Redline Tango By John Mackey

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  • čas přidán 3. 07. 2012
  • This great piece, originally written by the composer for orchestra, was John Mackey's first work for concert band. The piece opens with a driving and virtuosic motive that gradually builds in intensity. After the first climax, the second theme of the piece enters, the "tango", mostly dominated by the clarinet section. The "tango" then moves into a restatement of the opening theme, albeit a "redder" version, in the composer's own words. The piece concludes with a final sampling of the "tango" theme and then a finishing bang.
    Performed by the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble.
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Komentáře • 166

  • @moonchild7915
    @moonchild7915 Před 7 lety +346

    that moment when you realize john mackey has never played an instrument in his life and thats why he writes in weird time signatures and satan keys. yet his music somehow sounds badass

    • @franklinbileth
      @franklinbileth Před 6 lety +17

      Moon Child yea dude, I got to meet him and wen he told me that, my jaw dropped.

    • @julianossa3578
      @julianossa3578 Před 5 lety +14

      Well, he also went to Juilliard

    • @litenalskare
      @litenalskare Před 4 lety +4

      Ariellove hater hours

    • @theghattlings8995
      @theghattlings8995 Před 4 lety +4

      Ariellove hey, I know sometimes we like to talk about our opinions, but you can keep this one to yourself 😃👍

    • @gon9684
      @gon9684 Před 3 lety +3

      Nah, that doesn't make much sense to me, why would that be the case? He is a genius, I don't understand why not playing an instrument would lead you to write more complicated music, he knows very well what he's doing, I can guarantee you that, and he probably has 0 issue with any of that solphege and he writes music for the appropriate level, he expects musicians to handle it well as well.

  • @madisonbandman6570
    @madisonbandman6570 Před 6 lety +53

    Man I love how well John Mackey uses trombone in his pieces! Every time I hear a piece composed by him I feel at home. I love it.

  • @irlmajorminor2991
    @irlmajorminor2991 Před 7 lety +203

    The new Pokémon games- Pokémon redline tango and Pokémon blue shades

  • @CybermutT713
    @CybermutT713 Před 8 lety +126

    Played this last semester, I shattered a mallet and broke the gong support...

    • @sahilsen6662
      @sahilsen6662 Před 8 lety +12

      HAHA LOL! Greetings fellow percussionist!

    • @L0Ldude11
      @L0Ldude11 Před 7 lety +10

      Triston Jones As a percussionist- most of my section buds see breaking stuff as a pride thing. lol

    • @tylerbarfield2204
      @tylerbarfield2204 Před 7 lety +13

      yes us percussionists have A LOT of fun while playing John Mackey masterpieces

    • @L0Ldude11
      @L0Ldude11 Před 7 lety +4

      Tyler Barfield Yeah. I've never played any of Mackey's works, but I drool thinking about it.

    • @domcardona3623
      @domcardona3623 Před 7 lety +3

      Out marching band show was Mackey music two years ago

  • @MitchGilly
    @MitchGilly Před 9 lety +46

    I love that soprano sax solo in the middle of the piece

  • @oneghost1257
    @oneghost1257 Před 7 lety +22

    2:09 introduces us to the best melody line of the entire piece.

  • @redvelvetqueen24
    @redvelvetqueen24 Před 8 lety +63

    everything he composes is pure gold

  • @Nick-qx7ln
    @Nick-qx7ln Před 9 lety +63

    The first trombone part is insane. Most of those low notes you hear? That's the first trombone.

    • @UsmsLeopard13
      @UsmsLeopard13 Před 8 lety +2

      3rd trombone

    • @Gokartization
      @Gokartization Před 8 lety +8

      +Aaron Gonzalez Actually its 1st 2nd and 3rd, so both of yall are right

    • @Gokartization
      @Gokartization Před 8 lety +1

      +Aaron Gonzalez Actually its 1st 2nd and 3rd, so both of yall are right

  • @ms.glendasmith8883
    @ms.glendasmith8883 Před 7 lety +36

    OMG. The Eb Calrinet!!! Gives music goals

  • @dominicjackson8928
    @dominicjackson8928 Před 6 lety +7

    I swear the last 30 seconds gave me mood swings

  • @zandertroy4110
    @zandertroy4110 Před 9 lety +53

    I'm so happy I'm a bass trombone player...

    • @UsmsLeopard13
      @UsmsLeopard13 Před 8 lety

      lucky

    • @natesolo22
      @natesolo22 Před 7 lety +1

      SAME!!! Blasting low notes on Xerxes was great.

    • @L0Ldude11
      @L0Ldude11 Před 7 lety +1

      NatetheGreatGAME YES! THOSE NOTES MUST BE BLASTED!

    • @natesolo22
      @natesolo22 Před 7 lety +1

      Blue AND you gotta take the half note part DOWN the octave the second time (lol I wanted to)

    • @L0Ldude11
      @L0Ldude11 Před 7 lety

      NatetheGreatGAME Wait... a fan of Mackey and HALF LIFE?!?!

  • @hannahherrmann4921
    @hannahherrmann4921 Před 2 lety +5

    Well this one is definitely red. Literally how did mans perfectly encompass a whole color in nine minutes

  • @michaelstraw5852
    @michaelstraw5852 Před 6 lety +33

    This song is like "Ride - Sam Hazo's" evil big brother

    • @mr.cleanarchonoflight8120
      @mr.cleanarchonoflight8120 Před 5 lety +6

      I dont think they have enough stylistic parallels to be called that tbh. Just because they are two wind band pieces with complex time doesn't mean they are one in the same with different moods. Listen to more music

    • @edwardchen9619
      @edwardchen9619 Před 4 lety

      more like Godfather

    • @michaelstraw5852
      @michaelstraw5852 Před 4 lety

      @@mr.cleanarchonoflight8120I'll ignore everything you said cause you had the audacity to assume I need to "Listen to more music". Thanks though.

    • @mr.cleanarchonoflight8120
      @mr.cleanarchonoflight8120 Před 4 lety

      @@michaelstraw5852 you're right. That was a pissy comment. I must have been in a bad mood that day. I apologize.

    • @johnnytheyoungmaestro
      @johnnytheyoungmaestro Před rokem

      Pretty much so. I've conducted Ride before, and it's one heck of a piece to understand.

  • @esanchojr
    @esanchojr Před 7 lety +9

    SUPER excited to play this piece on bass clarinet soon!

  • @Epicperson123ful
    @Epicperson123ful Před 5 lety +7

    Had part of this in a marching show once... along with Hymn to a Blue Hour in another. This music is the main reason I’ve started composing and arranging myself.

  • @gregrichardson3075
    @gregrichardson3075 Před 4 lety +56

    can we get an F for the euphonium player being bored as hell lol.

    • @Composer_Piggy
      @Composer_Piggy Před 4 lety +11

      Greg Richardson how can you be bored when you’re listening to this piece? I was always so happy when I played because I was like “GO TROMBONE/CLARINET/WHOEVER HAS THE COOLEST PART RIGHT NOW”

    • @thanosmaster-abel559
      @thanosmaster-abel559 Před 3 lety +5

      YES BIG F AS A EUPH PLAYER THIS IS THE WORST AND IM A SENIORRR . IVE PLAYED SONGS LIKE BLUE SHADES AND DANZÓN AND THIS IS MY SENIOR SONG LIKE I COULD SLEEP THE WHOLE SONG

    • @thanosmaster-abel559
      @thanosmaster-abel559 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Composer_Piggy you get bored when your previous year pieces had you playing the whole song through

    • @jantoresandvik
      @jantoresandvik Před 3 lety

      F

  • @Maimandmend
    @Maimandmend Před 2 lety

    University High School Orlando Florida Marching Band & Colorguard Alumni // this is the best piece of music I’ve ever had the honor of performing to, circa 2006-2007

  • @redd8801
    @redd8801 Před 4 lety +4

    this would be a perfect piece for a action part in a old agent movie

  • @azd685
    @azd685 Před 10 lety +5

    This reminds me of his soprano sax concerto, especially "wood"

  • @michaelstraw5852
    @michaelstraw5852 Před 6 lety +8

    Listened to Ride (Hazo), Sevens (Hazo) then this. Felt like a trilogy of movies. Ride was the innocent beginning. Sevens was the snazzy sequel. This was the emotional conclusion.

    • @johnnytheyoungmaestro
      @johnnytheyoungmaestro Před rokem

      I have had the awesome chance of learning how to conduct both Ride and Sevens, and they are both very awesome to listen to if you know what to look out for. :)

  • @alexhochstein7568
    @alexhochstein7568 Před 8 lety +64

    What is it with John Mackey and weird time signatures?

    • @mlefeb
      @mlefeb Před 8 lety +19

      +Alex Hochstein Adds a cool style

    • @sanjaypandiri5197
      @sanjaypandiri5197 Před 8 lety +7

      +Alex Hochstein What is it with Alex Hochstein and trying to be a band nerd?

    • @mlefeb
      @mlefeb Před 8 lety +1

      Sanjay Pandiri Stfu

    • @sanjaypandiri5197
      @sanjaypandiri5197 Před 8 lety

      +Matthew LeFebvre Wow, no chill. :\

    • @mlefeb
      @mlefeb Před 8 lety

      Sanjay Pandiri LOL sorry.

  • @blueberrypoptart2424
    @blueberrypoptart2424 Před 8 lety +21

    When he describes the song becoming "redder," is he referring to his synesthesia? I don't know if he has it or not, but I do.

    • @snowy3339
      @snowy3339 Před 5 lety +5

      I have it too! But just the grapheme kind, no sounds 😭

  • @heatherferreira4225
    @heatherferreira4225 Před 7 lety +3

    I don't know who you are, John Mackey, but you are the sole living heir to Lalo Schifrin with this score, and I am enjoying the HECK out of what I am hearing, sir!

  • @pranksterj0009
    @pranksterj0009 Před 10 lety +2

    So. Freaking. Awesome.

  • @dad6765
    @dad6765 Před 4 lety +18

    I remember when I played this in 5th grade band

    • @jonathanriggs6599
      @jonathanriggs6599 Před 4 lety +12

      Yo I remember playing it in my “gifted kiddies pre-K band”

    • @sidthesquid750
      @sidthesquid750 Před 4 lety +6

      @dad I don't think you played a grade 5 piece of music in the 5th grade, I'm in seventh grade and the hardest pieces we play are grade 2.5, not to shatter your dreams of looking cool, but that is so unrealistic. It may have made a tinier bit more sense if you were in a symphony or orchestra, but 5th grade band, yea i doubt you played Redline Tango

    • @joshkahl3576
      @joshkahl3576 Před 4 lety +2

      @acole r/whoosh

    • @dad6765
      @dad6765 Před 4 lety +1

      Acole I can’t tell if you’re being serious or sarcastic

    • @sidthesquid750
      @sidthesquid750 Před 4 lety +2

      @@dad6765 I'm being serious

  • @edangelo6192
    @edangelo6192 Před 8 lety +4

    1st Trombone? Ummmmmmm... YES PLEASE AND THANK YOU

  • @mercedesanchez9463
    @mercedesanchez9463 Před 8 lety +12

    playing it this year. (Bb contrabass clarinet)

    • @jacobkrapes4400
      @jacobkrapes4400 Před 8 lety +3

      playing this,vesuvius, blue shades AND strange humors,john mackey lineup on contrabass; )

    • @mercedesanchez9463
      @mercedesanchez9463 Před 8 lety +1

      +Jacob Krapes omg I love strange humors

    • @jacobkrapes4400
      @jacobkrapes4400 Před 8 lety

      +Mercede Sanchez it's a fantastic song man lol and contrabass is the best instrument for anything

    • @wayneerickson4979
      @wayneerickson4979 Před 6 lety

      Blue Shades and Vesuvius are not by Mackey but are by Ticheli.

  • @xxholicxxclover7413
    @xxholicxxclover7413 Před 10 lety +7

    I believe he used parts of this song to create woods :)

  • @cokofjskxja1921
    @cokofjskxja1921 Před 4 lety

    Finally, flutes are heard

  • @marilynpoole3199
    @marilynpoole3199 Před 6 lety +11

    Is that a clarinet at the middle doing the glisandos?

  • @Hhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm
    @Hhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm Před 7 lety +3

    I played bassoon and soprano sax for this song

  • @davidzollicoffer2825
    @davidzollicoffer2825 Před 10 lety +29

    You shouldve seen my face when the tenor sax came in at 2:30. (Hint: my profile pic)

    • @jameszollicoffer7932
      @jameszollicoffer7932 Před 7 lety +3

      John Mackey, same taste in video games, and same last name? Are we long lost twins?

    • @davidzollicoffer2825
      @davidzollicoffer2825 Před 7 lety +1

      James Zollicoffer Holy Shit. Given the rarity of our last name I feel like there's a good chance we're related lol
      (With love from Florida)

    • @zekiro817
      @zekiro817 Před 7 lety +3

      David Zollicoffer I'm even more shocked that you replied after 2 years

    • @lger2010
      @lger2010 Před 6 lety +1

      That's a bari sax

    • @michaelolmoz225
      @michaelolmoz225 Před 4 lety

      lger2010 it’s on the tenor sax, bari, bassoon for sure, and probably other low reeds too

  • @kayd0n625
    @kayd0n625 Před 6 lety +11

    John Mackey really loves dissonance doesn’t he

  • @tamarasimpson8895
    @tamarasimpson8895 Před 10 lety +2

    about to perform this at university :)

  • @Spioctius1
    @Spioctius1 Před rokem

    I want to play this in band so bad

  • @saigetripletone2673
    @saigetripletone2673 Před 4 lety +3

    for gdyo piano auditions,2:30-2:55, 5:55-6:49

  • @TheJamesinator102
    @TheJamesinator102 Před 10 lety +1

    Sick song

  • @why5482
    @why5482 Před 8 měsíci

    This is so delightfully wonky

  • @kaywelder
    @kaywelder Před 4 lety +1

    WHO TOLD JOHNNY TO POP OFF LIKE THIS????

  • @jessehernandez2337
    @jessehernandez2337 Před 6 lety +6

    Is 3:40 an oboe solo??

  • @kobelester
    @kobelester Před 7 lety +14

    This piece is so sexy

  • @treason574
    @treason574 Před 4 lety +2

    anyone else hear Breath of the Wild melody in the piano at around 2:30?

  • @seshpad2483
    @seshpad2483 Před 7 lety +1

    what is the solo at 3:10?

    • @seshpad2483
      @seshpad2483 Před 7 lety

      and is 5:14 soprano sax?

    • @tehzerm547
      @tehzerm547 Před 7 lety +1

      Sesh Pad Clarinet at 3:10 and Soprano Sax at 5:14

  • @DurpyKraken
    @DurpyKraken Před 4 lety +5

    Playing this is one of the punishments satan gives in hell... or just listening to it

  • @noelleobrien7525
    @noelleobrien7525 Před 7 lety

    Do I hear a bit of Redacted there at 1:15?

  • @joelfred2900
    @joelfred2900 Před 3 lety

    Clarinet 1 is hella fun HEHEHEHE

  • @xenerxes2117
    @xenerxes2117 Před 9 lety +10

    Any Bb Contrabass clarinet players here? :3

    • @ArchosTLB
      @ArchosTLB Před 8 lety +3

      I wish I had a contra, I'm buying a low c bass soon!

    • @xenerxes2117
      @xenerxes2117 Před 8 lety

      NateDuttonMC Nice!

    • @noahstone3879
      @noahstone3879 Před 8 lety +1

      +Jake Giganti I have a low Eb bass, but I love it all the same!

    • @xenerxes2117
      @xenerxes2117 Před 8 lety

      +Noah Stone I've never really played Bass clarinet. I played it for like 3 days, didn't like it, so I moved to Contrabass

    • @maceyc551
      @maceyc551 Před 8 lety +1

      +Jake Giganti Haha right here !! but i pay all the low clarinets but Bass clarinet is my primary instrument, B flat contra and EEflat. Just so happens we have a two hour rehearsal of this tomorrow ._.

  • @paulmcdougald4953
    @paulmcdougald4953 Před 5 lety +1

    this piano part is p hard lol

  • @SexyKi11Razor200
    @SexyKi11Razor200 Před 6 měsíci

    reminds me of hamza syed

  • @starwilson4334
    @starwilson4334 Před 6 lety +1

    For some I started laughing like a creep for some reason

  • @brianwazhere5645
    @brianwazhere5645 Před 7 lety +5

    This dude didn't even go to college, man. Genius.

    • @aunyastevens3630
      @aunyastevens3630 Před 7 lety +1

      Brianwazhere John Mackey went to Juilliard. He was taught at a relatively young age by his grandfather and he expanded on it in college. (And he's self produced, that's impressive)

    • @micahokusa6633
      @micahokusa6633 Před 6 lety +1

      Yeah Mackey went to college.

    • @jackcothron7742
      @jackcothron7742 Před 6 lety

      He went to Juilliard

  • @saintcyan2505
    @saintcyan2505 Před 2 lety

    5:55-

  • @ssyuren
    @ssyuren Před 7 lety +7

    I remember the first time I played this I was contemplating suicide

  • @AwesomeTrumpeter525
    @AwesomeTrumpeter525 Před 7 lety +5

    I am a student prodigy. At the age of seven, I'm about to graduate

    • @erwinschliemann7482
      @erwinschliemann7482 Před 7 lety +7

      Logan Comeaux Your ability to use actual grammar and spelling tells me you're probably the youngest person I'd be willing to respect, even in the slightest bit.

    • @sarahalvarado5206
      @sarahalvarado5206 Před 7 lety

      That is very impressive.

    • @highlandshereditary1749
      @highlandshereditary1749 Před 7 lety +8

      Logan Comeaux and you felt the need to say this why...

    • @idootponda2275
      @idootponda2275 Před 6 lety +2

      Very Humble

    • @AnarcoCAPtain
      @AnarcoCAPtain Před 6 lety +2

      Dude you deserve one nobel price, you are amazing, you are the best!!!!! ..... or maybe you are
      simply cocky and arrogant?!

  • @medievalmusiclover
    @medievalmusiclover Před 9 lety +1

    John Mackey's music sound like same.......

    • @Mybeautifuloboe
      @Mybeautifuloboe Před 9 lety +38

      medievalmusiclover So does John Williams'. Once you find a perfect sound to make in the orchestra, why not exploit it and write a bunch of different themes on similar wonderful sounds?

    • @QuboiD117
      @QuboiD117 Před 8 lety

      +oboeplayingcorgi amen

    • @zephifriend6462
      @zephifriend6462 Před 5 lety +1

      @medievalmusiclover so does 100% of all pop music. At least Johns music actually is music, and not just loud. My jazz instructor has told me over and over, and the music on the scores and on paper isint music, we are the music.