Birth Of The Cool - JERU

[rhodesplayernumber1]

Nailed it! Great job

[canadianRadio]

and doing the solo without a piano!

[canadianRadio]

This is really smooth, really dig! the trumpet is sharp, still sounds good.

[marioduenasmusic]

Nice sound! A successful tribute to "The Birth Of The Cool". Keep up the good work!

[ldover]

ahh...what a relief not to hear another HS band fail a great jazz arrangement...well done...probably saved my life.

[fysioblues]

YEAH MAN! this is so sweet. the trumpet is so cool! this is really cool. it would be an honour to me to play this song. great job!

[madero111]

This is spectacular; high school musicians and that they are listening to each other! "Playing In Tune" !

Drummer, bassist, soloist.......in sync!

[Owninator666]

diggin the trumpets tone

[cancerparty]

Beautiful to hear this in such an intimate surrounding. Nice sax solo, too.

[IIIIdeadmanIIII]

GREAT HEAVY CHORDS

[drcoxcentral]

I just want to say that is my all time favorite song from Miles Davis. I just want to say you guys did justice to that song big time!!

[Dracapalley]

Just watching this again after a couple of months... these musicians are just great, the team spirit is what makes it, everyone's right on track. Superb.

[soulofjazzman]

Great job James! Well, my final performance at West Virginia university, we played this too man. Drop me a line and let me know whatcha think. See you in the pub, we gotta play together again. Fun times! -Eddie

[jiggles020]

damn, im playing drums on this song, and it is hard. the way it switches to 1 and 3 after the 6/4. ARGH!!!

[Dracapalley]

Really nice. Any more videos that show the musicians more? I'd love to see Israel up on here.

[JoeLiberti]

Mr. Thompson, this is amazing.

[lafairweath3]

wow this is great sounds exactly like the original!

[Joedirt099]

why no Bari solo on a Gerry Mulligan piece!?!?

[pdbass]

The students chose what they were going to blow on. Not every Gerry Mulligan piece we did had a Bari solo ;-)

[keith8404]

I was wondering the same thing. The original piece is one that definitely did feature a bari solo by Mulligan, so it seems strange to not let the Bari player take it. But since it appears you were performing the entire album maybe there was a need to spread the solos around. Anyway, he did a great job and the band sounds terrific

[DoctorTchock]

sounds exactly like the recording. very nice.

[saltybroad]

awesome arrangement.  do you have the video for venus de milo by any chance?

[pdbass]

Sure. The entire concert is available on DVD. Every song from the album. Just email me about getting you a copy.

[claitta]

PT you are one cool cat. -max and scout.