Tuba Skinny - Too Late

Tuba Skinny - Too Late
Paris - lundi 29 juillet 2019 - Péniche le Marcounet
Craig Flory (cl)
Shaye Cohn (cornet)
Barnabus Jones (tb)
Arthur Defrain (wb)
Max Bien-Kan (guitare avec résonateur)
Jason Laurence (banjo à 6 cordes)
Todd Burdick (Tuba)
Filmé par Pierre Ingrin

[@emiliolopezify]

Great to see how enthusiastic is the audience here.
And Shaye seems to be very happy.

[@mathiasaltmann3858]

Davon kann man nicht genug bekommen!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kenny711]

Thanks so much for sharing,

[@marysebicheronet9611]

Belle série sur la péniche Bravo ! C'est un régal

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

I assume Robin couldn't make the trip as they have another washboard player standing in for him. I'm guessing this gentleman is a local but it looks and sounds like he studied under Robin...he's GOOD!

[@PopsCoffee]

Many thanks for this treat, Pierre. Shaye is not one of those flashy players who use lots of high notes to show off their technique but who have very little ‘soul’. However, in this tune she plays the highest note she has ever played in a TH-cam video - the Bb concert at 04:38. A historic moment! The reason for this is not to show off but because she is faithfully copying the King Oliver version - where that same phrase is played in the trumpet ‘break’ (bars 15 and 16 of the 32).
00:48 INTRODUCTION (just as per the King Oliver original)
00:55 CHORUS - a 32-bar tune with a simple chord progression, played in the key of E flat, with sousaphone taking the break on bars 15 and 16 and the banjo the break on bars 31 and 32
01:28 CHORUS - but for this second chorus only, we drop to the key of C (just as King Oliver did), and the banjo in bars 31 and 32 transitions us back to E flat
02:00 INTERLUDE/VERSE - back in the key of E flat - a lusty 16-bars with Shaye soloing
02:16 CHORUS - Barnabus leads over the 32 bars, with Shaye and Craig providing gentle support and the banjo again taking the final two bars, leading to...
02:48 CHORUS - banjo-led by Jason but the final two bars taken by Todd on sousaphone, leading to...
03:19 CHORUS - led by Todd on sousaphone and the final two-bar break taken by the washboard, leading to...
03:51 CHORUS - washboard against stop chords
04:22 CHORUS - ensemble, and Shaye taking the famous high-note break on bars 15 and 16.
Note how Tuba Skinny follow the example of King Oliver's 1929 recording with Rhadamanthine scrupulosity by dropping from the key of E flat to C for one chorus only - the second.

[@thardingau]

I have always wondered why King Oliver suddenly changed from the key Eb to C. It’s sounds great, but perhaps it was done to make it easier for the alto sax to take the lead.

[@PopsCoffee]

Interesting, Tim. As I understand it, the alto sax is an E flat instrument, so it would be playing in its own key of A (three sharps) when the concert key became C. Would this make it easier? Maybe there's an alto sax player out there somewhere who could tell us?

[@jesusmariomaciasgonzalezel799]

El músico de la bandolina siempre serio y efectivo, Tuba Skinny.

[@lioneldarde1851]

👏👏 Arthur !!
(Replacing Robin)

[@GenGACuster]

New proof that the great Shaye learned above all from Oliver and Jabbo, great masters.

[@j.douglassizemore792]

Thanks everyone