VHS - Jonny Quest

[@BigTex347]

WOW!!! You kids have NO IDEA how lucky you are to have a band leader with the guts and darn good taste in music to have you play one of the finest theme songs ever written. You nailed it - BRAVO!!!!!!!!

[@ProductionAdmin]

greatest theme ever indeed...any movie, TV show , let alone Cartoon.

[@fredfloyd68]

That piano entrance is out of this world...the rest of the band is perfect...Outrageously great!

[@deplorabledave1048]

I was 7 years old in 1964. I LOVED the Jonny Quest show. I still do!

[@DrewDienno]

Deplorable Dave had no clue the version I watched in the 90s was a remake. very cool

[@cindernubblebutt1340]

I too am a Dave and I was born in 1964. Jonny Quest will always be my jam. Although between this, Gentle Ben and Flipper and the Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines my dad got, I was convinced the future would be far cooler. But you gotta give em props for VTOL aircraft.

[@hectorgonzales3082]

Yup best cartoon ever imo. Every boy kids dream

[@MrMustang1965]

And NONE of those kids playing that theme were even alive when "Jonny Quest" first aired on ABC back in the early 1960s! Heck, some of their PARENTS might not have been alive, either! LOL. Nice job by the band!

[@rikk319]

You can say the same any time someone plays classical music, or swing jazz.

[@Laceykat66]

Hey, neither was the teacher.

[@Anth230]

So what .... 😏

[@TheShahofLugash]

I got chills!

[@fredfungalspore]

10/10 No other big bands have ever taken the time to perform a rendition of this extremely difficult piece of music. Mr Hoyte Curtin would be proud of these young guys to have given there best shot of his master piece. 🎵🎵🎵🎵

[@nortoncomando3728]

Fred I am happy you posted the fact that this tune is Extremely difficult for even experienced musicians. I listened to a documentary where they discussed the professional studio musicians whom were considered Elite could not actually follow the sheet music to the very end. The trombone players actually messed up on the recording used in cartoon. They said it was exhausting and you had to have a strong set of lungs to keep up with Hoyte Curtin directions. So hats off to the Vicksburg HS band and You Are 100% correct Hote Curtin wpuld be proud of these guys And If I don’t mind saying.. Happy we all still remember his work and consider this piece.. A masterpiece

[@williammichaels4019]

10 SOLID GOLD STARS FOR THE "RED JAZZ BAND" ABSOLUTELY OUT OF THIS UNIVERSE!!!!!!!

[@koomo801]

Hoyt Curtin was ribbed by the brass section that the original composition was too simple. He ended up modifying it to the point where the professionals working with him could just barely play it and that became the theme we all know and love. So, well done, VHS band!

[@Nclght]

Actually , the professional trombone players couldn't play all the notes as written due to speed and distance of the slide requirements.🤣

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

Not too many high school age drummers can play swing that fast these days… dotted eighth notes on ride cymbal and hi-hat virtually the whole time, and fills dominated by triplets demand mastery of alternating stick technique. When I was that age, I could play paradiddles so fast it sounded like a roll … as long as I started it with my right hand … make me start with my left, and I almost couldn’t do it, and on improv fills, I avoided triplets like they were poison. One of the many handicaps of being self-taught … I guess if it weren’t for ZZ Top and “La Grange”, I never would have done the necessary work to get past that. My hat’s off to this young man.

[@michaelgasiciel9317]

I wish the drummer was shown more in this clip….

[@scifieric]

Outstanding! This is one of my favorite tunes. Well done!

[@edtrinity8844]

That was awesome. I wish I was there in person to hear that. Great job guys

[@mmillerssn]

Great job!!

[@TheShootist]

brought tears to these old eyes

[@lukasbaca1529]

What a great performance! I got goosebumps!

[@zekesanchez1851]

Love the brass...

[@Coppertop4x4]

I LOVE it. This was my favorite cartoon when I was a kid. 1964. I was 10 years old.

[@Pizzatastic]

It was a favorite of my father's as well. I'm glad this old highschool video of mine has brought a little bit of joy and nostalgia to so many.

[@ui1]

I was 4 years old

[@carologiwan501]

I loved this cartoon as well, as it was so different than the others. I even bought a bootleg of the cartoon I was so desperate to watch it again. Now they have it on DVD. Loved the music too. Gave those trombones a run for the money. The band did a great job playing this difficult piece. Hoyt Curtin was a brilliant prolific composer! I think this is one of his best works.

[@fredfloyd68]

That was a great cartoon....it was exciting and the music was great...still is..what a thrill.Your orchestra is over the top great....Jam on.

[@guybarresi3032]

Fabulous!!!!!

[@brian4984]

How cool! The 60s series was awesome and the 1996 iteration was pretty good too! Good work, folks!

[@davidstout6051]

I'm impressed and I remember the cartoon very well.

[@bozorebebo9422]

Yay! from Iowa

[@cnault3244]

Nailed it.

[@trabalhador3740]

An excellent masterpiece of Mr. Hoyt Curtin for Hanna Barbera animations.

[@markharnitchek2009]

very cool.

[@mauriceyanez8318]

BEAUTIFUL !!! JUST GREAT !

[@grampinator]

Omg Love it

[@davidsaelens9168]

Excellent job!! I like the slower tempo compared to the actual T.V. them song. I have the actual recording and play along to it in my basement. DAVID L. SAELENS (drummer) Rock Island, IL. (posted 14 November 2018)

[@psylentknight]

Excellent work!

[@michaelsweeney4568]

Don't let these kids get slip away ... God almighty ...

[@kt9166]

WOW! WOW!

[@echofourmike85]

Damned Well Done!

[@davidsaelens9168]

Very nice job. David L. Saelens, Rock island, Illinois. (drummer since 1967) Posted 2 January 2019.

[@dgordon130]

Really well done!

[@jeffstowe4860]

OMG!!!

[@tiemudpofordonez6179]

Buena bamda estoy encantado de oir felicidades

[@vincelamb4063]

Was this an encore? So does this make it a "Hoyt Curtin" call? I'll see myself out after saying y'all did a great job!

[@toecutter7683]

I hear a little of the JAMES BOND theme

[@Jetfire-kk1ti]

Nice job.

[@DNulrammah]

Did they change the rythym? others have.. They all had strings sections, which, in my opinion RUINS it, it makers it DRAG. That music was NOT written for STRING SECTIONS! It was written for a JAZZ BAND! For a HS band, VHS did better than the other ones (comparatively speaking).

[@donowens7872]

100% agree! Strings ruin it. THE REAL ADVENTURES OF JONNY QUEST absolutely decimated this extraordinary composition - and the show sucks to boot!

[@davidwesley2525]

It would be cool if these guys could also play Moonlight Legend , also known as the theme from SAILOR MOON. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@brettkramer]

Sick !!

[@tropicvibe]

Real nice work, of course doesn't have the ultra high notes and speed of the original. On the other hand, Hoyt Curtin used top notch session players for his takes and even those guys were complaining...

[@michaelgasiciel9317]

Comes pretty close to the original . Great job!

[@MrEstevis]

Muito bom

[@EdwardHamiltonDavis1]

Nice!

[@jasonraios2605]

Is this the older version or 1996 version of Jonny Quest?

[@indiegamesonly6617]

wish they woulda played it at the correct tempo and not half speed :(

[@donowens7872]

For high schoolers, they were wonderful!

[@fucheduck]

good trumpet/trombone section, no bass melody at all, the original theme had a bass melody. not tuba, a bass guitar or stringed bass or some such.

[@commanderstraker1082]

Trombones, primarily. Hoyt Curtain composed and conducted the original. The trombonists had ben complaining about how little they had to do, so Curtain threw this at them.

[@Jim-jx5ds]

Complicated music

[@Greg_Ulmer]

lol early applause.

[@alltheragegeorgepageakatheperv]

Not even close

[@johnalang]

Sorry...."Church Goes Jazz" did it better

[@gustafsone]

Sorry, but "Church Goes Jazz" played it at an even slower tempo than this group. Every challenging jazz piece gets much easier when you slow it down enough. Having said that, however, I think both groups did a really good job with this song. It was hard to play even for the professional studio band that recorded it for the original show!

[@maddogtannen1966]

Needs lots of guitar ... But considering its not bad ...

[@hhvictor2462]

I was waiting for the sound of the flute. Disappointed.

[@ddland45]

Damn, this was disappointing. It sucked!