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Wow!! Thank you, K.O.

Ha k.o.I whant to talk to you

The Amazing Johnny Madrid! Glad to have known him. I met him in late 70's on the beach at the Kool Jazz Festival in the Waikiki area in Honolulu. Was invited to jam with his band which was incredible. Such an all around fun guy.

I Just played lead on a Sinatra Show i produced at Blue Note Waikiki and we opened with Billy Byers "Come Fy With Me". The reason why is because of John Madrid. Coincidentally, THE You Tube advertisement Photo of this video was taken at precisely the exact moment of the last note of that arrangement. Yes thats a 20 year old me playing 2nd trumpet next to a 27 year old John Madrid. Serendiptidly, this last note moment is indelibly pasted in my trumpet memory. Don Hutchinson once described Johns lead playing as a "vacuum" that would sweep and entire Band. Long arrangement short, i never hit my last note. But i thought i did. I felt i did. But i didn't. I got so into Johns incredible playing that my heart hit that note right along with him....Perfectly.......but nothing came out....but emotionally i nailed it. Thank you John Madrid. Any one or two of you cats that played with him know what i mean.

Wonderful tribute!! Thank you!!

Hey KO. Great to find this. I saw a vid of another trumpeter and I thought of JM so I looked him up. Take care. Dayton H

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John Madrid played in Honolulu in the late 70s - he was a force!! That Opening might be from the recording of the Hawaii Select Stage Band - 1975? When is the band’s director.

Thank You

My favorite video on youtube probably

Amazing sound and technique!

The incomparable Johnny Madrid was the greatest lead trumpet player in the history of the entertainment industry.

@10 02 min 😳😵what the f#%! Is Madrid playing waaaaayyyyy up there! Never heard anything like it before on trumpet!!! And i ve heard lots of screamers!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯⁉️ wow g$!@ damn! I started listening to his screaming late 1999-2000 in college on that famous trumpet stuff website . I ve always wanted to know more about about him, the player, but couldnt until today. Thank you very much for this documentary . 🙏🏻 You are awesome 👌🏾 👏🏾 👍🏾! ❤

Anybody know where I could buy the arrangement of we've only just begun that Johnny plays at the start

Howie was my teacher, thank you for uploading this ❤

Beautiful.

Very nice tribute. Hopefully helps more people become aware of this very talented musician and enhances his legacy.

wooooooooooo

Thanks Johnny for all you shared with us! You are greatly missed. Scott Von Ravensberg

K.O.!! Nice band! Got more?

This is amazing, K.O.!! Thank you for your efforts in putting this video together!!

KO has really outdone himself with this wonderful tribute to John and I am touched looking back at him playing in my Los Angeles Jazz Workshop and San Diego State University bands. We first met playing a recording session in LA and we hung out none-stop for 3 days after (lots of diet cokes)! We had a musical chemistry from the first. Both pitch and time/feel are concepts, and he and I felt them exactly the same. We were close from those first notes together at this session for the rest of his life. KO remembering the wild dogs at my house in Mexico is completely true. A life cut short way too soon. I'm going to turn 71 now and he was only 42 and older than me. Life is not always fair. Besides his incredible musical abilities, he is remembered for his generosity and kindness as a wonderful human being. What a great legacy for all of us to try to live up to. He never let you pick up the check! Bill Yeager

I've always heard the name John Madrid but had no idea what a marvelous player he was! Thank you for making this!

thanks....it was fun to see Lynn Nicholson....he's a good sport ...a kind soul : )

Very well done! Thanks!

This is INCREDIBLE!!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS. 🥇🎺JOHN!!🎺🥇

thank you so much for this wonderful video

Great Job !!!

What a nice tribute and fun stuff about John, thanks! I met John when he was with Woody Herman (in his Benge days), then with Buddy Rich. Such a wonderful cat and perfect player. And he treated you as his friend immediately.

Wow, what a wonderful tribute. I just came across this today, July 29, 2022. I had the privilege of playing in the band at Montebello High School for a year with Johnny as a bandmate. He was a senior and I a sophomore. He was an extraordinary talent. He lived one street over from my home in Monterey Park, and I would occasionally catch a ride with him to rehearsal for the City of Commerce Youth Band. I remember Johnny as a true gentleman and a genuinely kind human being. Oh, yeah, Robert Preciado was also in the band at Montebello and was in the same graduating class as I, 1968. He was a total delight and just a good guy. We seemed to always be laughing together. RIP John and Robert, 2 wonderful. classy guys gone too soon.

It's about time this amazing talent is featured. thankyou.

There has never been anyone, Jim Manley excepted, who could do what John did at 9.59. Utterly incredible.

Adam Preciado here, my teddy bear growing up known as "Johnny Bear" was gifted to me from Johnny when I was born. I have heard so many stories over the years about Johnny from my dad, KO, Aunt Bernie and Uncle Derrick over the years, this documentary was a great addendum to tie those stories together into a cohesive picture. The man, the myth, the legend Johnny Madrid, may you live in infamy, may you live in our hearts.

Many thanks for this great document, you made a very good and essential job for introducing such a legend. Thanks again KO (and John Mohan, i've seen your name at the end, see you in Nice one day John :)

Miss you Mike, Mike, Moosie and George Hope your resting in peace ❤️❤️ good times right Gary❣️ remembering the years with Sergio and Sammy 🥰 growing up with these wonderful men was a beautiful experience. Such great friends....till the end 🙏😇

I wish the interviewees were named on the screen. Great video.

Starting at 33:03 .. 😳

I Know them!!!

Thanx a lot!

thank you Johnny! thank you K.O. !

If I remember correctly, Johnny went straight to Las Vegas with contract when he graduated from Montebello in 67 when I arrived at HQMC Wash., D C. I recall Stan Kenton picked him up then and is listed here...... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Compositions_of_Dee_Barton

Such a great video! Thanks KO!

Thanks for extending this!

Thanks for completing this, K.O.! Back in the day you made me a cassette compilation of Johnny Madrid excerpts, and I still go back to it and share with friends and students. He deserves to be remembered and celebrated like this!

We need the full version of "This Way" on RUclips!!

I can't believe no one has asked what mouthpiece he played on. what did he die from? I've watched this twice now, thanks so much for your time and trouble to put this together.

Lew Soloff told me about John Madrid. Boy he didn’t bullshit me. He was terrific!

Wow, fantastic huge sound, sort of reminds me of Lyn Biviano!

In 1979 John Madrid came to our high school, Schurr High in Montebello, CA and he played with us in our stage band for our spring concert that year and we recorded an album with him. When he first walked into the band room for a rehearsal I didn't know who this guy was, but after playing with him that week I got an education of not only who he was and how great a trumpet player he was, but playing in the same section with such a great player was a treat and an inspiration. I'm sure that experience helped my trumpet playing.