My son's jazz enseble opened for Kenny at a charity fundraiser recently and he was amazing. Incredible to think that he has been performing longer than most of us have been alive. To hear the big hits from my childhood performed life was a real treat.
kenny ball, awesome!!! this song done by kyu sakamoto, was a big hit in hawai'i in the 60s. it's great to hear a great band like kenny ball do this, great post, thanks.
Thank you very much for posting this. One of my few happy memories of Sundays as a kids was that at least my old may would play oldies in the car on the way home from church after having to suffer through the sermon. This was one of them (along with Midnight in Moscow) and it made up for the foretaste of eternity on very hard benches experienced shortly before.
I bought a CD of Kenny Ball two years ago, and this was on it. Our family was saying goodbye to a loved one at that time, and I played this song nearly every day in my car to help myself cope with the loss. Sad, but beautiful.
Listen to the trombone slides at 1:33 and 1:57, and the way it launches the band into the next phrases. Doesn't it lead the listener to the most reassuring sound? Much thanks for posting this beautiful arrangement.
Thanks Ted. Thanks everyone for your kind comments. I grew up listening to Alan Freeman on Sunday afternoons, and for some reason the instrumentals were always the ones that went round and round in my head for the rest of the week. And not just in MY head, obviously!
Alan "Fluff" Freeman - yep, remember him from the 70s as well. Thank you ever so much for posting this - I wish they would make music of this quality now, but somehow (perhaps this is just me), it would not sound "right" unless it was on reel-to-reel tape or better yet, vinyl - CDs are too pure, you lose so much. Thank you again for a classic.
Great music,thanks for posting all we need now is youtube to stop spoiling tunes with stupid adverts
fedup08 1 month ago
These Japanese composers were great.Kenny Balls "Desert under the moon" was fantastic!
kristifercolumnbus 1 month ago
Excellent!
Spider4642 1 month ago
fantástico¡¡¡¡¡
veonidas 3 months ago
My son's jazz enseble opened for Kenny at a charity fundraiser recently and he was amazing. Incredible to think that he has been performing longer than most of us have been alive. To hear the big hits from my childhood performed life was a real treat.
trogwallaby 3 months ago
When music was MUSIC!
Coneheadedweasel 3 months ago
Better than the original!
VinylToVideo 4 months ago
i really like this version, but the original always tugs at my heart.
imajeepster 5 months ago
kenny ball, awesome!!! this song done by kyu sakamoto, was a big hit in hawai'i in the 60s. it's great to hear a great band like kenny ball do this, great post, thanks.
damanfrom808 8 months ago
@andreabaker2 Thanks, Andrea, glad you enjoyed it. I used to enjoy the sermons (!) but there you are, Kenny brings us together after all these years.
vegetubleman 1 year ago
Thank you very much for posting this. One of my few happy memories of Sundays as a kids was that at least my old may would play oldies in the car on the way home from church after having to suffer through the sermon. This was one of them (along with Midnight in Moscow) and it made up for the foretaste of eternity on very hard benches experienced shortly before.
andreabaker2 1 year ago
excellent Good job
griffltd 1 year ago
Thanks for that, @ThatMartialArtist. Great to know he's still going strong!
vegetubleman 1 year ago
Literally just been to hear him play minutes ago. He did this song and it was a work of art.
ThatMartialArtist 1 year ago
Wonderful tribute to them....
maxine607 1 year ago
Wonderful !!
maxine607 1 year ago
I bought a CD of Kenny Ball two years ago, and this was on it. Our family was saying goodbye to a loved one at that time, and I played this song nearly every day in my car to help myself cope with the loss. Sad, but beautiful.
Listen to the trombone slides at 1:33 and 1:57, and the way it launches the band into the next phrases. Doesn't it lead the listener to the most reassuring sound? Much thanks for posting this beautiful arrangement.
krupa500 2 years ago 17
Thanks Ted. Thanks everyone for your kind comments. I grew up listening to Alan Freeman on Sunday afternoons, and for some reason the instrumentals were always the ones that went round and round in my head for the rest of the week. And not just in MY head, obviously!
vegetubleman 2 years ago
@vegetubleman
Alan "Fluff" Freeman - yep, remember him from the 70s as well. Thank you ever so much for posting this - I wish they would make music of this quality now, but somehow (perhaps this is just me), it would not sound "right" unless it was on reel-to-reel tape or better yet, vinyl - CDs are too pure, you lose so much. Thank you again for a classic.
cosworth6nut 1 year ago
SUPERB
tedmaced 2 years ago
You can describe this band in one word; excellent.
this0033 2 years ago 6
Ye gads, I'd forgotten about this one!
bhoyardee 2 years ago
Great music!!
RayBushfox 2 years ago
thanks been looking for this since hearing it on Heartbeat.
dermie12 2 years ago