Buddy Rich was always so much fun to WATCH! Love this piece. Thanks so much for posting!!!!! What an era for music. Thanks to my Dad & Uncle Deems for turning me on to it as a kid...
I have been a musician my whole life, and there are a handful of musicians who get to a point where they are no longer playing an instrument. It becomes part of their brain. Hard to explain. But T. Dorsey had it. Harry James had it .Duane Allman had it. There is no more thinking involved...
It's a young Jimmy Zito playing trumpet. He's our great uncle from Chicago. He was with Dorsey, Les Brown, and don't forget all those years with Severinsen's Tonight Show Band. One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Still plays for hours everyday. It's a pleasure to know him.
Radio Kings baby!!!! Those cats could bring it.....when i was coming up, i got to play with alot of these old band guys...they were in thier sixties and seventies.....had alot of fun and learned how to play...too bad for todays yung uns....check out Buddy "shoveling coal" under tommy's solo......lost art....Baby Dodds
Heinie Beau is on clarinet; Don Lodice, on tenor. Pianist on right is Milt Raskin, original pianist with the Gene Krupa orchestra. From what I understand, the fellow on piano on the left is miming a performance recorded by Joe Bushkin, who preceded Raskin in TD's band. (Someone below identified the trombonist on the far left as Nelson Riddle. Riddle was NOT in the band at this time. I guess everyone knows that it was Chuck Peterson, not Jimmy Zito (performing here), who played with Ziggy on the TD studio recording.)
After many years of asking and seeing similar questions about who the pianist on the left is, I just came across his studio photo ....... his name is Bob Kitsis 1917-2004. Finally!!
@@michaelhutchinson9413 No, it's not Stacy. Is it Kitsis (see above)? Without a frontal facial view, I'd hesitate to accept that ID. Stylistically, it's possible. You can hear Kitsis on record with the bands of Shaw and Krupa. But Stacy? Emphatic "No."
Wonderful music -- first heard when I discovered this track on a (I guess) a Dorsey 78rpm at a friend's house back in the Fifties -- and the beginning, thankfully, of a lifelong addiction to jazz.
Correct title is "We'll Git It", as in "we will"; and NOT "Well Git It", as in, . It is specifically in reference to the two duelling trumpets during the intro and last two choruses. Almost every RUclips posting and even record and CD jackets have had this posted incorrectly for decades. But the original sheet music, stock orchestration and even Sy Oliver's manuscripts (the composer) bear this out.
The Clarinet player is in fact Heine Beau who came after Johnny Mince and before Buddy DeFranco.Superb swing clarinetist either way!.Buddy joined the band I think in '44'.He was with Gene Krupa at this time.Bass player is Phil Stevens and right hand side piano player is Milt Raskin.Wonderful Ziggy Elman in this clip.
Arranger, Composer: Sy Oliver Conductor, Trombone: Tommy Dorsey Trumpet: Ziggy Elman Trumpet: Manny Klein Trumpet: Charlie Peterson Trumpet: Jimmy Blake Trombone: George Arus Trombone: Dave Jacobs Trombone: Jimmy Skiles Alto Saxophone: Fred Stulce Alto Saxophone: Manny Gershman Tenor Saxophone: Heinie Beau Tenor Saxophone: Don Lodice Tenor Saxophone: Bruce Snyder Piano: Milton Raskin Guitar: Clark Yocum Bass: Phil Stevens Drums: Buddy Rich
If it gets any better than this I give up!Perfection.Buddys playing on this ,particularly behind the two piano players solos is to die for.Fantastic Ziggy as always.Does anyone know who the great Clarinetist is?Get me a time machine someone!!
Great number! The top of it is also used in Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I. It's right after the Roman soldier declares they should all dance the "Lindus!".
QUE BANDA! MEU DEUS !!! TOMMY, RICH E TODO O PESSOAL MUITO A FRENTE DO SEU TEMPO!!! TOMMY DORSEY SÓ PERDIA EM POPULARIDADE PARA O MEU *MESTRE GLENN MILLER* !!! ALIÁS, GLENN MILLER FOI O ÚNICO BAND LEADER DA ERA DO SWING A SE TORNAR ATÉ HOJE UM DOS MAIORES ÍDOLOS DA MÚSICA POPULAR MUNDIAL!!!
Bob Kitsis (1917-2004) is the pianist on the left. There's a lengthy discography plus his photo (confirming that he's that pianist!) at www.discogs.com/artist/313079-Bob-Kitsis. (just posted this same comment, inadvertently using my grandson's login.)
Milt Raskin, Howard Smith, Joe Bushkin, Dick Jones, Paul Mitchell. list of all pianists that toured with Dorsey in the late 30s through the mid 40s. one of them has to be the left side pianist. it was already confirmed that Milt Raskin is the one on the right.
Kathleen LaJeunesse Yes I think so. She sang with the Pied Pipers at that time and they were doing some numbers with the Dorsey band at that time I believe.
The trumpet player beside Ziggy Elman is Chuck Petersen. Hottest trumpet duet ever. The virtue of this number in the movie was that they gave it full exposure without cutting away to actors.
Tony Farrell It's weak sound but I can hear it. It's like dog's howling or something like that :). Maybe it's defect of the record or deliberate voice-effect of some player.
+František Lampaský A lot of times I've heard recordings of piano players humming along with what they're playing. You can hear Lionel Hampton hum along a lot while he's playing vibes. Bud Powell would also. That's what it sounds like here.
Fantastic! Astounds me that present day audio is so, so very bad, Compare this to the Doc version with Buddy on the Tonight JC Show. BTW I thought Chuck Peterson was the other Trpt. with Ziggy. Jimmy, IMO didn't that kind of range (G above high C). Not putting Jimmy down, he was a great player too..
So was it Jimmy Zito next to Ziggy? I always thought it was Chuck Peterson. Jimmy was great when with Les Brown.Anyway both were top players & Jimmy's son was a great major league pitcher! Gypsy Rose Lee's nephew?- that'd be interesting Never got to see GRL, only in the movie "Gypsy.
I think I can put to rest the confusion behind the ...( Is it Zito or Peterson ). Some fans are not going to like this, but it's how musical numbers were done for Hollywood movies. First of all it's semi live. It's a recorded version they are playing. You just couldn't do a completely live cut in a movie. That being said...what you are hearing is Elman and Peterson. What you are seeing is Elman and Zito. That's the truth all. That's why relatives of Zito are saying..there's uncle Jimmy. And keen earned people who don't know what Peterson looked like say ," That's Chuck ...no question!!. Hope there's more confusion on the 15 year mystery
Buddy Rich was always so much fun to WATCH! Love this piece. Thanks so much for posting!!!!! What an era for music. Thanks to my Dad & Uncle Deems for turning me on to it as a kid...
Tommy was so effortless on trombone and his tone was unmatched to this day
I have been a musician my whole life, and there are a handful of musicians who get to a point where they are no longer playing an instrument. It becomes part of their brain. Hard to explain. But T. Dorsey had it. Harry James had it .Duane Allman had it. There is no more thinking involved...
Oh, and Dorsey's tone was unmatched
It's a young Jimmy Zito playing trumpet. He's our great uncle from Chicago. He was with Dorsey, Les Brown, and don't forget all those years with Severinsen's Tonight Show Band. One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Still plays for hours everyday. It's a pleasure to know him.
Radio Kings baby!!!! Those cats could bring it.....when i was coming up, i got to play with alot of these old band guys...they were in thier sixties and seventies.....had alot of fun and learned how to play...too bad for todays yung uns....check out Buddy "shoveling coal" under tommy's solo......lost art....Baby Dodds
Thank you so much for posting this! That band was wall to wall certified badasses! What a piece of history.
It was my pleasure...
AJ Nester Fantastic, wonderful performances. I love the dueling trumpets, dueling pianos and of course Buddy Rich.
Arguably the greatest instrumental of the 20th century, bar none. Absolute, utter, jaw dropping perfection.
Fantastic!! Puts the jazz of today to shame. Buddy Rich kicks it!!
Thank u You Tube for this wonderful playlist...so many memories of my teen years..
Real music and real talent
Heinie Beau is on clarinet; Don Lodice, on tenor. Pianist on right is Milt Raskin, original pianist with the Gene Krupa orchestra. From what I understand, the fellow on piano on the left is miming a performance recorded by Joe Bushkin, who preceded Raskin in TD's band. (Someone below identified the trombonist on the far left as Nelson Riddle. Riddle was NOT in the band at this time. I guess everyone knows that it was Chuck Peterson, not Jimmy Zito (performing here), who played with Ziggy on the TD studio recording.)
After many years of asking and seeing similar questions about who the pianist on the left is, I just came across his studio photo ....... his name is Bob Kitsis 1917-2004. Finally!!
The other pianist is the legendary Jess Stacy.
@@michaelhutchinson9413 No, it's not Stacy. Is it Kitsis (see above)? Without a frontal facial view, I'd hesitate to accept that ID. Stylistically, it's possible. You can hear Kitsis on record with the bands of Shaw and Krupa. But Stacy? Emphatic "No."
Buddy Rich performed this on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Doc Severinsen and Snooky Young were the dueling trumpets.
Buddy Rich was driving the bus!
Man, I love this song...
I love everything about this. Big band jazz at it's very best.
Wonderful music -- first heard when I discovered this track on a (I guess) a Dorsey 78rpm at a friend's house back in the Fifties -- and the beginning, thankfully, of a lifelong addiction to jazz.
Correct title is "We'll Git It", as in "we will"; and NOT "Well Git It", as in, . It is specifically in reference to the two duelling trumpets during the intro and last two choruses. Almost every RUclips posting and even record and CD jackets have had this posted incorrectly for decades. But the original sheet music, stock orchestration and even Sy Oliver's manuscripts (the composer) bear this out.
The Clarinet player is in fact Heine Beau who came after Johnny Mince and before Buddy DeFranco.Superb swing clarinetist either way!.Buddy joined the band I think in '44'.He was with Gene Krupa at this time.Bass player is Phil Stevens and right hand side piano player is Milt Raskin.Wonderful Ziggy Elman in this clip.
Sweet sassy molassy that is my favourite song ever!
No. On the recording it was Chuck Peterson. In this movie it was
Jimmy Zito.
Arranger, Composer: Sy Oliver
Conductor, Trombone: Tommy Dorsey
Trumpet: Ziggy Elman
Trumpet: Manny Klein
Trumpet: Charlie Peterson
Trumpet: Jimmy Blake
Trombone: George Arus
Trombone: Dave Jacobs
Trombone: Jimmy Skiles
Alto Saxophone: Fred Stulce
Alto Saxophone: Manny Gershman
Tenor Saxophone: Heinie Beau
Tenor Saxophone: Don Lodice
Tenor Saxophone: Bruce Snyder
Piano: Milton Raskin
Guitar: Clark Yocum
Bass: Phil Stevens
Drums: Buddy Rich
This clip is from the movie "Dubarry Was A Lady". It is now available on DVD.
The trumpet player with Ziggy is Jimmy Zito.
This is great
ALL REET - ALL RITE - ALL ROOT, CATS !!! Can you dig it?.....I knew that you could!
Ah yes - Ziggy in full swing!
If it gets any better than this I give up!Perfection.Buddys playing on this ,particularly behind the two piano players solos is to die for.Fantastic Ziggy as always.Does anyone know who the great Clarinetist is?Get me a time machine someone!!
MARKMANIATT Heinie Beau is on clarinet.
Yes. It was Ziggy Elman and Jimmy Zito, although Chuck Peterson was the other trumpet on the original recording. Also, of course, a young Buddy Rich.
The pianist (left side) playing with Milt Raskin is Bob Kitsis (1917-2004).
Google his name and you'll find a lengthy discography plus his photo that confirms he's that pianist!
Great vid and song!!!
Amazing!
Buddy Rich! I love the t-bones too!
Great number! The top of it is also used in Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I. It's right after the Roman soldier declares they should all dance the "Lindus!".
QUE BANDA! MEU DEUS !!!
TOMMY, RICH E TODO O PESSOAL MUITO A FRENTE DO SEU TEMPO!!!
TOMMY DORSEY SÓ PERDIA EM POPULARIDADE PARA O MEU *MESTRE GLENN MILLER* !!!
ALIÁS, GLENN MILLER FOI O ÚNICO BAND LEADER DA ERA DO SWING A SE TORNAR ATÉ HOJE UM DOS MAIORES ÍDOLOS DA MÚSICA POPULAR MUNDIAL!!!
What is that tune at the beginning? I feel like I recognize it.
I'm getting sentimental over you
Go Buddy Go.......
Bob Kitsis (1917-2004) is the pianist on the left. There's a lengthy discography plus his photo (confirming that he's that pianist!) at www.discogs.com/artist/313079-Bob-Kitsis. (just posted this same comment, inadvertently using my grandson's login.)
This terrific number makes this lousy movie, Dubarry Was a Lady, worth watching.
Smokin' !!!
this looks amazing
There is a much better video transfer of this performance on RUclips now, for what it's worth.
Boy, my typos were really out in force on that posting!! Thx for picking that up!
My dad, Ray Linn, is top left in the trumpet section.
Milt Raskin, Howard Smith, Joe Bushkin, Dick Jones, Paul Mitchell. list of all pianists that toured with Dorsey in the late 30s through the mid 40s. one of them has to be the left side pianist. it was already confirmed that Milt Raskin is the one on the right.
It IS Ziggy & Jimmy, undoubtedly!
Thank you for answering my question.
Correct. I suggest "High on a Windy Trumpet" by Les Brown featuring Zito.
Geniaaal!!
The clarinetist is Johnny Mince (not Buddy) and I think the tenor man is Babe Russin....!
Ernie Krivda. Heinie Beau is on clarinet for the solo.
The dueling pianos are a nice touch, and the strings with a big band? Kind of odd but it works.
Dorsey hired the string section from Artie Shaw's band in 1942.
The movie (as stated earlier) is
"Dubarry Was A Lady".
At 2:10, isn't that Jo Stafford sitting in the back row next to the harp? She looks like she's having a wonderful time!
Kathleen LaJeunesse Yes I think so. She sang with the Pied Pipers at that time and they were doing some numbers with the Dorsey band at that time I believe.
Absolutely Jo Stafford, good catch!
Was that Ziggy Elman?
This 1943 movie was shot in Technicolor.
The tenor solist??
The trumpet player with Ziggy is Jimmy Zia.
De que película es esta escena grandiosa
The clarinet player is Buddy DeFranco.
Tony Farrell No. That is Heinie Beau on the clarinet solo.
The trumpet player beside Ziggy Elman is Chuck Petersen. Hottest trumpet duet ever. The virtue of this number in the movie was that they gave it full exposure without cutting away to actors.
Not it's Jimmy Zito. 19 years old.
Tenor sax soloist is Don Lodice, longtime Dorsey sideman.
My research so far seems to indicate that the pianist (left) with Milt Raskin is Johnny Potoker. Can anyone corroborate?
Milt Raskin (right) is one of the pianists ... who's the one on the left?
Er, sorry, misread your comment. Don't think it was Mel, though.
2:54 What's howling in the background sound? :O Do you hear it too?
I don't hear any howling!
Tony Farrell It's weak sound but I can hear it. It's like dog's howling or something like that :). Maybe it's defect of the record or deliberate voice-effect of some player.
+František Lampaský A lot of times I've heard recordings of piano players humming along with what they're playing. You can hear Lionel Hampton hum along a lot while he's playing vibes. Bud Powell would also. That's what it sounds like here.
Fantastic! Astounds me that present day audio is so, so very bad, Compare this to the Doc version with Buddy on the Tonight JC Show. BTW I thought Chuck Peterson was the other Trpt. with Ziggy. Jimmy, IMO didn't that kind of range (G above high C). Not putting Jimmy down, he was a great player too..
So was it Jimmy Zito next to Ziggy? I always thought it was Chuck Peterson. Jimmy was great when with Les Brown.Anyway both were top players & Jimmy's son was a great major league pitcher! Gypsy Rose Lee's nephew?- that'd be interesting Never got to see GRL, only in the movie "Gypsy.
I think I can put to rest the confusion behind the ...( Is it Zito or Peterson ). Some fans are not going to like this, but it's how musical numbers were done for Hollywood movies. First of all it's semi live. It's a recorded version they are playing. You just couldn't do a completely live cut in a movie. That being said...what you are hearing is Elman and Peterson. What you are seeing is Elman and Zito. That's the truth all. That's why relatives of Zito are saying..there's uncle Jimmy. And keen earned people who don't know what Peterson looked like say ," That's Chuck ...no question!!. Hope there's more confusion on the 15 year mystery
@@brianmiller5265 Thanks! Good to know!
haha why so it is
Is this from a movie?
I see the answer below, never mind.
Who is that on clarinet? Is that Buddy Defranco?
qq kk It is Heinie Beau.
What movie is this
"Dubarry Was A Lady".
@@tfarrellsr thank you
Sorry, I don't know.
Note Nelson Riddle on the left end of the TB section
White jazz^^
Er, Teddy Wilson was a black man ......