Airmen of Note - the best!

Caption at 2.12 - Sax - "move outta the way man, got a solo!!" Brian - "nailin a dubba 'C' here, hang on!!"

JESUS CHRIST, Brian MacDonald is incredible. He is so efficient, it looks like he is playing everything down an octave. And I've never heard anyone slot high A as well as he did at the end. Just fantastic.

Yep....Brian makes it look effortless......great guy, too. It will really be interesting to see what he tackles once he leaves the Note.

That diminished chord at 1:16 is SO sweet. Absolutely perfectly voiced, performed, and arranged. Beautiful!

i almost passed out watching him....cant even imagine trying it.....

That's my band! This group is the smooth side of an organization whose purpose is to break things and destroy the enemy...

Brian you sound so amazing!!!! Bravo!

One of the best double A's I've heard

I saw this live!

Nice pure A at the end of the solo. Gotta love it! Great air stream.

Doc would be proud!

Love my Air Force, love the Airmen of Note.

Love the way the sax guy steps up like 'get outta the way and let me make some music' ...

The runs and licks in this video are SO CLEAN! Ohhhh what I'd give to be in an ensemble like that just for a day! Great job guys.

Two of my favorite lead trumpet players in action! Nice work fellas!

What a lead! Congrats on this amazing performance!

I am totally impressed with the quality of this video. Simply crystal clear.

Simply amazing

I love this guy!

I just stumbled across this. EXCELLENT. These fellows deserve a proper studio and recording!

Damn. That is pretty awesome.

He plays a Conn Connstellation 38B from the 60's.

Bravo Brian!

I'll check them out.

Hell Yeah!

Congrats

Absolutely ridiculous! Nice work!

The tenor solo was probably thinking, "excuse me show off!" Lol nailed it!

2:12 all that screaming done with air. with the exception of the first two notes of the gliss, every other note was done using false fingering.....1st and 3rd valves. nothing but pure air power.

Nice arrangement.

Thanks for posting these, Kevin. USA Armed Forces bands are and always have been the best of the best. Speaking of best of the best, is that the Bill Holman arrangement that the Tonight Show band used to do?

brian macdonald makes it sound easy!

Sure is.I had one back in the old days(1955) and loved it.but how can you tell that it's what Brian is playing?

watch in HD...

Dang.

Amazing bro. What idiots gave thumbs down?

Yup... 0230 and I'm watching AON vids in my boxers...

2:10 enough said.

Ну что сказать? МОЛОДЕЦ!!! ЗДОРОВО!!!

How about the NYJO ?

what do you use to record these performances?

That is my name! I'm featured!? This guy is in my family!?

very nice... looks like a conn 38b am i wrong?

Conn Constellation. Still a great trumpet!

Dag, yo!

Where is the clarinet? :(

Just

Its funny how everyone can be a critic, and here we are just listening as they are out there performing ,at the top of their game too. SMH!

Not upbeat enough

As well rehearsed as they are, you can still see that they are reading the music. Watch clips of original big bands....they have the music, but are not reading it...they are playing to the audience. of course, those bands played as a living day in and day out, so they really did know the charts. I guess I just don;t like to see, esp the sax players, hunched over with their faces in the music stand.

Sorry but this is NOT "Begin The Beguine". This is some other Tonight Show tunes thrown in with bits of Begin The Beguine. Not that it is bad. But I can't call this Begin The Beguine!

Brian... you are ridiculous. Do you ever miss a note/

Doc would be proud!