Count Basie - Basie Boogie

[aqfarn]

I went to hear the full band at the Comedy Store on Sunset. The highlight of the evening was a duet by Basie and Freddie Green, but the whole show killed. I was high for days afterwards. What a great night.

[pianofan97]

@MrOldlistener that wasnt meant as an insult to any race. it's just that you have a group of people with one ethnicy except for one guy who is also playing an instrument that is the "Oddball" of the group. i guess i could be considered an "instrumentist" but certainly not a racist. even that wudnt b correct tho, u cud put any instrument up there and make a great solo with it, just as white people can be great just as black people can (or red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple people)

[pianofan97]

of course the only white guy is playin clarinetXD

[MrOldlistener]

@pianofan97 Are you a racist?

[halldormarteinsson]

I don't agree that newly created music is growing worse. There's a lot of quality music around today just like there has always been a lot of crappy music. The good stuff survives, always has and always will. For the old stuff time has filtered out the shitty stuff but for the new stuff we have to look through the garbage to find the gems for ourselves. As for this song, it makes me happy and it makes me smile :) Finding songs like that is the reason I love youtube so much

[phwaizy]

@halldormarteinsson Amen to that :D

[TheIsraDave]

OK, Mr. Count, we know you're the greatest.

[Voxateuri]

666 likes, 6 dislikes. I'm not sure if I should change the number, but I sure do like this!

[ibuprofen303]

@Voxateuri 666 - a very appropriate number for the beginnings of rock and roll lol.

[Johnflugelhorn]

Greatest Swing Band Ever. That's Charlie Rouse or Wardell Gray on tenor sax and Buddy DeFranco on clarinet,of that I am sure.The great Clark Terry is on trumpet. This is a smaller band Count Basie had in 1950. Great stuff. Count Basie you are missed ! Thanks for sharing this video bobjazz11

[palindrome74]

What a showman! 

[chairlovawitabat]

hello fellow jazz listeners, can someone please tell me which guy in the video is Count Basie. id really like to know

[brandojazz]

@chairlovawitabat pianist. I believe lester young is the the tenor sax player.

[PaulMurphyJazzDrum]

kick ass ! !

[luzusada]

Si los pobres tenemos algo que los ricos jamas tendran , es tiempo para reirnos. Nuestras fiestas celebran la eternidad de los instantes.

[ZUGD]

back then you had to have skill to play music, like knowing how to sight read music and improvise. now its just power chords and tablature..... what happened to the skill man??

[CertMonkeyTrainer]

@ZUGD Back then it was so expensive to record that you HAD to be good. Otherwise it's a waste of money. Now you can cut and paste anything together in your bed room with a mic and cheap recording programs on a computer. You don't have to be talented any more. Just crafty and patient. It's a sad comment on the state of music.

[ramester]

Viva Basie! Nuff Said!

[godznuts]

No shoe gazers here.



[rengiil13]

Anyone elts notice that every player was smiling? Its because they love what there doing, don't find that very often these days. This, my friends is good music.

[sdh74]

PLAY COUNT!!!!

[shanemchavez]

dude, his boogie woogie is hittin----

[Fnarge]

When Gus Johnson played with the full Basie orchestra he was brilliant on such numbers as 'Cash Box', 'Tom Whaley' and 'Basie Talks'. Something about his timing and use of crashing great accents behind the brass. So it's great to be able to see him 'live' in action looking very cool and swinging like mad. Had the pleasure of meeting once him on a trip to the UK (with aother group). He was very modest about his playing when it was suggested he was one Basie's best drummers.

[vivahuntsvegas]

Tell me again who invented Rock and Roll?

[drummerdoc]

@vivahuntsvegas

Good question. Did you know that the Basie band actually played for Alan Freed's dance party TV show?

[drkfnx600]

@vivahuntsvegas

Good ol' blues



[langley2205]

Wow. Bill looks like he's really enjoying himself!

[rickenbacker67]

6 people dont swing with the count.

[dorisig]

Count Basie Rules ö enjoy

[CompoArmonicoEnFuga]

Que masa la cara de felicidad del pianista.

Eso es superioridad racial, la puta madre!

[jumpflyz]

Anyone know what video title this is off of? Is this public domain too? Love to find it.

It looks like this awesome video has the same setting that this song was recorded in.

/watch?v=WpPehptG3yw

Please let me know if you know how or where I can find it. Especially if it's public domain.

Thanks.

[EddieHaskelll]

@jumpflyz It's from the 1950 film "Rhythm and Blues Review" which is now in the public domain and can be downloaded from archive (dot) org.

[songanddanceman100]

@jumpflyz

It's from a 1960s TV series called BANDSTAND. They all have the same set and a mostly older crowd dancing. Lots of great bands in that series.

[rickkuhn]

Who dat on the sax, and who's the white boy on the licorice stick?

[chipstern]

@rickkuhn Lucky Thompson on Tenor.  Buddy DeFranco on clarinet. Clark Terry on trumpet. Gus Johnson on drums. Jimmy Lewis on bass. Freddie Green on rhythm guitar.

[EddieHaskelll]

@chipstern Not Lucky Thompson. That's Wardell Gray on tenor sax. This is from the 1950 film "Rhythm and Blues Review." See jazzvideoguy's upload of "Clark Terry Meets Count Basie." Same session, same band.

[hgaska18]

phuck yea

[Timopartanen2]

Count Basie created much of jazz history. Always hard swinging, anways sou. Special thanks to the late, great Wardell Gray for his contributions to this combo. You hear me, Wardell, up (or down) there?

[antjuanoden]

Whoa. I say again, WHOA.

[MsRedwaller]

5 people can't even dance.

[billdabanda]

Stunning stuff. Basie small bands are the tops. Try Kansas City Seven stuff. This is a bit fast as one comment states. This is coming out in C# but being played in C.Do not try playing along to this!!!

[niagaraorbust]

No wonder Hammerhead, its slick, cool, and just great.

[sentimentalmood1]

rock n roll starts here

[diggingdon]

aaaawesome!!!!

[13421JLUJ]

To those who don't love this I would say krtfgt or something! Thanks for uploading!

[Migualoz187]

eddi murphies dad

[MeLauraArtOutOfLife]

Now these are musicians

[HuxxNL]

uber hornyness

[keltyk]

one of my favourite sax solos as of now- Who was that guy?

[theBishopp]

@keltyk Either Lester Young or Herschel Evans - sorry, I don't know which was which, only that those 2 were the saxophonists in the Count Basie Orchestra... Although judging from the names and the era, I'd say more likely Lester Young...

[keltyk]

@theBishopp Cheers Bishopp :) A friend reckons it's Lester 'The Prez" Young doing that swinging hot solo and I'm inclined to agree with you- Love his playing- a true legend

[nunolip]

@keltyk Its Wardell Gray

[keltyk]

@nunolip Thanks N- Hadn't heard of Gray-

[nunolip]

@keltyk By the way, the trumpet player is Clark Terry. This is the sextet Basie had when he briefly disbanded in the early 50's

[Sincopare]

And you want to know what? They probably made that tune up in rehearsal before the show. They were THAT GOOD.

[kdawg9436]

THIs makes me wanna learn how to play piano!

[shinganova]

ok i  just creamed myself!

[psychkoala]

@shinganova

Let's not get carried away. Show a little decorum.

[comradelopez]

This is the coolest thing ever made by a human being.

[trashboxfilms]

The good old days where music didn't have to have words

And horrible singers were declared famous for no reason

[kpaenen]

always when he plays the piano he seems to sing along with the song, eventhough it has no singing in it :P

great music

[memphis148]

that groove around the thirty second mark gave me a boner.

[jazzblow]

ooooooohhhhhh yes!!!!!

[bolandjf]

Holy shit, this has got to be the grooviest thing I've ever heard. It's truly sad that newly created music is growing worse at such an exponential rate. This is true talent.

[frostmonky208]

@bolandjf times change! old people called jazz crappy then, old people call metal crappy now! they're all different styles so get over yourself!

[WJPJPW]

Wardell Gray!!!

[canutilloo0]

MEDICINA PARA LOS OIDOS! INCREIBLE!

[mauriciovalenzuelab]

Sólo el cielo podría negarle el gusto por este ritmo!

[mauriciovalenzuelab]

Sólo el cielo podría negarle el gusto por este ritmo!

[patricius777]

how can people dislike this?? oO

[meathead5bl2]

I love this dude's cheeky grin...absolutely lovin' life!

[guitarman0478]

i know ensemble guitarists are supposed to be the quietest instrument but i at least want to hear it!

[Lennitriss]

@guitarman0478 Never heard of the "All American Rythm Section" ? Well this is it. Freddie Green,Basie,Walter Page,Joe Jones. It is an ensemble ,as you say,and without Freddy Green,s guitar it would not sound the same. You probably have the R&R disease ie,every instrument has to be a "front line" instrument.

[13surfboard13]

i bet you that by the time it took you to scroll down to the comments your foot already started tapping whetheryou noticed or not, check becuz i caught my foot going off ha=)

[ChineseinCanada]

Love the drummer!

[ggggonzalez]

You notice how everyone has a suit and tie. I remember when my mom and dad would go out. it was an affair. People had pride in their craft and they dressed the part. Nice!!! I was born 60 years late.

You tube has a Liberace post with the boggie woggie. Nice also.

[almirantenegro]

fantastic boys !!!!!!!!!

[NickTheBluesMan1]

mad!! i love this old stuff

[matrox]

Thats slammin! Thank god there were no Jay-Z's around to add their Uhhh huhs, yehs, and biatches to screw it up.

[Klefth]

So much win... the rhythm is awesome! How did we go from this to what we got nowadays? D:

[matrox]

@Klefth

Because todays generation lacks real talent and will buy anything that is shiny and sprayed with perfume.

[duckdaotsu]

Desert island music? BASIE!

[jullex92]

Hmm, basies eyes and eyelids remind me a bit of jimi hendrix... btw, LOVE THIS!!! :D

[matrox]

@jullex92 Yeh...Jimi was Count Basie's love child.

[charmerci]

The very beginning shows me that this video is being played a bit too fast. Compare this with One O'Clock Jump (1955) and CB with Clark Terry.

[imamba1]

yhey don't come any better than this

[oilburnin]

tighter than a new york joint.

[chriswynevs]

i love the quick solo changes!!

[chriswynevs]

@chriswynevs did i mention the tight as hell band!!!

[Heatherbird3]

I can't believe how tight these guys are! Rhythm is unbelievable!

[Voidrend]

how can you play in an economic way? whats does piano playing have to do with money?

[2lemonde]

i hope you know that it means 'economy of movement', ie efficiency

[reidojazz]

Excellent and unusual! Basie normally plays in a more economic way. Very interesting see him hitting hard on that piano :-)

[jdjc79]

Who's the drummer? He's phenomenal!

[steelydws]

Gus Johnson is the drummer

[Pwned000]

That drummer has mad skillz!

[imamba1]

@Pwned000 damn right

[Timok67]

Perfect!

[SIMPFANN]

My music teacher, a man by the name of Bill Frabizio, who has been a musician since WWII and worked with just about everyone you could name, said that Basie is his favorite jazz musician, and that, in his experience working with him, Basie was not only a great talent but an extremely sweet and friendly guy. There's something touching about that, I think. :)

[zackhanscom]

sounds like rock around the clock tonight stole the motif

[imaJesusluva]

yeah, it does!!!

[refugeesfrommuppets]

my hands hurt just watching that!! Most awesome indeed. *sigh*

[sonwamac]

I got my answer...it's Wardell Grey...I should've known that

[sonwamac]

For all the young folks who don't know what a MONSTER Basie was on piano check this video and go to your piano and try to do it...I know it's Buddy DeFranco on clarinet but who is the Tenor player? That mutha fucka swings his AZZ off

[jmkism]

These comments describe it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gr8Sc0ttrout]

The Count was one swingin' gate!

[mondofzz]

Nice fingers, Count!

[cubanconfusion]

Yes!

[PowerfulMindsofWomen]

Wow!

[hammerhead0519]

Every comment on here has a thumbs up. No negative comments. Wonder why!!! :)

[no1peto]

pri takejto muzike není čo komentovať

[hammerhead0519]

The iceing on my cake!

[iamkellen]

Rhythm section heaven

[tjc197]

This song rocks my socks.

[tjc197]

What's so amazing is how it's so effortless to them.

[cavaleer]

We're Gonna Rock Around the Clock Tonight....total theft of Basie's Boogie.. lol

[tjc197]

I think that was the best bass solo I've ever heard in my life.

[canncinno]

¡EXTRAORDINARIO! Virtuoso...