"Peter Gunn Theme" Henry Mancini, Pete Candoli, etc.

[chanboyable]

GUYSS!! I'm from HK, and we are doing this in a jazz band performing in early spring. (A jazz band of 10 people, mostly 6th graders.) I might be posting the video (from onstage view cuz im performing as a 6th grader) so I'd just like you guys to check it out and like, watch it when its posted!

[mortyfromc]

Back in 1960's Henry Mancini and Andy Williams would tour and put on concerts together. I went to several and it always seemed that my date and I were the youngesst in attendance. How I loved those concerts and that big band playing Peter Gunn.

[emvolunteer]

The Peter Gunn theme was our high school's favorite band piece. Makes for great energy at a football game. Once had the chance to meet Mancini in Dallas in the mid-60's. Yes, I was in utter awe.

[joseangel13boxhead]

HD

[DefinitelyDD]

Carl is too smooth

[MyHabbo]

Daddy's home

[allstarbaseball6]

2:36 sounds like trolol to me

[sasuke03221]

damn man.. i didn't even know those notes existed on the trumpet O_O

[laurad53]

Great Composer...Great Italian!



[SDdawg1998]

in my middle school band class were doing this same song



[jimhobbitson]

I can hear him counting "1, 2, 3, 4..." :-)

[adam4th]

Rock 'n Roll Racing.

[pufixas]

@adam4th

spy hunter

[PeetaTeam]

<3 We're learning how to play this in band, and I love this song so much. Thank you for posting this!

[MRC5411]

oh my god I rember the tv show I loved this song god I am getting old no matter rock blues on

[MAYARITRUMPET]

This is a classic masterpiece....SUPER COOL!

[spacemonkey1463]

NOW do you guys see why I played Henry Mancini for intermission music at the theatre all the time? Damn, this was hot! Thanks for posting!

[Pookiepup1]

Great song, great TV series. Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn; film noir came to TV.

[Visionsla]

I thank all of you for your great comments and appreciation of the great musicians represented here...

[chkjns]

@Visionsla Congratulations on a half million views here! This is such a great tribute to these top echelon players of the day. I got to meet & spend an hour with Stu Phillips since we last chatted - boy, he has had one amazing career! He's got a channel here as well, bsgkr2000. Have your paths ever crossed? chuck

[PTLOH]

Wow! What a band!

[GFunkIsHere2Stay]

wow this is so great..long time not hearing this.

thx man

[HunterMann]

I dig the kick bads on this, seems they were early pioneers of the drum-n-bass thing that people are doing now with re-mixing and the whole acid jazz thing. Mancini: brilliant!

[LIN11831]

SURE TO GET YOUR BLOOD STIRRING, UNLESS YOU ARE DEAD--LOL

[fixinman]

TV's coolest theme song until Cowboy Bebop.

[westluxnick]

The Candoli's +Fontana played in Stan Kentons band for a time.Great music

[Gregory98]

Henri Mancini. The master of popular music.

[Sports570]

Don't care who the musicians are; they are all extraordinary...as was the man who introduced them.

[440864]

Whoa! What a band. I didn't know Frankie Capp could get funky. Well, well. Absolutely superb.

[roccelllans]

Carl Fontana supeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[pdgolf99]

best theme song ever!!! love that jazzy brass

[ZINCOVIX8754]

god this is great

[6654108]

Barney Stinson .... Daddy is Home !!!

[mahogonywhisper]

I wish this were the theme to my life...

[Jayshrewla]

what about John Bary

[Seattlecarnut]

I like the use of bass guitar in this piece. Most jazz music of the 60s still used acoustic stand-up "doghouse" bass.

[Baritone45]

Wow, 12 years old. That's really old to start piano!  I guess Mr. Mancini had what it took to write, arrange and conduct some real masterpieces.

[rdc300]

how wonderful!

[LIN11831]

WILD--THEY'RE REALLY GETTING WITH IT.

[TheSassieSusie]

This one is great, I have heard other ones by Mancini that rock also, it is one of my favorite pieces of music.

[banq0o]

tnx for the vid!

[Visionsla]

No Frank Capp, Terry Gibbs, Med Flory., and I believe Slyde

[jdgrab1]

Actually it's hard to tell...it might be Ernie or Slyde on bass.

[imthebrother]

RIP to Mancini, Steve Allen and most recently Blake Edwards. Yeah RIP to musicians like the Candoli brothers, Carl Fontana, Jerome Richardson, etc.

[Visionsla]

BLAKE EDWARDS RIP December 16, 2010

[plano3500]

@Visionsla it was the 15th btw

[993tommie]

Do you see that chewing gum of the trombone player at 2:35

[schapman711]

I noticed that, with the exception of Plas Johnson, every guy featured on this video is dead!

[chardonnayjazz]

@schapman711 Nope .. Frank Capp is still alive, in addition to Plas.

[jcrockygarcia]

Rock and Roll Racing!!!!!

[number1saxophone]

@gagmyjockitch Settle down and let the adults talk.

O.K., if you want to hear this song played correctly, go check out my band's new "Peter Gunn" video. Go ahead, git goin'....

[STNeish]

@number1saxophone "Played correctly?" This is the guy who WROTE it...

[number1saxophone]

@STNeish Cover versions are usually better than the original.

[247hdjazz]

They're all late and great!

[musicluva13579]

CARL FONTANA!

[mrpual49]

I've heard Mancini all my life. It finally dawned on me that the guy was a genius.

[SuperGoldenPony]

@mrpual49 Ditto.

[nora22000]

@mrpual49 Yup, a genius! I met him while in college at Duquesne; he came back every year to hold music workshops at his alma mater. A kind, generous gifted GENIUS!

[drohegda]

@nora22000 Henry Mancini is from East Liberty section of Pittsburgh pa.

[BigIronOnHipMan2]

A crescendo of intrigue and suspense building note by note into a monumental Mt Everest of COOL! Maestro Mancini sure put together one cavalcade of killer musicians! SUPERIOR! Thanks, Steverino!

[rowdyroddy4321]

/ who would of thought that Henry Mancini was so gangster

[allaboutmymonster]

haha those two trumpetists almost look like they're trying to shut each other up. :-D 

[WineRedX]

This man was genius,i can not imagin our music without him and without his songs!RIP

[bpk71]

AWESOME..The late, great Henry Mancini. REAL MUSICIANS here....

[n8tureboy]

Damned fine musicians.....all of them.

Masters of their craft.

[gmmrtn]

Wow ! All of those great players on one band !  So glad to find this.

[Xjayhawk41X]

Love the sax parts.... so... awesome!!

[BuckieBear]

WOW WOW WOW! THANK YOU THANK YOU!

[thijsisf1fan]

like it!

[joemule52]

LOVE Fontana - the only guy I know who can chew gum like he does here and blow a mean solo.

[BubbleMegaBBQchips]

omg that is awesome trombone

[piratelover43]

this music is great! It demands you remember it.

[Steacy783]

I Love good HORN of any kind ,,but an extra star for the Trombone player !

[blue198a]

I really like the beginning and the ending of this piece of Music. From the "Peter Gunn" show.

[MST3Kfanatic]

no 2 ways about it, Mancini RAWKS!

[vstarsteve50]

fontana was worth the price of admission! man had enough talent for 50!

[goodgod12321]

Why isnt carl's name in the title...he is like the top 3 jazz bones of all time...

[Visionsla]

@goodgod12321 It's there, you just missed it. Everyone is mentioned...

[TheBreberkova]

@Visionsla No, he's not in the TITLE.

[EdElricBoy]

SPY HUNTER

[timhomer2009]

@EdElricBoy Seconded over and over again!!!

[skully4795]

i want to hear a bluegrass version of this. as awesome as it is here, imagine it on banjos and mandolins and fiddles.....my god.....

[PINCHUNO]

@skully4795 I couldn't think of anything worse.

[The1Susie]

Mancini at his best, I can't get enough of this selection, love it.

[BiggeDink]

In his autobiography "Did They Mention the Music?" Mancini recalls he had $5 in his checking account when he received his first royalty check for the Peter Gunn album: For $32,000. That was the breakthrough that made him famous.

[imbatman225]

i want to learn how to play this on my cannonball alto sax

[sfan1]

Plas Johnson has to be one of my favorite doublers of all time.

[gabriela90001]

Esse cara é um genio!!!

Amo esta musica!!!

[monchon60]

love the trumpet. i play this song on trumpet in our 7th grade band. GO CENTRALIA WA TIGERS!!!!!

[SuperNiko1996]

AT SCHOLL i PLAYNG BASS FOR THIS SONG <3

[TL19812]

this song is very well played by these men!!I loved it every sec!It takes you away by the great solo's!!what a piece of art.....greetings from holland!!

[skullbaka]

I love how the Tenor sax's traded off every 4. Was a perfect combo

[saxmastergq]

bari sax baby!

[trombitaman]

Amazing trumpet solos! Absolutely perfect in sound, technic and style!

[primogennaio]

Love it! Just one correction, the correct Italian pronunciation of the composer's name in Man-CHEE-nee.

[deltadude61]

Peter Gunn , the man...the epitome of cool. Hnaging out at a wharfside Jazz club. Classic!

[dieck06]

that was one sweet trombone solo

[kps17]

wunderkind!!!

[bustergurl]

iComplejidad agradable! Cuernos una abundancia!

Gracias  : )

[3kingkool]

I love the slow burn of this composition.

[jlbr1990]

jojoj me recuerda al juego Rock N' Roll Racing, excelente tema

[giuruivo2]

Tb me lembra o RRR, conheci essa musica atraves do jogo

[SalMessina1]

Strepitosamente strepitosi !!!

Grazie

[amorporadriana]

ETERNAMENTE HENRY MANCINI

[RamBam3000]

This music just oozes cool. I think there was a movie version with Peter Strauss as Peter Gunn which was pretty good.

[usm7j]

One of those compositions that defines "cool." "Green Onions" is another ultra cool!! Great summer cruisin' to the diner tune!

[EdWaldrup]

@RamBam3000

There was a 1967 movie called "Gunn" and it starred the star of the television series "Peter Gunn" Craig Stevens. Check out the IMDb or Internet Move Database.

[GTLMedia]

I wish. But there has not been a Peter Gunn Movie as of yet.

[RamBam3000]

It was a TV movie from 1989 which made it to VHS. Check IMDB for details.

[nellie2581]

I love this music even if I didn't know the name of the theme song.

[xTjPx]

whoa!!

thanks

[xprettydementedx]

mmm. quite a tasty amount of bari going on!

[GTO3987]

Masterful!

[ukieman07]

never heard it with saxes doing the bass part but it sounds good

[snailzillascreator]

wish our school trombones could play like that =/

[EdWaldrup]

Hank hired only the best available musicians for his recordings. Peter Gunn was recorded with a pianist named John Williams who later would write music for many Steven Spielberg movies. This video is another treat. Wish these performances could be purchased on DVD. Thanks for sharing another slice of history. This is a treasure.

[zer0hvk]

oh, damn!, John Williams did the piano on the theme?? Did not know that, and I'm a big John Williams fan, thanks for teaching me something today, haha

[EdWaldrup]

@zer0hvk

John Williams went under the name Johnny Williams at the time and was the only pianist on "Peter Gunn" as well as some other Mancini albums including "More Music from Peter Gunn", "The Mancini Touch", and "The Blues and the Beat". On the "Combo" album he plays jazz harpsichord and piano..

[zer0hvk]

wow, that info will keep me busy for days now, I must sound like a newbie, but I'd really like to learn some more about all this, thanks a lot!

[killerpunk2007]

i absolutely love the first saxophonist

what is it? Tenor-b Saxophone?

[zer0hvk]

off to a great start then! :)

[gqmfsb]

educational, thanks....

[OceanSwimmer]

Notice the musicians are all silver-haired masters; what a great video! Thank you for the addition of the names during the solos!

Awesome!

[mvmella]

I can play this on French Horn.

It's a pain to play though.

[beatlesfan831]

i had my first guitar lesson today and i can play this

i am typin with my pick right now

[pizzaman147]

blue milk2nd you go it right on that anytime i hear this song i think of the blues brothers and peter gunn i got almost most of his collection still great to this day rip mr mancini

[bluemilk2nd]

Heres a little maths equation.... Henry Mancini + Plas Johnson= LEGEND!!!

[MrPowerring]

The Peter Gunn theme has been found often in other music, even Emerson, Lake and Palmer in the 70's.

Henry Mancini was an American master. A true maestro. Rest in peace, and thank you for the music!

[matt821000]

It must be hard hitting all those notes on trombone with nothing to look at to clue you in on the notes you are playing besides the length of the slide. True Talent!!! PINK PANTHER ROCKS!!!!

HENRY MANCINI!!!!

[yourmomisrandom]

How different is that from a violin which has no frets, or a singer, or countless other instruments like these. talent is an illusion, we all have it, most of us are just not looking at the right place (ie, fear of wrong notes, fear of what others might think, believing you have to be born with it, etc) to tap into it, that's all.

[dale1966gto]

from what i understand, the gentlemen on the t-bone, carl fontana, was a trombone monster. he could play that horn in his sleep. someone posted on this site a while back that they spent a week with him in 'vegas just before his death in the '90's. i remember some joke about him chewing gum and playing the horn. watch him here. after he's finished with the solo, he resumes chewing gum. ha.

[JeremyKman]

that trombone player is awesome!

[jfktwo]

I neve missed one Peter Gunn episode because i had to hear the Manacini theme on TV plus I loved the beatnik type Peter Gunn series; who didn't from that era. Although the original Peter Gunn by Hank is far better than this and it really puts on the steam!

[darlenevm]

Love this song. My favorite theme music, ever. Carl Fontana's playing takes my breath away! Geesh, what an unbelievable talent. I didn't know a human could make that kind of magic with a trombone!

[jager18903]

This tune was the FIRST jazz theme song

for a T.V. show ever . Peter Gunn was detective show .

[Juliaflo]

Those of you who think that television themes get NO respect these days, raise your hand.

[atlas229]

so. T.V shows rarely have original theme music. it's usually just a song most people don't know about. Like Tear Drop by Massive Attack is the theme to house

[ramtha9]

Who says old guys can't rock? Outstanding!

[lullabyou]

this song is so fucking fantastic!

I remember when I used to play with Nintendo a cars game with this song, cool

[timhomer2009]

@lullabyou That game was Spy Hunter, it was very addictive. In the more advanced levels, you got to drive a boat.

[youseeityoudont]

So what did hendrix do?

[ChrisGordan]

I had the privilege of having worked with Carl Fontana on countless gigs and sessions here in Vegas, and had played with both the Condoli brothers several times with Don Menza's band at the Riviera.

Carl is clearly the standout in this cut...compare his solo to the "riffs and licks" that the others felt obligated to play, given the bag of the tune-

Carl shows them all that "the other notes"; extrapolations of the SINGLE chord in the solo section, is the real deal. RIP, my friend.

[vividwatch47]

Pete Candoli also played trumpet on Hugo Friedhofer's score for "One Oyd Jacks".

[macree01]

Im with you 120 percent. Long Live Carl. He was the best ever.

[leonelparente]

very good old men!

[jmm1233]

yeah , art of noise did a awesome cover of this tune

[gww1]

Is there a higher quality version of this recording?

[faciletube]

Soundtrack of " fhe blues brothers"

maybe not instrumental called " sweet home chicago "

Sorry for the unperfect english ( from Italy )

[mervrun]

Was that Buddy Rich on drums...????Kinda looked like him....

[Visionsla]

No, this is Frank Capp....fine drummer...

[Johnflugelhorn]

Awesome. That's a band of Jazz All Stars. Great solos.

[tdm5874]

Great song!! Emerson Lake and Palmer also did a remarkable cover of it!!

[vividwatch47]

So did Jimi Hendrix.

[trombonelytrombonist]

I like how he says "..the old t.v. series.."

[TheMastaGibbsSect]

Yeah, considering it's 1983

[KenMacMillan]

It's nice hearing the whole song the way it was intended. I like it on the electric guitar too but this is classic.

[hyhfct]

an excellent proformance! Very good and i love playing this song at school! I play the Clarinet.

[90zosoman09]

My dads band used to play this too. I do it now but I usually stand in with people and ask if they want to play it if theyeve heard people with me before they usually say yes! Gawd I love doing this song!

[rtorresuk]

blues brothers!

[RandomVideoGirl02]

we do this song in my band

[franklindavid]

Henry Mancini has given the World some great Classics to enjoy.

[enlitened1234]

Bud Brisbois was on the Jestons recordings....

[rockfieldstone]

lovin it!!!!

[rockfieldstone]

i seen the guy that plays the bongos at the local 47 hall one day.looks just like steve allen exactly.trippy.

[laterra1caffe]

excelente performance!

[mmarayy]

HELL YEAH! lol... and i thought our band was good.... :P

We just need the bright trumpets and another trombone and i think our band would actually have a chance to sound this good! D: *sobs*

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!! :D

[imbatman1995]

wow i played bass for my jazz band and the bass part didnt change the entire song then. here it changes like once!! man thats awesome

[GlasgowSmiley]

Cool, rock classic.. sorta.

[BigAssTuba]

OK... First as a trombone player... Carl Fontana: WOW! and Second: Gotta love Pete Candoli on trumpet! Now the next time you hear The Jetsons' Theme, listen to the trumpet solo after "daughter Judy". That's GOTTA be Pete Candoli, right?! A real freaky, dizzy style! Great high chops too! Thanks for this vid!

[keyzitis]

that guy on the trombone is killin it! You betta blow it man!

[h38oward]

It amazing how well this holds up. Sure do miss the good ole days when TV shows & movies had recognizable themes instead of the musical "wallpaper" we now have to just 'set a mood'. We've got the composers & musicians today who can do this. Hey media, think fresh again & let these talents SOAR!

[bobdeva987654321]

u know i love jazz i mean im a tenor sax player

but i also love rock and pop and some metal

so any music u like is cool to that person so dont go saying some music is crap and this is real!!! music!!! cuz there anit any reall music its all music and i love it and u do so dont go talking badly bout other peoples music cuz that just aint right

[tobiasvelle96]

music now i s just crap!! blues rocks!

[billeagle51]

I like everything from classical to trance music..but when I hear good music..its just good music...and this is one piece of good music..nothing like the big bands!

[bavandongen]

Actually I think this may be proto-trance.

[MsGeek703]

They rocked the heck out of that...people forget just how powerful a big band can be.

[zeno57]

How do you spell "musical genius" ?

[Barlowgirlfreak94]

Henry Mancini :)

[stevegj0]

fontana, johnson, richardson, 2 condoli's = world class blowers!

[inioshishi]

carl fontana rules !