Theme from Rocky - James Last Orchestra feat. Derek Watkins 

Facts

Eric Miyashiro version, with a trombone solo that will kill you.

Thank you Sheza!

Nope there are others that are better

@@prestonrcasey Not facts

Thank you! It’s pretty cool for what was a tv prog performance.

Dude same. I can’t believe time has progressed us so far. But the real days were of the past. Gosh I miss em

Have you tried turning the heating on. It might help

​@@superlastwhat year did this air?

@@MrThestevster This would be 1979/80 approx. Hope this helps.

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Agreed! It's teh hottness :D

Congas

Those are congas, but yes, he has the flavor :D

***** percussion lets end with that

Bongoboi123 Congas. The bongos are there but he's not playing them.

That trumpet , though. You have to give him SOME credit.

True.

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Shadow boxing to this.🔥

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Right here hermano From 1977… up until now 2024 and beyond… this … will never ever get old 👍🍁❤

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Great Congo player. What was his name?

Just trying to figure out why he has a modern water faucet hanging over them. lol

Enough already - stop using my page to write this nonsense, the are definitely congas.

Superlast U mad bruh?

Is the bongo player Herbert Bornholdt? He also was the drummer for german 70's prog rock band LUCIFER'S FRIEND along with guitarist Peter Hesslein who is also seen here. One thing's for sure, in the 70's/80's people were more open to different styles. While I am not a huge fan of "Hansi's" whole work, there are some works I enjoy listening to. Mostly the stuff from the 70's as the overall sound still had a bit more edge in music.

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Idk man it’s close...

I agree I've always found Derek sound to be fuller and it seems to have more feeling. Maynard is obviously awesome but always sounds a bit restrictive and pushed to me.

His are all pure sound no air wasted! Maynard had that unique sound that sometimes had a double buzz to it but there was no mistaking who was playing when you heard him!

Yessir,, he was on top of it all the way through. His double B's are clean, strong and centered. Derek was as good as they get, RIP.

I like the comment about no air being wasted and how important that really is. Derek's sound was so pure and focused, it was all sound. My all time favorite is Doc Severinsen and how his sound was unmistakable just like Maynards as someone mentioned earlier. When you heard either of those two you knew who it was immediately. But Derek didn't seem to have that signature sound maybe because of all of his studio work. It was so locked in on every single note that they all sounded the same in every register. I had a teacher that used to try and help me get that consistent sound but to no avail. It was later on that I developed a better understanding and could appreciate how important that is🎺

Were you there?

Wish.

I hope you viewed Al Hirt's version which has a great solo.

Thanks for the message! Derek Watkins was a phenomenal player. What makes this particular performance so interesting is it was recorded as part of a tv show. No adjustments or echos or reverbs or multitracking. And he owns the solo. He was a great guy as well. I met him a few times.

LULZ then you are a really bad trumpet player

SniffelDe nah dud thats some ultra high notes most people should be hitting high cs thats average

SniffelDe stfu you probably can’t even hit low notes

Comprehensiveboy Comprehensiveboy I just played the first solo, (I’m 14)

@@alexwhite2377 lets hear it then. Trumpet is all about tone...

5 anos já

I agree

That's actually the soundtrack of Rocky III (yes, they are different).

Truer

Not better than the movie soundtrack

Taylor David Sadly the trumpet player (Derek Watkins - Super C) is no longer with us along with a few others in the band! Ron McWhirter

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It's a B natural and there are a lot of guys who have that in their arsenal like Eric Miyashiro, Walter White, Wayne Bergeron, Patrick Hession just to name a few BUT THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER MAYNARD! That being said, this is an amazing performance from Derek.

Luther Bird who's Maynard???

@@lbird2: Don't forget James Morrison. And Tofanelli!

i wonder if you could ever do that...

u wonder

yep

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Best decade EVER.

I do but doesn't run the piece of shit.

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Sevemiestro #1 very true