Backrow Politics: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

[mastrdisaster495]

its songs like these that remind me why i play this and not anything else :) GOD BLESS THE BACK ROW

[hanj31]

it's so funny right after wayne's high note stuff bob starts off low!

[madjukebox9]

5:11-6:14, one big pissing contest ;]

[ExplicitNoonan]

love the reference to rhapsody in blue to during the trades

[ThatOneAshley]

I like it :) Andrew you where rights trumpets are pretty freaking awesome.

[blong052593]

@tremapar when is life ever not like that?

[lightningbolt423]

No one can beat wayne in a range battle. Wayne is a boss.

[overlordspencerman]

Great performance, but you can tell why they are not independent artists, Wayne beyond his obvious technical prowess, is also the most original and that is not saying much.

[JohnnyAKAJacke]

lol.... Rhapsody in Blue quote? O_o

[Waligi2345]

Dan Savant looks like he's going to eat the microphone in his solo o.O

[jonjo12321]

amazing



[deadinsideda9]

haha i love how at 5:45 wayne tells willie to tke it up and wayne jus go completly higher then himXD

[Grillhorn]

last note = killer

[Dbuzz360]

Best song ever. Seeing Wayne in concert soon and doing a trumpet workshop with him. CANT FRIGGING WAIT.

[superstufproductions]

we played this for marching band this year. freshmen this year. and it was miserable XD but we did do a jazz run. and people did get hurt. :)

[benjaminhenke]

i love this song. is my favourite.. it just says like: "haa what do u want? we come and battle you":D

[TheMrlazybumm]

dan looks like hes enjoying it. waynes like "this is too easy"

[FOX814]

watching stuff like this, perticularly Wayne, is so much better after playing with him, there is no experience like it

[Ethomx]

3 of the flute players disliked this.

[ox092]

ah great stuff. Big Phat is one of the best new bands these days.

[ozzymoysey]

John and Edward voted this thumbs down!

[anon1benin2c3]

it's really awesome up till 9:59, then it really sucks

[777ovechkin]

dan holds his trumpet weird. his left hand isn't normal haha. BUt great song and sooo funny

[Kornelius60]

Бля!!!! Я в восторге!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ПЫ.СЫ. А то английский да английский

[blong052593]

This is literally impossible to dislike.

[bejerama]

Haha! Wayne is probably playing with that stupid chromatic tuner on his Iphone. He literally stared at thing for his whole solo to make sure EVERY single note is in tune. lol.

[Benisuber1]

@bejerama LOL that could not be further from the truth. He was getting "FLUTES SUCK!!!" set up so that he could play that while the flutes had their soli.

[AzNBuDdHa4]

haha this makes me laugh, i'm in high school and it's great to see the war continues between brass and woodwinds even as adults!

Saxophones are kick-A by the way

[777ovechkin]

@AzNBuDdHa4 no way, trumpets for the win

[thawrr]

there's no law saing you can't use licks with 16th notes. spice things up for a change wayne n bunch.

[hanj31]

wish I could see what the sax section players expression when they're sitting down!

[hanj31]

payback time for the sax section!

[trumpetguy3039]

@andyman1005 Lol, yeah I've seen it since I made that comment. Probably 5 people have replied to tell me what it says, lol :P

[hanj31]

I love how gordon kinda pisses off the trumpet section by putting in a flute/ piccolo soli for this tune!

[fiskebollah]

If you think this is amazing, look at this:

watch?v=Sy6oqEAcHTE&

This is a youth big band playing this song almost as good as GGBPB does here.

[dellascott2004]

@fiskebollah You're right, they're excellent! A hot band in Norway :-). There's also a youth band in Japan (BFJO) that plays Goodwin brilliantly. Check out :

watch?v=QOnbTgYHywI

[CBR6RR88]

seriously cool, n there soo tight. just awesome.

[leadchops10]

@trumpetguy3039: It was and LCD lit scroll saying flutes suck. haha!

[123B154B321]

Fantastical.

[SuperColbinator]

Wayne is coming to our school to play with us this upcoming high school jazz season!  =D

[andrewOSX]

Why isn't Bob Summers doing the choreography or getting into it like everyone else? He seems like a bore :D

[tinkietatertot7]

Why is everyone slamming the flutes?! I play one and they're not that bad. Sometimes it's difficult to get notes out, but other than that, there's nothing that bad about them.

[Kickerinthehead]

@tinkietatertot7 We don't hate you. We love to hate on you...big difference.

[Rupnath]

At 3:48 Wayne sniffs the plunger!

[robin17171]

hehe bari owns cause he doesn't double on flute

[AlmosFunny]

@robin17171 he doubles bass clarenet :D

[emernater]

i love this video

[lolnostanku]

i laughed SOO hard at the "YEAH!!" at 0:58~0:59!!!!

[RandomPope]

How could anyone NOT like this video? It's AwEsOmE!!!

[robin17171]

@RandomPope it's people who don't listen to real music these days...

[tremapar]

This song is just like "I'm a trumpet player, suck my $%#@"

[emernater]

@tremapar that is the best explanation of this song i have ever heard of

[SJCSmusic]

yehaw!!!

[PioneerChicken1]

Willie sounds like hes having problems with his chops .Wayne is the heavy weight champ and is much more talented and natural a player the Willie.

[trumpetman369]

@PioneerChicken1

Willie can definitely hold his own. I saw him and Bergeron in concert. The dude can flat out play; although I agree he seemed a bit tired. Then again, who wouldn't be? He's still a hell of a lot better than 99% of trumpets out there.

[PioneerChicken1]

Willie sounds like hes having trouble with his chops .Wayne is levles above everyone hear in power and tone.

[entengasse]

4 Trompeten? Warum nicht 5 ?

Also besser währe noch eine Trompete.

[JazzNaySean]

they murdered that shit!!!

[LHSax27]

Very nice Quote at 5:42. Very successful, hahaha

[sharpshooter8208]

What does Wayne's IPhone say?

[freshhh1994]

@sharpshooter8208

flutes suck

[isai659224]

I think it says "Pull Out"

[walliedog64]

I like that! I love you!!!!!

[KingConn3b]

Many Thanks for posting!

[darthrebelpenguin]

The Rhapsody in Blue quote is hands down my favorite part of the whole song. Well, that and the flute soli! lol

[treekid1234]

im pretty sure i just jizzed in my pants.

The most AMAZING performance, like ever.

Id have KILLED to have been there. Love you guys!

[stevebul]

Was Willie in Brian Setzer's Big Band. I have a concert DVD from Japan and he looks like one of the featured trumpet players.

[CTommasini]

Favorite part... 6:30

[Christrumpetable]

Does Willie change his mouthpiece at 4.46 it seems he switches to a lead setup, he plays more upper register after this point. Great performance

[CTommasini]

Yeah he does

[chris24709]

His Last Name Is Epic 0.o

[bndaddy44]

i cant find anymore videos of the Big Phat Band anywhere... are there anymore on youtube that anybody knows of???

[tenorsax10]

Theres a lot more actually haha look up certain songs like hunting wabbits, jazz police, and count bubba. Or you can just try searching "Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band."

[kimi240034]

This song is great!!

Willy is awesome!! we played with him last year for a benefit concert! :)

Woo!! Cal High Jazz!!

[ColtonsVideos]

They were too good at Delta

[amtrakboy789]

Yeah, They were fucking amazing. Loved it

[freshhh1994]

I was there too lol

[xtrememan91]

delta colege!!!!! so awesome!!!!!

[Guano452]

This song was my favorite out of all the songs they played at delta college jazz festival 2009 last night.

[pimpcody123]

i was at the delta college fest also the were amazing

[deathdealer0902]

so was i

it was awesome

[darkessie]

I saw them last night at the Delta College Jazz Festival! It was great!!

[Swirls559]

i saw them yesterday they were amazing. the best ive ever seen

[DOCTORxDONNA]

I love this piece, it's so much fun on the piano!

[bartmann105]

awesome!

[MTturbotoy]

Aw man i love this song so much, this was my senior year of high school trumpet sections feature piece, recieved 1 point off a perfect score in State festival.

[Guiltybandgeek17]

guys it doesn't really matter if he can play high or not or not. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS at lest he can say he plays with the big phat band

[tptguitar5280]

yeah man he is still absolutely incredible whether or not he can play high. playing high does not make someone a good player necessarily. although wayne bergeron is the man!

[tommyo144]

I just think its a bit of both.

[littlepipandcowbell]

It's juxtaposition. It's funny.

[SilentSnare]

He can play high... In all seriousness, playing high isn't that big of a deal. Any trumpet player that practices enough can get a Double C.

Anyway, it's supposed to be funny. :)

[RandomPope]

@SilentSnare ya i'm a freshman and have gotten a second C it takes practice to hold it out and get that good i hope i do :)

[juniorv6]

he definitely is, thats why you see wayne laughing. I saw them 2 nights ago and he did the same thing. He plays some low G's right after wayne does some ridiculous high stuff.

[MrBadgers11]

ok thanks for clarifying

[antaries93]

i play alto sax and and all for it but that trumpet quartet was wickedly awsomeive. 10 stars man **********

[trumpetguy3039]

Ahaha, I wonder what Wayne put on his iPhone at 6:44 that was so funny!

[scrmtrumpet]

It said "Flutes Suck"

[nickppp100]

@trumpetguy3039 they came to my highschool and played this song. i was in the front row. well during the flute solo, the onetrumpet guy's iphone said "flutes suck"

then later one of the saxiphonist's iphone said "trumpits suck"

[biggdrink1138]

@trumpetguy3039 I saw them live back in December, and on his iPhone it says in all caps FLUTES SUCK!! Everyone in the auditorium was laughing really hard when he showed it to the audience.

[landhunterr]

@trumpetguy3039 he put flutes suck

[hawleywe]

@trumpetguy3039 i saw them last week, and he did the same thing with the iPhone saying "Flutes suck" lol wayne knows how to have fun

[Guiltybandgeek17]

@trumpetguy3039 i believe it said "Flutes Suck" not sure

[isaacthefoli]

@trumpetguy3039 ITs says Flutes Suck

[trumpetguy3039]

@isaacthefoli lol, yeah I know now :)

[carlosleyvathethird]

@trumpetguy3039 its says flutes suck!!! haha 

[KrummyBear]

@trumpetguy3039 I saw them live... If it was the same, it was "FLUTES SUCK!!!!"

[stotp2]

@trumpetguy3039 He's got the "FLUTES SUCK" sign running on it :-D

[EnigmaTrain]

Jesus. We've been playing this in our highschool jazz band for around two years, just pulling it out whenever there's nothing to work on and playing around with it. I play trombone, and this song makes me wish I played something with a rather smaller mouthpiece. I wonder if you can guess what?

[kdkn92]

They are all freakin good.

[MrBadgers11]

Agreed. They have some sick unison parts

[stickywick12]

FLUTES lol

[MFhorn06]

I truly want to stab the guy talking really loud next the the camera....like c'mon.

[josvid]

haha at 5:40 they have a bit of rapsody in blue

[OriginalGirl95]

wow. im glad cieran told me abt this vid. its AMAZING. :L

[trumpetsumpreme]

course it is...durr...knew it was sum form of gershwin after i fort bout it, great quote tho!

[kpatel221]

YEA IT IS RHAPSody in BLue!!

[trumpetsumpreme]

this is such a funny video! wat tune is dan savant playing at 5:42? sounds familiar but cant think of what it is! :S

[avfoering]

Rahpsody in Blue..:)

[trumpetguy3039]

Yeah, probably is Rhapsody in Blue, he always quotes that song, :P

[scrmtrumpet]

Listen back to the rhythm section the first time through the solos. Each solo is marked with a different feel and the rhythm section captures it perfectly.

Bob Summer's solo is marked "Driving Rock"

Dan Savant's solo is not marked

Dan Fornero's solo is marked "Reggae"

Wayne Bergeron's is marked "New Orleans feel"

Amazing hoe the rhythm section can add so much to a chart like this!

[TheFumbleberry]

This song is hilarious live

[PerfectEight]

They are SOOOO tight. Amazing

[idknun12]

starting at 5:20 they start goin high lol

they all play good like hell

[gostrider13013]

thats awesom! what the heck did wayne do at 3:48 though?

[h0axbu5t0r]

Smelled the plunger? Because typically...

[biggboyed]

Does Bob Summers even have a pulse?I mean come on.He makes it look WAY too easy.

[gostrider13013]

I don't really know thats a good question lol!

[SheriVan]

"I can play higher than you can." "Well, I can play lower than you can!!" LOL

Way fun.

[thedevilisbad]

Gotta love the quotes in the improv section.

[jazzcrazy727875299]

it's amazing how great a song sounds when they're having fun