goodbye pork pie hat

[toromusic]

stupid hats. whats their deal?

[garwik7]

it wasn't about a hat... it was about his best friend who wore a pork pie hat. this song is the best uligy i have ever heard

[myrtlebox]

I like Joni Mitchell's version too

[Jassman200]

Epic Jazz, would have loved to try that hat on though.

[krakus5813]

Best version ever!

[lonislonisloins]

240p...it has been confirmed that nothing can be done to make this song sound bad

[TheGloru2009]

This song is......felt..

[mslowickk]

seamus blake

[anhelo911]

@MetalnScreamo

I am sarcastic. But nobody cares

[nicodagger]

The opening is only sax in memory of Lester Young, right? A great opening. Who is playing the sax here?

[gwgatling]

Maybe Booker Ervin....

[bolers69]

Who is that sax player!? Wow...

[wurzman05]

@bolers69 Seamus Blake I believe.

[Bluederrick1]

I don't go to church but this song makes me feel like I'm in a cathedral. I still remember exactly what I was doing the first time I heard this song and every time I hear it, I feel like I never left that moment. Hearing this song the first time was the moment I found I no longer had to try to like jazz - I was in love. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.

[Giacomo11258]

Music from another planet.

[anhelo911]

I dont wear hats and dont eat pork.But today I have been doing my assignment (due in 2 hours) for the last 14 hours and this has been playing continually. Cannot ask for better company.

[Iggloo88]

Great tribute to Lester Young who in my view was one of the greatest musicians ever.

[seidermanb]

This is such a tasteful rendition. Seamus is the man

[DARRENJUVIE]

This has to be the ultimate interpretation of this amazing piece of music.Charlie is the best there ever was

[inaudiblemelodies286]

This is written for Lester Young a tenor saxophonist from the 20s. He was known for alway wearing pork pie hats as well as playing with his saxophone sideways.

[skorcha]

happy birthday, sir mingus!

[Rachel69ways]

My favorite I love seeing my black men play an instrument

[MrWarandlove]

I have never heard of Mr. Charles Mingus, until one night" I happen to tune into dish satellite SIRIUS real jazz 6072, when one of favorite songs was playing" nothing serious" by Roy Hargrove. When all so unexpectedly, this beautiful song by Mr. C.M" Good bye pork pie hat" had begin to play, and Immediately I had begin to fall in love with song.

[EOsborne318]

From the first note of the sax intro, to the latin chords at the end, this song has chills running down my spine for 10 straight minutes.

[mastermix3000]

Best song to deal with after a break-up

=(

[psan09]

Its not to a hat, its a goodbye to Lester Young

[benzies123]

Fucking awesome.

[wondawomenluvsupaman]

one of my fav jazz tunes, and its fitting that its dedicated to one of my fave jazz musicians, Lester Young, <3 Charles Mingus

[Soccerman166]

Mingus was god to me when i was 17

[woodencardboard]

@Soccerman166 Mingus has been god to me since I first heard Moanin.

[mpcguy]

who is the sax soloist on this cut?

[allovernow100]

@mpcguy not sure, but this is the mingus big band version so cheak their website (Y)

[keo774]

this is an absolute masterpiece. shut up and enjoy this GREAT music

[willruddock]

@sahta007 Yeah. I realized I made that mistake after I posted it but couldn't delete it. So, why don't you step out in traffic, you fucking asshole? Get over yourself!

[andecko]

one of the best acoustic solos

[EOsborne318]

This is positively transcendental.

[michalskij]

year and place??

[jewfish424]

outstanding

[teamspock1]

Seriously? The three people who disliked this song are just completely nuts and they don't know good jazz when they hear it. Phenomenal, I'll say. Phenomenal. I just heard a wonderful arrangement of this song but it doesn't compare to the original. It gives me shivers listening to it everytime.

[extranjerojero]

¡Que importa que a un tipo no le guste! Allá él, esta obra es maravillosa. Mingus es un genio imperecedero.

[vonalxao1]

@teamspock1 me too dude, me too. It defines the era for me.

[rockinsurfkid]

i first heard this song from listening to jeff becks version (im a guitar player) and i loved his version and i figured i would check out the origional version. and i think that this is so great. an awesome very powerful and soulful song

[PhillyGregA]

@rockinsurfkid I TOO AS A YOUNG GUITAR PLAYER ENJOYED JEFF'S VERSION

[thecj29]

I feel cool listening to this!!!!!!!!

[penutbito]

did you guys know mingus ran for president

[Gearsdisraeli]

The longest goodbye to a hat ever.

Must have been one hell of a hat. D:

[brainzz712]

@Gearsdisraeli you do realize this isn't about a hat right? pork pie hat was referring to the great Lester Young, one of the most fabulous tenor players of all time. This song was a tribute to him....ps this song was made in heaven

[Gearsdisraeli]

@brainzz712 Hahah yes of course. Just trying to be funny.

[willruddock]

@Gearsdisraeli It's a tribute to Lester Young, a Jazz pianist, who was always seen wearing a pork pie hat.

[sahta007]

@willruddock Are you drunk?????? Lester Young was SAXOPHONE player, to be precise he played tenor but also played clarinet! "Jazz Pianist " ridiculous!

[hamofthewilly]

@willruddock fairly certain he was a sax player bro

[willruddock]

@hamofthewilly You must not have seen my follow up comment.

[FightingTheWitness]

@Gearsdisraeli pork pie was lester young's nick name

[Gearsdisraeli]

@FightingTheWitness shut up.

[childofnature68]

@Gearsdisraeli Indeed it was - because it was worn by the great Lester Young.

[Xzycon1]

The song was written for Lester Young when he died, he wore a pork pie hat so instead of calling the song Good Bye Lester Youn they named the song Good Bye Pork Pie Hat

[Gearsdisraeli]

@Xzycon1 youre the 100th person to tell me this, and I knew it already. Kindly stfu

[Bob1Mack]

@Gearsdisraeli So, you were trying to be funny?

[Gearsdisraeli]

@Bob1Mack I was I was. as a bass player, Charlie is my GUY.

[fat8622]

@Gearsdisraeli I liked that comment more then I should have

[valvetrom]

@Gearsdisraeli Yes the hat was Lester Young's Favorite hat and looked very much like a pork pie gismo.

[valvetrom]

@Gearsdisraeli Yes the hat was Lester Young's Favorite hat and looked very much like a pork pie gismo.

and beautiful

[dammitRYANp]

@Gearsdisraeli i have a pork pie hat and i love it to death.

[mrigmaiden1]

@Gearsdisraeli Baby you funny. This song was an elegy to Lester Young, a brilliant musician who had died not too long before.

[ignorantSlinky]

@Gearsdisraeli haha it sure was on hell of a hat, it belonged to Lester Young

[theunsane187]

@Gearsdisraeli its actally a eulogy to Lester Young, (Legendary sax player and his friend), who happened to wear a porkpie hat.

[Gearsdisraeli]

@theunsane187 Yep, I think that's common knowledge.

[mangafina]

From wich album is this version??

[brassisback]

@mangafina I believe it's from Blues and Politics

[mangafina]

@brassisback Thanks, I found it on a compilation album! I thought it was by Charles Mingus himself, not the Charles Mingus Big Band, that's why I had such a hard time finding it!

[Ghtthomps]

WoW! This is one version I seem to have missed of this song. After reading his autobiorgraphy, ' Beneath the Underdog' I could easily identify with his music and early living enviroment; city of Watts, The nighclubs and Central Avenue in California. It did not matter to me that he had been on the scene a full generation earlier. It was like I was there too. He showed his love and respect for Pres (Lester Young) when he wrote this song and I appreciate Charles Mingus!

[LapRound]

*Copied from Charles Mingus' website*

[LapRound]

Mingus' masterwork, "Epitaph," a composition which is more than 4000 measures long and which requires two hours to perform, was discovered during the cataloguing process. With the help of a grant from the Ford Foundation, the score and instrumental parts were copied, and the piece itself was premiered by a 30-piece orchestra, conducted by Gunther Schuller, in a concert produced by Sue Mingus at Alice Tully Hall on June 3, 1989, ten years after Mingus' death.

Wow o.o gotta check that out!!! =)

[TheFrenchCharlie]

Thank you for this video,Charles Mingus =Genius.

[TheFrenchCharlie]

The Maestro-Genius I am the proud owner of 64 of his albums-RealTreasure!& Bless all his family amen. French Charlie

[LapRound]

@TheFrenchCharlie oh boy, you're so lucky to have all that. I'm definitely gonna buy all of that when I grow up and make my own money =)

[TheFrenchCharlie]

@LapRound - Well my fiend slowly but surely I am very happy you enjoy the Music of Charles Mingus ( & gratefull to the person who posted the video)-try to get hold of his auto biography 'Beneath the underdog' if you dont play an instrument I suggest you start,1 album at a time & you will see your collection grow but the most important thing is to to get into his Music-An artistic Genius -his compositions are works of art,kind regards French Charlie.

[LapRound]

@TheFrenchCharlie Thanks for the advise =) I'll try to do it. And I already play guitar, so I do have a musical "background." I will try to go deeper with his art. I will! =) And I love how kind you are. =) You can't find that kindness everywhere on YouTube. I don't know, it's probably because of the music. =)

[TheFrenchCharlie]

@LapRound Man if you play guitar -great! all those incredible guitarists Django-Joe Pas-Wes Montgomery on & on,all you have to do is keep playing keep listening & you will contnue to evolve as a person & as a muscian-Kind regards French Charlie.

[LapRound]

@TheFrenchCharlie Yea, I really love Joe Pass. A really great guy too. Do you play any instrument? =)

[TheFrenchCharlie]

@LapRound Yes I do- Flutes(concert & Alto) & allso up-right bass(contra bass) & as long as there's a breath left in me I shall continue to do so, as I undrstand it you are 'a youngster' where as I am 52 & have been playing a long time thats why I encourage you to Listen to Mingus & all the other greats(plenty of Parker-Coltrane-& Dizzy Gillespi).Be well-French Charlie

[LapRound]

@TheFrenchCharlie Well with your age you sure have a strong relation to music, and alot of experience. =) And I'm lucky to be listening to this music as it really is something magically!

My dad is 56 and he've also listened to jazz all his life. When i was 4 years old my dad always used to play jazz on the radio and that's probably why I looove it so much! =) It's really the greatest music!!! =)

But I play blues on guitar as I also love that very much. Now I'm trying to learn playing jazz. =)

[sensualwisdom570]

hey, this just keeps your head going from side to side, muscles tense just intaking the vibe, intoxicating, ol Minus Fingers, love the beard lol

[parablearable]

sweet

[mikenunoz001]

wow this is amazing!!! thanks for uploading

[bandolero16]

idk who would rate this video down this just awsome 

[chrispotterfan]

the tenor sax player sounds a lot like Seamus Blake for me. Is it him?

[zothia]

not sure if this has been answered before but who is the sax player and which sax is being played here cant tell if its a bari or not =P

[chinamanpride1992200]

@zothia

This is most definitely tenor sax.

The player is I believe Dick Hafer

[chinamanpride1992200]

I'd like to see someone get tone and subtone like that out of a bari XD

[doublealufwaffe]

What album is this from, and who is the sax player?

[CameramaDingDang]

for some reason the straight eights phrase always gives me goosebumps.

[diggyj]

me too!

[goonodeath]

@CameramaDingDang You aren't alone.  Good music will do that to a person.

[SunriseFresh]

oo's on sax like? wharra lushin by tha way

[valvetrom]

Charlie looks Maori to me.

[oOJimmySueOo]

@valvetrom I've thought that before! He has Chinese blood. Maybe it's a Asian-Polynesian link there. Who knows :)

[valvetrom]

@oOJimmySueOo to my eyes MAORI

[micaofboca]

Eric Dolphy is the MAN. He's the original Iron Man. This song was meant for super fast alto solos and double stand-up bass. I play synthesizers and guitar, but the only way I like a guitar in this is if's playing 5 string polychords, It's like an anachronism when is played electrically. If only Eric Dolphy and Andrew Hill and Bobby Hutcherson and Monk and Sun Ra were still alive. But, still - Long Live Jazz It will never die.

[01537]

First off, this tune is in tribute to the tenor saxophonest Lester Young. So, how you see it as a song for fast altos and "double stand up bass" I just can't see? Furthermore, Bobby hutcherson is still alive. You need to educate yourself before you make comments you know nothing about. Read some literature and buy the music that's how it's done.

[CameramaDingDang]

no doubt. Is it true how mingus wrote this song? got a call about prez and improvised this onstage?

[nicodagger]

@CameramaDingDang I would love to know that too...does anyone know? that would be amazing if he improvised such a beautiful melody.

[frisbeats87]

amazing....

[thepantypeeler]

this is from another planet

[hairblimp]

This just made my day! thanks & Peace

[ICit4U07]

About 10 years or so ago in Detroit, I happened to call my health insurance company. The young man who answered id'd himself as Charles Mingus. When we finished talking, I asked if by any chance he was related to THE Charles Mingus. "My great-uncle," he replied, with understandable pride. Great, indeed.

[TLPnega]

sounds like a lie to me.

[coy0te9]

how common is the name?

[benway15]

@ICit4U07 Whoa!! What a spin-out ! "6 degrees of separation" in practice !! Drop a line to a member of the King's Family, he works as a call-guy at my health insurance company. Haha, brilliant !!

[panchoestapodrido]

@ICit4U07 ACID! LIFE TURNS THE WORLD THE WORLD TURNS YOUR LIFE...SWINGS AND YOU DNT KNOW WHERE YOUD STOPED

[vonalxao1]

@ICit4U07 Oh no, the blood of Jazz royalty, working for an insurance company. Oh the sadness!

[HittokiriBattousai17]

@ICit4U07 Seriously?

[gixxer1kking]

never heard this verson, long ass intro but nice. thanks for posting

[InBy9OutBy5]

Sound tech for a pantomime. That's a joke, right ?

[twirlyboggs]

what a song !

[Elfonto]

Man this is so beautiful. This song reminds me of Just after a pantomime I was sound tech for, It was a fairly stressful week. Every night, i got home and put this on and chilled out. Such an amazingly beautiful piece of composition.

[nbowieziggy]

mingus have more muscles than 50 centr, hahaha

[rosedick]

or maybe you don't understand that I'm just kidding

[TomSaunders89]

You're not allowed to make jokes in the jazz club..

Just kidding! Oh, there goes me..

[BLACKMAGICMETALMAN12]

no,you're just a moron with no appreciation or taste for music.

[crv110]

Right on- This is one of the most incredible pieces of music ever made... across all genres. Just incredible

[tobalrodo1]

you are funny

[10erMadness]

LAWD!!!! Chris Potter.............damn.

[nicodagger]

Why is he saying goodbye to the hat? Was it his favorite hat or something? It's awfully serious and sad music just for the loss of a hat, no matter how nice the hat might have been. I don't get it.

[khali64]

u cannot be serious ?!

he's saying good bye to Lester Young...

[NiklasGura]

hahaahahahaha, its nice to see some humor on here..

[nicodagger]

@NiklasGura thanks for getting the joke!

[bandolero16]

mingus compose to one of his friends that died i forgot the name of the guy but thats how the story goes

[oOJimmySueOo]

@bandolero16 Lester Young. Also known as 'Pres' The president of tenor sax as well as an absolute giant of the swing era and one of the greatest sax players ever.

[oOJimmySueOo]

@nicodagger That must be a joke. Pres always wore a pork pie hat

[nicodagger]

@oOJimmySueOo Yes, a joke, I knew about the hat and am a big fan of Pres, especially his work with Lady Day. And I just learned that it was Young who first used the word "cool" to mean something good. A genius!

[oOJimmySueOo]

@nicodagger :D Glad it was a joke. Yeah I heard that too. He had a whole language you know? He could speak to his friends and nobody else would understand what he was on about. Cool was one of his words

[nicodagger]

@oOJimmySueOo yeah he was amazing, I learned about his invention of "cool" because a professor at my school, Univ. of Calif. Santa Barbara, wrote a book about Prez and his use of language. It seems his entire spirit was music, and his improvisations extended to language as well!

[oOJimmySueOo]

@nicodagger I've always thought of Pres' music as being very lyrical. As though his solos are words. Listen to Lady Day's Fine and Mellow here on youtube. The one with Pres, Hawk, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan and a whole lot more. Pres takes the second solo and he plays like he is singing. To me his solo is saying "I love you and you're so sweet but I'm not putting up with you any more" which is what the whole song is about. Perfect fit really. Genius!

[benway15]

@nicodagger Is it a good book? Available on Amazon? Or is it kind of dry academic writing mostly? I'm ordering "Beneath The Underdog" and would like to maybe put some other good Jazz readings in book order, for like a "feel" of the composers. Underdog will be straight from the horse's mouth, but anything like that....recommendations anyone?

[nicodagger]

@benway15 yes, a very good book, you can get it on Amazon, it's called "Lester Leaps In: The Life And Times Of Lester "Pres" Young", by Douglas Henry Daniels, Professor of Black Studies at my alma mater, Univ. Of Calif. Santa Barbara. A very unique take on Young. Worth getting.

[mindonoverdrive]

Thank you for this... Mingus is a legendary jazz sax dood and wow!

Is there anymore you have... thank you sir, may I have another~ oh yeah. Gimme.

Cat

[jr97rules]

played the double bass... but i no what ya mean

[UrsaMusic]

mingus played bass

[valvetrom]

I have a whole CD full of Mingus solo piano, same

feeling. He often played his compositions on the piano,and his men could pick out what they felt.

Best tune for me was Jelly Roll with trombone player Jimmy Knepper.

[XcaptainXobliviousX]

knepper... isn't that the dude he punched in the face? @.@ didn't that like, drop his range a whole octave, or something? broken tooth, i think...

[d2theutchgold2]

yeah he broke one of the crowns off his teeth

[JaimeSax99]

oh my god!!!!! incredible....

[BrunoJazzmanLeicht]

You did a great job with posting this beautiful piece of art!

Thanks a lot. For some more swingin' jazz, feel free to visit my blog. Link is in my profile.

Brewster Easy

[tarple]

Seamus Blake is a beast

[maxohpne]

o shit yes

[larssonanton]

Yeah, but this is Chris Potter, right?

[shornslove]

@tarple it's like he can't help himself, he's a monster!

[PauloNideck]

Awesome sax.

[amberbenesh]

John Stubblefield, Craig Handy-the band is amazing but Chris Potter is the sax. You should look up the album This Place-its Chris Potter and Scott Colley AND on the rest of this album-Moanin' is a crazy song!

[jazzdrummer25]

My big band plays this piece ... every version, any player, it's a beautiful piece of art

[smbtaiwan]

This song must have been made in heaven...

[haitianjack5]

i second that

[valdownside]

I agree...

[lagotaenelojo87]

@smbtaiwan si loco tenes razón!!!!!

[Stylnu88]

Is this the version from the "Ah Um"-Album ?

[jtbsax]

No, it's from the "ghost band" recording "Blues & Politics".

[samadjhi]

Do you mean Blue and Roots?

[jtbsax]

No, it's "Blues & Politics" by the Mingus Big Band, recorded in 1999. Not the original one but one of the 3 current tribute groups (Mingus Big Band, Mingus Orchestra, and Mingus Dynasty). "Blues and Roots" was an actual Mingus album recorded in 1959. Google it. It's available at Amazon and on iTunes.

[samadjhi]

I know Blues and Roots its a classic. Thanks for the info.

[haitianjack5]

this is truly a beautiful ballad.

[Terccier]

oh boy,amazing tenor..

[PabloVestory]

¡Fantástica versión!!! Amazing, thanks for posting.

[Kehindetrump]

Who the hell is that on the tenor sax?

[tarple]

Seamus Blake

with Boris Koslov on bass

[chewyjaz]

yeah, that was seamus blake