Opus One - 1943 Stereo - Tommy Dorsey 

Rest In Peace to your father. God bless him and you and all loved ones.

Ya, me too pal, I have my Dad's coronet by me right now .He passed it on to me and a love for the big bands Is way down in my heart because of both, my Mom too.

@@terryolson2431 Bless you friend. That sounds lovely. I hope you are well on this splendid day :)

great story.

what was his instrument.

that's neat!

nice story thanx to ur Dad + pals for freeing us from u know who, kind regards from Germany..i woz born 1962 btw

That's a cool story.

Jerry Gray even wrote a tune called Tail End Charlie to honor tail gunners. It was one heck of a critically-important - and REALLY dangerous - position to have.

It was the Forces (later General Forces) Programme in WW2. The Light Programme replaced it in 1946.

@@GrievingForGrace Assuming it's even true.

Hopefully you broke a leg.

@@blujay9191 The crowd had a great time and we enjoyed ourselves - all that matters.

Great news - I was a UK teenager in the 1970s, loving Glenn Miller and Big Band, not the music of my era. Wonderful classy music will always endure. Thank you!

Same here. But lately, I find myself listening more to pre-rock years than the 60s and 70s I'm used to. But, really it's all great music!

This was the beginning of rock music.

Same here... For most people "in The Mood" defined the swing era... For me it was Opus One...

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel, better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will put a smile on your face.. Hello!!! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan ? Have a great day.. Stay Safe 😊😊

Amazing that they cut this number. Of course, it would have been released in mono, but thank god they saved the multi-track originals!

+OldDogNewTrick Right...Mercury Records released the first Westrex-standard true stereo LPs for Christmas, 1957 buyers...Magnavox made the first compatable players available in October 1957. By May, 1958, the stereo craze swept the nation, and all the experimental stereo mixes were being re-mastered into the mono-stereo compatible Westrex disc standard for sale. Like Color TV did for B&W/color video (1953) and FM Stereo for radio (1961), the accepted format played both mono and stereo discs with equal fidelity=compatability to older standards.

+OldDogNewTrick Even though consumer playback didn't exist, professional equipment was years ahead technologically. Many studios recorded soundtracks in two (or more) channels on either optical stripes or transcription discs, then used early types of mixer boards to achieve a better balance for the final mono track.

Today's generation doesn't know what good music is!

are you still alive

Robert Stillwagon hey my grandfather served in the navy he’s long gone now but he served the Atlantic and the pacific of ww2

@@Yuhgami ​ More likely the usual internet prank... "I had lunch with Marilyn Monroe. She was sweet and shy." Reply: "OMG, you're so lucky!"

Fishbowl?

Thank you for your service as part of the Greatest Generation ! 🎖

PS: I'd be remiss in not telling you that you did a wonderful job recreating the visuals on this.

Michael Klein Thanks - I just wish that I had the first half of the actual performance of "Opus One" that I used for the end.

Michael Klein, ich kann Dir nur Beiflichten .Diese Musik ist grandios!

I’m really into this type of music and I was wondering if you had any suggestions for songs or other bands to listen to. Thanks for the help in advance!

@@masonmireles9295 how sweet...I am discovering different styles of music everyday on You Tube if you have the time. Start with what you like and explore with You Tube..go to search on You Tube . I hope this will help you.

Swing...The best of the Big Bands....try this on You Tube...get you started

@@masonmireles9295 Swing .. The best of the Big Bands..will get you started

@@theressamurphy2996 thank you so much for the very speedy reply. Normally I don’t expect a response for a week to two weeks. It truly means a lot! This does help! I really like Big Band Music, because a friend recently introduced it to me and I’m trying to explore more of it so I can connect with them and share an interest with them. I really like the Big Band music with only the band and orchestra and no vocals. What would you suggest? Thanks again for the help! It truly means a lot. Sorry if I wrote a lot.

Someday there will be a RU-vid video of old music without somebody feeling like they have to crap all over current music rather than just appreciate the old stuff in its own right. Today is not that day, and I feel sometimes I will never live to see that day.

Ellington was, is, and ever shall be the best of the best. Duke discovered the superb drummer Chick Webb and told Chick he should start his own band, which Webb did and became the house band at the brand new Savoy Ballroom in New York City. Chick discovered Ella Fitzgerald when she was a teenager and became her legal guardian so he could feature her as his vocalist. All the other great bands came through the Savoy ballroom to take part in the weekly “Battle of the Bands” with the guest band on one stage and Chick’s on the other. No one could beat Chick and his band. Goodman came through with Krupa, they did their best and felt good until Chick started playing. Goodman’s men kept looking over at Chick's musicians, shaking their heads in disbelief knowing they had been beaten. When it was all over Krupa went up to Chick and bowed down to him. Later Krupa said, “I was never cut by a better man.” Check out Chick Webb and prepare to be astonished.

@@Rezon1043 Ellington a part of the Big band Era--not THE Best of them all..each had their equal share....Ella was good, to Great...but that 'scat'-crap...was clap-trap...

Skip Fretwell omg you are so lucky!!!

My mom played this music for me and I loved it all my life. It never grows old

"Stan Kenton on one side of the ballroom and Zavier Cugat" They both became famous with the PEANUT VENDOR, didn't they ?

@@henryseidel5469 bellissime musiche. Favolose

@@giovanninadeotto8209 I cannot understand Italian, but luckily these three words are international - like music ! Sono completamente d'accordo con te.

A lot of musicals were recorded on multiple tracks to let the sound engineers get a better mix on the final mono track. The sad part is that at the time, the separate tracks were usually treated as intermediate steps that could be trashed once the mono track was complete. Every so often somebody finds copies of the separate tracks that escaped destruction, which is how we can listen to these gems!

Forget Glen Miller

Much more interesting than In The Mood...?

It's BETTER than Miller !

One of the best jazz tunes ever!

The Mills Brothers do a great job with this tune, too, you would enjoy!

Great tune, Love it!

Totally real, and totally amazing!

+Rod Simmons I was born in the wrong era myself ♫

You and me both, Mario!

Guess what, Rod? I've acquired many more Tommy Dorsey vinyl albums since this little discussion ♫

+Rod Simmons I was just spermatozoa to be born in 1944

it is. play when a day 's been sad!

Barbara 53 I know imagine how long it must have taken to find this clip

Thanks - it was a lot of work. Can't believe they cut it from the movie!

You have great taste!

I'm three times your age, and this makes me feel your age.

Thanks!

I have to own up to the fact that I sped up the original recording (while keeping the pitch the same). Sacrilege, I know - but it was way too slow for me! I think this tempo is perfect.

Same here!

There were some incredible recordings made as early as the late 1920s - search for "early hi fi", "early stereo", and "high fidelity 78s". Also Bell Labs produced some experimental stereo recordings in late 1931 and early 1932. The problem was cost and complexity prevented the technology's use except in rare cases. Home playback equipment would have been out of reach of all but the wealthiest listeners, and even most theatres couldn't afford to install the extra speakers and amplifiers needed. Disney famously developed a multi-channel system called "Fantasound" that was used for the film _Fantasia_ but it was so complex only a handful of movie houses showed it in its complete form. By the early 40s things had improved enough that larger movie studios were recording soundtracks using either dual optical tracks or synchronized high-fidelity discs. Even there, though, a lot's now lost: the 2-channel tracks were often simply fed through a primitive sound board to get better balance in the final mono mix. Fortunately a few of the originals survive, including this one, some by Artie Shaw, and of course parts of Glenn Miller's two movies.

@@Poisson4147 Thanks so much much. Very enlightening. Apparently there was more going on regarding high fidelity in the early part of the 20th century than one might have imagined

@@ddkoda Thanks for the compliment! I've always been fascinated with how technology developed, and what was known experimentally (or even accidentally) before particular discoveries were commercialized. E.g. I found out that Edison inadvertently invented the vacuum tube but didn't understand what he'd stumbled on, so it languished for years. Can you imagine if electronic amplifiers had been available at the start of the 20th century?

True Stereo no less! Movie sound tech was way ahead of shellac 78s for sure.

@@erichanson3961 The studio engineers also understood sound dynamics far better than the record companies.They had open sound stages with decent reverb instead of cramped rooms with absorbing panels on the wall (/groan). You have to wonder what sounds might have been preserved if the record companies had done their jobs better.

Disney's Fantasia had 8 tracks, plus a ninth to help sync the machinery.

It wasn't so much that the record companies didn't catch on, it was more that the technology to make stereo records for commercial use was more complicated than making two-channel films for theater release. Bell Labs experimented with dual-needle systems, 0º-90º and 45º-45º styli but it proved to be too expensive for home use.

@@Poisson4147 Single needle 45/45 stereo disks for the consumer market didn't come along until 1958.

@Jim Stokes I figured this was sound on film: it would have been the only way to do it "easily" with this quality at that time. Disks would have had to have two concentric tracks cut simultaneously with two cutting heads and this would have made no sense with film available. Magnetic tape would only come into use after the war.

@@reecenewton3097 Correct. Things like low-mass pickups, small-radius styli, etc. weren't physically and/or financially practical before that time. However a lot of record companies started making stereo master tapes years before in anticipation of eventual release on disk. Somewhere deep in my LP collection I have a stereo symphonic recording that was taped in 1952 but only available as a mono disk until years later. All said, the 1931-32 Bell tracks were and are effectively isolated experiments.

Bud Lehn has come

Alvin Stoller is the "Yankee snare drummer" on Stan Freberg's "Yellow Rose of Texas".

Grant Koeller, Alvin was the first drummer but drummers Moe Purtill and Tommy Gwin are in other clips.

Stoller spent most of his remaining career after World War 2 working for Frank Sinatra for decades, and when he wasn't doing that he was also on staff at Capitol Records.

Dalila Boechat , adoro!! clássico de minha adolescência.

Rodrigo Sputter jazz é vida!

+Dalila Boechat The music is life.