James Last - Frank's Theme - AKA Sweet Lucy

[Rickingsh]

This music is at least from 12 years before I was born but I still find it mind blowing! :D

[john54542]

This is definitely upbeat for James Last. One of the most intense orchestral instrumentals I have ever heard is kamarinskaja by him. Unfortunately no one has uploaded this masterpiece to Youtube. It starts off slow then just explodes half way through.

[superlast]

@john54542 The track you refer to is on the album Russland Erinnerungen, but to my knowledge is not captured on video anywhere. Shame as Hansi had a habit of "exploding" some tracks which was truely breathtaking. He has slowed down now, still he is nearly 82!

Thanks for the comment :)

[77easylis]

Not to forget the fine bass-work from Benny Bendorff. All musicians gave all ther power for this long arrangement!

[Silvabone]

That is it!

[Silvabone]

That is it!!

[SergioEHaidukJr]

Would someone say to me, where and what year this show was made?

[superlast]

@SergioEHaidukJr This was recorded in 1982, Live in der Waldbuhne Berlin, Germany

[SergioEHaidukJr]

@superlast thanks man!

[77easylis]

@superlast

That's right, August, 29th, 1982, a James Last Production for ZDF.

[SergioEHaidukJr]

what an amazing song, man!!

[bedtime4bonzo]

stan's solo is great, but when i hear a solo like that, all i can think is michael brecker.... brecker was a beast... someone to check out as far as lesser known but awesome sax players is zbigniew namyslowski... he was a contemporary of michal urbaniak. if you can get the 70's polish urbaniak recordings with namyslowski, do it. also zbigniew's 1964 solo album "lola" is pretty easy to find...

[Silvabone]

Brazlian composer here!!!

[SoulamSee]

Like it. A little bit too fast for my taste. But they are all great guys and doing a fine job.

[2eisenautos]

Could someone tell me mor about the drummer? He´s a special one I think...

[2eisenautos]

Kann mir natürlich auch ohne Englisch verraten werden. Ist einfacher für mich.

[bonnerbieter]

It's Terry Jenkins. He was also a drummer for Tom Jones in the 70's. He is now known as a Jazz drummer, I think.

[Pianist53]

How come you haven't credited Stan Sulzmann in the side bar? His sax solo is so frickin 1337!!!

[superlast]

Absolutely right - I've amended to credit Stan's great performance - and thanks for the comment :)

[supabaik]

Terry Jenkins ist der Hammer!!!!

[alex30nc]

1:45 to 2:35 amazing

[Josch617]

Ole Holmquist, please teach me your style playing trombone!

It's so fantastic!

[boompty]

Check out the original by Raul de Souza also.

[HELEMAALGERT]

Drummer Terry Jenkins is the reason i began to drum! He is very good and his style means a lot to me

[TheSealHugger]

i found this song looking for a song from the game earthbound, i looked up 'frankys theme jazz' because i wanted a jazz version of the song. Instead i found this! and i like this a whole bunch more!

[giaden]

4 minutos y 50 segundos de pura energia!!

[RFDlic]

rated that bad?

I thought, the JL-fanclub did die out years ago, or is it you James, to rate 7 times bad?

[RFDlic]

Oops, I remember JL as an absolutely "nogo" in my youth. It's seen as kind of grandmas sound.

Later I was told by a pianoplayer, he's on of the guys who could really live on playing jazz in germany. (Why didn't he do so?)

Sweet Lucy is great stuff by George Duke.

No need to hurry that way, believe, if it was ment to be faster, those guys would have played it faster.

You've tried to enhance your sound up to the groove of the "de Souza" recording.

But:

The lead-instrument part is for prophet5?

[TomTomWaf]

love it!!!!

[nohavan]

Amazing music from the master.

[nohavan]

It's so great!!

[wrettler]

Günter Platzek was really excellent.

Willhart Rettler-Rocholl, Neubrandenburg

[wrettler]

who is the piano man?

[superlast]

Günter Platzek. He was an amazing player - unfortunately he died in 1990.

[wrettler]

my man is friedrich engels

[wrettler]

feuerbach 11 ohne ö-Pünktchen

[wrettler]

tractatus logico philosophicus, wittgenstein

[wrettler]

wer ist stephan neldner?

[wrettler]

maria ist unschuldig

[wrettler]

a very very very great drummer, thank you very much, Frank und James Last, excellent

WHReeds

[plattenbosse]

Definitely good musicians. All of them. But I prefer the original version by Raul de Souza with George Duke on Piano.

They destroyed all the funky tunes in it. At 0:22 til 0:26 it even sounds like Polka ?!

[nockspitze]

great drummer

[annalayla]

his name is olav holmquist

[mikosoft]

That must be a Yamaha CP70 or 80 electric grand with white finish and plexiglass top cover!

[annalayla]

who is the trombone with that cruly hair

[superlast]

The trombonesoloist´s name is Olle Holmqvist.

[annalayla]

he is funny

[joeocho88]

Who is James Last and his orchestra and why don't they perform in the US more often?

I really like hearing their musical arrangements. Can anybody here tell me something about them. These folks ROCK!

[wrettler]

Das ist richtiger Jazz, WHReeds, Willhart Rocholl, das Saxophonwunder aus Neubrandenburg

[wrettler]

torsten schleese ist ein Lude

[Euleh]

does anywhere any bassnotes or something else exist?

btw: awesome song!^^

[AvioKompanija2]

trombone solo is great and orchester too

[Apteros5]

Perfect!!!

[MichaelDuisburg]

Great!!!*swing**gg*

[bigcity1200]

Great music.

[Lostinswe]

Magneficent solo by Olle Holmqvist!!

[Polenders]

Does Olle play on saxophone??

[superlast]

He plays trombone. He's still a member of the James Last Orchestra today.

[Polenders]

Terry Jenkins! You're the best drums player! Great great great!!!!

[guybombardo]

That was---how do you say? THE BOMB! yeah!

[so600]

Superlast.....you are the best. Put more on please.

[RageRalle]

Raul de Souza- Sweet Lucy:

youtube

[RageRalle]

.com

[RageRalle]

.com

[RageRalle]

/watch?v=HRKFLVswVKE

[Jsh4444]

anyone know where i can get the song from? by raul de souza?!?!? pls help

[joeocho88]

I guess he is some kind of jazz guy like the late GREAT Doc Severinson or Al Hirt or somebody like that?

I REALLY ENJOY HEARING THEM!

I never even heard about them until I heard their You Tube performances!

GREAT STUFF!!!!!!

[Musicex54]

Hello ! One interesting thing about the orchestra, is that the musicians are from approximately 15 countries. Two of the trumpet players come from USA : The brothers Chuck and Bob Findley. They have toured with the band since 2000/2001. The orchetra play almost all kinds of music. If you search for Chuck Findley on You Tube, you can listen to a terrific version (jazz) of the known song Nature Boy. Recorded during the James Last European tour 2002.

[joeocho88]

WHO THE HELL IS JAMES LAST?

[Musicex54]

He has the worlds most famous orchestra. He has sold more than 100 million records and recieved 206 golden records and 17 platina records. The orchestra have been touring throughout almost the whole world over the years.They have never toured in the USA though. James Last have just finished a concert tour in Great Britian. In London they played in Royal Albert Hall for the 85th time. You can see clips from that tour here on You Tube. There will also be a DVD release in 2008 from this tour.

[VevendoVides]

Thank you so much for this information

[pengapop]

its so great and try to listen the George Duke Edition a great one

[moonstomp70]

I heard the de souza version about 20 years ago in a club in Denmark. This is the first time I've haerd it since. Anyone know a posting of it on you tube. It's awesome. this seems like a decent verion of it.

[chewbacca001]

they could almost have named their group The Blue Suited Beards

[Euleh]

cool! great vid!

which songs were also played on that concert?

what a pitty, that i wasn't born at that time -.-

[chewbacca001]

great sound!  those guys were really having fun!

[guitarkaley]

thats AWESOME!!!!!

[skylineboy001]

That was an great trombone solo

[skylineboy001]

i think you guys

[skylineboy001]

That was a wicked trombone solo

[DancingSpiderman]

This stuff is better than Muscular Dystrophy muzak! It kicks ass. This music doesn't put me into a wheelchair like telethong muzak does. Screw Jerry Lewis. Hi-Yo!

[morales664]

man i love this song. There has to be a downloadable version to this song! :)

[alschilling]

The music James Last is GENIAL

[freefnefehofih]

Man that Frank guy must be one funky son of a bitch to get a theme like that

[gnolt]

What a great arrangement.Was there an album this song was recorded on.

[superlast]

Unfortunately not, no studio version on release but there is this live version to enjoy!

[pollux33]

Einfach genial !!

[VevendoVides]

But who did the original? As i remember it was a Band from the Netherlands

[CerealKiIIer]

The bass guitar player has some groove!

[russallert]

The bass player is Benny Bendorff.

[russallert]

The sax soloist is Stan Sulzmann.

[freddeballa]

I`ts a great clip!

[freddeballa]

The trombonesoloist´s name is Olle Holmqvist.

[superlast]

Correct - I've amended the details now - thanks for pointing this out.

[chico123443211234]

And how amazing solo! He has a wonderfull skill.