I think most people I know would've passed out from being so lightheaded after trying to play those notes in those ranges at that volume...........if only more people could appreciate such talent
I joined the cast when it came to the US as a low brass player, and its not that we WEREN'T playing loudly, all of our horns were mic'ed, so the sound mixer in the back of the house was the real hero there, turning individual mics on and off and up and down constantly. The second we walked off stage, they would turn them off so conversations offstage weren't piped out into the house.
We were ALL having a wonderful time! I joined the cast when it came to the US after London as a low brass player, and I can honestly say that every second I was on stage was exhilarating. Those were the days!
@@mattyteerifles2863 with a phrase of "So this is what happened to Star of Indiana" to me implies they're surprised it maybe there's some DCI history I've not come across.
@@Outlawstar0198 Its been 20 years since I've seen it, I still think about it. That in itself should say something. However to answer your question, it was truly as good if not better than this video! Our marching band also played Malaguena for our marching show that year and won state in our class. So this song has great memories for me
Bill Holman's incredible arrangement, which is from the Capitol LP Adventures in Jazz LP, is the basis for this treatment by the Blast cast. They really kick it! Superb rendition!
I had almost forgotten about this! I saw this on Broadway in June, 2001, at the old Broadway Theatre next door to the Ed Sullivan Theatre where Dave Letterman did his show. Unimaginable. They essentially did the 1961 Bill Holman arrangement that Stan Kenton played with the old, insane, can't-tame-them, loud-as-fuck Conn Mellophoniums. They blew the goddamn doors off the building. And then after 9/11, the show closed for no good reason except paranoia. Hhhhhh....
TheTurtleTube WHAT?!?! What the heck have #Blast! & 9/11 got to do with each other?! 😕 Well, that's a downright shame! 😞 Damn good thing it's available on DVD! 😃
That's a LONG way from the Salute to Disney show in 1985 that gave birth to this group! I'm not bashing Star at all. This, in addition to the short competitive life of the corps, is nothing less than an AMAZING achievement!! Congratulations, and I'm glad I got to see this production in person!!
i saw this show live on broadway. i played this tune in drum corps three times (caballeros), wrote two drills for it for my college alma mater, and two percussion charts. never got a chance to conduct it as a drum major. best tune for drum corps ever. cabs 1995 and scouts 1988 are my two favorite arrangements.
My high school will perform this for Christmas this year. Everybody in the village is thrilled. If we have tourists again, all the 25 seats in the barn will be taken and the show will no doubt be a great success.
What are you talking about? Madison Scouts been doing this song for decades. They're basically the only corps who really does it since they set he bar so high.
This video, that show, the awesome preformers, I can't even put in sufficient words how this song (and the passionate people playing it) makes me feel. This song hits me at my very being. Thank you sir(or miss) for posting it.
I first heard this song back in the 2004 NWMBC marching band season played by Skyview High school from battleground Wa., and it made everyone extremely jealous.
That one mellow player holding that one note for so long! Almost a full minute! He must have been doing "rotational breathing" where you breathe through your nose and out your mouth. The performance reminds me of a mini drum and bugle corp performance. Outstanding! Thank you for the video.
The sound of blast has been in my life since I was five. It's not long considering I'm fifteen now, but the theatrics of this entire show inspire me to do greater in my spinning years.
@ExplodingBacon Let's not forget that between Star's DCI years (1985-1993) and the creation of Blast (1999), they toured with the Canadian Brass as part of the Brass Theatre show (1994-1996).
In the DCI Age, Madison Scouts first played it in 1978 (pre DCI in 1963) and over the next 2 and a half decades it became their signature piece and a foundation for a number very crowd pleasing Latin themed shows including their championship year in 1988. It was also the high point of the Alumni Corps performance in 2006 at DCI semifinals. Madison and a number of other DCI corps are very well represented in Blasts! performing repertoire.
That was not a picollo trumpet you saw in the video it was a g bugle, Future corps use it.it is harder to play high on the g bugle because it is tuned a minor third lower than a standart b flat trumpet.
@corpsboy93 Thanks very much! It was by far the best drum corps experience of my life! You had tears in your eyes watching 27th that night...I had to get through Danny Boy with tears streaming down my face...it was something I will never forget!
OK people...lets get this straight once and for all....there is a difference between drum and bugle corps and BAND... We eat, sleep, drink, and live music...we are not in it because our parents made us...or to get a grade in school..we are in it because it runs thru our veins..sort of like a cult...if you have never marched in drum corps..you cannot possibly understand..no disrespect to bands or whatever..just enjoy & do not question why there are no windwoods or whatever..it is what it IS!
All versions performed by modern jazz bands and marching units today essentially are based on Bill Holmans arrangement done for Stan Kenton. Drum and Bugle Corps began performing this tune in the 50's, the predominant corps were Hawthorne Caballeros and Cambridge Caballeros.
Malaguena originally was from the sixth movement of the Suite Andalucia by Ernesto Lecuona, Bill Holman's arrangement for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, reimagined the song as a fiery big band showpiece. Performances of this arrangement appeared on Kenton's 1961 album Adventures in Jazz. Maynard Ferguson would end it by blowing in an unbelievable high register on the trumpet. They're doing the Holman arrangement here! Ya gotta love it!!!
I don't see why people are arguing over if drum corp and marching band are similar. They're two different types of ensembles, that play two different styles of music. Practically the only similarity between them is that they both perform on a field. (though I see now they both perform on stage too). Even though I'm a woodwind player, I agree with everyone who says DC is different. Not a day goes by I didn't wish I played brass so I could be in a corp, but that's the beauty of music...
EN TANT QUE TROMPETTISTE , JE SUIS TOUJOURS EN EXTASE DEVANT CES SPECTACLES , PARMI TANT D'AUTRES , DES DIVERS GROUPES DANS LE MONDE. C'EST SPLENDIDE ...
@DanS24106 The 2006 Reunion Corps was pure magic. The fleur de lis, the end zone to end zone company front and yes - malaguena. It was perfect. I think I'll get the disc out and watch it again now. :-)
This is a stage show based on Drum Corps, they don't usually march guitars. Plus Ernesto Lecuona arranged this version for piano solo. These performers split the piano music into brass parts, which means this was never meant for guitar. Also, when I played this with the Madison Scouts, no one complained
I saw this on Broadway in NYC, it's amzing how the kept the energy up through the 2 hour show. This was filmed in london. At 6:26 you can here someone in the audience yell "Alrighty"
It's just so SOOOOOOOOOOO good!!!! One of my all time favorite pieces but played and displayed in one of the most amazing ways possible! I mean, I love drum corps. And I love Malaguena. So this is pretty much a wet dream for me. AMAZING job.
If you know anything about Drum Corps International...this group came out of the STAR OF INDIANA Drum and Bugle Corps organization IMHO this works so well on the stage!!! :)
Congratulations to the performers, musicians and choreographer. Great camera work too. Thank you for this extraordinary interpretation of Maestro Lecuona's Malagueña. It'd be great to have more information about this production, who, where, etc. Wishing you continued success and unlimited inspiration.
This what followed Star of Indiana after they retired from DCI (though I hear rumors they may be coming back). I don't think there's anyone who's ever marched in drum corps that wouldn't have wanted to be part of this. I'm already on my second DVD. I'm thoroughly sad.
Range and tone tend to be emphasized a lot (for a fair reason), but the cleanliness of that trumpet trill at the beginning was insane. Good lord, I wish I could play like this
@Luig117 Well when I marched we paid a much smaller price to march...I think it was like $150 per year and then the cost of tour which was about $200. This is the reason why so many drum corps have dispanded. Nobody can afford it..especially in this economy...its just all different now...and for the record...drum corps members ALSO go to school, work fulltime and then go to rehearsal every night until almost midnight..it was tough but we did it...drum corps taught me how to be tough .
@codgod00 Blast! was pretty much started by Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Crops after they disbanded in1993. So it makes sense that there's no woodwinds.
@knightflyte continued. Even others marched in the 27th Lancers and played at the 80 Olympics. Hope you remember those days and cherish the friends you made in those years, Paulette.
as i understand it they folded because the direction they were taking corps was not what was wanted and their continued mediocre placements showed they could go no further, so the folded their tents, took a year off, and took their act to broadway, with as many of the original group as could hang with the grind and fancy arrangements, and some new dancers.
no... I went to a pretty small school in north GA with probably one of the best-kept secrets when it comes to marching bands. Band director never lets the band compete, only participate in the festivals and get our straight I ratings year after year after year. I graduated in '02 but to this day am convinced that if the band could compete, it would get the attention (and funding) it deserves.
MYGOD THE ENERGY IN THIS. My school puts on a similar production every year called Encore, our band director was in Blast! so he came up with it. Its always pretty amazing but NEVER has THIS much energy.
@codgod00 Blast! was pretty much started by Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps after they disbanded in 1993. So it makes sense that there are no woodwinds. On a side note, I definitely prefer the all brass, drum and bugle corps feel.
@PauletteBoston 1. While I do agree with you, in my "band", we sweat, bleed, cramp, wake up early every day for rehearsal, go to school and then have a 3 hour rehearsal after, come on weekends, and even on holidays, and we still keep our GPA up and running. We join the "band" because "we" want to, and the grade means nothing to us. We constantly compete against each other to see who is the better player. It just so happens that we get stuck with those who are there because they are made
I'm sorry to bother you, but I really enjoy this piece. As a trumpet player in jazz band, I can hit high notes like that, even though I'm a bass clarinet player mainly. Anyways, I really like it. Also the guard did really well. I hope there will be more videos like this one. I hope there will be videos like this one in time to come.
@theunodance You can get the DVD at Amazon. Just search for Blast! An Explosive Musical Celebration and you'll see it. I bought it through PBS.org years ago, but I don't think it's available through them anymore.
I think most people I know would've passed out from being so lightheaded after trying to play those notes in those ranges at that volume...........if only more people could appreciate such talent
I joined the cast when it came to the US as a low brass player, and its not that we WEREN'T playing loudly, all of our horns were mic'ed, so the sound mixer in the back of the house was the real hero there, turning individual mics on and off and up and down constantly. The second we walked off stage, they would turn them off so conversations offstage weren't piped out into the house.
I think it's safe to say the percussionists are having a WONDERFUL time!
Erin Harrison it's Malagueña. Pretty hard not to enjoy it
We were ALL having a wonderful time! I joined the cast when it came to the US after London as a low brass player, and I can honestly say that every second I was on stage was exhilarating. Those were the days!
As a technical theatre student who does lighting and a trumpet player in marching band, this is the greatest thing ever.
I found my soulmate. But i'm a snare drummer tho. But i am a light technician.
I still love the bit of Rhapsody in Blue that they put into the solos even though I have listened to this countless times
Should find a recording of adam rappa fitting flight of the bumble bee into it.
Hey peridot
So this is what happened to Star of Indiana? Interesting
What's wrong? I'm really curious
@@Outlawstar0198 Nothing's wrong, what's wrong with calling something interesting?
@@mattyteerifles2863 with a phrase of "So this is what happened to Star of Indiana" to me implies they're surprised it maybe there's some DCI history I've not come across.
dat circular breathing though
after 50 years....i finally learned how to do it!
When the guy playing timpani just put everything into that last hit. lol
The stick that flew got me at the end💀💀
Everyone is talking about the music but can we just talk about the marching and those two perfect circles? 😳
Seeing BLAST live in Boston at The Wang Theater was a stunners dream!
I saw this show almost 20 years ago. Its still one of the best memories I have
I missed it when it passed through my city. Was it just as good as this??
@@Outlawstar0198 Its been 20 years since I've seen it, I still think about it. That in itself should say something. However to answer your question, it was truly as good if not better than this video! Our marching band also played Malaguena for our marching show that year and won state in our class. So this song has great memories for me
@@Tejay28 dang! Thank you for sharing! 😀
Me too. Wish it would come back.
Been following Blast1 for a lot of years. I can listen or watch Malaguena till the earth stands still!!!
I can watch 100 times. Love it!
These are some of the best performers in the world ppl need to stop being imature and listen to the music
Bill Holman's incredible arrangement, which is from the Capitol LP Adventures in Jazz LP, is the basis for this treatment by the Blast cast. They really kick it! Superb rendition!
I had almost forgotten about this! I saw this on Broadway in June, 2001, at the old Broadway Theatre next door to the Ed Sullivan Theatre where Dave Letterman did his show. Unimaginable. They essentially did the 1961 Bill Holman arrangement that Stan Kenton played with the old, insane, can't-tame-them, loud-as-fuck Conn Mellophoniums.
They blew the goddamn doors off the building. And then after 9/11, the show closed for no good reason except paranoia. Hhhhhh....
TheTurtleTube WHAT?!?! What the heck have #Blast! & 9/11 got to do with each other?! 😕 Well, that's a downright shame! 😞 Damn good thing it's available on DVD! 😃
That's a LONG way from the Salute to Disney show in 1985 that gave birth to this group! I'm not bashing Star at all. This, in addition to the short competitive life of the corps, is nothing less than an AMAZING achievement!! Congratulations, and I'm glad I got to see this production in person!!
i saw this show live on broadway. i played this tune in drum corps three times (caballeros), wrote two drills for it for my college alma mater, and two percussion charts. never got a chance to conduct it as a drum major. best tune for drum corps ever. cabs 1995 and scouts 1988 are my two favorite arrangements.
My high school will perform this for Christmas this year. Everybody in the village is thrilled. If we have tourists again, all the 25 seats in the barn will be taken and the show will no doubt be a great success.
This is the exact rendition that the Stan Kenton Band did in the 70's.
Just Great!
Cadets do a great version as well ua-cam.com/video/FwC0wreFez0/v-deo.html
Many border high schools have done this before for decades but this is the first time I've seen it on UA-cam. This one was a treat.
What are you talking about? Madison Scouts been doing this song for decades. They're basically the only corps who really does it since they set he bar so high.
D34dlySpork Cadets and Boston Crusaders 2003 did it
Noah Lauderman But Madison did it first, and they did it best without any shadow of a doubt.
This video, that show, the awesome preformers, I can't even put in sufficient words how this song (and the passionate people playing it) makes me feel. This song hits me at my very being. Thank you sir(or miss) for posting it.
I didn't play this at my high school.
But seriously, this was awesome. I saw it yesterday while they were in California.
I first heard this song back in the 2004 NWMBC marching band season played by Skyview High school from battleground Wa., and it made everyone extremely jealous.
That one mellow player holding that one note for so long! Almost a full minute! He must have been doing "rotational breathing" where you breathe through your nose and out your mouth. The performance reminds me of a mini drum and bugle corp performance. Outstanding! Thank you for the video.
Brings tears to my eyes.
The sound of blast has been in my life since I was five. It's not long considering I'm fifteen now, but the theatrics of this entire show inspire me to do greater in my spinning years.
This gives me chills EVERY SINGLE TIME I watch it!
Wow. Can't believe this was about 24 years ago.
@ExplodingBacon Let's not forget that between Star's DCI years (1985-1993) and the creation of Blast (1999), they toured with the Canadian Brass as part of the Brass Theatre show (1994-1996).
I saw this in Nashville. Wish it was still around!!!!!!!
In the DCI Age, Madison Scouts first played it in 1978 (pre DCI in 1963) and over the next 2 and a half decades it became their signature piece and a foundation for a number very crowd pleasing Latin themed shows including their championship year in 1988. It was also the high point of the Alumni Corps performance in 2006 at DCI semifinals. Madison and a number of other DCI corps are very well represented in Blasts! performing repertoire.
One of the best shows ever! Love that tympani part 2 the end.
This makes me wanna cry, Thats one of the best versions of that song ive ever heard.
Great show! They only cheated a little by using picollo trumpets for the high parts.
That was not a picollo trumpet you saw in the video it was a g bugle, Future corps use it.it is harder to play high on the g bugle because it is tuned a minor third lower than a standart b flat trumpet.
They're Yamaha professional Bb trumpets. No piccolos in this piece.
I've lost track of how many time's I've replayed this song over the years, and I'm still doin it xD
@corpsboy93 Thanks very much! It was by far the best drum corps experience of my life! You had tears in your eyes watching 27th that night...I had to get through Danny Boy with tears streaming down my face...it was something I will never forget!
Good but Madison scouts did it better
i agree, but they are pretty different considering one preformance a dci show and the other is a broadway show
Hennry Jars ABSOLUTELY!!!
OK people...lets get this straight once and for all....there is a difference between drum and bugle corps and BAND... We eat, sleep, drink, and live music...we are not in it because our parents made us...or to get a grade in school..we are in it because it runs thru our veins..sort of like a cult...if you have never marched in drum corps..you cannot possibly understand..no disrespect to bands or whatever..just enjoy & do not question why there are no windwoods or whatever..it is what it IS!
I looove it when the trumpet and trombone soloists play rhapsody in blue lol
@MichaelaMarie2012
Yes, that IS Ben Harloff. He did Blast before he came to teach at EV.
Just so happens he left the same year we played malaguena.
The group Blast! is a result of the folding of Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps. so yes.
All versions performed by modern jazz bands and marching units today essentially are based on Bill Holmans arrangement done for Stan Kenton. Drum and Bugle Corps began performing this tune in the 50's, the predominant corps were Hawthorne Caballeros and Cambridge Caballeros.
It's in a solo. Lots of people have been doing that for ages because it's so easy to incorporate.
Malaguena originally was from the sixth movement of the Suite Andalucia by Ernesto Lecuona,
Bill Holman's arrangement for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, reimagined the song as a fiery big band showpiece. Performances of this arrangement appeared on Kenton's 1961 album Adventures in Jazz. Maynard Ferguson would end it by blowing in an unbelievable high register on the trumpet.
They're doing the Holman arrangement here!
Ya gotta love it!!!
Loved the trumpet solo referencing Rhapsody in Blue. =)
I don't see why people are arguing over if drum corp and marching band are similar. They're two different types of ensembles, that play two different styles of music. Practically the only similarity between them is that they both perform on a field. (though I see now they both perform on stage too). Even though I'm a woodwind player, I agree with everyone who says DC is different. Not a day goes by I didn't wish I played brass so I could be in a corp, but that's the beauty of music...
EN TANT QUE TROMPETTISTE , JE SUIS TOUJOURS EN EXTASE DEVANT CES SPECTACLES , PARMI TANT D'AUTRES , DES DIVERS GROUPES DANS LE MONDE. C'EST SPLENDIDE ...
One of my all time favorites!!
I love Blast and Shockwave...actually got to know the cast of Shockwave when they were At Walt Disney World Summer of 2002 .
Blast was invented from brass theater, which is what Star of Indiana did after the did not return to the field.
Que maravilla respeto y admiración a esta hermosa obra musical los grandes músicos bailarines y a es gran señor Mauricio Ravel creador de esta obra
I've been on youtube too long. I watched this when it came out
@DanS24106
The 2006 Reunion Corps was pure magic. The fleur de lis, the end zone to end zone company front and yes - malaguena. It was perfect. I think I'll get the disc out and watch it again now. :-)
This is a stage show based on Drum Corps, they don't usually march guitars. Plus Ernesto Lecuona arranged this version for piano solo. These performers split the piano music into brass parts, which means this was never meant for guitar. Also, when I played this with the Madison Scouts, no one complained
I saw this on Broadway in NYC, it's amzing how the kept the energy up through the 2 hour show.
This was filmed in london. At 6:26 you can here someone in the audience yell "Alrighty"
It's just so SOOOOOOOOOOO good!!!! One of my all time favorite pieces but played and displayed in one of the most amazing ways possible! I mean, I love drum corps. And I love Malaguena. So this is pretty much a wet dream for me. AMAZING job.
my high school jazz band does this. its pretty awesome
Nice nod to the Scouts. Nice job on this one, too!
i get god damn chills every time i watch this. That damn timpani player is my hero on so many levels
If you know anything about Drum Corps International...this group came out of the STAR OF INDIANA Drum and Bugle Corps organization
IMHO this works so well on the stage!!! :)
That trumpet spin was perfect
Congratulations to the performers, musicians and choreographer. Great camera work too. Thank you for this extraordinary interpretation of Maestro Lecuona's Malagueña. It'd be great to have more information about this production, who, where, etc. Wishing you continued success and unlimited inspiration.
Well I don't know if you consider 18 to be young or not but I definitely agree. Music forever ♥
This what followed Star of Indiana after they retired from DCI (though I hear rumors they may be coming back).
I don't think there's anyone who's ever marched in drum corps that wouldn't have wanted to be part of this. I'm already on my second DVD. I'm thoroughly sad.
Range and tone tend to be emphasized a lot (for a fair reason), but the cleanliness of that trumpet trill at the beginning was insane. Good lord, I wish I could play like this
all i can say is wooooooooo!!!! GREAT!!!
ja. It just blew my mind. i havent seen circular breathing like that since blue devils 2005.
Reminds me '88 Madison Scouts.. Love it!
@Luig117 Well when I marched we paid a much smaller price to march...I think it was like $150 per year and then the cost of tour which was about $200. This is the reason why so many drum corps have dispanded. Nobody can afford it..especially in this economy...its just all different now...and for the record...drum corps members ALSO go to school, work fulltime and then go to rehearsal every night until almost midnight..it was tough but we did it...drum corps taught me how to be tough .
@codgod00 Blast! was pretty much started by Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Crops after they disbanded in1993. So it makes sense that there's no woodwinds.
OMFG! That was incredible! What an amazing performance. Thanks for posting.
And yes, I did play that in HS, too ;)
This freaking trumpet player quoting Rhapsody in Blue lives rent free in my brain
@knightflyte
continued. Even others marched in the 27th Lancers and played at the 80 Olympics. Hope you remember those days and cherish the friends you made in those years, Paulette.
Star of Indiana... Should have never folded
as i understand it they folded because the direction they were taking corps was not what was wanted and their continued mediocre placements showed they could go no further, so the folded their tents, took a year off, and took their act to broadway, with as many of the original group as could hang with the grind and fancy arrangements, and some new dancers.
Wow! Had never heard of this group before. A lot going on there. I think I like it, certainly gets the blood moving.
no... I went to a pretty small school in north GA with probably one of the best-kept secrets when it comes to marching bands. Band director never lets the band compete, only participate in the festivals and get our straight I ratings year after year after year. I graduated in '02 but to this day am convinced that if the band could compete, it would get the attention (and funding) it deserves.
You win all the awards.
My, how time flies. 🥰
MYGOD THE ENERGY IN THIS. My school puts on a similar production every year called Encore, our band director was in Blast! so he came up with it. Its always pretty amazing but NEVER has THIS much energy.
@PauletteBoston Very true, marched four years on the drumline in high school. Its sort of a love hate relationship but worth it for the performance.
This is amazing. I love the brass parts. Ahhhhhh...gives me the chills when I listen to it:) Good job guys.
Blast! was comprised of former Star of Indiana members. Look it up.
Music like this embodies emotion.
@codgod00 Blast! was pretty much started by Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps after they disbanded in 1993. So it makes sense that there are no woodwinds. On a side note, I definitely prefer the all brass, drum and bugle corps feel.
@PauletteBoston
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While I do agree with you, in my "band", we sweat, bleed, cramp, wake up early every day for rehearsal, go to school and then have a 3 hour rehearsal after, come on weekends, and even on holidays, and we still keep our GPA up and running. We join the "band" because "we" want to, and the grade means nothing to us. We constantly compete against each other to see who is the better player. It just so happens that we get stuck with those who are there because they are made
its a traveling performing ensamble their show is called BLAST !!!!
Hey sooo my high scho didn't play this, but we did at my university!! CCU ftw!
Malagueña is a flamenco guitar piece and one of my favorite but I like this version as well
Wha' the hell is this? Who are these people? What a most excellent performance!!! I am stunned! Added to favorites, yes yes.
If you are familiar with Drum Corp (DCI)...this is where Star of Indiana went.
@thekevinkaye I saw Cabs 2008 perform this. I loved it. Much respect.
EVERY DAY, I WAKE UP WITH THIS :)
That's how you know it's a good show. When the percussion is playing as loud as they can and they can still barely be heard over the wailing horns =D
that's baby makin music right there.
I'm sorry to bother you, but I really enjoy this piece. As a trumpet player in jazz band, I can hit high notes like that, even though I'm a bass clarinet player mainly. Anyways, I really like it. Also the guard did really well. I hope there will be more videos like this one. I hope there will be videos like this one in time to come.
@pagessidekick omg someone who knows what circle breathing is! that is a win in itself
@theunodance You can get the DVD at Amazon. Just search for Blast! An Explosive Musical Celebration and you'll see it. I bought it through PBS.org years ago, but I don't think it's available through them anymore.
goosebumps up and down. amazing.
unbeschreiblich toll!
@3:35 dig the flex the trumpet did for that double G in the upper left corner. plus the late release ;)
Say what you want, but that timpani guy is super mega passionate and probably came very close to breaking it XD