Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington and his orchestra

[seeking911]

Wow! Just beautiful!

[009sage]

astonishing

[AlkeFort]

Heavenly.

[mindtrap13]

johnny hodges is maaad cool just sitting there...now he's got SWAG! and well all of them..these guys were the best of the best!

[mrpicky510]

Now that's some heavy playing on the baritone there

[xxgg55]

I can't stop listening to this. Such great quality and that sound from that saxophone amazes me.

[MikolajJackson]

@Rayquaza042599 The circular breath is possible when you make a breath and you're blowing by yours cheeks. Hard but possible.

[deepwoodskentuckian]

such a beautiful sound,

[pchancin7840]

So sexy....

[Feluuula]

What a sound...

[buickfiero]

Talk about breath control !!!! Jimmy Dorsey had this technique also and it was passed on to Sinatra. God, these Ellington and Basie guys were ' PRIMO"..as for todays "popular" music...ho hum :-(

[Cujoxor2]

This is why my band instructor says "Get the dynamics!". I knew they were important, not this important though lol jk

[Endlessdark6]

this music makes me even more feminine.

[amaxamon]

@Endlessdark6 Me too, and I'm a man.

[khanimambobar]

Impresionante...

[TheTemplarnight]

school project why..............

[WhiteLionKing10]

=O Freakin LONG NOTE!!!

[BarnGein]

The Duke had music nailed. 

[AlicelnWonderIand]

Where have all the music gone?....

[JazzmanZL]

how do u dislike this!?!?!?!?!??!??!

[JalapenoJr]

Ugh... my lungs hurt after hearing that long note... and I didn't even play it! >_<

[jettoignaster]

It seems like the rest of the band were angry with him. Quiet a shame for "jazz" musicians...

[sandrovaro]

The best!!!

[dgcmusi]

@Rayquaza042599

You have it right ...my father could do that ...he was a trumpet player . breathing in thru the nose while blowing out with the mouth.

[marcusparks]

I want this version on my ipod!!!

[Mariachera83]

I should have been a Jazz Musician!

[davidyee]

dim the lights, light a candle, pop a champagne, put the kids to bed, its tiime baby, this is grown folk music.

[darkblood4625]

circular breathing = Using the cheeks as a bellow to push air out and play a notes while breathing in. Easy once you get the concept down and practice a bit.

[max75016]

that's what I call music!!!!!

[komo40]

Wow!

[alektaylor]

@gomektampa it just takes some practice.

[pauligurize]

Magico!!!!!

[SLAIEH]

I N C O N T O U R N A B L E !!!!!!

[UNC3345]

@gomektampa from experience I have to admit a bigger nose would help, but it isn't impossible

[pippoMASO]

@gomektampa Nice to talk to people having a refined sense of humor! :)

[pippoMASO]

@gomektampa I don't mean to disturb you, but if you are interested in listening to something which concerns with circular breathing check out: Pasculli - Le Api:) It's a song made for clarinet by an Italian composer, almost unnoticed

[PsychosisGnome]

@gomektampa the technique is actually not terribly difficult to perform if you learn it the proper way. it doesn't matter what type of nostrils you have, i promise you anyone with a nose, mouth, and lungs can do it . if you're having trouble, don't give up. it is possible.

[UNC3345]

@gomektampa I'm a white guy with a medium-small nose and I can do it just fine.

[arciduca31]

@gomektampa  thanks, much interesting!

[Ukabumba]

@arciduca31 its actually really easy, and im white. it has nothing to do with nostril size haha. when you want to breathe in, you just puff up your cheeks and push air out with your cheek muscles, and inhale thru the nose

[zarthbacon]

what kind of sax is that? it's enormous. it's obviousley true what the say about coloured men, the really do have bigger 'instruments'.

[nitro0555]

@zarthbacon A baryton sax

[mrchris45d]

@nitro0555 BARITONE!!!!!! saxophone not baryton

[mrchris45d]

@zarthbacon its a baritone saxophone

[arciduca31]

@Rayquaza042599 how is it possible physiologically?

[Camicente]

@arciduca31 i know, how to do, but i'm not so good at it yet...

you need to breathe the air in your lungs, but press it out your mouth at the same time...

so try to breathe through the nose und push out air, that you keep in mouth, push it out with your cheeks...

kinda like this ^^

[mexicanchiliman]

@arciduca31 circular breathing i s basically where the person breathes in then puts the air into their mouth. they then use their cheeks to squeeze the air out whilst breathing in through their nose... I think :)

[Mariachera83]

@mexicanchiliman Yeah takes lots of practice.

[Salamander014]

@arciduca31 Circular breathing isn't actually breathing through your nose and exhaling simultaneously. common misconception. How it really works: take a breath, and filled your mouth with the air. close off the connection between your mouth and wind pipe. now use only your cheek to push the air out of your mouth and play the note. because you closed the connection between your mouth and wind pipe, you can breathe in with your nose while pushing the air out of your mouth with your cheeks

[MattMurdockCZ]

@arciduca31 when you're breathing in, you still can blow with air left in your mouth

[music77125]

@arciduca31 it is amazing

[TheWye]

3:25 "What the..? He still breathing?? Somebody better check his pulse, that might be just gas escaping from his body."

[teejay5962]

two things:

1. I love how Johnny Hodges kind of dozes off and realizes "Oh crap I'm supposed to be playing" at 3:35

2. the 4 dislikes are just hatin' because they can't hold a note for that long

[Crazyflowereater]

oh my gosh, that guy can circle breath so freaking awesomly!

[sandrovaro]

so good. so relaxed!!!

[sissydeeda]

love this....so beautiful..now, that's music !!!

[argentino39]

3:20 "Holy shit, dude"

[arciduca31]

@argentino39 you are sixteen, I realize!!!!!

[argentino39]

@arciduca31 And you are from Italy

[hotamali]

@argentino39 Duke's face is more like "Really? Let's wrap this shit up."

[argentino39]

@hotamali lmao

[CMane]

Wow!! That ONE note.  He didn't have to play anything else...lol

[pebblefrog196]

I love how Johnny Hodges misses the last note and pretends to play. What a boss :)

[aldobarisax]

harry carney is the best baritone sax player of his era

[stevieb89]

Thumbs up for the other sax player sitting there, doing absolutely nothing

[iplayblackopsalot]

@stevieb89 lol thats johnny hodges, he is a friggin beast, check him out

[thesearchformagik]

@stevieb89 that other sax player is Johnny Hodges -- one of the finest saxophonists of all time

[joeasmythe]

Hope I can find the video of Billy Eckstine sing this great standard ???

[tpark91]

wow.. you can't go wrong after an intro like that,, the duke makes it seem so effortless and SO classy

[bleachno9]

Honestly with a song like this I just wanna lie back, smoke a spliff or even a cigarette and think

[rick4318]

3 People are unsophisticated. Just goes without saying.

[TheThestarplayer]

This song is amazing, i just LOVE it too much

[Jamil131millz]

uneal

[BuckshotLaFunke]

A bit tasteless, that last note.

[biankitaism]

lets sit in my room listen to it...take a cup of wine or two...have a little chat...and make sweet love.

[arciduca31]

@biankitaism I agree entierly with what

[JayeYvonne]

CRAZY!!! LOVED it!!!

[jalofnotrade]

hah! check out that other sax player just chillin, that says it all

[MirageMC]

"The music of Duke Ellington...

Music for the middle of the night ... "

- Haruki Murakami {After Dark}

[indiahena]

@MirageMC I just finished After Dark! So naturally, I had to look this up.

[MirageMC]

@indiahena @indiahena Yeah! Murakami keeps me loving jazz more that I usually do... : )

[EggTheBox]

Che classe sensazionale...

[ponkwrt]

and no applaus!!!!????



[dyad2r1]

I had the honor of attending a Duke Ellington concert back in 1960 at the U of Chicago. It was an evening I'll never forget!

[sockrepairman]

first solo i ever transcribed <3

[konkosto]

wah, k jevi

[indagadavida]

i want to play sax :(!!!

[geoffpeterstrio]

this song is so sophisticated :) I love it!

[cassandra5322]

wow, really wow, that last note.

[boredincorperated]

god if i could play my bari half as well as Harry Carney.

[sillysamantha93]

WHOA!! Talk about skills! =)

[Amarynthine]

2:30... geez I really wonder what he's thinking

[LEONCODAJJ]

Desde el minuto 2:24 el gran saxofonista barítono HARRY CARNEY practica lo que se llama RESPIRACION CIRCULAR (toma aire y lo expulsa mientras toca, pudiendo estar así muchisimo tiempo, sin hacer pausa en la música). Y o y tengo un disco de música de MONGOLIA en la que un intñérpretelo consigue con la flauta.

[Morellolover]

the light and color is a beauty

[samadjhi]

Johnny Hodges in the wing

[overnitesinsay]

wedding nite song

[overnitesinsay]

thank u

[overnitesinsay]

sexy aint the word this is down rite religious

[overnitesinsay]

heres a chill piece

[ericinareis]

I love you, Duke.

[DeannDmere]

love it!!!

What great breathing control my gosh!!

[joeasmythe]

Billy Eckstine did the best vocal on this song of anyone. He always said it was the toughest song he ever sang, if you can, give it a listen.

[SaverinoMusic]

i pretty sure this is my favorite jazz solo performance, i will never stop listening to this

[ksenos69]

the other mastro of the elligton band.

[ftenorsaxist95]

AMAZING!!!! How on earth does he hold that last note for sooooo long!? especially on the baritone!!?

[creamtangerines]

@ftenorsaxist95 he is secretly a god :D

[00AnaC]

@creamtangerines not secretly.. he IS God! hahaha

[0simbade0]

Sophisticated and unforgettable Lady.....))

[segould]

He played the note for exactly a minute. With breath control like that, Harry Carney could've been a master yogi.

[Crazyguitarman1991]

Man.. if i was born 30-40 years earlier i would have went to this concert, i live nearby!

[FucDaNuSkool]

amazing! damn fresh

[baugergroup]

That was beyond words!!

[bakinek]

I would shit out my lungs!

[eflatguy]

Don't you just love Johnny Hodges in the background. So unimpressed by something maybe 2 or 3 players in the world can do. Got to hand it to Duke, he did get the best musicians.

[fatleader]

3:20 Ellington's like "... the fuck you doing?"

[andifyouhadtwocoats]

as sopfisticated as my pfarts

Rab Hiney

[musicgia]

que buen sonido que le saca a ese saxofon!

[mifleegler]

Incredible technique (and just check out my my man Johny Hodges giving him space to develop)

[jadzn1]

that circular breathing bastard.

thats amazing.

[makkreol]

The very combination of classical thinking and modern style in Ellington's work completely let you travel through the cosmos...

[rachisands]

nothing beats this. this is amazing

[KibaPeng]

Amazing phrasing on Baritone

[fearless930219]

I got to know this song by reading a book written by Haruki Murakami ...it's called After Dark . Most of the conflicts in the book have jazz as a background. Ir's cool to know music through literature.

[NeatSquash]

that sustained note is ridiculous!

[cad3nced]

@NeatSquash i timed it..approx a minute & twenty seconds! such skill. loveee itt!

[teazle2]

This is the real business !! Thanks for the posting terrific. Duke had it all as well as th best musicians going ?

[dougcash1]

When gods walked the earth..

[SaverinoMusic]

um more from this concert please, absolutely love it

[musicfanBRA]

Incredible what this saxman does beginning at 3:00 until the end. Talk about skill!

[makkreol]

Duke's compositions are full of imagery. What I especially appreciate is that many of his works are accompanied by extensive explanations (think of Harlem suite, Afro Euroasian eclipse, Far east suite), which makes him both a modern conceptual artist and still a great composer of profound aesthetics (although some would argue differently, this is my opinion). Thanks for the vid.

[JukeJointHop]

amazing. I never heard any saxman pull that long note off before! the Duke rocks!~

[helluvagun]

Tremendous breathing tecnique, circular like I've never heard anyone!

[solostrad]

i saw joshua redman play this song last night. He was incredible!!!!!

[VJSco]

ho yes :)

[saxoflautaful]

Siempre me ha encantado el Duke !!

[SaverinoMusic]

omg what lungs! awesome playing!

[antoniettacuomo]

bello

[randypadilla209]

awesome sax playing!

-Randall Padilla

Google: 23.5 note per second

[copstolemywife]

Even Duke looked bemused at the length of that note. He looked as if to say "what the hell you doin man" Too long and pointless. The rest was cool though.

[archlordXd0]

It's more flashy than anything. He was showing off his ability to circular breathe. I actually liked it.

[blackbear2136]

For circular breathing advice,technique,contact: Harold E. Thomas ,Danger Zone Band-Macon,Georgia.He's aTrue Master.

[musicissopretty]

This song is in the funk. It is about fucking.

[zacllama]

I dunno... I still like the track from "Duke in Munich" way better.

I'm playing this in our senior jazz band. It's an amazing piece :) The long note at the end is hard on my little lungs :P

[LudwigDaThrasher]

Grazie arciduca31

[otto22ful]

lindo

[nunicorng]

Just turn the lights low and let her cling to you as you dance very slowly across the floor

[arciduca31]

very romantic! Cordiality from Italy

[queekers]

@nunicorng i just got a boner.

[celestialpathway]

@nunicorng That was wonderful!!

[1986cherrelle]

omg its a video!!! dont ever delete this you have just made my year!!!!

thankyou so much

[avril2]

Just look at Johnny Hodges.

A fantastic musician, but what a miserable bastard.

[TheMusicmanMB]

He looks REALLY bored.

[aznprd92]

Wow.. circular breathing

[ccpwrestling]

How bout that circular breathing...unbelieveable!

[Tcho713]

agreed!

[rickriddle]

@ccpwrestling Is that what he's doing on that long note he holds??

[nyerzo]

A huevo! esta bien chida esta rola, la voy a sacar tengo la partitura para sax alto.

[carlomagno913]

i would love to hear lester young on this

[rafikcc]

Duke was and is the man. Always shared the spot-light! A true classic.

[daddymitch7]

Harry Carney was probably the best Baritone sax player ever

[aznprd92]

I think he was second to Gerry Mulligan, but certainly up there

[jibsmokestack1]

@aznprd92 Second to Mulligan? Are you crazy? Carney put the Baritone on the map and had the most gorgeous tone in jazz history. Mulligan was a great player but a better arranger and behind Serge Challof and Leo Parker in my opinion, of the bebop Baritones. Carney was in a league of his own imo!!

[archlordXd0]

I considered Mulligan less of a Bopper and more on the smooth/cool jazz spectrum. His cool, "thick" tone mixed with the "lazy" articulation made him more stylistically different than any baritone player so far.

[jibsmokestack1]

Mulligan to me sounded like a Lester Young disciple on Baritone. There is no way you can call him more stylistically original than Challof. No Way!! Mulligan made his reputation on his gifts as an innovative composer/arranger. The success of his quartet popularized Baritone playing to wider audience than the others, and that his his main contribution to Baritone playing!

[teazle2]

@daddymitch7 er.... except possibly Gerry mulligan !!!

[xbadii3gurlx]

watching this for test @ music class next wednesday, about Edward Kenny "Duke" Ellington

[JWARDable]

that's just hte dream!

[jlmusicfan57]

Amen Hutzjohn.  Duke Ellington remains my all-time favorite big band jazz arranger, composer, pianist, band leader! As you said it best, genius is the only apt word to describe the Duke!

[Hutzjohn]

Jlmusicfan57 dont you just wish you could go back in time and see the Duke live. I believe this and Mood Indigo are two of best jazz songs ever written.

[SJamesGray]

Another great piece mentioned by Murakami Haruki.

[Hutzjohn]

Ipodjunkie this is not Jazz this is Genius

[Hutzjohn]

Ipodjunkie this is not Jazz this Genius

[tinamina3]

lovely