What it would look like if Weather Report became a lounge act with Manhattan Transfer as their backup singers. I hope they got paid big money for this cheesy rendition of Birdland.
I love this song so much!!! I just can't stop listening to it. I wish I would have been there to see and hear this masterpiece!! I love everything about this song!! It's a song I listen to in private. LoL
I think I was at that concert at the Playboy Jazz Festival (known for Bill Cosby "playing it straight" as the emceee) at the Hollywood Bowl and the video here just doesn't do justice. This is after a long day in the sun and prior to Manhattan Transfer coming in stage. Grover Washington, Jr. proceeded them and totally blew the roof off the joint. After he was done it was pretty much anticlimactic and it was the only time that I've ever seen Manhattan transfer just totally blow. Is was very odd.
I was tebding var at Carmelos Jazz Club in the San Fernando Valley near LA, when Janice Siegalventered alone. she sat at my bar and ordered a cocktail ynfamiliar to me. it was Myerss rum and soda with a squezze of lime. Myerrs is a very dark Jamaican rum a bit bitter. i made she liked it.i made one for myself. she ordered another later. ivdidnt charve her of course, and she left me a generous tip. she was kind and very friendly. i named the drink her the "JSiegal".😊
Wayne did not do theatric dance gestures - he just played. His other band members danced and emoted. He stayed within himself. But it didn't detract from the music.
5,000 light years from Birdland But I'm still preachin' the rhythm Long-gone, uptight years from Birdland An' I'm still teachin' it with 'em Years from the land of the Bird An' I am still feelin' the spirit 5,000 light years from Birdland But I know people can hear it Bird named it, Bird made it, Bird heard it, then played it Well-stated! Birdland It happened down in Birdland Oh! In the middle of that hub I remember one jazz club Where we went to pat feet Down on fifty-secon' street Everybody heard that word That they named it after Bird Where the rhythm swooped and swirled The jazz corner of the world An' the cats they gigged in there Were beyond compare Birdland - I'm singin' Birdland Birdland - Ol' swingin' Birdland Hey, man, the music really turns you on! Y' turn me on, Really, y' turn me aroun' 'N turn me on Down them stairs, lose them cares - where? Down in Birdland Total swing, bop was king - there Down in Birdland Bird would cook, Max would look - where? Down in Birdland Miles came through, 'Trane came too - there Down in Birdland Basie blew, Blakey too - where? Down in Birdland Cannonball played that hall - there Down in Birdland Yeah... There may never be nothin' such as that No mo', no mo' Down in Birdland, that's where it was at I know, I know Back in them days bop was ridin' high Hello! 'n goodbye! How well those cats remember Their first Birdland gig To play in Birdland is an honor we still dig Yeah...that club was like... In another world, sure enough... Yeah, baby All o' the cats had the cookin' on People just sat an' they was steady lookin' on Then Bird...he came 'n spread the word... Birdland Yes, indeed, he did Yes, indeed, he did Yes, indeed, he did Yes, he did, Parker played at Birdland Yes, he really did Yes, indeed, he really did Yes, he really did Told the truth down in Birdland Yes, indeed he did, Yardbird Parker played in Birdland Yes, indeed, he really did Charlie Parker played in Birdland Bird named it, Bird made it, Bird heard it Then played it Well-stated! Birdland It happened down in Birdland Everybody dug that beat Everybody stomped their feet Everybody digs be-bop An' they'll never stop Down them stairs, lose them cares, yeah Down in Birdland Total swing! bop was king, yeah Down in Birdland Bird would cook, Max would look, yeah Down in Birdland Miles came through, 'Trane came too, yeah Down in Birdland Basie blew, Blakey too, yeah Down in Birdland Cannonball played that hall, yeah Down in Birdland Down them stairs, lose them cares, yeah Down in Birdland Total swing! bop was king, yeah Down in Birdland Bird would cook, Max would look, yeah Down in Birdland Miles came through, 'Trane came too, yeah Down in Birdland Basie blew, Blakey too, yeah Down in Birdland Cannonball played that hall, yeah Down in Birdland Down them stairs, lose y' cares, yeah Down in Birdland Total swing! bop was king, yeah Down in Birdland Bird would cook, Max would look, yeah Down in Birdland Come in pairs down them stairs, lose y' cares Them that dares gits it! Pay the gate, don't be late It's a date! - whattay' know If y' dig, then you'll dig, it's a groove Quite a groove, 'cause y' t' move Come in twos, pay your dues What can you lose? Just your blues! So lose them! The band swingin' one and all and what a ball! Yeah! Music is good, music is better than good Pretty good Very nice Really very good - things are bein' like they should Very good, very good, very good All y' gotta do is lend an ear An' listen to it Then y' dig a little sooner than soon You'll be diggin' everything diggin' all the music What a ball! How y' gonna figure out A way t' bring it all about amid a Lot o' other music on the set'n on The scene know what I mean? How y' gonna separate the music from the scene 'Gonna have t' keep the memory clean Y' gonna hear a lotta' sound... a lotta soun'
Era la prima volta che lo ascoltavo, Weather Report e Manhattan Transfer insieme,beh,una sola parola mi viene in mente nel vederli suonare:MERAVIGLIOSI!!!❤❤❤
I've watched this video several times now, and loved it each time. Whoever had the idea of matching Manhattan Transfer up with Weather Report should have received an award of some kind. Maybe "Most Serendipitous Musical Match of the Decade". I'd vote for that.
