when you and your friends only practice one thing together 

That’s the goal for most bands! Not to have 3 different trumpets sounds, to sound like 1 trumpet

That's the Military for ya

My dumb ass is sitting here like "wait which one of them playing"

its pretty normal for an orchestra

one giant trumpet

Because it's ALL they do.

@@shipyaad This right here. Two words. Military band.

@@NickzAndMikz fr lmao

it's called practice.

Practice, practice, and more practice. They are professional. You take pride in your playing, and in playing in a group. What it is really called is dedication, and love for music and your instrument.

Totally insane, especially after such demanding loops!

What a beautiful story. Jazz really is a powerful genre, I just wish more people were capable of appreciating it.

I'm so glad young musicians like yourself have access to great music like this on the internet. I got my music degree in the 90s and half the attraction was being able to access the listening rooms at the music library. Good luck to you. You appear to have been inspired by great taste.

Air Force. This is the Airmen of Note

@@counterfit5 ok thank you for correcting me it was very necessary

@@nathanlikesjazz 100% was - there’s a difference in band and service.

Huge difference in band and branch of service. Great U.S. Air Force quality since WWII.

@@nathanlikesjazz That absolutely is a necessary distinction

As a music stand this is ok

@@jsparger as sheet music this is great

As a piano, this is average

That’s not that bad

Cherokee is normally in 4/4

@@benmckay4004 Fair enough. But isn't it also usually much slower? At the very least, you might notate the tempo as half = 165. I guarantee you they are not feeling it at 330 bpm.

@@ChadMcCall42 yeah they're definitely not feeling it that way. Whenever I played super fast stuff in big band I had to feel it in 2

@@ChadMcCall42 Personally I feel it in 4 instead of 2, mostly because of the bass and set playing. I could understand where you're coming from though.

double time swing is always in 4, rare to see cut common in jazz

Generally the bass controls time within the rhythm section, horns follow rhythm section for time and the drummer’s specific job is giving cues and fills to set up entrances and phrases and stuff, and also to control dynamics of the ensemble. But it’s more complicated than that, really everyone does a bit of following and a bit of leading, there’s a constant conversational push and pull that is just absolutely thrilling to participate in. It can make your brain hurt sometimes but once you get in that comfort zone and can really take off, it is unlike anything else in the world

in jazz, everyone feeds of everyone else's energy, everyone is as important as everyone else. I have to say I'm not sure what you mean by 'they don't sound like they're following the drums'. what does 'following the drums' mean?

@@JohnHaslamMusic i think he’s saying that in rock and other genres, the drummers job is usually to give clear and unmistakable time for the band to follow. If the drummer speeds up, the band speeds up. In jazz, like you said, everyone feeds off of the drummers energy, and some times it’s not his job to provide time for the whole band at every moment. In this particular recording it’s difficult for some listeners to follow the timing of the drums because 1) the song is really fast and 2) the trumpet are locked in with themselves in this moment, not necessarily to the drummer specifically. The drummer is really following them for time, while doing a good job of supporting their phrasing and setting up entrances for them.

As brilliant as the horns are here, I feel like the drummer is lagging.

Steve and Tom, yes, that's it. Thank you. I couldn't quite figure out how to say it clearly. The performance is great - I'm not criticizing at all. Different than what I'm used to, but great in its own way.

I feel like it's even more impressive since any misalignment is gonna be extra obvious

THEY AINT GOT NOTHING ON ME

“a regular jazz band”. Buddy this is THE airmen of note. Crazy coordination, world class playing. They’re the top notch of jazz bands

Still Impressive

Actually in one respect it is. In another…. Anything is possible given long enough time on it. You seen that bob Mchesney trombone quartet?

I think for a section that is almost exclusively meant to just be a show off sequence, it pretty darn musical

it's fast, which is one thing on its own. but what's the most impressive is how tight they are playing together, and how they sound like 1 instrument. there is alot more than just playing fast

The point is you can do practically anything if you spend enough time at it. Anyone heard that unison line in rob McConnell scrapple from the apple? Would anyone give a crap if it wasn’t fast?