I have spent time with Bobby and he is anything but stuck up. Maybe you just didn't warrant his time. That happens to players who think their pooh don't stink, Maybe that fits you to a tee? As your name suggests TooGoodForYou13
I have spent time with Bobby and he is anything but stuck up. Maybe you just didn't warrant his time. That happens to players who think their pooh don't stink, Maybe that fits you to a tee?
Bobby Shew is one of the greatest teachers of the instrument in its history. The list of students he has helped is a who's who of great players. Bobby also has emphasima and used to have to carry around oxygen. I guarantee most of the criticism is by some marching band player in po-dunk Indiana who is the best player in a town of 352. The fact that anyone has anything bad to say speaks to the ignorance they own.
Okay guys, obviously bobby was having a hard time with this piece but like everybody keeps saying this piece can be done perfect in a studio. And considering that this piece was written for one guy-Maynard-I think he did a hell of a job on the interpretation, he took a piece of paper with a bunch of high notes on it and made music out of it. This piece was never lyrical in any way and what he did by lowering some of the solo parts and rubato tempo was make it into a piece of music.
way to much hating going on in these comments... This is live y'all, what are you looking for? Great playing all around, bravo Bobby Shew and the band!
Bobby is really a marvelous player, and has "attempted" this tune "in-person" numerous times...balls for trying as I don't know many whou could. The Arturo version is "perfect" b/c it was done IN THE STUDIO. You can make a player like Herb Alpert sound good with "studio magic." In the studio you can stop and rest whenever you want and all mistakes are taken out. Bobby did this LIVE with no editing.
not bad for a guy with emphysema. Bobby Shew is one of the best musicians you could ever be in the same room with and an all around cool cat. God bless you Bobby
Yea I have to agree with people about butchering. I usually like Bobby Shew, but this is definately not his best performance. The band sounds either really unrehearsed or very stiff...
I don't know what you guys are talking about the band was great the lead player i didn't watch all of that but he sounded great and the band was good, and bobby stumbled a little but look at how old he is and how clean and accurate and big his sound is.
because this piece is not published. otherwise, you can bet I'd put my version of this up here with one of the three big bands I play lead trumpet in.
anybody wondering why they let Bobby Shew take a dump all over this classic when Engelbright sitting in the trumpet "SECTION" GODDAMN. Check out his version on here.
From this same session you can here Englebright crap all over "Danny Boy". This is one heck of a hard chart and there are not many people EVER that could do it justice like the Boss.
The arrangement is dif. and not as good as the original, but they are all still good, bobby is awsome, my teacher has his horn, and mine is similar to it.
I have no idea why anyone would want to argue about who plays/played this tune better/best. The problem is the tune, not the players. It's a stupid tune , nothing is memorable about it , boring melody , predictable arrangement , corny and nothing innovative about it , merely meant to show off Maynards upper register in his early years.
MF was very smart to drop this dog from his repertoire and I hope I never hear anyone ever play it again. I can't stand it.
Admitedly, this piece is insanely difficult. But of the three videos of this tune on You Tube, Bobby shew is a distant third behind Scooter and maynard. Maybe a faster tempo would have helped him get through this. He's shooting up and trying to get a lot of these high notes when the others just slam them out.
Two trumpet players should not be compared based on the merits of one live performance each. Two trumpet players should certainly not be compared on a live performance to a recording. Who knows how many takes it took them to get it "just right"? Ludicrous.
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meh... this guy is nowhere near maynards perfect performance. yesss u guys thought ud never see maynard play his own name tune, well check my chanel i have an ancient vid lol. maynard killed it.
you're crazy man, maynard's tone suffered when he was old but if you say that i have to respectfully doubt that you have heard his original studio version of this tune. Maynard is so well regarded because he was the most musical in the upper register and had the fattest, roundest tone out of anyone
Bobby did a great job! Any trumpet player who takes on a Maynard Ferguson chart has a lot of guts. There are no "Wimps" out there who can play a chart like this.
The name of the chart is Maynard Ferguson's "Stratospheric". No one played it like Maynard did in 1953. Big, fat, amazing sound. Maynard was like no one.
I have an album with Bobby Shew playing this tune. Absolutely nailing it. Bobby has a bit more verve to his sound, a bit brighter than MF's sound. Different but equally good.
The guy is an animal. This video does Bobby no justice. if you are a trumpeter and interested you should do some more research on this guy, he is one of the best trumpeters of our time.
We should put this into perspective. This was written for Maynard. It is probably one of the hardest solo trumpet charts to cover but yet Maynard used to do it all the time through many sets in his shows. Even someone like Bobby struggled through it. He is not a hacker by any means. A monster player in his own right!! RIP Maynard!
Talk about Shew having a bad day. I still like him, but it definitely wasn't his best performance. The beginning even threw the whole band off! Bobby Shew is still awesome and I admire the courage it took to try to play something that hard in front of all those people
alright now. whos playing this? and who isnt? shut the hell up. you realize how difficult this piece is? and to prep it in what short time. and to have the sound that he has? as the homeboy says hes worked his ass off. and he got the solo for a reason.
I thought Bobby played it beautifully, that piece is a ballbuster that ends on a d above DHC. There are very few trumpeters out there today who could come close to playing that chart like Bobby did.
Well it certainly didn't deserve a standing ovation. (Bobby nor the band) and that slow tempo was a drag! This just goes to show that Maynard is the greatest trumpet player ever!
he totally screwed this performance. listen to Scooter's performance of this song then listen to the version that YouTube has of Maynard performing it on the Ed Sullivan Show and you tell me that this one here is good? this is an insult to even hear it this slow and sloppy. Bobby sure fucked this one up. BAD.
I am a big fan of Bobby's but whenever someone offers a comparison vid like cadillacdude, it's always good to go check it out. I found one w Scooter and UNT band and cadillac is totally correct. Bobby's a legend, but scooter's performance on this one particular piece, was better.
bobby plays this so much better the Engelbright. Engelbright is an overrated nobdy. He can't play anywhere as good as Bobby or Roger. That's why he has to play all the Maynard tribute gigs, because he can't make it in NYC.
I'm sure Bobby Shew is a good trumpet player. He's not in Maynard's league--missed notes, bad taste. Sorry, dude. Listen to Maynard's version, also on YouTube.
There are definately players who can take a maynard solo and play it at the same level of talent. Take Arturo Sandoval, his range is even greater than MF's. And what about Vizzuti? He can play anything you put in front of him perfectly.
Bobby is not Maynard; Maynard is not Bobby. Completely different greats.
I have seen both. Maynard had a way of fire and passion -- he believed and went for it. Bobby has a way of finesse and playing parts with tact and wit. I couldn't imagine duplicating Maynard, Bobby was playing the part that's it. I have heard Bobby nail it to the wall so many times, on this he sounded tired. Plus hard part! Bobby is one of the greats as was Maynard RIP.
funniest thing ever i played a concert w/ bobby and one of our really good trumpet players tryed to out blow bobby and bobby just ripped off into the altisimo range and i started laughing in the middle of the tune at our trumpet player it was so damn funnt
Tell Bobby Shew to sit down and let Engelbright play it. Bobby Shew is sort of an asshole too, and he's no tasteebro and sure as hell no where near THE Maynard Ferguson.
Maybe he was just an asshole the day that i met him then. It doesn't matter because i play on his sig. mouthpiece (Marcinkiewicz) and his yamaha sig. horn. Shows how much i dont like him.
I've met both Shew and Englebright. Bobby is an very nice guy. Scooter is too (even though some of the Tastee Bros stuff is a bit abrasive). NOBODY can touch Maynard's upper register virtuosity on that tune (or any other) - not even Scott.
no one can imitated maynard ferguson
carlosjtown 6 months ago
Why wasnt Scott playin this?
HEROxSabre 10 months ago
@HEROxSabre no shit man. Scooters version is wayyyyy better than this one.
cadillacdude1975 8 months ago
@cadillacdude1975 I was wonderin 'cause Scooter is in the band...and he sounds SO much better!
HEROxSabre 8 months ago
And anyone who thinks MF is the end all be all needs to take a listen to Cat Anderson
GdoubleE01 1 year ago 3
I have spent time with Bobby and he is anything but stuck up. Maybe you just didn't warrant his time. That happens to players who think their pooh don't stink, Maybe that fits you to a tee? As your name suggests TooGoodForYou13
GdoubleE01 1 year ago
I have spent time with Bobby and he is anything but stuck up. Maybe you just didn't warrant his time. That happens to players who think their pooh don't stink, Maybe that fits you to a tee?
GdoubleE01 1 year ago
Bobby Shew is one of the greatest teachers of the instrument in its history. The list of students he has helped is a who's who of great players. Bobby also has emphasima and used to have to carry around oxygen. I guarantee most of the criticism is by some marching band player in po-dunk Indiana who is the best player in a town of 352. The fact that anyone has anything bad to say speaks to the ignorance they own.
GdoubleE01 1 year ago
Okay guys, obviously bobby was having a hard time with this piece but like everybody keeps saying this piece can be done perfect in a studio. And considering that this piece was written for one guy-Maynard-I think he did a hell of a job on the interpretation, he took a piece of paper with a bunch of high notes on it and made music out of it. This piece was never lyrical in any way and what he did by lowering some of the solo parts and rubato tempo was make it into a piece of music.
trptguy23 1 year ago
way to much hating going on in these comments... This is live y'all, what are you looking for? Great playing all around, bravo Bobby Shew and the band!
pokerbone 1 year ago
Bobby is really a marvelous player, and has "attempted" this tune "in-person" numerous times...balls for trying as I don't know many whou could. The Arturo version is "perfect" b/c it was done IN THE STUDIO. You can make a player like Herb Alpert sound good with "studio magic." In the studio you can stop and rest whenever you want and all mistakes are taken out. Bobby did this LIVE with no editing.
chasefreak 1 year ago
@chasefreak i wouldn't call the arturo version "perfect", which sucks bc he was in the studio... I thought scotty did it better live at UNT.
pedroesteban86 9 months ago
hang on dont lets get too critical here bobby is great but remember maynard was the boss no doubt
exjazzbassbaz 1 year ago
Bobby is one of the great ones. But this is a train wreck. I doubt he'd want to be remembered for it.
rsalvucc 1 year ago
not bad for a guy with emphysema. Bobby Shew is one of the best musicians you could ever be in the same room with and an all around cool cat. God bless you Bobby
reddwarf1980 1 year ago
Yea I have to agree with people about butchering. I usually like Bobby Shew, but this is definately not his best performance. The band sounds either really unrehearsed or very stiff...
heypepper 1 year ago
I don't know what you guys are talking about the band was great the lead player i didn't watch all of that but he sounded great and the band was good, and bobby stumbled a little but look at how old he is and how clean and accurate and big his sound is.
selector111 1 year ago
wow. band fail..... shew doesn't know what the hell is going because the band is all over the place. ouch.
hondarideralex 1 year ago
it sounds like he didnt even look at the piece till the concert. yikes
marchnfever1 2 years ago
@marchnfever1 who the hell are you to criticize this master? Man people say some stupid shit on the internets!!
pokerbone 1 year ago
i just saw Bobby live a few few days ago and even attended his trumpet lecture. Mr. Shew you are phenomenal!
rockerboy70 2 years ago
ouch, FAIL... i love bobby, but the entire band butchered this song including him
solostrad 2 years ago 3
that was rough
JoseppyMD 2 years ago 7
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thepeopleschamp562 2 years ago
todos son unos picados que no saben ni mierda
paocamila 2 years ago
Maybe you can. But then, why aren't you sitting there playing it, instead of trolling on YouTube?
tuberyou 2 years ago
because this piece is not published. otherwise, you can bet I'd put my version of this up here with one of the three big bands I play lead trumpet in.
trane1959 2 years ago
anybody wondering why they let Bobby Shew take a dump all over this classic when Engelbright sitting in the trumpet "SECTION" GODDAMN. Check out his version on here.
trane1959 2 years ago 2
take a dump? shows what little appreciation you have for EVERYONE's talents.
tuberyou 2 years ago
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dude, i can play this better than bobby shew here. it's not good.
trane1959 2 years ago
this sounds pretty bad. I couldnt do better but shew defineently could. Scooter however owns us all.
kdkn92 2 years ago
From this same session you can here Englebright crap all over "Danny Boy". This is one heck of a hard chart and there are not many people EVER that could do it justice like the Boss.
cccustommusic 2 years ago
Its very difficult on the trumpet he plays to roar and put air through it.
jerec576 2 years ago
The arrangement is dif. and not as good as the original, but they are all still good, bobby is awsome, my teacher has his horn, and mine is similar to it.
selector111 2 years ago
Bobby is a great trompetisa, I admire a lot.
But Maynard Ferguson is undoubtedly incomparable.
parapetista 3 years ago
I have no idea why anyone would want to argue about who plays/played this tune better/best. The problem is the tune, not the players. It's a stupid tune , nothing is memorable about it , boring melody , predictable arrangement , corny and nothing innovative about it , merely meant to show off Maynards upper register in his early years.
MF was very smart to drop this dog from his repertoire and I hope I never hear anyone ever play it again. I can't stand it.
baltostar1 3 years ago
You are exactly right.
Gilligan346 2 years ago
Admitedly, this piece is insanely difficult. But of the three videos of this tune on You Tube, Bobby shew is a distant third behind Scooter and maynard. Maybe a faster tempo would have helped him get through this. He's shooting up and trying to get a lot of these high notes when the others just slam them out.
trane1959 3 years ago
Two trumpet players should not be compared based on the merits of one live performance each. Two trumpet players should certainly not be compared on a live performance to a recording. Who knows how many takes it took them to get it "just right"? Ludicrous.
mechbone 3 years ago 12
I disagree.
iluvsystemofadown 3 years ago
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meh... this guy is nowhere near maynards perfect performance. yesss u guys thought ud never see maynard play his own name tune, well check my chanel i have an ancient vid lol. maynard killed it.
iluvsystemofadown 3 years ago
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dude...i love maynard...but he has a terrible tone
lerbdude 3 years ago
you're crazy man, maynard's tone suffered when he was old but if you say that i have to respectfully doubt that you have heard his original studio version of this tune. Maynard is so well regarded because he was the most musical in the upper register and had the fattest, roundest tone out of anyone
nthom15 3 years ago 3
Bobby did a great job! Any trumpet player who takes on a Maynard Ferguson chart has a lot of guts. There are no "Wimps" out there who can play a chart like this.
phxhvac 3 years ago
could anyone tel me the name of this song please
i have arturo sandoval version absolutely perfect
sornmwit17 3 years ago
The name of the song is "Maynard Ferguson"
xkaboomx 3 years ago 6
The name of the chart is Maynard Ferguson's "Stratospheric". No one played it like Maynard did in 1953. Big, fat, amazing sound. Maynard was like no one.
Explode36 1 year ago
@sornmwit17
chasefreak 1 year ago
I have an album with Bobby Shew playing this tune. Absolutely nailing it. Bobby has a bit more verve to his sound, a bit brighter than MF's sound. Different but equally good.
The guy is an animal. This video does Bobby no justice. if you are a trumpeter and interested you should do some more research on this guy, he is one of the best trumpeters of our time.
enlitened1234 3 years ago
We should put this into perspective. This was written for Maynard. It is probably one of the hardest solo trumpet charts to cover but yet Maynard used to do it all the time through many sets in his shows. Even someone like Bobby struggled through it. He is not a hacker by any means. A monster player in his own right!! RIP Maynard!
gsman5828 3 years ago
Talk about Shew having a bad day. I still like him, but it definitely wasn't his best performance. The beginning even threw the whole band off! Bobby Shew is still awesome and I admire the courage it took to try to play something that hard in front of all those people
joash06 4 years ago
I think the camera is skipping, cause it happens a couple more times in the video.
guitarro777 3 years ago
people lay off him his bad day is better than your good day!
dirtrider1221412 4 years ago 2
alright now. whos playing this? and who isnt? shut the hell up. you realize how difficult this piece is? and to prep it in what short time. and to have the sound that he has? as the homeboy says hes worked his ass off. and he got the solo for a reason.
jambajoby32 4 years ago
I thought Bobby played it beautifully, that piece is a ballbuster that ends on a d above DHC. There are very few trumpeters out there today who could come close to playing that chart like Bobby did.
UpperRegister 4 years ago
Well it certainly didn't deserve a standing ovation. (Bobby nor the band) and that slow tempo was a drag! This just goes to show that Maynard is the greatest trumpet player ever!
bebopchops 4 years ago 3
he totally screwed this performance. listen to Scooter's performance of this song then listen to the version that YouTube has of Maynard performing it on the Ed Sullivan Show and you tell me that this one here is good? this is an insult to even hear it this slow and sloppy. Bobby sure fucked this one up. BAD.
cadillacdude1975 4 years ago
are u high?
poopieboy12 4 years ago
I am a big fan of Bobby's but whenever someone offers a comparison vid like cadillacdude, it's always good to go check it out. I found one w Scooter and UNT band and cadillac is totally correct. Bobby's a legend, but scooter's performance on this one particular piece, was better.
junkyman2 4 years ago 3
thanks junkyman, i wish everyone had a level head for comparing like you showed in this situation.
cadillacdude1975 4 years ago
bobby plays this so much better the Engelbright. Engelbright is an overrated nobdy. He can't play anywhere as good as Bobby or Roger. That's why he has to play all the Maynard tribute gigs, because he can't make it in NYC.
cruisebone 4 years ago
What? Shew sounds like straight shit.
He's by far the biggest Maynard wannabe. Are you serious?.. Gotta be kiddin' me. This isn't the first video Shew fucked up a great Maynard tune.
Shew and Roger are garbage, listen to Roger's gonna fly now, the Shews' What's New.
Are you fuckin' kidding me?
BeBop08 4 years ago 2
Wow... Bobby doesn't sound like Bobby... played with him many times, he usually sounds killin on his lead stuff...
Azjazzer8 4 years ago
sounds like every section has their own tempo.
trumpet95 4 years ago
the best solo for this song is from ARTURO FOREVER !!!!
lightwave888 4 years ago
kill yourself faggot
Davewww 4 years ago
I'm sure Bobby Shew is a good trumpet player. He's not in Maynard's league--missed notes, bad taste. Sorry, dude. Listen to Maynard's version, also on YouTube.
unifonguru 4 years ago
Bobby is AMAZING bebop player, I much prefer that.
OKcomputer25 4 years ago
Nobody asked you. Who cares what you think,you're clueless.
dwartyclone 4 years ago
scott's killin it!
Elliot84 4 years ago
bobby is a great player, i have played a concert with him as lead and he is amazing! but he also can be kindove stuck up!
TooGooDForYou13 4 years ago
he looks and sounds like the trumpet version of Al Kay, a toronto based tromebonist.
Elliot84 4 years ago
you can see him shaking his head after playing it.
he knows he screwed it up.
twiblets 4 years ago
i met andy martin at a tcu jazz festival...he is an AMAZING trombone player
gavinrh 4 years ago
Interesting tempo.
PantsTyler 4 years ago
There are definately players who can take a maynard solo and play it at the same level of talent. Take Arturo Sandoval, his range is even greater than MF's. And what about Vizzuti? He can play anything you put in front of him perfectly.
I think Bobby Shew kicks ass. And I miss Maynard.
andis729 4 years ago
the first phrase is poor
there is video of scooter doing i so much better
still he got the notes
twiblets 4 years ago
Dude Bobby sounds killin it's not all about perfection. Yay for high notes
timthesav 4 years ago
Bobby is not Maynard; Maynard is not Bobby. Completely different greats.
I have seen both. Maynard had a way of fire and passion -- he believed and went for it. Bobby has a way of finesse and playing parts with tact and wit. I couldn't imagine duplicating Maynard, Bobby was playing the part that's it. I have heard Bobby nail it to the wall so many times, on this he sounded tired. Plus hard part! Bobby is one of the greats as was Maynard RIP.
HighCDoubleG 4 years ago
It doesnt help that bobby suffers from emphesema. So if he sounds tired that is the reason. If you played trumpet you would understand.
nb734 4 years ago
Not even close to MF, No Vibrato, and he mised half of the original notes
beagleman123456789 5 years ago
that is true though but it was maynard i mean come on nobody can touch him
oreojazz 5 years ago
jon faddis
nb734 4 years ago
No disrespect to Bobby cause he is a great player and he did a nice job but Scooter definitely shoulda played it.
kenferry 5 years ago
I call this music style Musculr Dystrophy Music.
It was the sax section that was outta tune. Flat mostly. The piano and the bass are merely manniquin positions in this band. Cain't hear them atall.
At the end of the song, "Okay Bobby, you worked up an appetite. Go eet a cow."
DancingSpiderman 5 years ago
not talking shit but could you do better?
oreojazz 5 years ago
Who ME? I ain't no bigg fatt ugly muthafugga.
DancingSpiderman 5 years ago
bobby is the man but that band is out of tune i think
oreojazz 5 years ago
Where is Wayne Bergeron?
laboogslife16 5 years ago
funniest thing ever i played a concert w/ bobby and one of our really good trumpet players tryed to out blow bobby and bobby just ripped off into the altisimo range and i started laughing in the middle of the tune at our trumpet player it was so damn funnt
Cannonballplayer44 5 years ago
I like the faster version better. Not bad though.
Jmuduke 5 years ago
Very good!!
Trutaaaa 5 years ago
Tell Bobby Shew to sit down and let Engelbright play it. Bobby Shew is sort of an asshole too, and he's no tasteebro and sure as hell no where near THE Maynard Ferguson.
rhcp211 5 years ago
I agree that Englebright should have played this one, but Bobby Shew isn't an asshole.
mynamisdan 5 years ago
Maybe he was just an asshole the day that i met him then. It doesn't matter because i play on his sig. mouthpiece (Marcinkiewicz) and his yamaha sig. horn. Shows how much i dont like him.
rhcp211 5 years ago
haha...i play on the shew 1
mynamisdan 5 years ago
I've met both Shew and Englebright. Bobby is an very nice guy. Scooter is too (even though some of the Tastee Bros stuff is a bit abrasive). NOBODY can touch Maynard's upper register virtuosity on that tune (or any other) - not even Scott.
BSTBlast 5 years ago
i suppose abrasive is the word (lol)
mynamisdan 4 years ago
can we stop there? lol
itsfatman 5 years ago
I liked it. =)
BillyClaphan 5 years ago