"Chase"-ing the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra

[UticaI]

bass trombone????

[Jefftheman45]

All these guys are beasts on their horns, and I like this arrangement a lot. Great video.

[18ryanjm]

Is ryan playing lead?

[MasterBlasterMusic]

PEP BAND WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!

Amazing Trp sect. intonation.

[kaunasprince]

A W E S O M E

[Bbcontrabass]

LLJtbone- he's got a tuba backing him up. Never hurts to double the bass voice.

[1000ydguy]

Drummer is SOLID...catches everything. real bitch! Young cats...this is how you kick a Big Band, man.

[DNAunion]

I'm impressed by the trumpets.

[Frederichtrumpet]

Amazing powerfull. Lew soloff... uff !!! and the tenor sax solo very good.

[Braulioiscool]

at 3:00 is awesome

[korean233]

best rendition of this song ive ever heard. i wish i could blare my trumpet like that!

[batvon39]

that was SICK

i feel for those trumpeter's mouths though lol

[LLJtbone]

I don't get how he plays bass tbone like that ! What ever he's doing it sounds damn good!

[atelierpfeiffer]

that´s not any bass trombone.....that´s Mr.David Taylor!! but the tuba helps a bit too.

[StradMan37]

I thought I'd recognized BS&T's Lew Soloff on far right of the trpts. Very hot jazzed-up version of Bill Chase's one-&-only hit pop tune.

Thanks for the great post!

[gasiraz]

It's not very common listening a band with two french horns and three saxes instead of the regular five saxes section. This is a top big band and. soloist are first rate musicians indeed. Not every band can play a chart like this one.

[victorpsabina]

Ohhh!!! This orchestra is the best that I've listened ever. I play alto saxophone and Crhis Hunter is amazing in my opinion, one of the best sax on Jazz music, I listened him in live and he's a monster . All musicians are unbelieveble. Great job.

I'm Spanish. Sorry for my English.

[kaunasprince]

I agree that is a very good band,but I suggest you listen to the Airmen of Note before you decide.

[LordFaroar]

Great song my high school jazz band is playing this, and man I love the trombone part. Go Trombones!! Great song, these guys'd kick our asses any day.

[youngkerouac]

these guys kick ass and are monster musicians (DAMN, lead trumpet!), but this arrangement wins the 'totally missing the point of what bill chase was trying to do' award.

[LLJtbone]

That's one hell of a bass trombone player! The whole group is smokin'. I am not crazy about the singers that are with this group but they're not singing now thank god!

[LLJtbone]

Did I say that I thought the trombones-the band was hot? YEAHHH...

[johngsteel]

That is David Taylor, one of the premiere bass bone players in our time. The top honor of bass bone players goes to George Roberts as he set the sound, the standard for all of us to follow.

[LLJtbone]

Man do I love this stuff. The trumpets are just screaming! Trombones that goes without saying that they're hot sounding. Especially the bass trombone player. Totally smokin'.

[Wolfeater818]

which trumpet is playing first, the one on the right end, or the guy 2nd from the left?

[Wolfeater818]

this song is so awesome.

[lou2cv]

Check out Chris Hunter with Michel Camilo's big band, outstanding ! And also George Young jaming MrPC with Lew Soloff, Gadd, Eddie Gomez and D Matthews !

[pjpetedude]

while* sorry

[pjpetedude]

this is the best big band i've seen for a whole. xx

[turbolawnmower]

Geroge Young is a Fucking monster

[Djangoblackbird]

Dave Taylor is a BEAST!

[LLJtbone]

How about that bass trombonist! Smokin'. The trumpets are pretty hot too. Trombone's that goes without saying.. hot.

[sengokuranse]

GEORGE YOUNG is the best.

[mahler19110]

I think it would sound ten times better if it were just a few clicks better, though the trumpet cascades sound awesome.

[pointlessworld]

I hope I can at least get close enough to George Young at tenor sax... Though, the day that I get as good as him will be when fire and brimstone will fall from the skies, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

[Phished123]

AMAZING! loved the original, and love this arrangement

[trombonistry]

Chase's recorded version is cooler, this one is a bit nerdy at times. There's some good trumpet work here and some other high points, but as a long-time Chase fan, I'm not impressed given the big names in this band. I think it's mostly because of a doofus arrangement. Sorry to all fans of this the MJO.

[rdangelo]

"doofus arrangement". Classic...

[trumpetguy81]

I agree. This does sound a little stodgy, and more swing orientated than the original more 'rock driven' version. The original had a completely unique sound too, due to the 5 trumpet horn section. Adapting carts for big bands can 'miss' as often as they 'hit'. Ya just cant beat the original for mine. Great arranging, driving rock, strong vocals, and PLENTY of trumpets!

[retrop75]

I wish some Japanese guy was singing....

[imagine050]

yeah that is soloff on trumpet Dave is a wonderful arraner too bad a search fo him results in 10000 results for the rock and roll guy

[GeorgeRizov]

Way too cool!

[GeorgeRizov]

So, so cool!!!

[GeorgeRizov]

Wow!!! What an awesome arrangement! The band is really tight and the musicians play their asses off.

[Crapptown01]

too bad they couldn't get the worlds best bass trombonist eh?...OH WAIT..good god he is awesome. i am in awe!

[mikeejm]

JIM PUGH IS NICE!!!!

[luridplanet]

Interesting arrangement. The sax solo is cool.

[jazzguyman]

Way too many of the upbeats cut out in the way it was arranged. Good players and sounds, certainly. Too bad the arrangement made the song sound so much straighter than the original.

[terrysilverlight]

Terry Silverlight on drums!!!!!

[manager420]

extra!!!!

[katella12]

This is a tribute to the late trumpeter "Bill Chase," who penned this tune.

[rdangelo]

Joe Shepley on lead?

[jefftritonesub]

Looks like Scott Wendholt (sp?) on Ryan's right, Lew to stage left.

[trane1959]

defintly Scotty

[tonyfreejazz20]

Great stuff.  Thanks for posting.

[mattroberts66]

Who's playing lead in the trumpet section?

[gsman5828]

Is that Lew Soloff, far right, in the horn section?? Kind a looks like him.

[MJOrchestra]

Yep - that's Lew.

[kdfan]

nah, ryan looks like he's older than that. so does scott. it's at least late 90s if not later. got anymore?

[kdfan]

how old are these videos?

[MJOrchestra]

Early 90's would be my guess.