Star Wars Symphonic Suite--Jelani Eddington at the Sanfilippo Wurlitzer
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Jelani Eddington plays the Main Title from the Star Wars Symphonic Suite at the 5/80 Sanfilippo Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ in Barrington, Illinois. Video by Donnie Rankin/DR4 Productions LLC and audio by Josh Richter. Star Wars (c) Warner Chappell. No claim to third-party copyrighted material. Arrangement and transcription is original to artist.
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Training this one needs no more.. A master organist, he is.
The force be with him.
HE NEEDS TO KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARK SIDE!!!
A Master Yedi!
he also is an attorney
@@Ken_Weber_organist 😆 so he DOES know the power of the dark side!
This pipe organ has enough power to destroy an entire planet.
dan Hamakua You know they get much bigger, right?
That's not a pipe organ.. It's a space station.
Yes ive seen bigger
The bigger ones can destroy our solar system.
According to an old story, the former Chicago Stadium organ (51 sets of pipes vs. this organ's 80, but with MUCH higher wind pressures to the pipes) damaged its building. Supposedly, when a boxing mach ended with an unpopular call by the ref, the audience started rioting. The organist threw on absolutely full organ, opened the volume controls all the way, and played the National Anthem. The fight stopped, light bulbs blew out and windows cracked all over the building. So yes, a very large organ could potentially do structural damage. Usually, buildings are built to withstand the organ going in, if it's very big and/or loud... but the Chicago Stadium organ was supposed to only go up to 35" pressures, which is VERY big-- but upon installation, they realized the blower could produce some 50" wind, and they arranged six sets of pipes to play on it. (The world's largest organ, in a monstrously-large arena in Atlantic City, has ten 50" sets and four 100" sets. When it gets fully restored, it'll be a monster!)
Now witness the firepower of this fully tuned and operational pipe organ!
For a lowly keyboard player (and Star Wars fan) in a local rock band, this is like staring God in the face while he shouts his name. I'm not worthy.
Yeah the thing is insane. I’ve been there since the house is actually my uncles. They actually have the organ hooked up to a computer too where it can play things without anyone playing it. And let me tell you it is loud
@@route6666 It is amazing, they now have technology that seamlessly integrates digital control and MIDI with the old pneumatic and mechanical systems.
Gives these old instruments new life.
With this instrument this guy could fly the Millenium falcon
And the death star
And the star destroyer
And the super star destroyer
and the USS entreprise
and 50 other space ships
simultaneously.
The Enterprise? Wrong millenium!
+Derp Herp And with a couple of commuter helicopters, thrown in, to keep it normal.
hahaha
+Derp Herp SHHHHIIIIIIIIIIT! He could fly the TARDIS with those skills. Mind. Blown. And I've seen many concert organists. Mad skills.
keinark He would probably leave the handbrake on though.
There are more controls on that thing than a space shuttle!
Or an imperial shuttle!
thats no moon. its a keyboard station
+Ped Man you wont believe how much i laughed..nice :D
He pulled out all the stops. Nearly literally.
It's like the Bridge of the Millenium Falcon Times Fifty!
8 years later and still the best star wars organ version
And the sound quality is amazing
Make it a decade
The Force is strong with this one.
lmao
Well I'm sure John Williams is smiling when he sees the fantastic Jelani Eddington playing his work. Jelani is a genius both in performing and pipe rank registration (= arrangement for the theatre organ). Like many fans I would pay hard earned cash just to hear Jelani play the soundtrack to classic 20th Century movies suchb as the ones by Lucas, Spielberg and others. This man is unbelievably fantastic!!!
When you don't have enough money to hire a full band, just call this guy!
+AstronomicWaffle haha when you don't have enough money to hire a full band, just learn how to play organ! )))
+Oleksandr Mapatelian lol "just learn"
+Oleksandr Mapatelian better start with learning piano methinks
+NauticalWaffle Who needs an orchestra when you have this guy?
+NauticalWaffle Good luck transporting this big ass thing to your concert without breaking it LOL. Looks fragile.
I am completely blown away by this. It's a shame that these organs, and those skilled in their playing are disappearing quickly. This man and his instrument are a treasure.
This translated REALLY well.
If you think this is fake because, "The music doesn't line up with the keys that are pressed." Well let me tell you how pipe organs work. What you are seeing is just the console, the pipes and fans and all the other things that are actually making the music is in another room, there is a delay from when the keys are pressed till you hear the sound. So please do your research before calling this beautiful piece of music 'fake'!
That latency would drive me crazy playing such an instrument.
Star Wars IV: The Silent Hope (1917)
:D
Holy shit, this is awesome! One man and one organ sounds just like the entire London Symphony Orchestra that recorded the original for use in the films.
If Star Wars was a silent film, this would have been the soundtrack.
Dude, this IS the soundtrack! It's not a medley, that's how it plays in the movie!
DarthChrisB I know it is, you twit. I was saying that this is what *all* the music would have sounded like. Also, great job responding to a three month old comment.
In this case your comment makes no fucking sense! I thought you're uninformed, not plain stupid!
Hey Darth, take a chill pill. You're being RUDE!
piecheese: Some people just can't understand unless every little detail / context is pointed out to them. Sucks to be them... LOL
His hands are impressive, but he's playing the red and white tabs with the Force. Now that's Jedi!
+Alexplorer Actuated via the circular thumb pistons below the keys.
*****
That comment was the RUclips equivalent of "He has a high midichlorian count."
Alexplorer
Huh?
Richard Harrold r/whoooooooosh
All organists use the force!
Wow, he plays so many things at once. He's really playing for an entire orchestra
Is Sheldon playing?
Absolutely Flawless!
Please note that there’s a non negligible delay, typical of church organs, due to long air-path and valves switching. This adds to the authenticity of the video.
Caramba achei um comentário do André Guedes em um vídeo totalmente aleatório de literalmente anos atrás, que maravilha kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Damn, that thing's got a built-in gong, and cymbals and shit. That's no ordinary pipe organ...
Truly - its a theatre organ - designed to accompany movies. So it has percussion instruments and even what they call a 'toy counter' with buttons to activate car horns, thunder via big sheet metal bits, bells, etc. A theatre organist is composer and orchestra all rolled into one. To give you a good example, remember the warner bros cartoons with bugs bunny and how the music went with the action? The composer, Carl Stalling was a theatre organist, so he was used to composing on the spot for the silent films of the day. The theatre organ replaced orchestras which did the same job. And finally the talkies did away with the theatre organ, but it hung on for a while as a concert instrument for an evening's entertainment which which would include a cartoon a news reel and a 'B' movie.
steamboat75043 why the dangling jewelry?
William Ford This one even has Deagan tower bells and 32' reeds!
The original synthesizer.
If you ever go to Phoenix, Arizona there's an organ very similar to this (with a whole percussion section and as setamboat75043 wonderfully described a toy bench and everything) at an awesome restaurant called Organ Stop Pizza. It's so cool!
My grandfather used to be a pipe organ technician, worked at a joint called Pipe organ pizza here in H-town, he played it and even recorded himself, he said that kids requested it so much he got sick of the star wars main theme...such a legendary piece of machinery and an amazing instrument. the place is no longer around, wish it was, that would be amazing to witness this spectacle.
Go to Organ Stop Pizza in Chandler, AZ -- their organists can play this piece and others. Go check out their YT channel.
The tradition continues at Organ Piper Pizza in Greenfield, WI. House organist is Zach Frame, and Jelani has played there as well; one such occasion was a DTOS concert earlier this year.
Well I hope somebody saved the theatre organ from that old pizza place...
The Force is Strong with this one !!!
The organist, Jelani Eddington, has a Yale law degree and owns a law firm in Milwaukee. His theater organ recording and sheet music business has an address in Racine, WI (my hometown), and I believe he lives in Racine. He is one of the most in-demand theater organists of our time.
Here's what they're playing in all those Jediist churches.
what about the Sithanic churches?
Just so you youngsters out there understand what this is... There are NO electronic amplifiers, NO speaker cabinets, NO artificial anything. This instrument is 100% wind blown pipes, some as much as 32 ft. long. The percussions are real. Real drums, real cymbals, real xylophone, etc. This instrument has more sheer audio power in watts than any rock band could ever produce. It was designed to completely fill the giant movie palaces of the 1920s. It’s lowest pedal notes literally shake the entire building. No amplifier and paper speaker cone could ever come close to doing what these instruments do. The artist playing it here, Jelani Eddington, is one the premiere theater organists in the world today, easily in the top 5.
Cool information to know but not sure why it's only directed towards "youngsters" i can guarantee most adults don't know this either
I think you meant decibels, rather than watts. While this is an electro-pneumatic instrument, it would be very inefficient it it gobbled up as much power as a rock band.
I'ma 'Youngster' Thanks for sharing, I had to rewatch this video once I read your comment to properly be awed lol.
I think you underestimate modern tech a little bit there yo...
Bongo2k have you ever witnessed a large organ? I've been to many rock concerts, but when I heard Tocatta and Fugue at a demo held at the LDS Tabernacle on their historic organ there I have yet to experience anything so thunderous and bone shaking as that performance. I could literally feel the sound trying to stop my heart. It was epic!
I noticed in the comments about "out of sync" of vid and audio, the comment about the delay from key depression and sound was accurate but there is also the deceiver most of all: 2nd touch on the accompaniment manual (lowest). When a key is pushed untill it stops, the note is played. Now, a second set of contacts and ranks available for these additional contacts is available with additional pressure on the key. The additional pressure will overcome a spring that stops the depression of the key under normal playing and allows the second set of contacts to be utilized and whatever stops are selected, they will play and are usually a melody that stands out over all else that is going on. With careful observation you will see his fingers on his left hand push the desired notes and will sound the melody among the accompaniment notes. This is typical for 3 manual(keyboards) and up, to have the accompaniment and great manual (middle on a 3 manual console) equipped this way. There is an art to using second touch for many effects beside a counter melody.
Jutro mam kolosa z elektrotechniki i tak leżąc dzisiaj rano w łóżku pomyślałem "A może by tak obejrzeć trylogię, ale kurde jutro jest kolos trzeba się pouczyć...." A tu na JM pokazują taki film. TO JEST ZNAK OD STWÓRCY! Mówi mi "musisz obejrzeć trylogię, pierdol kolosa"
Łatwa ścieżka na ciemną stronę mocy prowadzi... ;)
This brings back memories of Pizza & Pipes in Tacoma, WA. They had a fantastic Wurlitzer I enjoyed throughout my childhood. Whenever this played, an employeee dressed as Yoda would come out and dual another dressed as Darth Vader (years before we saw Yoda duel on screen) only to send the Dark Lord fleeing from the building! Said building burt down 17 years ago from a kitchen fire, taking that wonderful Wurlitzer with it. :(
We had "Pipe Organ Pizza in Houston back in the late 1970's
We had "Pipe Organ Pizza in Houston back in the late 70's
How can people dislike this?? This was AMAZING
+Alex Patt They're Sith.
+Peter Kosen Siths ARE jealous.
+Alex Patt like... THIS!
I know right
+Alex Patt Trekies
This is out of this world. The amount of preparation for just one piece is astounding.
The music is strong with this one.
I like your photo! Lemme just say too that... Strong in this one, talent is. =D
Wise in Jedi lore, you seem. Friend of mine, you are.
And some people complains about clutch in cars...
yea
You need 2 and a half brains to play this. And you know, 6 eyes....
killstreak789 and of course 4 leg
and 8 hands to
And THAT'S how it's done folks!!!! What an instrument, what an organist, and what a performance!!!!! It's the stuff of legends... Thank you again Jelani. Thank you to the WONDERFUL people who own and maintain this MAGNIFICENT WurliTzer!!
I don't know if I'm more excited for Star Wars or baseball.
Happy, geeky tears! I needed some inspiring music! This made my night!
I am so amazed by how true to the original orchestral score this organist played, especially with playing the strings constant semiquavers!
lord Vader finds the lack of faith in 140 people disturbing.
164
+Ethan Mooney 165.
๖Dʀᴇᴀᴍ-Oғ-๖Cʀυᴇʟτʏ lol
+Andrew Sylvester Now 175
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For 6 minutes and a half I was back into childhood. Watching this man play was like watching a magician perform a trick in front of my eyes
Wow, respect for who ever builded that fine piece of hardware.
My favorite real-world instrument. Has the power and majesty of a church organ, but with a beautiful vibrato effect and an upbeat personality.
AND... can be as quiet as the whisper of the wind in the treetops.
I agree. I like the sound of a theater organ more than a church organ. I like the majestic sound of a church organ too, but theater organs sound more...fun?
Wow! Very awesome! Sounds like an orchestra! God bless!
Ah, the mighty Wurlitzer - just stunning! It's what sub-woofers were made for.
Except it doesn't have any XD
except some have subwoofers for some pedal stuff.
@@masterkey2554 I meant to listen to, not on the organ :-)
What a way to exit a room!
Fantastic!!!!
Absolutely beyond amazing. Bloody well played! This is ART! (And blood and sweat when learning it I am sure)
One man simphony!
This deserves million more views
Absolutely incredible. Hats off to Mr. Eddington, one of the best theatre organists I've ever seen or heard. Perhaps someday I'll see this genius play live; until then, I'll have to settle for these amazing videos.
Also: I'm sure this comment will get buried soon enough, but for those who don't know, he's using several 'tricks' hard-wired in Wurlitzers and replicated on this copy of a Wurlitzer, which allow him to play more than two hands and two feet should be able to. Most important is Second Touch, which puts an additional set of sounds on contacts that engage when keys are pressed with extra force; one hand can play melody and accompaniment using that. He also uses Sostenuto, for example at 1:50 he plays a chord on the 2nd keyboard, and the notes hold as long as he keeps his toe on a lever on the edge of the swell (volume) pedal. This organ also has the ability to divide the pedalboard, giving you bass on the left and sounds coupled down from the keys on the right. Even when watching a player, these can be hard-to-spot and may make one believe there's trickery when it's in video form.
@@JonasClark Thanks for that information! I was aware of the first two features but not the divided pedalboard. Also, I had a chance to hear Mr. Eddington live a few years ago on an instrument about one-quarter the size, and I can affirm that it was an incredible experience. I don't know if I've ever seen someone play a theatre organ with such CARE. He savored every note and chord, and of course (as in this video) his registrations were outstanding, open and singing. Long live theatre organ!
@@JonasClark Huh, I've never heard of a divided pedalboard either. Is the split point adjustable?
@@masonjones7740 Not that I know of. Eddington's demonstration video on this organ (also posted, and very interesting) goes into both the pedal divide function and second touch.
This brings back such memories. An organ very similar to this was in Paramount Pizza Palace in Indianapolis in the 80s. As artists would begin it would spin up from the floor and then spin back down as shown here when finished. It was an incredible organ with several percussion instruments including xylophones and marimbas. Even a bubble machine! They played a Star Wars arrangement and took requests for other songs. They never had sheet music. I was captivated as a kid. I also had the honor of meeting Jelani at camp when we were teens. He’s an amazing human being and obviously an incredible musician. So neat to see this again!
wow. he does something and starwars music comes out of it o.O
I felt SO MANY different good emotions in this =O This is UNREAL
Note that he's playing what most musicians would call the "melodic" line with his left hand, not his right. This is common on pipe organs and is historically related to their construction - the "louder" pipes (aka "Swell" or "Great") were often only playable from the lower manual (keyboard rank).
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Totally Amazing.
Thanks!
Actually... he's playing the melodic line and chords in his left hand! The majority of theatre organs, and very, very few classical organs have what is known as 2nd touch... Two sets of springs, one more tense than the other, and two sets of contacts, allow two registrations or sets of sounds to be played on one manual..
still enjoy and love this music --when i first heard it at the ''Drive Inn--'' played very well..thank you...and that was over 35 yrs ago.....
This sounds so fantastic that it almost makes me wonder if John Williams had this instrument in mind when he first composed the suite! VERY well done!!
multitasking level over 900000+
Words.....they cannot properly express HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS!
This is why the organ was created. And how it was intended to be used. Bravo!
Amazing, its the 1920's and I'm watching models on strings bobbing across the screen with sparklers for rocket engines and firework's for explosions wen in suits and ties with ray guns gesticulating wildly as screens with dialogue pop up. I'm loving this ^_^
I have heard this music many thousands of times since I was a child, and of course I have the original double album, but this performance was able to recall the original atmosphere in me.
Bravo! Well played sir. That Johnny Williams stuff sure holds up.
The force is strong with this one :-)
Absolutely Fantastic!!!!!!!! I KNEW this could be done on a theatre organ like this!!!!! LOVE hearing those big pipes speak... er... GRUNT. And the recording is top notch!!!
FIVE STARS * * * * *
Jasper Sanfillipo, the guy who owns this amazing music machine, is an engineer genius in the cracking peanut business, and has assembled an amazing collection of orchestras in a box and various creative machines designed to bring music to the masses from about 1860 to the 1930s -- this Wurlitzer and its Star Wars medley is superb. Cheers. And Salutations to Jasper for sharing.
+Robert Kennedy Oh dear, my son forgot to log off . Sorry Honey, Karen Kennedy
A stunning concert organist on one of the finest residence theatre organs in the world. 5-89 thrilling to play and hear indeed!
Bravo, Mr. Eddington. I have had the honor of seeing you perform at the Sanfilippo Wurlitzer in person. You and this instrument are truly amazing. I have your 2 Leroy Anderson CD's, one of my favorite composers. This performance is truly wonderful. I only wish I could see it in person. The audio and video crew did great job as well.
So there is the ATOS.. .American Theater Organ Society and it's many state chapters. For the first time in 3 years, the annual convention will be live. In SanDiego. And THIS MAN will be playing on 4th of July, at the Spreckles OUTDOOR pipe organ, in Balboa Park. Already got my airplane tix and a place to stay. OMG. And.. also look for the RUclips videos of Jelani (and others) playing the amazing organ at Carmex in Franklin, Wi. You're welcome. !!!
And if you think THIS was good, you ought to hear his rendition of the William Tell Overture....INCREDIBLE!!!
blew me away, excellent bass with my subwoofer, not comparing, but can't wait until the A.C. organ is totally restored and they open her up. very well done!
This is perfection at it's finest.
Wow, I respect this dude for learning to play that well with so many keys!
Wow. Pretty incredible !
What a complicated instrument .
The player really had to know what he was doing!
Sad that instruments like this have fallen by the wayside.
Jeff King It's not something anyone can just have in their house though, because of the size of this thinf
The secret is in the pre-set Stops - those 1-10 buttons between all the keyboards so you can punch it from any spot, and all the voice selectors around the horseshoe all shift at once - he only had to select the voices manually in a few places.
And in the beginning that was all Vacuum or low-pressure air actuated, though in newer organs they used low-voltage electrical solenoids for faster response. And as the world goes full circle, it's easy to add a MIDI interface for both recording and playback, and let a computer do some of (or all) the work..
Much smaller pipe organs can fit in an average home, like in a spare bedroom, basement, attic, or even a large walk in closet. This just happens to be a exceptionally large home with a correspondingly large organ.
One of the beauties of an organ is that it can hold notes, and multiple notes, long after a key is pressed. Nice work.
Holy crap. Awesome.
Wow! Just wow! That was absolutely amazing. I would love to be in the room as he is playing. Being in the actual space with those organs is a fantastic experience. I'd like to hear some other classic sci-fi theme on that grand organ.
Am I the only one here who would like to see a special edition of the Star Wars Trilogy where the soundtrack is completely done by a theater organ?
Precision and Style. A rare combo these days. Thank you.
This is simply awesome! Notice the patch changes he does from 1:20 to 1:42... and all the upper structure chords (poly chords, such as Cmaj triad over Bmaj triad over BbMaj triad with 3 different sets, I don't have it in the right key for this arrangement, but this is the kind of voicing that happened around 2:12). Not only this guy know his instrument from A to Z but he took the time to make his arrangement outstanding in small details, which set the difference between a talented hard working professional and a instant reality TV show amateur idiot. Very nice job! I can't wait to hear more from you!
shut up.
Best video ever!
The organ itself looks like a starship.
Amazing
When you are there when it is being played the whole building vibrates. It is just spectacular.
Clay
Dexterity Modifier +1000
Just.... Just thank you. Thank you for that wonderful 6 minutes of audible bliss. Thank you.
This guy just won the internet of today...
*_*
just awesome!
Just astounding. I don't even LIKE organ music, but this sounds so symphonic. And at the same time, just that little hint of ice rink. I mean that in a good way. This guy is a genius! I don' t know how you play 5 keyboards and what looks like hundreds of stops, not to mention pedals.
*STANDING OVATION* BRAVO!! BRAVO!!!
Notice he has no tablet or sheet music up... He memorized that whole thing and played it flawlessly. Bravo!
The force is strong with this one
Tears of absolute joy every time I watch this!
I don't think I even want to know how much that organ is worth. easily in the 7 figure range I guess or more.
There's one in a museum in London, the guy I spoke to who owned it said he didn't know how much it would cost to build one, but they sell for over 9 million pounds at auction. :|
Boy, you are thinking back in about 1930.
This organ is a unique instrument and is priceless.
@Dinkelstein Kerman well... you can move them...but I don't want to move them...waaaaayyyy to much work :)
"oops, lost the c5 note of the 2' tibia"
people that can play the organ like that are amazing
great, please, do the imperial march
not able to wrap this around my brain - organist extremely talented - can't imagine the hours spent learning this piece of music
i would pay to see this live
spot on bro. I literally sat here telling myself I was listening to a song and not watching the movies...
I will bet you anything I can squeeze through the interwebs that this musician has had at least two lessons. Maybe even three.
I'd be afraid to place a regular keyboard in front of him lest he should die of boredom.
Impressive arrangement, keyboard skills, and use of complex organ features.
I will not return to my ukulele.
As someone who had grown up with a theatre organ in the home and much time with the dtos. This is awesome.
omg he should be hired by Star Wars and try to participate in the upcoming film...:3
What a glorious original music workstation that is - and expertly played. Bravo!
Impressive, most impressive.
Fascinating.
Gold. Medal. Give. Him. Now.
The most complex control panel you will ever see... Lol