The logistics of keeping a band like this together are mind blowing.
@fernmann7 Жыл бұрын
True, but if you’re a musician, who better to work for than the great CB?
@snapfinger1 Жыл бұрын
@@fernmann7 Duke Ellington ?
@jeaninep.donaldson112 Жыл бұрын
My favorite part of the Blazing Saddles movie❤😂
@bblegacy3 ай бұрын
...beginning with working 320+ gigs a year to get a sense of what a REAL band is and what it's like to play in one that's not just a bunch of freelancers that get together a few times a month, if that often.
@doctorhoffman45504 жыл бұрын
Every kid should get a course in school just to be introduced to this music. Consider it a history lesson. Mandatory !!!!!!
@billdix26062 жыл бұрын
I'm 86 years old and I constantly think of all (now generations) will never know what I have and do know. A course in school, eh? What kind of conspiracy would that be? A Rap attack?
@mrs.stinson10922 жыл бұрын
I am an elementary music teacher, and I love to introduce my students to the music of our shared American heritage. Count Basie, with an August birthday, is the first musician to be introduced to my students this year, with many more to come.
@johnhancock8107 Жыл бұрын
Music should never be mandatory. I know when I was younger I wouldn't have been interested. But I finally got here and it's great!
@robertricketts54676 ай бұрын
My parents,born in the late 1920's were much older than the parents of my childhood contemporaries,so I grew up in the 1970's listening to music that they liked and developed an appreciation for things like big Band,jazz,easy listening and classical etc. Moreover, I learned simply to love good music played or sung well.Thanks Mum and Dad...
@bruhdo38924 ай бұрын
My jazz band is performing this for our concert 😼
@raywarman3 ай бұрын
I grew up with this sound, being born in 1931 and still love it. I try more modern stuff but always return. This music will live forever.
@melissalewis6246Ай бұрын
I grew up in the 60-70s and my parents, well my dad, would blast this at home. I listen to it when I miss him.
@j.haywire584115 күн бұрын
Boys and girls it don’t get any better than this. Still gives me chills when I hear this arrangement. Thanks to my dad I first heard Mister Basie in the late 50’s early 60’s, live in Baltimore. Will forever remember the sound of the band God Bless you Sir and all those that made up his band.
@michaelward76127 жыл бұрын
My thriteen year old is watching this. He is learning about The Count and The Duke.
@nicklh1867 жыл бұрын
Michael Ward amazing! 😄
@ClassicRocker617 жыл бұрын
thank you.....that's the answer I was looking for
@pamtebelman23214 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the rest of the royal family: the King of Swing (Benny Goodman) and the Queen of Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald)!
@paradoxicalcanons3 жыл бұрын
I hope your now sixteen year old still loves it!
@leftcoaster673 жыл бұрын
Good you are teaching royalty. :)
@GuyMoyer-t8c23 күн бұрын
I am especially impressed with these men and their musicianship when I remember the spirit of the era back in the fifties and sixties for African-Americans in the United States. For people too often treated like second-class citizens, these men reached impressive skill and should be doubly appreciated for that.
@zolemica8 жыл бұрын
Best scene in Blazing Saddles--Count Basie in the desert playing April in Paris...
@FurrySergal7 жыл бұрын
I've seen that movie half a hundred times yet it wasn't until just now I realised why that ending always seemed _so_ familiar..
@mitchprent88307 жыл бұрын
Jeannie E. Hess I loved that scene when I was younger but watching it after knowing who Basie is gives it a whole new comedic effect
@albertopa585 жыл бұрын
I love that scene. Cleavon in the Gucci suede Cowboy suit. High giving the Count.
@Uncultured_Barbarian4653 жыл бұрын
Great movie. Watching the movie back in the 70's on TV, I asked my Dad "Who is that guy playing piano with a hat like The Skipper?" He smiled and told me about Count Basie. Basie was such a talent, and had a great big band.
@sambadojazz3 жыл бұрын
Won't ever forget the first time I saw the movie. As soon as his orchestra started playing, I'm digging it and thinking what a great soundtrack. Within seconds, the camera pans to the man AND his orchestra, right there in the desert. I lost it. :D
@antiquedreams.6104 Жыл бұрын
We owe so much to jazz musicians from the great big bands era. They completely redefined music! Every single genre and artist ever since has been heavily influenced by jazz's charm. The orchestrated arrangements, the piano solos, even the most famous and used chord progression of all time was originally used in a jazz song. I will never get over how talented and inspiring these people were.
@dwightpowell66739 күн бұрын
They are all Americans, what else can they be be magnificent. Considering the times they were living in.
@martinplatt59288 жыл бұрын
This was incredible in 1965............certainly the best big band ever...................................
@blakepereira55834 жыл бұрын
@Ed Miller Count Basie and Stan Kenton were the best of the big bands
@marymichael12117 ай бұрын
And Benny Goodman.
@gabrieldjatienza6971 Жыл бұрын
Just 20 seconds of Count Basie in a hilarious scene in Blazing Saddles leading to thunderous applause and laughter in that comedy masterpiece!
@tiger789211 ай бұрын
I was in jazz band in highschool and we loved playing this because we got to yell "One more time!" 😂 Such awesome memories ❤
@Thelonious2Monk2 жыл бұрын
There was and never will be any orchestra that swings like that of the Great Count (actually King) Basie. This piece is so engraved in my brain that I am practically made out of it!!!
@emillinke5397 Жыл бұрын
Count Basie is for me the the very best big band
@ishisan20063 жыл бұрын
How elegant! How beautiful! Now, THAT is music. Thanks Count. Love ya!
@Regajde3 жыл бұрын
Drummer with some serious skills. Love it.
@StevenC322 жыл бұрын
Count Basie was so talented, he gave the world some truly amazing music. My Father grew up listening to this kind of music. I grew up during the 70s and did not fully appreciate the type of music from my Father's generation, but now that I am older and wizer, I can fully appreciate this type of music. My only regret is that I wish that I could have enjoyed this music while my father was still alive and shared my appreciation for the music of his generation.
@NiallMor6 ай бұрын
I know the feeling. My parents were part of “the Greatest Generation” that went through the Great Depression and World War Two. They grew up on the likes of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Glenn Miller. When I was younger I thought their music was for squares, dorks, and old fogeys. After they passed away, I listened to their music again and was amazed at what I had missed. Now when I listen to music from this era I remember them and wish I could have shared it with them.
@thoof200110 жыл бұрын
Man, Rufus 'Speedy' Jones just absolutely smokes on the Slingerlands . . . what a monster!
@davetrimble74946 жыл бұрын
thoof2001 ray anthoy
@djangorheinhardt3 жыл бұрын
I think Rufus Jones had a short but tragic career.I think his son got in trouble and was jailed under, what is alleged, trumped up charges.He was a great drummer though.
@jayaramankn901625 күн бұрын
Late Count Basie was a reputed jazz pianist of yeater years and his orchestra was a legendry one. My Grad advisor & mentor late prof Dr Standish Mallory, a reputed earth scientist of Earth Sci Dept of U of, Seattle WA told me on a few occasions that he was a pianist in Basie's band in the early stages. I always like him appearing with MS. Ella Fitzgerald, a legendry jazz & pop singer. Thanks for posting this number; It is a brief trip down the memory lane.
@joshuaperry10679 жыл бұрын
Best band in history
@MegaLJ3 Жыл бұрын
The best band ever! In the 1960's I played opposite Basie in Memphis when he had Harold Jones on drums.
@LordWyatt Жыл бұрын
Nice 👌
@DeanJuvenal5 жыл бұрын
Thanks to the PUBLICALLY owned, advert free, BBC for preserving this great piece of musical history.
@onlyme1124 жыл бұрын
You mean, thanks to "all the British taxpayers who paid to preserve it" and "all the Google customers who pay the royalties to show it here". Nothing is ever really "free".
@aaamediamail55524 жыл бұрын
@@onlyme112 WRONG!
@rohankurani49743 жыл бұрын
@@aaamediamail5552 ok, explain how he’s wrong?
@aaamediamail55523 жыл бұрын
@@rohankurani4974 "advert free" was that which I wrote, Drongo.
@aaamediamail55523 жыл бұрын
@@rohankurani4974 Who appointed YOU to 'speak' on behalf of @onlyme?
@geraldjohnson8489 жыл бұрын
Aug.21: Happy birthday jazz pianist William "Count" Basie (1904-1984) God bless...Thanks for the post. Blessings. (I still picture the Count playing out on prairie in "Blazing Saddles." Classic
@lindaperkins45215 жыл бұрын
me too --------favorite moments of all time!!!
@bkrider198 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Spanish flavor on that trumpet solo opening.
@matteowatteo12963 жыл бұрын
Listen to the record. Trumpeter does a funky take on "Pop Goes the Weasel" during his solo. Ridiculously great!!!!
@sylviebertran820110 жыл бұрын
All of these men were so talented with the wonderful Count Basie at the helm Does it get any better than this ?
@chuckiedimes14663 жыл бұрын
Nope
@HelloooThere2 жыл бұрын
How did Basie make them better?
@fernmann7 Жыл бұрын
Nope.
@pepperwilliams44287 жыл бұрын
Probably the #1 swinging band ever! Love this arrangement with that great 'sax' section of players: Marshall Royal, Bobby Plater, Eric Dixon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Charlie Fowlkes! 6 'thumbs down' people thought that they were here for Kayne West
@Darrell10197 жыл бұрын
Hear, hear!
@tedturner17536 жыл бұрын
P. Ipi
@dondonatelli53793 жыл бұрын
The BEST of all time..
@gwynenglishnielsen85963 жыл бұрын
If I had my choice as a singer, I would go back to the 1940s and sing with a band like Basie's. Simply incredible music!
@williammacleod1569 Жыл бұрын
This rock fan loves this performance above all others. Just great Ella & The Count rule!!
@Chefjoe6311 жыл бұрын
Incredible!! I had the pleasure of seeing him about 3 or 4 yrs before he died here in Kansas City. One of the most memorable concerts I have ever been too. At his age he was still flawless and didn't miss a beat. Great concert ,great memory.
@Fred-kz5xh Жыл бұрын
I did, too, at the Uptown theater I believe. A fantastic concert. We had stage side seats and during a break I told Count Basie how I loved his music. He very simply and modestly said "Thank you".
@bruceunwin22188 жыл бұрын
Dare I say it, but: "One more time, please, gentlemen?" ..,
@theodorewarthen60617 жыл бұрын
Dare, dare
@alphonsedalessio71186 жыл бұрын
Love the kid from red bank
@samh30296 жыл бұрын
And “one more, once”
@alunjohndavies56555 жыл бұрын
"One more once !"
@0SailorStar08 жыл бұрын
Got here due GTA IV :'D Awesome, I love jazz.
@yourshadow60185 жыл бұрын
Same, i loved the JNR station it had and i was ironically just now playing it and i just looked up the jazz songs. 😂
@victoriacyunczyk6 жыл бұрын
This song seems like it would go with footage of streamlined passenger trains in the 1940s. I love it.
@barneshomestead12402 жыл бұрын
It'd have to have its own special box car & adjoining dance car too.
@bkrider19Ай бұрын
The magnetic intonation and articulation of Harry Sweets Edison on trumpet draws everybody in.
@retired42002vz5 ай бұрын
It’s one of my rotating ringtones along with Misty by Richard “Groove” Holmes. Been listening to him since childhood (early 50s & 60s) thanks to my late dad. ❤
@tarheelblue92452 жыл бұрын
Absolute perfection!
@brewsjazzclub10 жыл бұрын
Simply masterful!
@MCham525 жыл бұрын
Just does not get any better than this!!
@dwightpowell66732 жыл бұрын
All black band ..... magnificent!!!!!!!!!
@chachaman4980 Жыл бұрын
What a Master! … What a band !!!
@jamesemerymusic8016 Жыл бұрын
Overwhelming Grace, Power and Cool. Thank you, Count!!!
@gilsondevliegerferreira72752 жыл бұрын
Melhor orquestra de todos os tempos, divino e maravilhosa, simplesmente exuberante e fenomenal, todos seus componentes eram virtuosos.
@ohsnapitspat62708 жыл бұрын
Count Basie was a gem in jazz music.
@garychapman42946 жыл бұрын
I love April in Paris :-)
@jamescastillo2405Ай бұрын
Can't believe this made me cry it's so beautiful pure class.😢
@stafoonja9 жыл бұрын
This number by the Count opens up my book of memories to 1955, those pages are great memories.This song keeps them alive as this is my favorite of all time.
@leonardpolito25989 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite since 1955
@stafoonja9 жыл бұрын
A great video showing the Count at his best and it's now a classic.
@leonardpolito25989 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear others share the same feelings.
@codaues6 жыл бұрын
Leonard Polito Saw Birdland All Stars 1955 in St Louis Sonny Payne and Joe Williams recently added to the band Sarah sang with Basie. Wow it was Divine!
@drummer66y10 жыл бұрын
I was lucky to see this cat on my 21st birthday, 1971. They wheeled him in, set him on his throne, he moved me and my people. A highlight of American music.
@jeffreybass54793 жыл бұрын
I suspect that you meant 1981.
@jarrodlacy985610 жыл бұрын
Stunningly beautiful.
@johnwhitehead33602 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece Thank You
@reggiejay17732 жыл бұрын
TRULY A CLASSIC!!!!!!!!! I played this tune in the stage band quite a few times(drums).
@JML272Ай бұрын
Simply wonderful - a complete master piece.
@janwintz83729 жыл бұрын
I used to get ready for work in 1965+ listening to this FABULOUS, JUMPIN' SOUND!!! My FAVORITE FROM COUNT BASIE!!! (Maybe someone will post the "One More Once" version!) What a jumpin' way to start the day way back then!!! KBCA in Los Angeles (105 FM) used to play it at getting-ready-for-work time! LOVE IT!!!!
@kitcatz8348Ай бұрын
I got to see the Count roll on to the stage in his golf cart, do his thing. Standing ovation, I was so proud he looked like me…
@Nigelrathbone14 ай бұрын
God that's georgeous
@Greenjeeper9993 жыл бұрын
Smooooth! No one on this plant today that can groove a melody like the Count!
@Rob_Kates9 жыл бұрын
Classic jazz at its best, wow.
@DeanJuvenal5 жыл бұрын
Jazz??
@Rob_Kates3 жыл бұрын
@@DeanJuvenal Yes, this would qualify as jazz.
@METALITHrevetments Жыл бұрын
The Basie Band.....the Band that SWINGS!!!
@daniellenaerts5750 Жыл бұрын
Farmers market barbeque release was my introduction to Count Basie.! in the 70ts Since then my collection has been increasing. just so enjoyable to listen to.
@noreenjackson65906 жыл бұрын
Great Sweets Edison trumpet solo. R.I.P. Basie Alums.
@tomculver38375 жыл бұрын
I don't think that is Harry Edison at the feature trumpet solo.
@marstondavis5 ай бұрын
When I hear this, I think of men in tuxedos and women in floor length sequined gowns, drinking cocktails. It's all about smooth class.
@daglowcruz16072 жыл бұрын
I miss Count Basie
@terrytorres50262 жыл бұрын
Outstanding. Big brass of the 60s.
@heruilin7 жыл бұрын
That staccato Bolero opening riff of the trumpet solo always blows me totally away ..
@joseantoniolopesdasilva69142 жыл бұрын
Um músico e maestro fantástico, com uma magnífica orquestra!!!
@LibuttiG Жыл бұрын
BRILLIANT,LIKE BRASSSTARS ON THE BLACK AND WHITE SUNS DRUMMING AROUND
@madbebopper5 жыл бұрын
Greatest big band of them all .... for me! Nothing beats the Count, Bill Basie from Red Bank, NJ. I'm not a fan of Rufus "Speedy" Jones, although he could sure play. I really dug Jo Jones and Gus Johnson the best , then Sonny Payne and loved Harold Jones, too. I was too young to see those guys but I saw Basie in 1978 at the Belmont Raceway in NY with Tony Bennett guest vocalist. Greg Fields did a terrific job after Butch Miles left. Quiet as it's kept, Buddy Rich did an unbelievable job driving that band in 1944 filling in for Papa Jo and Basie loved the way Buddy played that band.
@lennty19134 жыл бұрын
I freaking love this song
@carlmonico8 жыл бұрын
WOW ! As always a class act!
@gregdark5203 Жыл бұрын
That drummer is amazing!!
@charlesliles29667 жыл бұрын
That is the BEST rendition of this tune I'VE EVER HEARD. Thanks very much for posting it.
@ronflatter1235 Жыл бұрын
I saw the Count and the big orchestra in Chico, Calif., not long before he passed. Still one of the five concert experiences of my life.
@bkrider194 жыл бұрын
Rufus "Speedy" Jones is driving this band. Beautiful.
@leftcoaster673 жыл бұрын
Awesome Jones more like.
@philrivera1163 Жыл бұрын
THE SHERIFF IS NEAR!!!
@scottburgle2169 Жыл бұрын
My stereo can’t play this loud enough!
@KirsyRouge4 ай бұрын
Working in New York City for Seven years.... Again... Thanks Maria Rosa's Son 😊l
@tomlusty83763 ай бұрын
My all-time greatest.....
@chal3t5 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! Nice!!!
@debbieheilner96572 жыл бұрын
This is amazing.
@corazonbeso10 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite jazz tune of all time besides 'In The Mood'. :D
@muiro5 жыл бұрын
You should hear Artistry in Rhythm by Stan Kenton
@fusejockey9 жыл бұрын
So smooth & incredible
@jerryferko83092 жыл бұрын
WOW .........INCREDIBLE ............THANKS MATTHEW ......
@daveyboy7319 жыл бұрын
A great Basie classic the guy was THE GREATEST AND THE BEST BAND IN THE LAND.
@michaelscott74624 жыл бұрын
The only Big Band which can make a grown man weep!
@bbvenusian19607 жыл бұрын
HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNT!!
@wallybell32553 жыл бұрын
Just, WOW !
@merylfox60717 ай бұрын
An incredible mixture of brass and fury!
@alfredoremus44098 жыл бұрын
La más grande big band en la historia del jazz, todo el swing del estilo Kansas City, Count Basie un referente absoluto que a dado de mamar jazz a generaciones enteras!
@raimycamacho95652 жыл бұрын
¿Quién es el trompetista?
@jerryboynton47804 ай бұрын
Truer works were never spoken!
@cbs2don3 жыл бұрын
I made sure I enjoyed the Basie Orchestra at the Disneyland Big Band nights in the 60's.
@user-bl5lt2pt1l18 күн бұрын
Imagine dancing with your sweet heart to this song my girl friend and I will dance to this song one day soon ballroom lives couples dancing together lives ❤
@wattheheck60106 ай бұрын
Perfection
@betodrums211011 жыл бұрын
Awesome!.
@JohnMHill-oi6rb2 жыл бұрын
Eric Dixon is a Canadian from Halifax, N. S., I played with him with his friend and neighbour, "Bucky" Adams. Great fun! John M. Hill,author.
awesome!!!!!! thank you sooooooooooooooooooo much!
@ricaard6 жыл бұрын
JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WA-A-A-AAAAAY!!
@DeanJuvenal5 жыл бұрын
@ricaard - Yes! Xmas in April in Paris??
@MTaxiSheep7 жыл бұрын
Who remembers listening to this song on JNR in GTA 4?
@AmmA13087 жыл бұрын
me
@rockenoontothemoon70177 жыл бұрын
MTaxiSheep me
@bkrider198 жыл бұрын
Excellent drumming by Rufus Jones.
@djangorheinhardt8 жыл бұрын
Yes ,months ago i looked him up on the net to see what happened to him.It seems he stopped playing,reportedly because of arthritis in his arms.His son then got into some kind of trouble and Rufus just seemed to have died ,fairly young.He seemed to have real drummers chops and good technique but was not a name in the drumming circles.Any ideas about him yourself?
@denise9479 жыл бұрын
heard this on GTA 4. Awesome!
@davidsheriff89893 жыл бұрын
Best jazz band ever...
@StukInBuf8 жыл бұрын
I'm listening now, just over half through July, and love the end trumpet lick a la "Jingle Bells."
@sengroagers11117 жыл бұрын
SuperPat88 Funny you use the french phrase "a la" since this song is about Paris!