April in Paris - Count Basie and his Orchestra (1965)

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Matthew Shank

11 жыл бұрын

Count Basie and his Orchestra April in Paris

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@snapfinger1 Жыл бұрын

The logistics of keeping a band like this together are mind blowing.

@fernmann7 Жыл бұрын

True, but if you’re a musician, who better to work for than the great CB?

@snapfinger1 11 ай бұрын

@@fernmann7 Duke Ellington ?

@jeaninep.donaldson112 11 ай бұрын

My favorite part of the Blazing Saddles movie❤😂

@bblegacy Ай бұрын

...beginning with working 320+ gigs a year to get a sense of what a REAL band is and what it's like to play in one that's not just a bunch of freelancers that get together a few times a month, if that often.

@gabrieldjatienza6971 Жыл бұрын

Just 20 seconds of Count Basie in a hilarious scene in Blazing Saddles leading to thunderous applause and laughter in that comedy masterpiece!

@antiquedreams.6104 Жыл бұрын

We owe so much to jazz musicians from the great big bands era. They completely redefined music! Every single genre and artist ever since has been heavily influenced by jazz's charm. The orchestrated arrangements, the piano solos, even the most famous and used chord progression of all time was originally used in a jazz song. I will never get over how talented and inspiring these people were.

@Thelonious2Monk 2 жыл бұрын

There was and never will be any orchestra that swings like that of the Great Count (actually King) Basie. This piece is so engraved in my brain that I am practically made out of it!!!

@martinplatt5928 7 жыл бұрын

This was incredible in 1965............certainly the best big band ever...................................

@blakepereira5583 4 жыл бұрын

@Ed Miller Count Basie and Stan Kenton were the best of the big bands

@marymichael1211 6 ай бұрын

And Benny Goodman.

@zolemica 8 жыл бұрын

Best scene in Blazing Saddles--Count Basie in the desert playing April in Paris...

@FurrySergal 6 жыл бұрын

I've seen that movie half a hundred times yet it wasn't until just now I realised why that ending always seemed _so_ familiar..

@mitchprent8830 6 жыл бұрын

Jeannie E. Hess I loved that scene when I was younger but watching it after knowing who Basie is gives it a whole new comedic effect

@albertopa58 5 жыл бұрын

I love that scene. Cleavon in the Gucci suede Cowboy suit. High giving the Count.

@Uncultured_Barbarian465 3 жыл бұрын

Great movie. Watching the movie back in the 70's on TV, I asked my Dad "Who is that guy playing piano with a hat like The Skipper?" He smiled and told me about Count Basie. Basie was such a talent, and had a great big band.

@sambadojazz 3 жыл бұрын

Won't ever forget the first time I saw the movie. As soon as his orchestra started playing, I'm digging it and thinking what a great soundtrack. Within seconds, the camera pans to the man AND his orchestra, right there in the desert. I lost it. :D

@Regajde 3 жыл бұрын

Drummer with some serious skills. Love it.

@tiger7892 10 ай бұрын

I was in jazz band in highschool and we loved playing this because we got to yell "One more time!" 😂 Such awesome memories ❤

@michaelward7612 7 жыл бұрын

My thriteen year old is watching this. He is learning about The Count and The Duke.

@nicklh186 7 жыл бұрын

Michael Ward amazing! 😄

@ClassicRocker61 7 жыл бұрын

thank you.....that's the answer I was looking for

@pamtebelman2321 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the rest of the royal family: the King of Swing (Benny Goodman) and the Queen of Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald)!

@paradoxicalcanons 3 жыл бұрын

I hope your now sixteen year old still loves it!

@leftcoaster67 3 жыл бұрын

Good you are teaching royalty. :)

@raywarman 2 ай бұрын

I grew up with this sound, being born in 1931 and still love it. I try more modern stuff but always return. This music will live forever.

@melissalewis6246 4 күн бұрын

I grew up in the 60-70s and my parents, well my dad, would blast this at home. I listen to it when I miss him.

@thoof2001 10 жыл бұрын

Man, Rufus 'Speedy' Jones just absolutely smokes on the Slingerlands . . . what a monster!

@davetrimble7494 6 жыл бұрын

thoof2001 ray anthoy

@djangorheinhardt 3 жыл бұрын

I think Rufus Jones had a short but tragic career.I think his son got in trouble and was jailed under, what is alleged, trumped up charges.He was a great drummer though.

@MegaLJ3 Жыл бұрын

The best band ever! In the 1960's I played opposite Basie in Memphis when he had Harold Jones on drums.

@LordWyatt Жыл бұрын

Nice 👌

@doctorhoffman4550 4 жыл бұрын

Every kid should get a course in school just to be introduced to this music. Consider it a history lesson. Mandatory !!!!!!

@billdix2606 Жыл бұрын

I'm 86 years old and I constantly think of all (now generations) will never know what I have and do know. A course in school, eh? What kind of conspiracy would that be? A Rap attack?

@mrs.stinson1092 Жыл бұрын

I am an elementary music teacher, and I love to introduce my students to the music of our shared American heritage. Count Basie, with an August birthday, is the first musician to be introduced to my students this year, with many more to come.

@johnhancock8107 Жыл бұрын

Music should never be mandatory. I know when I was younger I wouldn't have been interested. But I finally got here and it's great!

@robertricketts5467 4 ай бұрын

My parents,born in the late 1920's were much older than the parents of my childhood contemporaries,so I grew up in the 1970's listening to music that they liked and developed an appreciation for things like big Band,jazz,easy listening and classical etc. Moreover, I learned simply to love good music played or sung well.Thanks Mum and Dad...

@bruhdo3892 3 ай бұрын

My jazz band is performing this for our concert 😼

@ishisan2006 3 жыл бұрын

How elegant! How beautiful! Now, THAT is music. Thanks Count. Love ya!

@joshuaperry1067 9 жыл бұрын

Best band in history

@StevenC32 2 жыл бұрын

Count Basie was so talented, he gave the world some truly amazing music. My Father grew up listening to this kind of music. I grew up during the 70s and did not fully appreciate the type of music from my Father's generation, but now that I am older and wizer, I can fully appreciate this type of music. My only regret is that I wish that I could have enjoyed this music while my father was still alive and shared my appreciation for the music of his generation.

@NiallMor 4 ай бұрын

I know the feeling. My parents were part of “the Greatest Generation” that went through the Great Depression and World War Two. They grew up on the likes of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Glenn Miller. When I was younger I thought their music was for squares, dorks, and old fogeys. After they passed away, I listened to their music again and was amazed at what I had missed. Now when I listen to music from this era I remember them and wish I could have shared it with them.

@emillinke5397 Жыл бұрын

Count Basie is for me the the very best big band

@geraldjohnson848 9 жыл бұрын

Aug.21: Happy birthday jazz pianist William "Count" Basie (1904-1984) God bless...Thanks for the post. Blessings. (I still picture the Count playing out on prairie in "Blazing Saddles." Classic

@lindaperkins4521 5 жыл бұрын

me too --------favorite moments of all time!!!

@bkrider19 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Spanish flavor on that trumpet solo opening.

@matteowatteo1296 3 жыл бұрын

Listen to the record. Trumpeter does a funky take on "Pop Goes the Weasel" during his solo. Ridiculously great!!!!

@gwynenglishnielsen8596 3 жыл бұрын

If I had my choice as a singer, I would go back to the 1940s and sing with a band like Basie's. Simply incredible music!

@victoriacyunczyk 6 жыл бұрын

This song seems like it would go with footage of streamlined passenger trains in the 1940s. I love it.

@barneshomestead1240 Жыл бұрын

It'd have to have its own special box car & adjoining dance car too.

@sylviebertran8201 10 жыл бұрын

All of these men were so talented with the wonderful Count Basie at the helm Does it get any better than this ?

@chuckiedimes1466 3 жыл бұрын

Nope

@HelloooThere 2 жыл бұрын

How did Basie make them better?

@fernmann7 Жыл бұрын

Nope.

@brewsjazzclub 10 жыл бұрын

Simply masterful!

@DeanJuvenal 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to the PUBLICALLY owned, advert free, BBC for preserving this great piece of musical history.

@onlyme112 4 жыл бұрын

You mean, thanks to "all the British taxpayers who paid to preserve it" and "all the Google customers who pay the royalties to show it here". Nothing is ever really "free".

@aaamediamail5552 4 жыл бұрын

@@onlyme112 WRONG!

@rohankurani4974 3 жыл бұрын

@@aaamediamail5552 ok, explain how he’s wrong?

@aaamediamail5552 3 жыл бұрын

@@rohankurani4974 "advert free" was that which I wrote, Drongo.

@aaamediamail5552 3 жыл бұрын

@@rohankurani4974 Who appointed YOU to 'speak' on behalf of @onlyme?

@0SailorStar0 8 жыл бұрын

Got here due GTA IV :'D Awesome, I love jazz.

@yourshadow6018 5 жыл бұрын

Same, i loved the JNR station it had and i was ironically just now playing it and i just looked up the jazz songs. 😂

@williammacleod1569 Жыл бұрын

This rock fan loves this performance above all others. Just great Ella & The Count rule!!

@kitcatz8348 10 күн бұрын

I got to see the Count roll on to the stage in his golf cart, do his thing. Standing ovation, I was so proud he looked like me…

@tarheelblue9245 2 жыл бұрын

Absolute perfection!

@Chefjoe63 10 жыл бұрын

Incredible!! I had the pleasure of seeing him about 3 or 4 yrs before he died here in Kansas City. One of the most memorable concerts I have ever been too. At his age he was still flawless and didn't miss a beat. Great concert ,great memory.

@Fred-kz5xh 11 ай бұрын

I did, too, at the Uptown theater I believe. A fantastic concert. We had stage side seats and during a break I told Count Basie how I loved his music. He very simply and modestly said "Thank you".

@retired42002vz 4 ай бұрын

It’s one of my rotating ringtones along with Misty by Richard “Groove” Holmes. Been listening to him since childhood (early 50s & 60s) thanks to my late dad. ❤

@bruceunwin2218 8 жыл бұрын

Dare I say it, but: "One more time, please, gentlemen?" ..,

@theodorewarthen6061 7 жыл бұрын

Dare, dare

@alphonsedalessio7118 6 жыл бұрын

Love the kid from red bank

@samh3029 5 жыл бұрын

And “one more, once”

@alunjohndavies5655 5 жыл бұрын

"One more once !"

@jamescastillo2405 7 күн бұрын

Can't believe this made me cry it's so beautiful pure class.😢

@bkrider19 12 күн бұрын

The magnetic intonation and articulation of Harry Sweets Edison on trumpet draws everybody in.

@gilsondevliegerferreira7275 2 жыл бұрын

Melhor orquestra de todos os tempos, divino e maravilhosa, simplesmente exuberante e fenomenal, todos seus componentes eram virtuosos.

@MCham52 5 жыл бұрын

Just does not get any better than this!!

@chachaman4980 Жыл бұрын

What a Master! … What a band !!!

@pepperwilliams4428 7 жыл бұрын

Probably the #1 swinging band ever! Love this arrangement with that great 'sax' section of players: Marshall Royal, Bobby Plater, Eric Dixon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Charlie Fowlkes! 6 'thumbs down' people thought that they were here for Kayne West

@Darrell1019 7 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear!

@tedturner1753 5 жыл бұрын

P. Ipi

@dondonatelli5379 3 жыл бұрын

The BEST of all time..

@garychapman4294 6 жыл бұрын

I love April in Paris :-)

@JML272 7 күн бұрын

Simply wonderful - a complete master piece.

@Nigelrathbone1 2 ай бұрын

God that's georgeous

@jamesemerymusic8016 Жыл бұрын

Overwhelming Grace, Power and Cool. Thank you, Count!!!

@reggiejay1773 2 жыл бұрын

TRULY A CLASSIC!!!!!!!!! I played this tune in the stage band quite a few times(drums).

@ohsnapitspat6270 8 жыл бұрын

Count Basie was a gem in jazz music.

@johnwhitehead3360 2 жыл бұрын

Masterpiece Thank You

@janwintz8372 8 жыл бұрын

I used to get ready for work in 1965+ listening to this FABULOUS, JUMPIN' SOUND!!! My FAVORITE FROM COUNT BASIE!!! (Maybe someone will post the "One More Once" version!) What a jumpin' way to start the day way back then!!! KBCA in Los Angeles (105 FM) used to play it at getting-ready-for-work time! LOVE IT!!!!

@METALITHrevetments Жыл бұрын

The Basie Band.....the Band that SWINGS!!!

@jarrodlacy9856 10 жыл бұрын

Stunningly beautiful.

@madbebopper 5 жыл бұрын

Greatest big band of them all .... for me! Nothing beats the Count, Bill Basie from Red Bank, NJ. I'm not a fan of Rufus "Speedy" Jones, although he could sure play. I really dug Jo Jones and Gus Johnson the best , then Sonny Payne and loved Harold Jones, too. I was too young to see those guys but I saw Basie in 1978 at the Belmont Raceway in NY with Tony Bennett guest vocalist. Greg Fields did a terrific job after Butch Miles left. Quiet as it's kept, Buddy Rich did an unbelievable job driving that band in 1944 filling in for Papa Jo and Basie loved the way Buddy played that band.

@heruilin 7 жыл бұрын

That staccato Bolero opening riff of the trumpet solo always blows me totally away ..

@Greenjeeper999 3 жыл бұрын

Smooooth! No one on this plant today that can groove a melody like the Count!

@joseantoniolopesdasilva6914 2 жыл бұрын

Um músico e maestro fantástico, com uma magnífica orquestra!!!

@LibuttiG Жыл бұрын

BRILLIANT,LIKE BRASSSTARS ON THE BLACK AND WHITE SUNS DRUMMING AROUND

@noreenjackson6590 6 жыл бұрын

Great Sweets Edison trumpet solo. R.I.P. Basie Alums.

@tomculver3837 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think that is Harry Edison at the feature trumpet solo.

@terrytorres5026 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding. Big brass of the 60s.

@daniellenaerts5750 Жыл бұрын

Farmers market barbeque release was my introduction to Count Basie.! in the 70ts Since then my collection has been increasing. just so enjoyable to listen to.

@gregdark5203 Жыл бұрын

That drummer is amazing!!

@bkrider19 3 жыл бұрын

Rufus "Speedy" Jones is driving this band. Beautiful.

@leftcoaster67 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Jones more like.

@ronflatter1235 Жыл бұрын

I saw the Count and the big orchestra in Chico, Calif., not long before he passed. Still one of the five concert experiences of my life.

@lennty1913 4 жыл бұрын

I freaking love this song

@carlmonico 8 жыл бұрын

WOW ! As always a class act!

@scottburgle2169 Жыл бұрын

My stereo can’t play this loud enough!

@jerryferko8309 2 жыл бұрын

WOW .........INCREDIBLE ............THANKS MATTHEW ......

@debbieheilner9657 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing.

@georgeparreno Жыл бұрын

awesome!!!!!! thank you sooooooooooooooooooo much!

@charlesliles2966 6 жыл бұрын

That is the BEST rendition of this tune I'VE EVER HEARD. Thanks very much for posting it.

@stafoonja 9 жыл бұрын

This number by the Count opens up my book of memories to 1955, those pages are great memories.This song keeps them alive as this is my favorite of all time.

@leonardpolito2598 9 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite since 1955

@stafoonja 9 жыл бұрын

A great video showing the Count at his best and it's now a classic.

@leonardpolito2598 9 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear others share the same feelings.

@codaues 6 жыл бұрын

Leonard Polito Saw Birdland All Stars 1955 in St Louis Sonny Payne and Joe Williams recently added to the band Sarah sang with Basie. Wow it was Divine!

@michaelscott7462 4 жыл бұрын

The only Big Band which can make a grown man weep!

@daglowcruz1607 Жыл бұрын

I miss Count Basie

@chal3t 5 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! Nice!!!

@corazonbeso 10 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite jazz tune of all time besides 'In The Mood'. :D

@muiro 5 жыл бұрын

You should hear Artistry in Rhythm by Stan Kenton

@denise947 9 жыл бұрын

heard this on GTA 4. Awesome!

@wallybell3255 3 жыл бұрын

Just, WOW !

@KirsyRouge 3 ай бұрын

Working in New York City for Seven years.... Again... Thanks Maria Rosa's Son 😊l

@fusejockey 9 жыл бұрын

So smooth & incredible

@JohnMHill-oi6rb 2 жыл бұрын

Eric Dixon is a Canadian from Halifax, N. S., I played with him with his friend and neighbour, "Bucky" Adams. Great fun! John M. Hill,author.

@cbs2don 3 жыл бұрын

I made sure I enjoyed the Basie Orchestra at the Disneyland Big Band nights in the 60's.

@bbvenusian1960 7 жыл бұрын

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNT!!

@betodrums2110 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome!.

@merylfox6071 6 ай бұрын

An incredible mixture of brass and fury!

@Rob_Kates 9 жыл бұрын

Classic jazz at its best, wow.

@DeanJuvenal 5 жыл бұрын

Jazz??

@Rob_Kates 2 жыл бұрын

@@DeanJuvenal Yes, this would qualify as jazz.

@tomlusty8376 2 ай бұрын

My all-time greatest.....

@wattheheck6010 5 ай бұрын

Perfection

@axxissww11 Жыл бұрын

love that drummer! Shorti

@MTaxiSheep 7 жыл бұрын

Who remembers listening to this song on JNR in GTA 4?

@AmmA1308 7 жыл бұрын

@rockenoontothemoon7017 7 жыл бұрын

MTaxiSheep me

@PokeABrain 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting!

@drummer66y 10 жыл бұрын

I was lucky to see this cat on my 21st birthday, 1971. They wheeled him in, set him on his throne, he moved me and my people. A highlight of American music.

@jeffreybass5479 3 жыл бұрын

I suspect that you meant 1981.

@alfredoremus4409 8 жыл бұрын

La más grande big band en la historia del jazz, todo el swing del estilo Kansas City, Count Basie un referente absoluto que a dado de mamar jazz a generaciones enteras!

@raimycamacho9565 Жыл бұрын

¿Quién es el trompetista?

@cryptsub 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant.

@thomassoue2332 3 жыл бұрын

Thank ypu.

@cannabis1490 Жыл бұрын

Timeless!!!

@karenc2192 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous

@jerryboynton4780 3 ай бұрын

Truer works were never spoken!

@davidsheriff8989 2 жыл бұрын

Best jazz band ever...

@vitoralbanodasilva2830 Жыл бұрын

Fidelis, simplesmente Fidelis!!!

@BGTuyau Жыл бұрын

Chicago's late, great jazz announcer, Dick Buckley, used a Basie recording of April In Paris as his intro theme -probably an earlier, studio version.

@robertboney4493 6 жыл бұрын

rufus jones,great drummer

@Lolabelle59 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting. I was born in the wrong era.

@paraglide01 6 жыл бұрын

Got here thanks to Aimee Nolte

@maxkolbl1527 6 жыл бұрын

Me too and no regrets :)

@lukasopos 6 жыл бұрын

Me too

@MariaPerez-dh3lh 5 жыл бұрын

M e t o o !

@gregsaltis1661 5 жыл бұрын

Yep same here!

@lifeontheledgerlines8394 4 жыл бұрын

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@tommeggison1466 7 ай бұрын

Everyone had the book memorized, no need for charts.

@stevesmith6685 8 жыл бұрын

I'm posting this on my Facebook page because, heck it is April 29 in New York (and Red Bank, N.J., but it's April 30th in Paris, France. All hail the Count, who passed away April 26, 1984. The music, and thankfully the band that is still very good, lives on.