All of you armchair bandleaders: Start your own big band, buy a bus, library, uniforms, PA, stands, insurance for all that, hire guys, book gigs, deal with promoters and venues, find hotels, plan routing, pay for fuel, etc. etc. THEN see how much you know about the road band biz. Just sayin…
Really . . . Miller's own (live) recordings of One O'Clock Jump are widely available and they swing more than this pallid copy of Goodman's arrangement--this is actually Goodman's second arrangement of the piece . . . and unless you have Harry James to play that chromatic, maybe you should forget it. It IS the Glenn Miller Orchestra gang.
This is, indeed, the arrangement Goodman used in the biopic film, and it uses the Harry James-band trumpet licks of Two O'Clock Jump if I'm not mistaken. Not bad as such, but it doesn't really belong in the Miller band book.
How this band has gone downhill since Larry O'Brien fronted it. He was a great trombonist and front man who knew from many years in the music business how to make this band sound good. There is a great band in England-The Syd Lawrence Orchestra who would blow this current GM band out of the room in less than 30 seconds. It specializes in the original GM charts along with other big band music. It is very available on You Tube.
I'm really surprised at these comments. These guys are on the road almost 365 days a year keeping the music alive (although not now with the coronavirus) and you want to pick nits? They treat this music as something alive, not a shrine. If you want things exactly as Miller played them, then play his records!
@@johnnyangel I'm not saying that things should be exactly played as Miller played them, I'm just saying that Miller had a perfectly good arrangement of this tune in his band book and that it's a pity that the band doesn't use that score instead. Can't see where the exigencies of life on the road come in to that.....
I agree with those a little bit befuddled by the use (kinda) of the Goodman arrangement. Miller's arrangement was fine and the guys swung it hard. And, if you listen to the many air checks of Miller playing it, 1939-1941 (I am not sure he used it in 1942), they had all kind of cuts to lengthen or shorten the arrangement . . . so it was never a dead arrangement.
Nick makes the whole performance more exciting with his active leadership. I am a 74-year-old jazz saxophonist/bassist with 60 year background in performing. I find Nick's leadership very professional and interesting. Watching his love in fronting this band adds to the whole experience.
All of you armchair bandleaders: Start your own big band, buy a bus, library, uniforms, PA, stands, insurance for all that, hire guys, book gigs, deal with promoters and venues, find hotels, plan routing, pay for fuel, etc. etc. THEN see how much you know about the road band biz. Just sayin…
I think i saw smoke coming out of kevin Sheehans clarinet .... awesome solo kev
Музыка и исполнение - высший уровень! Жаль, что российское ТВ не показывает хороший джаз.
Most un-Glenn Miller like feel because of that obtrusive leader. I hope he finds work in his field soon.
The Glenn Miller ghost bands led by Ray McKinley and Jimmy Henderson remain the best iterations of this organization.
good tenor solo, good clarinet solo,
Really . . . Miller's own (live) recordings of One O'Clock Jump are widely available and they swing more than this pallid copy of Goodman's arrangement--this is actually Goodman's second arrangement of the piece . . . and unless you have Harry James to play that chromatic, maybe you should forget it. It IS the Glenn Miller Orchestra gang.
This is, indeed, the arrangement Goodman used in the biopic film, and it uses the Harry James-band trumpet licks of Two O'Clock Jump if I'm not mistaken. Not bad as such, but it doesn't really belong in the Miller band book.
the leader reminds me of the guy in the movie "The Jerk"
Which character?
He reminds me of a really conscientious musician and bandleader
@@hipsterdoofus1026 I can assure you he is both.
How this band has gone downhill since Larry O'Brien fronted it. He was a great trombonist and front man who knew from many years in the music business how to make this band sound good. There is a great band in England-The Syd Lawrence Orchestra who would blow this current GM band out of the room in less than 30 seconds. It specializes in the original GM charts along with other big band music. It is very available on You Tube.
Don't talk so stupid.
If you lead a Miller tribute band, then why not, indeed, play Miller's arrangement?
I'm really surprised at these comments. These guys are on the road almost 365 days a year keeping the music alive (although not now with the coronavirus) and you want to pick nits? They treat this music as something alive, not a shrine. If you want things exactly as Miller played them, then play his records!
@@johnnyangel I'm not saying that things should be exactly played as Miller played them, I'm just saying that Miller had a perfectly good arrangement of this tune in his band book and that it's a pity that the band doesn't use that score instead. Can't see where the exigencies of life on the road come in to that.....
I agree with those a little bit befuddled by the use (kinda) of the Goodman arrangement. Miller's arrangement was fine and the guys swung it hard. And, if you listen to the many air checks of Miller playing it, 1939-1941 (I am not sure he used it in 1942), they had all kind of cuts to lengthen or shorten the arrangement . . . so it was never a dead arrangement.
One o'clock jump borrowed from Benny Goodman
The Maestro is a joke and an insult to all of us jazz musicians.
Nick's a good guy...he's a front man and the vocalist...he's gotta do something while the boys do their thing! LoL
Nick makes the whole performance more exciting with his active leadership. I am a 74-year-old jazz saxophonist/bassist with 60 year background in performing. I find Nick's leadership very professional and interesting. Watching his love in fronting this band adds to the whole experience.
If you think he's a joke, the take a look at Ray Anthony in the soundie Mr Anthony's Boogie....
@@joostkiefte7683 Ray Anthony at least, was an excellent trumpet player.
@@m.j.mcilroy5470 True