@@rarechase9487 i think you mean ever in all dimensions. This world is the world where his entire life has been leading to this moment and where anything bad that happened in other worlds didn't happen in this one. This is also a universe where he is lucky to exist (unlike in others)
It's actually a trombone part! This is pretty much a 1:1 transcription of Smelley Bone's arrangement of Black and Blues. Couple different rhythms in the lead is all that's different.
@@hoodbanana bro your username scared the shit out of me bc my name's Caleb lol. Anyways about the original comment: my band teacher actually does play trumpet shit on his trombone with the younger classes.
Even tho this is a trombone solo, I actually was wondering if Wil actually, may have possibly played trumpet before picking up the trombone cuz his embouchure is CRAZZYY to be picking up these high ass tones, big respect for him cuz WHEW 👏🏽👌🏽🔥
one day I'll spend 3 hyperfocused weeks learning about those AI audio mix separation tools and sort this out. There's an attempt on youtube already but I feel like it's not what it could be. ua-cam.com/video/CC7ZLhYF0Eo/v-deo.html (props to the creator of that though, it's a noble cause)
I personally can play most if not all the notes here, just not that many for that long. He, however, plays them like they're in the middle of his range, like they're nothing. It's incredible.
This is why I love trombones, whenever we get melody or something like this, it sounds AMAZING, especially when they can do right and loud with a good sound
@@defectivepikachu4582 they definitely had to back off a tad, but they were in a trombone battle with the visiting band so they had to play loud enough to carry across the field. Dude has serious talent to play that loud and still sound amazing in that range
Also a trombonist here, that's exactly what I was thinking like I play on a Bach 36 and tend to play 3rd parts and so my upper range isn't as good as it once was, but damn what chops!
@@frelin244 some kid in the above comments said the notes are easy. He’s 9th grade. I’m like fella you got a lot to learn. He’s making it sing, not play concert notes
HIS TONE IS SO GOOD??? AND SO CLEAR??? I really don’t think people understand how HARD it is to play with amazing tone quality like that and be that HIGH above the staff-like HOW??!
It's just so clean. And they're not just playing it they're playing it with soul. So so so good. Edit: There seems to be a bit of debate over what constitutes "clean." To my admittedly untrained ear, it sounded clean. Ok? Ok.
Yeah, I'm failing to see how playing with soul = not fun. They are clearly having a lot of fun and are very good and are pouring every ounce of both enjoyment and skill into that performance. That's why it's so good. It's not some wrote rehearsal of a piece they don't care about it's an expression of everything that makes music amazing.
Here's another "as a trombonist" comment. As a trombonist, this was freaking NUTS. I played for 7 years and I could just barely hold those notes at the higher end of this, let alone play them with any stability or good tone quality. MASSIVE props to this guy.
which is why we have different chairs there is a method of practice to increas your upper limits and then there are ways to increase your endurance these are not the same kind of training and or practice.
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as a retired trombonist, I can say this is the most impressive thing I've ever seen. Those notes are NOT easy to hit, especially in a row like that. my respects
Former high school band nerd here: the trombone section always seemed to have the most fun of any section of the band with the possible, POSSIBLE, exception of the percussion section...... That being said, this gave me chills...
I’ve only been in high school band for a year and I can fully agree with you. It’s a bit weird, I’m very introverted but when I’m with my section it’s like my wild side is realeased.
As a part of being in a Marching band during my high school years. I play flute for 1 season, Trumpet for 2 seasons, and caller guard for 1 season (pretty much I’ve being a part of my school marching band for my entire high school years). The trumpet section was the most funnest section as the Trumpeters in that section are fun to hang out with, except that one emo guy. Flute was ok, They’re mostly serious and passionate, though they have a fun side as well. I hate caller guard position, those flags are heavy af and they expect me to swirl it back and forth and dance around with it, I almost hit one trombonist one time during our practice.
Even though I don’t play the Trombone. The people that plays in the Trombone section having the nicest and chilling people. I’m friends with 1-2 of them.
This is not disrespect, quite the contrary. To make a trombone sound like a damn kazoo?!? holy hell that is talent. One of the best trombone performances I have ever heard. Well played.
As a trombone player myself sometimes we play with just such energy it comes out like that it gets really really raspy like that the louder you play and the faster your air moves through the instrument, it's really a acquired taste in sound tho
As a percussionist I’ve always been overwhelmed by how brass and wind players can just push every ounce of passion and emotion through their instrument. This is singing without words
As a trumpet player I can tell you right now. The way we sing without words and seem to have boundless energy is from our passion. We put all our emotion and hopes and dreams into our music, singing with soul!
As a guitar player ive never heard something so beautiful, so honest and passionate . Those words really dont sum up how i feel watching this. I just tear up
Brings a tear to my eye everytime I see fellow trombonists playing their ass off. We are the backbone in most songs, but you give us the chance to solo we will solo the fuck out of anything.
Trombonists are the most versatile. Melody? Done. Harmony? Done. Lead? Well, you asked us to lead, you didn't say not to blast, so FUCK YOU! Backbone? Fine. Solo? FUCK THE REST OF THE BAND, I'M GONNA BEND THE DAMN SLIDE IF I HAVE TO
I transposed it and did. It’s not hard on trumpet. This dude played a super amazing piece which a ton a soul, but it is only hard for his instrument. Stop picking fights when you don’t know what you’re talking about. Edit: The score is on musescore. Just look up “black blues trumpet”
Let’s take a second to appreciate the section to commiting to creating such a high volume and balanced effort, and thank the band leader for not calling it blarring and allowing it to happen. As a former trombone player and DCI euph player, that is a unique and once-in-a-lifetime experience they had. That level of musicianship is, especially in a football game band, is unheard of. Outstanding.
You should see the whole video there's another video here thats about 12 minutes long where it's basically all build up to this. This trombone section and the other team's section keep going back and forth with stand tunes and then get met with this at the end
I didn't know what most of those words meant. DCI EUPH.. and so I went down the rabbit hole looking for information. From finding out the difference between a Baritone and "euph" to so much more lol. THANKS.
The craziest part about this video is that it came at the end of a very close battle with the other school’s Trombone section, and the rest of the band had never heard them play this song. They looked confused during the build up and that’s why they reacted so hype to the solo, because not only was it absolutely incredible, they had no idea it was coming and being rehearsed behind the scenes. Furthermore, this is only shortly after the section learned the song, since this was the official “unveiling” moment. Which means it’s probably not even these players’ best performance of the song.
That first time performing something you’ve been rehearsing for while, when the emotion is at its highest with all the anticipation and excitement of putting something new out there for everyone to hear, and before all that emotion is clouded up by trying to get all the details right…that’s when MAGIC happens. I guarantee this group chased the feeling that THIS performance brought every single time they played it. It’s awesome they got this moment recorded for them and the world to see for ever. It’s truly something special here.
A M A Z I N G 🔥 ❤️ I watched this on Instagram soooooo many times and still watched it so many times here. It's captivating and speaks to the bone marrow. Good job 🎉it
If I heard something like that 'li e' for the 1st time..and I was in that crowd...I would've been going bananas!!! They didn't react ENOUGH imo...my question is...who wrote it???
This was the end of a trombone or brass play off at a football game. They were going back and forth with the the other school band on the other side. I saw the full video somewhere….. this ended it
This is the perfect example of clicking onto a video not expecting to get chills/goosebumps and then being completely surprised. This had me feeling a type of way! Amazing!
The amount of sheer SOUL that this guy has is absolutely INSANE!!!!!! Every bit of air going through that trombone is pure soul and this guy has enough to fill a whole stadium. Proud to say I can live in the same time as someone who's this absolutely talented. Wherever he is today, he better play until his lungs give out because he's got God's gift
What I absolutely love (besides that otherworldly trombone solo): - they played this during a trombone battle against another school. Though no winners were declared, from this alone I think we all know who "won." - the reason why the rest of the band looks so surprised and hyped is that this is the first time anyone out of the trombone section heard this piece. - even the crowd behind them watching the game got hype for it. If you look closely, you'll see people immediately start standing up and beelining over to the band section. - though it doesn't show in this clip, in the original video, the roar from the crowd and the band were deafening. They all KNEW what they just witnessed and they dunked on the other band h a r d.
First time they heard it but they know the backup notes to play. You're just making stuff up at that point. They're obviously playing with him , not a bit surprised
@@travislindsey1507 they said it was the first time anyone OUTSIDE of the trombone section heard it. the whole trombone section learned it but no one in the other sections had heard them practice or play it before.
It’s the football. Nothing beats playing stand tunes to hype up the crowd and just wanting to let it rip. More people see college marching bands than DCI finals or any other band play. That energy is unreal. The first time I got to play in front of over 80,000 people in my college marching band was surreal. The cheering is so loud you can barely hear yourself playing no matter how loud it is. Play some high notes in that environment for the whole season and you put so much air through your horn you start to sound like that. We don’t try to sound polite and beautiful, we try to bring the swagger to tens of thousands of people and we blow until it works
@@Snookbone Sure, but the energy of a crowd like that brings a different sort of strength to players. It's kinda hard to describe if you've never experienced it yourself.
@@Snookbone All through high school my teachers would talk about the brass being fresh off the field when we would start fall concert band. That's why they'd do the Jazz concert around christmas. Let all the brass blow their damn chops out before christmas break.
I love watching the reactions of individual people who go from not listening, to “wait wtf is happening right now” 😂 Also the people who recognize and appreciate the insane playing from the start, like the individual who first stood up who’s also in the band
You can also see members of the band pissed that the people working the sound system started playing music while the trombones were playing 😂 been there done that
Old trombone player and out of practice by 20 years. This entire thing just blew my mind. Al the backup bones were great and the fact that the lead cuts threw with such crisp execution is amazing. Also love the rest of the band's reactions..
It's as if the trombone were fused to his soul to allow it to speak. How he's able to convey so much emotion with an instrument like that shows how deeply music is intertwined with our rawest emotions.
As a baritone and tuba player I can’t fully understand trombones, but I know the pitches, and that is absolutely crazy. I am not even gonna try to describe that insanity in words.
Me: In-band Nobody: ... Baritone player: trombones are baritones Me: the baritone player who posted this so if they were the same how would he not know Answer man: They aren't the same because pushing against this extra resistance makes playing high notes easier on the baritone than on the trombone. What the two instruments do have in common, is that they play approximately the same range of notes. This is because the length of tubing is roughly the same in both
To understand trombone you must understand that the only real rules is the end of the bell is your best friend and first position is the only true position (this is rarely subject to change)
@@bugsbunny6954 They are similar enough though. I’ve known someone who picked up the valve trombone; they are almost identical at that stage and the only difference is just the tone of the instrument.
I had to listen to it three times before I decided if I could only listen to one song for the rest of time it would be this dude playing this one. I’ve never heard ANYTHING like that before. It reminded me why I love music in the first. That man committed magic that day.
@@not_meepington All tenors, not a single bass trombone in sight. Bass trombones would also be noticeably airier up there. Source? I play the damn thing. It would be R O U G H to do what the lead is doing on a bass.
I’m literally crying rn just how unfair it is that people with talent like this go unrecognized. I had a great passion for music and slowly lost it because of how unfair the industry is and how different it’s become. Hope all of these youngins get somewhere far far in life.
Each of these men have more talent in their little toes than most youtubers and every single TitTok'er yet they all get paid handsomely just for being a twat with a camera, funny old world.
I think music should not have money walls or any societal/industrial pressure to exist. Its a art that allow to express, no matter if i'm getting paid for it or if i will ever be recognize, idc, because the very meaning of it is to pour your heart in this expression
@@し-か Tom Browne is an example of why the money does matter. He’s a pilot now as he needed money to be able to raise his family. There’s certainly a level where mucicians make unfathomable amounts of money, l but I think what they’re saying is that that player should be able to keep playing - this IS only a school band.
geez bruh what high school you go to? We had one guy in college that could play like this and idk if the rest of the section could have backed him up lol
Russell County High School in Alabama. Fairly unknown school, they don’t do anything except a couple competitions a year. That was my senior year, I was on bass guitar in the stands and in the pit. We had the guy on trombone, a few more trombone players backing him up, and then the only two sousaphones and me on the bass part. It was a good time all around
Missed opportunity to do the version where the soloist here, William Bilal, was in high school. The energy there is still to the day UNMATCHED. I'm glad that more people are being introduced to HBCU style playing without the negative perception it is normally given.
@@mylife-asaverylol because it "lacks refinement" (AKA they're black and therefore can't play with finesse). People will always find SOMETHING to be racist about. Playing on the knife edge is what gives it soul to begin with.
This was beautiful my brother. Man I literally shed tears hearing this, and you can feel the soul of this man playing and it touching everyone who hears. Amazing!!!!
I can’t stop watching this . Ps that’s almost 15 trombones and you can still hear the soloist clear . That’s power talent and Melodies . I’m impressed. My band head know what I’m talking bout
When I say this video has had me in a chokehold for the past year, I mean it won’t. let. go. Guy is a phenomenal artist. The sheer amount of soul he brings makes me tear up if I’m feeling even mildly emotional whilst listening to him.
Just found this earlier today and literally could not stop the tears and even now they're not far away. So interesting just pure joy to hear it's amazing
i KNOW those cheers at 1:18 werent for anything happening in the game (at least, if they came from the band). most band kids couldnt give less of a shit about football itself, we’re just here to play our silly songs and march our silly show.
I am literally in Tears. I listen to it over 30 times and still is surprised. Playing above the staff like that. This what a super Human looks like. This is pure talent I would love to know who this is. I want more
William Bilal. He attends Benedict College. He's also performed this solo (from Black & Blues) several times before & after--in case you want to hear some other versions. In this video, he's performing it at Homecoming.
You ain't never lied! I've listened to this young man play this song so many times I have lost count! Not to mention I get tears in my eyes and I feel joy at the same time!
Kudos to the unsung hero the cameraman for recording this. Without him thinking to whip out his camera, we wouldn't have the luxury of enjoying this piece all these years later.
"nobody will ever play as soulfully as this" oh baby do I have a school of trombone playing for you. This is just the tip of the iceberg compared to United House of Prayer trombonists
@@ethanstrickland228 That's what I meant, he's for sure UHOP and there's so much more like what he's doing to discover in that world. Absolutely crazy chops with dripping with soul.
Considering the majority of persons don't know how to play an instrument, it's incredible to see that SOMETHING on the insides TELLS YOU you're listening to GREATNESS!!!
This man was literally VIBING at it! Really feeling the music! I'm a trumpet player, and my grandpa is a trombonist. I showed him this video, and he was shocked. Such clear and high notes in that trombone are INSANE! Made them seem easy!
Every one of those notes requires an incredible amount of air and embouchure control….didn’t hear a singe cracked note or missed pitch, truly an amazing performance! Bravo!
Football team: down 30 points, gets 3 ribs broken
The band:
Oh the countless times we’ve played during a flag by mistake (worth it)
LOL!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And then we end up winning
100% the relationship of our band and football team
You’re absolutely not wrong
I think that guy knows he's the best musician in the whole band
I think you mean in the whole world
@@thehudsonhornet95 I think you mean the whole galaxy
@@stronk9760 i think you mean ever
@@rarechase9487 i think you mean ever in all dimensions. This world is the world where his entire life has been leading to this moment and where anything bad that happened in other worlds didn't happen in this one. This is also a universe where he is lucky to exist (unlike in others)
@@Isai314 i think you mean in the wallmart
I'll go find the door myself
"can anyone here play the trumpet part?"
"yes"
"you're a trombone player"
" *I know* "
😂
It's actually a trombone part! This is pretty much a 1:1 transcription of Smelley Bone's arrangement of Black and Blues. Couple different rhythms in the lead is all that's different.
@@hoodbanana bro your username scared the shit out of me bc my name's Caleb lol. Anyways about the original comment: my band teacher actually does play trumpet shit on his trombone with the younger classes.
Hi Kelsan!!!
Even tho this is a trombone solo, I actually was wondering if Wil actually, may have possibly played trumpet before picking up the trombone cuz his embouchure is CRAZZYY to be picking up these high ass tones, big respect for him cuz WHEW 👏🏽👌🏽🔥
As a dude who plays trombone now for 20 years, I'd say this is beyond the line of professional perfomance.
This is legendary ❤
I cry every time I hear it
@@DeanMathis-fh8fr me too.
This is the first time I didn't cry. I've lost it like 5x. @@DeanMathis-fh8fr
@@DeanMathis-fh8fr i cry every time
When the trombone section is more popular than the football team at a football game
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If they sound like that not even the patriots can match them
Unfortunately most HBCU are like this.
As it should be
The Trombones alone. Who knows how good the rest of this band was
This is the most badass trombone I've ever seen
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Some might say it’s lit af
you and me both
I've been blessed with a heart from a content creator does UA-cam send me a silver play button or something now
Anyone knows what song/piece it is?
I love how everyone was just chillin, then slowly began to realize their faces were being melted off.
At 0:36 you can see… This is when they realized
@@jarengardner695 they just all turn at once and A C E N D
Yes they start to stand up and take notice I get the chills every time
The guy that stands up and puts his hands on his hips like "the fuck y'all doin over der" and then he keeps looking like "nahhhh ain't no damn way"
I am surprised his bell did not melt.
whoever was blasting the ad over the loud speaker should be fined for destruction of art
“hey ladies 😏 wanna roll with 👀 the big guys 😎💪🏽” like yall turn that off 😭
ONG 😭
Agreed
think of it as a sample!
one day I'll spend 3 hyperfocused weeks learning about those AI audio mix separation tools and sort this out. There's an attempt on youtube already but I feel like it's not what it could be.
ua-cam.com/video/CC7ZLhYF0Eo/v-deo.html
(props to the creator of that though, it's a noble cause)
I’ve never heard a trombone play this high. It sounds like a synth almost.
No need to insult the lad....
@@ScratchySlide It wasn't an insult, just an observation.
You shall listen to zoltan kiss than😂😂
You should definitely give a listen to David Steinmeyer. Great jazz trombonist with an absurd range
I personally can play most if not all the notes here, just not that many for that long. He, however, plays them like they're in the middle of his range, like they're nothing. It's incredible.
Dude; is that ONE trombone??! He’s balancing the entire section!! BAD ASS
they were probably playing softer too
This is why I love trombones, whenever we get melody or something like this, it sounds AMAZING, especially when they can do right and loud with a good sound
@@C4pt41nN3m0 you can hear them get softer though. obv the solo is playing louder
When you know a person will become a session/touring musician
@@defectivepikachu4582 they definitely had to back off a tad, but they were in a trombone battle with the visiting band so they had to play loud enough to carry across the field.
Dude has serious talent to play that loud and still sound amazing in that range
As a trombonist, those notes were fucking high, yet he played them like they were in the middle of his range
Also a trombonist here, that's exactly what I was thinking like I play on a Bach 36 and tend to play 3rd parts and so my upper range isn't as good as it once was, but damn what chops!
I the highest I saw was a double e
Yeah just what I was thinking, incredible
Mans used .02% of his power
I’m a former-trombonist who sucked at it but sometimes I just want to open that old case and start over.
I played trombone for 7 years and have NEVER heard someone play with so much power, precision and SOUL!
@@frelin244 some kid in the above comments said the notes are easy. He’s 9th grade. I’m like fella you got a lot to learn. He’s making it sing, not play concert notes
“Did you play an incredible trombone solo?”
“Yes”
“What did it cost?”
“All feeling in my lips…”
"And a lung"
Fucking worth it
🤣🤣
My face hurts seeing that, and my lungs
@@gatorteeth5908 you should try a tenor solo at a marching band you can't breathe the entire song except 2 times
Trombone player here. Having such a full sound in that register is fucking mental. Serious chops.
Facts bro
Ikr this dude is insane
*chops*
Agreed, I don’t want to believe it because it hurts how much this means that I’m bad
Yea most trombonists don't even have that range let alone the amount of comfortability he has up there.
HIS TONE IS SO GOOD??? AND SO CLEAR??? I really don’t think people understand how HARD it is to play with amazing tone quality like that and be that HIGH above the staff-like HOW??!
I think it might be transcribed to high the soloist. As a trombonist the notes are around F-Bb in Bb scale
There's a guy in a black shirt in the back who stands up at about 1:15 I think he understands.
@@ColonialForbin Hm? He went as high as Double Eb (1:24 and 1:25) and it is transcribed correctly.
@@donovannaghitorabi4427 just when he is playing around high Bb
Some seriously pursed lips
They thought they were in church and were shouting to the trombonist like: "YOU BETTER SANG!"
I don’t care who you are. That guy is 100% the main character of earth
Me and Jesus shaking our heads rn🤣🤣
@@ChildOfMercy if this guy isn't the main character, who is?
definately omfg
*main character of a band-themed anime
This was right before/during the final boss showdown
@@Hubba_Hubba9 pl]pp w 0
They better have taken this dude out to eat after the game was over, that solo warmed my soul
He ATE this entire video 😆. I agree tho
just get him the whole restaurant at this point, he earned it
they better have taken him out to eat and then eaten him out too
@@dineshjanapati6511 too far lol
@@dineshjanapati6511 Pause.
“Here we see where all the trombone players in the world go when you want to put together a big band “- David Attenborough
Dude. Seriously?? WOW!! I've listened to this 100 times. We really need a version without all those announcements at the start!! Big ups legends!
it's one out there
It's just so clean. And they're not just playing it they're playing it with soul. So so so good.
Edit: There seems to be a bit of debate over what constitutes "clean." To my admittedly untrained ear, it sounded clean. Ok? Ok.
Or maybe there just playing for fun not that serious
@@skypremix2515 isn’t that basically what playing with the soul means
Ya uh,that’s what playing with soul isXD
Yeah, I'm failing to see how playing with soul = not fun. They are clearly having a lot of fun and are very good and are pouring every ounce of both enjoyment and skill into that performance. That's why it's so good. It's not some wrote rehearsal of a piece they don't care about it's an expression of everything that makes music amazing.
Clean? Did we listen to the same video? They have some things they need to clean up as a section.
He better be on a FULL scholarship!!!
IKR
Pretty sure the whole line got accepted out of high school
ABSOLUTELY
@@CELINExDION the bari sax is Leo P, who is a professor at Julliard
@@erboch7124 that's awesome
Here's another "as a trombonist" comment. As a trombonist, this was freaking NUTS. I played for 7 years and I could just barely hold those notes at the higher end of this, let alone play them with any stability or good tone quality. MASSIVE props to this guy.
play trumpet. Helped me a lot with my high notes on trombone.... but this solo is so much more then just high notes. Its art!
@@Simon-jw1ww very well said
Bass trombone supremacy
When you get to play that loud, it’s easier to get good stability on higher notes.
which is why we have different chairs there is a method of practice to increas your upper limits and then there are ways to increase your endurance these are not the same kind of training and or practice.
I come back to this every few months, almost a pilgrimage at this point.
If it pops up on my feed I need to rewatch it. Gives me chills every time
@@TouchGrassShow thanks for reminding me to watch this again lol
@@Ron.xionzrewell then you’ll need another reminder.
@@FederalFlavx always appreciate one :D
I wish there was a studio version of this so badly
First time I heard this I said they should put this on wax.
not a studio version but at least you can hear it better
ua-cam.com/video/baVwP7Vx394/v-deo.html&ab_channel=BrenardRobinson
@@parabellum5503same!! Im addicted to all different versions now
Black and blues instrumental - Smelley bone
I use Spotify myself to listen to it
@@Kingjohn11111 i love youuuu thankssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
as a retired trombonist, I can say this is the most impressive thing I've ever seen. Those notes are NOT easy to hit, especially in a row like that. my respects
He's the younger brother of Hank Bilal, his name is William Bilal.
Same for me.
I played in high school. I was never that good
Same here
As someone who can call themselves
"A retired Trombonist", why on Earth did you give it up? Did you not enjoy it anymore?
Hell of a player. And it’s no joke how much having your band hype you up while playing gets you the energy to get through stuff like this.
This is on a whole different level of truth!! You can tell when they started to feel it so did he!!
I wonder how their lungs felt after that-
The adrenaline it gives u
This deserved my FULL 1:45 of watching. Hats off to you, young sir, for an exquisite performance.
This man is pouring EVERYTHING into EVERY SINGLE NOTE.
It may have cost 1 lung and exploded his lips, but he made it worth it.
Yes he did
Former high school band nerd here: the trombone section always seemed to have the most fun of any section of the band with the possible, POSSIBLE, exception of the percussion section...... That being said, this gave me chills...
I’ve only been in high school band for a year and I can fully agree with you. It’s a bit weird, I’m very introverted but when I’m with my section it’s like my wild side is realeased.
It's the not-so-secret secret club of awesome in the back of the rehearsal room, and in the front of the marching band.
Hell I agree, never had so much playing the bone than with others, my section and I had a traditional song
As a part of being in a Marching band during my high school years. I play flute for 1 season, Trumpet for 2 seasons, and caller guard for 1 season (pretty much I’ve being a part of my school marching band for my entire high school years). The trumpet section was the most funnest section as the Trumpeters in that section are fun to hang out with, except that one emo guy. Flute was ok, They’re mostly serious and passionate, though they have a fun side as well. I hate caller guard position, those flags are heavy af and they expect me to swirl it back and forth and dance around with it, I almost hit one trombonist one time during our practice.
Even though I don’t play the Trombone. The people that plays in the Trombone section having the nicest and chilling people. I’m friends with 1-2 of them.
This is not disrespect, quite the contrary. To make a trombone sound like a damn kazoo?!? holy hell that is talent. One of the best trombone performances I have ever heard. Well played.
The secret: consume a kazoo
I think it’s the mic that’s picking it up that’s compressing the sound :)
@@FeistyPineapple definitely cant handle all of them lol
it's probably the proximity effect of the phone mic, mixed with the way he's playing which is similar to a voice.
As a trombone player myself sometimes we play with just such energy it comes out like that it gets really really raspy like that the louder you play and the faster your air moves through the instrument, it's really a acquired taste in sound tho
I want this to be played at my funeral
😂😂😂😂😂😂
that’s honestly some of the best trombonin I’ve heard in a good long while
Some damn good ‘bonin
This gave me a tromboner
Some good trambone
Great trombone
As a percussionist I’ve always been overwhelmed by how brass and wind players can just push every ounce of passion and emotion through their instrument. This is singing without words
As a trumpet player I can tell you right now. The way we sing without words and seem to have boundless energy is from our passion. We put all our emotion and hopes and dreams into our music, singing with soul!
As a guitar player ive never heard something so beautiful, so honest and passionate . Those words really dont sum up how i feel watching this. I just tear up
Bro, you can make a vibraphone sing just as well. Just takes a bit more XD
We just start poppin veins and we’re all set
@@q12aw50 ain't that the truth 💀
Brings a tear to my eye everytime I see fellow trombonists playing their ass off.
We are the backbone in most songs, but you give us the chance to solo we will solo the fuck out of anything.
Plus, all trombone players come with +5 Humour bonuses. So you know that dude is probably the funniest guy in the group.
@@kap3851
Watching these videos makes me want to get a trombone again and relearn all that I missed and catch up for lost time
i play tuba :^)
@@braydenh97 yeah you're pretty cool too
everyone loves a good tuba solo!
Trombonists are the most versatile. Melody? Done. Harmony? Done. Lead? Well, you asked us to lead, you didn't say not to blast, so FUCK YOU! Backbone? Fine. Solo? FUCK THE REST OF THE BAND, I'M GONNA BEND THE DAMN SLIDE IF I HAVE TO
I'm not gone lie I shed a thug tear. Something resonated deep in my soul. No words. Just vibes.
Y’all not recognizing that this man is BLOWING. That register at that volume with that clarity is unbelievable.
It’s easier to player clearer at that range if your playing loud
@@PumilateVFX Up to a certain point its easier. He's fully blowing, much harder. Just appreciate it and stop hating
@@OGSauceDaddy why would I hate it’s not hating
@@OGSauceDaddy I play trombone too I know this stuff
@@PumilateVFX So do I. Thats how I know.
As a trombonist, I feel it is needed to say I'd like to see a trumpet try that.
As I trumpet player I could never. My lips hurt from playing cold hearted 😭😭😭
Even if you could it wouldn't sound as good
This. This right here is true
I transposed it and did. It’s not hard on trumpet. This dude played a super amazing piece which a ton a soul, but it is only hard for his instrument. Stop picking fights when you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Edit: The score is on musescore. Just look up “black blues trumpet”
@@informationnotavailable6433did you write it out? If so, can you send me the sheet music? I would like to try for myself
when the book of Revelation talks about the trumpets blowing when the kingdom of Heaven descends, this is what I picture.
I always imagine “When the saints go marching in”
These are trombones…..
Christ chad gang
Yo true
You'll still be waiting in a thousand years. You have no evidence for your God
Me: try to sleep
The mosquito at 4 am:
lol thats perfect
if mosquitos are this fluent in music i would be happy to donate a few drop of my blood and grow an itchy lump
Excellent comment my fellow music lover@andrewzhan5207
😂😂😂😂😂
Lmfaoo
Let’s take a second to appreciate the section to commiting to creating such a high volume and balanced effort, and thank the band leader for not calling it blarring and allowing it to happen. As a former trombone player and DCI euph player, that is a unique and once-in-a-lifetime experience they had. That level of musicianship is, especially in a football game band, is unheard of. Outstanding.
You should see the whole video there's another video here thats about 12 minutes long where it's basically all build up to this. This trombone section and the other team's section keep going back and forth with stand tunes and then get met with this at the end
@@Novacreeper231 link? i would love to see that
@@ieattacos68 ua-cam.com/video/5qBrPtrVbCQ/v-deo.html
@Cheese Meister what corps were you a part of.
I didn't know what most of those words meant. DCI EUPH.. and so I went down the rabbit hole looking for information. From finding out the difference between a Baritone and "euph" to so much more lol. THANKS.
The definition of "Let him cook"
😛
The craziest part about this video is that it came at the end of a very close battle with the other school’s Trombone section, and the rest of the band had never heard them play this song. They looked confused during the build up and that’s why they reacted so hype to the solo, because not only was it absolutely incredible, they had no idea it was coming and being rehearsed behind the scenes. Furthermore, this is only shortly after the section learned the song, since this was the official “unveiling” moment. Which means it’s probably not even these players’ best performance of the song.
Jesus that's insane I'd love to do something like this when I go to college if I go
That first time performing something you’ve been rehearsing for while, when the emotion is at its highest with all the anticipation and excitement of putting something new out there for everyone to hear, and before all that emotion is clouded up by trying to get all the details right…that’s when MAGIC happens. I guarantee this group chased the feeling that THIS performance brought every single time they played it. It’s awesome they got this moment recorded for them and the world to see for ever. It’s truly something special here.
A M A Z I N G 🔥 ❤️ I watched this on Instagram soooooo many times and still watched it so many times here. It's captivating and speaks to the bone marrow. Good job 🎉it
If I heard something like that 'li e' for the 1st time..and I was in that crowd...I would've been going bananas!!! They didn't react ENOUGH imo...my question is...who wrote it???
@@cuprimordial1273 This is an arrangement of Black and Blues by Al Jarreau.
This is one of those things that UA-cam will reccomend to everyone like in a few years and it will go viral
Watching his band mates slowly realize that they're witnessing sometimes special is is my favorite part of the whole video.
Agreed ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
And you only get a few of those in your life. They'll never forget it.
Whats the orig music? Pls
@@ineedsomenicotine8501 Al Jarreau black and blues
slowly realizing??? as if they haven't rehearsed this countless times???
Every musician that ever played anything should get goosebumps from this and watch it 20 times in awe!… He went wheels!!🔥🔥
literally describes my entire life since i found this
spot on..spot on
I can't stop listening to this. This is my second full hour of putting this on repeat. I can't stop it
Me currently right now lol
Facts! I play bass and hearing this makes me wanna try to emulate this on bass but it also makes me wanna learn trombone! Lol 💯🙌🏽
They are literally just keeping the entire band quiet. That’s so kickass
This was the end of a trombone or brass play off at a football game. They were going back and forth with the the other school band on the other side. I saw the full video somewhere….. this ended it
@@erichall090909 No doubt man. This was a literal finisher. You can just hear “Fatality”…
@@TheOofaloofa ua-cam.com/video/5qBrPtrVbCQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=BandTubeHighDefinition%2CLLC Here's the full battle if you're interested
Tears rolled down my face involuntarily listening to this 😭😭😭
Same
Mine too🥰🥰🥰
😂 me too . Hit me hard , his passion is unmatched
Whew thought I was the only one 🤟🏾
My kind of people, I guarantee everyone who this has happened to , has the best taste in music
Thats impressive. I came across "The blue devils Space Chords" last night and thats also some incredible brass work.
Just wait until you hear Carolina Crown’s brass ua-cam.com/video/6j6Y8Df6PYA/v-deo.html
I came across this one.... ua-cam.com/video/SE753X8h5b8/v-deo.html
Some mighty fine ensemble!
Should check out Carolina crown hammer drop
Okay...but ua-cam.com/video/XYgXEp54Aj0/v-deo.html
...and that is just their warmups!
That is some absolutely ridiculous trombone playing. Very few people can do that.
I can play that high but not with that much control and that good of tone, PLUS so much soul, it's fucking insane! The dude is insane.
This is the perfect example of clicking onto a video not expecting to get chills/goosebumps and then being completely surprised. This had me feeling a type of way! Amazing!
THAT PART
Absolutely chilling. You can hear the raw emotion in his playing and it is tear-inducing
A trombonist "shouldn't" be able to hit these notes so cleanly!!!! This is exceptional!
What do you mean we need a shrin we need to warship this man and pray thag someday we can be as good as he
@@wilsonboys7170yep
@@wilsonboys7170blasphemy may God have mercy on you
The amount of sheer SOUL that this guy has is absolutely INSANE!!!!!! Every bit of air going through that trombone is pure soul and this guy has enough to fill a whole stadium. Proud to say I can live in the same time as someone who's this absolutely talented. Wherever he is today, he better play until his lungs give out because he's got God's gift
I love how when the solo comes in *Everybody* turns around and looks, and a mere ten second later a good amount of people are already jamming.
It was pretty finger lickin good
They called us trombone players back ground you showed them my boy I’m geeked up like I’m preforming ❤
What I absolutely love (besides that otherworldly trombone solo):
- they played this during a trombone battle against another school. Though no winners were declared, from this alone I think we all know who "won."
- the reason why the rest of the band looks so surprised and hyped is that this is the first time anyone out of the trombone section heard this piece.
- even the crowd behind them watching the game got hype for it. If you look closely, you'll see people immediately start standing up and beelining over to the band section.
- though it doesn't show in this clip, in the original video, the roar from the crowd and the band were deafening. They all KNEW what they just witnessed and they dunked on the other band h a r d.
What battle was it I want to see what the other school got I’m curious
Battle? More like massacre - this tbone section is AMAZING
First time they heard it but they know the backup notes to play. You're just making stuff up at that point. They're obviously playing with him , not a bit surprised
@@travislindsey1507 they said it was the first time anyone OUTSIDE of the trombone section heard it. the whole trombone section learned it but no one in the other sections had heard them practice or play it before.
@@travislindsey1507 reread the comment
The ability of American trombone players in particular to make the extreme high register have the same body of sound as the low-middle is astounding.
It’s the football. Nothing beats playing stand tunes to hype up the crowd and just wanting to let it rip. More people see college marching bands than DCI finals or any other band play. That energy is unreal. The first time I got to play in front of over 80,000 people in my college marching band was surreal. The cheering is so loud you can barely hear yourself playing no matter how loud it is. Play some high notes in that environment for the whole season and you put so much air through your horn you start to sound like that. We don’t try to sound polite and beautiful, we try to bring the swagger to tens of thousands of people and we blow until it works
@@jacksonpalmer8955 it's an ability I've also noticed in players with no involvement in football.
@@Snookbone Sure, but the energy of a crowd like that brings a different sort of strength to players. It's kinda hard to describe if you've never experienced it yourself.
@@Snookbone All through high school my teachers would talk about the brass being fresh off the field when we would start fall concert band. That's why they'd do the Jazz concert around christmas. Let all the brass blow their damn chops out before christmas break.
@@VocalMabiMaple I have
This man playing the trombone like it's his last day on earth. Mad Respect. Unbelievable playing!
Damnn when @00:28 starts playing😭😭🔥🔥
I love watching the reactions of individual people who go from not listening, to “wait wtf is happening right now” 😂 Also the people who recognize and appreciate the insane playing from the start, like the individual who first stood up who’s also in the band
yeah, I saw her too! The first time that I watched it. She knew immediately.
Yes! I LOVE that moment when a musician has tapped you on the shoulder like, "listen here, I got something to say!"
@@chenzirasneedwell said. As a musician that's one of the best feelings, seeing someone get sucked into your performance
You can also see members of the band pissed that the people working the sound system started playing music while the trombones were playing 😂 been there done that
Old trombone player and out of practice by 20 years. This entire thing just blew my mind. Al the backup bones were great and the fact that the lead cuts threw with such crisp execution is amazing.
Also love the rest of the band's reactions..
You can literally HEAR the passion and soul in every note. True talent right there. Hope he gets the recognition he deserves.
It's as if the trombone were fused to his soul to allow it to speak. How he's able to convey so much emotion with an instrument like that shows how deeply music is intertwined with our rawest emotions.
As a baritone and tuba player I can’t fully understand trombones, but I know the pitches, and that is absolutely crazy. I am not even gonna try to describe that insanity in words.
Trombone is ultimately just slippery baritone
Me: In-band
Nobody: ...
Baritone player: trombones are baritones
Me: the baritone player who posted this so if they were the same how would he not know
Answer man: They aren't the same because pushing against this extra resistance makes playing high notes easier on the baritone than on the trombone. What the two instruments do have in common, is that they play approximately the same range of notes. This is because the length of tubing is roughly the same in both
To understand trombone you must understand that the only real rules is the end of the bell is your best friend and first position is the only true position (this is rarely subject to change)
@@bugsbunny6954 They are similar enough though. I’ve known someone who picked up the valve trombone; they are almost identical at that stage and the only difference is just the tone of the instrument.
To understand trombone you must become one with the trombone
Get this man a full scholarship to a music school whenever he wants. He should be on stage performing next to Leo P. What a performance that would be.
...AMEN! DOES THE BROTHER EVEN NEED A SCHOLARSHIP????😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
you're right, leo p would be a great opener for this guy
@@SharleneHartwell-qx5jbbenedict college probably wanted him💀💀😭😭
His whole family are famous musicians. He's been recruited since a kid
Listened to this more than a dozen times in a row. Powerful!
Can't stop listening to this, man...
Me too bro it’s so fucking good
I had to listen to it three times before I decided if I could only listen to one song for the rest of time it would be this dude playing this one. I’ve never heard ANYTHING like that before. It reminded me why I love music in the first. That man committed magic that day.
The sheet music below really puts in perspective how incredibly difficult and awesome this truly is, hats off to all of these nuggets 👏🏼👏🏼
I can't stop listening.
I've counted 10 times, just today, and I'm about to hit replay
30 for me ;)
About to 20 for me. A Facebook share and I’m bout to wake my husband to hear it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m probably on 30 or 40 times listening lmao this was incredible!!!!!!
You gotta make it your ring tone!
It’s beyond crazy that a high schooler made a trombone sing like that. Absolutely beautiful.
He is at Benedict college an HBCU
@@kevinrice1085 The soloist in this video played the same solo in high school as well. His name is William Bilal
Are they playing bass trombones or are they just able to produce that kind of tone?
@@not_meepington I’m not sure, I’m pretty sure they’re not using contrabass trombones though 🤔
@@not_meepington All tenors, not a single bass trombone in sight. Bass trombones would also be noticeably airier up there. Source? I play the damn thing. It would be R O U G H to do what the lead is doing on a bass.
That man playing that trombone like the rent due.
he was the only person playing these parts, but you can hear him so clear, and he has a perfect pitch and tone
I’m literally crying rn just how unfair it is that people with talent like this go unrecognized. I had a great passion for music and slowly lost it because of how unfair the industry is and how different it’s become. Hope all of these youngins get somewhere far far in life.
Each of these men have more talent in their little toes than most youtubers and every single TitTok'er yet they all get paid handsomely just for being a twat with a camera, funny old world.
I think music should not have money walls or any societal/industrial pressure to exist.
Its a art that allow to express, no matter if i'm getting paid for it or if i will ever be recognize, idc, because the very meaning of it is to pour your heart in this expression
I have good news: this video alone got 3.6M views. It is definitely not going unrecognized.
WTF are you talking about? Unrecognized? This video has 3.7 million views. Stop patting yourself on the back, and calm down.
@@し-か Tom Browne is an example of why the money does matter. He’s a pilot now as he needed money to be able to raise his family.
There’s certainly a level where mucicians make unfathomable amounts of money, l but I think what they’re saying is that that player should be able to keep playing - this IS only a school band.
We played this in high school my senior year, our lead trombone came close but no one will ever top this guy.
geez bruh what high school you go to? We had one guy in college that could play like this and idk if the rest of the section could have backed him up lol
Russell County High School in Alabama. Fairly unknown school, they don’t do anything except a couple competitions a year. That was my senior year, I was on bass guitar in the stands and in the pit. We had the guy on trombone, a few more trombone players backing him up, and then the only two sousaphones and me on the bass part. It was a good time all around
Name of peice?
It’s called Black and Blues
Missed opportunity to do the version where the soloist here, William Bilal, was in high school. The energy there is still to the day UNMATCHED. I'm glad that more people are being introduced to HBCU style playing without the negative perception it is normally given.
where can we find the full video
@@mmm.tortillas Just look up a video called Fairfield Central Trombones
Makes me happy too. Glad the HBCU style is getting love. I remember when people were super ignorant and rude about it.
Why would anyone be rude or non accepting to this? I've played music for over 25 years and I think it's amazing. People are just dumb.
@@mylife-asaverylol because it "lacks refinement" (AKA they're black and therefore can't play with finesse). People will always find SOMETHING to be racist about. Playing on the knife edge is what gives it soul to begin with.
This was beautiful my brother. Man I literally shed tears hearing this, and you can feel the soul of this man playing and it touching everyone who hears. Amazing!!!!
As a trombone player, this is top notch
Well, maybe just above that...
This is light-years beyond talent. This is skill, dedication, triumph, and BADASS BEHAVIOR!
This performance gives me chills no matter how many times I listen to it. Excellent.
This makes me want to pick up the Trombone again. I have NEVER heard a Trombone sound anything like that, pure magic
Same it honestly made me tear up because I wasted such potential as a child and possibilities are endless for all of us
i haven’t played my trombone in over 20 years and i want to go buy a new one now
Never too late! You should :)
Same, it makes me regret selling mine
Man, I saw this 3 years ago and it finally showed back up on my front page
Absolutely ridiculous
I can’t stop watching this . Ps that’s almost 15 trombones and you can still hear the soloist clear . That’s power talent and Melodies . I’m impressed. My band head know what I’m talking bout
almost forgot to watch this today
Same 😂
When I say this video has had me in a chokehold for the past year, I mean it won’t. let. go. Guy is a phenomenal artist. The sheer amount of soul he brings makes me tear up if I’m feeling even mildly emotional whilst listening to him.
Truth! Been listening to it for 3yrs so far, still gets me.
His soul ignites ours! That Godly flow
Just found this earlier today and literally could not stop the tears and even now they're not far away. So interesting just pure joy to hear it's amazing
Nice to know I’m not the only one. It pierces the soul.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that felt the emotion, it's insane what he put into it.
i KNOW those cheers at 1:18 werent for anything happening in the game (at least, if they came from the band). most band kids couldnt give less of a shit about football itself, we’re just here to play our silly songs and march our silly show.
damn he is singing through that horn, most badass soulful trombone solo I've ever heard
Man, life ain't fair. I can't even make a cake without getting eggshells in it and here these folks are releasing the sound of the galaxy.
😂😂😂😂
These yolks
I'm just gonna calmly sent my trombone down and think about life real quick
then pick it up again bc he lit a fire in ya that you'll achieve your own greatness 🤨🔥 blow that horn !! /pos
@@sillylilguy201 YES DRILL SARGENT!
fr fr
This the most epic trombone solo ever! Well done!
A level of stank some could never achieve. Literally the coolest
Absolutely filthy. I love it.
After listening to this song hundreds of times, this is officially trombone gospel to me
Oh my god! That's precisely what it feels like!
Yesssss!!!! He took us to church, I’d be there every Sunday heck Saturday too if this is what awaited me
@@naniki29Jesus awaits you the one who created every star and every moon and created you and knows you perfectly... Isn't that better ?
@@YeshuaisKing7777no
Taken them to church
I am literally in Tears. I listen to it over 30 times and still is surprised. Playing above the staff like that. This what a super Human looks like. This is pure talent I would love to know who this is. I want more
William Bilal. He attends Benedict College. He's also performed this solo (from Black & Blues) several times before & after--in case you want to hear some other versions. In this video, he's performing it at Homecoming.
You ain't never lied! I've listened to this young man play this song so many times I have lost count! Not to mention I get tears in my eyes and I feel joy at the same time!
Me too!
Our section leader for trumpet plays 5 octave A’s and screams like it’s nothing our co section leader screams on everything her plays💀
This is the same kid that went viral playing this song when he was in high school. Every time I see either video I tear up lol
Kudos to the unsung hero the cameraman for recording this. Without him thinking to whip out his camera, we wouldn't have the luxury of enjoying this piece all these years later.
I especially appreciate how all his band mates are hyping him up the whole time, just pumped to be in the presence of such greatness
"nobody will ever play as soulfully as this" oh baby do I have a school of trombone playing for you. This is just the tip of the iceberg compared to United House of Prayer trombonists
writing this down for later reference
he is UHOP
@@ethanstrickland228 That's what I meant, he's for sure UHOP and there's so much more like what he's doing to discover in that world. Absolutely crazy chops with dripping with soul.
This is UHOP all day!!!
Considering the majority of persons don't know how to play an instrument, it's incredible to see that SOMETHING on the insides TELLS YOU you're listening to GREATNESS!!!
The power of music
Underrated comment!
He touched that SOUL
The level of professionalism these musicians have to not get lost in what they’re supposed to be doing when a solo like this happens is amazing!
1:03 literally sounds like a saw wave synth and i love it
Holy shit it does! 😱
god damn, you right!
This man was literally VIBING at it! Really feeling the music!
I'm a trumpet player, and my grandpa is a trombonist. I showed him this video, and he was shocked. Such clear and high notes in that trombone are INSANE! Made them seem easy!
Every one of those notes requires an incredible amount of air and embouchure control….didn’t hear a singe cracked note or missed pitch, truly an amazing performance! Bravo!
Holy hell I want this on repeat for the rest of my life