7.13.24. Happy 97th Doc! Just marveled at the man one more time. Johnny’s right. I had the thrill of playing with the man as a trumpet player myself in our high school stage band, spring 1968 guest artist concert. His brief but impactful presence was gracious and humble as could be. Keep on rolling Doc!
I'm the original uploader of this. The source is a DVD that was made from a first-generation VHS tape of the original broadcast. The tape is unusually clean for an over the air broadcast, it was in a strong signal area with no ghosting but of course standard-definition broadcasts had their limitations as do the recording capabilities of VCRs whether VHS or Beta so some loss was unavoidable. The DVD contents were transferred to hard drive, deinterlaced, de-noised and mildly sharpened in software and up-converted to 1080p at 60 fps and rendered at a high bitrate for upload to RUclips. Obviously it's not true HD but RUclips at least at the time treated video at HD dimensions differently and the resulting image was better. Of course if NBC were to make a Blu-Ray from the original studio tapes it would be a lot better than this. There was no such thing as stereo network tv audio in '79 - there were only simulcasts of select programs with the stereo audio broadcast on FM radio. So for grins I did an experiment with the audio to create a faux stereo field using distribution of EQ, the results are less than ideal. I'd done other experiments with phase inversion that create the illusion of a stereo field but if it's played through a mono monitor like a cell phone speaker you don't hear anything because the channels cancel each other when summed. I'm sure there are high-tech ways to do it now. The studio engineers were real magicians - reduce a big band to a mono mix that would sound decent through the tv speakers of the day. I imagine the original studio tapes if they still exist sound really incredible. As a bit of history the Tonight Show was the first show to be regularly broadcast in stereo sometime in the early 80s though there were very few stereo TVs at the time. I imagine to get better fidelity you had to hook a stereo tv up to a Hi-Fi system assuming they were built with jacks to do so.
I saw him in Greensboro, NC some 10+ years ago. Have two of his albums with him and the band's autographs. I spoke with him briefly, he was hard of hearing. He sure got around, met a LOT of people.
Never noticed how he used his left thumb to hold the first valve while he used his right arm to conduct the last note. God bless Doc for all the joy he brought to the world 🌎!
My, there will never be another Doctor! Ah yes, this was back in the day when late night TV was fun to watch! To Doc, Tommy and that incredible Band. Thank You! 🎺👍
Like a lot of the trumpet players who've commented here, I used to beg my parents to let me stay up to see the Tonight Show so I could hear Doc. Happy belated birthday, Doc. You've always been an inspiration.
My favorite Doc solo is McArthur Park. For me it never gets old listening to it. I played Trumpet 🎺 in High-school band 45 almost 50 years ago. We all dreamed at the time of playing like Doc. The trumpet in not an easy instrument to play well. I still play in church but Doc's playing was simply another level 💯
For years Playboy Magazine's Jazz and Pop Poll Survey listed it's all star band and orchestra. The trumpet section was almost always filled out with AL Hirt and Miles Davis and Bert Kemphert and Herb Alpert. All legendary trumpeter to be sure.I don't know how often Doc Sevrensen was nominated , but the Good Doctor was no less a giant with the horn than they were.😊❤
Unfortunately no one - it was a particular set of circumstances that existed in an entertainment landscape that no longer exists. And there isn't another Doc.
It is still out there but you must look. It is carried on in small jazz clubs and some musical conservstories. I happened to like this type of music so I can usually find it
My choice is "A Night in Tunisia". Of course, "it's all good". Thanks, Doc. Happy #97. Hey, Clint Eastwood is gettin' up there, too. Why can't Clint direct a Documentary about your life?
Want To Be Able To Play This Trumpet Solo Like Doc Severinsen? Well, you probably won't get it as good as Doc, but what about being able to get some of it? How about being able to pick up your horn and nailing that HIGH F at the end along with Doc? Now THAT...that definitely is possible! But, you can't be your typical Principal trumpet player in a symphony orchestra with a good High D range, YOU MUST LEARN HOW EMBOUCHURE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE WORKS! Go here now: trumpetsizzle.com/products/2019-revised-upper-register-course-for-all-brass-musicians
"YOU MUST LEARN HOW EMBOUCHURE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE WORKS" - < Indeed. Studied with Jane Sager and Jimmy Stamp in the 70's. embouchure is the foundation for everything good which follows. There are mediocre examples, i.e. Gillespie and Alpert come to mind. Almost painful to watch. Effortless range and control? An almost never ending repetoire and inevitable mastering of 'lip slurs'.
Well....no. He peaked in his 50's which is when he was doing this song, Macarthur Park, Maleguena and some others, but starting in his late 60's he longer had the power upstairs where he used to. He still played plenty loud up to High E or F, but that was about it and he didn't do all the fast moving virtuosity phrases as he used back in his 50's which were the late 70's.
Fair comment. I personally believe that listening to a recording of Doc (especially crappy TV recordings from decades ago) sounds nothing like Doc. When I was a trumpet player in middle school, I'd hear him periodically on the Tonight Show and frankly wasn't all that impressed. He came across through the TV as exerting a great deal of effort and using a very heavy tongue. Then my trumpet teacher (the most sought-after teacher in our area) told me Doc was coming to our town to play with the symphony (this was 1982). I said "meh". He said: you MUST go see this. So I did. May 1, 1982. I'll never forget the date or the performance. I've never seen or heard anything like it since. The recordings of the time just left so much out. The live performance was astounding. It changed my outlook on music and trumpet playing forever. And no offense meant to the poster of this video. Thank you for sharing it and thank you for using your talents and skills and time to enhance it a bit. I suspect you know better than I do that these TV recordings just don't even come close to capturing the staggering performances that Doc put on in his prime.
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7.13.24. Happy 97th Doc! Just marveled at the man one more time. Johnny’s right. I had the thrill of playing with the man as a trumpet player myself in our high school stage band, spring 1968 guest artist concert. His brief but impactful presence was gracious and humble as could be. Keep on rolling Doc!
Very nice remaster! Thanks for posting. Amazing solo!
The One and Only Doc!
when i hear Doc playing' the trumpet , i think about Al Hirt..he was a power trumpet
I'm the original uploader of this. The source is a DVD that was made from a first-generation VHS tape of the original broadcast. The tape is unusually clean for an over the air broadcast, it was in a strong signal area with no ghosting but of course standard-definition broadcasts had their limitations as do the recording capabilities of VCRs whether VHS or Beta so some loss was unavoidable. The DVD contents were transferred to hard drive, deinterlaced, de-noised and mildly sharpened in software and up-converted to 1080p at 60 fps and rendered at a high bitrate for upload to RUclips. Obviously it's not true HD but RUclips at least at the time treated video at HD dimensions differently and the resulting image was better. Of course if NBC were to make a Blu-Ray from the original studio tapes it would be a lot better than this.
There was no such thing as stereo network tv audio in '79 - there were only simulcasts of select programs with the stereo audio broadcast on FM radio. So for grins I did an experiment with the audio to create a faux stereo field using distribution of EQ, the results are less than ideal. I'd done other experiments with phase inversion that create the illusion of a stereo field but if it's played through a mono monitor like a cell phone speaker you don't hear anything because the channels cancel each other when summed. I'm sure there are high-tech ways to do it now. The studio engineers were real magicians - reduce a big band to a mono mix that would sound decent through the tv speakers of the day. I imagine the original studio tapes if they still exist sound really incredible.
As a bit of history the Tonight Show was the first show to be regularly broadcast in stereo sometime in the early 80s though there were very few stereo TVs at the time. I imagine to get better fidelity you had to hook a stereo tv up to a Hi-Fi system assuming they were built with jacks to do so.
What year was this recording?
Billions of people have heard this man but few have seen him. Happy 97th young man.
I've seen him.
I saw him in Greensboro, NC some 10+ years ago. Have two of his albums with him and the band's autographs. I spoke with him briefly, he was hard of hearing. He sure got around, met a LOT of people.
Never noticed how he used his left thumb to hold the first valve while he used his right arm to conduct the last note. God bless Doc for all the joy he brought to the world 🌎!
Doc was on fire that night - he kicked ass with that horn 👏👏👏
My, there will never be another Doctor! Ah yes, this was back in the day when late night TV was fun to watch! To Doc, Tommy and that incredible Band. Thank You! 🎺👍
Well said!
I sure miss this Doc is the best ever!!
His Spanish dreams chart is also the cats❤
My dad was great friends with him as my dad played trumpet when I started play Doc gave me his horn. That i still have. He was Gods brass players
Doc is the GOAT and his band is beyond incredible. Carson loved music.
Wow he really kicked ass here 👏👏👏👏
I loved the Rhapsody in Blue lick right at the end
Like a lot of the trumpet players who've commented here, I used to beg my parents to let me stay up to see the Tonight Show so I could hear Doc. Happy belated birthday, Doc. You've always been an inspiration.
My favorite Doc solo is McArthur Park. For me it never gets old listening to it. I played Trumpet 🎺 in High-school band 45 almost 50 years ago. We all dreamed at the time of playing like Doc. The trumpet in not an easy instrument to play well. I still play in church but Doc's playing was simply another level 💯
I really miss the old Tonight Show with Johnny, Ed, and Doc!! If there was only a way to turn back time!
Just watch old shows on this site....
Saw Doc play in person three times and was in total awe each time.
It took me to be much older to really enjoy this music.thankful I do.
Me too
Ditto.
For years Playboy Magazine's Jazz and Pop Poll Survey listed it's all star band and orchestra. The trumpet section was almost always filled out with AL Hirt and Miles Davis and Bert Kemphert and Herb Alpert. All legendary trumpeter to be sure.I don't know how often Doc Sevrensen was nominated , but the Good Doctor was no less a giant with the horn than they were.😊❤
Amazing
Colossal and beyond Beautiful..Vaughn 🎺
Agreed!
The BEST of the BEST, That is MUSIC! 🎉
My favorite Doc solo was on his rendition of "The Court Of The Crimson King" on an old out of print Album of his.
Damn! The doctor was definitely in that night!
Doc has worked for me on a few concerts. He was part of the show.
Nice Man.
check out "After You've Gone" on Tempestous Trumpet
😂❤❤❤
He's 96!
How awesome is this.
WHO WILL CARRY ON THIS BRAND OF MUSIC
Unfortunately no one - it was a particular set of circumstances that existed in an entertainment landscape that no longer exists. And there isn't another Doc.
It is still out there but you must look. It is carried on in small jazz clubs and some musical conservstories. I happened to like this type of music so I can usually find it
When tv showed real artist .
Just wow!
Thanks
Kurt is working on it. Don't really think only a few in the world go this route.
My choice is "A Night in Tunisia". Of course, "it's all good". Thanks, Doc. Happy #97. Hey, Clint Eastwood is gettin' up there, too. Why can't Clint direct a Documentary about your life?
I'm more of a Miles Davis/Dizzy Gillespie guy myself, but no doubt Doc's a master.
Miss the Johnny Carson Show with Ed and Doc... the shows on now SUCK
What year was this performance?
See him use his thumb to hold down the 1st valve, so he could conduct the band with his right hand?
Want To Be Able To Play This Trumpet Solo Like Doc Severinsen? Well, you probably won't get it as good as Doc, but what about being able to get some of it? How about being able to pick up your horn and nailing that HIGH F at the end along with Doc? Now THAT...that definitely is possible! But, you can't be your typical Principal trumpet player in a symphony orchestra with a good High D range, YOU MUST LEARN HOW EMBOUCHURE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE WORKS!
Go here now: trumpetsizzle.com/products/2019-revised-upper-register-course-for-all-brass-musicians
No sorry. I'm a bot without lips 😭
"YOU MUST LEARN HOW EMBOUCHURE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE WORKS" - < Indeed.
Studied with Jane Sager and Jimmy Stamp in the 70's. embouchure is the foundation for everything good which follows. There are mediocre examples, i.e. Gillespie and Alpert come to mind. Almost painful to watch. Effortless range and control? An almost never ending repetoire and inevitable mastering of 'lip slurs'.
And he was still playing like he was in his thirties in his nineties.
Well....no. He peaked in his 50's which is when he was doing this song, Macarthur Park, Maleguena and some others, but starting in his late 60's he longer had the power upstairs where he used to. He still played plenty loud up to High E or F, but that was about it and he didn't do all the fast moving virtuosity phrases as he used back in his 50's which were the late 70's.
@@TRUMPETSIZZLEand why is range such an unstable thing?
Forgetaboutit
sensational trumpet playing in every respect, but not an attractive sound to my ear.
Fair comment. I personally believe that listening to a recording of Doc (especially crappy TV recordings from decades ago) sounds nothing like Doc. When I was a trumpet player in middle school, I'd hear him periodically on the Tonight Show and frankly wasn't all that impressed. He came across through the TV as exerting a great deal of effort and using a very heavy tongue. Then my trumpet teacher (the most sought-after teacher in our area) told me Doc was coming to our town to play with the symphony (this was 1982). I said "meh". He said: you MUST go see this. So I did. May 1, 1982. I'll never forget the date or the performance. I've never seen or heard anything like it since. The recordings of the time just left so much out. The live performance was astounding. It changed my outlook on music and trumpet playing forever.
And no offense meant to the poster of this video. Thank you for sharing it and thank you for using your talents and skills and time to enhance it a bit. I suspect you know better than I do that these TV recordings just don't even come close to capturing the staggering performances that Doc put on in his prime.
many thanks for taking the time for your reply@@WhalerGA
There’s how a trumpet sounds in true form, right in front of you and then there’s a recording….and then there’s a crap recording.
That song was garbage.
Explanation 🤔
Explanation 🤔
what you got?