NYPD Jazz Band - "Theme from Shaft" @ SJ Jazz Festival 2008

New York Police Jazz Band performs "Theme from Shaft" at San Jose Jazz Festival on Saturday, August 9, 2008.

Issac Hayes, singer-songwriter for this iconic motion picture soundtrack theme song, passed away the next day- Sunday, August 10, 2008 at his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

This video was shot with a little Panasonic-Leica DMC-TZ3 still camera. Unlike my previous camera - the Panasonic-Leica DMC-TZ1, I wasn't able to use the zoom while I was shooting video, thus it's shakier than usual.

Rest in peace, Isaac Hayes. You will not be forgotten.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• soul
• swingband
• horns
• isaac
• hayes
• NYPD
• funk
• police
• soundtracks

[TacMan68]

Awesome.....those boys in blue can swing....wish we had that back in my NYPD days.

TacMan68

NYPD/TPF

[QuickStix]

That Isaac Hayes' "Theme from 'Shaft'" was STILL being performed 37 years after its initial recording and literally the day before God took him home clearly illustrates the immortality of his work. Imagine how many college marching bands and symphony orchestras have tackled this classic with gusto... A few of the greats who recorded it are `70s soul band The Nite-Liters, jazz drummer Buddy Rich, the irrepressible Sammy Davis Jr. and film composer extraordinaire Henry Mancini. R.I.P. Bro. Ike.

[mosprime2]

Aww, how come no double high G on the trumpet?

[ChireSenkai]

Heh. I know them a little

[ItsAllMe18]

what a cool conductor great vid

[chato1328]

nice that was great!!!

[bobsmen300]

that was MAD DOG!!!

i loved the conductor... lol he got so into the song it was GREAT!!!

[woo5647]

That was awesome! Loved it!

I like that tenor sax on the end; what kind is it??

[cybdet]

WOW, NYPD Band Great music. Say hello to AV. All that practice pays off, right AV?