Mel Lewis (drums); Joe Lovano (saxophone); Tom Harrell (trumpet); Bob Brookmeyer (trombone); Dick Oatts.
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@jimmcneely26055 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a bunch of young whippersnappers we were! Not a gray hair in the band! Saxes: Joe Lovano, Kenny Garrett, Dick Oatts, Gary Pribeck, Gary Smulyan. Trombones: Earl McIntyre, Douglas Purviance, John Mosca, Ed Neumeister. French Horn: Stephanie Fauber. Trumpets: Tom Harrell, Earl Gardner, Joe Mosello, John Marshall. Piano: Jim McNeely. Bass: Dennis Irwin. Drums: Mel Lewis
@expassionate4 жыл бұрын
Love you Jim! T Xiques was my roommate at Berklee!
@jonwikan39863 жыл бұрын
Jim, what a great concert! I bought the original Smithsonian VHS and they had Marc Johnson listed on bass. Obviously thats Dennis on bass. Is there a back story? Last minute sub?
@dominicalati49463 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Band!!! Loved you guys!! I played Dolphin Dance when I was at The University of Akron. I also played several of Thad's charts.
@SedonaMTB7 ай бұрын
I love how Mel integrated percussion into the whole ensemble. Great innovator! I played in jazz bands.
@johnasti74296 жыл бұрын
I love the Mel Lewis Band, now the Vanguard Orchestra. What a cast here, but the solo by Dick Oatts who is beautiful. Dick is a player that has his roots in Sonny Stitt and Coltrane and yet he's come up with own voice. Loved Dick's sound on the Berg Larsen mpc, had great edge, depth... Incredible player.. And Joey Lovano when he played Otto Link mpc, my favorite sound of Joes....
@thebreathalyzer5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, man. What an awesome band they were at that time. Looks like this was shot around the same time as the Montreaux recording where they did Mintzer's arrangements of Herbie Hancock. 1980 I think.
@expassionate4 жыл бұрын
Bob Brookmeyer was a artist in residence at UMKC so he basically taught me how to play big band drums in 1987, how Mel approached it. We would be in the practice room, him yelling the chart out to me, where to set up and where to lay off.
@arkadymusic11 жыл бұрын
Dick Oatts!!! Great and Inspiring playing as usual! He is a hero to countless sax players, to say the least! Thanks for sharing this video! Please add the background Info on this performance - where, when, who etc!
@Ichiban0013 жыл бұрын
Owesome! Dick rules! Thanks for sharing this.
@stevenalexander741310 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, one of the greatest big bands of all time.... Just listen to "All of Me" and tell otherwise.
@leerobertsiv447 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Definitely most musical.
@rhythmfield5 жыл бұрын
Incredible performance by Mel and the band - beautiful
@stpd19575 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! that is gorgeous music-making by Dick Oats
@NinjaOtocinclus9 жыл бұрын
Love the percussion intro, its just so unorthodox, its amazing. But then again, jazz is pretty much unorthodoxy in liquid form played through horns.
@russellesimonetta38353 жыл бұрын
Mel was my favorite big band drummer. Very musical and used colors
@limzog94 жыл бұрын
This is amazing
@vladislavpsaruk6718 жыл бұрын
Is it Kenny Garrett playing 2nd alto?
@masondavidmason8 жыл бұрын
+Vladislav Psaruk yeah!
@wyndhleodumegwu2538 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is Kenny Garett.
@yoc444410 жыл бұрын
最高やーーーーーーーーー!!!!!!!!!!
@gavinwaters10924 жыл бұрын
That bass bone player though.. Even the guy at 1:17 was like woah.
@moukenbaubau4 жыл бұрын
最高やー!
@trane195911 жыл бұрын
Bob does not play trombone on this video
@jeancourtioux13116 жыл бұрын
Bob Brookmeyer était Directeur artistique de l'orchestre, après la disparition de Thad Jones mais il ne participait pas à ce concert à Montreux en 1980, par contre le bon pianiste-arrangeur de l'orchestre était Jim Mc Nilly
@bassman46325 жыл бұрын
Huh?
@ericschultz65394 жыл бұрын
@@bassman4632 Well Mr. Bass, if y'all don't understand French use Google translation! The cats just sayin': BB was the artistic director of the band after Thad Jones passed away (N.B. actually after he left t direct the Danish Natinal jazz orch…)but he wasn't with the band for this concert in Montreux (Switzerland where da MFs speak French…) . On the other hand, the pianist arr. of the band was Jim McNeeley(spelling couldda been better!) .
@jiyujizai Жыл бұрын
良いソロだなぁ。
@AUMOTmusic8 жыл бұрын
god damn
@TonyAguirreJazz10 жыл бұрын
Someone needs a new neck cork. Great band.
@RivieraByBuick7 жыл бұрын
nah. this could be a mouthpiece he borrowed for testing, which is a bit loose.
@brianratekin68216 жыл бұрын
Hmm. I put some paper on my neck. How come I don't sound like that?
@paxwallacejazz5 жыл бұрын
I used to wrap paper to make a seal I forgot that
@elrabbimusic9 жыл бұрын
Man, where did you find the video for this concert? I need to find where you can get the whole thing.
@timfaber22456 жыл бұрын
Chick corea steps is the song. Type it in youll find it
@chrisbruya23136 жыл бұрын
Live at the Smithsonian is the DVD. Hard to find.
@chrisgreive8706 жыл бұрын
Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra - Jazz At The Smithsonian
@hobongsaxophone24062 жыл бұрын
🎷🎶🌻👍
@wyndhleodumegwu2538 жыл бұрын
1st.altoist Dick Oatts? Dick is a "wicked" saxophonist - as in Creator-like.
@Thouveninpascal7 жыл бұрын
Hi, don't you think it is unfair to mention only the "stars" of the band? This is orchestra , in wich everyone counts.
@rhythmfield5 жыл бұрын
Yes - if you’re going to illegally post music that isn’t yours you should at least name each player
@soundsandsoul64215 жыл бұрын
Or let's just enjoy this video, and the fact that it's available for our eyes to see.
@webstercat Жыл бұрын
I don’t care who they are. No one does…
@xavierperez33686 жыл бұрын
It looks like Smulyan in bari. Who’s on tenor 2?
@miphka666 жыл бұрын
Gary Pribek
@djangowww5 жыл бұрын
1:44 the licc (almost)
@NajerP4 жыл бұрын
djangowww congrats
@geoffnelson47774 жыл бұрын
Sorry, the sax soloist sounds off key.
@michaelmullmusic4 жыл бұрын
apology accepted
@DaDarkGuy4 жыл бұрын
you're nuts if you think he's off
@zangsax2 жыл бұрын
That’s very funny. 99% of the saxophonists on the planet wish they sounded that “off key”.
@davidscott1052Ай бұрын
Alto solo sounds fine and totally in tune to me ?????