Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone: Posterity

[guitarboyemk]

@trombonebro don't you love how in middle school through college, the bass is heard but you when you love college, it's like it's not even there anymore?

[trombonebro]

Back when the bassist was actually heard....

[therogermarsh]

@trombonebro but not the trombone! whats that about??

[whsavage613]

"Featuring Will Smith on Trombone"

[cowlipz]

I believe the guitar player is Mundell Lowe

[94Tboner]

amazing tbone solo!

[noahperkins96]

I wish this guy recorded more

[bigdavehunter]

Really good playing!

[WoodDuck14]

left handed basist?

[MrSloottoYou]

i play trombone



[Dangerousefck99]

I have to learn to know that's the distinction between saxhophone and trombone by the day after tommorrow and those guys are just talking shit.

[postatility]

One of the true great ambassadors and gentlemen of jazz.....Billy,thanks for everything.God Bless.

[raphaxhf]

sorry i dont know much about this music but i really enjoy this type of jazz can someone tell me what this type of jazz is called???? and if is not to much to ask also tell some other artists that play this genre.

Thanks

[ghostfackilla]

@raphaxhf big band jazz

[TheBassface22]

@raphaxhf John Coltane is amazing, listen to his stuff.

[SadieAtCollege]

I LOVE his tone. So smooth on those quick runs!

[waziojan]

thanks!

[waziojan]

anyone know who the pianist is?

[JazzVideoGuy]

@waziojan Billy Taylor

[Williamt84]

@waziojan Looks like Billy Taylor

[hommefriday]

Who is the guitarist?

[bad99bear]

Yes the baritone sax player is fantastic. I believe it is Serge Chaloff . . .

[JazzVideoGuy]

@bad99bear It's Tony Scott, who usually plays clarinet. But he was obviously proficient on all reed instruments.

[bad99bear]

@JazzVideoGuy

That is amazing, to be so full of music . . .

[wanawara111]

много болтовни. Мало музыки. Джаз никудышний.

[pedropedaltones]

beautiful! But I think I love the bari sax almost as much as jimmy's solo(this is a bass bone-ist talking)

[MrChitown98]

His glasses look like one of those prop glasses at from 0:00 to 0:30

[TABrasta]

typical guitarist! has to be the loudest all the time! haha jokes

[killertromboner]

We're not worthy. (bows down and kisses the feet of Jimmy Cleveland). We're not worthy.

[mrbdixify]

Jimmy Cleveland plays the trombone like a god!

[Jubachoo]

@mrbdixify he is a god

[Platschheimer]

That guy can certainly play his instrument.

[daMataMachado]

Very interesting but,

have you seen the basist? there is something odd about the way he plays...

the guy is a lefty!

[MrTalentSubber]

Clean technique, rich sound, and perfect blend... that's Jimmy Cleveland for ya

[MW2HACKERMATH]

starting at 1:47 is he playing or just movng the slide?!?!

[LtDonny]

@MW2HACKERMATH He's playing very quietly. I'd blame it on the directionality and lack of mic.

[Joebone18974]

@MW2HACKERMATH You can hear him play at about 2mins. The guitar is really loud until that part

[cheguevara34]

@MW2HACKERMATH

i think he is just moving it

[bebopmomma]

Awesome!

[bebopmomma]

Awesome :)

[XiaoShuaiGe9]

Crazy, rich, fat low notes Jimmy! Wish there were more like you!

[1r1descence]

omg!!! Those trills!!! that sound!! Jimmy Cleveland is a gift!

[jobasbass]

About 2:22 it looks like the piano player has never heard the song before, and is just getting into the groove! Havin' a ball too

[jobasbass]

About 2:28 it looks like the piano player has never heard the song before, and is just getting into the groove! Havin' a ball too

[iselldummysmacks]

How does this guy blend with a guitar, a barri sax and a trumpet? I never even knew that he was playing the whole time unless I looked at his slide moving!!!

[Trombonist1991]

very nice

[lesbellesduswing]

great

[docjass]

That's Doc Severinsen on trpt.; Mundell Lowe, gtr.; right?

Who is the left handed bass player? Drummer? (Ed Thigpen?)

[Mazparrote8888]

amazing!!

[jazzzz1066]

great

[Culiacano]

wao



[MrTbone3]

this guy is beast

[TheGilmer]

I love Jimmy Cleveland. <3

[Alxscode]

Check out Willie Colon.

[InBy9OutBy5]

First class. And I also enjoy Tony Scott's Bari playing.

[Frum5]

0:25 - 0:30 super clean.

[EmperorAckbar]

jeez quite the presence of bari

[cratlanta]

Wow, what a blend!!

[gemini4life777]

beautiful

[digitaltrombone]

That sounds beautiful! Love that old school sound on the recording too

[isl1551]

Talk about blending! Wow!

[sam00447]

oh my......does he have gold plating? O.o

[Laanen]

great Jimmy Cleveland!

[loxodonta74]

Is that clarinettist Tony Scott on bari?

[stealthswimmer]

i like the sound of the bari sax player as well

[tewbaguy]

Jimmy Cleveland is very well documented if you know where to look. He was Dinah Washington's trombonist for a good while, You can hear him take great solos on a lot of her MRC recordings. You can also hear him on early Quincy Jones sides, as well as Oscar Pediford discs, and about ten of his own records on MRC.

Tyree Glenn recorded many great records on Roulette Records

[marivic9m2]

Amazing

[garfunkel5000]

i can't believe hes' playing with that guitar player! unbeleivable

[VJSco]

great

[stogies3]

Loved it,thank you jazzvideoguy.

Is that Barry Gailbraith on guitar?

[TopCastRadio]

The trombone / guitar duet is awesome!!!

[smileydude62]

trombone is a great instrument, getting a new one soon, finally getting an f-attachment

[McDutchy]

A thayer valve is part of an F attachment. And he should get the horn that plays best for him, not whatever some asshat on the internet says is best.

[TheEuphoniumGuy]

Lucky... I've got a 57-year-old Olds Ambassador horn with no trigger. Great sound, great slide, just I'd like to get myself an Edwards horn w/ F attachment. Played on a trigger Edwards, and it was WONDERFUL.

[historyland]

i just wish that when the guitar and trombone were playing in unison, you could actually hear the trombone. considering this is a feature for a trombonist, it bothers me that the trombonist is more or less drowned out by the other instruments.

[kpg51876]

I think it's more of a case of them actually blending pretty well than the trombone being too quiet. I do have to admit that the bari sax is a bit overpowering, though.

[Zitbam19]

The trombone is a beautiful instrument it can be quite mournful or upbeat. Jimmy Cleveland is a Monster on that trombone.The man can PLAY!!!!

[LaYourMaster]

i just started on trombone and the only note i can play is F. help!

[MelissaGansworth]

If you just started it's going to take time to learn. I have been playing 7 years. ans i am still learning new notes in different octaves.

[GRiMACiD]

yea dude its gonna take some time i've been playing for 6 years now and im still learning

[redsnowman34]

get lessons

[fatleader]

aahahahahah dont worry.

i play trumpet, and it took me about a month to just make a note sound proper.

[bogue12]

That is so funny!  You rock! Keep playing that note!!!

[gottobehilikus]

quit farting around on the computer and play!

jk, its good to listen to great musicians,  keep playing and good luck to you!

[xFLeeGZx]

that guitar needs to tune!

[mmmmkaykay]

no way - he rocks

[jammastermatt]

I don't know about the guitar itself but Jimmy Cleveland and the guitarist were perfectly in tune to each other. It sounded great.

[atombomber25]

omg great im learning trombone and this is such a great inspiration for me, i know what to shoot for now

[tvoice1]

BEAST on that trombone!!!!

[Lindomar200]

Tem bom talento!!!...

[joojoovokoroba]

what a solo!

[taughtjester12]

I Want His GLΔSSESS! Nom nom nom!

[bthrun90]

hahahaha

[holygroove2]

Nice - I'm eating all of this stuff up with Cleveland. It's been really hard to find representative stuff of him until now!

[bimmerfun]

I'm so sorry to hear Jimmy Cleveland passed away. RIP Jimmy.

[Cathar19]

Great video great groove.

who is the lefty on bass

[boneofthewang]

Lol @ 2:09 I thought that the trombone was making a sound like the bari sax

[lanksarmstrong]

that is the barry

[boneofthewang]

I know, but the camera zoomed right into Jimmy Cleveland, and they had just moved right into the chorus, so it looked like the trombone was producing a bari sound lol

[dreadtodred]

happy birthday dr billy taylor

[leadbone1]

killin solo, beautiful tune!

[organist121893]

whoa bassist is lefty!!!!

[organist121893]

i've got a friend named Ford that would like this. he plays bari sax

[olibongo333]

It may be just the mix on the recording though, not to say it isn't excellent.

[LLJtbone]

Holy crap he was so in tune with the guitar player, that you could barely hear he was playing.Smokin' playing. Nice sound for sure.

[jjrt2012]

Thats awesome i too play trombone and he is very good.

[uvlome]

Piano, bass, guitar, drums, trumpet, trombone, sax: nice.

[coolwafferman]

This is a very nice tune,and the trombonist is great.

The trombone is great, been playing it for about 8 years!

[damon8385]

This guy is a great trombonist. Wasn't their a trombone named after this guy?

[franulele]

I may be wrong, but I think the King Cleveland trombone was named after Cleveland, Ohio where White and King instruments were headquartered.

[olibongo333]

There is a King trombone called the Cleveland, but I thought it was named after the place. I may be wrong.

[bimmerfun]

Kink Cleveland was a line of horns, not just a trombone. Not named after Jimmy.

[KameronID]

Look on youtube for Super Mario. There's lots of stuff on here. Try a method like Arban or something. It would do you a lot more good than pop music.

[boneofthewang]

Jazz isn't pop music dude--don't get those mixed up

[KameronID]

I wasn't talking about jazz. The guy was wanting Super Mario Music. By "on here" I ment youtube.Sorry for the confusion.

[matthewbreuer]

Well, Jazz was pop music just a few decades ago.

[badoc10]

man the barisax is tearin it up.

[dbeckster]

Who wrote this song?

[matthewbreuer]

Just learn stuff by ear. It'll be better for you.

[ThomasHulten]

I love trombone!

[danielwills93]

they could have mic'ed him a little better would have been nice to hear him better. :P nice vid...

[valvetrom]

Me thinks its a recording from the 50s ,prestereo.They did reasonable well.

[tbonetimmons]

I agree...

The solo section sounds pretty good though.

[reachdanny]

Jimmy has to be one of the great under rated jazz trombonist's. Clean technique, cool sound.

[jimsowntv]

@reachdanny Jimmy Cleveland was a member of the 21 trombones Album. This was Urbie Green and 20 of the Worlds Greatest. Yes I think he qualifies.

Jim Contant

[JJDBowers]

i'm a trombone 8th grader who plays jazz...

I mean i love how jimmy plays but Tony is just beast!

[yrxw5]

i know the spotlight should be on jimmy clevenlend's excellent playing but man what a great bari sax player, he's putting out some real nice strong bass sounds.

[Bradentucky]

I agree. Does anyone here know the name of that Bari player?

[Thouveninpascal]

That fantastic baritone player is Tony Scott, you can see him beside on "Blues for an african friend", he plays clarinet. He is wellknown as a tenor player.

[GodsSaxPlayer]

Just don't try to emulate his playing through moving your mouth. Relax, play the notes, and you will achieve the same sound.

[CoachRockne]

Hey guys, fame levels aside, the trombone player with the most talent was Frank Rosolino.

[caponsacchi]

I'd forgotten about Jimmy Cleveland. What a monster player. Due to nothing but sheer coincidence (being within range of Rudy Van Gelder's mics), Curtis Fuller is probably the best known trombone player today--and only by followers of the jazz scene. No offense, but he was one of the more unexceptional players. J. J. should have been making those Blue Note records with Trane. (But I give Curtis credit for trying to keep up with Al Grey in Basie's band. It was a no-contest, esp. with no mic.)

[jazzgosse]

I've just bought a double CD "Jimmy Cleveland Complete Recordings" with all 4 LPs he according to the liner notes did as front man.

There is a version of Posterity on it with tuba!

The arrangements are really cool throughout - 155 minutes!

[schnieef]

@jazzgosse Don Butterfield really has such a controlled sound!

[ssminopoopy]

Jimmy Cleveland was right up there with JJ, Bill Watrous, Carl Fontana, and Curtis Fuller. He was sadly under-recorded. Just a great trombonist.

[holygroove2]

I didn't know that he passed... thanks for that information.

[jmreisser]

Jimmy was a bad MF !!! We forget how great he was !!! This is a good example of his music. Thanks for sharing this TOP moment ! We want more !!!

[sdjnwhy]

braaaaavooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^o^

[IonaCarr]

Great but any clues where to find Tyree Glen solos

[Cellist218]

The Trombone is such

a BAD ASS instrument!!!

[kotaboner42]

that made me smile. thanks

[jazzgosse]

I'm so annoyed jimmy cleveland didn't reach my ears several years ago.. how come this man didn't get more famous!!

Really nice tune too, does anyone have the music(chords/theme) to share?

[ksenos69]

unfortunantly like many others...

[Lootran]

This is good old fashion music its a shame there is so few songs where Jimmy Cleveland were recordet. anyway he is a fantastic trombone player.

[TimBalesRealHorns]

Is that Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen on trumpet? What a great sounding group. When Jimmy comes in on his solo at 3:00, does he cack the second note? And then make an extremely artful duplication of the intro-cack? He plays his ass off here. Especially in what appears to be a live television "don't fuck it up" environment. He and they are fantastic. Love it. Really musical. Thanks for posting it.

[crtune]

Yes, you are exactly right. He "fraks" an early note in the solo, and being a "world-class" jazz player, he puts a sort of "grace note" onto another note slightly later, thus making it into "art", what otherwise might have been considered a flaw. The key is "composing", or making a structure out of sound. It doesn't matter if the content is not always strict perfect output in the traditional sense.

Chris Tune -trb

[jdub25t0]

wow all i could hear was bari sax and guitar

[conn48h]

great solo from one of the great bone men,thanks for posting

[bobilleg74]

I've never seen footage of Jimmy playing.  I enjoyed that!

[tboneman72]

If you like, Catch some of his early Emarcy recordings, or his work with the Johnny Richards Big Band on the Capitol album Wide Range.

Right up there with Frank, Carl and Bill W.

The Tboneman

[ColmOSullivanRed]

One of the greatest of all times!

[falsegold]

omg double tongue-in' at the end...<3

[tbcass]

Were you listening to the music or his technique? Great music double tonguing or not.

[Itsdfuzz]

Wow you even get slammed for appreciating outstanding musicality on youtube now...

[tbcass]

I didn't mean to slam you. I've been playing Bass and keyboards since the early 70's. One thing I've learned is technique is not an end in itself but a way to allow you to express yourself musically. Many great musicians have only rudimental skills but are great. Now when I listen to music I rarely notice the technique (unless I'm trying to figure something out to further my own playing) but listen to what they have to say. Technique anyone can learn, great musicality is much rarer.

[macree01]

Thank you for this wonderful footage of Jimmy.