Stanley Black Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

[angierose2011]

classic music is on the way out!

[luizantsil]

splendid! But I like also with the Ventures

[capecodnow1]

I can't believe I have finally listened to "THE ONE" on 78 records that I used to listen to when my mom would let me listen to this precious album of hers of a variety of 78's. That melody that runs within goes straight thru me...Always has...Always will. I love this arrangement!!! I can't believe my ears that I am hearing this again. Hey! Where's that scratchy/clicky needle sound?

Thank You, Karen

[pongomutley]

50 Years ago we had a 78rpm recording of this and there was a real gunshot and police blowing wistles when the guy got shot. That was the best recording that I have ever heard!

[trafikuty]

I know a fine and a bit shorter version from The New Hollywood Orchestra.

[Bigband78]

I have the Paul Whiteman Orchestra version on Victor 12in. 36183,but they probably would have someone claim a copyright if I uploaded it.

[nondescriptnyc]

Slaughter on 10th Ave. has been one of the most frequently used pieces of music in figure skating, and I just wanted share with everyone here a little trivia. Despite its popularity, nobody in the history of figure skating has apparently won a major competition (World Championships or the Olympics) skating to it. They'd often give strong performances and win the preliminary competitions (e.g., Euros & Nationals), then they'd inevitably fall apart at major competitions... It's a curse!

[barkingtree88]

@nondescriptnyc so true!! did you see what happened to Rachael Flatt??

[lewars1912]

@nondescriptnyc Nothing worse than a curse.

[mashdoctor]

Did anyone hear the Madison Scouts' rendition of this in their 2010 show?

[AndoThePear]

@mashdoctor

That's definitely one of my favourite DCI shows of all time. They did it justice in my opinion. The marimba parts are incredible.

[mashdoctor]

@AndoThePear That whole show was incredible, and horrendously underrated, in my opinion.

[sbjazz22]

amazing

[Fendervana]

Love it. Is this similar to the Richard Rogers composition on DECCA?

[royboy56100]

First time i Heard this was in '67 in Bolivia S.A. listening to my parents Readers Digest "Music For Every Mood' with the RCA Victor Symphony Orch.; Harry Rabinowitz- Cond.; Earl Wild piano soloist. It is actually superior to this if i may say so.Anyway I enjoyed this very much.Thank you for the memories!

[truegamer44]

Does ANYONE have the .mp3 to this, and is willing to send it to me????? D:

[hellasexy22]

This is fantastic! I was introduced to this piece while watching Gene Kelly & Vera-Ellen's ballet version on film. Simply a beautiful version in its entirety; love it!

[acmedressform]

well he had a nice long life :o)

[wondermusic63]

This is a fabulous version of the Rodgers & Hart ballet. That's what I call variety in music. Outstanding arrangement. Who did it? Was it Mr. Black himself? Anybody knows?

[conniff44]

@wondermusic63

Yes, wondermusic, it was his own arrangement.

[JubalCalif]

@wondermusic63

I second that emotion! An utterly delightful of the classic Rodgers composition! What a joy to listen to today for the first time! :-)

[berriganfan]

CLASS all the way

[23755343]

WONDERFUL

[60stringer]

Thank you Conniff 44 for posting this marvelous piece. I,too, can shed a tear as I listen.

[NRAUR2]

played this in High School and College bands. It has always been a haunting theme to me; one which always seems to bring a tear. Absolutely beautiful.

[felson99]

conniff44, you are right, this is the best performance of Slaughter on Tenth Avenue I have ever heard. Thank you for taking the time to do this upload!

[conniff44]

Thank you felson99.  So glad you enjoyed it as much as I.

[bebe3175]

Exelente interpretacion de Stanley Black, quien puede tener un LP donde S. Black interpreta musica rusa como Tierra de praderas (medowlan) entre otras

[trantor41]

Has anybody ever posted the movie of this name? A fogotten classic I think about a killing and retribution on the waterfront

[chkjns]

Panda, n. 1) Eats, shoots, and leaves. This is related to the US Second Ammendment right to keep and arm bears.

[ganstab56]

in 2002, he was sad when he died

[twamley]

I would be livid if I died!

[beauwulff]

He died sadly in 2002.

[7855waldo]

"He sadly died in 2002."

Let's go with, "Sadly, he died in 2002."

While it is reasonable to assume that the event of his death - to both himself and his admirers - was hardly an occasion to rejoice -

I suspect that with his sense of precision, Stanley Black would regard misplaced adjectives with the same understandable disdain he would have for musicians misplacing their instruments.

[conniff44]

I know, it was a silly mistake by me, all for the sake of a comma. Unfortunately I don't think it can be edited so he will have to remain sad at dying.

[7855waldo]

Hey, your heart's in the right place.

Any way we can edit out the ENTIRE NY Mets's season?

[lewars1912]

@conniff44  lol (:o)

[bossrat]

@conniff44 Even better - let's leave out the 'sadly.' Facts, not emotion.

[misformayhem]

I thank you for your most cogent observations and analysis!

[wookiful]

If you are going to judge people on their grammar, you might want to avoid mistaking an adverb for an adjective. 'Sadly' is an adverb.

[7855waldo]

Wook, you are correct - my mistake!

Thanks for pointing this out.

Best regards

[SecondPlaceYuya]

@7855waldo @7855waldo "Sadly" is an adverb, and it can be be placed before or after the verb phrase it modifies, or even at the end of the sentence, as long as it doesn't come interrupt the noun phrase or verb phrase. I suggest consulting Transformational Grammar by Andrew Radford, or any of the works of Noam Chomsky.

All that aside, lovely music.

[7855waldo]

@SecondPlaceYuya - 2PY: Thanks! I’m grateful for having been reminded once again of my having made such a boneheaded error.

(If you’ll scroll down to @ a year ago, below, you’ll see that someone else was equally thoughtful in taking the time to explain how I had gone astray.)

TG has been ordered. Maybe I’ll luck out & a Pavlovian association between this beautiful music & the mistake will sink in, permanently!

[bawdybill]

From the B'way musical "On Your Toes" and was danced by Ray Bolger (Scarecrow in Oz). This is a nice, easy listening version that can't be compared to 3 guitars and a drummer any more than it cqn be compared to what went on on Broadway or the symphonic versions by Bernstein and Feidler. You like the version you like and that's okay.

[bigqaraman]

What a great piece and so special to hear it conducted by the man himself. I remember playing this when I was a member of the Wolverhampton Concert Band (horn player) back in the early-mid 1970's - this brings back a lot of great memories and although we were all amateur players we weren't half bad!

[DikkSteini]

He sadly died? You mean he was sad when it happened?

[cakeyspig]

Richard Rogers' music will live forever - all good music will ... and this is good.

[conniff44]

Comment by Knowhereman123 (deleted in error)

Dude...! This is sooo... passionless! Please... PLEASE listen to the Venture's version of it...! My favorite song by them! But htis version reminds me of Spike Jones! LOVE this tune - just not this dead version of it...

[conniff44]

I'm sorry but I clicked the wrong button and removed your comment Knowhereman123.

It's a legitimate comment, but you can't really compare a pop record with something like this.

I also love the Ventures version and owned it myself in the 60s, but would never attempt to do a comparison with two so dissimilar versions that were never meant to compete with each other.

[clearly]

This is so compelling and atmospheric. I love it!

[hbcoyote]

I have been fascinated by this music since I was a small child. I do not know what prompted the interest or how I happen to hear it but I ave loved it since I heard it the first time. It strikes a primal place in me.

[trantor41]

excuse my ignorance but is there any other modern classics by Stanley Black conducting available on the tube?

[trantor41]

I first heard this in a movie of the same name put out by MGM many years ago and had despaired of ever finding it again. Thanks heaps to whoever posted this brilliant orchestral delight

[pilvin123]

I have been listening to it since I first saw it in the movie, Words and Music...danced by Gene Kelly and Vera Ellen...1947

[NaomiBainu]

For some reason this piece is finding a very deep resonant place in my heart, along side Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto. I haven't been as entranced by a piece of music since I saw "Music lovers". Watching the Gene Kelly piece over and over helps!

[mrgeorgebanjoman]

I find it incredulous that this brilliant song is not reverred as much & as played as often as Rhapsody in Blue.

Thanks Mr Rodgers.

[mrgeorgebanjoman]

This is one cut above that other great piece of musical Americana, Rhapsody in blue, they go well together.I first had this on an LP by by a Hungarian orchestra, never thought it could be bettered but Mr Blacks version is the only one that's ever come close to that arrangement & bettered it. If anyones got the Hungarian orchestras version could they PLEASE post it. This IS THE definitive version, I'm sure Mr Rodgers intended it to sound exactly like this & would be proud to hear it.

[castanoan]

The absolute ULTIMATE!

[nutz2x04]

Better than Paul Whiteman any day.

[krang07]

why isnt larry fast`s version not on youtube?

futhermore,why not that whole synergy album,

realizations for rock orchestra.

[BronxBornBroad]

Truly wonderful!!!

[conniff44]

You are so right.

[blondex21]

Richard Rogers takes his place among the Greats - this has the most haunting melody

since the first composer ever put pen to paper...

[buffetmonster]

Classic American mood music beyond all compare!

And I challenge anyone to claim otherwise.

Deeply spiritual, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue," far surpasses all else in the American musical "panorama." Nothing else even comes close to this, perhaps the most beautiful composition ever conceived of by Modern Man.

[conniff44]

You just might be right there buffet. It sends a shiver down the body.

I love Stanleys interpretation, disciplined yet flowing.

[buffetmonster]

Whenever I hear this particular version, it somehow takes my very heart and soul back to that special time and place in America when there existed such a singular, all-pervasive sense of where we were as a nation then - and also a certain sense of where we were about to go (post-WWII). "disciplined yet flowing" - this interpretation is "all that" - and so much MORE! In the words of my people (the Oglala Sioux of South Dakota): "pilamaya" (THANK YOU) for your relpy/comment to mine.

[buffetmonster]

Or should I say "reply" (my typo!) LOL! I greatly value your input here.

[royaltrude2]

I first discovered this piece of music on a player-piano roll at my great grandmother's house at age 8. I played it so many times that they finally kicked me out of the house. I have loved it ever since. Thank you for the beautiful audio.

[ziofagio]

I knew this song because the Mick Ronson's cover. Lovely

[rpiercebutler]

Slaughter is one of those "Forgotten" bits of true American music.

[louswire]

the 1st time I heard this was in 1968 or 69...my folks dragged me and my kid sister off to the ballet...looking back on it now, I wish I'd paid more attention, cause the ballet company was the NYC Ballet, and the Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra was in the pit, conducted by Eugene Ormandy.

[climiac]

Saw the movie many years ago and was taken by this superb piece----violent movie about the waterfront but music pulled it all together--pity no one wtites this quality anymore. Climiac

[conniff44]

I agree with you. What a spectacular climax this has.

[posaico]

I have one version of the mgm orchestra, in a 78 rpm record, and its more dramatic and emotional and with a suprem lirism. This is very complete, but that one taken from the music of the picture for me is the best because it captures de dramatic story behind the music.

[re6356]

With Stanley Black at the helm, how could it fail. Great version.

[Andy1981s]

At last some quality music by a quality conductor. I love this thank you.