Alan Hawkshaw, Grandstand ( UK- TV Theme )

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  • Опубліковано 28 лис 2024
  • Composed by Keith Mansfield
    KPM Allstars Night at Jazz cafe London
    The full KPM Allstars line-up was:
    Conductors -- Keith Mansfield, Duncan Lamont, James Cameron, James Clarke
    Trumpets - Steve Sidwell, Simon Gardner, Noel Langley
    Trombones - Cliff Hardie, Colin Sheen, Dave Stewart
    Saxes - Andy Mackintosh, Jamie Talbot, Phil Todd
    Keyboards - Richard Cottle, Alan Hawkshaw
    Guitar - Mitch Dalton
    Bass - Dave Richmond
    Drums - Brian Bennett
    Guest Drummer -- Brian Bennett
    Percussion - Frank Ricotti
    Vocals -- Madeline Bell, Kirsty Hawkshaw
    Compere -- Peter Cox

КОМЕНТАРІ • 254

  • @absolutpat
    @absolutpat  3 роки тому +68

    rest in peace Mr. Hawkshaw 🕯

  • @TheJohnnyYen
    @TheJohnnyYen 10 місяців тому +13

    This genuinely makes me cry. It's the one tune every man loves. And it sounds like a Broadway showstopper. Just an amazing talent. Thank you for your service, sir.

    • @jamiew1664
      @jamiew1664 8 днів тому +2

      i know what you mean, it brings a tear to my eye

    • @JillForrest64
      @JillForrest64 7 днів тому +1

      Every time I hear it.....including right now ❤

    • @mydays4387
      @mydays4387 22 години тому

      ​@@jamiew1664 Doesnt it just 🥲.

  • @scurrie42
    @scurrie42 13 років тому +83

    Just...bloody....superb......The quality of this music speaks for itself when a cheer can go up from a crowd like that for a forty year old composition that was originally classed as 'library music'. Pure class.

    • @jamiew1664
      @jamiew1664 4 роки тому +5

      You’re totally right mate. Great comment.

  • @ayeshakhatun9000
    @ayeshakhatun9000 3 роки тому +21

    You soundtracked my whole childhood, Alan Harkshaw. Rest In Peace

  • @nedseagoon5101
    @nedseagoon5101 3 роки тому +43

    RIP Alan.
    Thank you for the music.

    • @spewter
      @spewter 3 роки тому +1

      Beautiful tribute there from Randy McKnob

  • @RCassinello
    @RCassinello 2 роки тому +14

    Today I looked up who Alan Hawkshaw is. I was thrilled! Amazing what he did! But then also today I learnt of his death. To be elevated and devastated within a minute is so cruel.

  • @elbecko7969
    @elbecko7969 3 роки тому +18

    There's something so magical about a guy who composed and recorded the great tv themes of our lives from a studio improvising a solo on stage decades later

  • @hospitalrecords
    @hospitalrecords 10 років тому +36

    this was one of the legendary nights at the Jazz Cafe.

  • @gallitron7803
    @gallitron7803 3 роки тому +10

    Alan, thanks for the memories. R.I.P.

  • @maninthestreet01
    @maninthestreet01 12 років тому +19

    @Ulleskelf
    Some of us are old enough to remember the teleprinter,,,

  • @naturalsystah
    @naturalsystah 3 роки тому +9

    RIP Mr Alan Hawkshaw :(

  • @AJ-Jam
    @AJ-Jam 19 днів тому

    What a legendary piece of music and played live so brilliantly !!

  • @colinthomson7518
    @colinthomson7518 Рік тому +3

    this music gives me Goosebumps what a great theme tune.

  • @martinhaskell376
    @martinhaskell376 3 роки тому +8

    Rest in peace Alan, thank you for so many, many great tunes.

  • @jamiew1664
    @jamiew1664 4 роки тому +8

    I’m playing this (I’m English) in my cafe in Sydney Australia which is on a Construction site, and there’s a fair few English here, and they’ve all just been dancing around to this as I played it!! So funny. I might make it a regular thing!

  • @frazzleface753
    @frazzleface753 5 років тому +29

    Speaking as an incurable geek, this is without doubt one of the most wonderful things I have ever witnessed in my entire life :) AND Michael McDonald on bass sax too :)

    • @goldheartbadge
      @goldheartbadge 4 роки тому +2

      It's actually a baritone sax - the bend of the bass sax protrudes higher above the mouthpiece, and its bell is fatter. The saxophonist does resemble Michael McDonald, I agree!

    • @MrGoneTroppo
      @MrGoneTroppo 3 роки тому +2

      Excellent Hammond solo from Alan!

  • @plondon3928
    @plondon3928 8 років тому +17

    Just fantastic to see this performed live.

  • @davidkerr66
    @davidkerr66 Рік тому +1

    RIP Mr. Hawkshaw. Thank you for the memories!

  • @malpreece5008
    @malpreece5008 Рік тому

    Alan Hawkshaw was a legend! A friend of mine knew him and said he was a really nice chap. I didn’t get the chance to meet him, but I played a gig in Wokingham with a friend back in 2008 and Keith Mansfield was in attendance and he gave us a nice compliment, which made my day.

  • @carolinebreslin6469
    @carolinebreslin6469 2 роки тому +1

    Anthems to our lives and loves that's music and songs

  • @bixy72
    @bixy72 16 років тому +7

    Mansfield is a legend - he also composed Wimbledon, The Athletics theme (BBC) and The Big Match (ITV), as well as many other 60's/70's instrumental classics.

    • @joannedj1
      @joannedj1 Рік тому

      I think he also composed the music that Granada TV used to use for closedowns at night.

  • @Ridley2907
    @Ridley2907 2 роки тому +1

    Wish I'd been there that night!

  • @ooeyb
    @ooeyb 10 років тому +15

    classic theme - now sadly departed from our tv..

  • @foleystephen
    @foleystephen Рік тому +1

    Cool as a cucumber. Brilliant music

  • @chrishall7915
    @chrishall7915 8 років тому +31

    BLOODY BRILLIANT

  • @lyricistgirl
    @lyricistgirl 15 років тому +11

    I begged my music teacher at high school to have the Big Band play this! Sounds great, I love this tune

  • @Scorby1965
    @Scorby1965 16 років тому +4

    I LOVED this theme tune every Saturday.... *sigh*... the memories!

  • @CBeaumontHIGTFY
    @CBeaumontHIGTFY 3 роки тому +3

    Cheers Alan, wonderful Music which will live on!

  • @sprint955st
    @sprint955st 3 роки тому +10

    Alan Hawkshaw RIP. Gutted to learn of his death today.

  • @Mikebaggies43
    @Mikebaggies43 7 років тому +51

    All British people can remember the elation or heartbreak this tune did bring at 17:10 every Saturday evening depending on whether your team had won or lost...🤔

    • @emjackson2289
      @emjackson2289 3 роки тому

      And just hope the score versus your side was written out in LETTERS - dear oh dear. . . .

    • @Bertie_Ahern
      @Bertie_Ahern 2 роки тому +1

      football isn't a sport

    • @sq1rlsqu4d
      @sq1rlsqu4d 2 роки тому

      And the rest of us enjoy the music for what it is and thank our lucky stars we aren't British.

  • @si002
    @si002 3 роки тому +7

    R.I.P. Alan Hawkshaw.

  • @abbeyburns9417
    @abbeyburns9417 5 років тому +2

    My dads fav tune ever reminds him of his childhood.. amazing

  • @ooeyb
    @ooeyb 10 років тому +21

    These guys are legends, and tv themes would be much poorer without their talents (like they are today I guess).

  • @tammyjc15
    @tammyjc15 17 років тому +2

    Absolutely fantastic! One of, if not THE best theme tunes ever written for television.
    RIP Grandstand!

  • @carlhunton9516
    @carlhunton9516 3 роки тому +3

    Love this clip. Always makes people smile and watching his concentration and love of playing is just brilliant 👌

  • @CKJ-nj5fj
    @CKJ-nj5fj 2 роки тому

    RIP.. thanks for the childhood memories! This and Grange Hill (and likely more programmes)

  • @philwhite1739
    @philwhite1739 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant. Thank you Mr hawkshaw

  • @McSynth
    @McSynth 3 роки тому +1

    Just bloody wonderful.

  • @thurstons
    @thurstons 16 років тому +3

    Brilliant, so full of joy and part of British heritage! Love it!!!

  • @updown5238
    @updown5238 4 роки тому +3

    Aw man, I wish i was there. The crowd go nuts, i'm clapping along in my living room :)

  • @hartsty
    @hartsty 2 роки тому

    The crowd loved that! Hearing this from the TV meant that you weren't at work and it was Saturday. Bliss...

  • @iananderson9083
    @iananderson9083 11 років тому +5

    With Brian Bennett on Drums fabulous

  • @NachoMartyMeyer
    @NachoMartyMeyer 14 років тому +4

    Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett: thanks for making all that fantastic music on the label "Bruton Music" thanks for "beautify" the world, I love drinking coffee at night and listen to your music, I hope you are well! I'm excited to see them still playing, eternally through! greetings from Argentina.

    • @PrAnG2000
      @PrAnG2000 5 років тому

      I think Alan was mainly on KPM, but yes Brian did tons of stuff on Bruton.

  • @stevek3036
    @stevek3036 7 років тому +1

    God Bless this man for creating a timeless classic song

  • @stevethomas363
    @stevethomas363 5 років тому +1

    Beautiful music

  • @TraxFour
    @TraxFour 3 роки тому +2

    Amazing... Thanks for uploading... RIP Alan Hawkshaw

  • @BuzzingRocks
    @BuzzingRocks 3 роки тому +2

    Wonderful. 😊

  • @alankey9741
    @alankey9741 3 роки тому +5

    Rest In Peace Alan.

  • @mahirnezic2020
    @mahirnezic2020 Рік тому

    I heard this song for the first time playing FIFA Manager 2007 or 08 maybe just a masterpiece and live version is even better. Thank you sor Alan. I hope you are jamming in heavens...

  • @davidwales1661
    @davidwales1661 7 років тому +9

    need to bring it back. Sadly missed

    • @dvidclapperton
      @dvidclapperton 4 роки тому

      Still sport on a Saturday afternoon on the BBC, and often on ITV. But not as we knew it.
      BBC need to get the horse racing and golf back for any hope of a return to the good old days. They still have the rights to athletics, tennis, Wimbledon, rugby internationals and a number of other minority sports they used to show on Grandstand but without the horse racing and golf we are still stuck with too much Bargain Hunt.
      Bargain Hunt doesn't sit right on BBC1 on a Saturday afternoon. Neither does what ITV shows on Sarurday afternoons of mass non sporting content and that has been going on for 35 years since they axed World of Sport.

  • @clavdig
    @clavdig 16 років тому +2

    Alan is THE library musician/composer, such great Hammond playing, his family must be very proud of him.

  • @Timo-15
    @Timo-15 3 роки тому +1

    *Wow* What a brilliant theme! It's so iconic. *Bravo*

  • @superbracey
    @superbracey 4 роки тому +1

    I spend a lot of my downtime listening to tracks on UA-cam by Hawkshaw, Bennett, Mansfield et al. I would have loved to have been there.

  • @patrickol4300
    @patrickol4300 6 місяців тому

    Goosebumps 👌 👏

  • @williamveres2737
    @williamveres2737 3 роки тому +2

    RIP one of the greats !

  • @JoeNebula
    @JoeNebula 16 років тому

    Just a piece of music that will live forever. Love it! Takes me back to Saturday afternoons in the summer knowing all kids TV has finished for the day and is time to go out and have some fun....! Without playing the XBOX etc......! Real life real music!
    RESPECT DUE for this creation!

  • @stephencollins972
    @stephencollins972 5 років тому +1

    Awesome lads. The stuff of legend

  • @Erectmygreenhouse
    @Erectmygreenhouse 3 роки тому +1

    This made my day! So cool!

  • @fuzzface100
    @fuzzface100 15 років тому +3

    God, would have loved to have been there - must have been an awesome night. Pity we can't see the legendary Brian Bennett in the vid but I'm not complaining honestly - so grateful that you recorded the gig at all.

  • @Jiltedin2007
    @Jiltedin2007 4 роки тому

    Also used in NFL Football Highlight Films here in the United States. Excellent Piece by Keith Mansfield.!

  • @adadadad5780
    @adadadad5780 2 роки тому

    Love the way this music builds and releases tension.

  • @lyricistgirl
    @lyricistgirl 14 років тому

    Legend. My school band launched into this at a jazz festival one time, the best reception we ever got for any piece ever!

  • @deanholmes8337
    @deanholmes8337 Рік тому

    Outstanding

  • @maxington26
    @maxington26 3 роки тому +1

    Absolute legends.

  • @absolutpat
    @absolutpat  17 років тому +2

    great to see people love this stuff too! thank you, cheers pat

  • @JohnKing73
    @JohnKing73 3 роки тому +1

    Thats insanely good!!!

  • @mostspecialagent
    @mostspecialagent 16 років тому

    Just fantastic. Wish I'd have been there.

  • @philrob1978
    @philrob1978 2 роки тому

    Somehow I ended up back here, but that is no surprise - sad to hear of the passing of Alan - I would have crawled across broken glass to have been there on that evening. Amazing rendition, I so wish I was there. Hope Keith is OK...
    Rather interesting to note that the recent repeats of Top Of The Pops on BBC4 from 1992 featured the track "It's A FIne Day" by Opus III - fronted by Kirsty, daughter of Alan, being incredibly beautiful and unique. Hope she's doing OK too.

  • @towerfilm
    @towerfilm 16 років тому

    Wow, what a show, Keith Manshaw and James Clarke, wish I could of been there! just needed Alan Hawkshaw!

  • @happybill636
    @happybill636 15 років тому

    I have a young family i wished they could look at this and be inspired its just so good.

  • @stillceaser
    @stillceaser 16 років тому +1

    Hard pressed to find two harder working musicians back in the 60's. KPM 1000 series contains the best library music ever. It helped etch a massive form in the british 60's TV music style. Not forgetting Brian Bennett, Syd Dale, John Cameron, Duncan Lamont, Johnny Pearson, Dave Lindup & Johnny Hawksworth. Sensational.

  • @andyroseby4539
    @andyroseby4539 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, I'd love it if a band i went to watch suddenly broke out into one of my fave tv themes, spot on!...

  • @viennesewaltz7453
    @viennesewaltz7453 3 роки тому +4

    RIP Alan Hawkshaw

  • @robsundance203
    @robsundance203 3 місяці тому

    Banging tune 👌🏻

  • @brido2000
    @brido2000 3 роки тому

    Marvellous. 😉💕

  • @Crezelltree4261
    @Crezelltree4261 4 роки тому +1

    Real music,real talent,real muscians.

  • @thevirtuozo
    @thevirtuozo 15 років тому

    Really! Cool. Yes, he was great. Very friendly and enthusiastic

  • @throbasonic1982
    @throbasonic1982 3 роки тому

    Absolutely Brilliant

  • @kensington25
    @kensington25 14 років тому +3

    Absolutely brilliant. I love it :)

  • @tirmey
    @tirmey 3 роки тому +4

    RIP, legend.

  • @backinatracksuit
    @backinatracksuit 17 років тому

    AWESOME!!! What a great rendition!! Man a hope Hawkshaw and friends are playing shows again soon....I for one will definetly cross the Irish sea to be there! Sound quality amazing absolutpat! Cheers

  • @johnwilks8545
    @johnwilks8545 3 роки тому

    I'd love to have been there, superb stuff

  • @paulyblun
    @paulyblun 17 років тому

    Now that demands respect!!!! Awesome!!!

  • @lustreboy
    @lustreboy 3 роки тому +1

    haha that's fantastic! I was at this gig and hadn't thought about it for years! nice one for uploading :D

  • @ewaf88
    @ewaf88 16 років тому

    Well he wouldn't be able to comprehend it having only ever heard 'Family favourites' from radio three. Enjoyed your jam on the Clav

  • @losnamerales3403
    @losnamerales3403 Рік тому

    Legendary 💯

  • @paudical
    @paudical 17 років тому

    when it comes back in at the end... amazing!!

  • @JoeNebula
    @JoeNebula 16 років тому

    My word what a piece of music. Just as said by "staglerstyle" this is a piece of music that will live in my heart for a very very long time. Just takes me back to Saturday afternoon in the summer months thinking its time to go out after all the kids stuff on TV. JUST RESPECT DUE for this creation.......!

  • @chriswinwood6501
    @chriswinwood6501 4 роки тому

    Splendid

  • @DJBenniboy
    @DJBenniboy 13 років тому

    yeaaa this is magic!!! sounds just the way it does on tv!!

  • @bonny147
    @bonny147 16 років тому

    You've expressed it much better than I ever could have. It's lovely to find it is "normal" music.

  • @tallbrun
    @tallbrun 16 років тому

    I just love it! So happy, so awesome!

  • @sherbert500
    @sherbert500 14 років тому

    wow how great was that ! iconic tune

  • @pbirney
    @pbirney 17 років тому

    Superb. Thanks for the upload.

  • @chemdah
    @chemdah 3 роки тому +1

    What a great night.

  • @jamiew1664
    @jamiew1664 4 роки тому +1

    I just stood in my kitchen at home after too many glasses of wine and pretended I was the conductor, waving my arms about , conducting this piece... and my neighbour walked by the window. Now I look totally crazy to my neighbour. Damn! Lol

  • @PhyzzFizz
    @PhyzzFizz 3 роки тому

    how totally wonderful, play on mr H, knock em dead up there ;)

  • @shawnphase
    @shawnphase 13 років тому

    holy shit listen to those crowd pops! this is serious stuff, so much talent up there. thanks for sharing!

  • @SteveChippyPaine
    @SteveChippyPaine 9 років тому

    Once again...Like Plus Respect!

  • @Stevieboy74
    @Stevieboy74 14 років тому

    That was awesome..simply awesome. I love the Jazz cafe and would have loved to have been at this. The massive cheer that goes up as the final note is played is extremely fitting for two masters as Hawkshaw and Mansfield are, and the KPM allstars have still got it. Fantastic upload, thanks.