huh. my band directer JUST had us learn this piece like 3 weeks ago, its the first time ive heard it and i love it. shame that it has this kind of history
Pffff!!! I really wanted to record this in multi-track! Not anymore, what a shame that such a wonderfully entertaining piece of music has terrible history! Thank you so much!
I'm playing this song in band right now and I had no clue about this. The song is so fun to play too. Sucks how the best song I've played in band has this dark of a backstory
Ok, i didn't know about that at all! And i guess i still don't know really know what's all this about(i started play trombone last year so i need to catch about the history and thinks like that). Thanks for the video, it is very important!
Very well produced video! As an African-American trombonist who can trace his ancestry to slavery, I found this series of musical pieces (if you can call them that) to be highly offensive, repulsive and racist.
Trombone smears aren't a particularly strong musical genre, but even among trombone smears 'lassus is weak. I stopped playing 'lassus 20 years ago because I did know the history. Unlike Doug Yeo, I didn't address the racism directly: I just quietly arranged my schedule so that I was unavailable for concerts where it was programmed, and declined calls for pickup ensembles if it was programmed. I did play Hallelujah Trombone about 5 years ago. I had some misgivings about that, but in the end decided to play because it was being performed under the title Hallelujah Trombone (rather than Fillmore's published title of Shoutin' Liza Trombone).
As a trombonist, I always hated Lassus Trombones. It was a lousy piece to play. It made the trombonists look untalented and clumsy. After seeing the video, I have a new major reason to hate this song and songs like it. Bury it permanently. It sucks.
I, like a lot of people, grew up playing this music. It got pulled out every summer for at least one concert in the park during my youth, and Ive played it in professional settings on many occasions. We can't forget the history of this music, for it is important to remember, but it is time for performers and music groups to refuse to play it. Thanks for this video.
Wow, I never knew this. I had a great time playing this song in high school band on the trombone and my amazing trombone teacher even printed the whole Trombone family series sheet music for me. I had no idea that it had anything to do with minstrel shows and that Fillmore was so prominent in writing racist music. Now I can see why it's no longer ethical to publicly play anything from the series.
While I might still learn the pieces just for the sake of having glissando jazz pieces to practice with, with this information, I’m definitely not going to perform any of those pieces, and I’m sure as hell not gonna buy any of it
huh. my band directer JUST had us learn this piece like 3 weeks ago, its the first time ive heard it and i love it.
shame that it has this kind of history
Oh my, how cruel. I had no idea that a song that I enjoyed playing in band was this dark. The video was well produced by the way.
Thanks and good that you know now!
Nice to see the vid un-unlisted
Great video. Very thorough and well made. You covered all the various aspects, especially for people who weren’t aware of it.
Had no clue how dark this song was. My band director is having us play this right know and it’s my favorite song. Sad to know the history of though.
Bro my band director gave us this as our trombone ensemble last year
Pffff!!!
I really wanted to record this in multi-track!
Not anymore, what a shame that such a wonderfully entertaining piece of music has terrible history!
Thank you so much!
I just downloaded the picc part not too long ago just for fun, I had no idea it had such a dark and awful history
I'm playing this song in band right now and I had no clue about this. The song is so fun to play too. Sucks how the best song I've played in band has this dark of a backstory
Great video, I was wondering why Lassus trombone was being hated on. But this video answered all my questions!
Amazing video.
Thanks!
Ok, i didn't know about that at all! And i guess i still don't know really know what's all this about(i started play trombone last year so i need to catch about the history and thinks like that).
Thanks for the video, it is very important!
Very well produced video! As an African-American trombonist who can trace his ancestry to slavery, I found this series of musical pieces (if you can call them that) to be highly offensive, repulsive and racist.
As a trombone player, I’ve always despised Lassus Trombone because it sucks. Now I have even better reason to never play it again.
Trombone smears aren't a particularly strong musical genre, but even among trombone smears 'lassus is weak. I stopped playing 'lassus 20 years ago because I did know the history. Unlike Doug Yeo, I didn't address the racism directly: I just quietly arranged my schedule so that I was unavailable for concerts where it was programmed, and declined calls for pickup ensembles if it was programmed. I did play Hallelujah Trombone about 5 years ago. I had some misgivings about that, but in the end decided to play because it was being performed under the title Hallelujah Trombone (rather than Fillmore's published title of Shoutin' Liza Trombone).
As a trombonist, I always hated Lassus Trombones. It was a lousy piece to play. It made the trombonists look untalented and clumsy. After seeing the video, I have a new major reason to hate this song and songs like it. Bury it permanently. It sucks.
I, like a lot of people, grew up playing this music. It got pulled out every summer for at least one concert in the park during my youth, and Ive played it in professional settings on many occasions. We can't forget the history of this music, for it is important to remember, but it is time for performers and music groups to refuse to play it. Thanks for this video.
A great video of what we really need to know.
As artists, we must know this for peace and equality.
From Korea.
Wow, I never knew this. I had a great time playing this song in high school band on the trombone and my amazing trombone teacher even printed the whole Trombone family series sheet music for me. I had no idea that it had anything to do with minstrel shows and that Fillmore was so prominent in writing racist music. Now I can see why it's no longer ethical to publicly play anything from the series.
While I might still learn the pieces just for the sake of having glissando jazz pieces to practice with, with this information, I’m definitely not going to perform any of those pieces, and I’m sure as hell not gonna buy any of it
I never thought it musical and just a cheap novelty number. The trombone can do better. This I did not know and no student of mine will play it.
I've never even heard of this song until now, at least I now know to not play it