The Cuckoo and Czardas

Shaun Crowther with the Grimethorpe UK Coal Band Conductor Gary Cutt.
Recorded in Little Rock, Arkansas at the NABBA XXI gala concert April 2003.

[@bassbone.46]

Hilarious comedy, and superb playing combined!

[@elkauppila]

I've heard many performances of the Czardas, and this is by far my favorite, I love the sound of the tuba, and this just...WHEW! Amazing

[@michaelcooper6711]

Fabulous fun. I have heard lots of tubists play Czardas, but to play it so spectacularly while "goofing around" - wow!

[@24jobi]

The Fabulous Shaun at his best!! Love it!!

[@wilbertocolon3576]

I great, just Great! the incorporation of Humor in Music in these times of a desabled World, I feel like a musician while the Titanic sinks, Unmatched Honor and Privilege. I don't even feel bad in these terrible and wrong times. ( Musicians Bow to you all out there.)

[@jim52]

Absolutely Brilliant!

[@penguinx864]

that long note is over 30seconds long, what a blow!!! insane player, insane comedian, insane! Why hasn't this got more views. Though this is probly one of the only video's on youtube that correctly has 0 Dislikes. Well Done Shaun!

[@davidbloss9134]

Somehow it picked up 14 dislikes in the 6 years since your post. Guess there are some people with no musical skills who go around disliking EVERYTHING!

[@robcarpenter564]

I think that was circular breathing. Nobody could have that much air.

[@mcfrdmn]

Wonderful performance !

[@rodneyjaynes2485]

Bravo! Bravo!! I loved it!

[@felixvillarreal6386]

Magnific I love that music.

[@TheNordog]

Fabulous and very funny. Reminded of Close Encounter.

[@RWBHere]

Brilliant! Thanks.

[@BlackDykeBandfans]

Excellent well done !

[@theovaneeuwijk1858]

This is realyy really great!!!

[@Forkygolach1]

Masterful!

[@DrummerChristianHoffe]

Great performance! Best wishes, Chris!

[@VanGijsberts]

a very good solo performing on brass what an entertainer!!!! a band with a top conductor leading them beyond themselves to play more then the notes great ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪ ♫♪ ♫♪great sound! ♫♪♫♪ ☺ ♥ ♫♪☺♫♪ great ♫♪♫♪☺ BRAVISSIMO @bisbis 🎶🎵🎼 great music! a well tuned ensemble that sounds like an organ ! Fabulous banding

[@welshpete12]

To kid it , you have to be good and he is excellent !!!!!!!

[@istvanjozsefgattyan3856]

🙂❤😂👍🎼 Szívemből nevettem! Köszönöm! 🙂❤

[@markhorton3994]

BRAVO BRAVISIMO!!!

[@zippybogard]

Superb !!

[@user-km9ss8df6g]

面白かったです！ 私はEuphoniumuですがTubaもいいですね。

[@matthewloud5964]

Bloody hell that's some breath control

[@WmMorris27]

Cyclical breathing.

[@andrewmcgleish61]

Ready? class!

[@BruceTheSillyGoose]

sparkling entertainment :D

[@abenaiasxavierpadilhanaias9322]

Excelente apresentação show

[@LorenzoSantiago99]

What a sound!!

[@jwb_]

this is true. shaun crowther is now my music teacher

[@revistai]

Amasing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DanielBJames]

ve3ry funny and amazing playing too

[@fisarmonica]

Fantastico :)

[@silvioalmeida8978]

Bravíssimo!!!

[@vak1804]

браво!!!!!!!

[@hopemediaofficial9917]

Ooooooh nice continue to try to your best

[@holgergabel1915]

Genial 😀

[@ifflinger]

Einfach super............

[@ariovaldonascimento]

muito bom fora de série

[@mikhail3643]

Bravo🤣🤣🤣

[@gancio1001]

bravissimi..

[@tesmith47]

hell yeah

[@gudmundleirvik4833]

Thats entertainment!

[@dunruden9720]

Inspired tuba!

[@GrimleySweden]

Grimethorpe, make no mistake about it!!:))

[@pauls5745]

very well done! I think this may have inspired Mnozil Brass haha

[@sveinkipperberg8245]

Utrolig❤

[@edepillim]

Reminds me of the great Joe Venuti, a great practical joker. Once he called up every tuba player in the NYC directory and had them meet on the corner outside his apartment. Hundreds of confused tuba players were scratching their heads wondering where the gig was. It caused a severe road block. Mind you the local MU made him pay for their time! On another occasion at interval he put loads of flour down the tuba while the player was elsewhere. You can guess what happened.

[@ronaldreuben3278]

Wrong. It wasn’t in NYC; it was in L.A., and there certainly weren’t “Hundreds” of tuba players there-maybe 6 or 7.

[@edepillim]

Ronald Reuben l got this anecdote from a book by Bill Crow. The book has some very funny stories.

[@carlosribeiro8239]

O som é muito bom.agora não sei se é atuba ou o músico que se empenhou mas na tuba de 15mil.

[@JohnyUnholymessiah]

Sean he gets the sound by singing down the tuba easily do able on any brass instrument :)

[@hinos-ccb-cto]

Top

[@63LHOPatsy]

Circular Breathing i believe

[@dunruden9720]

It goes WAY past just circular breathing!

[@onedrummeruk]

Hi Bill. Do you are anymore pieces you can upload from this concert please. I played percussion for the band at this concert and would love to see more, can’t believe it’s be 20 years though. Amazing memories.

[@billconant]

I have the whole concert. Here’s one already uploaded kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp3cY393nddjp7ssi=MjAGx6Zx5cPJOgnH

[@billconant]

Here's another one that's already u[loaded kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3nNlISvjc2aq9Usi=Lv6Y6JDDqAAkaoze

[@ariovaldonascimento]

MUito bom

[@rafaelcamartin9232]

Can someone tell me what arrangement the cuckoo is?

[@rogerbetts3355]

This entertainment.

[@deb8183]

Victor Borga would love this

[@benediktmorak4409]

good! these guys have - learned - that good playing alone is not enough anymore. the - plebs - , like in Rome also want to be entertained!

[@aridelsonsantos7753]

Que bom os caras são Excelentes

[@fabinhocosta7760]

Muito muito muito muito bom riii de mais kkkkkkkkk

[@user-dl7io3tr9w]

算吹的很棒

[@asuno_2]

唾ぬきが最高すぎたwww

[@seanmoran587]

love it! Does anyone know how to do that cuckoo sound on a brass instrument?

[@michaelcooper6711]

+Sean Moran I do too....

[@barriemcdermott7805]

you need to slur the note

[@tenoreDB]

You take a percussionist: give a cuckoowisthle and hide hide him in the back ;)

[@jonathantitterton9455]

how in the hell does he get THAT note with a Bass?!

[@waynelamb3194]

could someone post please, who composed the Cuckoo? Is that the actual name of the song?

[@shauncrowther4197]

Hi Wayne. I believe it to be the correct name of a traditional Swiss melody. Original arrangement of this version is by Elgar Howarth for Philip Jones. This transcription is by Sandy Smith. The full band version is not published, to the best of my knowledge. The quintet version is available on Just Brass ( I think). Glad you enjoyed it. Keep sharing. I would love to to the million views. Thanks.

[@waynelamb3194]

@@shauncrowther4197 Bravo Shaun. I really appreciate your skill and artistry. Please don't let the negative comments get to you. There is a reason it's called "Trolling." I am actually trying to find an arrangement of this to download to my phone playlist. I am an ex-musician. I am also a disabled veteran. Music really speaks to me when my PTSD flares up. Your particular version brings me great joy in dark times. Thank you for the interpretation and for posting it for me to enjoy at home. Keep teaching your students that wit and wisdom. Blessings

[@Julie-en6bh]

@ @@waynelamb3194 Thank you for your service, sir.God bless you ! I hope you will have better health.Music soothes and cares for the soul. Best greetings from France

[@Julie-en6bh]

Julie

[@oldtrio1]

tHE CUCKOO

[@oswaldovidales163]

what is his name?

[@billconant]

Shaun Crowther with the Grimethorpe UK Coal Band Conductor Gary Cutt. Recorded in Little Rock, Arkansas at the NABBA XXI gala concert April 2003.

[@oswaldovidales163]

@@billconant Thank you

[@ernst-olofostman4864]

@@billconant jjjùùii

[@karteszi]

It’s CSÁRDÁS ;) spelled: tschaardaash

[@rolandosalomon6000]

Trop comique😂😂😂😂

[@whacknquack]

Is this the gig where Grimethorpe didn't get paid?

[@billconant]

That's my understanding.

[@Eflattery1]

Funny stuff

[@josekhouri2499]

luzes da ribalta

[@josekhouri2499]

luzes da ribalta

[@fedorhabarov8942]

Однако против Баадсвика слабо!!!

[@vitaliepogorletchi102]

Молодец но чардаш лучшу было бы на баритоне по сибе знаю

[@geneticsprof]

No truth to the rumors about fat guys & tubas

[@TheSproutarian]

yep they are all big boys, really big boys.

[@wolfgangboettcher3126]

Korrektur

[@oldtrio1]

The cucko

[@moisesvasquez701]

,

[@user-vz4ml5bx8w]

Музыканты шутят.

[@MUSICISLOVEOFMYLIFE]

Troppo veloce non si capisce un cazzo

[@gigliolaino5009]

Infatti non tutti possono capire, se non sai cosa sia questo pezzo!!!

[@MUSICISLOVEOFMYLIFE]

@@gigliolaino5009 spiegarmelo te che sei esperto

[@gigliolaino5009]

@@MUSICISLOVEOFMYLIFE credo sia un pezzo suonato a questa velocità da decenni e da migliaia di esecutori!!!

[@MUSICISLOVEOFMYLIFE]

@@gigliolaino5009 l'ho suonato svariate volte però si può fare leggermente più lento ma fatto bene

[@gigliolaino5009]

@@MUSICISLOVEOFMYLIFE si è vero, ma anche a quella velocità ho ascoltato qualcosa di buona esecuzione!!!!

[@ilocumani4622]

Very bad

[@danmart1879]

It's bland comedy and poor music. Make it one or the other. I guess this easy-to-please crowd loved it.

[@neddyladdy]

You don't need to guess but merely to listen

[@MyGeezer1]

I guess a great deal more people appreciate good humor, as this is, than you do.

[@neddyladdy]

@@MyGeezer1 As you have just so successfully shown me popularity id fare far removed from good.

[@grahamcassclayton8740]

Dan Mart what planet you on mate?,certainly not entertainment or virtuoso/brilliance

[@oldtrio1]

The cucko