Cory and The Wongnotes FULL ALBUM RECORDING SESSION

[@JustSnowglow]

This was my favorite show as a kid!

[@davisunderwood9428]

I remember the entire family gathering around the television set to watch this back in the day. Of course, back then television had no sound so it was hard to make out what was happening most of the time. But my brothers and I would get so excited to watch the man with the rubber wrist!

[@flyingfishsurf]

Their performance on Ed Sullivan was the stuff of legend.

[@GermanBorquez]

Non american here: what show?

[@abelmelo6409]

@@GermanBorquez I think it's a joke on the show appearence and references. It surely has that 80s TV show vibe that brings nostalgia, but this show specifically of Cory is brand new.

[@martin-mmk3399]

funny enough, i was a kid when this came out and still am

[@flyingfishsurf]

Nobody in music today has more fun than Cory Wong. It's infectious and everyone wants a part of it.

[@anyhandlewoulddo]

Jack Conte from Scary Pockets seems a fair competitor to that title

[@the_Rade]

Dirty Loops

[@CubeCadet]

Have to agree, all the others too, and vulfpeck

[@ericbembenek2350]

This man Cory is CONSTANTLY pumping out the best type of content 😭

[@thmsrttg]

but at what cost?

[@michaelbrindamour4348]

@@thmsrttg Hours and hours of groove.

[@apple8565]

I want to say all the group :)

[@the_Rade]

Content...🤦‍♂️ it's art

[@Randy_Balan]

The chemistry between the drummer and the bassist is absolutely gold

[@dannnmerkle7930]

Which bass player lol.

[@DoctorWho8]

Sonny, Cory, and Petar have played together for years via Dr Mambo’s Combo at the Bunker’s Stand.

[@Gravy_Jones22]

Thank you for basically putting out full concerts constantly on youtube.

[@WhatKnot42]

Love sneaking in the section of the nutcracker at 35:36 in the sax solo!

[@rbrtsTube]

As an answer to 32:49 and everyone loves it 👍

[@Gassyyetclassy]

After Wong on Ice, I'm more obsessed with Cory and the Wongnotes! Effortlessly one of my fave groups 💛💙

[@dannnmerkle7930]

This group is off the hook.

[@Gassyyetclassy]

@@dannnmerkle7930 Mm mm mm, indeed they are.

[@metalgunnerapoorva]

The second sax solo / freakout on Lee and the rest of the horn section's reaction to it was epic. We all turn into Shaun-Martin-looking-at-Cory-Henry-during-Lingus when a solo like that happens.

[@anthonyc7127]

Are you talking about the one by Eddie Barbash? That shit was legendary. Someday I will tell my grandkids I was there on KZbin when Eddie took that Lee solo. Then they'll shove me back into my space pod and launch me to my Mars retirement home where I'll never be seen again.

[@batou2465]

"Shaun-Martin-looking-at-Cory-Henry-during-Lingus" Love this expression 😄

[@billyscuba2763]

The sax solo around minute 37:30 had a lick that sounded to me like Bela Fleck and the Flecktones's "Sojourn of Arjuna". (around minute 2 on the album Left of Cool)

[@ezechiel-johnstone]

I DIED at this moment 😵

[@clust11]

Yes same league as Lingus

[@markshepardsongs]

Love that Trombone Solo from Michael Nelson in Tiki Hut!!!

[@garrettnorthrup]

Absolutely genius. The backing goes so stupid hard too. This band is a recipe for perfection

[@tokugawa12able]

Left handed rhythm section - bass and drummer. LOVE IT!!!! (Including when the bass and Cory swap instruments) Love it.

[@djrock93]

Negah has so much swagggg! Go girl 🇧🇷

[@EdgarC701]

Glad this was re-cut. I worried these amazing tracks would be overshadowed by show itself!

[@AdamSlyter]

Cory and Jon's harmonizing lines in Headin' Down to Bunkers is IT.

[@matthewsaxman1028]

The look on Kevin's face when he knew Sam was quoting his own little quote of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" was priceless! 😀

[@dinacarr2734]

Funky nutcracker! I love that moment I heard the keyboard funk up that sugarplum. And the saxophone reply...YASHHhh! Musicians are the best people!!!

[@ecarteringram]

Flute solo by Kenni....sublime

[@AMTunLimited]

Holy shit these were the actual recording sessions? I thought they were dubs they sounded so good!

[@AndrewBakke]

Check out his On The One breakdowns, you can hear the mic bleed. Great example that a good song and good performance are more important than pristine recordings.

[@oromoiluig]

There _are_ some overdubs. At least some of the vocals parts on Coming Back Around.

[@AMTunLimited]

@@oromoiluig I thought the entire thing was recorded in before and and the whole performance was just a lipsync

[@TheHadMatters]

@@oromoiluig Oh. Here I was wondering whether the pianist was working some occult magic.

[@grantrobertdavies]

LOVE Sonny's Bass Playing and Tone - But ALSO LOVE Cory's bass playing too!!! Awesome Feel.... Wow!!!

[@FastFeudal]

michael nelson absolutely ripping into that tiki hut strut solo **chef's kiss**

[@salabukhalil8677]

Cory, your music turns a bad day at work into a good one, thank you.

[@SPINUNDRUM]

Best album I've heard in 10+ years. Totally original and incredible.

[@Lanvy]

One of my favorite albums of yours! Thank you so much for being such an incredible person and uploading these sessions for free :)

[@TimSamoff]

This is the perfect start for 2022!

[@dwise3651]

Love how the camera work highlights all of these incredible artists that make this band so great. Thank you!

[@markmason450]

I've got just one thing to say....why this band is not selling out stadiums i do not understand. I just got into (discovered) these guys this past summer.. I think they are the best band I ever heard.

[@michaelbrady2552]

The first ad I got started with the tonic note of Heist, completing a dominant to tonic resolution since Heist ends on the dominant. These guys are so good that even the ads want to jam along.

[@beejers497]

Lee is magic, Sam and Eddie’s sax solos are transportive.

[@aegresen]

I've had to give up coffee due to health reasons so Cory's songs get me to wake up every morning. What an absolute blast this was, from the start right to the end!!

[@DaddyBooneDon]

That mix is so clean! Everyone plays so well they deserve to be heard. Great job!

[@error9900]

the beginning of the synth solo in Lee is so good. SO MUCH SPACE AND TIME

[@CualliMusic]

That transition into the blowing session at the end of Lee really gets me. Thanks for all the love y’all put into this.

[@reginacrampton6457]

I saw this in the last couple of weeks we downloaded it and I was Playing it in the background while I was cooking and dancing the whole time. Outstanding musicianship and concert. Keep up the great work Cory and The Wongnotes!

[@rezlets5017]

yesssss just binge watched all on the ones and the shows yesterday night, finally new content!

[@ryanwhetstone5156]

Alto sax solo from 37 min onward is fantastic.

[@RecordingBlog]

How awesome can a band be? This is Tower of power 2.0 ... I´m flashed!

[@levantinea2990]

I used to praise individual members but you know what? Impossible, you all together are like a massive sound system that works like wonders.

[@the_al_guy3169]

That Lee version is still my absolute favourite. Barbash is such a killer!

[@MiriamMars]

One of the best albums ever recorded!!!

[@CyBOXbeatbox]

god Petar going nutty in the last bit of Merci gives me life

[@lelo164]

Dude, It is a pleasure to enjoy this spectacle, incredible how it embodies our concience. The complexity of the timbres and harmonies is breathtaking at how vibrant they are. The parts of the instruments or orchestra, in some cases, complemente each other, the voices that make up, the melody are added together and result is a bombastic sound that can make you laugh and cry without precedence. Keep up the great work and sensational partnership . I’ve become a huge fan since last year by spotify, youtube and instagram.

[@dinguslopper]

Thanks for this, Cory! I liked the show, but it’s so dope to be able to watch the whole session from start to finish like this. Shame about the weird copyright business with the Stevie medley. I fully support making sure artists get paid fairly, but there’s clearly something very wrong with a system where the Copyright Robot can decide you’re not allowed to post material that YOU OWN THE FREAKIN’ COPYRIGHT TO! Surely we can do better.

[@yaboi-km2qn]

he doesn't own the copyright to stevie wonder songs though.

[@massivelegend7599]

@@yaboi-km2qn but what about the rest of the video? A cover of a song shouldn't take down/ restrict a video that's 44 minutes of their own music because of a cover. Especially not because of a robot

[@sdpicturecard6858]

I have to put this unit on par with Count Basie and his orchestra for the fun factor. A few generations apart from each other but absolutely on the same plane. This band is wonderful! This music will be as fun and engaging 40 or 50 years from now as Basie’s music is fun and engaging today, decades after he and his band hit their high. I don’t think I can give Cory and his crew any higher praise than that. These guys are that good.

[@jameswolford3617]

Count Basie & his band - world famous - came to my high school and played five hours. That’s what music should be: spreading joy. This band - got it!

[@vultig]

Honestly, even beyond his guitar skills the most impressive thing with Cory is his skills as a talent magnet. The people he gets to play with, damn.

[@heymister8309]

Doppelganger alert: Tim Tebow is a fricken AWESOME drummer!!! Dude looks so happy you can feel it in the rhythm! All of them make it look so fun and easy I can't help but me in a better mood. Thank you so much!!!

[@Mikemummy33]

this should have millions more likes. people have zero taste now a days man. class class class right here

[@ryannadler2617]

So happy I've got the vinyl.

[@AxlSixpounder]

I set this performance as my soundtrack for my life in order to make my days happier, and it works.

[@gerardb7]

that baritone solo 34:00 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Jazzetle]

Der Hammer, sooo sehenswert! DANKE!

[@brianm643]

Wow. Outstanding musicians all around.

[@gustafsone]

Thank you, Cory! You're the machine that keeps on giving! I'm not sure we even deserve it but please don't stop! I got to see you in my city a couple of months ago and I'm still trying to process what I witnessed that night!

[@warrenmorphis4208]

Cory's entire band looks like they're enjoying themselves so much...But Negga always looks like she's having the time of her life :) Her percussion is just Next Level !!

[@theangryaccountant0]

Man, Kenni Holmen is the secret weapon of this band. So good.

[@DoctorWho8]

Kenni Holmen IS the gig!

[@CoryWongMusic]

i wouldn't call it a secret! hahaha. he's the turret that spins in all directions!

[@alexnaturalis1179]

At first I read "Wongnettes", and a split second later realized the genius behind Wongnotes. Brilliant!

[@ArtiJett]

Coming back around is my favorite. Great album 🔥🙌🏻

[@stony2494]

Followin’ in the footsteps of Tower of Power 😎👍♥️🙏♥️😎

[@liorsilverstein9802]

so many known faces, 15:57 adam sandler on brass, Peter Francis Dante on the sax 19:27, armin van buuren best vocals 14:35, joe satriani on the keys 15:43

[@EllieReagan]

Nice to see Cory w/a wireless instrument pack is getting better recorded tone than most w/cables

[@your_doom]

11:40 🎵COOORRRYY🎵 Sonny got them Superior vocals

[@abiodunmatthew1994]

Anytime I click on a Cory Wong and the Wong notes video, I just can't stop it...

[@EdaliaDayCreative]

wow. that saxophone bit ending around 40 was insane

[@_Alex_F]

Man Nêgah Santos always brings the best energy. This looks like so much fun!

[@johnsausage]

32:48 In the Hall of the Mountain King! NIIIICE :D 35:35 In the Hall of the Mountain King! Again :D

[@dannnmerkle7930]

The look of terror on the drummers face when it gets to be almost too funky. 12:26

[@colinwhite5156]

Okay at around 38min playing Morrison’s jig as the basis of a sax solo is pretty ingenious

[@mg43472]

I never seen these guys til today.. been listening to them all day.. so awesome.. !!

[@Gravy_Jones22]

Some serious Livin for the City vibes in there on heading down to the bunkers

[@simontide6780]

What I love about Cory Wong is he could've shred for hours because it's instrumental music but he chose to not "show off" and every little note has purpose and meaning behind that made his music came to life. Every little details matters and that's what sounds so interesting and pleasure to hear.

[@pontusstromberg7499]

Just watched Jon Batiste's Tiny Desk Concert before this and thought the percussionist looked oddly familiar... 😎 You go Negah!

[@ruckailo88]

I like the Horn Arranger !!!!!! 😮🎉 Michael Nelson great job !!!!!❤

[@jeremythornton433]

This could very well be the top band out there right now!

[@Oogoede]

Cory looks like a little kid with a full size bass, so used to seeing him with the Strat!

[@michaelbrindamour4348]

And at the same moment, Sonny T looks like a giant with a strat.

[@christian53050]

That horn section is something...

[@patrickhamacher1781]

Barbash actually playing a reel-ish solo, so cool to see the influence of Irish music in this kind of setting! @38:35

[@emorycarroll]

Cory, I love your playing! It's great to have just the videos for the songs by themselves!

[@charliebaker4066]

Umm......speechless. What an arrangement. Such incredible talent. So great to hear music like this when we are too often surrounded by........crap.

[@abcismusik]

excellent ! i lov it ! 43min12 Eddie Barbash Solo and .... ...... ....

[@LouisPerronmusic]

Jokes on you, on "heist" that's Joe Dart in a Cory Wong costume.

[@ProfessorBStudios]

This makes me want to practice and quit all at the same time...

[@CantoSinFronteras]

Cory and the Wongnotes are on another level...

[@levantinea2990]

Guys! Not just Corey, all of you are amazing together.

[@Broadsacified]

This deserves a billion views, unreal

[@djembeing]

Wicked Fills at 4:26, o ring blasted off!!

[@chrisbriault7234]

Can’t wait to see you at the jazzfest, and off the record, you should be headlining it. Was selling you to the volunteers who hadn’t heard the hits you deliver. They were older….hoped they took my advice. 👍

[@taylormyers7188]

Saw these guys live in Salt Lake City a couple months back and it was such a killer show! Converted my buddy I took to following Cory.

[@dalefirebirdd]

Theme and merci are absolutely. Wild

[@Roestikrokette]

wow another one! its GOLD¨!!! thank you

[@Roestikrokette]

and another wow! the noodle guy on the (B)ass!!!! Yeaaaah! so funky! very nice executed!

[@JoshWinn]

The end of "Lee": when the song is "over" but the groove keeps going and your head bobs for at least 4 more beats

[@teresadyson1141]

Tiki Hut Strut…Smooth as silk; full of de funk fragrance; cool as a Minnesota spring day; saturated with soul; rockin’ rhythm; magical moments. Beam me aboard!! 🍃💜🎼👏🏼👏🏼🎸🎹🎺🎷🪘🥁🎯

[@tonyleeglenn]

Cory has this band going in the Wong direction!

[@mjojco]

Hear a little of Stevie Wonder's "Livin For the City" and Paul McCartney's "Jet" in "Heading Down to the Bunkers". Both of which were featured on Maynard Ferguson's "Chameleon" album.

[@ItsEphora]

So much content I'm starting to get worried about you guys! Do you even sleep?

[@jeremystonecipher4159]

For about 2 years maybe longer, all that I listened to had something to do with vulf peck or jack and Nataly. I didn't mean for that to happen. I just couldn't keep myself away from it lol. It wasn't long before I noticed the crossover of all these great artists. Playing with all three bands. It got me through some really bad times. Really bad times. It made me love music again, gave me my stank face back, and it got me to pick my guitar up again. I didn't realize this album existed till a couple weeks ago. I got to say, this is every bit as golden. The artists are just as great. I Love it. Love that strat. Love the vibe and energy. Love jamming over it. Good stuff. It's perfect. 😎😎😎🦓

[@Icaron98]

The triangle on starfire is the tastiest little thing

[@rick-rackcadillac]

John Fields needs a Grammy for this mix.

[@rubenlopezfont3924]

"Great Band" with capital G and espectacular Cory Wong.

[@dollybelfiore7628]

I can always count on Cory to be having me up and on my feet and getting busy shaking all the pain away! God bless great music! & Happy New Year to everyone!

[@joshualessore7652]

Cory needs to compose the music for the next Marvel Vs Capcom game haha

[@ruckailo88]

Great Álbum Bravo Cory !!!!!!❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 And Michael 😅😅😅😮😮😮❤

[@jeremystig98]

What a blessing

[@adammacmillan]

Can’t wait to see him next month in Nashville. It’s crazy how good Cory is also on the bass