Big Noise from Winnetka - Climax Jazz Band 1991

Big Noise from Winnetka - Climax Jazz Band 1991

As bassist of the Bob Crosby Bob Cats, Bob Haggart (1914-1998) composed and arranged many tunes for the band and the most famous one is probably "The Big Noise". Bob recorded this tune for the first time in 1938 as a feature for bass, drums and whistling together with drummer Ray Bauduc.

In our Climax Jazz Band we have had this tune in our repertoire for many years. Chris Daniels, our bassist introduced it to the band in the early seventies and it has been requested almost on every concert we have played. It was of course always a welcome break for our frontline musicians who could then walk off the stage for a smoke or a little nutrition especially when the drum extravaganza would happen.
The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band came to play a week of dual concerts with our Climax Band in 1977 in Toronto and I remember co-leader Bob Haggart standing there with a surprised and puzzled look on his face when Chris did his version of the Big Noise.
Here Chris is performing the tune at the 1991 Indianapolis Jazz Festival with our young drummer. Jamie Aug was now with the band for a little over 3 years and I think he was only about 19 years old.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• classic
• traditional
• climax
• daniels
• aug

[floresaa]

i love this.

[DannySapko]

I bet it's shit

[MarcoAJuarez]

@MightyMadDuck The bass part is always easier...

[MightyMadDuck]

@hireclaw22 believe me, that isnt so hard, i play dubblebas, (played this song when i heard about it, for about 1 year) and i can play this, piece a cake ;)

[TheElectricSalad]

love this song

[tetramariner]

Very fine rendition of Bob Crosby's signature number!

[nadineandre]

I think the bass player's good! He's much more in the style of the number than the drummer. + the drummer's behind all the time!

[mrsoultwister]

Gene's version is a lot smoother, chilled out and fun. This is painful to watch.

[Ragnemalm]

The original drum&bass piece, by skilled performers! Good!

[VekuRommel]

This is awesome.

[AiriPsy]

I know it's super difficult, but just from an objective point of view, the contrabassist plays the song slightly detuned. The drummer is great indeed, anyway i simply love this song it's genial