Count Basie - Booty's Blues

[Zombbg4]

Bass man steals the show once again

[dars3478]

I am so glad that I was not in that audience for there is no way that I could sit still..LOVE this performance!!

[busravcilar]

wow!!!!real jazz!

[demianxss]

lol at the bassist looking like a mad hobo, and basie is just like "sure whatever" ltes just jam.

[garciaacin]

La de años que hice cola en el Palau de la música Catalana pa ver a este genio del jazz y su no menos big band que bién sonaban mientras bromeaban entre ellos oh que tiempos -Victor Garcia-Acin(Compositor) 1/11/2011

[reddarinn]

Algjört æði sjá þessa tónlistarmenn!!! Greatb great again GREAT!!!!!!

[ladybassmonkey]

fantastorooney!

[selene2302]

" Dios Bendiga tu Alma "

21/08/1904 - 28/07/2011

Gracias.

[nancydrew5]

This gave me an orgasm! OH YEAH!!

[Gualz08]

the bassist is so good it's a joke

[fvbl1000]

мистер-достоверная джазовая тишина

[RAWRDJBEAR]

Continuously Press 5 For Awesomeness.

[m2dff]

what tone is this in?

[valvetrom]

Its a bass trombone with trigger,which he can't use ,left hand is busy with the plunger.

A trombone is the most efficient piece of plumbing ever designed.

[rayjr62]

@valvetrom Yeah. but when it comes to gettin' down and layin' some serious pipe, there is nothing like the old skin flute.

[valvetrom]

@rayjr62 I'll take that as the erotic comment of the day,best if you have parkinsons

[macoulin]

if you played bass like that, even you could probably get mo' skin...

[HuxxNL]

the bearded nigger must have felt very horny

[gveedo]

@HuxxNL And you must be some pretentious dick sucker who doesn't know shit. Asshole.

[rayjr62]

@HuxxNL Congratulations. The Pinnacle of your literary career in cyberspace. Your mom and dad must be real proud of you. Please, for the sake of humanity. . quit your job now (if you have one) and become a writer. The world needs more geniuses like you.

[Mr2000HD]

The best big band ever to swing this planet.

[MrLuigi218761]

meraviglioso!!

[Despiatch]

Just 6 douchebags who don't have any idea of realy good music !!!

[m2dff]

0:40, most classy drum fill ever

[got2bme619]

ridiculous bass...

[sandersgus]

@got2bme619 Ridiculous bass???????? Are you a double bass player????? Do you think anybody can impress Count Basie that way??Cleveland Eaton is the funkiest double bass player on earth! He is also a master on electric bass.He has a unique style. I recommend you to listen to his work !

[hawleywe]

@sandersgus I think he was saying ridiculous in the sense that it is played masterfully...

I myself am a trombone player, and everytime I play something with a plunger I think I'm good. Then I listen to this to compare myself, and feel awful about my playing. Booty is timeless!!

[MrGoomakoo]

@tombkickass hahahahahahahahaahhaha xD

[tombokickass]

@1:26 Basie: tha fuck t'chou doin', man?

[ramester]

Never heard of this Basie chart! It's HOT!

[GABYCONSTANZA]

That is sooo cool Alice!! That moves me!!! :DD:

[Bix12]

"Cleveland" "Count" down to "Booty Wood"......

[leon5516]

I love looking at these vids, because I get to put them with stories Cleve and his wife tell me. As a bass player I am extremely lucky to have him around. His grandson is a close friend of mine before I even knew who his granddad was .My friend has gotten all but cursed at for not telling a professional jazz bassist who his granddad was until last day of class. Also to think that I have played on this bass that was in the video. it is like WOW. Too much to put in words

[1337doughnut]

Count Basie's reaction to Eaten's solo at 2:00 gets me every time.

[pweek]

This was amazing!! I remember my grandad telling me about this dude wen i was little!! I actually appreciate this stuff now. Peace!!

[sloveniackgo]

hh why there is no chat on you tube.. Btw anyone up for some cam chat^^

[MicrobeObliteratorMo]

oh my gosh this is insanely awesome.

[Bix12]

LOL @ the joy in this music!!!

[DYNODRUM]

Cool,Calm ,Cat..,Count,

[Muziclvr07]

Count Basie, all DAY! :)

[martinlentini]

"Less is more" ja. Excellent grooving.

[iLikeShrimpiesss]

one of my favorite jazz videos of all time

[yacanman11]

at 1:28 he is looking at the bass guy like "what in the hell are you doing boy?"

[theinvisiblelight]

lol yeah and when he does that super low note randomly

[rejam88]

@yacanman11 hahahahaha!

[prazair]

i born in 1987 and i grew up in spain listening jazz and i love his work with frank sinatra in 1966.i have to say that is a shame i couldnt meet such greats musicians. to day there are only a few that can do what they did in those times.

[BluesVaughan]

magnifico!

[eyeglass7]

I went to see Basie every night when he was in Bournemouth in 1957 and was lucky enough to meet him . He was a gentle man and it amazed me (at the age of 16) how his simple style just rocked.

[hillybunker]

you can see freddies guitar, but where is he?

[AloofMedia]

HOLY CRAP!!! I met the Count in Texas back in 1974 and this just brings tears to my eyes. RIP, Mr. Basie, RIP.

[Daneywaney]

You are one lucky person, I guess I'm stuck in the wrong generation : /

[dibilioubouche257]

This is a fantastic piece! Pure Basie style!

Booty Wood was a great trombone player. You have to be connected to God in some way to be able to play like tthat.

[Alice021705]

I loved reading these posts! My brother sent this to me. Booty Wood is my dad. He passed in 1987, so I havent seen him in 22 years. Thank you 2 whoever ppsted this. Never thought that I would get to see him perform again. Song was called Booty's Blues because of his solo performance & plunger style, Basie & Ellington agreed that he was one of the best. I remember hanging out with the band and Basie when i was a child. Saw on the posts that Cleve was ill, i remember him, God b with him!

[reidojazz]

Well, I'm really glad you enjoyed this! Booty Wood was one of the best, they don't make them like that anymore.

[GABYCONSTANZA]

@reidojazz This is a great story!! That is sooo cool Alice and Reidojazz!!

[rayjr62]

@Alice021705 God bless your father, Booty. And God bless The Count, for all the beautiful music they left the world.

[Avdeich]

@Alice021705

Great trombone player. The whole band is amazing!

[kowtpr187]

@Alice021705 We all remember and love All these greats! Hope all is well with you! We all have so much respect for your family and the rest of the jazz and blues families!~rock on!

[MOLDOVAAA]

wheres freddy?

[funstuff2006]

If Freddy was sitting in on that, there would have been far too much awesomeness all going on at once. It would just be far too lethal.

[leo2nd74]

I agree. F. Green was a great member. Very underestimated.

[jaybou263]

Cleve is so great.

[animedude107]

i only looked up count basie cause my drum teacher talked about him, and now i'm glad i did =)

[iachetta25]

dudes name is really booty?

[b133le]

@iachetta25 No It was Mitchell,which would be preferable to "Booty"!

[iachetta25]

@b133le haha, thanks for the response, good looks

[chasanne1]

A young Greg Fields is on drums. Performed with him many years ago. What a fine talent. The greatest, swingingest band ever! What memories!

[AlexGronstad]

Eaton bass!

[teclados60s]

Every single note that Basie played was GREAT!

[guitarmaniac5000]

INCREDIBLE.

[RJJazzman]

I never get tired of hearing this. I think the best thing about Count Basie is the fact that as the bandleader, he has always been content to let his players be the stars.

[valvetrom]

trom is talking, a little mute in the bell and the plunger. great

[jaybou263]

Cleve....what a great spirit!

[b133le]

Cleve is dealing with cancer now. Send him some positive energy. He's a great spirit!

[redSuikoden]

It really hurts me to read that, 95% of the artists I just heard from or always admired already passed away.

I am 19 and just started listening to MUSIC since a year ago, so it's very hard to find someone from my age who doesn't refer 'smooth turntable crap' as jazz... currently still haven't found one.

[trombonistpete]

I'm 16 and loving the jazz, and have quite a few friends who do the same. i've played with several jazz groups and it is some of the most fun I have. The Count was a one-off and can never be replaced

[japa1990]

im 19, been listening to jazz since I was 9..so 10 years. You wont find many of us, mostly there are the metal, punk, hip hop, pop kids out there that are just posers. Do you play an instrument? because if not thats great that people our age is listening to this music simply because its great. Its hard to find people that dig this, mostly go to college music departments or jazz clubs if you are in new york, la, boston...etc.

[redSuikoden]

I myself play upright bass. :)

[Ignauhak]

19 years old myself, have played violin since I was 2, mostly classical but when I reached my teens, I started getting really into Gypsy jazz in the style of Reinhardt & Grapelli, of the Quintette Hot Club Du France. That amazes most people, as they don't usually associate the violin with jazz, even today. Does that count?

[samansun]

Violin literally swallows all genres. I like Darol Anger in his approach to force the limits even further and make everything

sound pleasant on violin.

[DaniellaLacerda10]

Shooooooooow... muito som..

[caspercio]

Maestros giganticos!!!!

[leon5516]

I know cleve and he thinks i am good at bass!!!

[redhouse7]

clev is the man

[squiddie96]

cool

[iramoscow]

Какие красивые и талантливые люди

[valvetrom]

talking bass like Slam Stewart,Charlie Mingus. and that trom.

[susannamodesti]

the drummer s cute

[redhouse7]

gpd damn clev is good

[rgbsax]

This actually not "Booty's Blues." The song doesn't exist. So, who can answer this...is it Good Times Blues or Segue in C?

[9MaSa4]

I have a Basie record where it IS called "Booty's Blues"!

[rgbsax]

Really?! Which one? I have Basie Live at Birdland. On this particular Carnegie clip, the intro is the exact same intro they play for Segue in C, and the finale is the melody to Good Times Blues. ???

[9MaSa4]

It's a live recording I bought a long time ago on vinyl. It's called "On The Road" (what a title...), July 12, 1979, live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, on Pablo Records.

Of course it would not be the first tune in history that has been recorded with several titles.

[rgbsax]

This is true, the inside sleeve of this CD states that Basie's library had many tunes that had the names scratched out on them.

[cimarc58]

great show!!! it's true!

[RAHMYULIS]

i like how cleveland is all flashy but keeps a good groove

[JaredIsrael]

Just wonderful!

[fabriosko91]

so great!1

[ardillita4567]

simplemente basie.

[54spiritedwill54]

The Chief had the best band in the land.

[rgbsax]

Again, agreed! How come no else can seem to appreciate this type of swing jazz? Why is it dead?

[Lovewarmtoes]

It's not dead, we just hate sharing good shit!! Quietly, enjoying what we like, bringing out the 'goodie' bag occasionally and teasingly. This kind of music is never to be thrown around lightly, it's pure Gold to some.

[Jake3560]

exactly...and think if it were mainstream. most of my generation couldn't appreciate it anyways and would probably butcher and make it sound like pop , just like they do everything else. lol

[GCleffer]

So great! What a show!!!

[Robbannno]

haha no he laught after

[BlueinGreen2]

Is it just me or does the Count seem a bit annoying that Cleve is enjoying himself a bit too much? (check out his expression at 1:49).

Also, I love the look on Basie's face at 1:58 - hilarious!

[pinky0926]

They're fooling around, he's pretending to be angry, like they're getting in the way of each other, when in fact they couldn't possibly be a better duo :)

[tufaodt]

foda em irado !

[smoothbv]

lol 1:46, cleveland did that crazy bass lick, and count basie is like "what the fuck was that!"

[coyotecall1688]

I had the incredible opportunity to spend a day with Basie and what a wonderful guy he was. Nobody in the business had a bad word to say about him. "A beautiful human being!" was most oft said by those who knew him. He's still missed, though his "ghost band" carries on and does it well under Bill Hughes.

[seeem]

I'm just reading about Count Basie playing as Malcolm X was Lindy Hopping, sounds surreal but it's true. Wow this video shows how few notes can mean so much, just razor sharp playing, spectacular!

[neilbunker]

Gregg Fields face at 1:12 is like, holy shit what a motherfucker.

[charmerci]

What a tremendous bass solo!

[bilgemonkey74]

Clevland Eaton so cool!

[meyer43]

i played with Cleve back in the mid 60's before he joined Basie. We worked with another Basie alum - Oscar Brashear (trumpet).

Great player, great person.

[auty2005]

It always amazes me how tight the Basie band always it.  It's like they're reading each others minds. Amazing.

[ChosenMonk0]

Smooth, very smooth. Vintage Basie with an excellent string bass. Booty Wood actually used to come in and give us pointers in the '70s at Dunbar High School in Dayton, OH. Good memories--great teaching! Simply marvelous jazz.

[aaronentresz]

This is indeed a masterpiece as mentioned by nordistelillois. I will invent a way to go back in time so that I can see this live!

[nordistelillois]

Eaton-Basie .... oh my god this song is just a Masterpiece !

[umbrellaman23]

wow...thats very nice, like it. pretty good sound

[drumminman49]

The Chief had the best band in the land.

[ODCinc]

Cleve plays every Sunday at the Open Door Cafe' in Crestline Park, B'Ham form 11:00 to 2:00 and again on Wed. night at a jazz fest at 9- same place! Free

[jasonwallisphoto]

I photographed Cleve here in Birmingham, AL where he lives last year. He is truly an amazing talent, he gave me a personal concert while I shot him.

[libertango779]

I had lessons with him like 15 years ago, when I was 10. Guy was always chewing me out and making me cry. Great guy, though.

[peterfernandes72]

Fascinating!! :D:D Count Basie died 24 years ago and you had lessons with him after his death.

[hugleberthumperdink]

with eaton, not basie

[peterfernandes72]

It could only be a lack of attention from you ;)

[hugleberthumperdink]

from yourself infact, he replied to a comment about eaton, and said he had lessons with him.

[hugleberthumperdink]

from yourself infact, he replied to a comment about eaton, and said he had lessons with him.

[eddimull]

You shot Cleveland Eaton?! You're a terrible human being for murdering somebody. Not really. It's always cool having stories about/with great players.

[1matrix9]

BRILLIANT!!!

Thanks

[saxattack1]

Cleveland is one of the best bass players ever! So cool!

[jenny6664]

Could ANYHING beat this video????? GREAT Basie, as always! And what a trombone? . . . jenny

[Gusaurinegro]

Q buen bajista.... Basie como siempre acompañado de los mejores

[schnieef]

tienes razón.

[FoulQ]

lol i love the finger thing at 2:09...basie is hilarious, eaton is such a quirky guy too

[pinky0926]

Basie is such a character, makes me chuckle!

[JetForceF22]

Count Basie is the man.

[sweetirishmo]

this brillant video .. love count

[kml11]

this is so surreal to me. I get to see cleave play every week for free at a bar about half an hour from my house in b'ham. To see him on the same stage is basie is just really humbling. He is a living legend.

[Jayroc3]

Love it.

[leo2nd74]

This song totally swings. Yes, it is Good Time Blues.

[zemry]

Great trombone solo

[langfordjazz]

Great footage. Booty Wood was a great plunger soloist. They call this Booty's Blues but it is really 'Good Times Blues'.

[b133le]

#331!

[lorrieontv]

Thanks for sharing this clip!!!

[jabraulter]

Gahh, Cleve is amazing. I love Count Basie.

[sydneylocks]

wow, magnificient, this is only second time I've seen or heard count basie, wowwow! and the bassist is something else...

[newkeith]

EXCELLENT!

[JazzbydieKaap]

YEAH!!!

[orch101]

What (who) is missing is Freddie Green on guitar. This is the concert that George Benson was on too. Yeah, Cleve is a monster. Gregg Fields looks like he's 12 years old!

[stpd1957]

Lovely video from the great man and his orchestra, they are greatly missed.

[thavault]

cleveland eaton is the man!

[waalesk]

super!

[Lapeia]

muito 10!!!!