Hamp's version is nice, too.

That sax section was together 28 years!

They thought it was going to be Lawrence Welk Night.

@SoundwaveOfJavi It was 100 years after

right, Jim Crow was still officially in effect until the year this video was shot...100 years after slavery.

@@SintexEra @SoundwaveofJavi And yet this was shot *in London, not* in the U.S. Slavery in the UK was abolished in 1833. This is of course not to say that racism didn't/doesn't exist in the UK, but the fact that this isn't the U.S. undercuts the Jim Crow argument. The greater likelihood is that this is a reserved British audience who either (a) was dismissive of Ellington or (b) more likely accorded Ellington the significant respect that was common to him (especially by the mid-60s) and showed that respect in a typically British way (e.g., without emotion).

spb 78 good points. I was more focused on the slavery/Jim Crow timeline than the original point of the OP, and I agree that he was probably getting British-style respect from this audience.

Yeah man Jazz musicians literally invented cool. Just stroll all nonchalant to the mic, absolutely SLAY, then sit back down.

He was on the nod during those Copenhagen shows, he must have scored the good shit there.

brotzmannsax those Danish make some high quality skag...

While staying seated ..... amazing !!!

Straight mute with real plunger .

I'm a long way past 6 and I sound the same, maybe worse. A penny whistle perhaps.

Cat Anderson I believe -- his signature move

Ben Shapiro, it went really well! Everyone nailed their solos and the mute part was so fun to preform. Thank you for asking!

and I wouldn't sit so still for sure

Yes. I loved him. I think his was the most recognizable voice. Maybe not a great soloist but that bottom was always there under everything else everyone else did from the earliest to the last. And beyond.

@@mangalarobertwatling9168 Sorry to disagree but Carney was a supreme soloist whether on blues, ballads, or uptempo stuff. I never got the thing about him anchoring the sax section in any way that made him stand out from any other baritone player in a big band but he could let rip with the best of them. The problem with this guy is he was too dependable; no heavy drinking or drugs and he stayed with the Duke from the 20s right up to the end. We expect to hear a dependable man and don't always understand that people like this can express a whole myriad of emotions just as much as a junkie/dipso/primadonna etc.

@@Maltloaflegrande Apology accepted but not needed. Open discussion and exchange of ideas is the point of this. We both love the music. No problem.

Have you seen Essentially Ellington, ngjo, nyo jazz, or the one o clock lab band? Those are great examples of great big bands with members from the younger generation.

Ethan Hopper actually gets up to a quad D in the rly high screams but mostly triple D

@@harryepstein7875 is that a triple high c @ 4 15???!!!!

Jacob Knight bragging in brass

@@natlewis4374 schilke mouthpiece. Didn't they make a "Maynard Ferguson"mouthpiece ? Very shallow cup, if I remember.

How insulting! It's like calling Helen of Troy and Cleopatra just 'cute'.

You should just listen to the whole thing but I understand

copymystats no u, good for you, hope its a success .

thanks :D

@@flare7830 who's playing cats solo? xD

How is a 7th grade band supposed to play this?

D C I’m playing this in my high schools advanced invitation-only jazz band and we’re struggling... idk

yes sir

With a straight mute inside.

Ellington was the first to use bathroom plungers as mutes for the brass section. Others would follow, but he was the first.

@@georgeb.wolffsohn30 It's actually a pixie mute, a plunger wouldn't fit over a straight mute

@@zaydenm and myles used a Harmon for that really nasal tone.

One is Cat Anderson?

uhhhh*

Absolutely! Wonder if this is how they express themselves while having sex also! Pathetic!

They're English, that IS enthusiastic. After All, it's not football. (soccer to yanks).