4th chair trumpet player

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[toetapper04]

This was a hoot. I think I have to pass it on to a couple of friends.

[rocklandrez]

The vocal equivalent is "alto's lament".

[Ahbooshasha]

That is one messed up bell.

[fleurtastic]

fourth chair helps to spice up the music. harmony??

[dponath]

I can relate...

[joeslaughter01]

Great humor here.

[HasteTwo]

Funny stuff. 4th parts are often really crappy (but not always... sometimes they get the solos)

[cruiseshipgreg]

That's what you get sentenced to when either don't practice or just plain suck

[orbitaldeerhunter]

This gut is hilarious this is a joke of his you know that right

[nemo227]

We all miss him.  He'd have everybody in stitches.

[AngelikavonDeutschla]

sorry but i have heard better Trumpet players. He is down right aweful.

[ColdJelloSoup]

@AngelikavonDeutschla ...it's a joke.

[TLOZMT]

@AngelikavonDeutschla hope you know it was a joke

[wannawatchu66]

@AngelikavonDeutschla This is a comedy bit. He's not trying to be Al Hirt or Doc Severinsen

[Tizdizwiz]

@AngelikavonDeutschla and you really think this was meant to be serious? it's taking a poke at people in orchestras or bands who are 4th seats or have lower parts...

[HumorousTeIevision]

@AngelikavonDeutschla its comedy dumbass

[coolgirlluvsupre]

its the new duck song!

[jickey07]

I know every 4th chair would love to have a little bit of "grandpa's cough medicine" in his jacket. hahaha

[IUtrumpetboy]

lol the page turn at @0:34

[HGMusicProductions]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! All the low notes of course! Then after rehearsals your range improves due to getting accustomed to using so much air.

[WakelandTrumpet1]

best job ever

[rmo52]

Pete used to hang at the Union Hall in Vegas after hours with the rehearsal bands, and just crack everybody up. What a funny, crazy cat.

[DirtyPaves]

I feel sorry for all 4th chair trumpet players everywhere. I now feel their pain...

[knarfster]

Thats hilarious!

[bigloudwg1]

Ha!

[BSJOrchestra]

That is one the funniest things I have ever seen. (on Youtube)

Bravo Pete!!

[jpstenino]

Very very funny!!

[BlazeSharkCA]

he sucks and i'm in 6th grade.. and i'm 2nd chair lul

[Lchsmb2009]

@BlazeSharkCA its a joke.

[wannawatchu66]

@BlazeSharkCA Uh, listen sonny, you're in 6th grade and saying HE sucks? Dollars to donuts if you and he were to play side-by-side doing something serious, I don't think I need to say who would put whom to an open shame. A friendly reminder that you're a child, not a **professional musician**. Like Lchsmb said, it's a comedy bit. Your comment is laughable at best, disrespectful at worst. So show some respect, kid.

[naten9]

I love this. It's funny if you know what he's doing.

[charley12345678901]

That guy sucks he 4th trumpet

[sktyler1]

@charley12345678901 No kidding... I think you may be missing the point though

[charley12345678901]

Yeah I know what this video is about, it's about entertainment...I just felt like being a total douchebag just then

[hepcat2009]

Judging from Woody's music stands, this video is from circa 1983. I feel that Barbutti is one of the most profound comics of the 20th century..sort of a musical version of Kovaks. For those who haven't witnessed Pete's acoustic broom bit, your life isn't complete.

[GMwoogitmaster18]

I remember playing 3rd/4th trumpet for some of Duke Ellington's charts and let me tell you, the story is different! There were licks that were higher than the 1st trumpet part! It was intense!

[sktyler1]

@GMwoogitmaster18 -- Duke was one of the only composers who wrote parts specifically for each of his players and their individual capabilities. "4th Trumpet" in Duke's book doesn't mean the same thing that it does with most writers

[DancingSpiderman]

This reminds me of when I took my BRAND NEW Bach Strad out onto the football field for halftime show practice, stepped into a hole I did not see...

...instant Bach crumpet. I laughed my head off.

[TurbooMan]

@DancingSpiderman Ya I really doubt you laughed your ass off :P!

[DancingSpiderman]

@TurbooMan No, I ACTUALLY DID. I remember it to this day. It happened back in 1979. What else is there to do except laugh first?

It sucked to have a pro horn with a permanent bell crease even after the repair shop "tried" to fix the thing... I thot they'd be able to do a better yob of repair.

My lesson: Don't take a nice horn out onto the football field. EVEN BETTER: Don't go to a high school that makes you be in marching band in order to be in jazz band.

[TurbooMan]

@DancingSpiderman lmao that's an epic story.

You had to play in marching band in order to be in your jazz band? Man that's a joke! I'm so glad I didn't have to go through that. Just played in the jazz band myself :). Great times. Haven't picked up the horn in a couple years though.

[DancingSpiderman]

Kidz who wanted to be in the jazz band or concert band HAD to also be in the marching band. The only kidz exempt from the stupid rule were the 1 electric bass and 1 electric guitar players.

That's what happens when you go to a school located in a crappy tax base district that lacks proper funding for worthwhile courses. My old high school hasn't had a music program for a couple of decades now.

The district up the hill (Los Alamos) has a full music program including orchestra.

[Blueathena623]

@DancingSpiderman You'll never see this since you posted months ago, but I just wanted to say -- there are so few people in the world who really understand how a little piece of you just dies when your gorgeous bach strad gets banged up and can't totally be fixed because of a marching band incident, and you didn't even WANT to be in marching band but you had no choice, but I'm one of those people.

[DancingSpiderman]

@Blueathena623 yea brother. You KNOW the feeling then. A couple'a down-and-out drunks and their broken-down strads. THAT'S a visual for ya..;)

Those kids going to school up on the hill , Los Alamos NM, have a complete music dept including orchestra, and their sports program has lacrosse... but there's no other team to play against, because New Mexico school districts are as poor as poopy water... I guess the Los Alamos lacrosse team members are content with playing with themselves...bwaahaha

[Blueathena623]

@DancingSpiderman Trumpet guy could take 'em in a fight. I like how there is always at least 1 comment of "lol, im better & im 12". So, young one, you have the ego of a true trumpeter but not the knowledge that, if you show disrespect, we elders will take you down without mercy. We're like a pack of lions. Of course we're better than all the other animals, but cubs who challenge alpha males are often eaten.

[DancingSpiderman]

@Blueathena623 Hahaha, yeah Chuck Bumgione, he's from the streets (well, not originally, but he is now) , I bet he's a scrappy fighter.

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Prolly some liddle kids , first semester learning the trumpet... but they snacked on too much sugary candy , and now they're rambunctious and looking for some smackdown... challenging the alpha males of the pack.... hahahaha

[Blueathena623]

@DancingSpiderman When will they learn that you don't mess with alpha unless you have the goods to back it up? I empty more talent with my spit valve than they have in their whole body.

[DancingSpiderman]

@Blueathena623 hahaha

[sjoek11v]

@DancingSpiderman Haha I read all the comments from you and Blueathena623 and i laughed my ass of!! You guys are SO right!

[DancingSpiderman]

@sjoek11v glad you like it !

Yeah, I entertain myself purty good, it's nice to have someone to share a goofy thought with...

[DancingSpiderman]

@Blueathena623 If you want to see the final outcome of what happens when a decent honest musician encounters too many setbacks in life and can't make it as a successful trumpet player, watch the YourTube video called

Chuck Bumgione

watch?v=HVyQB6fgI4g

At least I have a van...when I get evicted from my place at the end of the month, I can go live in my van , down by the river... maybe I'll join up with Chuck, we'll plan some gigs, share a bottle of NightTrain or MD 20/20 ...

[Blueathena623]

@DancingSpiderman That just made me want to pour a little valve oil on the ground for my homies. And I really wish I could just reach through the screen and screw the top of the first valve.

[DancingSpiderman]

@Blueathena623 ... a tribute, to all our homies... (squeezing some Al Cass valve oil onto the hallowed ground, bow our heads for a minute, then raise some hell afterwards)

Just for the hellofvit, check out the Al Cass entry in Wikipedia; the guy had an interesting life.

Chuck Bumgione's clacky 1st valve. hahaha

[butxifxnot]

He's basically just messing around. There's nothing particularly easy about 4th/5th chair trumpet playing. As often as not, the 4th trumpet is the part with the chord changes in it!

The joke has two levels: for those who see 4th trumpet as being the part that BAD trumpet players have, he's that guy playing a solo. For those who understand chord changes, he's actually following the chord changes and playing some characteristic licks. :P Kinda.

It's a great musical joke.

[miltonbratterarchive]

hahahahahahaha

[DestinSteele]

because normally when your forth chair in a jazz band like this you have the lower and in some peoples opinion a less important part. playing it by itself is funny because it just doesn't sound right. that's what i got out of it anyways:)

[Danielc412]

Haha!

[parkermfjones]

I did my own rendetion of the great Pete barbuti's work. But my audience was full of music majors and ban members so everyone got the joke. Great guy and a great musician

[Skrothn]

This is inspirational. I play 4th chair just because nobody else will play it and now I feel good about myself.

[VivaLaTrumpet]

so funny, ha! I get the joke.

[pcsoprano09]

hahaha that's great!

[HopeBforJC]

haha, thats great.

[amldmh0126]

umm.. I don't understand.. that was the worst trumpet solo i have heard.. at least the easiest..

[tisonlythree]

lol that was the point

[ZAHNATHON1]

you obviously didn't get the sarcasm involved

[poojaloobaCow]

Third trombone is even worse, y'all. Seriously. It's terrible - all you get is the weird jazz harmonies and alterations, like the sharp-nines and the flat-thirteens and etc. Now I'm the piano player and there's some other sucker on third trombone in our band, though. I'm free!

[TLOZMT]

wished i could have done this...but i moved up to second...

[MarchingGeek13]

so true...

[AcidLifeform]

haha, that's why i don't want to play 4th trumpet ever again :D

[Corollaboi]

Did he die?

[emuman4evr]

1st chair horn and 2 trombone kicked his ass

[CommaCreations]

That was really....funny.

[amerdris]

It's funny because this is true stuff!

[SirCrompton]

lol... epic

[jeffrey183rd]

lmfaooooooooooooooooooo

[MrBosnian78]

i doubt that. he's got a shitty crumpled trumpet and i bet you don't. and i guarantee he would whup you.

[jjcantu86]

Then you must be a prodigy of some sort. Thing is he's doing it on purpose (it's all an act). He actually plays a little of what he can really do @ 0:28. That's a real lick. It's fast and he has a decent tone considering it's a P.O.S. trumpet

[TheChandlermann]

oh hes a comedian off of the tonight show i didnt know that sry

[Run4runes]

Ha I can totally relate to playing E-A in the staff the whole time. Hitting Middle C is like a treat for third and fourth trumpet.

[mabeti6]

lol round round round round round...with the green grass growing all around!!! LOSER! trumpet...lol crunpet

[gnativerson]

King of the CRUMPET ! (crushed trumpet)

[denver199415]

who is this im from weitkamps too u might no me as the euphonium player/ baritone

[denver199415]

i no lol, figured it out wen u mentioned it band, u reminded me of the bread man on drakes

[KAMD052694]

That's funny,But,In Duke Ellington's Rockin In Rhythm,The Fourth Trumpet has a solo at the end of the song,That you have to hit Triple D's and Cs D=

Thats a rare case though xD

[macflyfilm]

Someone explain.

[15MusicLove]

its supposed to be funny, youd have to have been there to understand i guess lol. like when your last trumpet, you have the same low note melody the whole time, and you are lazy and dont pay attention lol

[15MusicLove]

plus they never get a solo or have an important part and its like his 4th trumpet solo lol

[survivrs]

Thanks for saying it was meant to be funny cuz otherwise I thought it was pretty bad. Brought back nightmares of junior high band back in the early 70's when I was not yet good enough to get past 3rd trpt. I think that's what made me work so hard. I knew if I played 1st, I'd have the melody or even a solo-as long as it wasn't ad lib. Couldn't do it, stage fright.

[mediajunky]

LOL

[chrisisstill]

Pete is the funniest guy I have ever worked with, and this clip is still just as funny as then!

[caseyjones2222]

That guy still plays better than me!

[crabpinchers]

this is so perfect! It's so true too. So funny, never laughed so hard in my life!

[oorahmarine]

Perfect

[ihackurdata950]

i laughed so hard i thought i would suffocate

[JosephMcChesterton]

brings me back to the days of playing 4th in orchestra...there are so many low A's in mars...

[homsar456]

I lol'd! SO true!

[rescuecaptain1]

LOL, Love it!!!

[BachStrad95]

haha, that was great.

[DennePennePasta]

hahaha :P

[waltandrus]

Holy Smokes! Pete is GREAT! The bit is not complete here... The Preface is that a Big Band is delayed to a gig due to a BLIZZARD and the only guys who show up are the rythym section and the 4th trumpet player. I saw Pete do this bit at Carnegie Hall. He opened for Sinatra with The Peter Duchin Orchestra in '83. The Band was laughing their asses off and I almost fell out of my seat. Most of the audience didn't "get it"...A TRUE musicians comedian!

[PaintballAce7]

@waltandrus not trying to troll but heres another trumpet at 1:36

[bukbuktube]

Brilliant.

Have not laughed so hard in a long time.

Thanks for putting this up.

[stripes597]

hahah this makes so much sense. 4th chair never gets anything fun

[mbmaccin55]

im 4th chair ya!!!!

[oldstyleplayer]

Cracks me up every time I see it. Entertaining and so true. As for the vocals, he is singing some of the lyrics from "Shanty Town":

There's a shanty in the town

On a little plot of ground

Where the green grass grows all around, all around.

The roof's so worn,

So badly torn,

That it tumbles to the ground.

It's a little old shack,

And it's set right back

25 feet from the railroad track,

[jack0244]

you suck hill billy

[gastonlv]

Hey be nice youngin' this is one of the last local vegas acts. Read about this guy

[monk3yman25]

This is great.

[trane1959]

nice Beatles cut

[alildrumhappy]

holy crap... that is fuckin hellarious.. lol..

[Hauni8x8]

einfach nur geil :D

[amrein]

Great !

[CordovoxMan]

Pete's a funny guy! But he can play the hell out of accordion and piano. Get it? It's a joke! Get more from Pete. The kid taking accordion lessens bit. Is that here? Funny!

[gastonlv]

This is my girlfriend's dad Pete Barbuti. He still does charity shows and lives in Vegas. One of the nicest guys in the business.

[CordovoxMan]

Pete's the GREATEST. From one pro to another. Still can't get enough of Pete. A GOOD musician and entertainer!

[skatrumpet07]

thats awesome

i remember once i volunteered to play 4th

our swing band was gonna play Bye Bye Love

and i looked at the lead part and said

HAHAHAHA wheres 4th

[Ahbooshasha]

haha. 4th trumpet part is the best.

[anaaaaal]

LMAO !So true too,is the old guy woody herman ?

[nslssl]

Yeah, it's Woody Herman.

[rowland1992]

why is he singing?????

[daveythewavey19]

hey, somebody's got to play the 4th, if we only had songs with a first part there'd be no harmony

[itsfatman]

your breaking some new ground there Copernicus

[novaria93]

AHAHAHAH

the big yellow ones 'a sun!

[keleent]

good thing i play 1st in college lol

[duvalgodofrandomness]

HAHA...I play 4th in a local big band...know the feeling exactly...no screamers, no melody, little improv just very low harmony...anyone know where I can find videos of this guy playing seriously?

[KCJazzKeys]

LMAO, it's funny because many 4th trumpet parts are low in the staff, and often have repeated notes while the lead players get the melody. His fill at the end of the first have of the head cracked me up, plus the page turn. If you've ever played in a big band, it's funny as hell!

[ForzaSparf]

Hiilaaaaariouz

[alexmusicmaker]

ok? that's a weird person

[darkurza]

4th Part/Chair for Shostakovich's Festive Overture is the main theme.

[linuxwulf]

Well another reason pete(Who is indeed a VERY fine trumpeter) sounds like that, is due to the condition of that trumpet. You can actually see the joke behind it at his website Barbuti [dot] com

Pete is hilarious, he's got all sorts of comic genious out there, just keep searching.

[kailkay]

That... is so freakin' true. Fourth trumpet parts in the big band are exactly like that. Same note over and over, and then really big rests.

[kolst8406]

Pete Barbuti was a frequent guest on the Tonight Show in the 1970's. I don't recall seeing him playing the trumpet; he always did his act at the piano. He seemed very funny although I can't remember anything specific about his act.

[rescuecaptain1]

This is sooo funny, especially from an outstanding player as him.

[Nonana]

i dont get it

[sleepysancho]

its making fun of 4th trumpet parts thats why the melody is so easy

[Elliot84]

funny thing is pete's actually a monster. this made me laught, great vid.

Elliot

[goduxgo]

This video is great!  It's a perfect example of comic genius. Thank you for posting.

[cabreg01]

Hilarious!! This guy nailed it right on! LOL

[losparanoias91331]

LMAO!!!! This is great...

[jimboback4u]

Pete Barbuti is a freakin' freak--and an unbelievable comedian. Of course, you'd have to know him from his past work to appreciate this little bit. Ok, it does suck a bit. But his other stuff is great.

[trumpeternorthants]

Thw Irony of this video is superb!!! Good one!!!

[curemaster13]

pshh that dude sucks his sounds isnt very good and all his notes were low!ive been playing for one year and a half and i can get up to a high c.

[markag6]

I don't think you all realize that this is a parody. It is meant to be funny. This man obviously can play much better then this, he shows it in some of the rips that he does in between the phrases. It is meant to be funny and not taken too seriously.

[chandelor]

o.... my god... the highest note that I heard could not have even been above a 'c' in the staff, and that's sooo pushing it. I can almost play a 'c' above the staff and I'm thirteen playing two years.

I feel better now, I'm forcing my band teacher to look at this next time he yells at me and sayin,"You see, I could be that bad,"

sorry dude, but um, u should practice.

What were you saying in that thing?

What was the relevance?

Why am I wasting five minutes of my life even writing this?

[allegro6192]

Take into consideration that he's applying the art of 'parody'. The guy can play trumpet very well. Not only that, he's one hell of a pianist and accordionist. Keep practicing kiddo to reach the lead chair. Otherwise you're going to spend the rest of your life playing what he 'demonstrated'by sitting in the 4th chair. By the time you turn 70, boredom will bring you down to that level of playing. 8-)

[sarinasutton22]

dude, u do know that he's joking, right? the 4th chair trumpet player in symphonys is just an improv act, he's faking being bad.

[dbrodt]

that was cool

[uffugo]

barbuti was one of the gems of the tonight show, years and years ago... definitely a genius! so glad to see him here :)

[markag6]

this is hilarious

[tdub1941]

This was great - funny guy - He is a hell of a lot better trumpet player that what you see in this video. This was all about comedy and not suppossed to be a demonstration of musical genius.

[FuzzyNavelProduction]

No, no, 4th chair trumpet players in concert Jazz bands are normally are the ones who do the improv in the songs, he's not 4th chair for the reason you think

[mecrob5000]

true bit its usually 2nd trumpet that claims most of the solos. . .

[bellband]

nooooo, thatd be 2nd part ;)

[exnavytubaguy]

The second chair is the ride player in big bands, not the fourth. That goes for trumpets, bones, and saxes. The reason that barbuti's bit is so funny is that what he's playing is what the fourth players do,

all night long. The fourth, or bass, bone might get an occasional interesting lick, but not often.

[phootie]

LOL... It's funny because it's true.

[jazzcat87]

ITS A JOKE PEOPLE

[Fatalbreath]

Theres a reason why hes 4th chair...

[rdangelo]

the commenter above me is an idiot if she doesn't get this.

[sarinasutton22]

what the crap is this?? It just wasted 1:39 sec. of my life! I play a LOT better than him and im only 13!!

[mecrob5000]

YOU ARE AN IDIOT! this is a joke. . .

[exnavytubaguy]

Get a life, kid. If you're only 13, you can't play a single note that he played on that video as well as he did!

[allegro6192]

Young punks your age should be seen and heard practicing and not seen OPINING! Perhaps instead of wasting 1:39 seconds of your life listening and commenting on things you've yet to learn to understand, you should spend more time on the Internet reading from sites that might help you improve your grammatical and general comprehension skills.

[chino9311]

so why did you waste your time when you wrote this?stupid son of a vitch

[logansGT]

sarinasutton - Now that you're 16, are you still a clueless idiot?

Or do you have to wait another 16 years to appreciate the humor in Pete Barbutti's "4th chair trumpet player?"