Musician/Producer Reacts to "Audio 161" by Stepanov Brothers Guzov

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  • Musician/Producer Reacts to "Audio 161" by Stepanov Brothers Guzov
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  • @davidlees9096
    @davidlees9096 Před 2 lety +5

    Keyboard and drum's at the same time WOW

  • @BrendanPramjee
    @BrendanPramjee Před měsícem +1

    GENIUS ❤. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE......

  • @TheSeeking2know
    @TheSeeking2know Před 2 lety +15

    Wow! I'm here just shaking my head at the talent on these guys. Virtually every one is a multi instrumentalist! And not shallow on any of them, playing with time and dynamics and... Just wow!

  • @AssetInvesting
    @AssetInvesting Před 2 lety +8

    Never in my musical life did I think it was possible to play a cello . . . . 'LIKE THAT!!!'

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety +3

      You and me both! Freakin dude was on point! He made me love the instrument even more! 👏🥰

    • @fiddlestix3025
      @fiddlestix3025 Před 2 lety +1

      @@StrateleStudios yes, cello’s The Best! 😅👍

  • @ejsanch
    @ejsanch Před rokem +5

    Valeriy is easily one of, if not THE BEST improv keyboardist on the planet at this time.
    Plus he can play drums, bass, guitar, and sing. Then he edits all his own videos and masters all his recordings.
    There has never been anyone like him. Period.

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před rokem +1

      Totally agree!!!!!

    • @user-ei3hv5sp4e
      @user-ei3hv5sp4e Před 2 měsíci +1

      Absolutely!!! Я часто хожу на его концерты в клуб Алексея Козлова в Москве

  • @matto9734
    @matto9734 Před 2 lety +6

    I am really out of words.... the combination of these instruments, musical styles + the tasteful use of incredible skills - guess I found a new obsession!
    Thanks Jeff for that!

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety +2

      So happy I found this Matt! At first I was a little confused to see Valeriy on the drums but as soon as they started I went for the wonderful ride!

    • @matto9734
      @matto9734 Před 2 lety +2

      @@StrateleStudios Side note: Just read a little about where he is from and it says Russia.
      I am so greatful to hear from this side of Russia in these brutal times over here in Europe... you can´t imagine how the war against Ukraine is changing everything over here, so scary and polarizing! And it shows again that - political wise - the past 16 years under Merkel had been a catastrophe with the "apeasement" policy -> oil+gas+coal from Putin and ignoring what he was/is doing in Syria, Georgia, Tshetshnia and now Ukraine... horrible!!!

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety +2

      @@matto9734 I can’t imagine what it must be like over there! All I can say is I hope things get better very soon! ❤️‍🩹

    • @lisedonsgrnning6518
      @lisedonsgrnning6518 Před 2 lety

      Re. Side note:
      Julian Lennon - for the 1. time now singing his fathers
      “Imagine”:
      czcams.com/video/NicWjYMPDG0/video.html
      and now his own
      “Every Little Moment”:
      czcams.com/video/Q1Bp3zl5dhU/video.html
      ❤️‍🩹🌍🌏🌎🕊🕯💜🙏🏼

  • @peterkoeppl1186
    @peterkoeppl1186 Před 2 lety +7

    Liked the cello sound in this one. This is one unusually composed song...yet incredibly satisfying and technically phenomenal. WOW!

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety +2

      Ya me too! That guy is absolutely amazing on the cello!

    • @peterkoeppl1186
      @peterkoeppl1186 Před 2 lety +2

      @@StrateleStudios Funny coincidence. Yo Yo Ma had an ad talking about his online Master Class as the lead in to "Audio 161" I'm sure Yo Yo would be impressed!!!!

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety

      @@peterkoeppl1186 oh wow hahaha

  • @annieglaser9803
    @annieglaser9803 Před 2 lety +4

    Wonderful, inventive, playful cocreating trio..no limits! A knockout performance. Makes u humble, Jeff! Thanx

  • @dorenvoeth1107
    @dorenvoeth1107 Před 2 lety +11

    I have about 90 Valeriy recordings about 30 of which are in Russian for the local audience and generally are more pop oriented. Been following him for about 5 years. The cellist is GUZOV and I'm pretty sure, like a lot of his Russian bandmates, was in school with him at Moscow Central Music. GUZOV plays back-up keyboard on his latest live album. Look for the Herbie Hancock cover of Butterfly about 7 years since w/ 14 y/o Albert on bass at the end and Albert also doing 4-tracks on violin.
    Valeriy does all his live albums in one-take but you'll hear 3 to 5 pre-recorded tracks in the background of keyboard bass (if no live bassist) keyboards, etc., If you look at his album "New Beginnings" there's a nice track w/ Marion Meadows.
    His main drummer and bestie is pronounced AR-KA-DEE KOR-NOV from St. Petersburg and now has been partnering with him on the most recent tracks.
    Martin Miller who you heard on Earthquake and Flight is in Germany, has his own rock cover band, on an interview I heard him say that he was focusing on rock as there was no money in jazz (in spite of his obvious jazz chops). When you see him on a Blue guitar, that is his signature Ibanez he did with the factory about 3 or 4 years ago. Do a search for him and you'll fine that.
    If you get a camera translating app for your phone you can look at the credits on the Russian tracks and see what's going on. Been very helpful to me.
    There's lots more to say about the side-men/soloists he picks from around the world to do remotes. but no room here.
    One thing for sure with Valeriy Stepanov......he never phones it in. He hears every layer before he starts laying tracks.
    He produces albums for his friends and Russian pop artists. But most of that is not on-line.
    I tell my friends: "the keyboards are his bitches". You should hear some of his classical material.
    I'm ex-Berklee, former teacher, manage my parents' catalog.

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety +3

      Awesome comment! Thank you so much for this info I really appreciate it. I’ve been messaging with Arkadiy (thanks for the pronunciation) and he’s a great guy and a fan of my Valeriy reactions. These guys are so damn good and it’s so exciting to know this music is alive and we get to hear more from all of them!

  • @ThumperKJFK
    @ThumperKJFK Před 2 lety +8

    Holy Wow. The first two. I was taken to Minnie Riperton sound, then Noel Pointer and his club sounds back in the day. This band is over the top. Close your eye's and you think much more are in that band. They are tight, and have chops. Thanks this was great. 👍👍

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety +3

      Yeaaaaaa man! I see stuff like this and I wish I was up on stage with them. 😢

  • @fiddlestix3025
    @fiddlestix3025 Před 2 lety +7

    Just great!! I love that jazz-rock flavor they’ve got going a lot of the time, -they’re just tearing it up!
    Incredible musicianship from all these three guys, and so locked in together!
    And that cello sounds soo good and brings so much to the overall sound of this track, I find.
    Vsevolod, the cellist, is a childhood friend of Valeriy, and like so many outstanding Russian musicians, has been highly trained from an early age on, won many competitions etc. He’s a top classical player, and I love that he does this genre crossing into other styles, -probably a similar story to Valeriy and his brother, and so many other great players…
    Thanks for featuring that track, Jeff, that was fire 🔥

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety +2

      That much talent on one stage is mind blowing! These guys are absolutely amazing! Thank you!

  • @Tassilago
    @Tassilago Před 2 lety +4

    This is friggin AMAZING! Beautiful, so skillful and just... jaw dropping. Thank you, Jeff, for introducing this to me :)
    >--- Have a nice evening ---

  • @garywheeler561
    @garywheeler561 Před 9 měsíci +2

    You gotta watch Valeriy's version of Butterfly! You won't be disappointed!

  • @pleka6569
    @pleka6569 Před 2 lety +6

    EXCELLENT MUSIC Valeriy was not born on this planet, but beamed down by aliens almost above human skills, Wow those other musicians were crazy talented too 👍🏽

  • @sab4336
    @sab4336 Před 2 lety +4

    Just great fun. Love it

  • @alexdrummer2175
    @alexdrummer2175 Před 2 lety +6

    Sometimes the talent distribution is just not fair! Lol. Like Gary Husband who played drums with level 42 and plays keyboards for John McLaughlin!

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety +1

      Hahaha right. I saw Gary with Alan Holdsworth and he played drums most of the gig then got up to play piano and my jaw hit the floor!

    • @alexdrummer2175
      @alexdrummer2175 Před 2 lety +1

      @@StrateleStudios RIP Alan Holdsworth. Truly an innovator and a huge influence on Eddie VanHalen and many others!

  • @robertvaldez728
    @robertvaldez728 Před měsícem

    This is absolutely a level from another world, INCREDIBLE! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @katherandefy
    @katherandefy Před rokem +2

    I am definitely sticking with you, Stratele. Stellar taste in music.

  • @wolfgangfahr5419
    @wolfgangfahr5419 Před rokem +2

    More than enough, perfektionism pure.

  • @xavieraragundirodriguez7752

    Mis respetos a estos músicos

  • @Alexander-savoshenko
    @Alexander-savoshenko Před 2 lety +2

    FANTASTIC!!!

  • @petraljungberg
    @petraljungberg Před 2 lety +4

    Cool composition, like the different parts/styles, and also great with the not so common mix of instruments 🙂

  • @vadimlopatko6516
    @vadimlopatko6516 Před 2 lety +2

    Ребята, я в шоке. Это бомба! Такого ещё ни у кого не слышал. До "мурашек"!

  • @ralphmunn1685
    @ralphmunn1685 Před 2 lety +5

    My housemate, almost exactly my age, listens to the same four albums from his youth EVERY DAY, and says life is boring.
    And then, Jeff, there's this stuff.
    THANK YOU.

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety +1

      Right!!! It’s out there if you look for it! 👏👏👏

  • @headsails
    @headsails Před rokem +2

    Very nice indeed! New fan here.

  • @montreauxs
    @montreauxs Před 2 lety +4

    Reminds me of Jean Luc Ponty..

  • @AssetInvesting
    @AssetInvesting Před 2 lety +2

    I CAN'T TAKE IT!!!!! V. A. L E. R. I. Y !!!!

  • @brianmi40
    @brianmi40 Před 2 lety +2

    it's like Piano Guys sit in with Snarky Puppy!

  • @dorenvoeth1107
    @dorenvoeth1107 Před 2 lety +4

    Part 2 - Oh, and look for the live Chick Corea Moscow performance live where he invites Valeriy on stage to do a duet. It was recorded from the audience so there are a few really bad copies. Look for the one shot from behind them on the piano. Runs about 4:10.

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety +1

      Oh yes I did see that video! Two greats on stage together!

  • @brianmi40
    @brianmi40 Před 2 lety +2

    Valeriy is taking hand independence to a new level here!

  • @jeffsouza4213
    @jeffsouza4213 Před 2 lety +2

    Really cool and entertaining!

  • @sampowellmusic
    @sampowellmusic Před rokem +2

    great video!

  • @AssetInvesting
    @AssetInvesting Před 2 lety +3

    Nobody told Valeriy he couldn't play keyboard and a kit AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!!

  • @DTmaster
    @DTmaster Před rokem +2

    it's really cool you choose Valery's for the channel, when I came back in 2015 from America to the Netherlands I saw his name but I thought it was something completely different, so when the concert was over, it felt like a missed opportunity... one of my regrets till this day since i became a fan afterwards
    PS: he also did a song with his father with his best synth solo ever!!! link down below, love to see a reaction video about this one
    czcams.com/video/DDQtIOsCkWE/video.html

  • @user-sj8bo1tf9y
    @user-sj8bo1tf9y Před 2 lety +2

    Oh yeah

  • @tauadias8708
    @tauadias8708 Před 2 lety +5

    O cara tocando bateria e teclado tem mais coordenação que eu fazendo uma só coisa kkkkkkkkkkk. Reage a George Duke Trio - It's On Jeff!!.

  • @Nancyshank
    @Nancyshank Před 2 lety +5

    Incredible. He’s not satisfied with playing only one instrument at a time.

  • @user-io4zn5kw7p
    @user-io4zn5kw7p Před 2 lety +1

    Полиритмично,полифонично,все играют легко и просто вкусно.

  • @xavieraragundirodriguez7752

    👋

  • @AssetInvesting
    @AssetInvesting Před 2 lety +1

    Uh YoYo Ma who?

  • @montreauxs
    @montreauxs Před 2 lety +2

    Have you seen Yvette Young and Covet, yet? -> czcams.com/video/FTxSXUzc96A/video.html

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety +1

      Added to my list!

    • @montreauxs
      @montreauxs Před 2 lety +1

      @@StrateleStudios Note:The Drummer is always happy.Just lucky, I guess!!

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety

      @@montreauxs I saw that hahahahaha!!!

    • @montreauxs
      @montreauxs Před 2 lety +1

      @@StrateleStudios She plays Strings and Piano as well -> czcams.com/video/rQizSeJ1PaU/video.html

    • @StrateleStudios
      @StrateleStudios  Před 2 lety

      @@montreauxs wow! I like it 👏👏👏

  • @ainaboumedienne9260
    @ainaboumedienne9260 Před rokem +1

    🤣😡😱🤯