"Weather Bird Rag" - Tuba Skinny

A new tune for the band, King Oliver's "Weather Bird Rag", written in 1923 by Louis Armstrong. At the d.b.a., July 2, 2021.

[@duendeverde8319]

True to his stylest Tuba Skinny shows with intensity the feelings of jazz lovers Tuba Skinny the ultimate band

[@ztahs]

These guys NEVER disappoint. Simply great music.

[@sionhanson2326]

Paonia and Aspen Colorado. I got to sit in the front row for 4 TS shows last month. Had the opportunity to visit with the band members. Definitely the high water mark of my summer.

[@BruceEEvans1]

Really nice work by the horns.

[@stevegrooms1142]

What a blessing, we are apparently getting a TS tune not before recorded. My memory is poor for numbers, but I think Pops Coffee has documented nearly 400 individual tunes for this band. And I think I recall hearing that King Oliver numbers are often tricky. Shaye cues her buddies more than usual, suggesting that this piece is challenging and new for the band. As always, thanks James!

[@mikesahle1193]

Thank you 🙏 great 👍 thumbs up 👍 video.he fixed it under two minutes,playing amazing 😻. Thank you 🙏 all tuba skinny camera 🎥 person too.

[@sandragriffiths9692]

Indeed a wonderful joint effort for our delictation, thank you all, it is wonderful

[@mikesahle1193]

👍🆗🙏✅❤️. ☝️🕺 tuba skinny. Thanks S. G.

[@MarkBlairs-Stooge-Channel]

Thanks for sharing James. This is another great cover. I particularly enjoyed Craig's work on this one. Nice to see Jason back as well.

[@johnking2551]

Excellent!! Thanks, James for recording and posting this.

[@alfred_artpix9896]

Many thanks for recording and uploading, James. Bravo Tuba Skinny !

[@PopsCoffee]

Many thanks, James, for travelling there to capture this première performance for us. As one who likes to look under the bonnet, here's what I think I find: 00:03 INTRODUCTION - 4 bars establishing the key as A flat 00:09 THEME A - 16 bars in A flat 00:31 THEME B -16 bars in A flat, very much on a repeated V - I chord pattern, with Barnabus taking the mini-breaks on some of the even-numbered bars 00:53 THEME B - Craig improvising over the 16 bars 01:15 THEME A - we're back (on a head signal from Shaye) to the first melody 01:38 BRIDGE - again, on a signal from Shaye, we proceed to the 4-bar link passage 01:43 THEME C - led by Barnabus on trombone, a new theme still in A flat, starting with a curious 2-bar 'break', with another on bars 9 and 10 02:05 THEME C - Shaye's turn, also featuring the 2-bar break at the start and in bars 9 and 10 02:27 THEME C - ensemble, 16 bars, but this time with a break taken by Craig on Bars 7 and 8 02:50 THEME C - featuring Todd, but with Robin taking the breaks this time on Bars 1,2, 9 and 10 03:11 THEME C - featuring Jason and including those breaks 03:32 THEME C - ensemble, with Robin taking a break on bars 7 and 8 03:53 THEME C - ensemble, with clarinet, trombone and cornet sharing the break at bars 7 and 8 04:15 CODA - two bars Note that THEME C lends itself to 2-bar breaks on bars 1,2 9 and 10 (such as were played in the 1923 King Oliver recording); but it also lends itself to a more conventional 2-bar break on bars 7 and 8, as three times here (not done in the Oliver recording). Unusually, there are no key changes in this rag.

[@JamesSterling]

Pops, I don't recall ever hearing them perform this tune before. Do you?

[@PopsCoffee]

Shaye (when on piano) used to play it with Norbert Susemihl; but I think it's new to Tuba Skinny. The fact that Shaye considers it necessary to give so many signals suggests that it is still bedding in.

[@PopsCoffee]

Enjoy the trip!

[@stewartfenton7660]

@@busterhyman103 you won't get there if somebody doesn't build it.

[@sandragriffiths9692]

@@busterhyman103 But it is great for those that want it, you don't have to read it, just enjoy this wonderful band of exceptionally gifted players your own way and let us do the same.

[@elianadelpizzo5121]

Ohhhh!!!! minha banda preferida no palco!!!!😂🤗👏👏👏👏😘

[@haraldroehl978]

einfach nur Klasse. Gut sie hier hören und sehen u können.

[@fernandomusicoautodidacta1977]

Thanks friend for sharing it, greetings from Spain. I love this kind of music, I have been following them for a long time. These styles of music are not appreciated here, there are very few people who value these styles. Since I was about 8 years old I have loved these styles, such as: jazz, dixie, ragtime, gipsi jazz, I have always been the weirdo of my friends, today at 43 years old, I am even weirder because I still like them. Every day I need to listen to this music, my daughters listen to them, especially the little 7-year-old who already knows jazz songs that few know how to distinguish.

[@JamesSterling]

Fernando, you are in good company here. We all appreciate this music. Welcome to the club!

[@fernandomusicoautodidacta1977]

@@JamesSterling Thanks for your work and friendship

[@alfred_artpix9896]

Fernando, I'm such a weirdo too! I was 14 when this kind of music grabbed me ... but now I'm 72 and it's still no better ... so don't worry !! Especially since Tuba Skinny has delighted us all with so much inspiration, with so much soul for this music and with such outstanding and talented professionalism ... and we thanks to the technology and people like James, who thankfully make it available to us and we can practically participate "live" in it ... it got "much worse with the addiction" - practically hopeless ... ;-) ... ! (As James wrote: "Welcome to the club")

[@fernandomusicoautodidacta1977]

@@alfred_artpix9896 You are very right. Excuse my translation, I know little English and the translator helped me a lot. When I was 16 years old I already listened to Cahrlie Parker, I studied saxophone and in these years I have been learning rare instruments. Everyone called me crazy to listen to styles like those of Tuba Skinny, but it helped me a lot to get out of what we listen to in Spain, which is usually a lot of Latin music and styles typical of our land. I listen to a lot of music of all styles, but what catches me is jazz, skinny tuba and styles that are not heard so much around here. I have learned to play many instruments on my own and it is thanks to groups of listeners or people who upload their recordings, I cannot resist trying new things and Tuba Skinny I have to listen to it at least once a day to make me happy. I love this music. Thanks as he says to James, I can hear a style that always caught me, I go back to my 16 years. Thank you for your advice and for your time, I greet you from Asturias / Spain. I love his joy and humor

[@sergeymatveev3690]

@@fernandomusicoautodidacta1977 p

[@emiliolopezify]

Thank you James. A wonderful performance. You have brightened my day just now. Lovely Regards to you Dave from Berlin Germany. 👋

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

I didn't think I had heard them play this one before. Thanks for posting James!😊

[@miffy9871]

What a beautiful cornet sound and solo. So musical, and no needless screeching or unnecessary flanneling. Keep up the good work tubaskinny.

[@mikejung3908]

Brilliant as always, thank you guys and girls❤️❤️❤️❤️👍

[@edmondmcdowell9690]

A gift to the ear.

[@dorothyorr3724]

Your amazing A BREATH OF FRESH AIR xxxx

[@gritskennedy5007]

Hot Damn you are on point as always and all kinds of on fire!! TUBA SKINNY YOU ARE THE BEST JAZZ BAND EVER BLUES JAZZ DIXIE RAGTIME what a performance. If ever i was rich enough I could come listen to you play in person..that would be a dream come true...i love you guys so much well i reckon i better go you are the music i listen to daily...you and Latasha Lee..you guys would love her shes r & b soul really great music different genre but old soul just like you all..or us all...lol..take good care and please know i am sending you good vibes from lil ole me to all yall.

[@frederickwise5238]

Kudos for the quick change of that broken guitar string!!

[@YooLookMarvelous]

I love how this band improvises. I'd love to see them live. (I'm in CT, hint hint)

[@michaelfoxbrass]

What a band!

[@harrymarshall]

,, James, I might not know their wiki !! But, I know Tuba Skinny r the finest,, thanks 4 yr work thanx 4 us all ,, thank you Tuba Skinny ‼️ pls come again to Europe n UK soon,, we love you 💋 ,, 😏🕊️🤍✨✨✨🏆💐xx

[@oscarnitto7275]

Muy buena!!! Tuba skinny son fantasticos, gran trabajo!!!!!

[@jeffreyjorgensen887]

Shaye Cohn - whether you're jamming trumpet, violin, piano - or leading the band - working with Erika, doing the awesome lonesome doves music - you are just an amazing and incredible musician and person - a gift to this world - God bless you and all your excellent bandmates - you are a source of joy in this often times bleak world.

[@DanielCPurdy]

A great song, well done, even with repairs needing done in the middle.

[@DanielCPurdy]

The guitar string that had to be replaced.

[@JamesSterling]

@@DanielCPurdy Hah! I forgot about that!

[@DanielCPurdy]

I thought so, of course. 😸

[@Thursdaym2]

Makes me feel even better.

[@dutchharrysm8]

That was just lovely.

[@peter53k]

If I could give more than one thumb up ... would be 10 or so.

[@williamconrad4292]

As always great ear candy

[@mikierp]

classic intertwining of happiness ... Mikie

[@orion290]

Shaye ....que estupendo "solo".....ojalá tan talentosa señorita siga deleitándonos....bueno TODOS SON TALENTOSOS....pero Shaye en su rol ...es única ....Shaye

[@luishumbertoolivarhoyo6976]

Saludos desde Venezuela !! Felicitaciones

[@rropo1]

Great! Give us more Hot5 and 7 tunes - Tuba Skinny do them so well!!

[@flagwanker6346]

Love the string change. Just shows that when you have not got a roady, you do it yourself

[@jalopyding9743]

Indeed at 0:55 Greg's guitar string broke, he replace the string, move away for awhile to tune the new string, and at 2:50 he was back strumming again. The band rolls like well oiled machine, no interruption felt.

[@ianlambert8034]

@@jalopyding9743 They are visual as well as acoustic experience!

[@jalopyding9743]

@@ianlambert8034 you are right, if you love something, you started pay attention to other detail than main attraction.

[@peterh.schindler5444]

Super!

[@janebarsumian2585]

Enjoyed it!

[@hanslarsson3445]

Excellent as always. Would love to hear Shaye play it in a duo with guitar as Armstrong did with Earl Hines

[@kbjerke]

Squidward has gotten really good! The whole band, though, is awesome!!

[@thomastimlin1724]

Squidward? HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@davidmccabe4041]

I have never seen anyone play the corner AND conduct the band with her right leg! David McCabe Dublin ireland

[@derkwissink1286]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. ❤❤

[@bummblebeesinacanwow4769]

As a drummer in a mobile home with no place to play, a washboard kit seems like a good compromise!

[@JiveDadson]

You'll need a woman singer to play bass drum.

[@CobinRain]

Or…..try a cajon! We have one….great for jazz

[@donaldbucher472]

This one TS must have approached with caution because it is one of Louis Armstrong’s greatest solos. It was fun hearing Ms. Cohn reference aspects of it, in her Bix Beiderbecke-like fluency.

[@hmespi]

👏👏👏👏👏👏💯💯🤩🤩🤩🤩🥂🥂

[@garychynne1377]

yup-er

[@aikijb]

🐬🙏🐬

[@threeputt101]

You should do Song of the Volga Boatmen. It would be great !!

[@rigz5112]

Shaye inspired me to play Cornet.

[@mikelafleur441]

nice string change

[@Gator_Bait_Motorsports]

Ahh...the curse of the broken guitar string in the middle of a performance.

[@BudgieJane]

Think yourself lucky this was not a classical concert. If one of the soloists broke a string, the performance would stop until the string was fixed, which could involve the player disappearing offstage to fix it; then it would restart from the nearest convenient place prior to where it stopped.

[@aikijb]

🐇

[@gordonbrackett7220]

Greg broke a string.

[@ianlambert8034]

I like his shiny new guitar!

[@BudgieJane]

I see Greg broke a string and then replaced it in double quick time.

[@axeleast8632]

Were you thinking of the cartoon character when you typed in 'Weatherbird' instead of 'Weather Bird'?

[@JamesSterling]

Good catch. I'll correct it. When I save a video from my phone to my computer I give them a quick file name, not the full correct name. If I don't rename it when I post it to KZbin this is what happens.

[@axeleast8632]

@@JamesSterling Thank you!

[@song4night]

where's Erica?

[@JamesSterling]

tubaskinny.com/faq

[@song4night]

@@JamesSterling Thanks.

[@dufus2273]

Nice, where is Erika?

[@JamesSterling]

Dufus, she moved away about 5 years ago......tubaskinny.com/faq

[@jakechastain8477]

Which one is Skinny?

[@ianlambert8034]

The sousaphone player.

[@davidearnhardt4331]

Is Max no longer with the band?

[@JamesSterling]

He's still with the band, just not present this night.

[@davidearnhardt4331]

@@JamesSterling thanks for the reply, James. I noticed that he was not in the latest band photo featured on their website, so just wondered if he was less active with the band these days. I appreciate all of the work you do documenting the band. They are simply an amazingly talented group of musicians that is currently my favorite band to listen to and watch! I plan to see them perform in Asheville, NC in August. We are making a special trip from our hometown of Nashville to see that show. Can’t wait!

[@JamesSterling]

@@davidearnhardt4331 This video was done at the band's last show before they go on summer tour. Many band members will take a vacation for a week or two before the tour starts. I suspect Max either left town early or was playing with one of his other bands. Enjoy Asheville. We usually make a couple of trips each year to Nashville (staying in Franklin) to listen to bluegrass and country at The Ryman, The Station Inn, and 3rd and Lindsley (The Time Jumpers.)

[@davidearnhardt4331]

@@JamesSterling Has Tuba Skinny ever performed in Nashville ?hey have certainly figured out the best clubs - i.e., Station Inn and 3rd & Lindsley. Nashville has a great live music scene in all genres, and I hope Tuba Skinny can start making Nashville part of their tours, if they haven't already.

[@northernbohemianrealist1412]

Shaye Cohn, will you marry me?

[@markt1387]

Ha! Join the queue 🤣

[@GenGACuster]

It's not Tuba Slinny's fault: for once, Armstrong-Oliver's song isn't exceptional (composition). In fact, I didn't even remember it. The Latins said: "Quanquan dormitat Homerus", that is, once in a while even Homer fell asleep.

[@PopsCoffee]

'Quanquan'? Eh? I think you will find Horace's actual words were 'quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus'. Also, not everyone would agree that this composition is forgettable, especially those who have in their collection the duet version made by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqfCanVtjJyEZtk

[@user-ve3dg3hb4w]

Ты умеешь летать с верху ?

[@mikeharvey9811]

Why are you called tuba skinny ? Barb

[@JamesSterling]

There was a well known tuba player (since deceased) who played in Jackson Square named Anthony Lacen whose nickname was Tuba Fats. One day Todd, the tuba player, was riding his bike with his tuba and someone saw him and hollered out, "You must be Tuba Skinny!" So they named the band Tuba Skinny.