I've been a drummer for 30 years. His stick control is actually incredible. Rudiments and paradiddles all over the place. He makes it look easy because he's so good at it. What he's doing takes years of practice. I like him, he's awesome!!
He’s clearly played so much mallets in his life, he doesn’t even think about it. It just flows. And a few of those one handed Moeller strokes and crazy doubles had me rewinding like 20 times. What a beast.
That man was alive doing that professionally 6 years before my father was born… and I’m 58. It’s amazing how much history is available through RUclips. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Earth only requires 200 million years to recover from humanity, that is also enough time to replenish all oil sources for a more advanced species that will succeed the human.
@@grahamnichols1416 doing it every day, taking it seriously, being lawful good at it. I bet he could be woken up in the middle of the night and play flawlessly. He seems like a hard worker.
Relieved to see that others have already pointed out that it takes a lot of hard work. First, years of study to learn to play an instrument (whether via academic education or learning from someone who's 'self-taught'), then continuing to practice to become better, a never ending process for anyone who takes their art seriously. Often talent is the starting point--an inherited ability that makes it easier to learn & that gets you interested to start with, usually via inborn traits such as manual dexterity, perfect pitch, etc. But this inborn talent must be developed by learning, practice, or it doesn't develop. I've drawn since i could hold a pencil, after having inherited various traits making it more interesting to me & making it a bit easier to learn. My older brother & cousin both had inborn talent & taught me how to achieve various techniques, & both were very gifted, but neither of them continued to draw or paint when they were older because they had to make a living doing work that paid. Very few artists ever make a living off their art. It's usually something you work at because it's part of you, is necessary to make you complete, because otherwise you wouldn't continue to do such hard work without monetary reward. Of course not all societies are like this. Some societies value the arts highly because the arts are a major part of their culture. In most if not all indigenous societies (peoples of the Americas, of Australia, etc) there is no term for 'art', because art is not viewed as a separate activity or product & is not bought or sold. Rather, it performs a spiritual function for the artist & for the culture as a whole. This indigenous art is different from religious art of western cultures. Western Christian art has historically sought to teach viewers the beliefs & doctrines of the Christian religion. It has not historically sought to induce revelations in its viewers, which is a major function of most traditional art of native peoples. For these peoples, art is a means of inducing spiritual revelations, with these revelations allowing the viewer to experience the sacred. There are no deities or doctrines in traditional native religion--rather, a certain sacred quality exists within (or alongside) the everyday reality we perceive. Thus the wind, plants, animals, the sun--everything--all have a living core of sacredness. This sacred reality lives with or alongside each of us as well as within or alongside all we perceive as of this earth, with the earth itself being alive & sacred. But either way, traditional native or modern society, art (incl. music) is not simply a gift one is born with. It takes long learning & practice to create.
@@janegarner6739 thank you for writing that excellent mini-essay. It's a feature of the skewed perspective of Civilization that people view art as either an occupation or hobby to do while you do 'real' work. It can be so hard for us to step aside of that worldview. Art as a Human trait is exactly how it should be seen (and that this level of performance is a beautiful show of dedication and sacrifice). It's a horrible loss that you only find tribal/aboriginal attitudes toward these activities in little pockets like certain 'odd' families. Civilization has narrowed and homogenized how we do everything to the point where spiritual actualization has to be wrested from the day's work hours rather than woven into nearly every action taken.
Yeah, I remember when 1930 was only 78 years ago, back in 2009 when my dad's parents were in their 70s. Now my dad's parents are in their early 90s. Time sure does fly. *Also, as a side note, technological innovation kinda stagnated in 2015, so when I was younger, I thought technology in the 2020s would be far more advanced than today's, but that's another story. iPhones still use the same lightning connector from 2012, instead of the newer USB-C tech. Lol ...
How wonderful for us here in the future that this man Teddy Brown was filmed and we now get to marvel and cheer at his great talent and expertise. This is the 'good' RUclips. So glad it showed up in my side bar!
As a mallet percussionist (that still owns a marimba, but whose performance days are long behind him), I can testify that yes... this guy is ridiculously good. His mallet strokes are practically effortless. And he can play the sax. And whistle. And eat 2 whole roasted chickens at a sitting, I'd bet.
@@sockpuppetbitme Oh come ON - adjust your sensitivity setting a little. That's reality - anyone his size actually NEEDS that kind of caloric intake. I didn't even say that his physique was a bad thing - YOU'RE the one that compared him to a disabled person. It looks to me like he got around just fine. So shame on YOU.
This man is a virtuoso! He makes it look so simple, yet I know it took dedicated work to reach this skill level. Sounds like the music in old cartoons.
Former high school xylophonist here- I considered myself to be very good, but this guy blows me away! Those one-handed runs were even more unexpected than the saxophone interlude. What a talented guy!
“I don’t even like xylophone”. Now that is a weird comment. It’s like someone saying, “I don’t even like asteroids.” They both have such a small rate of occurrence in most people’s live that one would be hard pressed to have the time to form a general opinion of it one way or the other.
@@wellesradio Patrick Moore, Astronomer and Sometime Xylophone Player exists in that strange venn diagram with Brian May , Astronomer and Sometime Guitar Player, and Adrian Rollini , Bass Saxophone and Vibraphone player , linked into Teddy Brown Xylophone and Bass Sax - Moore and Brown being linked by Girth Too it seems. But no. I had never heard of Teddy Brown before
@@wellesradio Just wondering what it is that inclines you to criticize someone's reply here when everyone else is appreciating this marvelous musician and his talent.
Though he may be long gone, he did truly live with passion in his heart. Even 91+ years later, it’s still a beautiful duet. 😇🥂👌🏻 Well done gentlemen. People nearly 100 years after this performance, we are still enjoying your music and talents. Wherever you are, Bravo. 👏🏻
I'm a new fan of Teddy Brown. And before today I had never heard of him. The 20's and the 30's were in my opinion the pinnacle of entertainment and show biz characters. Oh to have seen some of these incredible talents !
I love the music, the talented man and the small fact that when he said, “I want everyone to sing or whistle the second chorus of Amy” he probably said it because he knew everyone in his time no matter where or how you found this you knew that tune. I can’t find one actual soul that knows it today.
When I was a young boy, I lived next door to a house called Xylophone House which was where Teddy Brown lived way before I was born. It was on Sea Road near the Mewsbrooks turning. Alas, it was sold, demolished and replaced with apartments a few years ago. Our house was called Nunda, also now apartments. This is the first time I’ve seen Teddy Brown
I keep coming back to this every now and then, and I'm still amazed since I randomly found it browsing this British Pathé Channel in Early October 2022. The channel has all sorts of stuff on it, too - search just about any word, and you might find something interesting.
No such thing as talent - you simply find something you love, and you do it over, and over, and over, and over, and over again until you reach your limit... I've been a chef for more than 25 years, worked all over the world, now own two restaurants and still love to cook on my days off. Not once have I ever thought myself 'talented'. Skilled yes, but talented, no.. Michael Jordan loved basketball, David Beckham loved football, Babe Ruth loved baseball, and this guy loved xylophone...
@@bobshiruncle7746 Absolute nonsense. You can practice all day every day and never be as good as the greats. Where your respective "limit" is is based on your aptitude. That's talent.
The second song, Amy, is about Amy Johnson, 1903-1941, who was the first English lady to fly solo from London to Australia. At the outbreak of World War II she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary, transporting Royal Air Force aircraft around the country. She ran out of fuel on one flight, bailed out and was observed landing in the Thames. Seas were rough and she was lost at sea serving her country.
Wow… he could *really* play…! Never heard of him until I saw this just now. Well - we learn something new every day, if we pay attention. Thank you, for sharing! 😊
I mean, in the world of percussionists he was one of the greats. Might just be the fact his name is pretty common He was commonly spoken about in the same breath as Paul Whiteman
The fact that most drummers couldn't play some those rudiments nearly as cleanly on a single snare drum, let alone up and down a marimba should tell you something. His talent level is crazy insane.
That ending was nasty!! I could be mistaken, but it looked to me that he didn't even have his head spun around or eyes on the instrument yet; he just KNEW exactly where to hit during the turn. Perfectly in time. And multi-instrument plus whistling??! The whole performance was absolutely amazing!
I had no interest in xylophone music, I didnt particularly care about music from the 1930s, and yet I am entranced now: obsessed and captivated! Raw musical talent like that can truely be bewitching!
That's mastery. If you could only see close up shots of his face, you could easily think that he's just doing something trivial like folding a napkin; so relaxed while performing at that level of virtuosity.
Very impressive. I had a look at his Wiki page, and it appears that this footage may have been co-directed by a young Alfred Hitchcock. If it is the same footage, it is from a musical revue film called Elstree Calling. On checking that page (for Elstree Calling), it seems Hitchcock mostly filmed comedy links between acts. A lovely slice of history though, thanks.
That's what 10 billion hours of effective practice sounds like. What a monstah, and back then, the world was full of monstah musicians because there was no pitch correct, auto tune, tempo adjust, nothin'. Just massive musicianship.
I have such a huge respect for early music. They didn't just have endless amounts of film and money to throw at making these movies so it had to be done in a couple takes.. these guys couldn't really make mistakes. And think of all the would have been musicians from back then who just didn't have the chance to learn. Crazy.
Stinky stank, I HATE it when people see something impressive in the realm of human performance, and just dismiss it as "talent" as if THEY had any idea how anyone gets that good. I assure you, it is NOT talent, although a talented person can probably achieve the performance level with a bit less work, even they must put in a TON if work to get that good.
@@youtuuba I wasn't arguing that talent cant be acquired... generally saying someone has talent is a complement, by its English definition, so maybe just stop typing out opinionated paragraphs to people like your some RUclips mod
@@youtuuba The war lasted decades since there was two world wars so it is very impressive with all of the hysteria that he was able to lead the entertainment industry. But I doubt you would be able to understand that fully with your lack of knowledge on history and your narrow minded thinking
I remember xylophone being featured occasionally on 50's television, but it went to the corn field along with the accordion years ago. You'd be hard pressed to find a xylophone or accordion teacher anywhere close by. Judging by the way he played them, I think Brown was more comfortable with the xylophone over the sax.
In Latin America (or at least the country i live) we still use the xylophone (we call it marimba) and the accordion a lot, it's part of our folklore and traditional music.
@@Demons972 Marimba's tend to have a sustain system on them, so similar, but not the same. Dont Forget Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glenny with Xylophones, etc. The Music Colleges all have grade syllabuses for tuned percussion.
innocence: The accordion is popular in Europe as well. I was referring to America during the 30's through the 60's and perhaps the 70's. I think those instruments began to lose popularity when rock 'n' rock came to being because they are not adaptable. Buddy Holly had one in his early band as did one or two folk groups but the instrument fizzled. It just didn't fit with the music, image or the times.
Have to defend the accordion. It is very popular in many countries....it is the national instrument in China with millions of players. In Russia it is considered a classical instrument (Bayan) just like a violin or piano and is taught in the finest music conservatories alongside other orchestral instruments. Here in the US it is less popular now than up to the rise of Rock and Roll. I can remember when you went into a music store in 50s and there would be rows of accordions for sale and not a guitar to be seen. When the electric guitar came out the volume it could put out made it very popular but accordion has come back with a vengeance. Amplified accordions were the first but now MIDI and electronic accordions that have synthesizers in them so they can duplicate any instrument and create their own. Many groups now use them in place of keyboards. A musician is stuck behind a keyboard, whereas a electronic accordionist has the freedom to move around just like a guitar player. There are many accordionists today who play at the same level as any virtuoso on other instruments. Go to RUclips and check out some of them. There are accordion clubs in the US. I was in a large one when I lived in San Francisco and there are about 4 other accordion groups in the SF Bay Area. In fact the official instrument of San Francisco is the accordion. Here in Detroit area of Michigan the Michigan Accordion Society has 260 members although Covid has put a damper on those clubs and musicians of all types are really suffering from minimum number of gigs. Here in the US the accordion is featured in all cultures just as it is in other countries....latin, tex mex, cajun, zydeco, country, folk, jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, etc. And it is being used in rock groups.
@@RobertKarlBerta I'd like to be wrong about the future of the accordion but don't see the instrument coming back as it was, and it is that of which I write. I know there are a few scattered groups of hangers on throughout this great land, and I know accordion is popular outside the U.S. and is used as a novelty backup in some ethnic groups and featured in the polka band for a few measures, but the heydays of accordion music composers, arrangers and players like Pietro Deiro, Frosini, Magnante, Gallerini, Gaviani, Van Damm, Sash and of course Welk's Myron Floren are of the days of yore and are no more.
After watching these pathe videos, I like to google their names, to find out more history on them. This man had talent i must say. I loved this performance.
Imagine being so talented people still watch you almost 100 years later.
Beethoven scuffs... 😁
I can’t
Imagine being so underwhelmed with actual life and this is what we've chosen to do with our time.
i don't think that's the issue. it's more about the fact it's just 100 years old...not about his talent.
I think Mr Brown never imagined being on RUclips.
I've been a drummer for 30 years. His stick control is actually incredible. Rudiments and paradiddles all over the place. He makes it look easy because he's so good at it. What he's doing takes years of practice. I like him, he's awesome!!
*was
@@gregdolecki8530 nah still is
@@tim.noonan Oh lawd, hee ded. Sumbudy caw 9-1.
really excellent, incredible talent and beauty
Ain’t that the truth
It may have taken 7 years RUclips, but I'm glad your wacked out algorithm finally bestowed this upon me. 10/10
It's probably recommended it to you before but you ignored it, and yet here you finally are making a tediously unfunny algorithm joke in 2021.
I just saw it for the first time too! Glad I did.
Same here 😁😁
@@johnmartinez7440 thank you for saying what was on my mind
I'm with you brother !
He’s clearly played so much mallets in his life, he doesn’t even think about it. It just flows. And a few of those one handed Moeller strokes and crazy doubles had me rewinding like 20 times. What a beast.
This was something he played so often it became instinctive. It covered his faults due to being a fat, lazy, fk.
I actually enjoyed the commercial I got afterwards more than this BS.
Hope to see the same commercial again!
Yeah, when you play enough of anything it just sorta comes out of a muscle memory.
@@jackschitt7783 What, you can't appreciate somebody's talent?
@@jackschitt7783 What would Mr. Rogers say?
That man was alive doing that professionally 6 years before my father was born… and I’m 58. It’s amazing how much history is available through RUclips. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
"RUclips is the closest thing to a time machine we ever going to have"
For sure 👍👍👍👍
What are we but specs of dust on a grain of sand on the sandy shores of time.
Earth only requires 200 million years to recover from humanity, that is also enough time to replenish all oil sources for a more advanced species that will succeed the human.
Interesting replies
Doesn’t matter whether it’s music, sport, etc....Special talented people always make it look effortless😍
@@grahamnichols1416 this!
@@grahamnichols1416 doing it every day, taking it seriously, being lawful good at it. I bet he could be woken up in the middle of the night and play flawlessly. He seems like a hard worker.
Relieved to see that others have already pointed out that it takes a lot of hard work. First, years of study to learn to play an instrument (whether via academic education or learning from someone who's 'self-taught'), then continuing to practice to become better, a never ending process for anyone who takes their art seriously.
Often talent is the starting point--an inherited ability that makes it easier to learn & that gets you interested to start with, usually via inborn traits such as manual dexterity, perfect pitch, etc. But this inborn talent must be developed by learning, practice, or it doesn't develop.
I've drawn since i could hold a pencil, after having inherited various traits making it more interesting to me & making it a bit easier to learn. My older brother & cousin both had inborn talent & taught me how to achieve various techniques, & both were very gifted, but neither of them continued to draw or paint when they were older because they had to make a living doing work that paid. Very few artists ever make a living off their art. It's usually something you work at because it's part of you, is necessary to make you complete, because otherwise you wouldn't continue to do such hard work without monetary reward.
Of course not all societies are like this. Some societies value the arts highly because the arts are a major part of their culture. In most if not all indigenous societies (peoples of the Americas, of Australia, etc) there is no term for 'art', because art is not viewed as a separate activity or product & is not bought or sold. Rather, it performs a spiritual function for the artist & for the culture as a whole. This indigenous art is different from religious art of western cultures. Western Christian art has historically sought to teach viewers the beliefs & doctrines of the Christian religion. It has not historically sought to induce revelations in its viewers, which is a major function of most traditional art of native peoples. For these peoples, art is a means of inducing spiritual revelations, with these revelations allowing the viewer to experience the sacred. There are no deities or doctrines in traditional native religion--rather, a certain sacred quality exists within (or alongside) the everyday reality we perceive. Thus the wind, plants, animals, the sun--everything--all have a living core of sacredness. This sacred reality lives with or alongside each of us as well as within or alongside all we perceive as of this earth, with the earth itself being alive & sacred.
But either way, traditional native or modern society, art (incl. music) is not simply a gift one is born with. It takes long learning & practice to create.
@@janegarner6739 thank you for writing that excellent mini-essay. It's a feature of the skewed perspective of Civilization that people view art as either an occupation or hobby to do while you do 'real' work. It can be so hard for us to step aside of that worldview. Art as a Human trait is exactly how it should be seen (and that this level of performance is a beautiful show of dedication and sacrifice). It's a horrible loss that you only find tribal/aboriginal attitudes toward these activities in little pockets like certain 'odd' families. Civilization has narrowed and homogenized how we do everything to the point where spiritual actualization has to be wrested from the day's work hours rather than woven into nearly every action taken.
@ödīñ ŵïlšøń yeah but the majority of it is very clear, I actually enjoyed the extra information, I guess it depends on the readers as well. 🤷🏻♂️
Crazy that this was 91 years ago…
i’m the 91st person who liked your comment 🙈
Not 71 as I could guess :(
He was 30 here
Yeah, I remember when 1930 was only 78 years ago, back in 2009 when my dad's parents were in their 70s. Now my dad's parents are in their early 90s. Time sure does fly.
*Also, as a side note, technological innovation kinda stagnated in 2015, so when I was younger, I thought technology in the 2020s would be far more advanced than today's, but that's another story. iPhones still use the same lightning connector from 2012, instead of the newer USB-C tech. Lol ...
You think he's still around?
How wonderful for us here in the future that this man Teddy Brown was filmed and we now get to marvel and cheer at his great talent and expertise. This is the 'good' RUclips. So glad it showed up in my side bar!
How sweet it is!
PM Couldn't have put it differently old chap.
Agree 100 per cent; this is the great side of You Tube
😐
As a mallet percussionist (that still owns a marimba, but whose performance days are long behind him), I can testify that yes... this guy is ridiculously good. His mallet strokes are practically effortless. And he can play the sax. And whistle.
And eat 2 whole roasted chickens at a sitting, I'd bet.
joliet jake style
Shame on you. Do you mock disabled people too?
Everything was so organic back then, even fat people back then were probably healthier than people today.
@@sockpuppetbitme Oh come ON - adjust your sensitivity setting a little. That's reality - anyone his size actually NEEDS that kind of caloric intake. I didn't even say that his physique was a bad thing - YOU'RE the one that compared him to a disabled person. It looks to me like he got around just fine. So shame on YOU.
@Miraak 45?!? Yikes! Ok, thats not good. Your health is your wealth, people. There's really no reason to get that big.
there's something very funny about such whimsical sounds coming from such an absolute unit
My wife says that about my tuchas, after her homemade chili.
Nice contrast to his huge size
so true!
Oh damn, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist. The flawless, effortless mallet playing was already enough to impress me.
This man is a virtuoso! He makes it look so simple, yet I know it took dedicated work to reach this skill level. Sounds like the music in old cartoons.
The film and his playing are extraordinary. I had never heard of him, much less listened to his music. Thank you for releasing this to RUclips.
Former high school xylophonist here- I considered myself to be very good, but this guy blows me away! Those one-handed runs were even more unexpected than the saxophone interlude. What a talented guy!
His phrasing is so clear.
0% naked girls
0% drugs
0% fast cars
0% money flaunting
0% rapping
100% talent
100% very big man
100% xylomaniac
Enjoyable video, would recommend.
lol
Indeed! :)
🤝🤝
100% food intake
As if rapping cant take talent
He had no idea a century later millions would see his art and appreciate it
That behind the back no look hit at the end was nuts. I don't even like the xylophone but that was insanely impressive.
Yes!
“I don’t even like xylophone”.
Now that is a weird comment. It’s like someone saying, “I don’t even like asteroids.” They both have such a small rate of occurrence in most people’s live that one would be hard pressed to have the time to form a general opinion of it one way or the other.
@@wellesradio Patrick Moore, Astronomer and Sometime Xylophone Player exists in that strange venn diagram with Brian May , Astronomer and Sometime Guitar Player, and Adrian Rollini , Bass Saxophone and Vibraphone player , linked into Teddy Brown Xylophone and Bass Sax - Moore and Brown being linked by Girth Too it seems. But no. I had never heard of Teddy Brown before
@@wellesradio Just wondering what it is that inclines you to criticize someone's reply here when everyone else is appreciating this marvelous musician and his talent.
@@highpath4776 and all are very good at what they’re doing
How great is this. No special effects, no high def recording. Just pure talent. I wish I had it.
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. -S. King
start practising and one day you'll reach him
Talent doesn’t exist. It’s just an excuse used by lazy people
Practice xylophone every day for 3 hours and you'll get there in about a decade or so.
Talento y horas y horas de estudio
Never heard of Teddy Brown. This is fascinating as hell! When he started whistling and dancing around them ... damn!
Are we not going to talk about how he just pulled a sax out and sounds beautiful after that insane vibes performance
Though he may be long gone, he did truly live with passion in his heart. Even 91+ years later, it’s still a beautiful duet. 😇🥂👌🏻 Well done gentlemen. People nearly 100 years after this performance, we are still enjoying your music and talents. Wherever you are, Bravo. 👏🏻
"Wherever you are"? Well I imagine they're in the ground
Musicality, Skill and Showmanship that stands the test of time…
Bravo! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
We are entering an era where knowledge or content will no longer be lost, and 100 years ago will seem like yesterday.
We really need immortality...
I'm a new fan of Teddy Brown. And before today I had never heard of him.
The 20's and the 30's were in my opinion the pinnacle of entertainment and show biz characters.
Oh to have seen some of these incredible talents !
Adrian Rollini on Vibraphone was an American similar, I see there are a few Teddy Browns in recommendations when you see this video
The Jersey J: You are 75 years too late for him to appreciate, but it's a nice thought.
I agree except the minstrel show that may have closely accompanied this presentation
I love the music, the talented man and the small fact that when he said, “I want everyone to sing or whistle the second chorus of Amy” he probably said it because he knew everyone in his time no matter where or how you found this you knew that tune. I can’t find one actual soul that knows it today.
When I was a young boy, I lived next door to a house called Xylophone House which was where Teddy Brown lived way before I was born. It was on Sea Road near the Mewsbrooks turning. Alas, it was sold, demolished and replaced with apartments a few years ago. Our house was called Nunda, also now apartments. This is the first time I’ve seen Teddy Brown
THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PERFORMANCES I'VE EVER SEEN !!!
I keep coming back to this every now and then, and I'm still amazed since I randomly found it browsing this British Pathé Channel in Early October 2022. The channel has all sorts of stuff on it, too - search just about any word, and you might find something interesting.
i play the sax and OH MY LORD his tone is just so cozy feeling! its reedy yet so warm, i love it
i love news articles just casually joking about his size
"there's quite a lot of him"
Спустя 7 лет Ютуб решил порекомендовать мне это видео.
И мне чёрт возьми понравилось.Невероятное исполнение,этот музыкант играет как боженька✨
To all the people who are raving about talent: I bet some hard-work was involved in this, too.
"Talent is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration."
@Logan Pitsenberger Not necessarily.Someone could have the "talent",but if they don't work on it,they will probably never develop their "gifts."
No such thing as talent - you simply find something you love, and you do it over, and over, and over, and over, and over again until you reach your limit... I've been a chef for more than 25 years, worked all over the world, now own two restaurants and still love to cook on my days off. Not once have I ever thought myself 'talented'. Skilled yes, but talented, no.. Michael Jordan loved basketball, David Beckham loved football, Babe Ruth loved baseball, and this guy loved xylophone...
@@bobshiruncle7746
Absolute nonsense. You can practice all day every day and never be as good as the greats. Where your respective "limit" is is based on your aptitude. That's talent.
@@bobshiruncle7746 More "blank slate" BS. Funny, it's always untalented people who push it.
He used my signature move. The swipe! That's pretty much all I've got on the xylophone.
Great video.
Hey, Teddy - quit stealing my moves!
Worthless trivia you'll never use: It's called a "gliss". Short for glissando.
You're welcome.
@Ryandal Gilmore You seem like a jerk. Hopefully this is just a bad day, and I hope everything gets well soon
@@christowers7307 I know... such venom directed at an innocuous comment. I feel sorry for him.
@@gregretro Thanks Greg I did want to know! Do you play as well? What other xylophone players are of note?
It's truly amazing how some very "big" people have so much grace and talent. This gentleman is truly outstanding in his talent.
Do you know ,youare right.
Big people are surprisingly light on their feet Oliver Hardy for example.
I had never heard of Teddy Brown before seeing this great clip. What a great talent and showman. I’ll watch this again and again. Thanks.
Such amazing talent! This man needs to be remembered and should be in some Hall of Fame. I’m so glad this film footage has been preserved.
The second song, Amy, is about Amy Johnson, 1903-1941, who was the first English lady to fly solo from London to Australia. At the outbreak of World War II she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary, transporting Royal Air Force aircraft around the country. She ran out of fuel on one flight, bailed out and was observed landing in the Thames. Seas were rough and she was lost at sea serving her country.
He is clearly enjoying every second. Amazing talent!
I just love it when something so random and yet so enthralling comes up on here. What a fantastic effortlessly talented man
Astounding! So talented ❤
Wow… he could *really* play…! Never heard of him until I saw this just now. Well - we learn something new every day, if we pay attention. Thank you, for sharing! 😊
HOW CAN SUCH A BRILLIANT THING NOT BE KNOWN TO ALL OF HUMANITY.
I mean, in the world of percussionists he was one of the greats. Might just be the fact his name is pretty common
He was commonly spoken about in the same breath as Paul Whiteman
Nothing brings in the ladies like some mad xylophone skills.
those ankles are showing for sure
@@adachy He made all the corsets drop.
Being talented at an instrument doesn't make you "bring ladies home". Being talented at ladies does.
He's good with the sticks 😉
This guy was absolutely amazing. And played effortlessly!
The fact that most drummers couldn't play some those rudiments nearly as cleanly on a single snare drum, let alone up and down a marimba should tell you something. His talent level is crazy insane.
There is a video of him on a single snare drum floating around RUclips
That ending was nasty!! I could be mistaken, but it looked to me that he didn't even have his head spun around or eyes on the instrument yet; he just KNEW exactly where to hit during the turn. Perfectly in time. And multi-instrument plus whistling??! The whole performance was absolutely amazing!
Teddy Brown is amazing. I never seen an Xylophone rock so hard.
Great showmanship backed up by mad skills!
this is really amazing beautiful, thanks so much for Teddy, the pianist, recorder people and who posted and viralized it. From here to eternity!!
This is mesmerizing. His mallets know exactly where to go.
I had no interest in xylophone music, I didnt particularly care about music from the 1930s, and yet I am entranced now: obsessed and captivated! Raw musical talent like that can truely be bewitching!
Teddy's a new yorker! Least he sounds like one.
Clearly a talented musician. Love the flair on the xylophone :-).
as a trained percussionist Im stunned I hadnt heard of this guy. AMAZING player.
Nobody notice the subtle comment about his weight at the start? 'there's quite a lot of him!'
Different times. Back then Teddy would have been considered quite a hottie so there was no offense to it.
aaah the good old days when people had a sense of humor
@@Paolur lmao I agree
@@Paolur I laughed and I'm fat.
Love his chins!
And he could play sax also? Dang!
And piano! And he appeared in films. He was in Convict 99 with The late great Will Hay
Such an outstanding performer!
My gosh what gorgeous saxophone playing… ♥️ 🎷 and how I love that syncopated beat
He died of a heart attack in 1946 (age 45) after appearing in a concert at The Wolverhampton Hippodrome.
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Could you imagine his blood pressure?
Sad he had to go so young. He was a genius no doubt
@@kathrynmcmorrow7170 They measured it with psi as scale.
How sad. But thanks for the information. I had never heard of him before watching this.
His left-handed swipes just wreck me. ❤
This is so cool. My late Dad played the xylophone and marimba. Warms my heart to hear this...
I surely do understand! My mother played the marimba for years all over Salt Lake City. This brought back memories for me... good memories!!
That's mastery.
If you could only see close up shots of his face, you could easily think that he's just doing something trivial like folding a napkin; so relaxed while performing at that level of virtuosity.
Such talent is never heard on radio nowadays!
Умница , чудо , подлинный музыкант.
Да. Он был крутой.
"Intelligent, miraculous, authentic musician."
If I had only listened to this, I would have sworn it was a Wurlitzer or a fairground organ. Many hours clearly went into this.
I don't know how I got here, but I'm glad I did.
Very impressive. I had a look at his Wiki page, and it appears that this footage may have been co-directed by a young Alfred Hitchcock. If it is the same footage, it is from a musical revue film called Elstree Calling. On checking that page (for Elstree Calling), it seems Hitchcock mostly filmed comedy links between acts. A lovely slice of history though, thanks.
And what a cool flourish on that finish!
That's what 10 billion hours of effective practice sounds like. What a monstah, and back then, the world was full of monstah musicians because there was no pitch correct, auto tune, tempo adjust, nothin'. Just massive musicianship.
I have such a huge respect for early music. They didn't just have endless amounts of film and money to throw at making these movies so it had to be done in a couple takes.. these guys couldn't really make mistakes. And think of all the would have been musicians from back then who just didn't have the chance to learn. Crazy.
Thats just pure talent
Stinky stank, I HATE it when people see something impressive in the realm of human performance, and just dismiss it as "talent" as if THEY had any idea how anyone gets that good. I assure you, it is NOT talent, although a talented person can probably achieve the performance level with a bit less work, even they must put in a TON if work to get that good.
@@youtuuba I wasn't arguing that talent cant be acquired... generally saying someone has talent is a complement, by its English definition, so maybe just stop typing out opinionated paragraphs to people like your some RUclips mod
Honestly, I think this is actually talent tho. I mean, it's the 1930's during wartime and there's a musician of this caliber
@@thefakedivvy , wow, you really can't understand. How long do you think the war lasted? You think he just picked up playing during the war?
@@youtuuba
The war lasted decades since there was two world wars so it is very impressive with all of the hysteria that he was able to lead the entertainment industry. But I doubt you would be able to understand that fully with your lack of knowledge on history and your narrow minded thinking
It only took 85 and 7 years to reach us but it's as impressive now than it was back then.
What an amazing talent! I’m glad to have found this extraordinary man! Thank you posting.
This is the coolest thing ever!!! Thanks Teddy!!!😄
his voice is exactly what i imagined it would be
What a wonderful sense of rhythmxxxxxxxx
Saw this guy in Imgur. Wow, what talent. Seems like many others just recently discovered Teddy Brown.
Teddy Brown absolutely brilliant!
Brilliant, Fantastic playing, Thank you for sharing this Marco.
Me?
Absolute wizard! Brought my sad head some real joy. Thankyou Teddy..
I remember xylophone being featured occasionally on 50's television, but it went to the corn field along with the accordion years ago. You'd be hard pressed to find a xylophone or accordion teacher anywhere close by.
Judging by the way he played them, I think Brown was more comfortable with the xylophone over the sax.
In Latin America (or at least the country i live) we still use the xylophone (we call it marimba) and the accordion a lot, it's part of our folklore and traditional music.
@@Demons972 Marimba's tend to have a sustain system on them, so similar, but not the same. Dont Forget Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glenny with Xylophones, etc. The Music Colleges all have grade syllabuses for tuned percussion.
innocence: The accordion is popular in Europe as well. I was referring to America during the 30's through the 60's and perhaps the 70's. I think those instruments began to lose popularity when rock 'n' rock came to being because they are not adaptable.
Buddy Holly had one in his early band as did one or two folk groups but the instrument fizzled. It just didn't fit with the music, image or the times.
Have to defend the accordion. It is very popular in many countries....it is the national instrument in China with millions of players. In Russia it is considered a classical instrument (Bayan) just like a violin or piano and is taught in the finest music conservatories alongside other orchestral instruments. Here in the US it is less popular now than up to the rise of Rock and Roll. I can remember when you went into a music store in 50s and there would be rows of accordions for sale and not a guitar to be seen. When the electric guitar came out the volume it could put out made it very popular but accordion has come back with a vengeance. Amplified accordions were the first but now MIDI and electronic accordions that have synthesizers in them so they can duplicate any instrument and create their own. Many groups now use them in place of keyboards. A musician is stuck behind a keyboard, whereas a electronic accordionist has the freedom to move around just like a guitar player. There are many accordionists today who play at the same level as any virtuoso on other instruments. Go to RUclips and check out some of them. There are accordion clubs in the US. I was in a large one when I lived in San Francisco and there are about 4 other accordion groups in the SF Bay Area. In fact the official instrument of San Francisco is the accordion. Here in Detroit area of Michigan the Michigan Accordion Society has 260 members although Covid has put a damper on those clubs and musicians of all types are really suffering from minimum number of gigs.
Here in the US the accordion is featured in all cultures just as it is in other countries....latin, tex mex, cajun, zydeco, country, folk, jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, etc. And it is being used in rock groups.
@@RobertKarlBerta I'd like to be wrong about the future of the accordion but don't see the instrument coming back as it was, and it is that of which I write. I know there are a few scattered groups of hangers on throughout this great land, and I know accordion is popular outside the U.S. and is used as a novelty backup in some ethnic groups and featured in the polka band for a few measures, but the heydays of accordion music composers, arrangers and players like Pietro Deiro, Frosini, Magnante, Gallerini, Gaviani, Van Damm, Sash and of course Welk's Myron Floren are of the days of yore and are no more.
And on a sax! What talent!
Amazing artist, never heard of him. Thanks for the upload!!!!
This wonderful man would have been a joy for humanity today! ❤ 😀 ♥
What a legend! That turn at the end was nice!
He is definitely a natural and extremely talented. No disrespect to him but evey cartoon I watched as a child just came back to me. Great video.
"There's quite a lot of him!"
What a remarkable talent! How wonderful that some of it was preserved on film. Thank you for posting this!
In high school, this is what every pit crew member thought they sounded like in marching band.
Please someone make a transcription of this performance. Its phenomenal! 😮💨
His talent is stored inside of him. That's why he's so big
What an amazing musician and his ability to improvise!!! Blown away.
Back in the old days you ether had the talent or not. No do overs, video tricks and no voice enhancing electronics or fakery just pure talent.
After watching these pathe videos, I like to google their names, to find out more history on them.
This man had talent i must say. I loved this performance.
8 yrs to go and it's 100yrs old wow
Amazing!
What a delightful performer!! Such a joy to watch and hear someone that is so skilled and talented!!!
This is awesome! I shared this with my class. Thank you for the history.
Thank you teddy for entertaining everyone for centuries
That was super impressive! Pure talent