Wow, this blew up. I'm the bassist in this video - I never expected this to get so many views!! It was initially just a history project that me and the drummer wanted to do. I'm really glad many people found it educational and entertaining, but for all the negative comments in this comment section, all of us here were around 15-16 years old, so yes, there are some factual errors, and of course we missed some things, but we were just a bunch of kids in high school who loved playing music and wanted to do something fun; we weren't shooting a documentary or anything. Studying jazz at a conservatory level now, I understand we did get a lot of stuff wrong and misrepresented some key figures, but remember, it's way more constructive to encourage kids who actually have an interest in this wonderful genre of music than to criticize minute details that don't detract that much from the overall point of the video (the sax player didn't have an alto on hand, so he just played tenor the whole video). Many thanks to those who enjoyed it!!!

9:10 Tenor sax: "ah yes. my time has come"

louis armstrong was a legend musician, cyclist, and was the first man on the moon. what an inspiration. 💪

Can we just appreciate the bass player for a second 👌🏾👌🏾

The bassist was killing it

Young men like you are the reason why jazz is still alive. Keep at it, and never stop...

For a jazz class presentation in high school, its actually impressive. Comprehensive history and playing just the snippets of jazz standards actually made it worth it.

12:06 Guy in white to himself: Yes, finally! My time to shine!

9:05 bassist looking at my man on the drums like "not quite my tempo"

A lot more educational than 80% of these type of videos out there

Did not expect the sax player to go ahead and finish Coltrane's solo. some serious skills. None of the sax players in my old high school even dared to play the main line of Giant Steps.

I love how the bass player plays. I love those walking basslines.

Tight work boys. Thanks for the education.

the aux percussionist is amazing haha

The skill of these kids to play all of these masterpieces this well and memorized is astounding. You guys restore my faith in humanity

freddy from icarly on the bass

*You must not accent the nut*

Awesome, guys! ….Thanks, and it's great to see young cats keeping the tradition alive, and well.

That was uncut play.. good job..

Can people stop commenting “ you forgot” this or that. This video includes the most important parts and doesn’t have time for all the greats from the golden age of jazz

This is amazing! You missed legendady jazz fusion/big band conductor and virtuoso guitar player Lil Wayne tho but i loved the vid!

"you never know what jazz is" then start explaining jazz

Plays wrong note me:" *its jazz* "

The enjoyment on each of their faces is a joy to see in every tune they’re playing is awesome! The way they approach this is just as much of a joy to watch too.

that transition from my favorite things to take five was so damn smooth

Well....this just renewed my faith in the outlook for the future of jazz . Absolutely awesome that these young "cats" not only appreciate the music to the point of performing it so proficiently, but that they also have such appreciation for the importance of the history of those who paved the way. Jazz is so rich in musical flavor that sometimes I wish I lived through the 40's - 50's when it was really appreciated. With all the great material like this on KZfaq, I sense a big comeback happening! Fantastic work!

You guys did a great job of defining something that is hard to define... its jazz... great job.

And today? Today we got Snarky Puppy. And I’m happy for that.

Very informative. I loosely knew most of this stuff through classes or experience, but to have a cohesive and entertaining piece that wraps it all up is very nice. Great work!

I loved the way that many of the eras were fluidly stringed together. Here’s a few ideas if y’all decide to make a sequel. I would have liked to hear about are the crossover between the black church and jazz- how they both effected each other and influenced vocalists and organ players. Also jazz prior to the 30’s Louie Armstrong- yeah he transitioned jazz from Dixieland to swing but what was Dixieland or second line? What were the differences and during what social activities were second line and brass band used? Without this it’s hard to know where Louie drew his inspirations for swing.

Even though swing is notably absent from the video, it's still a great guide through the history of jazz and it's obvious you put a lot of effort not only into the songs, but also the research for the script. Well done ;)

Love the way these fine young musicians execute some of the greatest jazz standards ever.

One of the best videos I've seen on this subject! It's very informative without taking too much of the viewers time.

As a New Orleans native, born and bred, who was educated on this music early on, you all educated the history of Jazz so well! Cudos and applause! ⚜️

You have gained my respect and appreciation. I am sure that playing Giant Steps wasn't an easy one but you did it so well. And I knew this was only a project but it deserves all the love.

One of my favorite videos online thank you

I love this so much! I'm drawing on the history of jazz as the main subject of my AP art portfolio and this is a really amazing, useful video for the subject. I've been singing jazz for almost seven years now so it's a huge love of mine...many thanks for this! Y'all really embody the reason why I (and many others) love jazz so much.

Thank you for this video! I used it in our homeschool music class. I love that it was done by high-schoolers.

yeah guys! sounding great. brings back good memories of me and my friends jamming in our HS band room in the late 90's and all the gigs we played and trips we went on. great times. nice vid

I show this to my General Music classes every marking period before and after our brief study of jazz music. Well done, boys!

Loved this. Good work!

2:06 i was so happy when i heard this! i love this piece!

I absolutely love this, you guys should do another one!

Well done boys… I had a wide smile on my face throughout. Thanks…

Great. Thank you guys

Really feeling that tambourine guy right about now.

This is great! Thank you!!!!

All of you are awesome musicians!!

I just want a full instrumental version of this please ;3; This is so good, I'm loving it.

Greatest content!

i've been searching for a documentary which would display the history of jazz fully not just a decade, and i'm glad i found this, it was really cool. thanks a lot

I love seeing these young players enjoying playing old Jazz! How wonderful 💕

I can’t tell you how happy I am to see how many people are appreciating the bass, This was lit.

Great job. nice history and explanation. Improv is nice. Jazz will never die because of kids like you. Excellent.

Wow. Loved this

Thanks so much. You are talented, marvelous guys with exquisite talent.

Excellent playing, especially the Coltrane sax parts. Drummer might want to work on his double time swing though!

OMG! I LIKE IT VERY MUCH!

How do you like a video twice That smooth transition into Take Five just about stole my heart. You are all very talented and skilled! Please never stop playing and growing your careers!

I really really love this video! Thank you guys so much!

I would say that A Love Supreme is arguably Coltrane's most famous work. Although the two mentioned were influential as well.

Nice job guys! Always great to see jazz still being remembered and played by young people. I hope you all continued in music and are now firing up the jazz bands at your respective colleges. As for the complainers, it comes with the territory. Ken Burns did a multi-part series on jazz (which I hope you've all seen) and there no end of complaining from jazz fans and musicians mostly of the "how could leave out (insert name)" variety. Play on.

Love it Thanks

Goodbye pork pie hat is my absolute favorite jazz standard, so much soul and passion was put into the composition and it shows

love the percussion guy

I really love bebop sounds , charlie parker,dizzy gillespie era

Thank you for supplementing my mini-listening unit on Jazz for my Elementary students - so wonderful to see young players explaining a genre using different styles and playing so well - congratulations!

This year I had to write a research paper for school on any topic and I picked Louis Armstrong and it was amazing to learn more about him!!!

The trumpet player angered the teacher for not keeping tempo and got a chair to the back of the head

The mere fact that you've been exposed to this history would put a smile on a lot of people who no longer walk this earth.

you guys are amazing , thanks for the short history and music classs

I keep coming back to this video, it's the coolest ever

I wished you guys would’ve played moanin once you got to charles mingus haha

props to the guy on the tambourine

Great video ☺️ thank you so much ❤️

This video is gold

9:10 for Giant Steps

Ay yo, y'all on that good shit.

Guys are amazing!

one of the best music related videos on youtube, great job guys

This is very cool. Idk why cdza stopped doing these types of videos

This is not only really well made and informative, but also an awesome list of songs and artist for me to get into jazz and start learning about it. Thanks!

Really awesome video and playing !

This is beautiful.Thank you.

Wow you guys are doing great! I love all of it! Constructive criticism: You guys should wear a theme, like suit and ties or something else. Makes you guys LOOK well put together and like you mean it. Then, you prove it when you play. Anyway, great job!

Paul desmond played alto

This video made me happy. Great Job!

Loved it

Very good video, covering a lot of the long and detailed story of jazz. A couple of suggestions: You could have spent a little more time on Big Band music, as it was a very popular form of music in the 1930s and 1940s. Glen Miller played a critical role in developing Big Band. You ended your history too soon--free jazz and fusion deserve a mention.

wheres bill evans ?

You guys were great !!! Professionals

Awesome Guys!

I wish a had dudes like you at my school

I had a fever until about 12:12

This is awsome.

Thank you for this!

I liked it but y’all ended before the real golden age of fusion weather report

Y'all forgot about the avant garde side of Jazz such as Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy.

This is AMAZING!! So much love for all of you ♥♥♥

Ohhhhh beautiful history!!!