Henry Mancini & His Orchestra "Peter Gunn Theme" on The Ed Sullivan Show

[@glennkaufman7228]

My Dad, Bernie Kaufman is the "white haired" sax player in the orchestra. He did Sullivan for many, many years. I also recognize (I think) Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham (horns), Hank Jones (piano) and sax solo Artie Drellinger. I would go to rehearsals as kid every Saturday and mingle with the acts. All of these cats in the Ray Bloch Orchestra were close friends of our family, and would go from studio to studio every day durning the week do record dates, jingles, etc. The best of the best in NYC through the 60's and 70's. I miss all of them, especially my dad.

[@zmalevo2126]

The sax players don't seem to be shown very much, there is a shot at 2.22 of the group. Is your Dad 2nd from left?

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

That’s so wonderful Glen ❤ 😢

[@kerricorser4562]

That is the coolest thing ever! Far out! ❤❤❤

[@Chifan71]

Thanks for sharing a little of your history. Very interesting.

[@413TomaccoRoad]

There are 2. Is he the 2nd from the left or the guy in the middle?

[@kevinsnell1622]

Wow! If we only had a dose of music like this on a regular basis we would be living in a different world.

[@Richard-od7yd]

That's what RADIO IS FOR ... TUNE THE DIAL , and go back in time ...or the Future , or now the weather .😉

[@carolynforge8586]

We did live in a different world. 😎

[@b_uppy]

Henry Mancini was a great composer. His music is a new classic.

[@michaeltuz608]

One of the classiest TV theme songs ever!

[@lonestarfriend]

Well done. Trumpeter got and deserved special recognition. Also, how about that set? The angles! The colors! Pure 1960s. 🙂

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

I loved how they set the stage. Simple but so effective at accentuating the color and excitement of the music.

[@jrussellcase]

Henry Mancini was pure genius. If you didn't know his name (most people my age didn't, I was a bit more well-rounded) you knew his music. Can't tell you how many times this song would come on and one of my friends would say "Hey, it's the Spy Hunter song!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@dukevega1972]

Bless their hearts!

[@faddance]

Still sounds astounding today!

[@karenreardon5398]

OMG! What a gem to find!! Henry , you were and still are one of my idols. RIP dear prince.❤

[@thecrippledrummer]

Specs Powell on drums.

[@cats0182]

There is another clip from an Ed Sullivan Show featuring Tony Bennett. He's singing in front of the CBS Orchestra conducted by Ray Bloch. One chorus is the orchestra alone with Specs Powell playing some mean drums.

[@liljazzysmusicappreciation3807]

Who is the timpanist??

[@mightydorchux]

That drummer is stoked

[@lorisgerber]

Unfortunately it's a playback. The movements don't match the sound.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

How about the trumpet ?

[@TANKTREAD]

Henry Mancini was AWESOME. Love his film scores. His theme to "Lifeforce" is amazing.

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

Loved everything about that. The music, the style, the color, the creativity, the professionalism. Is it too much to ask for something like this to ever make its return to pop culture?

[@bblegacy]

It could, but only if the US wasn't a culture that's predominantly based on short term gratification, casual sloth and corporate profit margins. Thank the generation of the 60s for destroying all respect for everything with form, design and quantitative / qualitative form that requires use of thought, precision and legitimate intellect as well as some degree of talent and actual MUSICAL accomplishment behind it; and businessmen of the same generation (Boomers) that reduced the creative performing arts to a cash commodity the equivalent of a McDonald's Happy Meal that's big on decibels and no substance that just leaves a person hungry. So it's mainly because of a most producers and Big Media would rather deal with unsophisticated creators they can make a lot of money off and take advantage of. Why do you think nobody (artists) make any money on or get royalties from streaming? Disney and Google (KZbin) and all the other entertainment conglomerates want all the cash for themselves... and if someone wants an actual slice of the pie (seen any ads here on YT lately?), the big boys just find someone else they can push on the audience and take advantage of via the current options available (iTunes, satellite radio, etc.). It has absolutely nothing to do with what anybody actually might WANT to see or hear. And real people with real talent that have spent their lives honing their talent, practicing, spending a small fortune on instruments and taking the time to master them? - - You're preaching to the choir.

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

@@bblegacy I agree with everything you wrote. Its not that we have suddenly run out of talented people or creative people or disciplined people. Its just that corporate greed has pushed those people away from the table so that a host of lesser talents can be exploited for profit, used up, and replaced by even more lesser talents. After all everyone has a phone and the internet now so potentially anyone can have their 15 minutes of fame as a pop star. And first sampling, then Pro tools and now AI is lowering the trhreshold for what is required to make "music" each and every day. I assume you are an older person like myself (50+). It is becoming clear that we happened to be born at a time when professional music making was at its highest skill level and profit level for the actual musicians. In previous generations musicians were by and large poor but driven by their passion for making music. I suspect that is what it will be like now and in the future. The bubble in time that produced the likes of Henry Mancini and the men and women who performed with him is popped.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Mancini always had some great guys recording for him in the studio out on the West Coast. These weren’t his regular musicians here. The album The Music from Peter Gunn won the first ever Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1959. And that piano player he had was a young guy called Johnny Williams - yup, and he could write music too - Jaws, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, etc, etc, etc

[@cats0182]

I think most if not all of these musicians were part of the CBS Staff Orchestra. I know that "Specs" Powell the drummer was on staff and worked with Ray Bloch's Orchestra on the show.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Out on the West Coast, Mancini often used drummer Shelly Manne. On the follow up album More Music from Peter Gunn (also 1959), Mancini even had a cut titled My Manne Shelly.

[@phillipecook3227]

To the end of his life Williams was great friends with Andre Previn. I once heard an interview with Williams and he said that during the 1950s/60 in their Hollywood years he and Andre Previn would often come across each other on recording sessions of other peoples music ( like Mancini) and sometimes even ended up playing for and being conducted by the other.

[@bblegacy]

That's just the part of the CBS house band (minus it's usual dozen or so Strings and maybe a couple French Horns added for the gig) that played Sullivan's show every week. No need to worry as they're obviously just as capable of taking care of business as their Hollywood recording studio counterparts.

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

Wow! Thank you for the info ⭐️

[@paulpopoff3387]

Jazz at it's finest! Love Peter Gunn! Maestro, well done!

[@erflingnot]

I play French horn… This rip is always fun!

[@philhatfield8905]

What a band!

[@chonddak]

I love how Ed Sullivan kept up with the times via his hip sideburns!

[@that70sgirl90]

Fantastic!! I remember sitting through my son's band concerts, wondering how many of those kids, I would see on a stage like this someday! 🤗 Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@jeanc819]

There is absolutely nothing like the Mancini Sound! I'm thankful that he shared it with the world.

[@NellieKAdaba]

I feel the same.

[@StephanieJeanne]

The GREAT Henry Mancini!! Love his music!! From this to Pink Panther, to Moon River...too many to list! This was a great performance! Funny how they all looked so stiff but played it so well! That trumpet player was the loosest though! 👍😎💜

[@thecrippledrummer]

They’re obviously playing to a recording. Specs’ drumming doesn’t even remotely match what we’re hearing. It could also be bad editing😬

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@thecrippledrummer 😂 That's true!

[@Johnnycdrums]

@@thecrippledrummer I understand those clean fills aren't in the field of view, but I don't see Mancini taking the chance of mechanical malfunction, nor do I think he'd let the drummer sit there, and play time. Videos weren't synced with the audio very well back then, especially live. You're not hearing the front system, or the monitors, you are hearing the broadcast feed.

[@bblegacy]

(rolling my eyes) Yeah it's pretty amazing to think that musicians that don't look or act like slobs can still play as well or even better than any others. You're looking at players that could play anything, read anything, and solo over anything in any style and do it damn well. That's why they didn't waste their time playing for tips in bar bands or waste six months to make one record in some "group". They just did it every night with any artist or leader who came along that needed them, passed out the charts, would run them down a couple times at a rehearsal to set the solos and timing. It's also why they made as much money as they did on a continuous basis. When the rubber hit the road they just sat down and took care of business like any real professional can. Why would anybody want to waste their time with lesser players that have trouble cutting something? That's how the meritocracy worked when it came to being a freelance musician back then. It's still pretty much the same way, although there isn't 10% of the amount of work now as there was back then. I'm amazed at how many people just don't get the concept of what a REAL professional musician is. It makes me wonder if people now think it's actually easy or if it just magically happens.

[@gianniminicucci7462]

one of the greatest in his era !! the MANCINI way !!

[@rayvan23]

I would bet money there has never been a garage band since 1959 that hasn't played Peter Gunn. I still hear the bassline every once in a while in new music.

[@ericfeldkamp3788]

I love the Peter Gunn theme. This is a long way from the best example of it.

[@413TomaccoRoad]

No. This IS the best example.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Me too, even if I've never watch the show, and i have always heard it on the radio.

[@thomastarwater6035]

When it came to movie and TV music, Henry Mancini was the Man of Men!

[@kenimiller3896]

At least once a month in my car I listen to the Music from Peter Gunn CD. Great stuff!

[@janepiepes2243]

I've tried to write here several times , Eric ... I loved Peter Gun and always love watching The Ed Sullivan show .. Janey

[@-Anton-Chekhov]

Thank you very much!

[@marioleonibalpedroso3073]

Tema de um excelente seriado da tv nos anos 60. Emerson Lake & Palmer regravou esse tema.

[@erflingnot]

Gracias I’ve never heard the Emerson Lake and Palmer version? I have seen them in concert back in the 70s they were fabulous!

[@pmunoz775]

Wow 😮What else can I say Fantastic

[@mkruup]

Wow, so good to see.

[@ferriday4ever35]

¡Muchas gracias por compartir este video! Siempre nos pone de buen humor escuchar la música del maestro Henry Mancini. Es de nuestros músicos consentidos. ¡Saludos desde México!

[@iVenge]

What I notice about this is the more lingering effect of media in those times. _Peter Gunn_ had been off the air for _eight years_ before this performance of its theme. Yet people were still expected to appreciate its theme song. There was less media then than today, where we have 500+ channels of nothing particularly that engaging, and you’re lucky if anyone cares about a television theme eight months after it’s finished. Nothing stays with us much anymore.

[@ammaleslie509]

People STILL appreciate that theme song! It's the coolest tv theme song of all time!!!

[@mdhbigdog]

Great live performance! Not just lip-synching like so many TV appearances

[@Rick-mx5kh]

Still the coolest song in Mancini's extensive library...

[@TimMonbrod]

Great show with the Greatest Entertainers ‼️👍😎 CBS: THE TIFFANY NETWORK‼️🇺🇲🇮🇪🍀☮️

[@moffettcoates6455]

The good old days. Miss you mom and dad.

[@daleandrews3552]

Fantastic! There's another "Peter Gunn" performance with Henry Mancini present, playing piano and conducting. It may have been from the old "Steve Allen Show", as he is there as well. It is a longer version with an outstanding trombone solo by Carl Fontana. I like that version better.

[@johnmichaelkarma]

Great arrangement. Seems like they all are. He played around with song so much

[@jeanvocalist]

Love Henry Mancini!!!!!!!!

[@erflingnot]

I play French horn ;-) this rip is always fun

[@tfs4499]

SO COOL!!!

[@scorpio8716]

Woooah,awesome tune!!!!

[@clotballew3672]

This was Ray Bloch’s band. I know Specs was on drums, and, I believe Hank Jones was the pianist. Both were great players. Can anyone out there name any of the other players here? Cheers!

[@billkirchner6738]

Cliff Heather (on left) on bass trombone. Jimmy Nottingham on solo trumpet, and also Bernie Privin on trumpet (third from left). Who is the tenor saxophone soloist?

[@ronaldsinger6975]

@@billkirchner6738 Artie Drelinger

[@mlaprarie]

Trumpeter with glasses is Chris Griffin, Benny Goodman alum and CBS studio player for 30+ years

[@ArmenChakmakian]

Was just going to say that I wish I knew the players. Thanks for the thread!

[@liljazzysmusicappreciation3807]

Who is the timpanist??

[@db5837]

No chord progression yet one of the great pieces of music.

[@marcoscamargo7763]

Grande tema! Grande maestro. Imortalizados. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻✨ 🇧🇷

[@נתןיעקב-צ3ר]

2:22 = דקות בדיוק, של = מוסיקה איכותית, במיטבה !! בהחלט, שמגיע לביצוע הנעימה ששמעתי עכשיו, עם התזמורת הסימפונית !! לכן אתן, לביצוע הנעימה ששמעתי עכשיו, עם התזמורת הסימפונית = 10 עשר ומעלה .. ללא ספק, בכך © ]]

[@Sammy_019]

Fantastic and yes I remember this so well!😂

[@torontorox]

thanks Ed!

[@muxant]

best composer ever!

[@imp736]

Legend !!!!!!!!!

[@NoahSpurrier]

Classic

[@hisaddle]

Wow. Should be shown to young people to show how music was made.

[@mattfinleylive]

FXCKING AMAZING!!!

[@eduardogoncalves4539]

Henry Mancini e um show de música

[@peterhaslund]

Unlive, if I ever heard it

[@rogeriomagro9867]

Sensacional!

[@christinopessoa2145]

Mancini é um desses deuses inigualáveis da música. Demais!!!!

[@patkelley8293]

This was my childhood music that inspired me to pick up an instrument.

[@tanyalee687]

Woooooooooooooooooooo!!! What music is THIS????

[@claudiamiller7730]

Nice sideburns, there, Ed!!😊

[@FlamesCagney]

This is what music sounded like before the turntable became a musical instrument.

[@413TomaccoRoad]

It starts here 0:23

[@chessdad182]

Oh yeh!

[@claudiodean6363]

One day before my birthday

[@stevefaure415]

If only they could have got a young John Belushi to cartwheel across the stage.

[@recordguy4321]

thank god they didnt

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Who's that trumpeter??

[@jasonbennett3293]

Jimmy Nottingham

[@enriqueesquivel7542]

❤❤

[@kimberlys.9977]

❤

[@Tassie-Devil]

Pity we never got so see the musician hitting those low bass notes - I'm guessing bass trombone.

[@deewilson3239]

Cool

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

Spy Hunter!

[@luthermcgee3767]

POINT ON.

[@danflisser5171]

Nice sideburns Eddie. See what you could learn from the Beatles?😎

[@kidkong637]

Earliest classy heavy metal!

[@loisraymcinnis6006]

9:45 AM 06-Mar-2022. SUN.

[@ericindeck4019]

One week before the premiere of Chico And The Man.

[@Richard-od7yd]

MOZART would have LOVED Mancini !!!

[@thomasallison1514]

Where's the Bluesmobile?

[@rjmcallister1888]

Pianist Johnny Williams wasn't available for this session. Mancini was as good as it got in the 60's.

[@lorenzonepi9813]

Who's the Electric Guitarist?

[@chrisrushforth710]

Good but I prefer Duane Eddy version saw him play it live in 2019 in Manchester it was Duane's 80th birthday tour absolutely fantastic

[@kevinthegerbil2708]

Play it fellsa Kev UK

[@donpaulweatherpluspaul2670]

Who's the great trumpeter? Doesn't look like Pete Candoli.

[@StuNodd]

Specs Wright is on drums.

[@umarmujaahid1136]

Hey it's Peter gunz and Lord Tariq. 😊

[@desmoore8835]

vibes of Pink Panther in there

[@tonypanzarella9387]

More notes per cubic sideburn than you can count.

[@EvanPrytherch]

Bill Gates on the french horn!

[@Johnnycdrums]

Too bad he didn't stay with it.

[@tonyyeboah21]

Think they jumped the Gunn at the start.

[@williamgregory1848]

0:59 The tenor player (who I think is Plas Johnson) looks so unnatural, with the way his head is turned.

[@richardv.582]

French horns make this song...

[@phillipecook3227]

It's not a song: nobody's singing

[@thomasallison1514]

I find your comments to be shallow and pedantic.

[@ken6771]

Worst trumpet solo, I have ever heard.

[@jimsmith540]

Why? I enjoyed it myself. He was really wandering around in the upper stratosphere.

[@ammaleslie509]

You need a new pair of ears

[@ken6771]

@@ammaleslie509 they were good enough for Maynard.

[@WilliamL.PilgerJr.-bq1pb]

AND THANKS TO YT YOU CAN ENJOY ALL OF THESE GEMS 😀 Weed Me