Count Basie Orchestra with Butch Miles, Doug Lawrence, etc.

[satziebaby]

GREAT....Don't compare things

[kalivoda731]

Butch Miles vivat (koncert 2006 in Prag

[harryoakley]

Butch Miles is a fantastic drummer - but this doesn't swing as hard as the original Basie band did.

[coasttocoastjazz]

Doug Lawrence is a swinging MF!!!!!

[WhithoutNotes]

I love it! What more can I say? - perfect theme and even better solos (god damn the trumpeter is sick!-and so are the sax and the piano)

[ur1sab]

Best drummer of the powerful swing Basie (Atomic Band) was Sonny Payne. Great drummer, great showman.

[mrcountbasie]

Very good Basie-band and lovely solists, lovely solo of Doug!

[mrcountbasie]

Very good Basie-band and lovely solists

[radioking55]

butch miles is one of the best drummers .with the basie band you got musicans the understand swinging jazz at its best .

[safan11]

Who could dislike this video



[TheLeffan]

I think Count Basie is the best ever - Butch Miles his best drummer? I saw Basies band with Butch in 1978 and 1979 in Stockholm - wow!

[BassmanII]

@TheLeffan And yet Butch still has that patented shit-eating grin of his ;)

[TheLeffan]

I think Count Basie is the best ever - Butch Miles his best drummer?

[johnnycchops]

Raggedy.

[jamlear]

@johnnycchops There is always a know it all HATER.Where do you cats come from? Do you even like Basie?

[viperd93]

Butch is a thug

[riffduck]

Going the see the Basie Band next week (May 1, 2010) and am sure going to miss Butch Miles.

I hope the new drummer measures up.

[riffduck]

@riffduck P.S. Saw Butch at a seminar when he explained his audition with the Basie Band. Seems he had listened to Sonny Paine so much he knew just about every lick on every chart. Said when he auditioned he just played what he remember Sonny had played......and Butch got the gig.

[ianyoung100]

This is played with so much soul and style.........Brilliant!

[gensaxs]

No me voy a cansar de admirar, el swing de la Big Band de Count Basie, que al ejecutar Corner Pocket, y con el fabuloso ritmo de Butch y los solos de Winston y Lawrence, es algo FABULOSO!!!!!!

[BassmanII]

And Butch still has that S***-eating Grin XD!!!!

[colonelcorn56]

Butch Miles best swing drummer today!!!!!

[rustyspo0ns]

Sweet. :)

I miss Sonny Payne and the count. He had such a unique way to play with the band.

[vandoren59]

BUTCH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!

[PegCitySkank]

playing with butch in an hour, so jacked :)

[aVWgirl250]

yo man are you in the wjo? cuz i was def at that concert last week :) it was swingin!!

[aVWgirl250]

@PegCitySkank

legit!!! wow you're lucky!!! i can't even imagine!!

what music did you play with him?

[PegCitySkank]

@aVWgirl250 it was a while back, i can't quite remember, i know we did lil darlin. i wish we had learned sing sing sing before he came. i think I've watched the video of him playing sing sing sing a thousand times, and love listening and watching butch, not only a great musician, but showman as well, always has that querky smile lol

[EwiekeuKlavier]

God I love this.

Thanks for posting

[colonelcorn56]

Go Butch!!! Man that cat's got chops!!! After Buddy Rich, Butch is my favorite. Thanks for the post!!!!

Dan

[halfblack72]

ha yea no problem mang

[BassmanII]

I believe this is also Wynton's main horn.

[pranastc3]

Na, same brand, but not the same model. Wynton's trumpet is much lighter than that one.

[halfblack72]

it's because of the trumpet that he had. it's a monette.  they have a really unique sound obviously a lot like a flugelhorn in the lower register. they can cost between $10k--$30k

[pranastc3]

I agree, the trumpet does have an affect on the tone. However, Mr. Barnhart has always had (even before his Monette days) an extremely velvety, luscious, dark tone. If you go to the Mr. Monette's facebook or the Monette website you can watch other people try out the Ajna II trumpet (the model Mr. Barnhart is using in the video above) and they sound nothing like Scotty, tone-wise.

[crazybassplayerdude]

im seeing them on thursday!!!!!!!!!!! omg.... sacramento jazz jubilee. woohoo.

[VJtheDJ]

That was definitely one of the BEST concerts I've ever been to. I have never seen a band that precise in their musicianship. OUTSTANDING!

[BassmanII]

And then there's still Butch Miles with his S***-eating Grin XD

[SwimmerSax]

CLEAVE GUYTON IS MY TEACHER!! I take lessons with im at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music....He's awesome ;]]

[sussexcounty]

Sorry guys, Sonny Payne was "da bomb"!

[coyotecall66]

The band today does sound "different" from the old Basie band but not less than. Butch is the best drummer since Sonny Paine to play with the band, there are still top notch soloists playing in all sections, and Bill Hughes has the same kind and generous nature that Bill Basie had. Overall I'd say the Basie band is alive and well and still COOKIN'!

[beemafreak]

These guys are good, but don't even get close to the real thing. I guess style and fashions change but I still far prefer the old stuff to this

[scottybarnhart]

Interesting comment. I've been in the orchestra 17 years now and if you know the entire history of the band, really know the history, and have seen us live more than three or four times, then you would have an entirely different outlook on how things really are today. When was the last time you heard us live?

[BassmanII]

Oh I concur. Whenever you get new personnell into any group, the style and tone of the music changes. I bet that the Basie Orchestra of the early 1960s with Sonny Payne, et al would sound much different than the Basie group of the '70s and so forth. (this from a bassist of over 26 years' experience)

[Koalkracker]

There is another version of "Corner Pocket" which you can find by putting just "count basie" in the search box and it should come up as the first video ... it has trumpet solos by That Jones (Basie 53-63) and Al Aarons (Basie 61-69), tenor sax solo by Frank Wess (Basie 53-64) and drummer Sonny Payne (Basie 55-65). The video was made sometime in 1962 and the band at that time was playing a swing style. This video made in Switzerland in 2004 is a bit more "boppy" ... proof ... the tenor solo.

[MTMusic28]

I was lucky enough to take lessons with Butch Miles this summer. He's one of my favorite big band drummers, a great teacher, and a great person, too.

I think it's interesting how his style has changed since the 70s. He's so much more legato now, like Mel Lewis.

[Pickpocket86]

I got to play with but at a Jazz Festival, He is soooooo Swingin..... Way Badass

[blower24]

hey,what a swing!soloists five stars.thank you Prezlover!

[davidhazard71]

Grover Mitchell Still alive ????

[cashchecks]

Grover died in 2003. Bill Hughes has been leading the band since then.

[davidhazard71]

That is a shame. I met him in 1997, in Rhode Island with Dianne Shcuur. He was so nice and the band was so cool to meet.

[BassmanII]

Tony Suggs. Very much Basie influenced. His light style and demeanor very much is a reflection of the Late, Great Count.

[BassmanII]

Butch returning to his old stomping grounds: Priceless.

[cashchecks]

Butch has left the band in June 2007. Irreplaceable.

[BassmanII]

Who has the drummer's chair now??

[cashchecks]

Brian Gryce.

[Pickpocket86]

No... I haven't Heard them in The last Few weeks.. But, the old basie band that I am talking about is the One with Thad Jones, Hank Aarons, Marshall Royall, Frank Faster.... and the rest of the guys.... They have a recording of this song on here check it out. This band sounds way different... still a great band but does not compare to the "old Basie".. with Basie himself in the rythm section u know?

[Pickpocket86]

Lol I am surprised no One caught that I said Hank Aarons instead of Al aarons ......... Hank Aarons played baseball

[Lostsamurai7]

Sweet Video! I just went to a concert of theirs yesterday. It was amazing! They played this song too. Thanks for sharing!

[Pickpocket86]

It Feels Much Different than the Real Basie Band.... The (old One). Great solos thoguh

[mtren2]

"Old Basie Band" probably refers to the time when Count Basie was still leading it.

[billennissr]

Can look at this many times and it just keeps getting better and better.

[ssminopoopy]

The Rolls Royce of big bands. Enough said.