Many thanks, Bill Brown. For anyone interested in structures, here's what I think we find: 00:21 INTRODUCTION - 4 bars establishing the key as A flat 00:27 THEME A - 16 bars in A flat 00:48 THEME B -16 bars in A flat, very much on a repeated V - I chord pattern, with Barnabus taking the mini-breaks on some of the even-numbered bars 01:09 THEME B - Craig improvising over the 16 bars 01:30 THEME A - we're back (on a head signal from Shaye) to the first melody 01:51 BRIDGE - a 4-bar link passage 01:57 THEME C - led by Barnabus on trombone, a new theme still in A flat, starting with a curious 2-bar 'break', with another on bars 9 and 10 02:17 THEME C - Shaye's turn, also featuring the 2-bar break at the start and in bars 9 and 10 02:39 THEME C - ensemble, 16 bars, but this time with a break taken (on a Shaye leg signal) by Craig on Bars 7 and 8 03:00 THEME C - featuring Max, including the two breaks 03:20 THEME C - featuring Todd, with a break on bars 7 -8 03:40 THEME C - ensemble, with Robin taking a break on bars 7 and 8 04:01 THEME C - ensemble, with a neat, well-prepared collective break on bars 9 - 10 04:22 CODA - two bars THEME C lends itself to 2-bar breaks on bars 1,2 9 and 10 (such as were played in the 1923 King Oliver recording); but it also lends itself to a more conventional 2-bar break on bars 7 and 8, as three times here (not done in the Oliver recording). Unusually, there are no key changes in this rag.
Thank you Ivan for your analysis of the Tuba Skinny performances, I know that with years of experience you are certainly the best person to do them and I don't doubt for a moment their accuracy.😁 Warm regards from the cold Finland!
Thank you for the kind words, Jan-Ole. But you don't know how much I struggle and how I doubt myself. Best wishes reciprocated from a cold Nottingham in England - a degree or two above freezing but considerably warmer than Finland at this moment, I guess.
This tune was composed by King Oliver. Thanks for putting it up but please correct the headline. Louis and Earl Hines recorded the most memorable version but neither composed it.
There is controversy about who actually composed the piece. In their biographies of Armstrong, Ilse Storb said it was Oliver while Thomas Brothers said it might be Armstrong. Tuba Skinny attributed it to Louis Armstrong at their Tin Pan performance.
@@wpbgmail Hey Bill, thanks for the info. I am not the scholar you are, and never heard or read that Louis may have composed this song. Well, maybe they were both sitting around together playing with themes and each had a hand in it? BTW, have you ever seen the almost complete version of Struttin' With Some Barbecue that Louis wrote out in manuscript while in Oliver's band, three or four years before recording it with his Hot Five? If not, look it up. Anyway, it's a pleasure to hear Tuba Skinny play Weather Bird Rag, and thanks again for putting it up!
@@wpbgmail Thank you for bringing these authors to our attention. Ilse Storb must be a remarkable woman to have written 'The Definitive Biography' of Louis Armstrong in fewer than two hundred pages.
Seeing bands like this just makes me want to start a simple fun jazz band with my friends
If you're serious, I suggest getting a copy of "Playing Traditional Jazz" by Pops Coffee. It's available on Amazon for $6.00 (paperback).
Beautiful beautiful beautiful 🇧🇷
I think this is the first time I've ever heard them do this one...thanks for sharing!
Wonderful music! What talented musicians.
Bravo
Me encanta,gracias Bill!
luv it
Which ever wrote it that was G R E A T!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TS is among the best Jazz groups bar none; I love all off their themes! Long live Tuba Skinny!
Tuba Skinny Fantásticos. Muy buenos. Saludo, desde una larga y angosta faja de tierra al sur del mundo.
Many thanks, Bill Brown. For anyone interested in structures, here's what I think we find:
00:21 INTRODUCTION - 4 bars establishing the key as A flat
00:27 THEME A - 16 bars in A flat
00:48 THEME B -16 bars in A flat, very much on a repeated V - I chord pattern, with Barnabus taking the mini-breaks on some of the even-numbered bars
01:09 THEME B - Craig improvising over the 16 bars
01:30 THEME A - we're back (on a head signal from Shaye) to the first melody
01:51 BRIDGE - a 4-bar link passage
01:57 THEME C - led by Barnabus on trombone, a new theme still in A flat, starting with a curious 2-bar 'break', with another on bars 9 and 10
02:17 THEME C - Shaye's turn, also featuring the 2-bar break at the start and in bars 9 and 10
02:39 THEME C - ensemble, 16 bars, but this time with a break taken (on a Shaye leg signal) by Craig on Bars 7 and 8
03:00 THEME C - featuring Max, including the two breaks
03:20 THEME C - featuring Todd, with a break on bars 7 -8
03:40 THEME C - ensemble, with Robin taking a break on bars 7 and 8
04:01 THEME C - ensemble, with a neat, well-prepared collective break on bars 9 - 10
04:22 CODA - two bars
THEME C lends itself to 2-bar breaks on bars 1,2 9 and 10 (such as were played in the 1923 King Oliver recording); but it also lends itself to a more conventional 2-bar break on bars 7 and 8, as three times here (not done in the Oliver recording). Unusually, there are no key changes in this rag.
Pops, I greatly appreciate your knowledgeable commentary. Thank you.
That,s worth knowing 😀👍
Thanks, Bill. I hope there are not too many inaccuracies!
Thank you Ivan for your analysis of the Tuba Skinny performances, I know that with years of experience you are certainly the best person to do them and I don't doubt for a moment their accuracy.😁 Warm regards from the cold Finland!
Thank you for the kind words, Jan-Ole. But you don't know how much I struggle and how I doubt myself. Best wishes reciprocated from a cold Nottingham in England - a degree or two above freezing but considerably warmer than Finland at this moment, I guess.
It would be impossible for me to
select one favorite TS number.
Never heard one I didn’t love!
Thats by me the same problem. Paul from Praque
🌟🤟🏿🎼💞🌟!!!!
This tune was composed by King Oliver. Thanks for putting it up but please correct the headline. Louis and Earl Hines recorded the most memorable version but neither composed it.
There is controversy about who actually composed the piece. In their biographies of Armstrong, Ilse Storb said it was Oliver while Thomas Brothers said it might be Armstrong. Tuba Skinny attributed it to Louis Armstrong at their Tin Pan performance.
@@wpbgmail Hey Bill, thanks for the info. I am not the scholar you are, and never heard or read that Louis may have composed this song. Well, maybe they were both sitting around together playing with themes and each had a hand in it? BTW, have you ever seen the almost complete version of Struttin' With Some Barbecue that Louis wrote out in manuscript while in Oliver's band, three or four years before recording it with his Hot Five? If not, look it up. Anyway, it's a pleasure to hear Tuba Skinny play Weather Bird Rag, and thanks again for putting it up!
@@wpbgmail Thank you for bringing these authors to our attention. Ilse Storb must be a remarkable woman to have written 'The Definitive Biography' of Louis Armstrong in fewer than two hundred pages.