man, something was in the air that night. In every recording and live performance I've heard of theirs, that one trumpet hemiola at 0:52 and that trombone hocket thing are always a little sloppy. This time, they're both fucking. nails. You can even see it hit Ted and Sherman at 1:19 ! I can't stop replaying this video, hell yeah
I've been following JALC for years, and this is literally the first time I've seen a core member with the wrong tie. We're looking at you, Elliott Mason.
those trombones doe and hey josh and jonah keep up the amazing work you guys are amazing i will get there one day with practice im also a trumpet player for jazz and concert band first chair in both and ive always been
So what to make of this? The ensemble playing is pretty well matched by Essentially Ellington high school bands and then Wynton sets off to demonstrate that he can play things that nobody else can. He seems almost to be giving himself the task of playing things that even he can’t play. His sidemen always seem to be a bit embarrassed by having to play this old stuff. By contrast the Essentially Ellington bands always look full of enthusiasm and are obviously really enjoying themselves. With quite remarkable schools considering they have to do math etc. on the side!
@@hughpenner5051 having another listen and look there are signs of enthusiasm 😀. The flawless-ness was never in question. But Wynton is the only soloist, usual dazzling pyrotechnics, but no melodic originality and very repetitive.
@@TooTactWithTheKnocks accept all that (apart from the smoking 😀) but aren’t they a group put together just for occasional concerts, which means they can only be influential maybe in the sense of raising the bar for technical standard, especially if they only play others’ arrangements (much faster!). Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington etc were truly influential because others changed their thinking because of them. Is that true here (just asking)?
@@hughpenner5051 I am actually not one of those particular dumbasses, having myself played both. But I went through the whole (too long) solo again and haven’t changed my mind. Repetitive bumble bee passages alternating with slower stylistically ungrounded eccentric bits. No melodic or emotional progression to a logical ending, just stops when he has had enough. You’ll disagree but just saying how it sounds to me. Listen to Ellington’s version of this and how Rex Stewart handles the trumpet solo.
This is a really late response, but the kids that play pieces like Braggin’ in Brass spend a whole lot of the year practicing it. These guys maybe spend a month or two. They probably play a whole bunch of music, give them the same amount of time as the highschoolers and it’ll show the difference between great and outstanding. The kids are great, but don’t disrespect the professionals for doing a great job on a song that they practiced in a fraction of time as other students
