Heavy Tuba "Meltdown", Live at the Sibelius Hall Lahti

[@The1963Ron]

This is just awesome. I first heard it done by the "Five Tubas" years ago. For those of you commenting on the baritones and euphoniums and e-flat horns...they are all part of the tuba family, So when they say tuba, it includes these horns. But most importantly...DON'T let this argument take anything away from the performance and skill of these musicians!! Does it really matter what instruments accompany great musicians?!!

[@TheC0mbustableLem0n]

My director says that tubas do not belong under any circumstance in jazz. This is the most depressing thing I've ever heard her say. Some day.. Bang! Boom! I'll be there.

[@logohi212]

Tubas just make it more intersting, I'm thinking about joining jazz band, and i just switched from trombone to tuba, and our director said he wanted me to stay on trombone for when the jazz band came along, but I could go from Bb to Bb to F to Bb, but its really confusing because they're are to many Bb's, on my 3rd or 4th time picking up a tuba

[@bricethomas743]

jon sass you are a frikin' beast!! you make tuba cool

[@DariousFrost]

Damn this brings back some memories... played electric bass AND tuba in jazz band, traded off with a friend of mine that played bass and trumpet for different songs.

[@hlppyhappy]

This makes me love my jazz band. Hearing about all these asses who won't let kids in the jazz band. Our instructor is coolest. Hip young genius-professor of a guy. We have TWO jazz tubas. Me and another girl. We play trombone parts. :D

[@bstern0675]

They are too much fun- watch and enjoy

[@Smokingtuba]

@ KennytheBassist: He played a 4-valve Tuba. It´s incredible what he can do with only 4 valves, isn´t it? I play a 6-valve f-tuba and I can´t believe what I hear. He´s the greatest Tuba player on our Earth Im Sassified^^ Jon Sass 4 ever

[@lavaflea1234]

this is awsome

[@MrPete81]

Such a cool groove to it, awesome :)

[@bairdduvessa]

that was bad ass!

[@3bar]

Tuba in a jazz band? Listen to "Big Alice" by Howard Johnson and Gravity. That should answer your question.

[@TheDonacarmen]

You are right, such prejudices are absolutely ridiculous. There is no "girl" or "boy" instrument. I don`t know why people think so, it is pure nonsense. And yes, tuba in Jazz is great!

[@tubastone]

Yes je is Jon Sass

[@thecountwp]

cool tune

[@bassbone1785]

Thats a first! Incredible!

[@SharkbyteJG]

@combustiblelemon Tell your band director that the tuba/sousaphone was one of the instruments that was almost always used in original jazz bands it's true and in my opinion all jazz needs a little tuba

[@PLYC4EVER252]

well, im 18 and can get close to about three of the sounds he made :-) haha i still have a chance? lol great playing.

[@gnrdragonforcefan64]

does anyone know how to get the sheet music for this?

[@BBHelicon]

YEAH, great !!:D

[@EWTHeckman]

It looks to me like he's using a 4+1 tuba. (4 pistons + 1 rotary) If you take a look at his tuba in the close shots, you can see a round brass area just above the first valve where his fingers are. Right near the end of the piece you can see his thumb and the linkage move.

[@guyvascm]

@TheC0mbustableLem0n I finally conviced my director to allow me in this year it's more challenging but sooo much fun this video is cool I can almost hit all the pedal tones he hits

[@IrishTubaMan]

props to the black man on the bass

[@tubaryan12]

I believe it's Jon Sass

[@hodroddeluxe]

in this video the guys play vervy exactly, who´s the solo tuba player? maybe john sass?? help me please

[@vmi3301]

two words....DIXEYLAND JAZZ...ever heard ot the Dirty Dozen Brass Band?

[@bvollm1]

Look up a tuba player named Bill Barber then tell me there's no tuba in jazz. Thats like saying there is no flute in jazz.

[@mattuba]

Yes. It is definately Sass. The guy is a tuba stud.

[@hammerhead300]

That would be Mr. Jon Sass.

[@RyanFlynn91]

Having tubas in jazz band are pretty sweet, but it rarely happens. I play tuba and trombone and I've been to competitions where they substitute tubas for bass bones and the timbre of the whole group changes a lot. A tuba in a jazz as a solo feature is awesome, but having it as part of the band as a whole just makes it sound weird, in my opinion.

[@tailyrthesailer]

what song is this?

[@amberco21]

Actually, they are Tubas. A version which the name I can not remember at the time, but it is meant to play higher that a normal tuba, but is not a Euphonium.

[@Mikewonkon]

lucky!!!! our jazz band doesnt accept tubas but, sadly im the only one now...

[@CaptainHollyShort]

Someone at 7clams has good taste in music.

[@GamerFloTV]

@narbagepl0x cool story bro

[@p.g.jzocker3588]

colle

[@Kaaleppiii]

Obviously thiss a great song!! nevertheless there some thing that I'd like to change.

[@dagstheeuphjunkie]

Exactly. Any instrument can be a "real jazz instrument"...a person just has to know how to play jazz in order to pull it off!

[@mctuber88]

because there not euphoniums there 3/4 size tuba lol

[@guyvascm]

@tailyrthesailer meltdown

[@Xormithan]

Ahahahaha @ the end, tubaist going down to like 5 Hz. Very cool.

[@GamerFloTV]

@narbagepl0x only apply to raids, ahh sweet irony!!!

[@bballcenter7]

Well, very awesome, but I was expecting a nervous breakdown or something on stage. O well.....

[@gerardLOVEeyeliner]

our band doesnt let tuba's in jazz band grrr.

[@cinegraphic]

The dirty dozen do NOT play dixieland.