Wynton Marsalis Playing Happy Birthday

[MrShmolik]

2:08

yesssssss

[AcidLifeform]

Man, he's a genious!

[eysikal]

Anyone else catch the "petrouchka" quote @ 1:14?

[AckLikeYaKnowMe]

That is truly one of the BEST Happy Birthday renditons that I have ever heard in my life !!! WOW

[MillouJazz]

@dearchrists

They do follow the chords, of curse they Know them by heart!

[dearchrists]

Do they improvvise on the melody only or do they use chords?

[heinbanjo12]

@dearchrists They have the chords in their hart.

[catzr0ck]

just amazing

[sk8terman246]

Marsalis- " You mad bro?" trollface.jpg

[Spectonimous]

That other dude kinda sucked. All he did was copy Wynton.

[ToomeyVonToomey]

@Spectonimous That is so very wrong and you know it. I can't believe that you could insult a professional sax player like that - better than most people will ever be.

He was not copying - in improv, copying is playing the same rhythms and/or notes as someone else. He was certainly not doing that. The rhythms may have been similar - because all rhythms are repeated all through music - and the notes were similar because you can only play with 12 notes through a few octaves, but "copying" is wrong.

[scrmtrumpet]

@Spectonimous Also keep in mind, in jazz, when you solo after someone it's totally acceptable and expected to borrow ideas from the first soloist. In jazz it's not copying, it's "quoting" or "playing off of each other". They basically take an idea that the first player used and re quote it, then expand on it. These two have been playing together so long that they can play off of each other all day. The collective improv part is a perfect example. It's a beautiful thing to see. Keep swingin!

[celowdrums]

@Spectonimous I sooooo wish I was Marsalis copycat...

[trumpetnikeee]

WTF 5:43 ^^



[saxyprince]

23 people never had a happy birthday

[sleeplessinsale]

@saxyprince and don't deserve one either!

[xXChineseBoiXx]

swag...........

[conradopaulino]

masteeeeeeeeer!!!!!!

wow!

thanks for post ans jazzy greetings from São Paulo, Brazil

[conradopaulino]

masteeeeeeeeer!!!!!!

wow!

thanks for post ans jazzy greetings from São Paulo, Brazil

[aertnhun]

22 people can´t do that

[jonjo12321]

390,000 of those views are mine. XD

[jonjo12321]

Hey what other stuff has he done that's just upbeat and hella awesome like this?

Please help.

[buzzrful]

When I want to lose track of time I listen to this guy.

[CLTConcerts]

Who are the morons that dislike this video?

[brassinyourass18]

I love the little things, like how Wynton taps his foot and on the 2 and 4 he puts accent's on them.

[chrslndn]

Aren't they just blowing over the A section of Rhythm Changes? They're not playing around with the song, just putting it in a context they already know haha ingenious!

[spuddypablo]

They're like a whole band

[threeamax]

Nicely done...I play a little also lol guitar that is

[KapitolKartoon09]

listen @1:26 to 1:30 alsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[reygood1]

Thanks for the free jazz lesson.

[rockclimber21]

he's sitting down. HE IS SITTING DOWN!

[rTaHuCl]

Man so sick. This guy never stops impressing me. thanks for posting, this video has so much info in it.

[Jedisax100]

This Guy is a master.

[lancelot1959]

Wynton is the absolute BEST!!!!!

[MrIvangene]

galing



[crazypianolady]

Who is playing the tenor?

[TheRohBoat]

@crazypianolady Victor Goines

[vozza14]

wow that was insane. asshole french kid who said 'no' should feel like a fool

[MrValentono]

winton you the best

[jonjo12321]

He could make hot cross buns the most amazing song ever.

[mscarolannstaples]

New Orleans very own... Wynton and his Dad and brothers... We love them all..

[pepoxgala]

Just ... great!!!!

[jessica4908]

21 Lady Gaga fans saw this video...pfff. THIS ROCKS. Now I know what to play for my daughter at her next birthday

[bernetta88]

God-given talent!

[jejazz13]

I've seen him live in new York and I went crazy seeing him improvise. This audience was boring. Wynton is my favorite jazz trumpet player.

[jmasso99]

man wyton is good

[chevalenko]

WOwwweee. 

[oleisss]

ke bueno ir por la calle y ver /escuchar eso!

[mrbluestrek1]

Il existe 21 personnes qui n'aiment pas cette vidéo ? que d'incultes......

c'est la base du jazz....pfff !

[B0omtown]

Ha! How exactly would you learn to do that?

[ljridge]

@B0omtown Years and years . . . and years . . . and years . . . you get the point!!!

[PynkWalkr]

@B0omtown I wish it were more complicated, but you simply practise and practise and practise until your lips fall off

[xjkgx]

theyre talking! so cool! :)

[ididso1]

All that I say is WOW

[kotetsu131]

I love how at the end-ish it's like they're playing chicken :)

[marshalljimduncan]

What's the name of this song? I know ive heard it before.

[ThunderRese]

that improv sounded so bad with the background..like its just him playing a shit ton of notes...like i realize he sounds great, and alone he would be amazing, but honestly those two things did not go well together

[uraniumgrenade]

His kids must have the most awesome birthdays ever.

[Trumpetlover2010]

@uraniumgrenade too bad he didn't marry and doesn't have any kids....

[msailors]

@Trumpetlover2010 that's not true. He has 4 kids.

[xdr0cx]

amazing.. i wanna noe how do he make tht e flat sound like tht

@ 1:29

[LaCoListener]

@xdr0cx He's just half-valving. Press second valve only half way or so down and experiment. You'll see.

[xdr0cx]

amazing.. i wanna noe how do he make tht e flat sound like tht

[yomommafoo99]

is the guys translating to french?

[Trioptio]

@yomommafoo99 yuuup

[McGrillah]

how are they so unappreciated by the audience?!?!?! I'd be going nuts if i saw this live. literally would be jizzing my pants

[vmurajazz]

@McGrillah

Too true!

But dont you mean jazzing in your pants? :P



[McGrillah]

how are they so unappreciated by the audience?!?!?!

[Robarmrocks]

the 18 dislikes were friends with that random lady who walked by.

[now5230]

who is that hes playing with?

[ollithehorn]

@now5230 this is victor goines on tenor sax, get to listen to his stuff, especially the tunes with the LincolnJazzCenterOrchestra like Coltrane´s "Giant Steps". he´s a famous brilliant clarinet-player as well.

greets from germany.

[amac567]

Wynton is the man. End of story.

[raargh00]

holy fucking balls that was the best thing ive ever heard

[irockyouroll]

haha im french canadian, i would have loved being there! too funny!

YOUR A TOUGH CROWD!!

[mmundo219]

@gr00vytaco I don't know personal humor I guess.

[mmundo219]

@gr00vytaco a lady walks by at 6:50-6-5 0r so in the background towards the car... :) i didnt see her ass either at first I got stuck on the music.

[wolfspanee]

this really helped me with my own playing on my trumpet.

[josnator]

..........(speechless silence)

[Kadishona]

@josnator Speechless silence.. for the sake of the many other kinds of silence xD

[OneandOnlyMusician]

just shook his hand, no big

[hcpiano1]

@gr00vytaco The guy speaking french is the translator... he's translating what Wynton says

[ReminiscenceHr]

This, my friends, is what music is about.

[maestro1124]

I still don't know how they can do this! Sounds gd.

[hartman2012]

I love the dixieland style collective improvisation. Sounds sooooo good. Wish i could be as good as this man, or afford a monette trumpet, either way lol.

[abehammy]

He's a dick for talking shit about Miles Davis.

[TheHighwaytahell]

@abehammy didn't miles davis talk shit to him in the first place? correct me if wrong, but im pretty sure he did..

[soursourapples]

@abehammy miles davis the wife beater?

[HE11FIRE100]

damn. Im only 14, and Ive been playing trumpet for about.... 5 years? Im no where close to Wynton. Then again, I only play 11th grade stuff (4.0-4.5). And Im in the 8th grade. Anyway, fantastic trumpeting.

[ekim7429]

amazing improvising OMG!! i would have loved to be one of the actual audience!!

[jhdksjhdl]

este hombre essss puffff mi preferido jajaja

[regeface]

arghhhh i hope after my 3-4 years study in university for jazz trumpet, i'd someday actually play like wynton

[properbeatz]

Like if "you know what it means to miss New Orleans."

I live 30 minutes away but I feel it everyday.

[properbeatz]

Ahhhhh! My city of New Orleans...

Or rather our city.

This is the only place on Earth where all of the elements (music, food, history, culture) come together in a beautiful melody called JAZZ.

I love you my city, and the whole world should follow.

[refici222]

my birthday was the 6th of dec right on time

[qwinkly]

Found this accidentally - right on time! Never mind the lesson he's giving, in 2 weeks I'm replaying this - all day ! I'll be having Wynton Marsalis play "Happy Birthday" to ME.

[lmsypj]

someone tell me how he comes up with all those ideas.

[cfieldtrpt1]

He makes it look effortless. Amazing

[dakodarollins]

to play like that sitting down? with your diaphragm being compressed? lol...wynton rocks

[Silvabone]

Wow! That is a really lesson!

[dagangstah]

This video is a perfect example of how saxophone players always fuck up everything

[MissMoonlight1994]

@dagangstah

stfu

[dagangstah]

@MissMoonlight1994 LMAO you know its true, thats why you're mad

[MissMoonlight1994]

@dagangstah

no, I'm mad because you say things that are NOT true. you don't know any good sax players that's your problem ^^

[sonicpokemondbzfan97]

@dagangstah :|.... I take that offensivsely... I play saxophone TT^TT what did the saxophone do to you? take it back...

lol XDDDDD but seriously... take it back o.o

[jhonemanuel92]

te quiero enfermera feliz mes!!!

[jhonemanuel92]

excelente... que lindo..

un mes DAMITA...MUA!!!

[SuperRodrigoferraz]

Para aqueles que acham que Parabéns pra você é facil, kkkkkkk

e para ver o que um musico de altissimo nivel pode fazer.....ha e se continuaren achando facil por favor tirem essa versão kkkkkkkkkk

nunca...................!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obrigado Wynton Marsalis por sua musicalidade inesplicavél !!

[sopranoplayer82]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Y)

[leoteclado123]

very, very, very good!!!! Fantastic improvisation!

[gulamrasul24]

It doesn't matter what this man plays .... it is how he plays it and it is all good!

[Finne116]

If only Wynton Marsalis were a little better at jazz.

The earth would be knocked off its axis.

[peytonjmusic]

dude 16 people deserved some real music shoved up their ass for disliking this

[caxassax]

is guardala mouthpiece???

[penutbito]

have you ever hated someone because they were too good?

[coma13794]

you ain't kiddin' about the dry crowd...they're practically a fire hazard.

I couldn't stop smiling when they were playing. The music really does flow through that man.

[Tommyfroboy]

wow, what a dry crowd. i remember in the red sea jazz festival everyone was kneeling forward with eyes wide and participated like crazy at the master classes

[SingersLeader]

@Tommyfroboy What do you expect for a bunch of Frenchies? ;-)

[1701myst]

1:09

[1701myst]

1:09

[klmn1965]

HaPpY BiRtHdAy MaRy Cunningham Neumann yours MIke

[53160]

I think the guy standing on the left just happened to walk by :p

[garzaedu]

Damn! 

[EM83520]

i'm trumpet player and i like this !!!!!!!! ouaaaa!

[Loockwin]

Master!



[saxbikerjazzzz]

y va a estar en mexico

ya quiero ir!!!

[Boldstrummer]

One of the reasons this cat gets so much flak, is his awesome talent.

And the respect he has for himself and jazz. He is bigger than life and others who are jealous, want to bring him down. This is stupid.

This guy is on the forefront of actually doing something to keep jazz alive and well. To make conditions for live jazz music better. He is a world ambassador for jazz. He is also modeling for the young, how to be an adult and to take responsibiity for life. .

[trumpetermonkey]

so cool!<3

[joechidro]

THE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cedyboy1995]

@DavoBowRowe Hey dude chill out, you're getting more worked up than anyone lol

[chuns00]

If you know what I mean, a HR Link Tone Edge doesn't give that sound.

[chuns00]

Hey does anyone know what mouthpiece the sax is using?

I've been wanting a mouthpiece that has a similar type of sound.

[goham878]

@TheBigHeader wat r u talking about

[WoodDuck14]

so much personality in his sound.

[ricardovirgo292]

buena improvisacion 

[Shrutefan99]

Hehe, nice posture. I guess you can afford to sit like that if you're amazing.

[minicannonball13]

@Shrutefan99 amazing is an understatement

[ingridbrowny]

me encanta!

[BrianMBrody]

The best HB on UTUBE. B

[HuggumsMcgehee]

I wish I was there. T^T

[TheSBoy3]

Wow! this made me just realise that happy birthday is exactly the same as just a closer walk with thee! I can't believe I didn't know that this whole time!

[WawnTawn]

My name is winton! Haha

[opertinicy]

Who is the sax player?

[MattTheOak]

I wish the French weren't such moody cunts.

[ohdingobongo]

@MattTheOak Well said Buddy, they just are!

[vohehuli]

I don't think it was fair for marsalis to let him solo rite after he did. I meaning come on, can anyone follow up on him. NO! Marsalis is just a trumpet God and a musical genius

[cedyboy1995]

The 13 people that missed the like button can go die in a hole.

[edtein]

@cedyboy1995 I FELT A BIT PRESSED by you to use the like button. Even when the video is Superb! like this one you can´t desire another´s dead just for not clicking

[sneakerboi2]

i got to see both of them at my school play victor is an amazing musician and needless to say wynton is in a class of his own...

[peytonjmusic]

dude this is like the best b day present a musician could ever get!

[cougarbubbleyum]

dude their brothers so ya. I'd so love to get some of my musician buddies together and do like a surprise concert thing for like my friends on their birthday. You know what i mean.

[lipsman92]

Its as if they are having a conversation!! This video is so inspiring!! Thankyou!!

[daletronics]

still the best



[neppiks]

he is so inspiring,

[euclidesguillermo]

today ist meine cumpleaños

bonito Geschenk für this day

[ballagrl11231]

how can you dislike this?

[1904home]

i play this one for my kids each year. got 5 kids. they love it. and this is a perfect song for improvising because its got so many gaps to fill. Wynton did a great job - not sure about the other guy cuz he train wrecked that thing - I could tell Wynton was annoyed by it.

[garzaedu]

@1904home

Are you NUTS!!! Victor train wrecked it?!!?!?!?  You are not a musician...sorry.

[dmbbf5]

@1904home you're an idiot

[dmbbf5]

OH my bad I just realized you were talking about the guy in the middle, sorry yeah he does suck I mean he played absolutely nothing and you cant even see him.

[qwinkly]

@dmbbf5  You're HYSTERICAL !!!! Thanks for the guffaw !!!

[jampoles]

Wynton uses a hi-hat style left foot tapping while Victor prefers a circular motion style also left foot.

[bebemoloci]

2:05 saxo

[claudichameleon]

Awesome! What else can you say? *-)

[crazieaboutjazz]

Wonderful Victor Goines from New Orleans, Louisiana!

[Jowcol12]

Anyone know who the sax player is?

[RemingtonSAXMAN]

Not fair, I'm studying for a degree in Economics and am a sax player but damn I'd love to play sax for a living, not just beer money

[mulletchuck]

@RemingtonSAXMAN no you don't. pretty much gotta give up dreams of a house, car, gf, wife, kids, basically anything that requires a STEADY income or health insurance, unless you're lucky enough to land a secure union job or teach at a college/university. but then, that wouldn't be playing for a living, that'd be teaching for a living. earning a living from ONLY performing is VERY difficult to do, unless you're VERY luck and know the right people.

[Scottslover1]

hey do any of you guys know what key their playing theyre version of happy birthday in?

[rb8032]

@Scottslover1 Concert B flat

[Scottslover1]

@rb8032 Thanks =)