remember toto when I was a yongster.. especially Africa, Rosanna ECT..but I say the Black gentleman's voice is 🔥🔥🔥🤘💯I mean GD!!!!
What? 1991? Wow, the resolution is so high it feels so recent.
Poyax They just released this on Blu-ray this summer I believe. Probably had to do quite some work to make it look and sound this good. Sound and video quality are just superb..
Poyax haha knew the video was definitely remastered but I just thought the sound was due to my MSR7's
My thoughts exactly. 80's guys playing in the 90's, in today's quality. Awkward.
I'm 31 and I can't believe I was still 6 years old at this time..what the heck..
Seems like most of my CD's and VHS concert tapes from the early 90's sounded incredible. The audio of the VHS of Ten Summoners Tale by Sting through my Bose system was spectacular.
Love it to see Jeff drumming
That cheek kiss on Mike at 4:43 means so much to us Toto fans. We all miss you Mike and Jeff. RIP.
musas, musii. musicagoss músicagospiol
That's David's cue to get absurd on the synth wheels, all of the Toto shows I've seen from the 90's are top notch!
is he gay ?
luke is the best-to this day
kabibi95 . Just because a guy kiss his band mate and friend during a phenomenal set like this doesn't mean he's frikkin gay. These guys were friends and simply great musicians. Miss Mike and Jeff.
This is one of those rare live performances where I feel like both the band and the audience realized they were participating in history. This performance is absolutely huge and you can tell everyone was feeling it.
Yes the energy is tangible!
100%
Everyone, the band & audience, is feeling it and it shows. One of the best live performances I’ve seen
Dude singing the high parts has LASER LIKE PITCH! Good lord, amazing!
Posting this again because it's quite a fascinating look at old cutting-edge tech.
""The entire Jazz Festival was recorded using the Sony HDVS system, 1125 lines interlaced analog component video signal. with 16x9 aspect ratio. So it is basically 1080i when converted to digital. The audio was recorded with 2 Sony 48 track DASH digital recorders at 16 bit resolution 48 KHz sample rate.
The VTR's used to record the concert recorded the analog component HD video digitally along with separate 8 channel 16 bit 48 Khz audio, so a 8 channel audio sub mix was fed to the truck to be recorded to the tape with the video.
The production used 5 cameras 4 Sony HDC-300 3 tube HDVS cameras and one Sony HDC-500 3 CCD HDVS camera (a prototype). The 5 cameras where fed into an 8 input HDS-1000T switcher a ,live mix was recorded to an HDD-1000 Digital 1" VTR. Three of the cameras where also directly run to their own HDD-1000 VTR(ISO CAMS) so that more shots could be added or changed in post production.
The entire system of 4 VTR's and 2 DASH audio recorders was synced through the use of SMPTE time code.
The output of the switcher was also fed through a Sony HDN-22000 NTSC/PAL down-converter, the output of which was recorded on Betacam SP and D2 to allow local broadcast outlets have copies of the jazz festival for use in their broadcasts.""
Thank you for the technical explanation I understand about half it :)
For a security guard, he sure had an awful lot of information, don’t you think...
@@neoneherefrom5836 Great Wayne's World reference!!
@@neoneherefrom5836 I LOL'd so much at that Wayne's reference my wife thought I was secretly high on my end of the couch 🤦♂️
Damn!
The background singers dancing all over the stage had me rolling! Everyone was feeling it that night!
Those girls were Hot Hot Hot!
A good time was had by all!
It is actually Whitney Houston...look closer to the girl in the over alls
@@joeywillings9189 That's incorrect.
You can actually feel the energy, especially when you hear the crowd singing during the pre-chorus
Porcaro just smoothly sails through that groove like it's nothing. Beast.
Yes. BOTH Porcaros.
Casually puffing on a smoke and sitting in the pocket. Class
@@johnpaulmills3467so true!
While smoking a cigarette
The energy from the backup singers is just fucking amazing. What a great performance
Nailing half time shuffle while casually smoking... Jeff Porcaro the true legend, one of the best drummers to ever walk on the Earth, if not the best.
Mr Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro FOREVER!!! I got to shake his hand at a live performance in New Orleans, LA in 1984. I'm still amazed at this man 30 years later! RIP Jeff!
I don't care who you are or what you do but every single person on this planet needs to watch this as this is how it's done.
BEST VERSION OF ROSANNA LIVE, period!!!!!!!
I like the 2013 version more with Joe.
is good too though
what about the 35th anniversary live in poland?
nope the drumming isnt right -terrible version (my opinion)
Shane Murphy I highly agree. The one from 2013 in poland is much better
This shit bangs
Jeff Pocaro was a Beast on the Drums. He was a Walking Metronome. Perfect Time Keeper. One of My Heroes on Our Instrument The Drums. R. I. P Jeff Pocaro.
He is, but you do know they were playing with a click track???
@@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION In the studio. He would never play live with it.
Hands down, this is easily the best live performance I have ever seen.
It’s up there. hearts rendition of stairway to heaven at the R&RHOF would be a close second
Of anything. Anywhere.
@@JamminWithJer Agreed.
Also it wasn't at R&RHOF it was at the Kennedy Honors I believe.
INCREDIBAL...from Porcaro absolutely killing his signature groove...to Mike laying down what I call 'A BOMB' bass line....to the ultra-talented David Paich...and the assasinator on guitar Mr Steve. Lukather....to the unknown back-up singers, the guy covering Bobby's vocal line simply COULD NOT BE A BETTER FIT, and the 2 girls back-up their astounding vocals with the killer danmcing that only added to this PRIME performance...the groove they lay down after the last chorus simply COULD NOT BE A BETTER FIT, and the 2 girls back-up their astounding vocals with the killer dancing that only added to this PRIME performance...the groove they lay down after the last chorus would make a person with no feet get up and dance, and the 2 girls back-up their astounding vocals with the killer dancing that only added to this PRIME performance...ABSO-F**KING-LUTELY THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF THIS SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD.
I love that the song lasts for 4:40, and then they spend 3 minutes having the most killer jam session imaginable.
Fr
This is one fantastic performance. And there is Mr. Metronome not missing a beat...
Some of his fills during Luke solo are mind blowing! Classic Jeff chops I know but WTF!!
I always love that Jeff never took solos by others "off" like many musicians do
cottagechskitty Hahah Mr. Metronome!! :D Fantastic
I still cannot accept, that Jeff has gone. His always is with me. Miss him so much ...
The man with 'The Golden Groove' Mr. Jeff Porcaro. A huge loss to music that hasn't sounded like & recovered. MIss you Jeff & Mike ;(
Everything about this is absolute perfection. The broadcast mix with a perfect blend of band/audience mics. The bloody arrangement... handoffs to the solos.... the BV's... the stage presence. The individual solos! Damn.... Imagine being there!!
Oh and the video.... looks like it was shot yesterday!
Endless stank face everytime I watch
I've heard Rosanna at least 10,000 times and am just now noticing how bodaciously bodacious those bass lines are. My Bodaci-o-meter is totally maxed.
XD, I love that comment. Made my day. Yeah, that's none other than Mike Porcaro, one of the greatest bassists. RIP, Mikey
My man hits those high notes perfectly.
corey fisher looks familiar. Was he with anyone else?
Daniel Esperanza I'm not sure, but I think he was with Phil Collins
You are correct. Lukather says that in the band introduction, actually
That was fun !!!!
Luke is not only a legendary guitar player but man his singing in the verses is friggin fantastic
Thats was pure fire.. they burned that place down, . Jeffs time was soo dam good the whole rythm section here was just smashing
Incredible quality...like it was filmed yesterday.
It's 2021, and I am just now realizing how incredibly tight this band was... Absolutely blown away...
2022 and couldn’t agree more!
True
Toto is one of those bands that at its core is all about technical excellence... I'm not even much of a fan (I of course know this song and Africa, but that's about it), but as a guitarist know how much Steve Lukather is revered and know they're in that pantheon of bands such as Yes, Genesis, etc. where any member could also be a top notch session musician (edit: apparently they all were session musicians, lol)
@@brandall101💯 agree. Not much of a fan myself, but vibe and technical chops are just incredible. Can’t deny the stage presence.
End of 2024 & couldn’t agree more
The thrill of having a crowd sing lyrics you wrote back at you must be incredible
Play the melody and have the crowd sing the song for you
oh I miss U Jeff Porcaro... what an incredible sound..
If Toto had never recorded another song after "Rosanna" it wouldn't have mattered. Their brilliance as musicians and songwriters on this song alone guaranteed their place with the best in rock history. I'm a drummer and love Jeff Porcaro to death, but I'm in awe of the musicianship of the rest of the band. Steve Lukather shreds on guitar as usual, and David Paich on keyboards here is just unbelievable. I would vote him and Billy Powell as the top two rock pianists of all time. 😄👍
Jon Lord? Rick Wakeman? Emerson?
Donald Fagen and what about fusion?? Herbie and other fusion keyboardists are insane
Sadly Toto is more well known today for Africa instead of Rosanna.
@@shapshooter7769 as if Africa is a bad song
but they did and thank good lord those songs were great
Jeff in HD. Wonderful!
Elvis Presley
Jeff!!!!!!!!! ♥️
One of the greatest musicians to ever grace our planet, and it barely shows his face...
I just love the way Jeff Porcaro plays.
me too soo much
Porcaro Bros rhythmic section is a space ship rocket that can send you to the moon and back! R.i.p. legends!
That cheek kiss on Mike at 4:43 means so much to us Toto fans. We all miss you Mike and Jeff. RIP.
This is one fantastic performance. And there is Mr. Metronome not missing a beat...
This is one fantastic performance. And there is Mr. Metronome not missing a beat...
Listen to that friggin drum groove to open things up. He says, Purdie, meets Bonham, meets Bo Diddley. Damn, that's gold! What a guy! What a musician!
Can someone explain how the sound and picture quality on this from 1991 blows the arse off literally any other video I’ve seen on RUclips?
film
Feel you, quality is amazing
Sony recorded this event using the most cutting edge tech of the time: 1035 line HDVS (early analog HD) video and 16bit 96Khz digital audio.
@@mel816 The sound is 16-bit 48 Khz
Toto is THE perfect band. From drums to percussion to bass to guitar to keyboard to the singers - it could not be better and more perfect.
Perfect song writing.
Perfect groove. Perfect timing.
Tight as hell.
And they have the big pleasure to play.
This performance one can hear and look 50 years from now and still find it great and just perfect.
The jam part: PERFECT!
Insane video quality. This is even better than most of what I see on TV nowadays.
Jeff's all playing skils are definitely perfect. All audience, all drummer, all instruments are loving him forever.
Omg, What a fantastic Version!!! ❤️ Jeff‘s Shuffle
Holy crap!! What a band...the best musicians of a complete era...Paich, Luke, the Porcaros...(Jeff is the f###ing king of groove). I' think this is the musicians heaven...
Fucking sick! Steve is a fucking legend! What great singing by the young man on lead vocals!!!
The band ToTo is VASTLY underrated. Their mix of vocals and musicianship leaves one without words
Absolutely loved it!! Mike and Jeff are amazing as I know they still are in heaven. R.I.P. (Rock In Peace)
one the best rhythmn sections ever to grace this earth
Latoya Knight..Bitter Sweet to watch..Jeff(0:14)looks tired and the smoking did not help his health..But this version is a Hurricane.Playing so great and the Brothers P together playing....Heavens Ultimate Rhythm Section.....
Latoya Knight indeed
Man, what a stuning display of great musicianship coupled with charisma and feel. They don't make many packages like that nowadays.
In 2024 I still miss Mike Porcaro. No bassist has ever had this presence he had! Love to heaven! Says a guitar guy
Yes. He played the best accordeon in satanic brutal death metal music.
He is the most natural inspirational bassist I've ever seen....
The backing vocals are so nice!
Jesus the live vocals from that backup singer. Who is he?!
Fred White from Earth Wind and Fire
How can anyone not love this? There is so much life in it. Pure JOY!
Jeff Porcaro's drumming is perfect.
Who is that male backing vocalist? He’s an astonishing singer
I love this live video. High quality, seems like was taken this year. Smoking while drumming, the back up singers, the lead. What else. Woah!!! Love it.
Toto was a mashup of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Steve Lukather's guitar skills match none. Jeff Porcaro was practically a metronome with hands. Mike Porcaro was a fantastic bassist (rest in peace Mike and Jeff). David Paich's playing is right in time with Mike and Jeff like always, and was, in my opinion, one of the top songwriters in music history. Unfortunately I was unable to experience Toto in their prime, but their legacy in the style of modern rock will live on forever.
Your comment was spot on..however I still really miss Steve Pocaro as the additional and auxiliary player on synth. He always added that orchestral element..and still today no one can program synth string or horn sounds like him...But David P. rocks too,especially on piano.
No smartphones, and two beautiful women dancing around the stage like possesed... what a bliss. These were simpler times.
They say a band is only as good as their drummer. Toto is pretty bad ass! Jeff Pacoro is superb
Looking at live performances of Toto on RUclips for me this is one of the best! Resolution and sound. Jealous of people who attended that concert. Phenomenal!!!
El mejor grupo de seción ❤
Oh god.... That was legendary. Everything was so perfect and nothing was overdone. Vocals, drums, synth, guitars, theatricality, moves DAMN!!!!
I remember being a punk kid and not caring about this song when it came out, however I've come to greatly appreciate the talent on this stage and just how great Toto was/is now that I'm old.
This song fucks so hard!
Great idea to incorporate the backup singers. More bands should do this to keep the integrity and quality of the vocals intact.
Jeff Porcaro smoking while drumming is the Top!
Ah! He died of a heart attack at 38!
I hate the tobacco companies AND cigarettes. They are Earth's true devil's.
Loved! 😡😣🤬🐍🐍
Jeff Fraley he didnt die because of cigarettes it was coke
@@jefffraley7094 sigarettes was not the issue he died of a heart attack while using stuff in his garden he was allergic from!
No one really knows the exact truth behind the reasons for his death other than it was a heart attack, and this could have been hereditary as other close family members had heart issues unfortunately. Steve Lukather 100% maintains that although there were minor trace samples of cocaine found in Jeff’s blood during the autopsy, he vehemently denies that Jeff was involved in the whole drugs thing and has called it bullshit. I guess we’ll never know what the cause was, but one things for sure, heavy smoking and the heart are not a good mix so go figure. RIP Jeff
That's just a great shot of Jeff! Maybe not the most appropriate, but his scarf, glasses, and that crazy cig make it terribly cool!
There are only two live drummers that have that bass drum sound like that, and to me its perfection. Carter Beauford in the 2003 Central Park concert, and Jeff on this live recording. Incredible sound.
They are one of the best drummer, the best bassist, the best guitarist and the best keyboardist of all time !!
That shuffle...goosebumps!!!
The background voice are Incredible awesome
Jeff started playing his half time shuffle, at that tempo, with a smoke on his mouth... I would probably eat it before bar 4, and stop playing before bar 7. Probably dead before first chorus
Hahahaha, that is funny shit.
Haha damn straight, JP was a beast!
Almost choked to death reading this! Good one.
Seems every time i try to show off following some of these masters just results in disaster..they are who they are because they dont show off..Porcaro said he never soloed..time was his obsession..family of true professionals..rip Jeff.Mike.Joe..condolences to Steve...god bless
hahahaha
Jeff: Oh, Rosanna is next I think I'll have a cigarette...LMFAO!!!
I Had A Bad Day LOL 😆
@5:10 Mike Porcaro's bass and brother Jeff's drums, whoooooo!
Bass and drums are RIGHT in the pocket
Jeff Porcaro, King of Groove
Arvindh Mani he perfected the purdie shuffle.
👏👏👏👏👏
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Arvindh Mani listening to the ghost notes, etc. fantastic drumming!
@@mattmallecoccio8378 Except it's the Porcaro shuffle.
Awww.. Steve at 4:50! He’s so sweet..Really enjoying the concert with his bro Mikey!😅
This is amazing. I can't believe how good this looks and sounds.
35 mm film emulsion, baby.
@Vinnie Moran Its not film. its shot on HD video tape, WIth HD 3 Tube colour cameras. thats why you can see streaking / comet tail effect on the picture. from 4:02 to 4:11 you can see the cameras themselves and that streaking effect. 35mm would be very costly especially for a one of long multi camera shoot like this.
Wow! Impressive... Almost impossible to believe that this amazing sound was recorded at 1991!
Sound engineering is perfect!
RIP to Jeff Porcaro, one of the best drummers to ever live. He was the inspiration that made me first pick up a drum stick many years ago.
Steve Lukather is an absolute machine! Thumbs up if you agree
Dude can shred!
I agree
Solos provoked tears!
Daniel- you must realize that begging for likes and thumbs up is pretty pathetic...
No he is a person, no machinery
This song is amazing, you can feel the energy in the stage...
ABSOLUTELY BAD ASS. I think this is one of the best live performances by TOTO...the mix is excellent.
That bass is pumping like a freight train