This group is BRILLIANT! Not a music stand in sight. How the people strolling past are unaffected by the rhythm is beyond me. It's a good marching pace.
Why are'nt there crowds of people around this band!! America, you don't know what a gem you have. Love this band to bits. This song was also done by saxophonist Billy Vaughn and orchestra - LP my Dad had in the 1960's onwards. He was also a good saxophonist and I spent many a day next to the gram listening to him playing with Billy V. Regards from South Africa
That's not a usual crowd , they usually have SRO crowd , also that camera seems to be on the side , the crowd is usually behind them , which in this shot would be to the left out of sight !
It's great to see the relaxed collegiality of the musicians! On my bucket list: To travel down to NO, to the corner of Toulouse and Royal Streets when the Tuba Skinny Band is playing there!! Bringing my Border Collie along too.
Someone, referring to another song played by this great band, said that what they are producing is more than just a revival. I completely agree. Many of the items have passages of great beauty, the like of which I have not heard in many years of listening to New Orleans Traditional Jazz. They have a world-wide following and many admirers here in the UK. Bless them all.
@@wbwam7710 Doesn't get the thought that most musicians aren't avant-garde, whatever that is these days. The reversion of a hundred years ago burned itself out, and we're picking up from the sideroads again, where Fela Sowande informs The Hotel Movement, which is but a step from Tuba Skinny, so in the US goes in the 1960s direction of modern jazz in the US, but in Africa, it emerges as Highlife, heavily infused with African roots. That then informs William Onjeabor, then Fela Kuti, and crosses back again in funk. That gives three soundscapes to work from, maybe four if you go through the Syllart back catalogue (on here) with care.
It was theoretically possible; he was still alive then, but had announced his retirement from performing a few months earlier. A tribute to him, I assume.
Redbone performed it with a verse that I have heard from no one else. I really like the verse and the way it ties into the chorus. I would like for Tuba Skinny to check it out.
I love TS. Every musician is a sassy soloist. When they play full band, they are in time and sound great, but the sassy soloist can't help themselves. The sound is a beautiful overlay of unruly (and beautiful) solo play.
I discovered Tuba Skinny by accident about 4 years ago [ it was my best accident ] since then I try to watch them everyday, I have always been a lover of great music and that's what you get with Tuba, this particular video displays the fantastic musicians they are. maybe one day I will get to see them in New Orleans,Well done shaye and the gang.
I accidently also, Barrie...got onto Tuba Skinny..while looking up jazz videos...Bill Evans..so on. Marsalis Take the A Train with the fantastic tap dancer...and this was just a month ago...and I can't stop listening to all the Shaye and her band traditional music from New Orleans...it is great since I am 90 and to know that there are so many that appreciate this kind of jazz...I hope people will be hooked..and learn to enjoy jazz..as much as they enjoyed rock, rap...in their young years.
Last part of the music was like chaos but in a good sense, all the instruments were free, all were doing their own thing and it created merriment of music for our ears.
One measure of a band's excellence is the ability to absorb different musicians. TS is always tight, interesting and recognizably itself. That must be the impact of having a core of consistent performers, but even more I'd guess it is due to intelligent leadership. Was there ever a leader who did so well while seeming to do so little? Shaye is the beating heart of Tuba Skinny.
Oh to walk around a quaint little old city or town on a hot summer day and stumble across this gem of a group tucked away in a corner. Just the thought is giving me goosebumps.
To think it was filmed only yesterday - and already I in England can watch it at breakfast. What a privilege. And even with this simple tune, it's amazing what phrases Shaye generates in her solo chorus starting at 1 min 58. The guest trombone and banjo are very good too. And then the vocal ensemble! Altogether what a delightful video. Shows what a great set of musicians can do with even the simplest material.
You talk of "simple tune" and "the simplest material." This tune has been covered consistently since the Ziegfeld Follies of the early 20th century: Clooney, Crosby, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins et ali I would call Shine On sneaky-simple as it affords such varied interpretations.
i love the clarity of Shaye Cohn's tone- it's a great pleasure to hear her pure voice. Thanks! I should add that I also appreciate her swinging bandmates- you all look like R. Crumb illustrated you, and I'm grateful for that as well.
Shaye is the leader. She composes and arranges each number. They must spend a lot of time rehearsing as they are always right on...every one in the band....all talented musicians. Great tempo.
I grew up in N"olans and never ever heard anybody as good as them- plus lead singer is great. they need to get recordings done...When I'm back in NO want to go see them somewhere- do they just pop up wherever? In the past btw when someone wanted to heard traditional Jazz they had do wait in line for HOURS by preservation hall. these guys need a permanent location- but it would be super fun to see them on the street somewhere! Hope I can find them next time I come down,.
We sang this for Miss Perry's choral group (The Woodsmen) in 1960, Longmeadow Junior High School, Longmeadow, MA. Pop standard going back to the Ziegfeld Follies, 1908
Great like always. But Robin please, please..... please back to your washboard. I found you months ago and are such an admirer of your washboard performances
Tuba Skinny is the best of what I think of as. "wonderful anarchy" . I have a tin ear for music . It sounds to me like everybody's playing a different song, yet it works together somehow. Love it.
people have to work and shop.....remember life goes on, not everybody is on holiday........music a la nouvelle orleans is or was a way of life too. people are fortunate to have this great music, great weather to go too. why is everyone so presumptious in their critique....ps some hip hop is very very good .....dont knock it with your middle class sensibilities
When you're a busker it's no biggie, honestly, after going out about 3X it no longer bothers you. Truth is, some people are very un-musical, some are highly musical, and most are somewhere inbetween. And lots of people are thinking about other things, gotta go meet the wife at Rouse's etc. And a lot of people will come back on their way back from whatever errand and drop a $20 so it's all good.
Shine on, shine on harvest moon, up in the sky; I ain't had no lovin' since April, January,February,June or July. Snow time ain't no time to stay outside and spoon, So shine on, shine on harvest moon, for me and my gal.
Like a lot of other people, I found this group of great musicians late at night (in my case after a good spliff) a few months ago and loved them ever since. All we need is Laurel and Hardy singing in the background and it's weed heaven.
Memories of my own family of musicians and other musician friends and the dixieland sessions on Sunday afternoon or any occasion for that matter...the boat jams at Valley Harbor Vermilion Ohio were just the best for years.......Tuba Skinny rules----and so does Shaye
