Henry Mancini - Pink Panther/Baby Elephant Walk/Peter Gunn Theme (Parkinson, December 14th 1974)

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  • Henry Mancini and his orchestra playing a medley of 'Pink Panther', 'Elephant Walk' and 'Theme From Peter Gunn' on Parkinson on December 14th 1974).
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  • @slotcargene1
    @slotcargene1 8 месяцев назад +90

    Peter Gunn - the pianist on the original recording is another national treasure - a young guy named "Johnny" Williams!

    • @MuzixMaker
      @MuzixMaker 8 месяцев назад +6

      Meh, that kid is a flash in the pan

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere 7 месяцев назад +2

      Interesting!

    • @albertaldrich.3063
      @albertaldrich.3063 6 месяцев назад +4

      Later known as just ''John Williams''.

    • @dfgall
      @dfgall 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@albertaldrich.3063 his son is Joseph Williams of Toto

    • @patrickjosephmoore7297
      @patrickjosephmoore7297 5 месяцев назад +2

      I did not know that. Thanks so very much 🙏😎

  • @scottbc31h22
    @scottbc31h22 9 месяцев назад +61

    Not only was Henry Mancini a great composer, he was also a master arrainger, and a master of the medley.

  • @Rick-mx5kh
    @Rick-mx5kh 8 месяцев назад +61

    Mancini is a national treasure. I love all his music, but the Peter Gunn Theme is, by far, my favorite.

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 4 месяца назад +1

      He was, may he rest in peace.

    • @tilliemaekirk9444
      @tilliemaekirk9444 2 месяца назад

      Soundtrack from Breakfast at Tiffany's is great too.

  • @paulkennedy6444
    @paulkennedy6444 8 месяцев назад +54

    Henry Mancini,James Last, Herb Alpert. Great music is a joy forever.

  • @OLH3rd
    @OLH3rd 7 месяцев назад +7

    King of Cool!!!

  • @rvrschrs64
    @rvrschrs64 7 месяцев назад +16

    Old enough to hear it in the 60"s but still sounds great.

  • @robertdavis5714
    @robertdavis5714 10 месяцев назад +33

    Gotta love the guy on drums.

  • @jhonwask
    @jhonwask 9 месяцев назад +42

    How can anyone NOT like Henry Mancini? I must have 50 of his records, maybe more. Probably a lot more. 🙂

    • @ikonix360
      @ikonix360 8 месяцев назад +2

      I've got several myself.

    • @XaviClot
      @XaviClot 7 месяцев назад

      Good taste!

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 4 месяца назад

      I don't know who hates him, but he's one of the best. I sing along to this, and I play some of his stuff on my piano.

  • @ninthhorizon
    @ninthhorizon 10 месяцев назад +50

    Love this. Amazing how everyone is playing together flawlessly. Love 'Baby Elephant Walk.'

  • @MikeH-sg2ue
    @MikeH-sg2ue 9 месяцев назад +30

    Full neck shirt, & tie, with a jacket, playing everything!
    Give them all a cold drink, starting with the drummer!

  • @captbiptoe
    @captbiptoe 9 месяцев назад +30

    I was a young teenager at this time. I thought holy cow, good musicians beat showmanship everyday. This inspired me to learn how to play my clarinet.

    • @MedusalObligation
      @MedusalObligation 8 месяцев назад +3

      That's why I LISTEN to music. I Don't generally watch it. I hated the MTV generation and its requirement that you were "good looking" and had a show in order to present music.

    • @RandallvanOosten-ln5wf
      @RandallvanOosten-ln5wf 8 месяцев назад +3

      I remember hearing my first live jazz band concert at a college. This was after going to lots of rock concerts. The jazz band blew me out of my seat, I was hooked. I had the pleasure of going to the Monterey Jezz Festival and hearing lots of the greatest, but the premiere was attending a Count Basie and his orchestra concert in San Luis Obispo. Wow!!!

    • @TracySmith-xy9tq
      @TracySmith-xy9tq 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@RandallvanOosten-ln5wf I got to see Maynard Ferguson in concert in the mid-70s.

  • @razorcatshark3223
    @razorcatshark3223 8 месяцев назад +14

    When Henry pops up with the piccolo 🐘

  • @emilschneider9974
    @emilschneider9974 11 месяцев назад +36

    When I was a teenager I used to play both of those on the piano!😆 Its so wonderful to watch Henry Mancini's orchestra play with no electronic / computerized influences at all!

    • @StuNodd
      @StuNodd 7 месяцев назад

      Yes!

  • @FredSmith-s5t
    @FredSmith-s5t 9 месяцев назад +25

    I bought a record of Mr Mancini and this music back when he first came to popularity mid '60s. Still have it.

  • @chris1961grams
    @chris1961grams 10 месяцев назад +18

    With the dynamic Ronnie Verrell on triangle and drums!

  • @stevoschannel4127
    @stevoschannel4127 4 месяца назад +17

    This kind of wonderful music just doesn’t exist anymore

    • @RKingis
      @RKingis 4 месяца назад

      It does, but definitely not MSM!

    • @sferg9582
      @sferg9582 2 месяца назад +1

      First, they need good movies to support this music .

  • @RoseCoat-ui9gh
    @RoseCoat-ui9gh 11 месяцев назад +72

    Kid's today have no idea what good music is !❤

    • @douglasskaalrud6865
      @douglasskaalrud6865 11 месяцев назад +7

      What are you talking about? They all listen to the Beatles.

    • @Torby4096
      @Torby4096 10 месяцев назад +8

      I think that is because we stopped teaching music and they think any noise made with an instrument is music.

    • @DonFranko68
      @DonFranko68 9 месяцев назад +4

      It's up to us to get them interested and excited about it

    • @h0wdie
      @h0wdie 9 месяцев назад +2

      I suggest heading to Frenchmen Street in New Orleans and walk from Washington Square to the Patio Bar on Decatur. Any night. Swagger is just swing with more funk in the hips.

    • @kimthomas781
      @kimthomas781 9 месяцев назад +2

      Mine does

  • @ruthresetar5940
    @ruthresetar5940 7 месяцев назад +6

    I love Baby Elephant Walk!

  • @rustysmith5809
    @rustysmith5809 Месяц назад +3

    Some music is instilled in us. This would bring me out of a coma.

  • @j.r.marchley1563
    @j.r.marchley1563 7 месяцев назад +7

    We use to have a few FM stations that played instrumental music and some film scores, then it became only one AM station....now it's not any. Just Talk shows and music you couldn't possibly sit and relax with. This is what they think people want. What a damn shame....

  • @scotthares
    @scotthares 8 месяцев назад +7

    Wholly cow! That was terrific!

  • @mikeway7207
    @mikeway7207 Год назад +29

    The grooves, the ensemble work, and the solo work are all beyond hot. 🔥 Respect. ❤

    • @charlesclark3840
      @charlesclark3840 8 месяцев назад +3

      Yes. That orchestra was tight and on it, and also could just wail on their solos.

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah!

  • @utha2665
    @utha2665 8 месяцев назад +13

    I'm impressed by the saxophone section that play not only saxophones but clarinet, flute and piccolo. Sure, clarinet and saxophone are similar, but definitely not the same, but flute is entirely different.

    • @paulpearson99
      @paulpearson99 7 месяцев назад +1

      It's actually not uncommon for sax players to play the flute. If I recall, the fingerings are similar.

    • @utha2665
      @utha2665 7 месяцев назад

      @@paulpearson99 The fingerings may be similar, but the embouchure is entirely different. Clarinet and saxophone are probably the closest, but even they are fairly different. Fingerings are similar for the lower clarinet register, but because a clarinet overblows a 12th the upper register is different.

    • @paulpearson99
      @paulpearson99 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@utha2665 true. It's been years since I played sax, and I never learned the flute. But several friends in college played all three and commented that the similar fingerings made it easier

    • @utha2665
      @utha2665 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@paulpearson99 It'd certainly help, for sure. Maybe it was just me, but I tried to get a sound out of a flute many a time and it just left me lightheaded. 😂😂

    • @jeanesingsjazz
      @jeanesingsjazz 7 месяцев назад +1

      if you’re going to play woodwinds in any kind of jazz band, you better know how to double and triple up your instruments. as a sax player, you never know if they’re going to hand you a clarinet, or aa flute part.

  • @markegan2480
    @markegan2480 5 месяцев назад +19

    I love how Mr. Mancini lets his musicians cut loose a little, so cool 😎

  • @acappellarules
    @acappellarules 9 месяцев назад +17

    This should have WAY more than 65k views!

  • @stebstebanesier6205
    @stebstebanesier6205 9 месяцев назад +7

    There towards the end of the "Peter Gunn Theme" it kinda morphed into music for a chase scene in a 70's TV show like Starsky & Hutch or movie like Dirty Harry.

  • @andrewjsmith4585
    @andrewjsmith4585 9 месяцев назад +21

    Back in '74 my head was far too full of Mott the Hoople, T.Rex, Yes, Sparks, Bowie, Roxy Music etc etc to be interested in old man music. Now I'm an old man myself I can appreciated it so much more 😀.

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 4 месяца назад

      I love T. Re,and movie as well.

  • @barbararoberts7082
    @barbararoberts7082 5 месяцев назад +9

    Baby Elephant Walk ❤🥰
    I can just see the baby elephant 🐘😍❤️

    • @carolebarker2195
      @carolebarker2195 4 месяца назад +2

      Me too!!

    • @annoldham3018
      @annoldham3018 3 месяца назад +3

      🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘

    • @anthonyg8063
      @anthonyg8063 2 месяца назад +2

      Oh yes! It was a perfect song for the baby elephants follwing Dallas (Elsa Martinelli) in the movie Hatari.

  • @paulbelfrage876
    @paulbelfrage876 7 месяцев назад +3

    Lovely Tenor solo! (I think Plas would give it a big thumbs up too!!!!😄😄😄

  • @deltonkillen8024
    @deltonkillen8024 7 месяцев назад +4

    Truly a genius. Big band jazz in the 60s of all things.

    • @graybeard2113
      @graybeard2113 7 месяцев назад

      Go back and listen to the background music and some themes on cartoons. The first one that came to mind was "The Jetsons" theme.

  • @mikedonovan4768
    @mikedonovan4768 8 месяцев назад +5

    Groovy man ! I love the way the drummer was getting into that.

  • @kathleenebsen2659
    @kathleenebsen2659 7 месяцев назад +2

    Great national treasure! Epitome of cool!

  • @adrianguillermo6365
    @adrianguillermo6365 9 месяцев назад +9

    I love Pink Panther!

  • @twiiii1
    @twiiii1 9 месяцев назад +12

    He is one of my two favorite composers and I just love his big band style and execution. I had forgotten how intense he was both playing and directing.

    • @iowahank1
      @iowahank1 8 месяцев назад +2

      Definitely one of my favorite composers.

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 4 месяца назад

      One of my favourites as well. And on my playlist.

  • @sharontabor7718
    @sharontabor7718 8 месяцев назад +3

    I expected to see a cartoon Pink Panther cross the screen, or a costumed Pink Panther lurking around the orchestra.

  • @markkreissl1544
    @markkreissl1544 7 месяцев назад +8

    A bunch of apparently square, middle-aged blokes - most wearing specs - turn out to be cool and skilful. Imagine having a Dad or Grandad who could play like that!

  • @LandNfan
    @LandNfan 8 месяцев назад +6

    Peter Gunn was prime time TV when I was growing up. I dug the music then and I still do.

  • @garethbates5044
    @garethbates5044 2 месяца назад +2

    That is a lot of great noise. Damn good.

  • @amandawhiteley6737
    @amandawhiteley6737 9 месяцев назад +3

    Oh this is so so so aca aca ace I was a great fan of these toons especially Pink Panther, childhood obsession ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

  • @cmcull987
    @cmcull987 7 месяцев назад +7

    Shout out to those musicians!

  • @RoseCoat-ui9gh
    @RoseCoat-ui9gh 11 месяцев назад +8

    This is just too cool 😎

  • @aeonise
    @aeonise 7 месяцев назад +5

    This performance is the musical embodiment of C.S. Lewis's quote, "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." Serious musicians having some fun with pieces that demand you don't take them too seriously.

  • @margaretroebuck2938
    @margaretroebuck2938 7 месяцев назад +2

    I grew up with this among a lot of other great stuff. My dad's only rule on music was it had to be Good, whatever the genre. It never leaves your head either!

  • @brucemacdonald876
    @brucemacdonald876 9 месяцев назад +7

    Kenny Wheeler at 4:40 and of course Tony Coe on tenor for the Pink Panther theme

    • @Egbert1957
      @Egbert1957 6 месяцев назад +2

      ... Derek Watkins and Fisher on Tp

    • @gdetorre9059
      @gdetorre9059 5 месяцев назад

      Please add more musician names. They deserve kudos

  • @IvanXman
    @IvanXman 10 месяцев назад +6

    4:40 OMG so incredible and unexpected! What an arragement and what an improvisation! So cool!!

  • @randyharmon717
    @randyharmon717 9 месяцев назад +3

    Great musician I was lucky enough to attend his performance in San Diego many years ago his many musicians performed better then I expected.

  • @annoldham3018
    @annoldham3018 3 месяца назад +2

    Fantastic. Love how they put it all together. But that saxophone player and the drummer are my favourites! ❤😊

  • @timbarnes3581
    @timbarnes3581 Месяц назад +1

    Wow ............ just WOW!

  • @sensumcommunem4364
    @sensumcommunem4364 6 месяцев назад +4

    Think of the brain power in Mr. Mancini’s orchestra!

  • @Chr.U.Cas1622
    @Chr.U.Cas1622 10 месяцев назад +7

    👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic!🙌 Every musician in this orchestra seems to be a real master. Thanks a lot for uploading and sharing.
    Best regards, luck and health in particular.

  • @nelsonrumayor6650
    @nelsonrumayor6650 2 месяца назад +2

    A COMPOSER OF MASTERPIECES!!!

  • @vambrozio
    @vambrozio 7 месяцев назад +5

    Greetings from Brasil!
    I was born at 1977, 3 years after this recording.
    But this musics bring me back to childhood .
    Pink Panther (Pantera Cor de Rosa) TV show, Peter Gunn sing at Blues Brothers (Os Irmãos Cara de Pau) movie, and Baby Elephant Walk (O Passo do Elefantinho), we sang at kindergarten .
    Mancini, a great genius!

  • @tortysoft
    @tortysoft 7 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic stuff.

  • @SenseiNWDA
    @SenseiNWDA 6 месяцев назад +4

    What a band. And the way Mancini arranged those 3 compositions seamlessly into this medley is awe-inspiring. Legends, one and all.

  • @TrophyBoiii
    @TrophyBoiii 7 месяцев назад +1

    His most popular themes now have already been his most popular pieces back then!

  • @randrl4260
    @randrl4260 4 месяца назад +1

    Wow! What great music.... Man, music coming to us in its raw, original, classic format.

  • @XaviClot
    @XaviClot 7 месяцев назад +3

    Mancini is an absolute genius. I always believe that the simpliest is the hardest. It's soooo difficult to reach so much people with something so apparently simple... PD: when I listen Peter Gunn I instantly remember The Blues Brothers XD

  • @Dobie_Gillis
    @Dobie_Gillis Год назад +7

    This brought a smile to my face. 😃

  • @joseluizpagliaro4022
    @joseluizpagliaro4022 9 месяцев назад +2

    GRANDE MANCINI!!!

  • @frankfaker519
    @frankfaker519 10 месяцев назад +6

    amazing. love this song.

  • @qisyaizzia5045
    @qisyaizzia5045 Месяц назад

    Love it...the one and only...lagendary Henry Mancini.❤❤❤

  • @Scott-i9v2s
    @Scott-i9v2s 7 месяцев назад +1

    3 of my favourites in 1 shot! THANK YOU!
    The pianist is doing a great imitation of Vivtor Borge at 3:29... 🙂
    Plus Jazz in Concert! Awesome!

    • @alaneaston3172
      @alaneaston3172 7 месяцев назад +1

      Harry Stoneham. Was Parkinson's MD for many year and great musician in his own right, particularly jazz organ.

  • @paterscot
    @paterscot 9 месяцев назад +3

    Je vais faire simple, c'est génial .

  • @tanatp655
    @tanatp655 2 месяца назад +1

    Shout out to entire musician 🎉🎉🎉

  • @josimarsiete
    @josimarsiete 3 месяца назад

    Triángulo, Tuba, Batería, Trompetas... Grande, Mancini

  • @nymalous3428
    @nymalous3428 7 месяцев назад +2

    That was made before I was born, but I still love it.
    (Also, when I hear the Peter Gunn theme, all I can picture is either the video game Spy Hunter or the Monty Python skit The Bishop.)
    Thanks for the music, Henry.

  • @daylightdaylight6612
    @daylightdaylight6612 7 месяцев назад +1

    Yes this music is great, no it is SUPER!!!!!!

  • @TBNTX
    @TBNTX 10 месяцев назад +5

    I love this. Simply said, this tune gets stuck in my head any time that I hear it. I start looking for Inspector Clousseau.

  • @ESNAOLALOUNGE
    @ESNAOLALOUNGE 6 месяцев назад +1

    real music by the one and only Enrico!

  • @darrenmuse
    @darrenmuse 3 месяца назад +1

    Imagine being second Trumpet or third Trumpet next to a young Steven K. Bannom and you get the world watching you at 1:00 for like the next 20 min!

  • @timmorgan8450
    @timmorgan8450 9 месяцев назад +3

    This Would Definitely Have to be honest One Of My Old Time Favourites Great Work Sounds Fantastic Even Today Well Done 💓✅ Keep Up The Great Work

  • @peterharvey4151
    @peterharvey4151 11 месяцев назад +4

    This is superb, the song with the clips, The Look..the look that says 3 words..

  • @perugiabigband-pbb
    @perugiabigband-pbb 9 месяцев назад +2

    Mamma miaaaa che splendore!!

  • @rcs7684
    @rcs7684 Год назад +8

    So great to see all these videos! Been a Mancini fan my whole life and love that I finally get to see Hank and his musicians in action. Thank you for posting and please keep them coming!

  • @susanh326
    @susanh326 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for this. So much fun!

  • @jasongarey8329
    @jasongarey8329 9 месяцев назад +2

    I never knew that Henry also played the flute.

  • @knightwinggl1800
    @knightwinggl1800 8 месяцев назад +1

    I have a Henry Mancini channel on my Pandora, and several albums. Absolutely LOVE his works!

  • @anavillalobos7351
    @anavillalobos7351 7 месяцев назад +1

    Bravvvvvo Mancini, compositor, director, flautista y piccolista.

  • @paulovalentini5558
    @paulovalentini5558 2 месяца назад

    Full music ! Golden age.

  • @P61guy61
    @P61guy61 2 месяца назад

    True mastery of a masterpiece. Thank you for sharing.

  • @richardamick8226
    @richardamick8226 6 месяцев назад +1

    I’m still watching pink Panther cartoons and the Peter gun series

  • @Jerryo-gm8es
    @Jerryo-gm8es 6 месяцев назад +2

    Damn! I thought it was still 1974...😂

  • @paulweber2440
    @paulweber2440 7 месяцев назад +2

    It's amazing how he packed so much music into limited song lengths.

  • @mariatimova7921
    @mariatimova7921 2 месяца назад +1

    Great music

  • @elainemarks167
    @elainemarks167 3 месяца назад

    I never stopped.

  • @nonenoneonenonenone
    @nonenoneonenonenone 8 месяцев назад

    Mancini was such a great musician, commander of many moods and styles. But the solos, I could absolutely live without.

    • @StuNodd
      @StuNodd 7 месяцев назад +2

      Mancini loved to feature his guys.

  • @nigelgreen9369
    @nigelgreen9369 9 дней назад

    That was cool shit - thank you

  • @edp2260
    @edp2260 9 месяцев назад +1

    What a cool cat!

  • @JawfishJoe
    @JawfishJoe 3 месяца назад

    Awesome jam!!

  • @craigofadelaide4960
    @craigofadelaide4960 7 месяцев назад +1

    Love it!! Brilliant ensemble of musicians!! Sad to think there wouldn't be many of those guys still around

  • @GMcgill
    @GMcgill 4 месяца назад +1

    When I saw Mancini playing the flute- it occurred to me that he IS ThePinkPanther. Can’t find any verification on that. Arguably it’s ez to think PinkPanther is jewel thief, pencil thin elegant David Niven, but that’s not who I see anymore. The cartoon has new meaning …for me.😉

  • @MellowWind
    @MellowWind 2 месяца назад

    SO wicked good! Thank you!

  • @JasonGallant-e2v
    @JasonGallant-e2v 26 дней назад

    The. Older I get the more I need to o hear this music

  • @incrastic6437
    @incrastic6437 Год назад +4

    Great!!

  • @johnmaddox7432
    @johnmaddox7432 7 месяцев назад +1

    Magnifique! Way cool funky toon. Always loved it.

  • @luizroberto7777
    @luizroberto7777 Год назад +5

    Awesome...😊

  • @eliasjoelbravoayala2397
    @eliasjoelbravoayala2397 Год назад +2

    WONDERFUL END!!

  • @baronmeduse
    @baronmeduse 8 месяцев назад +1

    Has Peter Gunn ever been played with a late bebop double trumpet solo like this before (or since)? Top marks to Parkie's house band.

  • @CaribouDataScience
    @CaribouDataScience 2 месяца назад +1

    Was Baby Elephant Walk from the movie "Hatari"?

  • @fabioalbertolopezbarrrera1699
    @fabioalbertolopezbarrrera1699 4 месяца назад

    Great...!!!!