Count Basie--Kansas City 5 --1979 Special

[k493411b]

Einfach Gänsehaut beim Zuhören!!

[dellotti]

Old pro's doing their thing, and it swings!!!!!!

Maybe not perfect, but who cares.....

[MrArcherc]

My friend has this video memorized. He can sing all of the solos all of the way through. His name is Anthony Panek.

[KiithSam7aaw]

the are MUSIC

[BashuUp]

zoot simms snoooooooooozing lol

[newstart2009]

It's good seeing my old encoding up on Youtube.. I remember when I Had my original account put this together from the VHS I had. Since then I have re upped in HD... Thank you...

[jazzbeau507]

C'est magnfique; Don't think I will ever get tired of this one.

[MrCottonmoon]

the spacing of the comping by basie in the beginning is soooo perfect and unique. jesus that bassist can rip. his bass playing reminds me of slide guitar. this is just absolutely awesome

[LadeeMelody]

WOW! They are having so much FUN!! THIS IS JAZZ!! :-)

[leviandades777]

wow The bass is the Real deal ...

[cv41393]

walkin' bass!!!!

[BrunaoJazzistico]

Indeed. What a great bass

[haaaaaaaaaa079]

its sooooooo coooool!

I love it<3

[4hs4s]

This is it. Amazing how music degraded over time.

[robertpinnisi]

i love 2:47, greatest part of the solo.

[austinhinchey]

Jesus! This is one of the bestest ever!!!!!!

[alexistexias]

zoot is real great!"

[ex59neo53]

It's beyond all comments i 'm able to write so : 5* ^^

[decus69]

thats why they called him zoot

[sailorguyli]

Sweet  nevaah saw the Count live but did see Zoot( with Al Cohn )

[TheHungryTexan]

kcbigbandjazz

no worries about the video quality, it sounds just fine!

[glbayarea]

I get restless leg syndrome when I listen to this

[peatote]

wow!!!! cb and cleve eaton have the exact same suit on  whats with the rest of those cats?

[sigmayacht]

Damn man they could swing. RIP all yall cool cats/

[sojazzay]

Man, these cats are smokin"!!! If anyone ever heard of "Mama don't wear no drawers" by The Count let me know because that's another sizzlin' jam session.

[dickey335]

HELL YEAH!

[llorres]

Amazing...very very very goog I Like this song

[dunskie]

Never heard anyone make a stand up bass sound like that. Allz I've got is..WOW.

[bostonrolle]

When Groove was Groove

[Geogreph]

Who's the best?!

Unbelievable!!!

[prunellapussywuggums]

does this smoke or what?!?

[jinav62]

Incredible Count ! Always genereous toward the band with a guiding piano touch. Few notes but always accurate with enormous emotion effect. A really great artist.(sorry for my poor english).

[kowtpr187]

sooooo.....no comments about the sick bass playing? WTF?

[kcbigbandjazz]

I'm a bass player. I wish I could play like that. What was wrong with the bass playing? This cat KNOWS what he is doing and is a master of the upright bass.

[kowtpr187]

thats why I said"Why are there no comments about the sick ass bass playing!!!" He is ripping it up!!

[dunskie]

Sick means crazy good.

[michigan21]

@kcbigbandjazz I also play Bass, and it takes years to learn how to play like that but if you love jazz and love the bass, youll learn. Yea, Mr Eaton was killing that bass. If you like great walking basslines, also check out Mr Ray Brown the master of walking basslines.

[captainhits]

@kcbigbandjazz *sick* means fucking amazing. lol

[johnsurs22]

@kcbigbandjazz I think by "sick bass playing," he meant it as really good bass playing,

and he was wondering why there weren't any comments of praise

[Turdcutter02]

@kcbigbandjazz I love Cleveland Eaton

[XLuckieX]

@kowtpr187 that was actually one of the first things coming to my mind

[semisleep]

@kowtpr187 cleveland eaton's the man! saw him in birmingham

[nothinbutnetman]

amazing...

[mrstrings65]

the count is soooooo cool ! lotta humor and precise playing..I'm not talking about chops but precision... the ability to play EXACTLY the right note or notes at the right time

[rentatrip1]

beats the hell out of michael beat it jackson the little PUNK- by now mikey !

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Eldridge not Eldrige.

[Henrythecelt]

Thank you! Great recording!

[elsalsa70]

¡¡awesome!! saludos desde VENEZUELA

[mortdk]

This is FANTASTIC!!! ... :-D

[fabriosko91]

Thank you for this magnificient video!! I really enjoyed this band!!

[billatchley]

So Zoot was listening to Count and Cleve . . . Big deal. If I was there I would probably be listening to them also. They are great. This is a really great video -- I listen to it all the time! Zoot just swings. Marvelous group and session.

[givemetoast]

Zoot was caught sleepin a little bit...but it was no big deal for the Count; he just rolls with that kind of thing.

[peatote]

it seems like Zoot was suppose to start his solo 12 bars earlier and CB looks a little pissed. What do you think?

[kcbigbandjazz]

I'm not sure what happened, but it seems like he was caught up into listening to Cleve, Count, and Duffy and forgot he was supposed to come in! But when he did, he did it in a "cool" style, as if though he meant to do it that way!

[peatote]

i agree, he just knows how to dig. Its like the ideas just flow from his brain out his horn with no delay. I find Zoot to be just a really interesting Icon. Ive watched this video over 200 times. Always find something interesting about it.

[redSuikoden]

I just love it how they all smile, makes me smile... Eaton's bass playing sounds happy too. :D

[roadrocket7]

Well, the number of viewers to this just keeps going up and up. Great music and

great musicians have a way of doing that.

Look at all the TALENT here on one stage!

The legends of Swing. Duffy Jackson keeps the flame burning here in Middle TN now. We are so lucky to have him. He

is a walking encyclopedia of Jazz. This is so good. I watch it over and over.

[LiberoMan]

It's sad that only 2 600 people have seen this video :P Count Basie is the king =D Ever heard his version of Watermelon Man on the "Coctail Jazz" collection? Nice track, man ;)

[valvetrom]

Thank you Bros Google for resurrecting that fantastic track.

[SampsonFTL]

Lol cleve taught me bass for a while.

[headbanger623]

Duffy Jackson is teaching my Jazz Band at school on Friday, all day with him, $70 a person though, I get to skip all my classes TLE haha!

[kcbigbandjazz]

Wow. What an opportunity!! He doesn't know me, but tell him I said Hi!! I would love to be there. Enjoy!!

[givemetoast]

Agreed! Duffy has great balance and blends with the group perfectly!

[ardillita4567]

magnifico video. lo hermoso es como disfrutan al interpretar su mùsica. y nuevamente reitero la introducciòn de basie a su bajista de lo mejor. disfruten el video amantes del jazz porque de èsto desgraciadamente ya no hay.

[JazzGnochos]

Hell Yeah!

I love you for posting this on youtube, kcbigbandjazz!

Check up Cleveland's skills! He's awesome...and his beards also amazing...

hei lorenzo2807, maybe duffy came out the wrong side of the beat...but it sounds anyway wicked :D thats jazz guys!keep it up!

[dreamtheater21]

Who is this Cleveland Eaton cat? Damn! Duffy lives in my town now. I've seen him play live in a close setting a buncha times, he's a monster. And the most entertaining guy on the planet!

[lorenzo2807]

duffy actually messes up and comes out on the wrong side of the beat after his solo.

eaton gives him an evil look and he switchs back hilarious!

[kinkajou777]

At the time Duffy was the new drummer for Basie's band and that was an honor. I'm a washboard player myself and I have made the same mistakes as Duffy. Much like Duffy I tend to get too excited and I am sure that he worked to correct it like I'm working to correct my flaws.

[lorenzo2807]

i didnt mean it as an insult, i love this video and duffy is one of my favourite drummers, im a drummer myslef although no where near duffys level and everyone makes mmistakes. i just thought the look that eaton gave him was funny.....

[kinkajou777]

I love this video too and I also like Duffy. I'm glad that you didn't mean it as an insult! Obviously we have an understanding for each other since both of us are percussionists and that is good!

[lorenzo2807]

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[bassralphy]

After Duffy turned around the beat, Basie and Cleve looked at each other with that (oh poor little white boy) look. hehe. No offense everyone, its just a joke. hehe. But, yes, he does swing hard. And Cleveland, what else is there to say. Legend...

[romadrummer77]

Duffy doesn't mess up he just rushed the solo a little,and the band didn't follow him.happens to all of us from time to time.Duffy's plays hiss ass off all of the time,most swing'in drummer ever!

[selmer1939]

I love this video so much. If you're not smiling as you watch this, then just go and kill yourself. Just kidding, but really...

[ruccus61]

this kicks so much ass! swings like hell

[pterzian]

Thanks for posting this. Until recently it was on YouTube but, for whatever reason, was taken down. Everything about it--Bill Basie's rhythm, Zoot Sims' lyricism, Duffy Jackson's timing, Roy Eldridge's smoothness, Cleveland Eaton's electricity--is diabolical. I can listen to it indefinitely.

[kcbigbandjazz]

I had downloaded this video earlier, and I'm glad I did! I was sad to see it disappear when the account closed that it was posted on. I knew a lot of folks enjoyed watching this (I believe the site that originally hosted this had over 100,000 hits!) I wasn't sure if I would be able to up-load this to YouTube, but it did without a hitch! The video quality isn't great, but wow! These cats can really swing!!!! I especially enjoy watching Duffy & Cleveland. They really love what they are doing!