Woody Herman Orchestra - Four Brothers

[sometrumpetplayer1]

Very nice. Big band stuff is wonderful and you guys really tear it up.

[berecrina]

THE BEST!!!!

[xviisecolo]

Its great music!!! Period.

[pep5861]

meraviglioso!!!!!!

[MartaBtrp]

Good!

[jazzbo48]

Altissimo A isn't all that hard. Just finger it like an E and trust the overtone. Woody and others (Goodman, Shaw) often played around up that high but Woody had a habit of getting up there and staying there, like at the end of "Woodchopper's Ball". I have a chart for Artie Shaw's "Traffic Jam" calling for altissimo C. Now that's just outrageous. It's like the rest of us trying to play golf like Tiger Woods.

[tjc197]

Mike Brignola is my sax teacher. He's really good.

[dionisia777]

yeah!! all right!!!!!!!!!!

[portobob]

Wish I could turn the clock back and dig Woody's Herds again...No other band ever swung like them.

[maestrowick]

dang, so swinging!

[hihats]

hey...that's jim rupp on drums!

[HellaFaction]

the tenor with the glasses sure likes to puff his cheeks...

[huyhoquocho]

does anyone know if mike is related to nick?

[SkipSax]

No relation to Nick the best of my knowledge. I've worked with Mike and asked him the same thing.

[bbaker87]

Played this in College. 30 trumpets whailing away. Sounded so amazing

[gazzy11296]

30???

that musta been crazy, thats my entire band

[BandGeekx12x]

We're playing this for my hs jazz band this year and I have the clarinet solo. I wanna wail on that high note just like Woody lol. I should ask my director :-p

[kingkoeller]

Listen to Woodys high clarinet note!!

@ minute marker 2:32

His high A (concert G)!!

This clip was taken at the time I saw Woody live back in the late 70's ...early 80's.

Frank is free(outside the changes)as ever, beautiful!!

A lot of NTSU jazzers were in this band.

[CleverNicknameAIDS]

The note itself it's all that impressive, I've been able to manage it for a year or two now. the solo though, and his tone? very impressive.

[idioma13]

does anyone have a clip of the 40th aniversary concert zoot, stan and jimmy and al cohn were fantastic on this one

[tjtrumpet]

Looks like Roger Ingram on Lead Trumpet (2nd from left) & Ron Stout on the far right.

[minor7b5]

the original "Four Brothers" were Stan Getz/AlCohn/Zoot sims & Jimmy Guiffre (who wrote the tune)

[miphka66]

That's incorrect. The original "Four Brothers" were Stan, Zoot, Al, and Serge Chaloff. Even though he wrote the tune, Jimmy Guiffre didn't play with Woody till later.

[miphka66]

I'm so busy correcting other people, I got my facts wrong. Original Four Brothers - Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Herbie Steward, and Serge Chaloff. Doh!

[charly1gi]

If you ever watched Brignola play, you'd see that he stands with his feet nearly together. It's a wonder he never fell over. I loved this band and used to go listen to them whenever they were in Chicago or the surrounding area.

[protocol66]

Good stuff... Dave, do you remember if any other North Texas guys were in the band at the time?

[schoolmusic]

Les Lovitt, trumpet

[mxer6161]

trumpets at 2:12...amazing.  That coming from a sax player

[Francozen]

Great swing and section sound.

[wontonton]

Orchestrated Lester Young. I love the original record. Thanks.

[artmaxim]

Great!!  Brignola's still swingin'. If you're a Herman fan you should belong to the Woody Herman Society. Their copies of The Herd have terrific stories and information.

[trisk77]

I have played each of the parts (soli) on four brothers (not to mention woody's little clarinet solo), and never got tired of it... Frank Tiberi, surely channels Stan Getz, that's the impression I get from his playing...

[stpd1957]

Lovely, thanks for posting this.