@bigjcinsky Who the fuck cares if you are a boxing 6 foot 5 black man. I'm certain anyone 6 foot 5 would fuck me up. Doesn't matter. I am listening to jazz, not a boxing video...
we did this song in jazz band last year...it took us the whole year to play it for our spring concert...ya and even then it was still a challenge...much respect for these guys
When did music die? Music of the 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's all basically entirely collapsed. Modern day 'music' is less than nothing compared to such excellent magic painted in form of sound.
The stan Kenton band never fails to blow me away. Two bass trombones...that's just incredible. Two baris is good too, but bass trombones are generally louder than baris.
Can you imagine how hip this was in the '50's when I heard them? WAY ahead of their time. Just amazing. I think they had 5 trombones, not 4 like most other big bands had. Just superb!
wow, this song is a lot older than i thought lol. just lovely. i wish that big bands were as common as they used to be...i'd love to see something like this live.
Update: the drummer is neither of the two Jerry McKenzie's as stated, it's Derryl Goes, a nice guy who played with Stanley on this brief road tour for 2 months in '65. For those who'd like to see a mint color copy of this show "The Big Bands" check the Chicago radio-TV musuem on line.
foget abt mozzard forget abt beethoven forget abt tchaikovsky forget abt every one ever played any instrument or tried to compose music. malagueña beets them ALLL. the best piece of music i've ever heard. iam playin it over and over and over and over again and every single version of it makes me LOVE it even more.
@marounlebnen forget about your English it fucking sucks. The only reason why I can remotely understand what you are saying is because I'm trying to act like I have no education, live in a trailer, and have 5 crack needles stuck in my arm.
True enough Supernole100 Les brown, Dorseys, Herman, Basie Kenton Duke Ellington. These were great musicians arangers and performers. A golden time in alternative music. WW2 was partly responsible for all this. The young kids needed exhuberence and jive and these boys provided it !! Thanks for the posting.
Just to tell you that "Ellington Uptown" CD from a 50's Vinyl LP has on it the best ever version of 'A Train' with a brilliant singer little known today, Betty Roche. (You can get and hear it on UTube.)
This brings back fond memories of The Kenton Band, complete with Mellophones playin "Waltz of the Prophets" in the Hershey PA outdoor ballroom. My best friend and I watched standing down-front while our bewildered dates wondered why we bothered to bring them. A fabulous exciting rich ensemble sound un-matched, with all respect to Maynard, Woody and the rest.
damn, what i wouldnt give do be just standing there in front of the band...its so personal, so much less formal then concert halls. the energy of the band must have bled out like crazy
We were standing there back when and it was terrific! Stan Kenton Band with June Christy and also Maynard Ferguson later on used to come to Cincinnati's Moonlight Gardens and you just stood around in amazment what Stan and his band would do! Nothing like this again! The music of today just isn't! I feel sorry for some of the fans of today's idols.
Sammy Nestico arranged???
k4lasama 2 weeks ago
Not quite the same arrangement without the mellophoniums.
TheTurtleTube 1 month ago
2 people play the electric triangle
123Ir0nman 4 months ago
@plimbuff: you wanna box? I'm a six foot five blackman. I'll fuck you up.
bigjcinsky 8 months ago
@bigjcinsky Who the fuck cares if you are a boxing 6 foot 5 black man. I'm certain anyone 6 foot 5 would fuck me up. Doesn't matter. I am listening to jazz, not a boxing video...
TheGreatBunghole16 7 months ago 2
Bass Saxophones are retarded
bigjcinsky 10 months ago
@bigjcinsky, that's because you're retarded.
plimbuff 8 months ago
That's not two bari's but a Bari and a Bass sax..
Slidetuba 1 year ago
we did this song in jazz band last year...it took us the whole year to play it for our spring concert...ya and even then it was still a challenge...much respect for these guys
BoomCarrot 1 year ago
When did music die? Music of the 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's all basically entirely collapsed. Modern day 'music' is less than nothing compared to such excellent magic painted in form of sound.
ansyf125 1 year ago
Who is that on the tenor sax solo? Is it Richie Kamuca?
sndtubes1 1 year ago
The stan Kenton band never fails to blow me away. Two bass trombones...that's just incredible. Two baris is good too, but bass trombones are generally louder than baris.
echip11 1 year ago
Can you imagine how hip this was in the '50's when I heard them? WAY ahead of their time. Just amazing. I think they had 5 trombones, not 4 like most other big bands had. Just superb!
KenJWC 1 year ago
wow, this song is a lot older than i thought lol. just lovely. i wish that big bands were as common as they used to be...i'd love to see something like this live.
trombonegirlie12 1 year ago
Update: the drummer is neither of the two Jerry McKenzie's as stated, it's Derryl Goes, a nice guy who played with Stanley on this brief road tour for 2 months in '65. For those who'd like to see a mint color copy of this show "The Big Bands" check the Chicago radio-TV musuem on line.
hepcat2009 1 year ago
Looking for anything on my father, the late Jimmy "Red" Borland, who sang with the Pastels in 1947 (Kenton's vocal group)...
empirecarpetsux 2 years ago
Inspiring sax solo by a young Gary Lefebvre!!!!!
39penguina 2 years ago
haha were playin this version in jazz band!!! sooooo amazing!
moviegoer07 2 years ago
foget abt mozzard forget abt beethoven forget abt tchaikovsky forget abt every one ever played any instrument or tried to compose music. malagueña beets them ALLL. the best piece of music i've ever heard. iam playin it over and over and over and over again and every single version of it makes me LOVE it even more.
marounlebnen 2 years ago
@marounlebnen forget about your English it fucking sucks. The only reason why I can remotely understand what you are saying is because I'm trying to act like I have no education, live in a trailer, and have 5 crack needles stuck in my arm.
a53mp 2 years ago
Wish i could hear this without the distortion of my terrible speakers.
LRFLight7vg73olt 2 years ago
Jerry McKenzie on drums!
063637981 2 years ago
Can't go wrong with two (!) bass saxes and two (!!) bass trombones!! waaaaaahooooooooooooo!
maidenjuice 2 years ago 5
I wish the music of then was the music of today. The music today is mediocre at best.
supernole100 2 years ago 17
True enough Supernole100 Les brown, Dorseys, Herman, Basie Kenton Duke Ellington. These were great musicians arangers and performers. A golden time in alternative music. WW2 was partly responsible for all this. The young kids needed exhuberence and jive and these boys provided it !! Thanks for the posting.
teazle2 1 year ago
I agree 100% teazle2. Thanks for the post as well!
supernole100 1 year ago
@supernole100
Just to tell you that "Ellington Uptown" CD from a 50's Vinyl LP has on it the best ever version of 'A Train' with a brilliant singer little known today, Betty Roche. (You can get and hear it on UTube.)
teazle2 1 year ago
I think it really misses something without the Mello's, but the Kenton band is still amazing. Hands down my favorite jazz orchestra ever.
bigphatooglyguy 3 years ago 3
What a great band - they were truly decades ahead of their time.
Tgoon1 3 years ago 13
great!! I used to play #1 trumpet for this tune in highschool...I miss it!
FarmallDoctor 3 years ago
we play this song for marching band..its going to be great!
(:
kylebrown1221 3 years ago
This brings back fond memories of The Kenton Band, complete with Mellophones playin "Waltz of the Prophets" in the Hershey PA outdoor ballroom. My best friend and I watched standing down-front while our bewildered dates wondered why we bothered to bring them. A fabulous exciting rich ensemble sound un-matched, with all respect to Maynard, Woody and the rest.
donaldsimm 3 years ago 7
damn, what i wouldnt give do be just standing there in front of the band...its so personal, so much less formal then concert halls. the energy of the band must have bled out like crazy
mynamisdan 3 years ago 4
We were standing there back when and it was terrific! Stan Kenton Band with June Christy and also Maynard Ferguson later on used to come to Cincinnati's Moonlight Gardens and you just stood around in amazment what Stan and his band would do! Nothing like this again! The music of today just isn't! I feel sorry for some of the fans of today's idols.
063637981 2 years ago 3
wow --
waltband 3 years ago 2
yo thanks for the videos!!
do we know the lineup for this band??
bearman1210 3 years ago 3