Bruce Kaphan Quartet recording Birdland

Ooops, planning on a fadeout for the CD version, I forgot to plan an ending for the video! Bruce Kaphan on pedal steel, Jason Lewis on drums, Jeffrey Wash on electric fretless bass and John R. Burr on piano at Fantasy Studios' Studio A, tracking Weather Report's Birdland, by Joe Zawinul. Audio produced and engineered by Mark Needham. Video directed and edited by David Cilberti. A related but different version of this recording is available on the album "Bruce Kaphan Quartet" available at www.brucekaphan.com. amazon.com, cdbaby, and all the usual digital download sources.

[@ChrisJohnsonproducer]

I cannot believe how good this is.... I had the great pleasure of having Bruce play on an album I recently produced. It was two days of sheer bliss listening to him make his magic.

[@Symuality]

Jazz with a pedal steel! Badass!! Definitely going to be looking for more videos from this group.

[@kinseymilkbone]

When I was a little kid, I'd see the Porter Wagoner TV show and was always fascinated with the pedal steel. Cool to see it being used in a somewhat different way.

[@afri-dancer9967]

Smooth, tight, groovy.

[@ecdrm15]

It was good to see you again! I love me some Weather Report.

[@user-su5sq5ib3i]

Excellent all around!!!!!

[@guilhermebutti6631]

Birdland....original WEATHER REPORT...from JOE ZAWINUL

[@rolfklaer2671]

Really superb!

[@triboy46]

Wow, this is just great. Thanks for posting.

[@alexcattaneomusic]

This is incredible. Ridiculously awesome. WOW!

[@sturoc0]

Ever since Slider which made me a fan of Bruce's playing, he never lets up ! The band here is very very tight too !!

[@BernardGlorian]

great playin' !! great song

[@tobiharrisondrums]

Awesome! Learned a lot from this.

[@ale.mascia]

just fantastic! very cool! bravi!

[@onehit2364]

Whowoooooooow

[@nicolasozzi4441]

Bellissima

[@donjose4656]

Excellente prestation !

[@stanleystewart3595]

Nice band love the Direction!

[@rolfklaer2671]

And I do like the ending a lot!

[@pilgrimMj]

I'm here because Bruce Kaphan was mentioned by Jeff Beck in an interview.

[@nicholasshetterly5603]

Completely badass my friend!

[@DaveSale-DKSALE]

Ha this is cool! Of course, pedal steel!

[@zdeneklojkasek1841]

😊👍👍👍👍

[@arseniolupin5531]

Favolosi, BRAVIIIII🎖️🎖️🎖️

[@davidmiller4078]

NICE COVER CHEERS

[@michaelhimbury3820]

I take it y'all have heard the Jerry Douglass cover, bluegrass prog jazz fusion.

[@zdeneklojkasek1841]

👍✅💯

[@scopaz]

Nice.

[@jesperfristam2199]

Skitbra grabbar. Så bra med steelguitar! Basisten är grym!! Ja, jag orkade inte skriva på engelska..... Översätt då om ni är nyfikna!

[@marcw.5492]

Really nice ! Loved it. Had the vinyl of this and never appreciated it until recently, trying to learn all the nuances on bass... do you need a fretless to get the harmonics ?
Jaco and Rocco my faves... how about a version of "what is hip" on Pedal Steel ! omg

[@manuelmiller5411]

The pinch harmonics are hard to get consistently, but you don't need a fretless. You just need to rest your thumb lightly against the string where the 24th or 26th fret is/would be and pluck with your index finger. If you play guitar, the technique is really common, but it's pretty rare on bass.
It might be easier to discover where the harmonic is with your left hand first though, and then place your right hand thumb there after you've found it.

[@macrochronic]

good stuff m8

[@tokai_driver]

I can't believe there' s no brass.

[@bRadicalmagic1]

Drummer dude, least this is Birdland. You NEED to check out a Buddy Rich video.

[@theobaldsjacob]

To be fair he doesnt have to play over a whole big band so he can drum less intense so he doesnt overpower the other players