Already 6 years since this video came out and now we can tell how influencial il was on the next gen. It really feels like modern jazz drumming was deeply impacted on this day… On this day, Eric Harland changed the game forever, once again… What a Master he is…
I get back to this one again and again. My god, what a recording. 2:55 actually feels like when the beat drops in electronic music ... holy cow, what a groove
Unbelievable. Listen to this often months ago and now again. Unbelievable how this is achievable, this complexity, joy, energy and concentration, truely a masterpiece of master musicians.
Yes, he is pretty proficient in circular breathing. I think he had a condition which actually made it necessary for him to play through circular breathing at one point. I was never blown away by his music the first time I heard him, but the last 1-2 years he consistently blows my mind.
Yep he had a collapsed lung and learned circular breathing as a result to cope. Now he's turned what could be a career ending condition into a technical advantage!
So now I finally created a channel just to share my excitement about this performance with you. I love reading how a few other people are equally overwhelmed. For me, this is a perfect example for everything, that makes a good performance. Awesome timing, ideas, communication, feeling, development...just everything. There is nothing that I don't like . I love how lament-like the beginning is and how this motif is raised/lifted/elevated and becomes so powerful at 2:18 . Rather simple comping, simple drums and such a powerfull baseline. At 3:04 then Taylor varies the rhythm and a little later Ben picks it up and responds to it. Eric seems to love it, too. Then the solos show such thrilling development like the motivic and rhythmic development from 6:06 to 6:11 . After that Taylor plays pretty independent rhythms in both hands, which sounds incredibly intense. Finally he prepares the climax of the solo and ends it with a huge firework. Ben then plays of course equally good. My favourite part is where all prepare the climax at about 10:59 and then hit it at 11:16 , WOW. For me the bass player plays the most important role here. The bass line is what actually gives me goosebumps everytime I listen to it. So simple but sooo intense. It seems like for the performers it was also one of the more satisfying gigs. They look like they really dive into the music. Just wanted to share my thouhts. To me this seems like a thing that should be taught or shown at music school, but what do I know? Just a perfect example for a exquisite professional live performance. Sorry for weird english.
Hey Furzgesicht (am German but please don't take your own name as an insult, lol) ... I am totally with you. I came back to this for the X's time. I'm a huge Ben Wendel fan but this to me (independent of Ben) is a perfect, full artistic masterpiece. It has it all and it's something I'd take on an island if needed to pick a single recording of anything.
I really enjoy when artists revisit tunes over the years. It gives perspective on the composition itself, but also on how band dynamics affect improvisational choices. I have a couple versions in my library (from the albums "The Line" and "Small Constructions"). Would anyone know if there are others floating around? Thanks!
The whole tune is subdivided in 5, it seems. Like 4/4, but every beat has 5 subdivisions, so technically it's 20/16. Crazy. Reminds me of Balkan music.
Now that I think about it, writing it in 4/4 would be more of an eyesore than 20/16 since you’d have to constantly add 5s above the beams to show the quintuplet subdivisions.
@@JackBeatenhead1337 Nah, he wouldn't be. Eric Harland plays with heaps of saxophonists who have amazing circular breathing technique like Chris Potter and Mark Turner.
Ben's short paragraph of circular breathing is a welcomed departure from a one-note sustaining feat. James Carter has a knack for doing wonders during his circular-breathing showmanship. Great tonal quality...
that be taylor earning some extra cookie points from me for that solo there. also eric. but then again, ok, fine, it's all of them. it's just so much excellence in this one video.
Would someone give me a link to some familiar standard tune that Ben plays. Everything I've found is unfamiliar to me an oldtimer. Thanks for any info.
This is fabulous! As always with something new and original, I made connections with stuff that I was familiar with, and it was Bennie Wallace who came to mind, both in his stance when playing, and with the heft and angularity of the music - but Wallace is far more raw and gutsy, an almost completely overlooked genius who in the early 1980's forged a new jazz language that was never picked up by others - to jazz's great loss. His album 'The Free Will' is a true masterpiece. And try this live performance ruclips.net/video/spOriCvEUxU/видео.html. Not to take anything away from Ben Wenel's really extraordinary work here !!
Wooooow? Great. Awesome. Amazing. Please! Whats is your mouthpiece? omG? I'm subscribed to your channel. Virtuoso Saxophonist. Bravo! My sincere respect and admiration. You look like Michael Brecker. Bravo! Greetings from BRZ.🇧🇷 Santos City. Success!
@@misaelfreitassax No, he's playing an Otto Link Reso Chamber and moved from a 7 version to a 7* version. They are refaced for him and to his specs - so you won't find his exact piece anywhere but a Reso / Otto Link brings you closer.
Whats new about circular breathing....its an age old technique...Ive been able to perform this for a long time? Check out George Coleman, he uses it to enhance melodic ideas!
Eric Harland is probably one of the most fluid drummers of today.. incredible
Fascinating to hear a whole band groove in quintuplets - it sounds so natural. What a sax player Ben is - inspirational.
u-ni-ver-si-ty, u-ni-ver-si-ty lol
Already 6 years since this video came out and now we can tell how influencial il was on the next gen. It really feels like modern jazz drumming was deeply impacted on this day… On this day, Eric Harland changed the game forever, once again… What a Master he is…
Am I the only one who still listens to this regular basis!?
nope, still here for the still play
Nope
Eric Harland is a monster. Period. (the whole team and tune are amazing too)
I get back to this one again and again. My god, what a recording. 2:55 actually feels like when the beat drops in electronic music ... holy cow, what a groove
Ben Wendel's playing is so melodic and unique! Absolutely love this!
Unbelievable. Listen to this often months ago and now again. Unbelievable how this is achievable, this complexity, joy, energy and concentration, truely a masterpiece of master musicians.
*mind blown also....is he circular breathing during the melody? didn't hear a spot in that phrase where he would have taken a breath
Yes he is circular breathing
Yes, he is pretty proficient in circular breathing. I think he had a condition which actually made it necessary for him to play through circular breathing at one point. I was never blown away by his music the first time I heard him, but the last 1-2 years he consistently blows my mind.
Yep if you use circular breathing you can not have a break in your phrasing and STILL PLAY.
Yep he had a collapsed lung and learned circular breathing as a result to cope. Now he's turned what could be a career ending condition into a technical advantage!
@@wastedninjadude HAHA!!!
Still gives me chills
Eric Harland's inspiration seems to be endless...
So now I finally created a channel just to share my excitement about this performance with you. I love reading how a few other people are equally overwhelmed. For me, this is a perfect example for everything, that makes a good performance. Awesome timing, ideas, communication, feeling, development...just everything. There is nothing that I don't like . I love how lament-like the beginning is and how this motif is raised/lifted/elevated and becomes so powerful at 2:18 . Rather simple comping, simple drums and such a powerfull baseline. At 3:04 then Taylor varies the rhythm and a little later Ben picks it up and responds to it. Eric seems to love it, too. Then the solos show such thrilling development like the motivic and rhythmic development from 6:06 to 6:11 . After that Taylor plays pretty independent rhythms in both hands, which sounds incredibly intense. Finally he prepares the climax of the solo and ends it with a huge firework. Ben then plays of course equally good. My favourite part is where all prepare the climax at about 10:59 and then hit it at 11:16 , WOW. For me the bass player plays the most important role here. The bass line is what actually gives me goosebumps everytime I listen to it. So simple but sooo intense.
It seems like for the performers it was also one of the more satisfying gigs. They look like they really dive into the music. Just wanted to share my thouhts. To me this seems like a thing that should be taught or shown at music school, but what do I know? Just a perfect example for a exquisite professional live performance. Sorry for weird english.
Hey Furzgesicht (am German but please don't take your own name as an insult, lol) ... I am totally with you. I came back to this for the X's time. I'm a huge Ben Wendel fan but this to me (independent of Ben) is a perfect, full artistic masterpiece. It has it all and it's something I'd take on an island if needed to pick a single recording of anything.
It has all "in the moment" stuff any jazz fan could long for in one 17:00 minute take ...
You said it.
Keep imagining vibraphones in the mix !!! This is awesome.. Keep em videos coming !!
Yeah, like Dave Holland Quintet.
amazing.... taylor is crazy... harland is so crazy....
You can tell the pianist was having a blast!
Wow love this! Especially how Eric plays with the time
i discover your work and I love. thanks for that. I am fan of your sond. Can I know the reference of your mouthpiece ? thanks a lot
Great music to listen to, and wonderful ensemble playing ... thanks for sharing!
Favorito video on RUclips, no doubt
Unbelievable! Superb! Great band,great sound! Thank you all 4!
4 musical monsters amazing
such a great tone
holy heck this is stellar. thank you so much
I really enjoy when artists revisit tunes over the years. It gives perspective on the composition itself, but also on how band dynamics affect improvisational choices. I have a couple versions in my library (from the albums "The Line" and "Small Constructions"). Would anyone know if there are others floating around? Thanks!
great engineering, Alex
DirtyBlvdSax another Chaloff masterpiece
this is realy soulbuilding. thank u so much
AMAZING!!!! Man, love what you're doing!! Such great playing guys!!👏👏👏
Fantastic 4 !
O My God !!! Much Love from Indonesia
I wish this was the version we got on the record.
The lick is at 1:28
That circular breathing is unbelievable, great tune.
The whole tune is subdivided in 5, it seems. Like 4/4, but every beat has 5 subdivisions, so technically it's 20/16. Crazy. Reminds me of Balkan music.
Now that I think about it, writing it in 4/4 would be more of an eyesore than 20/16 since you’d have to constantly add 5s above the beams to show the quintuplet subdivisions.
Him and Redman have such crazy good tone. And others of course... but god his is beautiful.
And instantly recognisable.
The first note alone ... only the one long note is already incredibly beautiful sounding and resonant :)
2:03 is Eric Harland surprised by the tempo that is called for the tune? :D
I think he was surprised at the circular breathing
@@JackBeatenhead1337 Nah, he wouldn't be. Eric Harland plays with heaps of saxophonists who have amazing circular breathing technique like Chris Potter and Mark Turner.
Love the sound😅
Just Amazing !!!
Mind blowing piano, sax 'duet'.
utterly fantastic!!!
Sick ..next level!
Ben's short paragraph of circular breathing is a welcomed departure from a one-note sustaining feat.
James Carter has a knack for doing wonders during his circular-breathing showmanship.
Great tonal quality...
This is fucking amazing
wow mind blown!!
Outrageous pushing the envelope
fantastic
This band kinda reminds of what Shorters Quartet. Sounds great!
this play sounds like ornette or his harmolodics.
bottom of two are cool n piano nice supports.
sax is waving n twisting
Does anybody know where I can buy this rhythm section? Amazon? Ebay?
If you get the instruments they magically pop into existence in your room.
Oh maaan that was good
that be taylor earning some extra cookie points from me for that solo there. also eric. but then again, ok, fine, it's all of them. it's just so much excellence in this one video.
Damn Ben!!
This is some of the hippest shit I’ve heard in years.
17 minutes of pure shred
ドラムのイケオジさんの汗を拭きたくなる😂
Just sensational
So damn good!
🖤
Holi shit, awesome!
absolutely savage
amazing!
Yeah!
Would someone give me a link to some familiar standard tune that Ben plays. Everything I've found is unfamiliar to me an oldtimer. Thanks for any info.
incredible
Sick!
Will there be an album recording of this gig available to purchase?
I'd love that.
Yeaaaaaaaaa
soul food sounds!
Man, I don't care for sax in any music except Jazz, and holy $#!t if it isn't the most exquisite voice! What a band, choon!
I like the pianist
wow!
Super
Anyone else hear "a thousand miles " @5:15?
good catch. Eigsti has a knack for those quick references
ha! it's so subtle that i wonder if it was a conscious decision. either way, to paraphrase jonah hill, "his references are the sickest."
This is fabulous! As always with something new and original, I made connections with stuff that I was familiar with, and it was Bennie Wallace who came to mind, both in his stance when playing, and with the heft and angularity of the music - but Wallace is far more raw and gutsy, an almost completely overlooked genius who in the early 1980's forged a new jazz language that was never picked up by others - to jazz's great loss. His album 'The Free Will' is a true masterpiece. And try this live performance ruclips.net/video/spOriCvEUxU/видео.html.
Not to take anything away from Ben Wenel's really extraordinary work here !!
Taylor Eigsti should be a household name. That solo was bitchin'.
He performed his first concert when he was 8 and became a faculty member of the Stanford Jazz Workshop when he was 15.
is that Gary Smulyan in the audience at 47 secs in?
nice
Someday I'll fully transcribe the head
It shouldn't be too hard. Luckily the bass is super clear, that's usually my main problem when I'm transcribing.
Love it :)
🔥
Is this based on quintuplets or?
Yes!
Wooooow? Great. Awesome. Amazing. Please! Whats is your mouthpiece? omG? I'm subscribed to your channel. Virtuoso Saxophonist. Bravo! My sincere respect and admiration. You look like Michael Brecker. Bravo! Greetings from BRZ.🇧🇷 Santos City. Success!
is it just a fast 5 or does the meter have more going on than that? brilliant stuff.
What a monsters...
Doom fan :)
this 2 over 5 sounds amazing
crack boum Boum tschak Tschak
:)
Aha Eric's face at 0:44
Les Esprits de John Coltrane et de Elvin Jones sont fortement vivants a la maison; n'est pas?
Hi Wendel, I'm Brazilian and I would love to know what is your mouthpiece in the tenor sax?
Misael Freitas The mouthpiece he is playing is the d’addario select jazz. I couldn’t tell you the tip opening but most likely a 7
@@votaveri thank you very much. you helped a lot!
@@misaelfreitassax No, he's playing an Otto Link Reso Chamber and moved from a 7 version to a 7* version. They are refaced for him and to his specs - so you won't find his exact piece anywhere but a Reso / Otto Link brings you closer.
Cero swing
The melody reminds me to the jazz version of this: ruclips.net/video/F8Op7TPCotg/видео.html
2:01
2:18
2:54
3:00
3:04
3:08
why?
Ooh aren’t they clever.
what??
I don't want to see that music sheet at all. Nope. Not me. Thanks
Whats new about circular breathing....its an age old technique...Ive been able to perform this for a long time? Check out George Coleman, he uses it to enhance melodic ideas!
sure beats The Smile.
Not Jaco. This time.
than moonshaped pool.
clinical, clean, precise, moved emotionally...........uuummm NO! chops for days! kinda like a juggler of chain saws, impressive for what?