Yesterday someone asked me to play this song. I searched on
Youtube for it and found this - doesn't get better than this.
The song starts about 1 minute into the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtjzVThkiFs

Deane

AWESOME!!!!!!!

Loved it!!!!!

Wow! I assume these are the real musicians (Lionel Hampton and Benny Goodman) in that movie clip playing thmselves, right?
If so I got to rent this movie now. Deane, thanks for posting that.

Thanks Deane...very nice!

ian

Zeke Zarchy, Wilbur Schwartz,Chummy MacGregor,Bennys brother Harry Goodman, Arnett Cobb,Milt Hinton,and a thousand other side men that made all those old records great.


and not all Big bands are American..

Hey Donny,
I could listen to that all day! Is that a current video? I know when I go to Europe they are very much into the big band and swing music. I have not been to Asia yet - but that is really super.
Deane

Deane I thinks it pretty current as it was posted on you tube in 2009..... I also love listening to a good big band my favorite now is the "Spitfire Band" out of Toronto CA.

I have a very large collection of Big Band, Swing, Dixieland, and old Jazz recordings and every time I visit my daughter I play some of them while my twin grand daughters are eating. I'am going to make sure they grow up knowing about this music.

Deane

I'm glad you do that. I try to expose my little girl to all sorts of music too. I'm certainly glad my parents exposed me to lots of music. They would take me to see many of the big bands that were still touring in the 70's. Count Baise, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Louie Belson, and several great Latin acts like Celia Cruz and Tito Puente. Plus we see all sorts music theater and symphonic concerts as well.