I played with Lionel Hampton and his orchestra in 1974 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC for the celebration of the Mary McCloud Statue in Lincoln Park. Mary McCloud Bethune and Lionel Hampton were good friends when she was alive. I was trumpet section leader all four years at Bethune-Cookman College Marching, Concert, and Stage Band.
Negli ultimi anni ci siamo abituati a sentire la musica grazie all' esecuzione di pochi elementi, quelli essenziali: addirittura in alcuni casi questi elementi si riducono a tre, ovvero i musicisti al lavoro sono il pianista, il batterista e il contrabbassista. Per questo motivo sentire suonare un pezzo jazz non solo eseguito da un' intera orchestra ma da un' orchestra agli albori della sua vita ci riporta al passato e questo tuffo all' indietro ci riempie sia di stupore che di sensazioni piacevolissime. E' un po' come rivedere una persona cara come era in gioventù o come ritrovarsi circondati all' improvviso da tutti i giocattoli della nostra infanzia. Un grazie di cuore ai ricercatori di UA-cam per queste continue piacevolissime emozioni. Sono le nove a.m ,,,
my grandfather decided he would learn clarinet when he was 42. By 55 after 6-8 hrs of practice A DAY he was a master and lead in the ABC Jazz band that toured Australia. He passed away nearly 20 years ago but not before he heard me play Benny G on the very same Clarinet he learned on. I started around age 8 and played for about 10 years but gave it up. He always spoke about Goodman being his inspiration.. he honestly was so good, listening to this makes me reminisce about what i heard coming from him. (not saying he was as good as BG but darn it sounded like it!)
Such a story! I decided to learn play clarinet one year ago (42 years old), no much time to practice 6-8 hours a day but I am committed to learn and play as much I can. This music is wonderful.
At 2:15 Krupa twirls his left drumstick. Never saw that before . A young H James in that tune. I wish there was a film like this when Berrigan was playing with them.
WOW...WOWEE ! & WOWSERS ! I have been listening to bigband since I was a KID, and watching movies and videos laced with bigband, but this video is OUT-THERE ! WOW I loved it ! Thanks for compiling this collection. I could not stay still in my seat ! from uncontrollable foot tapping and jirating in my seat like I was dancing, to that good rhythm !!! There's nothing like it now - The last few generations have forgotten how to write songs !!! THANKS AGAIN !!! Bill, from Tn. 🇺🇸
No question, Benny Goodman was upbeat skippy, and showed how a group played "freestyle" together! And I had heard Goodman was early in bringing black people in his orchestra. But I didn't know they were part of his offshoot quartet! A-1 amazing!!!
The California Ramblers were allready mixed in 1924, when they hired Bill Moore. They owned their own club, so could do that. It didn't make the Jazz history classes, but it is more than 10 years before Benny.
Admiro mucho, entre otros, a Benny Gooodman y a Gene Krupa. Tuve la suerte de ver en Chile, hace muchos años, al genial Lionel Hampton y su orquesta. ¡Qué músicos más maravillosos!
For me, Sing, Sing, Sing from the 1938 Carnegie Hall concert was never bettered; at least in the recordings since. Slipped Disc that night is I think, a masterpiece of small-group jazz.
The "chamber music" of small jazz groups, Benny's Quartet, appears at the beginning- Goodman, Teddy Wilson on piano, Gene Krupa on drums, and Lionel Hampton on vibraphone. THAT'S who THEY are!
I believe that is Lionel Hampton on the Xylophone with Benny Goodman's Orchestra? He played the Xylophone faster than my wife can type. And she is a super fast typist.
Did anyone else hear a door bell ring at 4:15?? I was listening with headphones and put it on pause and ran to my front door then realized it was almost 3:30 in the morning and no one would be ringing the door bell at that awful hour!
Sorry doctor fate but you're way off. He is on the floor tom at 4:15 and it doesn't sound anything like a cowbell. Being a drummer I know what a cow bell sounds like and looks like. He plays the cow bell at 6:42 the sound at 4:15 is not coming from the drums (watch his hands also) in fact I don't think the sound is an instrument at all. I think it's possible that when this recorded a bell went off in the recording room and that was not supposed to come out in the recording.
The only actual instrument it could be would be the vibes and I don't think there was a vibes player in that particular band but even if there was the sound just stands out as being in a totally different location from the band if that makes sense. Who cares really but I really did whip my headphones off and started to run to the door then said wait a minute; that couldn't have been me door lol.
That was Benny's clarinet, he hits certain notes to make that growling sound which sounds like ringing, that is called gutbucket sound, coning from your gut. In other words the true feeling of the music.
The band members used to have a nickname for their taskmaster, Goodman. It was "laser eyes." Apparently Benny had a piercing stare that he would level at them when he thought they needed discipline. Wow.
Gil Mosko It was known as the "Ray"by the band members. Goodman wouldn't stare at someone directly, but at their general direction like being in a trance.
My Lord... These guys play every night with this blazing speed?? Yikes... can you imagine that kind of playing today? I think that old task master Benny Goodman must have had them all scared or something as that band played their fricken hearts out and fingers off probably just to keep a job! Amazing...
onrputt The tune "One O'clock Jump"was a tune played by Count Basis which became his Theme Song. The story goes while Basie's band recorded the song at the Decca studios, the technician looking up at the clock said one o'clock, so he said, " One o'clock, jump!!, meaning for the band to hurry up because it was only a 3 and 1/2 minute time on i the recording so that's how the name stuck to the song.
As much time as I have spent listening to BG over the years, I still cannot come up with the name of the furiously up-tempo opening number played by the Goodman Quartet -- or the following selection, featuring the band. What are they, please?
With Benny Goodman I see Lionel Hampton on the vibes, Harry James at first trumpet, and Gene Krupa on drums. Why was this posted without identifying the other members of the orchestra?
Unfortunate that this video is speeded up by a half tone (probably recorded in a different format and frame rate). Can someone fix it so we can hear the way it really sounded? It's supposed to be in B flat.
Johnny "Scat" Davis. He was shown as a member of Goodman's band in the film, "Hollywood Hotel" but did not play for the soundtrack. You can read more about him at: greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.com/2018/05/forgotten-ones-johnny-scat-davis.
You don't find it gives you shortness of breath when smoking then trying to play? I use to smoke in my teens then I grew out of it. Would you want your doctor, bus driver, pilot and so on to be high on weed?
I don’t see how these “Big Bands” could ever make it! Lots of people onstage need to be paid, accommodated, travel expenses, etc. they mighta gotten big money but by the time it was split up?
The long middle section with the Gene Krupa drum solos is "Sing Sing Sing." It's one of the seminal swing numbers that paved the way into Rock, R&B, etc.
"I've Got a Heart Full of Music" :) In the Bob Hope movie (is it Girl Crazy? Love Crazy? I can't remember) Gene Krupa's orchestra plays the same song but they call it Wire Brush Stomp probably because of copyright issues with Benny Goodman's record label.
LIONAL, BENNY, HARRY AND GENE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER . GENE WAS ONE OF SEXIEST DRUMMERS ALIVE. HE DID SUPER THINGS WITH THOSE STIX. I LOVED WATCHING HIM AND LISTENING TO HIS SOLOS. SYLVIA! TOO BAD HE WAS HOOKED ON DRUGS.
@@johnkrenos4216 Impossible: Zoot Sims born in 1925. He had 12 in 1937. Too young to play as TS in the BG band. The alto could be Toots Mondello. George Koenig... mmm...
Johnny "Scat" Davis. He was shown as a member of Goodman's band in the film, "Hollywood Hotel" but did not play for the soundtrack. You can read more about him at: greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.com/2018/05/forgotten-ones-johnny-scat-davis.
I played with Lionel Hampton and his orchestra in 1974 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC for the celebration of the Mary McCloud Statue in Lincoln Park. Mary McCloud Bethune and Lionel Hampton were good friends when she was alive. I was trumpet section leader all four years at Bethune-Cookman College Marching, Concert, and Stage Band.
Pretty cool. Excellent.
Congratulations
Amazing, sir! Can't imagine what it must be like to play on that level. Simply incredible.
Thanks for all the great music.
The 1937/8 band was the best band Benny ever had.The quartet were always brilliant.
When you hear this music, you can only really despise all the crap they dish out today.
I'm a drummer and I've listened to Sing Sing Sing THOUSANDS of times. This version sound like someone has sped it up.
Negli ultimi anni ci siamo abituati a sentire la musica grazie all' esecuzione di pochi elementi, quelli essenziali: addirittura in alcuni casi questi elementi si riducono a tre, ovvero i musicisti al lavoro sono il pianista, il batterista e il contrabbassista. Per questo motivo sentire suonare un pezzo jazz non solo eseguito da un' intera orchestra ma da un' orchestra agli albori della sua vita ci riporta al passato e questo tuffo all' indietro ci riempie sia di stupore che di sensazioni piacevolissime. E' un po' come rivedere una persona cara come era in gioventù o come ritrovarsi circondati all' improvviso da tutti i giocattoli della nostra infanzia. Un grazie di cuore ai ricercatori di UA-cam per queste continue piacevolissime emozioni. Sono le nove a.m
,,,
my grandfather decided he would learn clarinet when he was 42. By 55 after 6-8 hrs of practice A DAY he was a master and lead in the ABC Jazz band that toured Australia. He passed away nearly 20 years ago but not before he heard me play Benny G on the very same Clarinet he learned on. I started around age 8 and played for about 10 years but gave it up. He always spoke about Goodman being his inspiration.. he honestly was so good, listening to this makes me reminisce about what i heard coming from him. (not saying he was as good as BG but darn it sounded like it!)
Such a story! I decided to learn play clarinet one year ago (42 years old), no much time to practice 6-8 hours a day but I am committed to learn and play as much I can. This music is wonderful.
Sadly, I was born too late. Great music. I am a jazz fan this is this up my alley. Much love!
I love the whole band but GENE is so damn cool , i could watch him play all day. He had such a groove and a style and great showmanship!
This a wonderful example of the talent Mr. Goodman put together for our pleasure!!!
At 2:15 Krupa twirls his left drumstick. Never saw that before . A young H James in that tune. I wish there was a film like this when Berrigan was playing with them.
Lionel Hampton did it anytime. When played drums, was almost a "tic"
5BabyBoomerChannel
Krupa did that all the time. You can see it any of his films.
Buenisima musica y la orquesta fuera dr serie mis viejos se pusieron dr novios en el años 1957 bailando brillo de luna por zBenny Goodman
WOW...WOWEE ! & WOWSERS ! I have been listening to bigband since I was a KID, and watching movies and videos laced with bigband, but this video is OUT-THERE ! WOW I loved it ! Thanks for compiling this collection. I could not stay still in my seat ! from uncontrollable foot tapping and jirating in my seat like I was dancing, to that good rhythm !!! There's nothing like it now - The last few generations have forgotten how to write songs !!!
THANKS AGAIN !!!
Bill, from Tn. 🇺🇸
Oh man oh man, what a band! Swingin' and swayin' like no other!
Benny se notabilizou com sua orquestra numa época que só tinha gigantes!
No question, Benny Goodman was upbeat skippy, and showed how a group played "freestyle" together! And I had heard Goodman was early in bringing black people in his orchestra. But I didn't know they were part of his offshoot quartet! A-1 amazing!!!
The California Ramblers were allready mixed in 1924, when they hired Bill Moore. They owned their own club, so could do that. It didn't make the Jazz history classes, but it is more than 10 years before Benny.
Admiro mucho, entre otros, a Benny Gooodman y a Gene Krupa. Tuve la suerte de ver en Chile, hace muchos años, al genial Lionel Hampton y su orquesta. ¡Qué músicos más maravillosos!
Thanks for uploading.
Great to see Harry James. He, along with all the other musicians, was phenomenal.
When you finally get to Heaven this is what they will be playing!!!!
Hopefully !
Benny you're my hero!!!
Teddy Wilson on piano, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa and the man himself on opening quartet
dont forget Ziggy Ellman next to Harry James on trumpet show of strength
OH GOOD GRIEF! I never thought of that. I wonder if it's too late to mend my ways.
Well said Mark.
Muy bueno documental sobre este gran musico
For me, Sing, Sing, Sing from the 1938 Carnegie Hall concert was never bettered; at least in the recordings since. Slipped Disc that night is I think, a masterpiece of small-group jazz.
ah , such a masterpiece , never ever never again.
Uno de los mejores generos de la música....Y el mejor Clarinetista en el Jazz 😀Benny Goodman
Simply Fantastic !!!!! The time when jazz was deep and funny as well
The "chamber music" of small jazz groups, Benny's Quartet, appears at the beginning- Goodman, Teddy Wilson on piano, Gene Krupa on drums, and Lionel Hampton on vibraphone. THAT'S who THEY are!
That pianist!
Teddy Wilson, one of the best in that era.
what a rare video, big thanks for uploading this!
I like that descending breakdown Hampton and Benny play in the 2nd song. I think they play the same thing in Avalon, they clearly like it too! :)
UNA JOYA!.-GRACIAS!.-
Thank you!
Gracias ❤
3:57 Sing Sing Sing.. love it..
No "Lasers" in 1937,it was known as the Ray. If you see an extra trumpet artist,it was just for the movie. Nobody knows nothin' no more!
I believe that is Lionel Hampton on the Xylophone with Benny Goodman's Orchestra? He played the Xylophone faster than my wife can type. And she is a super fast typist.
Dov BarLeib -he's playing a vibraphone! Xylophone is wooden.
Incredible
Did anyone else hear a door bell ring at 4:15?? I was listening with headphones and put it on pause and ran to my front door then realized it was almost 3:30 in the morning and no one would be ringing the door bell at that awful hour!
Steve Percoco that my friend was not a door bell, it was a cow bell
Sorry doctor fate but you're way off. He is on the floor tom at 4:15 and it doesn't sound anything like a cowbell. Being a drummer I know what a cow bell sounds like and looks like. He plays the cow bell at 6:42 the sound at 4:15 is not coming from the drums (watch his hands also) in fact I don't think the sound is an instrument at all. I think it's possible that when this recorded a bell went off in the recording room and that was not supposed to come out in the recording.
you are right, must be something else
The only actual instrument it could be would be the vibes and I don't think there was a vibes player in that particular band but even if there was the sound just stands out as being in a totally different location from the band if that makes sense. Who cares really but I really did whip my headphones off and started to run to the door then said wait a minute; that couldn't have been me door lol.
That was Benny's clarinet, he hits certain notes to make that growling sound which sounds like ringing, that is called gutbucket sound, coning from your gut. In other words the true feeling of the music.
Go Teddy!!!! Yahoooooo
The band members used to have a nickname for their taskmaster, Goodman. It was "laser eyes." Apparently Benny had a piercing stare that he would level at them when he thought they needed discipline. Wow.
Senor Juan I'm just going by what I heard on the Bob Burns show "Jazz." One of the band members was talking, and that's what he said.
Gil Mosko It was known as the "Ray"by the band members. Goodman wouldn't stare at someone directly, but at their general direction like being in a trance.
Exactly!!
My Lord... These guys play every night with this blazing speed?? Yikes... can you imagine that kind of playing today? I think that old task master Benny Goodman must have had them all scared or something as that band played their fricken hearts out and fingers off probably just to keep a job! Amazing...
Good points. I've played in bands and orchestras, and the conductors/leaders were often dictators, but they got results.
NO NO NO. Not scared- HYPED!! You can feel it- this is LIVE LIVE MUSIC - being part of it - inside - will wind you up CRAZY tight- :-)
Holy Crap!!! Benny and Hamp playin faster than the speed of sound!
The one and only.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! beautiful! :D
Great version of the One O'Clock Jump but this has to be later than 1937 given there are five saxes.
The final tune is called One O'Clock Jump. It was about a new thing called daylight savings where the clock jumps from one O'clock to two.
onrputt The tune "One O'clock Jump"was a tune played by Count Basis which became his Theme Song. The story goes while Basie's band recorded the song at the Decca studios, the technician looking up at the clock said one o'clock, so he said, " One o'clock, jump!!, meaning for the band to hurry up because it was only a 3 and 1/2 minute time on i the recording so that's how the name stuck to the song.
@@johnsmilowitz The Dances ended at 1 am, everyone had to "jump" and get out of there
Can anyone tell me the name of the tune starting at minute 4...beyond amazing!
This is super late but it’s sing sing sing😸
As much time as I have spent listening to BG over the years, I still cannot come up with the name of the furiously up-tempo opening number played by the Goodman Quartet -- or the following selection, featuring the band. What are they, please?
I just realize, it's Harry James on trumpet! :D
Billy Butterfield seems
Yes!!
This gem shines brightly in the net 🎆
Young Harry James in the Big Band ! Yeah !
Al minuto 9.00 Allan Reuss ! Grande accompagnatore e buon solista !
great
BG is where it's at.
With Benny Goodman I see Lionel Hampton on the vibes, Harry James at first trumpet, and Gene Krupa on drums. Why was this posted without identifying the other members of the orchestra?
You're right, Adrian!
Reminiscin'. Back before the world went completely wacko.
Hate the fadeout on "Sing, Sing, Sing" before the final button.
The good old days...What the hell happened?
Was anybody talking already about "hyperactivity" at the time ?
Gene Krupa was on Johnny Carson with Louie Bellson in 1960's
Extra !!!!!
....All the time and forever?
02:40 = HARRY JAMES on Trumpet.
Lionell Hampton on vibra.
That's Right
Anyone know what the 2nd song is?
And Teddy!
Who are the soloists on "One o'clock jump"?
Very enjoyable, but strangely edited. Why cut off the last few bars of the tunes? Bad decision.
Tempo tricks on the end. Too fast.
Yeah, and it's not even the same band on "One O'Clock Jump". It's definitely forties, not 1937.
What's the song at 2:08 ?
I want to know this too
Unfortunate that this video is speeded up by a half tone (probably recorded in a different format and frame rate). Can someone fix it so we can hear the way it really sounded? It's supposed to be in B flat.
Who is the 4th trumpeter on Sing, Sing, Sing? I recognize James, Elman and Griffin. The extra guy was probably put in for the movie, but who is he?
Johnny "Scat" Davis. He was shown as a member of Goodman's band in the film, "Hollywood Hotel" but did not play for the soundtrack. You can read more about him at: greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.com/2018/05/forgotten-ones-johnny-scat-davis.
You don't find it gives you shortness of breath when smoking then trying to play? I use to smoke in my teens then I grew out of it. Would you want your doctor, bus driver, pilot and so on to be high on weed?
Is that Lionel Hampton playing the xylophone?
It's Lionel Hampton, but it's a vibraphone.
It's a vibraphone: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibraphone
I don’t see how these “Big Bands” could ever make it! Lots of people onstage need to be paid, accommodated, travel expenses, etc. they mighta gotten big money but by the time it was split up?
@MARKMANIATT
I hope. Amen.
Great video, but it got jiggle up at the end. WHY?
Nice jazz
Billy Kyle (piano), Lionel Hampton (xylophone), Benny Goodman (clarinette), Gene Krupa (drum) ? A confirmer
Teddy Wilson piano?
Any one know what the final tune is called?
House Hop. Goodman recorded three takes of it for Victor.
♥ .
As long as ya feel better.
its Allan Reuss my friend :)
Allan is on the first two, Dave Barbour is on One O’clock Jump.
Did that make ya feel better?
What songs are played in this video?
The long middle section with the Gene Krupa drum solos is "Sing Sing Sing." It's one of the seminal swing numbers that paved the way into Rock, R&B, etc.
I've Got a Heartful of Music
Avalon (the best version, full band)
Sing, Sing, Sing
One O'Clock Jump
Play that liquorice stick Benny!
The first tune: I'm A Ding-Dong Daddy???
"I've Got a Heart Full of Music" :)
In the Bob Hope movie (is it Girl Crazy? Love Crazy? I can't remember) Gene Krupa's orchestra plays the same song but they call it Wire Brush Stomp probably because of copyright issues with Benny Goodman's record label.
LIONAL, BENNY, HARRY AND GENE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER . GENE WAS ONE OF SEXIEST DRUMMERS ALIVE. HE DID SUPER THINGS WITH THOSE STIX. I LOVED WATCHING HIM AND LISTENING TO HIS SOLOS. SYLVIA! TOO BAD HE WAS HOOKED ON DRUGS.
In One o'clock jump who is the tenor sax, Jerry Jerome? And the alto? The trumpeter could be Billy Butterfield?
George Koenig could be on Alto
@@robertogarcia2223 Tenor Guy looks like Zoot Sims! Unlikely
@@johnkrenos4216 Impossible: Zoot Sims born in 1925. He had 12 in 1937. Too young to play as TS in the BG band.
The alto could be Toots Mondello. George Koenig... mmm...
6:19 Stan Getz? Is similar
Stan Getz born in 1927. He had 10... too young...
what's the name of the second piece?
It's a tune from the film "Hollywood Hotel" called "I've Got a Heartful of Music". Goodman never recorded it.
I don't think you could physically play a faster tempo😲
whos on drums anyone?
LOUIE BELLSON
KRUPA
Who was pretending to play 4th trumpet?
Johnny "Scat" Davis. He was shown as a member of Goodman's band in the film, "Hollywood Hotel" but did not play for the soundtrack. You can read more about him at: greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.com/2018/05/forgotten-ones-johnny-scat-davis.
Was he the first who had a band
No, not by a long shot....
gene krupa
Who is that playing guitar 8:55 to 9:15?
Allan Reuss
Allan Reuss is in the first two lineups, Dave Barbour is on One O’clock Jump..
Yes, it did, Alex. You wouldn't call a tangerine an "orange"?