Classic Sesame Street - Hoots the Owl and Wynton Marsalis

[finnishminnow]

Seems like Hoots the Owl and Wynton Marsalis did a great job by playing songs together, don't you think?

[gilmore307]

owned

[yisacknayrabin]

Marsalis thought he had some sh@t until Hoots laid down a fat dose of "flap your wings together, make some spitting sounds for about 3 seconds, then clumsily lope into the air and peace out with a 3-note flourish."

Maybe next time Wyn, maybe next time.

[Nausica74]

Wynton è sempre un grandissimo!!!

[bostonbruinsfever]

cool video- wow he was so young when this was done

[helpayuda]

love this guy, but this video won't play for me so haven't heard it yet! No problems with any others, and the You Tube help seems as good as a chocolat teapot - any advice?

[sleazebee]

badass...

[derry162]

I love this guy, but this video won't play for me so haven't heard it yet! No problems with any others, and the You Tube help seems as good as a chocolat teapot - any advice?

[mackdadd222]

that's asome

[tajto]

hahah hoots talks so unhip

[eldwinwong]

what trumpet it he playing in this one?

[skybo053]

Haha, hoots sure can play. Wynton is great, as well.

[yushis]

heh, good stuff

[ZZenZZ]

LOLL

[verkaforever]

Hoots sounds like Louis Armstrong.

[magicdudegary]

omg this is freakin' hilarious! Hoots is sic...jus like Wynton!

[turkishpresident]

lol hoots had it easy too high notes r much harder to hit on the trumpet

[RJBATTAM]

haha sucked in wynton that owl pwned u haha. Nah wyntons one of my fav trumpet players..that was great to watch.

[HoustonMills]

Hoots is the shit!

[jasonguitar]

anyone know any sax players that play like hoots??

[JoelmanJames]

check out warne marsh, yo.

[Xanicks]

Branford Marsalis, funnily enough :p

[jschabik]

Uhhh... Hmmmmn... Ehhh... Wellll, ahhh...

[StarGirl12345678910]

LOL this is funny

[cool79606]

lol blowing

[Monkeylobber111]

You owned Hoots!

[gamesport88]

That's the power of jazz baby!

[ironfish47]

he has an incredible

[BradJamesBroncofan]

Hoots rocks! He's my favorite muppet on Sesame Street. While the show's being dumbed down in its current state, it's nice that he still makes some cameos.

[queekers]

jazz music sucks. its all about actually playing music and playing from your soul - it should be about simple repetitive beats and stupid incoherent lyrics

[Saxophonic]

shut the fuck up, what the hell do u listen to, jazz is a art that only intellectual people can understand, same with classical, thats why classical music has been around for over 500 years, and jazz for a hundred years, try your shitty songs see how long they last, 2-4 years maybe?

[queekers]

sarcasm....

[Saxyman14]

I can't believe you took queekers seriously. Thats actually really amusing. ha.

[Dunklekuh81]

God, Ya can't even stop from cursing on a Sesame Street vid.

[Snorglorf]

You'd figure such a seasoned "intellectual" such as yourself would be capable of separating a five line comment into more than one sentence, as well as recognizing basic blatant sarcasm.

[godlovesfrogs]

MODERN "MUSIC" SUCKS! There is NO MELODY TO IT!

[closeholydarkness]

hahahah, i love sarcasm.

[Mamasan41]

CUUUUUUUUUTE!!!

[htpo]

Oh, Hoots...

[Saxamaphonegirl]

That was fantastic! Thanks for all the great SS posts!

[cool79606]

how do you do a slide on trumpet? lol

[dividedguy]

I'm not a professional trumpet player, but I believe it has a lot to do with using all half-valves, and more importantly, lots of practice with using lip slurs and false tones. The more your embouchure is in shape, the easier it is to do sweet stuff like that. Lungs are important too.

[dec10]

Yeah he's definitely using half-vales.

[SepatownSon]

this is sweet. a few years before my time tho. but i really wanna see hoots and bobby mcferrin play tweet in the mornin. that was sweet.

[Delorean92]

Anyone seen Hoots lately?

[Delorean92]

How come I haven't seen this, and I'm a Sesame Street fanatic?

[efil4own1]

Hoots is terrific! His playing might sound like Lester Young, but he looks like he was modelled after Coleman Hawkins!

Now does anyone know about that rare LP he did with Zoot from "The Muppet Show"?

[kctiner]

Wow. I was way more into Hoots's licks. Wynton's playing was just so contrived and soul-less.

[dividedguy]

HA-Ha-ha-hhhh. Ouch. :P

[jazzisgood82]

I take it you never listened to Wynton's "Standard Time" albums, "Black Codes (From The Undgeround," "J Mood," or "Marciac Suite" then huh?

To say what you said about Wynton clearly shows that you have no understanding and haven't done enough listening to form those idiotic opinions. It would be different if you have actually heard his music, but you haven't.

There are alot better jazz trumpeters than Wynton no question about it, but listen before you speak.

[jazzisgood82]

I guess you never heard Wynton's albums "Black Codes (From The Underground)," "J Mood," "Marciac Suite," or any of his "Standard Time" albums, huh?

To me is sounds like you have something against Wynton. Let me just say you're wrong in every way. Wynton is a fantastic trumpeter, but he's certainly not a Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, Donald Byrd, or Woody Shaw, but don't discount his playing by saying he doesn't have heart, because he does.

[kctiner]

Relax, I was being sarcastic. I've heard everything Wynton has done.

[Odawg96]

I remember when this was originally aired. Kevin Clash was the man even THEN. Hoots voice was very similar to Goriddle Gorilla. This was real cool at the time.

[nerdyal]

wynton marsalis is such a good jazz trumpeter! look him up in the search engine

[hz44567]

hes also a beast at classical pieces too

[thavault]

hahaha

[donnasch7]

Same voice that does Elmo!! Amazing!!

[Davoos]

Hoots seems to like Lester Young's playing! He sounds like it anyway. lol. Very cool clip!

[MacLeaper]

Nice! Cool to see a Hoots clip- and cool to see the incredible trumpeter Wynton Marsalis!!! :-) (And really neat to see Hoots fly! I think that's the first time I've ever seen that)

[lazyhazycrazy]

Haha, awesome clip. Thanks for posting it!