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Yep, Brian Blade is always such a joy to watch (and hear). ...not taking anything away from the others... But every time Brian sits behind the kit, you get the feeling that it's the absolute best day of his life. Like a kid knowing that his momma's gonna bring home his favorite ice cream on a hot Memphis day, and he can't hold back his excitement and joy. :)

brian blade's gentle drums make me feel loved

0:50 - *Joshua Redman: Long Gone* (12:34) 13:11 - *Brad Mehldau: Father* (22:06) 22:34 - *Joshua Redman: Undertow* (34:06) 34:31 - *Joshua Redman: Ship to Shore* (44:05) 44:30 - *Joshua Redman: Right Back Round Again* (56:48)

@roeeshteingart1257

3 жыл бұрын

thanks, comments like these are what keeps society going.

@nicklh186

3 жыл бұрын

'Preciate it!

@carlosdelritmo7505

3 жыл бұрын

thanks bud!

@PieInTheSky9

3 жыл бұрын

Gods come in all shapes and sizes

@micahchiku9327

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

To paraphrase that guy in the front row: "YESSSS."

Brian Blade is so subtle and sensible with his playing.. it's like hearing the love child of DeJohnette and Elvin Jones

@yellfire

3 жыл бұрын

I found out recently that hes only 50 yrs old ! It was his birthday a couple of days ago. I was shocked bc he played with so many jazz and pop legends I wrongly assumed he was from an older generation.

@wiltoulouse

3 жыл бұрын

nicely said

@vKarl71

3 жыл бұрын

Blade is a great musician. He reminds me in a lot of ways of the great Billy Higgins - versatile, precise, self-effacing, enjoying the music immensely, & totally swinging.

@marvinkmooneyoz

3 жыл бұрын

I dont always prefer his way of complementing other musicians, but he seems to possibly be the number one guy for feeling as much all the time of the most number of different modern jazz players. Not sure how his overall musicianship is, dont know of his non-jazz work. The two you named are up there, but Brian is even looser sometimes then DeJohn, but I like that stuff. With Chick, though, I'd like if Blade was a BIT more like Weckl/Vinnie/Novak. With Wayne I loved the whole Rhythm section, but Wayne was so sparse I couldnt decide if I just wanted Wayne playing more, or for the band to just bend further, really accomadate his minimalism. Christian is in same ways similar to Blade, very in demand for bands that are gonna stretch, but McBride could learn to be freer like Miroslav. They supposedly got Herbie to promise to do a trio album with them at some point, if it happens it'll be great I know it.

i need "yes" guy to go to every jazz concert i love his vibe

@HomoChomsky

3 жыл бұрын

The only good kind of yes man.

@amorfati9861

3 жыл бұрын

He's the reincarnation of Dean Moriarty ! And don't you know that God is pooh bear ... :-)

@deacon8754

3 жыл бұрын

That’s going to be me when concerts return.

@wolfgangfricke8555

3 жыл бұрын

just record it and play it over and over...

@joshuaberge956

3 жыл бұрын

HAHA

The hot sauce question has been answered! Brad's friend makes it and gave him a bottle right before the show and he didn't know where to put it so he just put it on the piano.

@michaelpowell7120

3 жыл бұрын

Hillary?

@pabloarruda

3 жыл бұрын

should have put in on the floor...! never put bottles /liquids on top of pianos, duuuude!!!

@michaelpowell7120

3 жыл бұрын

@@pabloarruda ya need alka seltzer

@RHCPfreak98

3 жыл бұрын

@@pabloarruda cuz thats how great he is

@bryanalfonso5700

3 жыл бұрын

As I said below, thank goodness. Now I can focus on the music! It is tough living with OCD :).

I still feel new to jazz, only started listening to it a few years ago...but this was captivating...couldn't stop listening to it...amazing drumming!! I usually get put off by the hardcore jazz but this was quite dreamy in a way...very easy to get lost in thought to...

We need a Tiny Desk Concert with these guys!

@mistadomino

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes!

@marierodrigues7951

3 жыл бұрын

Yasssss!

@andreaeoliver

3 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome!!!

@baltimoreredbeard8100

3 жыл бұрын

We have to enjoy this session for the gift that it is. NPR would be too short anyway lol.

@easysinmusic216

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't this similar to a tiny desk performance?

All these dudes are giants, yet they all seem very humble when they speak. Loads of respect for this band!

How TF does this have less than a million views in two years? These guys are MASTERS.

I love this show so much, especially Brian Blade. He plays things that just sound outright DANGEROUS to me and I love every second of it. If tension and release were a person, it would be this outfit.

@pieterhogendoorn7818

7 ай бұрын

One of my favorite drummers!

Saw this lineup a few years ago, just phenomenal. I had the extreme luck and pleasure to play and hang out with Josh for a week back in 1986 as a member of the high school all-star band at the Monterey Jazz Festival. He was an incredible musician even at 17, I was so far out of my league in that band. Only reason I was there is I seemed to be able to play really high and loud on the trumpet so they stuck me in the lead trumpet role. At any rate, Josh is a mensch and this group is the best thing going in jazz.

Thanks goodness Joshua became a musician and not a doctor. You know how many lives this man has saved with music alone?!?!? lol...awesome set!

@dumbandbaseproductions3350

3 жыл бұрын

He's taken a few lives along the way I'm sure. Can't play jazz the way he does without a bit of collateral damage

@jonathanvickers3881

3 жыл бұрын

He's saved mine.

@LioBiondelli

3 жыл бұрын

He had already been accepted by Yale Law School, not a medical school

@oliverhantu910

3 жыл бұрын

@@dumbandbaseproductions3350 In your experience, what does that look like?

@Yetipfote

3 жыл бұрын

@@dumbandbaseproductions3350 don't forget his Jazz Crimes O.o

How have I not seen this??!!!!!! Kings!

Right on time NPR! HEAVEN MUST BE LIKE THIS!

I love those dudes saying "hmm" and "yeahh" during the solo sooooo much. It adds so much enthusiasm and liveliness from the audience. It makes it feel like the awesome playing is being rewarded even more

@briandhaem4225

3 жыл бұрын

:::can’t tell if ironic or not:::

@danielhooglandt1620

3 жыл бұрын

@@briandhaem4225 def not ironic

@juanbageneta9709

3 жыл бұрын

Es Brian Blade disfrutándolo plenamente!

@harrisonbrand8985

3 жыл бұрын

@@briandhaem4225 same... a lot of the time its jazz bros trying to show that they know what's going on, sometimes it's really genuine enthusiasm. i just think it gets in the way sometimes but depends on the setting. maybe i'm too burnt out on jam session culture

all great players keeping jazz alive mehldau amazing piano player brian blade most musical drummer ever up there with the greats joshua redman with his amazing melodic ideas mcbride the bass solos were really good its been a while since i really enjoyed a bass solo every thing i listen from these guys are amazing thanks you guys

Such a timely post! Looking forward to being able to enjoy good jazz in smaller venues like this again. Really have missed it.

@frenchweewee4444

3 жыл бұрын

SAME HERE!

@plumbawl5977

3 жыл бұрын

@@frenchweewee4444 & Daryl Harvey Absolutely enjoy jazz in smaller venues and the feeling one gets grooving along

Lots of fabulous players, but I think best bass player I've ever heard!

@llinkenhoker

3 жыл бұрын

Christian McBride is amazing. Check out his "New Jawn" album for a great intro.

brad's intro to undertow is otherworldly

Merci, à la radio publique étasunienne, pour moment de grasse.

Mind blowing! Mind expanding! These are the MASTERS of this generation. Beautiful. Amazing...

This is great. Redman is on another planet. The creativity and humility- as if you can watch the ideas come into his mind and be translated through the horn, the way he uses register- everything. What an assembly of talent!

Once you reach the highest level of control on your instrument, it's not about whose better than who. It's who you as an individual prefer. There's no use arguing about personal preference people. If someone thinks this quartet is good as the Coltrane quartet that's absolutely fine. That's the way they see it

Four of the best

Needa cup of whiskey, right now!!!

I made the food for this event 😋 awesome show!

Fantastic musicians, incredible musicality, amazing compositions, thank you for being to all of you !

"Moe Honk", track 2 off the new album... so much heat! Midas touch all round 🙂

Phew! That was great. Last concert I went to before lockdown was Brad's Trio at the Barbican in London. Next concert I want to see is these guys!!

@njits789

3 жыл бұрын

What do you guys think of his solo work?

Always love this line up!!

Since 2000, Jazz has been turning in orbit around Brian Blade !

Downloaded the new album a few weeks ago. Great recording! Listen to it daily and never gets old.

This is most definitely IT!!!

When you get these heavyweights on one stage you know youll get blown away!!!

These four together on one stage. Great night!

What a way to start the day... wonderful.

This is so beautiful! Powerful example of people bond by something much higher than all of us, which I think beside their own mastery and constant work on music allows them to still be SO FRESH!

That piano sounds like it's got a little hot sauce on it

Uno de los cuartetos más extraordinario de todos los tiempos. 👏👏👏👏👏

Wow...four star!

Jazz is in good hands with musicians like these. A wonderful upload-thank you!

There is a reason why they are the super dream team in the jazz world. Their technique and skills are of course well-known, but that's not all. Although they each have very different personalities, tendencies, and philosophies, they are open people who communicate closely through music by combining only each other's strengths. In short, McBride's personality and musical tendencies seems to be very different from Brad's. However, artistic coordination of these 'differences' is ultimately the key to 'newness'. This dream team shows it so well. One of the ethos of jazz is to continually embrace differences and to pioneer new things through them.

Bringing back the heat, casually.

This is so perfect! Awesome concert! Awesome musicians! Blade and Redman are so f***ing intense and sensible at same time...

sax love and spectacular jazz rhythm

Absolutely amazing!!

INCREDIBLE SYNERGY!!!!!!!!!

BEST, BEST, BEST! Beautiful quartet!

Thanks NPR...& Nonesuch...for creating and posting this! I was one of the lucky few to be at this show (& for their show the previous night) to watch this amazing quartet! In fact, I was sitting right next to the incredible Brian Blade for this show...totally mesmerizing watching him play that close up! Bravo!

Hey Fellas! Sounds great!

nice to hear them again. and a set of originals, all great tunes. jazz is still alive and cooking in 2020. looking forward to the interview next.

First tune remembers me "Beatrice" by Sam RIvers in some way! Amazing band and music!

@brianseyler5403

3 жыл бұрын

I was hearing that as well

@nicktardifbass7

2 жыл бұрын

That was my very first thought!

absolutely wonderful

I stop surfing for McBride and Blade....yea man!

so so excellent!!!!

🥰🥰🥰GREAT MUSIC, GREAT MOOD, GREAT DAY!!!

Brad being putting that sauce on the keys, that's how he gets that sound

Great compositions!!Fantastic band!!

YES!!

Happy belated birthday Brian!

Both Brad and Brian have such unconventional technique and posture, characteristics that might result in a lot of criticism if they weren't such legendary and valuable parts of the scene. We're very lucky they can still do it like they do and haven't injured themselves. It's part of what makes them so exceptional.

I truly believe that this quartet is right up there with the John Coltrane Quartet.

@blakefisheriii

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, incredible to watch them play off of each other!

@steverickenbacher7110

3 жыл бұрын

They're great, but hyperbole is not your friend :) Music fans always do this on the 'net. I know a guy who has no less than 150 top 5's.

@steverickenbacher7110

3 жыл бұрын

@@taky2686 Maybe, but this is just another way that fans have of building musicians up just to knock them down. There's no way these guys should have to live up to a comparison like that. They're good in their own way. Who cares who they're as good as or better than? I'm guessing Redman and company would be embarrassed to be compared to Coltrane in that way.

@jackxavier3915

3 жыл бұрын

Yo Dylan it’s jack what up man 💯🅱️

@honeybozo

3 жыл бұрын

Truly is what got me, and yes technically these guys could play Coltrane backwards so yes If you heard both quarters live I truly stand corrected. I would say: Apples 🍎 and oranges 🍊 , my friend. Truly these cats are still alive and basically just getting to know each other and it’s fascinating to see where they can take this; already there’s a huge difference how they are getting in tune with each other at the second number, but truly just your mentioning John (who died more than 5 decades ago) shows how huge his impact still is.

Argh-- was living just upstate of Marlboro in stone Ridge just until last Thanksgiving, but I seem to have been down in the city just in time to miss this...

Thank U Gentlemen !

Amazing! Thanks!!!

here in brazil, hide from covid, just in love with this guys! moody swing and roundagain rules!!

A tasty dish of wonderful ideas! Boy I needed this tonight..thanks for posting.

Great to listen to something so good wow

Great Show, thank you so much!

Clap, clap, clap!

Crazy amazing!

just had to listen all the way through, couldn't turn it off

This band is nothing but… AWESOME.

so interesting to see how freely Brian plays..he doesn't stick (no pun intended) to just playing the swing pattern on the ride, even when the bass is walking

wow, this is amazing man thanks for the post.

WONDERFULL !

yay!!!

Thank you! Awesome video.

Demasiado fino!!

Wow great thanks!!

Joshua on Undertow - both the melodic unison playing with Brad, and also the soloing - my jaw was on the floor. I'm a pianist, so maybe I just don't know, but I have no idea how a man can play a horn like that!

@msticdrumr

7 ай бұрын

Was Joshua "Cycle Breathing" on those extended runs? WHEW!!!!!

Brian exudes love

Os caras são monstros ! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Sublime line up of jazz aficiondos. Thank you for the music, . Peace and love sent from the other side of the globe, UK. Purplelinacoffeangel.

@TheOhmyrod

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I hope this is a misunderstanding. Are you calling THEM aficionados?

Beautiful and wonderful😍☺

Tremendous!!!!

Pure magic! That ending phrase (19:17) of Joshua Redman's solo on "Father" is insane.

More of this please!

Great lineup! 🎷

@dylandecker_music

3 жыл бұрын

One of the best quartets of all time.

One word 💫❤️ Exceptional

OK OK here me out: Lightning Bolt Tiny Desk

@alecreyes6202

3 жыл бұрын

That would be amazing

@PentameronSV

3 жыл бұрын

Lightning Bolt Thunder Desk

@marcscordato4385

3 жыл бұрын

It’s great to see the next generation of Jazz greats . For me Jazz was acquired taste I didn’t get it as a child . I discovered fusion at the age of 15 and got into full blown jazz at around 18. It’s an American treasure

@FrantzesElzaurdia

3 жыл бұрын

@@marcscordato4385 i got into jazz when I was 14, and I'm 17 now, and jazz is looking good. I'm glad there are still people who value it as much as I've learned to, and I'm getting to know the jazz scene here in Madrid, Spain, with some wonderful musicians.

@jaxschott

3 жыл бұрын

Imagining an acoustic bass & cajon version of assassins rn

Oh My Gosh! Great!!! Siete Eccezionali!! In This sad Time You Give Happiness to Me!! Thanx 4 your Music!! :)

the 'yeah' dude!

Súper❤️❤️❤️❤️

WOW

Jazz Allstars

Sensacional!!!!