Moanin'

[gobassgo1]

the drummer says : I can do that and this and this and this....

[andyrob44]

god. that drummer is wayyyyy too busy.

[garretth1992]

pleaseeeeee speed it up. sounds great but is too sloww.

[PetersJazz1]

Sorry, drums are to dominant

[PetersJazz1]

Good. But instrument levels are wrong. Fruns are far to dominant, bass should be louder. Anyway, like the sound of the bari

[iammorek]

Drum needs a class on simplicity, "less is more" they say.

[Bjorlin1]

what the hell is that drummer doing? haha



[mrbass02]

the drum part is way too busy and doesnt fit the style

[Pianoman181000]

the drum part is waaay to busy

[RobDerbyCollege]

@Pianoman181000 I think it's more to do with the volume, which is the fault of whoever mixed the recording, not the drummer

[laromain]

@MsDancer

No offence taken, if you lucky enough to know why God created the bari at the age of 16 you are truly blessed. Congratulations! But did it ever occur to you that if only loud is good, you are shutting out a whole lot of potentially beautiful and mind-boggling sounds, and I'm not referring to myself.

[MsDancer012]

theres a reason God invented the bari sax. too play loud. not play like a piccolo. im a 16 year old girl and i got more than that! haha no offense

[thedudeygeek]

this is an amazing song and a really good cover!

[liquidmoxi77]

I'm with 1WFE3. The drummer has 1 dynamic the whole recording and buries everything else, up until the bass solo. The song should grow in the beginning, but in this recording you guys max your volume as soon everyone joins in. Your drummer is good, but needs to learn to stay below everyone until he's relevant. I don't like having to listen THROUGH the drums to hear everything else.

Also, I could hear more from the bass. Sounds too quiet here.

Other than all that, this is real good.

[azngirlchibi]

Okay, my high school senior jazz band did this, and they did better. I kid you not. Baritone, why are you SPLAT-ing the last note? Come off more gently, or you sound like "Ta... tiki SPLAT." And yeah, drummer, calm down... it's nice that you sound good, but you gotta put the ensemble before yourself. Oh, and a nice thing that you guys can do is to keep your instruments up after the last note, and just let the silence ring. It's a good dramatic effect.

[IncredibleEverything]

@azngirlchibi The low Bb of the Baritone Sax should sound like a whip cracking it is so loud and short. Not soft in the slightest. It should Make people jump, want to get up n dance.

[NavinJohnson90]

You guys remember that "buzzed driving is drunk driving" commercial where the drunk guy at the wedding reception is playing the drums?

Yeah...

[JazzNaySean]

this song for a combo not so good

u would of been much better of playing moanin by art blakey

but you guys played awesome

great job

i liked the drummers feel :)

[kooljoe2011]

i'm sorry but that drummer really needs to cool it man. i can't here the bass solo and i could hardly hear the bari's.

[Grockthar]

Yeah drummer we get it your good...but for the love of god stop playing so unnecessarily, and so annoyingly busy.

[MasterTycoon2008]

99% agree. I agree completely that he has to stop showing off....and for that reason I don't think he's very good. I'm not the best drummer in the world, but I could have easily done what he did in this video. It takes maturity to drive a jazz band from the backseat (like a jazz drummer is supposed to do). There are only 7 measures that say "fill", and he added a fill in every measure. To me, a very mediocre drummer.

[zbalder14]

@MasterTycoon2008 totally agree

[sechzehnhundert]

The original was much better. The band's quite good, but they don't groove together.

[anothersaxguy]

can't hear the bass player

[gotAgetem08]

is that all you got baritone sax player?

[axyshay]

everything is ok more or less but where is the soul?

[1WFE3]

Drumer needs to shut the fuck up!

[deathbyhighfashion]

@1WFE3 fuckin' right. the guy is messing up the whole tune..

[MunkdGuru]

@1WFE3 I KNOW RIGHT

[1WFE3]

Drumer stunk.

[chickenboren]

We just got this piece and its nothing like the recorded version. Its also not a piece for bands with only a few good soloists because everyone has a solo passage. But it is the best song ever if you can really scream and MOAN.

[Djavidus]

Drummer's too loud.

(Just saying it one more time)

[pyrofiliac]

They're really good but they go way too slow.

[xblacklighterx]

SeniorBoobies UR A FUCKIN PIECE OF SHIT...

[oblivion2009]

the drummer is too loud and smiles in a gay way. lol.

[doudou68]

White people...

[blueheart26]

AAARRRGGGGHHH!!!! drummer's TOOOO loud!

[Alboadictoxsiempre]

what u have to do it's just type "havana jazz band" on youtube and there you'll find a much better version of this song, a good one by the way. these white cannot play as people who feel it do

[TwoTone89]

These white?

Mingus used loads of white players all through his career,and was known for his deep hatred of racism in any form,you fool.

[dgpug]

This is probably the first and last time I will ever say this but...

THERE IS TOO MUCH COWBELL

Drummer please turn down your volume

[soredemo22142]

yea i agree i love bari sax and bass so i better be able to hear those in any other hazz peice otherwise idk if it really all just binds toghether ya get me man? but otherwise its a really good thing. ima try this with my friends

[GodzRicko]

Great group. Would have better acoustics if the drummer was in a sound shell. Too loud in the vid but everything sounds good and swings.

[Gcman928]

sounds good but the drummer is way too complicated and loud. he's covering the bass and the piano

[soredemo22142]

hey mexicanfoodrocks1 can go to fuckin hell because a comment like that is the typical asshole fucking comment that ONLY FUCKING ASSHOLE CUNT FAGGET BITCH PEOPLE LIKE YOU FUCKIN DO YOU FUCKING CUNT!!!!!! GO TO FUCKIN HELL AND SUCK THE DEVILS FUCKING CUNT YOU FUCKING CUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GUUGILtr]

great.

[killerjoe242]

that drummer is really really great

[85capricelandau]

bari sax player could use more gusto... =[

its a mambo

not a serenade

[saxbari]

I can't really hear the bass or piano very well. Is this pre- or post- mixing? Good job sounding like Pepper Adams on bari though.

[barisaxophoneplaya]

Hey this Rocks! I luv the Bari Part Im gonna be playing that In a concert at my school! I hope Im as good as this Guy!

[valvetrom]

How do you make a Hormone?

[messiahofrock666]

dont pay her

[MeatMachine2]

tell the drummer to shut up

[funnymoneydolla]

awesome job with this

my only issue is with the balance

less drums, more bass

maybe a little more piano

otherwise, it sounds great!

[z2d2]

they can fix that in post production!

[killerjoe242]

this was pretty nice. keep it up

[crackerpoppoodle]

we play this in eighth grade :P, u guys need more expression and feeling...but that was pretty good

[54spiritedwill54]

dude you guys rock!

[MichaelsPlace]

the last note needs to be staccato on the bari riff

[Hagelmiester5673]

yeah it does, the note is being held too long which ruins the strength of the attack

[funnymoneydolla]

actually, marcato

but I like the way he's playing it

[rockrhapsody123]

Yeah, the drums practically drown out everything else.

[MLGFAN2007]

drummer gotta chill out yo its just ride symbal man i mean feel free to add in sum fill ins but really lay back on all the symbals....its light man not heavy gotta keep a balance with bari-sax man

[PumpkinThePleasantEn]

u guys sux, not nearly enough feeling, but good playing. :|

[join105]

drummer gotta chill out lol

its like hes soloing the whole tune;;

thats just too much for this tune.

[valvetrom]

Doesn't sound like Timmons Moanin

[laromain]

Hey Valvetrom,

No, it's not Bobby Timmons's "Moanin", it's Charles Mingus "Moanin". Way different, both great compositions.

[valvetrom]

Yes strange to use Bobby's Title. Didn't know Mingus wrote an interesting tune, I always like his Music. Best is Jelly roll.

[Saxyman14]

Bobby didn't make up the word "Moanin'," therefore, it's for anyone to use. There are a lot of songs that are completely different but have the same title.

[SpoofHobbit]

Hey are you the baritone? If so what kind of sax and mouthpiece does he have?

[laromain]

Mk VI low-A bari, old Meyer mouthpiece, not even sure what opening it is, number's worn off...

[SpoofHobbit]

cool are you the player? I plat tenor and the openings about 98 tho

[SpoofHobbit]

cool

[SpoofHobbit]

I reckon it's a great song and the baritone is really good

[Shieksghost]

We're playing this exact arrangement in my Jazz band, where I'm the bari player, and as a freshman, I think I'm doing a better job, D:

[jazz24p7]

wheres the bass? cant hear the bass! don*t like when i cant hear the bass! drummer is overplaying ... and the bari...hm. enogh said about him

[axc1080]

the drums are a little too loud, and the bari dusnt sound that good, he needs to loosen up a bit more

[maxohpne]

I don't like the sound of the bary player. it's not a "natural" sound.

[jerec576]

oh alright, just checkin' that i wasnt the only person who thought that, at least the band has some swing feel not funky but eh.

[doudou68]

The guy is white, we can't expect the sound to be natural...

[SeniorBoobies]

and the only thing black people do naturally is pick cotton

[doudou68]

Retard, right on the left, in similar videos you can see black people who aren't picking cotton but do play jazz...in a natural way

[SeniorBoobies]

sorry, if they not picking cotton theyre probably spreading aids and pretending to be thugs

[SpoofHobbit]

I still reckon it sounds really good

[axc1080]

i almost vomited when i heard this. its disgusting. hey bari player, can u open your mouth? i have to take a shit >_>

[roxas1098]

its a bari..?

[SpoofHobbit]

is that a saxophone he is playing? is he using a different mouthpiece?

[Muriness1]

Its a Baritone Saxophone

[SpoofHobbit]

ive seen one and they are hube a lot bigger than what he is playing

[blindside398]

See, I almost disagree... The thing about moaning, is it has always been a very ambiguous song and is often altered in MANY ways. Look at Mingus to Cuber, it's such a different sound. Now, I agree he should tone it down a little but the drumming which albeit falls out of time not too frequently is actually pretty good. It's a newer thing than I've seen in a while on a jazz favorite. I just say dig it as an excessive accessory. :]

[Saxyman14]

...Mingus played Bass, not bari.

[Zombbg4]

i dig the drummer, but not as an group player. someone needs to give him a horse tranquilizer then all will be well.

[carlisthedrummer]

What is the drummer thinking..? As a drummer myself I gotta say he is mixing some kind of metal with his kind of bigband-jazzy playing.. Sounds crap! Not a moment with a cymbal ringing out..

[KO8E89]

I thought he played his part perfect. The percussionist who plays metal would be striking the cymbals. This is totally different, he is ringing the cymbals. And that is what jazz is, if you didn't know. That is the traditional way, to ring the cymbals in a kind of a swing manner. The problem with the percussionist is that he is just way too loud.

[tytaniumboxhead]

i have to stop listening to this now, the drums are really beginning to piss me off...

[tytaniumboxhead]

great job with everything but the drums. fire this guy and get a jazz drummer, don't worry about him he'll get a job in a heavy metal band.

[SRG9523]

I'm not sure why you dislike what you hear, the drums was one of the first good things I noticed...

[tytaniumboxhead]

He just seems to be trying to fit everything he knows into every bar instead of commenting on the music. Im sure he has great technique but im not sure its proportionate to his taste. FAR too loud, crowded and show-offish. He leaves absolutely no breathing room.

[SpoofHobbit]

They are spose to be loud but a little more piano and double base would have been nice

[maxohpne]

I don't think it is the final mix, if it is not, it's just normal the balance is not good

[SpoofHobbit]

Baritones are menat to be loud

[jpq21]

The mix is terrible on this. The drums should be half this loud, and you can't hear the bass at all. The drums sound too much like rock, but if the volume was turned way down it would be adequate for this song. This drummer is extremely talented, he just needs to learn how to play jazz.

[theowlsgo]

your drummer is a douchebag

[shookietheif]

damn i couldnt even here the bass and the drummer was out of time and way too much symbol but pianest great job but who did the best was the bari sax listen to how i play me bari sax type in "shookietheif". o and bari when u play in the begining on the very first 5th noteu played dont take the rest too long thats it cya.

[hiperverso]

The drummer has coordination and mental problems...

Toooooooo slow.

He even gets a little out of time hitting all those cymbals and trying to get back to the snare...

Crappy drummer.

And to top it I Couldn't hear the bass.

[fishytank1land]

thats beacuse its a bad mix. great job i think the drummer is the most talented in the group. keep up the good work.

[alphaJA]

where is the bass? I dont here it.

[roxas1098]

holy crap!!

dude you guys rock!

to bad i play alto..

[KTMownage]

this is what i love about playing in a band.. you never loose it if your good and you can do it into your later years i cant wait to be an old guy that plays bari

[maxohpne]

Wow, i love this song. you are very good.

i have a question. does anyone konws what is the microphone's model for the baritone player in this video?

[laromain]

Hey Maxohpne, it was an AKG 414.

[kmbuchamushroom]

I wish I could hear the bass, I love what Mingus does on this track, with his octave pedal tones and such.

[silver3B]

Yeah baby!! You guys cook!!! Love it!

[crescendo666]

bari player has bad timing and he seems to be really exhausted. generally whole band does not sound well... sorry but thats the too slow shit.

[RobinsonWith]

drums are kind of ignoring everyone in the band.

[tytaniumboxhead]

its like he doesn't know that its a jazz tune. christ, i hate when drummers have no taste in colouring and just try to play on top of the band!

[littlelindseyy]

I feel you I think the middle parts and maybe the ends of a song should be the parts for the drummer to play outside of the band a little bit, but not right off the bat

[lyigantius]

I think the mix of this was done poorly... there is no way the drummer could have been this obnoxious in real life. I can't even hear any of the other rhythm players. The bari solo was great, but the mix made it impossible to hear it at some points. The drummer's playing is fine (some of the fills are too rockish for this style, but whatever) the mix was bad.

[SwerdyJazz]

Moanin'was written with open fills all through it. Its basically three or four themes with the rest of the band going off on solo stuff. Its meant to give the illusion of being messy and chaotic, but its done with careful deliberation. They didn't skip a beat, beautiful!

[kjetbar]

What a weird track. The bari played the head untidily and forced, but then he went off to a sick solo. Then he redid the untidy, forced head. Weird. Very nice band though.

[jazzfolkrocker]

i hear ya. the intro was like lead boots. and then there was a nice solo.

[Bflatsax17]

but i do agree, the drumming is a little excessive

[Bflatsax17]

well, if you listen to the version by Charles Mingus, the song is supposed to sound chaotic like this, and since there aren't as many instruments as there are the original track, the chaotic effect is achieved by the drums

[alexeipaish]

I wasnt aware of the fact that this is one giant drum solo (this comming from a drummer)...it's very evident that this is an amazing drummer, but he's sort of defying the reason for drums in Jazz. Drums are supposed to emphasize the melody (by playing shots and the like) and bring out certain clolour the other instruments lack. In this track, the drummer IS the melody. Screw that, he's the entire song.

[GuidoVivaldi]

Listened to Elvin Jones or any drummer since him much? Heck, Art Blakey wasn't just sitting around keeping a beat. Jazz drumming isn't limited to making the horn sound good.  He was mixed a bit loud.

If were going to pick on somebody the piano player wasn't anything special...

[abalvarez]

I couldn't hear the piano. The drums were too loud. xD haha

[RobinsonWith]

yeah but Elvin complemented people's playing he wasen't in his own little fill bubble, he listened to what the other people were giving him not just crashing about on the cymbals

[shorterfootprints]

in need of Jackie Mclean

[erlingkroner]

This is not mixed - whaddaya think? It's a ruff. Wait 'till you hear the cd / see the dvd AFTER IT'S MIXED and edited. This is a taste. Drummer overplaying? That's a matter of - taste

[rightboss]

the drummers on drugs right? or is it just that this is the first time he's attempted any jazz? seriously, probably about the worst, most insensitive druming ive ever heard, and ive worked with some bad drummers!

[Shadowblind4]

agreed. He must be on drugs, because he's smiling through the whole song.:]3

[beckley87]

if there is ever an example of a drummer overplaying, this is it. does he need a wee or something his right foot is going a million beats a minute. ha ha ha

[anaaaaal]

How would you know a Drummer is knocking at your door ?

The knocking gets quicker + quick and he doesn't know when to come in !

[amt2121]

nice playing. i'd like to hear less cymbals and more bass in the mix though.

[IronOutlaw36]

MORE BARI!!!!!

[bso222]

great sounds. good bari player, i like his tone.

[IronOutlaw36]

MORE BARI!!!!!! Bari is the ultimate band instrument

[christine2355]

Good, but I agree. Too much drums, it overpowers it

[6shot4sweetheart]

definitely a unique take on the song. the drummer isn't quite that good trying to look badass, but he has nice stuff going on.i like it all in all

[bariphone777]

Sounds kwl. I want the music for that song!

[phatboyselim]

really good, too much drumming though...

[Zombbg4]

my god that drummer is sick!

[radiotacea]

is this the version that was used in the movie (the whole nine yards)? with bruce willis?

[howlingmime1983]

yes it was

[radiotacea]

i cant here de doublebasse

[capoile]

wow!!! nice @#$ job

[howlingmime1983]

I have been looking for the original for so long, I am so happy to have found it, and such an amazing redetion. Bravo!!!

[Fingernail101]

ive actually never heard the original until now. Sounds less congested and cluttered from the versions ive listened to. Its a good change. I agree that the drum could have been a bit softer because at times,as lou2cv said but great performance.

[erlingkroner]

The sound is unmixed still. Thanks for listening

[lou2cv]

Drummer is excited ! I'd like the drum line a bit softer, but it is just my opinion...

[AZNinvAZNproductions]

awesome, you don't hear a lot of people doing the original anymore, that's really neat.