Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - NJN/State of the Arts

[simoneliasbjorkman]

This is fantastic! This is great! I love it!

[JCJasion]

You guys really nailed the Henderson sound!

[jonnybogue]

That's Dave Brown on lead trumpet, Jon-Erik Kellso on 2nd trumpet and on the solo, Jim Fryer on trombone, Dan Block on lead alto and the clarinet solo, Andy Farber on second alto sax (plays a solo), Mark Lopeman on tenor sax, Peter Yarin on piano, Mark McCarron on guitar/banjo, Rob Garcia on drums, and VG.

[thefabulousmark]

Found out about the Nighthawks by watching Michael Feinstein on PBS- Great recording-Fab Band!

[parlophonman]

Fantastic ! Thank you !

[marcocresci]

Great tune, great solos! Thanks!

[JackLeSoir]

Just fantastic,,,,,What a great way to start my day !  If you ever play "Singapore Sorrows" and it posts on Youtube....please let me know......

[johnnyjackpot]

Great performance Vince!

[althejazz]

This is another knockout job - the Henderson charts are not easy to play and these guys make it look easy. That trumpet solo is so keen and swinging. Al in Watchet, Somerset

[2LOUD2LOUD]

Wow ! A great accomplishment ! The feel and joy of this great classic 20th century music is refreshing to hear. I can't wait to catch this group in concert !! Vince you ought to be carried around in a Rick-shaw!

Thanks so much.

[bogeyat3]

nice one Vince, great tune. keep it real mate.

Liam (melbourne AUS)

[dietero100]

Excellent as Usual. Another one in the Vince collection bag.

[BassetHoundTrio]

Love this group - I didn't know Albert system clarinets were still in use!

[horarwgt]

Vince and his band are always SUPERB. You can't help but smile when listening to feel good jazz like this. Forget the crap on the Grammy Awards.  THIS is music!

[Corrie121]

Great! *****

Straight to my "favourites" goes this one!

It has got to be good when the great Bob Wilber endorses it!

Thanks for sharing.

[Grouchy2day]

I thought all 3 Henderson versions of Shanghai Shuffle were great. Louis Armstrong and Charlie Green were the stars of the two 1924 versions and the 1934 version had Buster Bailey and Henry Red Allen cookin' on that one.

[bixchick007]

I like the 1924 Henderson version better than this one., but fortunately they do that too. Best band in the world.

[Bobchai]

Weird. Fletcher Henderson meets Hal Kemp.

Best modern band I have ever heard. 5 stars, and featured on my channel!

[7zorro]

But beautiful! Check the brass solo by Jon-Erik Kellso.

Rude the Dude

[tdub1941]

Great stuff! I love it! 5 STARS!

And I had to add it to my FAV's!

Thanks 7zorro for sending this one to me!

RagJazzMonkey

[NouveauPasse]

WHAT A BAND!!

[Schrittwieser]

Vince was a good friend of mine when I lived in NY, my wife actually worked for him when she was attending grad school. this guy has one of the best music collection of early jazz sheet music in the world.

[grezek]

I have seen the Vince perform period music in 2 movies the Aviator and Revolutionary Road. Now we have this wonderful Delivery, of this outstanding arrangement, by this hot band.

[BudTuba]

Great show Vince and I can see you're really into it. You are doing a great job keeping early jazz active.

[warplan]

Great old chestnut: Fletcher Henderson with Armstrong, Oct'24; with Red Allen, Nov'34; Sam Wooding with Ladiner, Aug'25; Chocolate Dandies with Red Allen, Dec'34; Bunny Berigan, April'38.

This Utube captures exactly the flavor of the old days. Congratulations!

[wolfybaby]

AWESOME !!!! ope more of this gets posted!!!!!!!!

[olmmbill]

Great number, great performance. Vince, your joy in playing this music is very evident. Bill

[bobandpug]

The most exciting music in New York City!

Pug & Bob Wilber

[jazzfancier]

Not sure of the technical points made by various Posters, but the sound was great, and this band is to Die For! Great, great band. RUN, don't walk, to see and hear them. They're in NYC/NJ a lot, and some of the big festivals on the traditional jazz circuit.

[McVouty]

This is a VERY challenging chart and Vince's team pulls it off as usual.

Nice One Vince! From yer Florida Pal

(for those who are dying to know the Commander Cody Alum in the band is baritone saxman ( and hot violinist) Andy Stein).

[RETRO714]

Great..absolutely great!  Vince, this is Jeff Weiss...Give me a call!

[vivmaudlin]

Hiya Fellas!

Gee this is SWELL!!!!!!

See you soon

Weezer

[staunchcharacter]

I adorrrrrrrre them. Just wonderful, pristine, respectful and FUN! No one does trad jazz like the Nighthawks!!!

[buzzdav4]

Look carefully and you'll spot an alumnus from Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen-!

[ajmendham]

Vince and the Nighthawks have a new steady Monday gig in NYC

Monday nights

Sofia's Restaurant

Club Cache [downstairs] at the Edison Hotel

221 West 46th Street (between Broadway & 8th Ave), New York, New York 10036

3 Sets: 8:00pm - 11:00pm.

$15. cover plus $15. Food/Drink minimum

Reservations: 212-719-5799

[jonnybogue]

and we're there Tuesdays as well now (Mondays and Tuesdays)!

[Odin444]

Simply excellent. This is a true and very special treat!

[conleylang]

Rodemich and Conley would have loved it!!!

[26095]

Vince and his band are a national treasure.

[TJAlways]

Fletcher Henderson would have been thrilled, just as much or more than when he heard the Benny Goodman playback! Will try to hear this in full stereo on the V.G. MySpace (!)

[CptGatsby]

Nice! I love the Nighthawks. Although I think this version is somewhat lacking in energy compared to the old Henderson recording...oh man, the one with Louis Armstrong. Good stuff.

[manidig]

Good solid performance of the Fletcher Henderson swing chart. And Kellso sounds like Rex Stewart! This is good stuff indeed.