Count Basie Orchestra "Lil Darlin' " (Neil Hefti)

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  • čas přidán 13. 04. 2012
  • Count Basie Orchestra featuring: Sonny Cohn, trumpet.
    Thad Jones, Snookey Young, Sonny Cohn, Joe Newman, trumpets.
    Billy Mitchell, Frank Wess, Marshall Royal,Frank Foster,Charlie Fowlkes,saxophones.
    Benny Powell, Al Grey, Henry Coker, trombones,
    Count Basie,piano,
    Freddie Green,guitar,
    Eddie Jones,bass,
    Sonny Payne,drums. Milan 1960
    This clip was uploaded in accordance with the fair use clause for educational purposes only.
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Komentáře • 214

  • @Paul47Tat
    @Paul47Tat Před 9 lety +290

    That's my dear, late-great friend, Benny Powell, playing the trombone nearest the camera. Benny was one of the finest people I've ever met.

  • @davenelms68
    @davenelms68 Před 4 lety +82

    The Count was so cool, I got to meet him at a nightclub gig in Florida, early 70's.

    • @ITSME-sp5up
      @ITSME-sp5up Před 2 lety +1

      Cool

    • @sybil-roxanneclemons1333
      @sybil-roxanneclemons1333 Před 2 lety +3

      William Count Basie called me Little Cat Eyes (my eyes are hazel) and I got a chance to play with him in my 20 's . He told me I was a Jazz Prodigy.

    • @c141
      @c141 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@sybil-roxanneclemons1333then you were. The man doesn’t lie. I hope you’ve realised your dreams. Toujours l’audace

  • @anthonyfoster6419
    @anthonyfoster6419 Před 3 lety +91

    It's so great to see dad... Frank foster. And to hear this song from my childhood.

    • @PumilateVFX
      @PumilateVFX Před 3 lety +2

      is that actually your dad?

    • @postatility9703
      @postatility9703 Před rokem +2

      I don't know how many fans,even of the Basie band,no just how huge a contribution your dad made,as a great soloist and especially his amazing additions to the band's library,as composer and arranger.And any musician who recorded with both Monk and Elmo Hope was obviously in a class all his own.

    • @j.fhernandez3457
      @j.fhernandez3457 Před rokem

      Where is your dad?

  • @NiallsSongs
    @NiallsSongs Před 6 lety +89

    This is the most sensual jazz composition ever in my humble opinion. I discovered it about four weeks ago and I just can't listen to anything else since.

    • @bustabass9025
      @bustabass9025 Před 4 lety +6

      Ellinton's "Solitude" from the 30s is hard to beat. The sensuality is also second to none....but, to each his own. Incidentally, that last riff Basie plays at the end is the intro to Solitude! That should tell you something 😆

    • @michaelchapman4955
      @michaelchapman4955 Před 2 lety +2

      I recall hearing this Neal Hefti gold nugget as a young boy in the early days of HiFi/Stereo LP's

    • @eguirald
      @eguirald Před rokem +1

      I agree one hundred percent with your opinion! The same thing happened to me, the first time I heard this classic! I put it on a par with Ellington's Satin Doll.

    • @williamtaylor4545
      @williamtaylor4545 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Neil Hefti is the best, my all time favorite composer check out the soundtrack of How to Murder Your Wife . Horrible title, incredible music

  • @youngpaderewski3668
    @youngpaderewski3668 Před 9 lety +85

    Just put me in a time machine and transport me back to that musical moment, back when the band was as smooth as silk.

  • @risbandgeekramirez7006
    @risbandgeekramirez7006 Před 7 lety +87

    We played this song in my middle school jazz band and I instantly fell in love

    • @claires3432
      @claires3432 Před 6 lety +4

      RISbandgeek ramirez same

    • @chubbyzee3714
      @chubbyzee3714 Před 5 lety +11

      @@claires3432 wowsers me too, we did terrible but the song is beautiful

    • @square-on-wheels
      @square-on-wheels Před 4 lety +5

      Yay! Hope for the future!

    • @murraystewartj
      @murraystewartj Před 2 lety +1

      We had a small school jazz band that, thanks to a great band director and a truly supportive community, punched way above our weight when it came to the annual provincial jazz festival. One year we played this arrangement but our director had us do it way slow - painfully slow. It took weeks of practice to get over the inclination to go faster (as we'd all heard the piece in the usual tempo) but we did it. Came in second, and I think the challenge we met was a good part of that. And if you want a great vocal/scat version, check out The Real Group - they do Lil Darlin' proud.

    • @stephencondon3016
      @stephencondon3016 Před rokem

      Me too

  • @estheringram3244
    @estheringram3244 Před 5 lety +16

    when I want peace I listen to this tune.

  • @tsdavis1951
    @tsdavis1951 Před 8 lety +73

    I had the privilege of knowing Mr. Hefti, we lost him a few years ago. He was great guy, he told me some great stories from Sinatra to Neil Simon and The Odd Couple.

    • @Bonkel35
      @Bonkel35 Před 7 lety +2

      What did he tell you about sinatra?

    • @spencerpetunia8268
      @spencerpetunia8268 Před 6 lety +1

      Oooh! What'd he have to say about Simon and working on the Odd Couple film and TV show?

    • @kyleolejarczyk4584
      @kyleolejarczyk4584 Před 6 lety +2

      [X] Doubt

    • @williamtaylor4545
      @williamtaylor4545 Před 11 měsíci

      You suck. Haters like you are disgusting. Whether it's true or not, you don't know. So if you don't know...keep your mouth shut

  • @rickjensen2717
    @rickjensen2717 Před rokem +20

    Absolute class - very difficult to make it swing like that and keep it tight at this tempo 👍👏

    • @AlexFenske
      @AlexFenske Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yes, it's harder than it looks

    • @steveascolese3050
      @steveascolese3050 Před 7 měsíci

      So true and it must be played at that tempo. I played in a rehearsal band that always played it too fast. Next time they called it I counted itoff and you could see all the cats heads nodding in appreciation. Score one for the bass player. Swingin'

    • @ericmintz6689
      @ericmintz6689 Před 6 měsíci

      Freddie Green is in the pocket at all times. Great shot of him during the trumpet solo

  • @PopGunJames
    @PopGunJames Před rokem +7

    TÁR. Thank you.

    • @michaelcherney40
      @michaelcherney40 Před rokem +2

      Ha! I’m watching Tar as well 😅

    • @gimmeshelter1969
      @gimmeshelter1969 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@michaelcherney40 Me too!!🤣

    • @secondhandmickey
      @secondhandmickey Před 9 měsíci

      When this tune came up when the two women were dancing in their living room? Knocked me dead, man, so sensual, so evocative. Great choice of music for that scene. Humbles me to think how talented some film directors are.

    • @PopGunJames
      @PopGunJames Před 9 měsíci +1

      Absolutely. I'm right there with ya@@secondhandmickey

  • @r4b32t11
    @r4b32t11 Před 10 lety +8

    Count Basie and Neil Hefti go together like Champagne and Caviar. YUM

  • @charlesbarry971
    @charlesbarry971 Před 11 měsíci +4

    One of the greatest jazz orchesttas

  • @willsims2009
    @willsims2009 Před 5 lety +57

    I’m reading a book called Q on Producing by Quincy Jones and he mentioned that he learned the importance of tempo and setting the right groove to music from Count Basie! He said that Neal counted it off at about 220 bpm and Basie changed it to 65bpm and it made such a difference because the tempo change brought out the colors in the tune!!’ As a compose myself, I am definitely taking that advice!!

    • @lindaperkins4521
      @lindaperkins4521 Před 5 lety +2

      you can not go wrong with any thing Neal Hefti wrote for basie or the movies

    • @shaliabear
      @shaliabear Před 4 lety +3

      I'm here because of q on producing too ☺ isn't it wild? He said we'd have awesome computing power by 2019 and look at us now!

    • @TheChnecht
      @TheChnecht Před 4 lety +2

      Same here from how to listen to jazz^^

    • @scoobeeturpin
      @scoobeeturpin Před 4 lety +1

      I'm reading that paragraph right now! I stopped to give the song a listen. Love it, and I love this QJ book, too.

    • @cmtso7409
      @cmtso7409 Před 4 lety +2

      @@TheChnecht im readin this book too but our is by ted gioia, man. lmao Different book

  • @AndyTurenne
    @AndyTurenne Před 10 lety +63

    Definitely my all time Basie favorite...and with Neil Hefti it doesn't get better than that.

  • @johnnoone2214
    @johnnoone2214 Před 8 lety +21

    It swings oh so gently.

  • @bremlquan
    @bremlquan Před 4 lety +16

    The way he strums the guitar around 2:20 is so nice

    • @jean-lucbersou758
      @jean-lucbersou758 Před 2 lety +2

      insightful catching and testimony giving precious informations about F.G.'s
      strumming . Right hand flexible wrist brushing energically through the strings on the beat with subtle variations of intensity and left hand moving largely on two
      beats positions and changes through tight chords fingerings .

    • @georgialittle9621
      @georgialittle9621 Před rokem +2

      My husband and I had our first kiss while this song was playing. I loved it before the kiss but I love it even more now!

  • @andrewkelley8099
    @andrewkelley8099 Před rokem +4

    I came across this composition in 2017, my sophomore year of high school. I was failing class and got expelled not long after from my school. But only a few months later I met the woman who is now my wife, and things have been on the up and up since. Sometimes good omens really are trustworthy.

  • @user-xu7yw4wq7m
    @user-xu7yw4wq7m Před 27 dny +1

    when music was music the count had it big time class all the way

  • @MrAitraining
    @MrAitraining Před 7 lety +23

    Basie in their glorious prime! Just the best.

  • @user-xu7yw4wq7m
    @user-xu7yw4wq7m Před 27 dny +1

    nothing like the count and his guys when music was really music nothing like it anywhere

  • @traczone
    @traczone Před 8 lety +24

    Love this song just a simply beautiful melody

  • @TheSason666
    @TheSason666 Před 5 lety +19

    Thank you very much indeed for uploading this historical jazz footage for us here !!! I've been favouring this standard for many many years!!!

  • @nicklh186
    @nicklh186 Před 10 lety +22

    So together and just... beautiful

    • @covettamcsears156
      @covettamcsears156 Před 11 měsíci

      Always together nothing could stop them best swing band ever Noone could compare

  • @Trombonology
    @Trombonology Před 10 lety +30

    A perfect illustration of why Basie's was THE big band of the '50's.

    • @lindaperkins4521
      @lindaperkins4521 Před 5 lety +2

      in mind, this band still is!!!!!!

    • @frankp1842
      @frankp1842 Před 5 lety +2

      And the 60s and the 70s and the 80s!

    • @garyedmondson2998
      @garyedmondson2998 Před 3 lety +3

      I hear they did OK in the 30s and 40s as well......

    • @Trombonology
      @Trombonology Před 3 lety +3

      @@garyedmondson2998 Am I correctly sensing sarcasm? My favorite period for the band was when Lester Young and Herschel Evans were the two tenors -- a period that ended in '39, with Herschel's untimely death at 29. ... However, in the '50s, by which time the Big Band Era had ended, the Basie band was still going strong, while the competing orchestras from years before were less prominent or had ceased to exist as a unit.

    • @garyedmondson2998
      @garyedmondson2998 Před 3 lety +1

      Maybe just a little sarcasm. Y'all were giving them their due from the 50s to the 80s. I was just completing the picture. They were hell on wheels coming out of Kansas City.About the fifties, yeah, somehow my sister and I came up with a 45 of the band doing "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" about that time. With your handle, you might get a kick out of this: czcams.com/video/oZzWigsJwR8/video.html Rita, who also sings, is 16 here; the other young soloist about the same.

  • @b.a.samuels
    @b.a.samuels Před 5 měsíci +1

    Bumped into the Count on Michigan Ave in Chicago, sitting on a fire hydrant waiting on his limo...me and my boy were 15-16, he caught my eye because he looked exactly like my grandfather, dressed in the captain's hat, super clean. Tiny man. "Are you Count Basie?" "What you young cats know about Count Basie?" And we impressed him with our jazz knowledge and did his signature ending just to let him know. He laughed hard.

  • @fadguru
    @fadguru Před 8 lety +10

    This ridiculously good.

  • @Picabitwest
    @Picabitwest Před 9 lety +8

    That solo ... wow! Took some chances and it really works.

    • @feztoys
      @feztoys Před 5 lety +1

      This takes me back to my high school days. We had two Jazz competitions and I won best trumpet soloist both times for that solo. It's the solo itself that gave me those medals.

  • @leonradoux7702
    @leonradoux7702 Před 6 lety +1

    Bonjour voilà pourquoi je suis fan d une tablette toute cette musique des années passées et le chic des musiciens MERCI Messieurs

  • @archivebeetlejuicelocklear7758

    we’re playin this in jazz band now and i happened to get the solo part- cant wait for the concert!

  • @ata1811
    @ata1811 Před 3 lety +4

    Came upon this marvellous piece of music whilst looking up (composer & arranger) Neal Hefti!

    • @williamtaylor4545
      @williamtaylor4545 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Wasn't he just the best arranger/composer you've ever heard?

  • @mikeslipper1779
    @mikeslipper1779 Před měsícem

    Absolutely superb..the band so smooth.

  • @organgrinder55
    @organgrinder55 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I love the baritone sax on this!

  • @davidwilmot2096
    @davidwilmot2096 Před 3 lety +3

    Love the "In my solitude...I'm praying" tag.

  • @michaelquillen2679
    @michaelquillen2679 Před rokem +9

    Played this one with my jazz ensemble at a jazz festival about 40 years ago (I was a music teacher). This was the second tune of a 3-tune set for adjudication at the festival. After we finished it, all three adjudicators gave us a standing ovation. Yep, we got a I+ (superior) rating. God, that was a great group of student musicians I had, who really enjoyed and appreciated quality big band music and were willing to do the woodshedding to make it happen! BTW, we closed the set with Basie's, Magic Flea.

  • @robertaller4776
    @robertaller4776 Před rokem +4

    Sweet and sentimental The music just purrs! Thank you for posting!

  • @tnurse61
    @tnurse61 Před 3 měsíci

    Sublime!!! Great melody, Love this great music🎹❤ Thank you God, Count Basie and Neil !! 🎼

  • @Elixear
    @Elixear Před 5 měsíci

    Une des plus belles reprises de notre cher Henri Salvador, avec laquelle il rendit hommage au maestro en y ajoutant des paroles de Daniel Filipacchi et Frank Ténot, en 1963.
    Paroles à chanter sur le thème :
    Tous les matins quand j'sors du lit,
    Je mets un disque de Count Basie.
    Il ne m'en faut pas d'avantage
    Pour m'enlever tous mes soucis,
    Juste un p'tit disque de Count Basie.
    En prenant mon café au lit,
    J'écoute un disque de Count Basie.
    Et ça me donne du courage,
    Je me sens comme au paradis
    Avec un disque de Count Basie.
    Juste un petit disque de Count Basie.
    Un bon petit disque de Count Basie.
    Basie, Basie, oui !

  • @Snug-the-Joiner
    @Snug-the-Joiner Před rokem +1

    24 Carat - composition, arrangement and performance. Beautiful . . . . .delicious even !

  • @TheFaithArtist
    @TheFaithArtist Před 5 lety +3

    Sublime.

  • @mnart1238
    @mnart1238 Před 5 lety +7

    The very definition of "laid back". So close without turning the beat over. Classic Basie.

  • @jamessykes100
    @jamessykes100 Před 9 lety +18

    I love music from this era, real music not like the stuff you hear today!

    • @orangeduckable
      @orangeduckable Před 8 lety +4

      +james sykes I'm 12 and I love this song. songs today are horrible

    • @xiaoxiaoyuan360
      @xiaoxiaoyuan360 Před 8 lety +3

      +orangeduckable wow your comments just suprised me! good taste(^_^)

    • @orangeduckable
      @orangeduckable Před 8 lety +4

      +XIAOXIAO YUAN thanks I grew up with classical music and jazz, lil darlin is my favorite ballet it just sounds so smooth and relaxing

    • @mjjm5511
      @mjjm5511 Před 8 lety +2

      I love it too! when I was a deb they played this when I curtsyed per my mom's request . smooth and sexy nice muted trumpet too

  • @samster926
    @samster926 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Only if my high school jazz band sounded half as good as this …
    I would’ve been happy…
    We were all over the place … lol

  • @cliffworks748
    @cliffworks748 Před 3 lety +2

    thank you for giving credit to all players

  • @yyrm8321
    @yyrm8321 Před 2 lety +3

    Count’s final notes evoke In My Solitude, the Duke.Ellington song. So classy!

  • @stormygal121
    @stormygal121 Před 2 lety +1

    THIS SENDS me STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN - BRILLIANT ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @bettybrite4970
    @bettybrite4970 Před 3 lety +1

    Boy this Remind ´s me college stage band with Richard Ferland in Drummondville ... Wow what a feeling. Luc Rockology MTL .

  • @daviddalton9214
    @daviddalton9214 Před 10 dny

    So smooooooth.

  • @user-nv4yo3it6q
    @user-nv4yo3it6q Před 8 měsíci

    Lovely, I came here from the film "Tar" . I'd heard it numerous times in bits and pieces. This is the first time I've listened to it completely.

  • @zanerichter3806
    @zanerichter3806 Před 10 lety +8

    Favorite phrase in solo at 2:09, favorite chorus at 2:43, and that ending! So delicate. Beautiful music...

  • @raginbakin1430
    @raginbakin1430 Před 6 lety +5

    This is lit. I dabbed when that beat dropped.
    Lol in all seriousness, this is beautiful.

  • @tonyjohnson1864
    @tonyjohnson1864 Před 5 lety +2

    Dam. I love this song..simply brilliant!!!!!!!

  • @murph3001
    @murph3001 Před 5 lety +2

    Never ever gets old ___ the kid from Red Bank ____ great stuff

  • @rckcr
    @rckcr Před 10 lety +1

    great Basie band great Neil Hefti song played on my radio shows often

  • @robertwilliams1891
    @robertwilliams1891 Před 7 lety +4

    Freddy Green and Marshall Royal!

  • @NormanMorin
    @NormanMorin Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you local boy Neal hefti nothing can be prettier

  • @jcam783
    @jcam783 Před 7 měsíci

    So sweet , wow !

  • @MA-naconitor
    @MA-naconitor Před 6 měsíci

    As for something as simple as an intro, Basie just has that feel

  • @PabloVestory
    @PabloVestory Před 6 lety +2

    The final quote. Fantastic homage!

  • @JohnMHill-oi6rb
    @JohnMHill-oi6rb Před rokem +1

    My all time favourite. The band is so tight! Mine was good, and we had fun It may well still be going: The Melbourne Municipal Band, Melbourne, Florida. John M. Hill

  • @robertboney4493
    @robertboney4493 Před 6 lety +2

    Great Neil Hefti tune. Great band.

  • @quickworks9720
    @quickworks9720 Před 3 lety +1

    Oh my gosh! Didn’t know the name of this song! Thanks for sharing!

  • @slim555555
    @slim555555 Před 10 lety +8

    The best version

  • @paulsaganski2070
    @paulsaganski2070 Před 4 lety +6

    I play this in my high school's alumni jazz band every December, but we never take it this quick. I also get that solo and stretch the bejeezus out of it rhythmically.

  • @marcelolinhares8233
    @marcelolinhares8233 Před 2 lety +2

    Fantástico!! Nada mais!!

  • @markstephenson6023
    @markstephenson6023 Před 7 lety +6

    I was in the French Quarter, 2015 in NOLA. Gerald French Quintet played this for me, and Let me do Vocals. What a Bucket List Dream Come True. I did Lil' Darlin' Right, and Gerald French quintet better, they didn't miss a note, and dragged the back beat in perfect time.

  • @scottstevens78
    @scottstevens78 Před 3 lety

    Just beautiful.

  • @Nightman221k
    @Nightman221k Před 9 lety +1

    I love it! Such a smooth song!

  • @PapiBienzobas
    @PapiBienzobas Před 4 lety +2

    ¡Que bárbaro!

  • @georgefspicka5483
    @georgefspicka5483 Před rokem +1

    It's so wonderful to hear this again :)

  • @pamtebelman2321
    @pamtebelman2321 Před 6 lety +3

    Beautiful song and beautifully arranged. Thank you for posting.

  • @MrLuvOldies
    @MrLuvOldies Před 9 lety

    Thanks. Sooo nice and smooth.Mmmmmmmm

  • @marciahelland2071
    @marciahelland2071 Před 6 lety +2

    All time Favorite!

  • @AnthonyAvery
    @AnthonyAvery Před 2 lety

    All elegant and giftted gentlemen.

  • @jenniferrobison4299
    @jenniferrobison4299 Před 9 měsíci

    Beautiful ❤

  • @jamesspicer4644
    @jamesspicer4644 Před 9 lety +3

    Fine and dandy!

  • @robertboney4493
    @robertboney4493 Před 2 lety +1

    Smooth solo...great players.

  • @ktsenya2
    @ktsenya2 Před 4 dny

    Now that’s class.

  • @AfiScruggsplaysbass
    @AfiScruggsplaysbass Před rokem

    The programmer played this song on the Sunday afternoon jazz show on WVOL, Nashville's Black radio station back in the day. It's so beautiful.

  • @ROSAMO7
    @ROSAMO7 Před rokem

    c'est exceptionnel !

  • @BuckieBear
    @BuckieBear Před 4 lety

    This is magic

  • @cvstathopoulos
    @cvstathopoulos Před 8 lety +3

    As cool as it gets!

  • @darrenbanton8929
    @darrenbanton8929 Před 2 lety

    The Quincy Jones book brought me here . Good for the soul!

  • @oldschool_2717
    @oldschool_2717 Před 5 lety +1

    so relaxing

  • @steveflor9942
    @steveflor9942 Před 2 lety

    Sure goes nice with morning coffee.
    Exquisite.

  • @jongilchrist7229
    @jongilchrist7229 Před 7 lety

    I'm from the rock era but was never the same when one day in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, at the band shell there, I watched a big band playing. Very classy!

  • @zentertainer217
    @zentertainer217 Před 7 lety +5

    I see alot of hip hop and r&b artist that use this progression and think they thought of it! haha

  • @adriaanYT
    @adriaanYT Před 9 lety +2

    Prachtig !!

  • @MidnightJazzer
    @MidnightJazzer Před 7 lety +2

    Excellent true to form negotiation of Neils tunes!!

  • @deontebell43
    @deontebell43 Před 11 lety +1

    Brilliant

  • @louisboyer3919
    @louisboyer3919 Před 8 lety +21

    less is more

  • @serious7422
    @serious7422 Před 6 lety

    We're playing this in our jazz band and its so nice

  • @zachsplep
    @zachsplep Před 3 lety +1

    The Brass are playing with "Bucket Mutes" at the beginning. The Trumpet Solo is played with Harmon Mute, stem in. Invented by Mr. Harmon.
    For a time it was Johnny Carson's preferred closer of his Tonight Show.
    Beautiful sound!

  • @terrelll.howard8660
    @terrelll.howard8660 Před 6 lety

    Smooth!

  • @aircanuck
    @aircanuck Před 6 lety

    That was special.

  • @mjjm5511
    @mjjm5511 Před 8 lety +7

    when I was a deb they played this when curtsyed per my mom's request .. smooth and sexy!! nice muted trumpet

    • @neekanarya8321
      @neekanarya8321 Před 6 lety +1

      Myra Juarez after you said mothers request you said smooth and sexy some one could really take that out of context

  • @bobdecampos
    @bobdecampos Před 4 měsíci

    Genius

  • @terrytk9398
    @terrytk9398 Před rokem

    Sheer musical artistry.

  • @borislunaire2468
    @borislunaire2468 Před 7 lety

    c'est beau

  • @bkrider19
    @bkrider19 Před 7 lety

    Virtuosos.

  • @yamotonooyaji
    @yamotonooyaji Před 9 lety +2

    I love this song. And, snooky youn's solo makes poetic melody.

    • @williamtaylor4545
      @williamtaylor4545 Před 11 měsíci

      Just to set the record straight..
      Sonny Cohn played the solo